In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 209 Fireworks Festival (1)

Saturday, August [-]th.

The azure blue cool inland sea still impacts the wave-proof components connecting the links outside the dike, and the seaside town once again ushers in a peaceful and relaxing day.

In the early morning, Uesugi felt a small hand grabbing him very tightly in his sleep.

But when he woke up, the girl in his arms was gone.

Seeing the empty silk sheet beside him, Uesugi Kai suddenly felt a little awkward.

how to say?It's the feeling that when you open your eyes, your wife is gone by the pillow.

He sat up and looked out the window at the gray sky with blurred eyes.

Then grab the dial on the side to look at the time.

6:12:23
It's too early, usually at this time Hanamaru Hanabi is still in a deep sleep, the kind where she won't wake up no matter how you touch her.

He lay down and looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, thinking about where Xiao Huahuo had gone so early.

He seemed to hear her calling his name at night.

Looking back now, it feels like a distant place.

Kaoru Uesugi thought about what to do if Hanabi was no longer by his side more than once.

She is such a weak girl, she will definitely be bullied.

When he was in middle school, he saw some gangsters harassing her more than once.

Those guys just like to do what they like for no reason.

To deal with these people, you can only do it manually.

Of course, harassing Xiao Huahuo is a very serious matter.

If her father found out, it would be unreasonable not to go to the police station.

In Japan, the crime of harassment is a very serious crime, and you must be imprisoned for at least one year.

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The sound of the wooden shoji being pushed away.

"Mr. Kai, are you awake?"

Hanamaru Hanabi with a little messy hair stood in front of the door that had just been pushed open, her face was still a little dazed.

She asked cautiously:
"Did the fireworks interrupt Kai-kun's rest?"

"That's not the case," Uesugi Kai sat up straight and turned his head, "What did Hanabi do?"

"Go, go to the bathroom" Hanamaru Hanabi said in a small voice.

"Won't you ask me to go to the toilet?" Uesugi Kai smiled lightly, even the gray-blue air in the room at 6 o'clock could not hide his handsome face.

"Kai-kun is a boy." Hanamaru Hanabi lowered her head slightly.

"Boys can't go to the toilet?"

"No, it's not impossible, it's not possible to be with Hanabi."

Seeing his never-fading smile, Hanamaru Hanabi suddenly figured out something, immediately backed out, quickly closed the door that had just been opened, and ran away quickly.

Are you afraid of yourself?
Uesugi Kai shook his head, lay back on the bedding, and went back to sleep again.

For lazy people, there is no end to returning to the cage, and if you don't pay attention, you will sleep until twelve o'clock at noon.

At that time, the sun was shining on the buttocks, and the whole person rubbed violently before remembering.

He dreamed of the self in his previous life who hugged instant coffee at noon every day to catch up with the progress of the project.

The director was sitting at the table next to him, and it was difficult for him to touch the fish.

The memory of his previous life is actually vague and the fragments are very messy. He only remembers that he is a 995 social animal.

Dream, more and more blurred.

Kai Uesugi seemed to be dreaming of Hanamaru Hanabi stepping on the beach with her bare feet and smiling at herself.

Apart from that smiling face, the most conspicuous thing is her pink and tender feet.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Hanamaru Hanabi kept shaking Uesugi Kai's arm.

"Your Majesty, wake up soon."

After a lengthy wake-up breath, Uesugi Kai stood up with difficulty and rubbed the space between his eyebrows.

"Is it time to leave?"

"Wait for a while, mom and the others are choosing the clothes to wear today." Hanamaru Hanabi withdrew her little hand and sat obediently in front of her.

"Speaking of which, you're going to wear a yukata today, right?" Uesugi Kai turned his head to look at her while his eyes were still adapting to the light.

"Um"

"Do you think Zhao Jun is handsome?"

Hanamaru Hanabi raised her purple eyes and said sweetly, "Kai-kun. Very handsome."

Kaoru Uesugi stood up with a confident smile on his face:
"Then how about the handsome Kai-kun help Hanabi put on her yukata?"

"No."

The red-faced girl directly refused.

Kai Uesugi "chat" with Hanabi for a while, and then she was shy and pushed out of the room.

Why be shy?
Because you have to wear a "yukata" instead of a "kimono".

In principle, you don't wear underwear in a yukata, isn't that common sense?

But Xiao Huahuo insisted on wearing underwear.

Kaoru Uesugi stood at the door, looking at the Japanese garden in front of him.

The lucky tree raised by grandma is in good shape, with its branches and leaves growing in turns.

It is a bit big, the thick brown trunk is thicker than his waist, about 2 meters high.

It stands to reason that potted plants like Lucky Tree shouldn't be so big.

Or do older people like to raise everything?

"Hanabi, are you dressed yet?" Kai Uesugi shouted into the room.

"Okay, okay, Kai-kun can come in." Across a wooden barrier with a white crane ukiyo-e, Hanamaru Hanabi's voice sounded a little softer.

In fact, Xiao Huahuo's singing is also very nice, just listening to her voice will give you a sense of comfort in the cool summer breeze.

But she is not very confident, so only Kai Uesugi has heard the songs she sings.

Pushing away the wooden shoji, Uesugi Kai saw Hanabi, who was dressing herself up beautifully by the closet.

"Ou, Ou-kun."

"Yeah." Uesugi put his hand on his chin and admired it.

A silk bathrobe with purple flowers on a white background, and lavender bellflowers set off the soft white bathrobe elegantly and delicately.

Around her waist was a thirty-centimeter wide azure blue cloth belt, and beside her shoulder-length soft short hair, a hairpin of wisteria flowers hung down.

This is unique.

Originally, he was showing off his yukata with bright and colorful colors, but this weak girl in front of him wore it with a smart and cute look.

Like the swaying lilies in April spring, pure and moving.

In Hanamaru Hanabi's pretty eyes, there is a hint of a girl's sweetness.

"Okay, does it look good?" She asked weakly.

Uesugi Kai smiled, "The Fireworks Festival hasn't started yet, so I don't think much about it."

"Why, why?" the girl asked weakly.

"Because fireworks are far less beautiful than fireworks."

Hanamaru Hanabi, who was praised, was shy and buried her head. The two small hands under the sleeves were folded on the cloth belt around her waist, and the wisteria hairpin swayed gently by her ears, emitting light.

"Thank you, Kai-kun."

Kaoru Uesugi felt that what he said was a bit boring.

But Xiao Huahuo seems to like it very much.

Is this the love effect?Will a girl get lost in every word of the person she likes?

"Well, how can I thank you specifically?"

Every time Uesugi said this, it meant that he was going to do something bad.

The silly and blushing Hanamaru Hanabi already knew what he wanted to do.

"Hanabi. I can help Kai-kun change clothes."

Shy girls will become dull and reticent.

Hanamaru Hanabi didn't dare to look at his naked upper body, if she caught a glimpse of him, she would want to shake her head like a little rabbit.

Then she closed her eyes and put on clothes for him with a blushing face.

"Let's do it myself." Seeing her staggering appearance, Uesugi Kai also knew that he could only rely on himself.

"Yeah." Hanamaru Hanabi hurriedly stepped on her feet and turned her back.

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It is not too early to participate in the fireworks festival, because the fireworks bloom in the middle of the night, and it will be very hot in the midsummer.

However, there is also the advantage of going early, that is, to occupy a seat in advance.

"Isn't Jiro going?" the old lady Uesugi asked before taking the bus to Matsuyama City.

The sound of the tide outside the dam still echoed in my ears under the blue sky.

Uesugi Shio, who was still dressed in ordinary clothes, carefully supported the old lady: "Grandma, you also know about father's situation."

"You can't blame him, Xiaoxi." The old lady Uesugi, who was dressed in plain kimono, patted her granddaughter's hand and said.

"Yeah." Uesugi Uesugi replied absent-mindedly, her long black hair hanging down, fluttering to the left in the sea breeze blowing from outside the embankment.

Today, many people in the town are going to watch the firework festival in Matsuyama City, and the bus stops at the station to wait for people.

There are usually not many young people, but during the summer vacation, many students who did not work returned to their hometowns.

Many neighbors greeted Mrs. Uesugi warmly.

The crowd gradually gathered in front of the bus. Uesugi still knew some young people of the same generation, but most of them were not very familiar, so it was only at the stage of greeting.

He found that many guys were secretly watching Xiao Hanabi.

"Xiao Xi."

"What's wrong? Grandma."

"You should also come out in a yukata today." The old lady Uesugi looked at Hanabi, who was dressed delicately and smartly today.

"Grandma, it's almost the same."

The old lady Uesugi folded her sleeves together and shook her head, "The wonderful time like yours is very short. If you don't wear a yukata at this age, you won't have this feeling when you grow up."

"I have known the old man for almost 52 years. I met him for the first time at the Summer Festival. I still remember how angry he was when he failed to catch goldfish 34 times.

"I still remember that day I secretly ran out to play without telling my parents, and wanted to go to the festival to catch a goldfish and raise it secretly.

"At the summer festival, a person wandered curiously here and there, and finally found a roof for fishing goldfish.

"At that time, there were a lot of people watching, and people couldn't help being curious. I squeezed into the crowd to see, and found your grandpa standing there paying money again and again, and fishing for goldfish again and again.

"I think he is stupid and stupid, what is he doing so hard to catch a goldfish?
"That piece of paper is very fragile. So stupid, so stupid, I stood behind him and watched curiously, wondering when he would give up, but he never gave up again and again.

"The people who laughed at him gradually dispersed, and I was the only one left to watch him fish for goldfish.

"I saw it for the 67th time, and found that he still didn't give up, so I couldn't help but go up and teach him."

"He also said that I was meddling in my own business."

When the old lady Uesugi said this, she couldn't help but smile.

"He's just too stubborn, he fishes for goldfish and tries hard, and he's impetuous."

"To this day, I can still recall the color of the lights that day. He had no family, but worked extremely hard. After getting to know him for a long time, I realized that I actually liked that stupid and stubborn guy."

The old lady Uesugi raised her head and looked at the town and the faint orange trees on Sakura Hill in the distance.

"Running to this place with him will take decades."

"Xiao Xi." The old lady Uesugi patted her hand again.

"grandmother."

"I told you so much, I hope you don't pay too much attention to Chikako's affairs, and enjoy today's meeting. The good time is not as long as you imagined."

"Um"

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The bus to Matsuyama City started to set off along the coastline.

Hanamaru Hanabi looked out the window, at the rolling waves.

Wisteria hairpins are shaking with the carriage.

Kaoru Uesugi looked at her snow-white collarbone and neck on her bathrobe, the reflection of her in the sea and the car window, and felt that her side face was more beautiful.

"This is the third time we have participated in the firework festival here."

"Do you want a special gift?" Uesugi Kaoru was a hard worker when it came to giving gifts.

To be honest, it is too straight for a girl to directly ask a girl what special gift she wants.

It also proves that he is really a hard worker in love.

Hanamaru Hanabi turned her head, and the wisteria flower hairpin swayed with lavender light.

"As long as the fireworks are sent by Mr. Kai, I like them, but they should not be too expensive."

"Now we have 600 million deposits."

"us.?"

"Did you forget? Grandma gave it, plus I got it from the competition."

"But... isn't that Kai-kun's money?"

"Little Huahuo thinks, what do I earn money for? I am the kind of person who is satisfied as long as I can eat enough and drink a cup of coffee in the afternoon."

Hanamaru Hanabi understood what he meant and lowered her head slightly.

"Thank you Kai-san."

But a thank you is always pale.

Hanamaru Hanabi originally wanted to say that he was not worthy of what he did, but when he thought of what he said yesterday to be each other's sun, he didn't say those unconfident words again.

She never regarded his kindness to her as peace of mind.

Every time he was too kind to himself, Hanamaru Hanabi would feel a deep sense of guilt in his heart, thinking that he would take some more meaningful practical actions.

Kai Uesugi noticed the change in her little mood, and every time she accepted what she gave, she felt a little embarrassed.

He reached out and put his arms around her petite shoulders.

"Your Majesty."

"Sleep for a while, sleep for a while, and we'll be there."

Hanamaru Hanabi is leaning on his shoulder, the smell on his body, and the colorful memories of his childhood.

A long time ago, he hugged himself like this.

"Brother Zhao"

"What's wrong."

"Hanabi. Very useless."

"No, never, even if Huahuo is still the crybaby when I was a child, I am willing to always care about her."

"Hanabi. What if it's always like this."

"Mr. Kai knows that Huahuo is not confident in herself, but she has worked hard to do her best, and she has been working hard."

Hanamaru Hanabi's inferiority complex has been in a vicious circle.

She is aware of her problems, but also feels more inferior because of her problems.

Uesugi Kai understands that her problem can only be erased with time.

Therefore, he never once hated her because of her mistakes caused by her inferiority complex.

Always keep your best encouragement.

Maybe this is the greatest tenderness I have for this poor girl.

Hanamaru Hanabi leaned on his shoulder, feeling his warmth and peace of mind as always for 12 years, slowly closed her bright eyes, and gradually fell asleep.

"Hanabi. Thank you Kai-kun all the time."

The bus going to the Fireworks Festival in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture continued to drive on the azure coast road.

(End of this chapter)