Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

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"Grandma, I can't eat anymore!"

At the dinner table, only Yui and Orika, the grandma and granddaughter of the grandchildren, were left.

Yuigahama Makoto and Chiana went out to buy fireworks and firecrackers. Originally, the three of them were going to go together, but Yui took the initiative to stay and say she wanted to accompany her grandmother.

but……

If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have gone with them!

Yui felt the little flesh on her belly with a look of sorrow on her face, but she was still chewing the delicious food her grandma gave her.

There is nothing bad to say about the old man, the feeding is really first-class.

If you keep a skinny cat or dog for a few months, you will get a pig in return!

Darwin burst into tears when he saw it.

When the hungry shark saw it, it begged for food.

"You really can't eat anymore?" Zhixia was suspicious, but she still handed over a piece of sweet cake, "Have another piece?"

“Well, then eat another piece?” Yui said uncertainly, and then put the sweet cake in her mouth and chewed it...

Chew chew chew~~

Oh my god, I have to say that the sweet cakes are really delicious.

The golden and crispy crust and the sweet but not greasy taste are so delicious!

I'll ask grandma how she made it later, and let Xiaoxue, Mahiru, and Xiaoqing have a taste~

"Hmm~"

Zhixia smiled with relief, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were crooked like crescent moons.

"Little Yui has grown so big..."

She sighed with a feeling, and Yui was about to say something in response, but Orika suddenly changed her tone and asked with a smile:

"Have you found a boyfriend at school?"

“Cough!! Cough cough!!”

Grandma's question caused Yui to choke and start coughing violently.

After a pause, before she could finish her words with a blushing face, Zhixia added with a disappointed look on her face:

"Well, if you think I'm such a fool, Yui-chan, that she can't even choke when eating a sweet cake, it's a miracle that she can find a boyfriend."

"No, no way! Grandma, why do you make me sound so pitiful?"

Yui puffed out her lips.

The culprit didn't even think about why she was choked!

"Well, isn't it?" Zhixia tilted her head and said in a strange tone, "So someone likes you?"

"But, maybe it's possible? How would I know about other people's affairs..."

"Then do you have someone you like?"

Yui was shocked. Why did the topic suddenly turn like this? ?

The white snow on the neck was instantly eroded by the cherry pink, and the heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.

The girl still pretended to be calm, but when she raised her head, she only saw Zhixia's half-smile.

"You should know your own affairs, right?"

“I think… there should be some?” Yui’s answer was unclear, as if she hadn’t swallowed the sweet cake in her mouth yet.

Zhixia didn't say anything, but just stared at Yui quietly, as if waiting for something.

The old man's calm gaze made her feel inexplicably frightened.

The room was silent. Just when Yui was about to say something, a fire suddenly exploded, lighting up the darkness for a moment like day.

Amidst the tumultuous noise, Yui lowered her eyes, her voice so soft that it sounded like she was telling the girl's thoughts...

"But he already has a girlfriend, who is also a friend of mine and a very good person.

Everyone is a very nice person...

……

Did I meet him too late...?"

The sound of firecrackers and fireworks stopped at some point, and the girl wasn't sure whether her grandmother heard what she said.

She spoke very quickly on purpose, so perhaps grandma only saw her lips moving slightly.

——Like a mole.

——What is a mole?

Moles are animals that cannot stand the light. They will die if they are exposed to the sun for a few hours, so moles cannot walk out of the darkness.

So it can't go anywhere except darkness, and it doesn't know where to go.

Just like those little shameful thoughts, apart from being deeply hidden in the heart, even if one wants to find someone to talk to, one can only seek self-comfort from a human-machine like Doubao.

So, Yui started to regret what she said.

She began to pray silently from the bottom of her heart that her grandmother didn't hear her.

These words should all be blown away along with the New Year's firecrackers!!

Zhixia was speechless. The old-fashioned lamp in the living room cast a dim, elongated shadow on the wall, like a sharp sword hanging overhead.

"Are you full?" she asked.

"Well... I'll clean up first." Yui nodded and stood up to clear the table.

"What are you collecting? Come with me to take a look outside."

Zhixia put her hands behind her back, stood up slowly and walked towards the courtyard.

The old man has poor hearing, so maybe he really didn’t hear it.

"Hey, but..."

"But what but? Aren't you staying to accompany me? Come quickly."

Zhixia's urging voice was flat and contained a hint of tenderness.

Yui glanced up and down at the dishes that had not been put away yet, hesitated for a moment, and quickly followed.

……

"Ugh... it's so cold."

As soon as Yui came outside, the damp and cold air almost seeped into her bones.

"Here, put it on, don't think it's dirty."

Orika picked up one of her coats and threw it to Yui, she was also wearing a coat.

"Thank you grandma."

Yui smiled sweetly at Orika.

Then he looked at the coat curiously. It was quite nice.

But it's not surprising. When my grandmother was young, she was a famous beauty in the whole area. It seems normal for her to have good aesthetic taste.

Today is New Year's Day. The sound of firecrackers rang in the ears of the two people one after another, and white smoke floated in the air.

"It's so cold, I wonder if the fish will freeze to death?"

Yui recalled catching fish in the river with her grandmother when she was a child, and she spoke for no reason.

"Fish are cold-blooded animals, and they're not stupid." Zhixia first glanced at her granddaughter before speaking calmly.

Yui stopped talking, feeling offended. There was heating inside the house but not outside, and she forgot about it because she was in such a hurry to leave.

It may also be that I overestimated my ability to resist freezing.

"Want to go fishing with me?" Zhixia asked suddenly.

"Now?" Yui was stunned.

"How is that possible? When the temperature is low, the fish all move to deep waters. The only fish you can catch now are stupid fish. Eating them will make you stupid!"

Zhixia said unhappily.

It seems like this family will never grow old, including Yui’s mother and her mother’s mother.

Stop scolding, stop scolding. If you keep scolding the child he will become stupid!

Yui pouted, said nothing, and looked up at the night sky in the distance.

The nights in my childhood memories are always full of stars, but at some inconspicuous moment, there are no more stars.

Even in the countryside and familiar small towns, the stars are not as numerous or as bright as before.

"I still remember when I took Yui to go fishing, she was always crying..."

Zhixia seemed to be thinking of something happy, and she couldn't help but smile, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"You lied to me and said you were going to eat me. What does Little Yui have to do with Big Yui?"

"Okay, okay." Zhixia thought about it, realized belatedly that she was a little careless, and added.

“But the fish you see in winter aren’t necessarily stupid fish, they may be trying to come up for air.

The oxygen content in deep water is still relatively low.”

I'm shocked! My grandma is actually a top student!

Yui made a sound of "I see," and then said innocently, "Then we can catch fish, eh?"

"You can't catch it." Zhixia shook her head, "How long can you breathe?

By the time people reacted, the fish had already dived back into deep water.

Unless the fish keeps breathing in the same place, but this is unrealistic.

unless……"

"Unless what?"

"Unless that fish is really a stupid fish! Otherwise it's a dead fish!" Zhixia's heart is still young, and her voice suddenly rose a few decibels.

My academically gifted grandma is a childish creature.

Yui thought to herself.

"Of course, there are not so many stupid and dead fish in the world. Maybe it's because that fish likes you." Zhixia narrowed her eyes, "Because I met you at that position once, so every time I breathe in from now on, I will breathe in that position.

When other fish are busy mating and sleeping, it is only concerned with floating to the surface of the water.

When other fish asked it if it was lacking oxygen and why it kept floating up recently, it didn't know how to answer.

Because it's not really lacking oxygen.

It just wants to meet someone it likes. Even if such love won’t wait for any spring to sprout.”

"Wow, what a sad story." Yui's eyes felt a little sore after listening to it. She has a low tear point and can't stand listening to such stories.

But something seems to be wrong?

"But grandma, why do fish like people?"

This is not even the same species!

"Go away, hypotheses, hypotheses, understand?" Zhixia pouted, "Stories are just one hypothesis after another. If you take it too seriously, you will admit defeat!"

"Okay. So suppose fish like people, will people like fish?" Yui stopped hesitating and became curious about the next story.

"I would like it. Didn't you eat a lot of fish tonight?"

Yui: [?ヘ??]

Zhixia continued with a smile, "You can tell it's impossible even if you think about it with your butt.

How can people like fish?

People only like to eat fish.

When I see a fish that always stupidly refreshes at a fixed location, like an NPC, of ​​course I will happily take it home instead of thinking about turning it into another fish.

And what about that stupid fish? It foolishly thought that people liked it too!

That fish likes you, so you can do whatever you want. It doesn't even know how to resist.

I don’t know if the fish that resists will end up being steamed or fried~~~"

Ah? ? ?

Grandma...is this stir-frying serious?

Yui just thought she was deaf. If she asked such a question, it would only make the other person think that her head was full of dirty garbage.

“But grandma, first of all, my name is not Silly Fish.

Secondly, it’s not called fish.

Finally I should be human.”

Yui said with a straight face and a serious tone.

She could tell that her grandmother was pointing at her, but she had no actual evidence.

"Yes, you are human."

The faint moonlight shone down, and Zhixia's eyes flickered with a meaningful light.

“People, love yourself.”

……

Tokyo. A bustling crowd.

The fireworks display will begin soon.

Su Qing and Mahiru each held some hot snacks in their hands, ready to eat while waiting.

The seats they were sitting in were the "VIP area" officially sold.

The viewing area that appears in cliché novels and is known only to the male and female protagonists or a very small number of people does not exist.

If there are any, they are used to make money at the first time, and eventually become overcrowded, and then they are "taken in" by the authorities...

"Is it really okay to wear a kimono when it's so cold?"