Chapter 264: Petra Moves In! Construction Complete!
"I want to live with you guys."
After finishing her meal, Petra gracefully wiped her mouth with a napkin, looked at Ryohei Tanaka, and dropped this bombshell out of nowhere.
"Okay, sure."
Ryohei Tanaka was stunned for a moment, but since he had somewhat expected this, he agreed immediately, then joked:
"But I don't accept freeloaders here, do you understand?"
"I understand."
Petra nodded very sensibly, placed her hand on her heaving chest, and said with a serious face:
"I'll pay with my body..."
"Understand my foot—!"
"You really are Lucoa's sister!"
Ryohei Tanaka was speechless and retorted, then hurriedly turned his head to explain to Yurine:
"I didn't mean that; I just wanted her to help out in the shop."
"Mmh, really?"
Yurine's mouth twitched, her gaze dark as she gave Ryohei Tanaka a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
"Really—!"
Sweat broke out on Ryohei Tanaka's forehead as he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Lucoa, meanwhile, held her forehead, looking at her sister helplessly. "There's no need to go that far..."
She paused, then added, "Petra, have some self-respect."
"You're not one to talk, are you?"
Jashin-chan, who had finished cooking at the construction site and run back to mooch a meal, was now clearing the table. She looked askance at Lucoa with her beady eyes and made a snide remark.
"Eh!?"
∑(￣□￣;)
Lucoa was startled and looked at Jashin-chan—What do you mean? Am I not qualified to say that?
You aren't!
Yurine glanced at Lucoa with disgust, then looked suspiciously at Petra.
Is this girl really a lesbian? She doesn't really look like one! Is she perhaps bi?
"..." Sensing Yurine's gaze, Petra thought for a moment and guaranteed with a serious face:
"Don't worry, I won't fight you for your man!"
"Although your man cooks delicious meals and makes delicious desserts, my heart belongs to my sister!"
"..."
Lucoa felt immense pressure!
These were all sins from her youth!
Yurine was stunned. These words sounded so familiar. She immediately remembered and her face darkened:
"Your sister said the same thing!"
"Ehh—!?"
Petra's youthful face was instantly filled with shock. She turned her head in disbelief to look at her sister.
"I... indeed haven't fought you for him!"
Lucoa whispered, lacking confidence.
Yurine immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Not fighting, just stealing bites directly, is that it?"
Lucoa: "..."
How am I supposed to refute that?
"...Whatever mistakes were made, they are all my fault!"
Jashin-chan, who had put the used dishes into the automatic dishwasher, selected "Intensive Wash," and pressed the start button, pretentiously wiped a non-existent tear from the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, directing the blame onto Ryohei Tanaka:
"It's all my fault for summoning a philandering familiar, making everyone unhappy!"
Jashin-chan was still holding a grudge against Ryohei Tanaka for eyeing her tail and wanting to make snake soup this morning.
A scum snake's revenge lasts from morning till night!
What do you mean by that?
Ryohei Tanaka's face darkened, and he went along with her words: "Indeed, you should be blamed. Go commit seppuku to apologize!"
"Familiar, you really have no shame at all!" Jashin-chan immediately looked at Ryohei Tanaka with a shocked expression.
"You were shameless first!" Ryohei Tanaka rolled his eyes at her.
"My shamelessness isn't a new thing—why bring it up now!"
Jashin-chan raised her chin, pouted, and spread her hands like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.
This guy...!
Ryohei Tanaka's mouth twitched. Too lazy to deal with her, he turned back, looked at Lucoa, then at Petra, and hesitated:
"We don't have any spare rooms where we live now. Will you share a room with Lucoa?"
"Yes!"
Petra's eyes lit up, and she agreed readily.
"..." Yurine breathed a sigh of relief seeing Petra's delighted reaction, feeling much more reassured—
Finally, she was showing some signs of being a sis-con and a lesbian!
Lucoa let out an "Eh" and raised her hand as if she wanted to say something, but found it inconvenient to speak. In the end, she could only look at Ryohei Tanaka with a resentful expression.
"..." Ryohei Tanaka pretended not to see it.
...
And so, Petra settled down at Ryohei Tanaka's place.
She still engaged in some "outrageous" behavior, but perhaps because Lucoa had said something to her, she toned it down a lot, at least in front of Yurine.
Time flew by, and several days passed.
Friday afternoon—
Ryohei Tanaka finished making the last batch of desserts. While Yusa and Pino were packing them individually, labeling them, and loading them onto the small truck, Mino simply walked over wearing a yellow hard hat. She announced that the construction was complete and asked him to inspect it.
Ryohei Tanaka wasn't surprised by this.
The temporary room used for making desserts was right next to the construction site, so he had practically watched these buildings in the ranch go from nothing to completion, bit by bit.
Besides, Mino had said from the start that the construction period would be about half a month. Calculating the time, today marked exactly half a month.
"Mino, wait a moment. I'll bring Yurine along."
Thinking that bringing Yurine along for this kind of thing could strengthen their relationship, Ryohei Tanaka said this to Mino. Then he took out his phone and called Yurine, who was far away at the dessert shop, asking her to come back with Petra when she delivered the goods so they could inspect it together.
Mino was very confident in the quality of the project she had personally participated in. Hearing that Ryohei Tanaka wanted to bring Yurine along for the inspection, she had no objections and readily agreed.
While waiting for Yurine to arrive, Ryohei Tanaka transformed into a caring boss, exchanging pleasantries with Mino and expressing that she had worked hard during this period and had introduced a great team to him!
It was true!
If nothing else, the construction efficiency alone was far ahead of human construction teams.
For the buildings in his ranch, a human construction team would have taken at least half a year.
The quality was also excellent!
Ryohei Tanaka had gone inside the three homestay cottages and the hot spring house that were completed first, and in his view, they were very good!
"..." Remembering that he had promised Mino he would cook personally for her subordinates after the project was finished, Ryohei Tanaka took the initiative to say:
"Since tomorrow is a day off, I'll cook a good meal to reward you all."
"Then I'll thank you in advance!"
Mino's eyes lit up. Clasping her hands in front of her, she bowed slightly, wagging her silver-white tail very happily.
Ryohei Tanaka subconsciously steadied her, smiling and saying "Why so polite?". Then, following the topic of "reward," he casually asked:
"What do your subordinates like to eat? Meat? Seafood?"
"Basically, they all like meat. If there's beef, that would be even better!"
Mino answered crisply without thinking.
"..." Ryohei Tanaka glanced at her, suspecting she was the one who wanted to eat beef, but didn't say it out loud. He smiled and agreed.
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