In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 218 Play and Choice

"Today is the Obon Festival, how about going to Dogo Onsen?"

At Mrs. Hanamaru's suggestion, this matter was decided happily.

On the No. 5 tram after JR Matsuyama Station, there are many more boys and girls wearing yukata.

Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi were still sitting together, but this time they were much quieter than before when they couldn't finish talking.

As the tram swayed, he naturally squeezed her little hand.

The comforting and delicate girl's little hands, the warmth exuding from the palm is still so familiar.

"Your Majesty."

"Yeah." Kaoru Uesugi replied.

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There was a second of silence, and Hanamaru Hanabi didn't follow up.

The carriage wobbled.

The sunlight passing through the tall buildings sprinkles finely on the car windows after the rain, and the winding water droplets diffuse the crystal clear moisture.

"Why didn't you talk again?" Uesugi Kai didn't look at her face, but just held her hand tighter.

A pure white dress and a small round hat on the head make Hanamaru Hanabi in the tram look clean and dusty.

She lowered her head slightly, staring at her legs sticking out from under her white skirt and said:
"Kai-kun. If you don't want Hanabi to leave, Hanabi won't leave."

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"But this is a very good opportunity for Hanabi, right?" Uesugi said with a sigh of relief in his heart, "Ordinary people don't have such a good development direction. After going out, whether it is painting that Hanabi likes, or the university he will study in the future, yes It’s great for fireworks.”

"Tram broadcast: Next stop, Katsuyama Town, next stop, Katsuyama Town"

"And if I interfere too much, it will be a bondage to you, Huahuo."

The scenery outside the car window gradually faded away.

The planes flying over the international airport brought bursts of roar.

Soon after, she too would be on one of those planes, far away from her side after drawing a straight cloud.

Even sitting in the tram now, Kaoru Uesugi can imagine her in the plane through the glass, wearing a clean white dress, and going on a long journey to a foreign country alone.

Tram No. 5 takes only 30 minutes from JR Matsuyama Station to Dogo Onsen, during which time the number of passers-by is increasing.

Dogo Onsen is a famous sightseeing spot in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, located in the main tourist center of Matsuyama City.

Today is the Obon Festival, which also makes this place lively. Many shops will decorate their shops in the style of the Edo period, forming a unique feature to attract passing tourists from home and abroad.

On this retro street, you can see rickshaws and a short railway train passing by from time to time.

Because of "The Young Master" (Natsume Soseki), this retro train with only one section is famous here.

A round ride costs 800 yen.

"I've been here several times, but I don't seem to have experienced a rickshaw yet?" Mrs. Hanamaru, who was carrying a satchel, smiled like a girl, and looked at the unguarded rickshaws across the street.

A sign next to the car reads:

10 minutes / 1500 yen

20 minutes / 2200 yen

30 minutes / 3000 yen

"It's too expensive." Mrs. Uesugi also looked over there, she always felt that the rickshaw was not interesting, "If you want me to say, it's better to take a seaside tram, the feeling of galloping along the coastline is also very good. "

"Experience. The most important thing in tourism is experience. It doesn't matter how much you spend. You can go on the seaside tram every day."

Mrs. Hanamaru smiled and took her best friend's arm, trying to take her to sit for a while.

"Are you really going?" Mrs. Uesugi tried to ask Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi for help with her eyes.

"Go, rickshaws are definitely not just pulling carts. They must be very good as tour guides here. You can let them introduce which areas have delicious restaurants."

Mrs. Hanamaru said quickly, then turned her head and asked, "Is Xiaoxi going?"

"I?"

Uesugi, who had been looking at the strange clock in the street, came back to his senses, eating a lollipop in his mouth, "I'll forget it."

"Must go! My treat."

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"Okay." Shio Uesugi agreed.

"As for Xiaokai," Mrs. Hanamaru said to the young couple in front of her with a smile, "let's have a good time with Hanabi-chan around here. There is a free foot bath on it, so you can relax a little before soaking in the hot spring."

Uesugi nodded.

After Mrs. Hanamaru went to the other side to experience the rickshaw pulling, Kaoru Uesugi looked at the unhappy girl beside him, took her hand and started walking towards the commercial street.

"Does aunt know about this?"

"I probably don't know." Hanamaru Hanabi lowered the small round hat on her head slightly, "Hanabi... I just heard about it from my father a few days ago."

So, that night you kept saying you couldn't sleep?

Two girls in all kinds of yukatas kept passing by, most of them had different dressing styles.

"Do you want to eat waffles?" Kai Uesugi turned his attention to the cake shop with a long queue in the opposite commercial street. The sign outside said Tangerine Waffles, which are on sale.

"think"

"Aren't you afraid of gaining weight?" Uesugi Kai said with a smile.

Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head, but just held his hand tightly. She liked the warmth from his hand and liked to eat with him.

The girl raised her eyebrows, and her shining pupils met his gaze:
"eat together."

It took a long time to line up, but Kai Uesugi didn't feel bored.

The thought of her leaving him and not being able to see her again for a long time.

Even if she was sitting on the bench across the street and smiling, he would feel extremely happy and satisfied, not to mention being so close now.

I can smell the refreshing lily fragrance of the girl.

She will be away for a while, and Kai Uesugi doesn't want to stop her only dream.

This weak girl seldom has anything of her own. She thinks of herself in everything, but her own feelings are pressed on the corner of the small table, and she has never paid attention to them.

She will blame herself for herself, but she is rarely happy for herself.

The two of them ate the same waffle together, one mouthful each, and walked up the stairs together to the place where Mrs. Hanamaru said to soak their feet for free.

It is located on a high place, facing the wind and overlooking all the buildings in this tourist area. There are two couples chatting leisurely here.

You should also wash your feet before soaking them, so as not to dirty the pool.

However, putting Hanamaru Hanabi's little feet as white as jade in a separate pool for only two or three people should be pleasing to the eye.

The water was flowing and crystal clear, and the girl's white and glutinous bare feet carefully dipped into it, and the whole small pond was covered with a layer of dazzling gold powder under the fine sunlight.

Looking at the city under the blue sky together, the heart also cools down with the summer breeze.

"Have you decided when to leave?"

"Not yet decided"

The girl next door is as fresh as Hanamaru Hanabi, and the hair on the temples on her chest is blown by a gentle breeze.

The blue sky reflected in her purple eyes transformed into his appearance:
"Kai-kun. Do you really want Hanabi?"

"Yes." Kaoru Uesugi replied slowly.

The flirting voices of several couples behind him rang in her ears, and Hanamaru Hanabi also saw his strangeness, and she, who was very unconfident in herself, lowered her head slightly.

"If Kai-kun fell in love with another girl when Hanabi left, Hanabi wouldn't mind.
"Huahuo only hopes that Kai-kun will not forget her, because she will always be waiting for him"

"Hanabi doesn't have any talent, she's just a very ordinary girl. She is very happy that Kai-kun regards her as the sun in his life and gives her a lot of different warmth."

The eyes under Hanamaru Hanabi's beanie continued to look at him.

"Hanabi likes Kai-kun very, very much. As long as Kai-kun asks Hanabi not to study in the UK, then Hanabi will not leave."

The breeze and the words blew past my ears at the same time, disturbing my reason.

"Kai-kun and Hanabi are equal, aren't they?" Uesugi Kai raised his head and said to the blue sky, "If you say a word from Kai-kun, it will shatter the dream and future of Xiao Hanabi, and make her only in the world for the rest of her life. Follow yourself, how long can such unequal feelings last."

"Fireworks will always—"

"It's not you, it's me, Hanabi," Uesugi Kai turned to her and said, "I know I'm not a perfect person, I'm afraid I'm used to her unequal giving, and I ask her to agree with me in everything.

"Fear of breaking her heart by saying things to her that I don't take for granted.

"I know she's never going to show it to her face, but she's definitely always concerned that she's not doing well enough to give him the extra effort."

"The balance of love has completely tilted to his side, and it has become unbalanced."

"I have no confidence in myself, who has always been lazy, Huahuo."

Hanamaru Hanabi asked in a low voice: "Is Hanabi not good enough for Kai-kun?"

Uesugi Kai smiled slightly and said: "On the contrary, it's great, let Hanabi lose her real existence as a girl, let her lose what really belongs to her."

He stroked the girl's soft and smooth cheeks, carefully feeling the temperature of the skin on his fingertips:
"Mr. Zhao, I don't want Xiao Huahuo to just become his vassal."

Hanamaru Hanabi lowered her head, staring at her little feet under the clear water, thinking carefully about his words.

Drip
Kaoru Uesugi took out his phone from his pocket.

Kai Uesugi: "Hi, father-in-law."

Hanamaru Hiroki: "Do you know about Hanabi?"

Uesugi Kai: "I know."

Hanamaru Yuki: "Then what do you think? The choice is in your hands."

Uesugi Kai: ". Let's follow Hanabi's dream. After all, she has worked hard in this area since she was a child."

Hanamaru Yuki: "This is a very rare opportunity for my family. Hanabi's grandfather told me that many children of chaebols would take this opportunity to study, and Hanabi will be able to enter the Royal University of Arts for further study after one year."

At home, I'm talking about Hanamaru's house.

The grandfather who was the director of the Metropolitan Police Department will not be weak in energy.

The Royal University of Art, the name sounds very British.

Kaoru Uesugi held the phone: "I see."

Hanamaru Hiroki: "The time has not been set yet, but it will be before the start of school on September 9. You can give me an answer later, and I will support whether you stay or not."

Kaoru Uesugi was about to speak, but was interrupted.

Hanamaru Hiroki: "I understand how deep the relationship between you is. This is a difficult decision, but I believe that one of you will follow your heart and make a choice that neither of you will regret."

Uesugi Kai smiled into the phone: "I always feel that this is not something my father-in-law would say."

Hanamaru Hiroki (silent for a second): "I just want Hanabi to gain her happiness."

"Beep-beep-beep-"

After a while of blind tone, the phone hung up.

Uesugi Kai did not know how long it took before he gradually confirmed the fact that Hanabi was going to study in the UK.

Sometimes I have to lament that it is really convenient for rich people. You can go anywhere you want to plate gold, and you can always find channels.

As for Huahuo, she will seize the opportunity seriously, it is definitely not as simple as plating a layer of gold.

When he put down the phone, Hanamaru Hanabi saw hesitation on his face.

"Your Majesty."

She moved closer to him, put her head on his shoulder, and watched the thousand hectares of clouds leisurely in the blue sky together.

The cool water still flows evenly on the feet.

"Huahuo, if you are the eldest lady, am I not worthy of you?"

"Big Brother Kai will always be Big Brother Kai"

Kai Uesugi understood that she was saying that she would treat herself consistently: "Then what if I make a mistake and am very stupid?"

Hanamaru Hanabi showed a good-looking smile: "Didn't Brother Kai say that Hanamaru is his sun? Sun, you have to understand and use your own light to warm each other, Hanabi won't mind."

Uesugi Kai felt that her two little feet were stepping on his feet, and asked with a smile:
"like me?"

"like."

"How much do you like it?"

"I like it better than chili and shark."

"If Kai-kun one day suffers from a disease like my aunt—"

Hanamaru Hanabi poked her head out, tapped his mouth with her soft, waxy cherry lips, and then shyly faced him with a faintly red face:
"Hanabi's life's happiness rests with Brother Kai, so this kind of thing will never happen."

Kai Uesugi smiled: "Can I take this as Hanabi's blessing to me?"

"Hanabi. Always bless Brother Kai"

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In the evening, Mrs. Hanamaru smiled and handed them a hot spring coupon.

Obviously paid for.

"Here, I'll leave it to you. Your room is not in our main house, but in a separate room on the other side."

"The main house is another house, what do you mean?" Uesugi Kai asked.

"It means you don't take a hot spring with us."

Under the speechless gaze of Mrs. Uesugi, Mrs. Hanamaru patted Uesugi on the shoulder:

"This separate hot spring is very expensive, you and Xiao Huahuo should cherish it more."

"Separate?" Uesugi Kai looked at the word "private hot spring" written on the hot spring coupon.

"Yes, alone."

Mrs. Hanamaru slapped the two on the back at the Edo-style entrance of Doya Onsen:

"Hurry up, hurry up, go there, remember to call us after soaking in the hot spring, and then put on your yukata and go to the night market to eat sushi together."

Kai Uesugi glanced at the private hot spring coupon in his hand, and then at Hanamaru Hanabi in a white skirt beside him:
"Going right now?"

(End of this chapter)