Ninomiya Chizuru wanted to jump into the river out of shame, while Kurosawa Hikaru was distracted by the system's prompts.
Task progress updated: Make Her Shy Three Times has been completed.
"It's done... It was easier than I expected."
Realizing that she was shy, Kurosawa Mitsuru stole a glance at her, not daring to speak, but just thinking secretly.
He initially thought that today's task would be difficult... but it turned out to be unexpectedly easy.
For example, when she was asked to take off her stockings, she didn't think too much about it, but just minded that this was in the wilderness.
As for being shy, he completed the mission goal without doing anything specifically, and he is even more shy than Yuki.
Currently, both of them are soaking their feet in the stream. In five minutes, the only task left is to draw a portrait.
"The tasks assigned by the system seem to be quite simple..."
The task was completed so easily that Kurosawa Mitsuru couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
If you think about it carefully, although the dating tasks triggered by the system so far have various mission objectives, they are all very easy to complete when you actually do them.
The dating mission is more of a guide than a challenge.
Because of the reward, he will muster up more courage and motivation to complete the task, go on dates with girls, and do things that he would never do.
For example, when he had his first date with Xiao Youji at a karaoke bar, if there was no mission objective, out of basic courtesy for the first meeting, he would never have thought of letting Xiao Youji rest her lap on him.
And the second time he went on a date with Xiaoyouki on the beach, if there was no mission target, he would never do such a rogue thing as helping Xiaoyouki apply sunscreen and touching almost all of her body.
For example, when he first dated Miss Ninomiya, he tried every way to make her fall in love with him, and even deliberately took her into a haunted house and asked her to hold his arms.
Combining his many dating experiences and this time, he found that the system was only making him better and better, and he could also experience many things and create beautiful memories for the two of them.
After thinking for a while, Kurosawa Hikaru stole a glance at Miss Ninomiya beside him.
She still couldn't recover... because what happened just now was too shameful, it could even be said to be a dark history, and it had a strong aftereffect.
"It should be five minutes, right?"
Kurosawa Hikaru felt that it was necessary to change the current situation, but instead of changing his attitude directly, he thought.
With this in mind, he opened the task panel to check the progress of the foot soaking task to see how long it would take.
Sit by the stream with her and soak your feet. Task progress: 0 seconds.
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Seeing the progress of this task, Kurosawa Mitsuru tilted his head and a big question mark appeared in his mind.
He glanced down and saw that he and Miss Ninomiya were indeed soaking their feet by the stream.
That’s right, why is the task progress not moving
For this kind of task with a time requirement, the progress will be updated in real time, but you will not be reminded every second. Instead, you will be reminded only when the progress accumulates to completion.
"What's going on?"
Kurosawa Mitsuru was stunned and confused for a moment.
"The goal of a date is to create beautiful and unforgettable memories. Usually there are three fixed requirements: stage, contact, and heartbeat. If there are more than four goals, there will be additional directions and the rewards will become more generous."
As he became confused, the system spoke for the first time in a long time.
"Fixed conditions?"
It was the first time that Kurosawa Hikaru heard this statement, and he immediately had ideas and directions.
There are a total of four dating tasks this time.
One hundred and fifty kilometers away from Tokyo, this is the stage.
Make her shy three times, that's heart-warming.
The remaining two tasks are to draw a portrait of her and sit by the river or soak her feet by the stream with her.
Analyzing from the literal meaning, the only task that meets the inherent condition of "contact" is soaking feet together.
As for "painting a portrait for her", the direction should be to show self-worth.
"Do I have to have physical contact with her?"
Suddenly realizing the direction of the mission target, Kurosawa Hikaru took another look at the mission progress, which was still 0 seconds, and then looked at Ninomiya Chizuru beside him.
After a while, she finally recovered and her blush faded away, but she still kept her body tense and didn't dare to make a sound.
Seeing this, Kurosawa Mitsuru was also observing her and thinking about countermeasures.
She clasped her hands together and placed them on her thighs. She was very tense and wanted to shake hands, but was afraid that it would not be natural enough.
Should we sit close together? But if I move closer suddenly, will it scare her
As for hugging her, that was even more sudden... The atmosphere was a bit awkward and not natural enough.
Being stared at by him, Ninomiya Chizuru, who was still very nervous, suddenly felt anxious and started to have wild thoughts.
"He's looking at me with a strange look. Is it because of what happened just now?"
"What should I do? How can I make him forget what happened just now? Is it okay to give him money?"
"One million... This seems too little. I only brought one million as a backup this time. How about ten million? Write him a check."
Although she hated her parents who were only interested in money, she grew up under such family education and inevitably developed the habit of solving problems with money.
According to her parents, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.
"ah!"
At this moment, Ninomiya Chizuru, who was nervous, suddenly felt her feet soaking in the stream touched something. She was immediately frightened, her body trembled involuntarily, and she pulled her feet out of the water.
"Kurosawa, get your feet out of the water quickly, there's something strange in the water."
She put her legs aside and out of concern, she hurriedly grabbed Kurosawa Mitsuru's arm and shook it to remind him.
"Well… "
Kurosawa Hikaru felt embarrassed when his body was shaken and he saw her horrified look on her face.
Because the strange thing she was talking about was his feet.
He observed for a while and was at a loss for what to do. Suddenly, he noticed her feet under the stream and thought of the task of soaking her feet, so he tried to interact with her underwater.
Unexpectedly, when he cautiously moved his foot over and touched her, she would be scared like this.
Ninomiya Chizuru shook his arm a few times and soon noticed his stiffness and embarrassment.
She lowered her head and looked, and found that there was nothing in the water, no fish, no garbage, only Kurosawa Hikaru's feet.
Seeing this scene, combined with Kurosawa Hikaru's awkward reaction... it was obvious that the strange thing she touched just now was Kurosawa Hikaru's foot.
"Sorry, I thought it was fish and snakes or something."
Ninomiya Chizuru calmed down, smoothed her messy hair with her hands, regained her composure, put her feet in the water again, and explained.
Her face started to get hot again... She felt ashamed and dejected.
It was clearly a date that she had managed to get together with great difficulty, but she kept losing her composure and was completely unable to maintain her previous maturity and composure.
Her image and what should have been a wonderful and happy date were all ruined by her.
"This stream is flowing too fast. I wasn't paying attention just now and my feet went across it."
Kurosawa Hikaru was sitting upstream. Seeing her embarrassment, he realized that he could no longer remain silent, so he spoke.
"I know."
Ninomiya Chizuru nodded, feeling more and more annoyed.
What's wrong with me today? I'm so jumpy.
She is older than Kurosawa Hikaru, and should be like a big sister who is calm and composed and never panics.
“This stream is really big.”
Noticing that she was still in a bad mood, Kurosawa Hikaru thought for a moment and added.
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Hearing this, Ninomiya Chizuru looked ahead with some confusion.
The stream in the Asi Valley, but if you sit firmly and soak your feet, your legs and feet should be able to remain still, right
Then, she suddenly discovered that Kurosawa Hikaru's feet in the stream were getting closer and closer to her own feet.
It would be more accurate to say that he intentionally moved closer to the stream rather than being carried away by it.
Just like that, the feet under the stream touched each other.
Because she was aware of it this time and noticed it in advance, Ninomiya Chizuru was not scared.
"Did he just touch me on purpose? Why?"
Seeing this scene, the annoyance in her heart was immediately replaced by confusion.
At the same time, Kurosawa Hikaru's ears heard the system's voice: "Task progress update, soak her feet in the stream for five minutes, 1 second."
Just as he guessed, just soaking feet together was not enough, the two people also needed to have some physical contact.
Holding hands, pressing against each other, hugging, leaning, or even using the feet are all considered contact.
However, what Kurosawa Hikaru cares about right now is not the fact that the mission progress has finally started, but the touch under the stream.
“So small and slippery!”
There is no cognition without comparison. As the two people's feet touched each other, Kurosawa Hikaru discovered that his feet were much bigger than hers.
This difference in size seemed to remind him of the difference in body shape between men and women.
The most important thing is that her skin is super smooth, even smoother than your hands... probably because it is lubricated by water.
Compared to him, Ninomiya Chizuru didn't feel anything strange, she just looked at him in confusion.
Seeing that his expression was a little subtle, Ninomiya Chizuru suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Did he swallow his saliva just now because he saw my feet?"
Just now, when she took off her stockings and walked on the ground barefoot, she clearly felt that Kurosawa Mitsuru was staring at her and swallowing his saliva, as if he saw something particularly attractive to him.
At that time, because Kurosawa Hikaru said he was thirsty, and she confirmed that she was not exposed, she didn't think much about it at all.
But now, what if he thinks his feet are beautiful? Just like she started to notice Kurosawa Hikaru's hands and thought they were beautiful because of the comments under the video "Croatian Rhapsody".
“Do you like my feet?”
Guessing this possibility, Ninomiya Chizuru's heart beat faster. Looking at his profile, she suddenly asked.
When Kurosawa Mitsuru heard this, he nodded subconsciously and admitted it.
"I don't like it." Then, Kurosawa Mitsuru suddenly came to his senses, his face changed and he reacted, and hurriedly denied it.
When Ninomiya Chizuru saw him nod subconsciously and be embarrassed to admit his true thoughts after they were revealed, her heart beat faster and faster. She felt a little embarrassed, but more excited and filled with indescribable emotions.
"You really don't like it?"
Ninomiya Chizuru exerted force with her thighs, lifted her feet out of the water, and asked again.
"I really don't like it."
Kurosawa Mitsuru stole a glance at her beautiful feet, which were white and smooth, and were splashing with clear water, and shook his head firmly.
Even though he denied it, in Ninomiya Chizuru's opinion, there was no need to guess what the truth was.
"He actually likes my feet, it's so strange..." Suddenly noticing his little hobby, Ninomiya Chizuru's mouth curled up into a faint smile, feeling very strange.
"It finally cheered her up."
Kurosawa Hikaru noticed her smile and felt helpless and ashamed, but also felt relieved.
Obviously, because of his superb acting skills, his plan to pretend to be a foot control was successful.