It was August 15th, and the heat wave outside was visibly distorting the air. The fan in the room was spinning. Suzu Sakakihara, who was sitting in front of the fan with her legs crossed, was shaking her head at the same speed.
"Oh my god~"
"The air conditioner is on."
"But it's just hot..."
She suddenly stopped shaking her head, continued to close her eyes, and fell weakly to the other side of the sofa.
She opened her lazy eyes, put her face on the carrot pillow, and stared at Raku Sakakihara, who had only a back view in front of her.
"Brother, brother~"
"Well, what's wrong."
"There's no need to finish your holiday homework now."
Raku Sakakihara checked the homework: "It's been half a month since the summer vacation, and my speed is considered slow. I advise you to write quickly and don't crazily make up homework in the last few days."
Sakakibara Suzu's index finger hooked the fabric of the sofa, and half of her face was squeezed by the carrot. She pouted and said forward, "Who knew there were so many homeworks in this school? In junior high school, I could definitely finish them in three days."
."
"Then write quickly."
"I don't want it~"
......
"Brother, come here~"
"What are you doing?"
"Come here for a moment."
"Wait until I finish writing this question."
Sakakihara Suzu was unhappy when her brother didn't come to see her.
Raku Sakakihara wrote the title seriously, and when he was deep in thought, he tapped the surface of the paper with the end of his pen, making a clicking sound.
"Sine... Hey, why are you hugging me all of a sudden."
"Hmph~"
Sakakibara Raku was playfully hugged by Sakakibara Suzu's neck.
The skin of her arms was pressed tightly against his neck, and her head was placed on his shoulder.
Sakakihara Raku was no longer surprised by his sister's intimate gestures, so he continued to write the title: "Are you hungry?"
"Why can I ask if I'm hungry when I'm so close to your super cute angel sister? Isn't he supposed to be very happy?"
"Are you hungry?" Raku Sakakihara wrote a formula in the exercise book.
"Hungry!"
"Oh, that's true. What do you want to eat?"
"Long live! Brother is the best!"
Sakakihara Suzu put her arms around his neck, opened her fingers in front of him and said, "I want to eat, curry, fried ice cream, passion fruit ice powder, cold spinach, cherry blossom shrimp egg roll, shredded radish pickles.
, and..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Sakakihara put down the pen directly and looked at the two waving fingers in front of him speechlessly: "I might as well feed the recipe into your mouth."
"Okay, if it's my brother, I won't refuse."
"Forget it, have you forgotten what day today is?"
"I know, it's a fireworks display."
"There are so many things out there, there is enough for you to eat."
"But my invincible and lovely sister, I think the food made outside is not as delicious as the food made by my brother~" Suzu Sakakihara retracted her hand, moved her two big white legs back and forth to his side, and knelt down obediently. She even winked at him playfully twice.
"Do you want to eat tonight?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" nodded crazily.
"Ah, by the way, I'm going to the fireworks display this time. Do you want to change into a yukata and go out?"
"Why are you wearing a yukata? Normal clothes are fine," Suzu Sakakihara realized something, "Wait a minute, do Kuruuri and the others also need to change into yukata?"
Sakakihara nodded: "Yeah."
"Then I want to wear it too!"
"How do you compare with them?"
"I don't even bother to compare with ordinary people. Who makes them so beautiful? They are just like foxes."
That's not right.
How do Sister Tianhai look like foxes?
Beautiful means very beautiful...
Coincidentally, at this time, the two "fox" ladies walked from the bedroom to the living room together.
They were wearing the same light yellow suspender dress with gradient colors, with their shoulders and collarbones exposed, their skin white, and their breast protectors covering their chests below the collarbones. The skirts were short, undoubtedly showing off their conspicuously slender legs.
One glance at them and you can see how refreshing they are in summer.
Sakakihara Raku noticed that the sisters usually wear the same style of clothes when going out.
And it’s a refreshing and comfortable gradient color.
Their simple clothes and long flaxen hair make them so beautiful that people dare not look at them.
If it is a fox, it must be a fairy fox.
Amami Nanami's eyes fell on Sakakihara Suzu: "I just heard someone saying that my sister and I are foxes."
Tianhai Qimingyue's natural and innocent expression: "Does Sister Jiang know that foxes specialize in eating rabbits?"
Sakakihara Suzu was stunned.
Tianhai Jiuliuli said with a smile: "Brother, aunt called us out."
"Buying a yukata?"
"That's right."
"Do you really want to go out and buy a yukata? Do you really want to wear it? I feel so tired after going out~" Suzu Sakakihara said in a lazy tone, her eyes drooping.
Sakakihara Raku: "Then you can't get out."
"I definitely want it, I can't help it, but I want you to carry me, brother."
"What's the benefit of carrying you?"
"Hmph, then I can enjoy the closeness of the invincible and lovely girl!"
"Eh-oh, it hurts."
Sakakibara reached out and pinched Sakakihara Suzu's face. She was pulled so hard that she screamed in pain.
"Stop doing this, hurry up and go out."
......
The place where you buy yukata is not the big shopping mall you imagined.
But in a Japanese shop in Chiyoda District, there is a plant with an unnamed name planted at the door. It looks like a vine or a branch, climbing up the eaves and covered with green leaves.
Standing below, I actually feel a little cool.
The interior is sinking, so you have to walk down two steps to enter the store.
The room is even cooler, with various classic traditional costumes hanging on both sides - yukata, kimono, and various patterns of silk.
There are quite a lot of customers here. Fortunately, the shop is quite big and there is an open-air yard next to it where you can rest.
Amami Shigenori and his mother were waiting in the store. Seeing a few people arriving, Mrs. Sakakibara thoughtfully began to take care of her daughters to buy yukata.
Compared with the gorgeousness of women's yukatas, men's yukatas are relatively simple.
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Gray, black, cyan blue.
Because it was simple and there was nothing to choose from, Raku Sakakihara thought the material was good and the clothes fit him well, so he chose a black yukata.
Mom and the three girls were choosing clothes with great enthusiasm. Sakakibara listened for a long time and was a little dazed. What on earth were they talking about?
"It's a little troublesome for women to choose clothes, right?"
To Sakakibara's surprise, this was actually what Amami Shigenori, his stepfather, said to him.
"...I think it's okay, but I don't know why I have to worry about a small thing for so long."
"Patterns are also very particular. The patterns on the yukata have names. They are probably saying that the combination is auspicious and beautiful."
Tianhai Maodian looked at him and suddenly asked: "It's been four months since we lived together in a new life. How do you feel about getting along with them?"
......
How about.
Can I tell you directly that I like your daughter?
Facing his stepfather and the title of future father-in-law, Shimonori Amami.
Sakakihara Raku's heart is a little frizzy.
After all... falling in love with my sister-in-law is a shameful thing.
"Jiu Liuli is very good and often helps. As for Qi Mingyue... well, it feels great to study together."
Damn you, you have to say such embarrassing things.
Amami Maodian is a smart man, he can see the mood of the stepson in front of him at this moment.
He tried his best to speak to him in a relaxed voice as the father of two girls:
"My family usually bothers you to take care of them. This time I take the time to take you out for fun. The main reason is to help you relax. If you need any money, just ask."
"No, the living allowance provided by uncle is completely sufficient."
"Well, that's good. That girl in July didn't do any pranks on you, right?"
Sakakihara thought of the day we stayed together. She had just finished taking a shower, and she was holding a thin bath towel and asked herself if she wanted to see what it looked like inside.
"No."
"That's good. She is a very proud person at heart. She looks down on no one except those she knows well, and she also holds grudges. Last time I came home from get off work and took a bag of her potato chips to eat, and she was still able to eat them after a week. She used mustard in revenge."
Sakakihara Raku has wanted to ask about this for a long time.
"Uncle, aren't you angry?"
"I want to be angry, but I can't be angry," Amami Madenori sighed. "I owed them both a lot when I was a child. Even after divorcing their mother, I didn't take much care of them. They hate me.
Of course, but this is not the case, so after entering high school, I relaxed a lot of their conditions."
"I think uncle, you have a very important position in their hearts."
Seeing that he seemed to know something, Amami Madenori asked, "Did they tell you what happened when they were young?"
"I said something."
"That's right, then they must have a good impression of you," Tianhai Maodian laughed, "Yes, you have been taking care of the house for these four tiring months, and nothing troublesome happened. Ale, you are only 17 years old.
As a high school student, you are completely a good and responsible man."
"No..." Raku Sakakihara said modestly.
"This is not a compliment, but I know that it is very difficult to maintain a good family relationship and let everyone understand that this is a family... At least I have never been able to do it, and I don't usually do it.
I know what I should say to the children... As for Qiyue and Liuli's physical problems with girls when they grow up, I can't even say anything."
Shimonori Amami puts one hand on his knee. Even in everyday clothes, he has a stable adult masculine temperament.
He seemed to be thinking about whether he should say something at this time.
"Forget it," he thought for a long time, and finally sighed, "I'd better tell you. A while ago, your mother told me about you and Qiyue's wedding photos."
......
......
Sakakibara's pupils immediately shrank.
However, he quickly noticed that Uncle Tianhai didn't seem angry, but seemed to be discussing with him.
"After being in contact with it for so many days, I believe that even if I haven't said it in detail, you should know some of the power behind the Tianhai family."
"Well, I know a little bit about it."
"As for me, I don't have a good relationship with Qiyue Liuli's grandfather because of my previous marriage to Bertha. Currently, the Tianhai family has more than a dozen branches, and my family is the main family. My father has ten children.
, I am the eldest, and the others are all daughters."
......
In other words, Uncle Tianhai has nine sisters.
Uncle Tianhai, Si Guoyi...
"The second child and I are one year apart," Tianhai Maodian recalled. "The youngest, let me think about it, should be the same age as Qiyue Liuli and the others now."
The old man is also awesome!
You will get stronger with age.
"My father only has one son, me, and I only have two daughters, Qiyue and Liuli. Do you understand what this means?"
"Dating?"
"Well, it's over."
"For a family business, the death of the head of the family is a big deal. I don't want to be bound by this kind of thing, and whether I have children or not should not be decided by this kind of thing. But in Japan, situations like this are usually
There is a trick."
Sakakibara guessed what it was: "I'm married?"
"That's right, getting married..." Amami Madenori's tone became complicated, "When your mother told me about the incident in July, I also found it a bit difficult to handle. On the one hand, it was to take care of Miwa's mood, and on the other hand,
It takes care of your mood.
"After all, this is a new home, and I don't want a family to be broken up just after it was formed.
"The misunderstanding was later resolved, and the wedding photo incident was indeed caused by her naughtiness in July. She has been fond of wedding dresses since she was a child. Recently, it is not too strange for me to secretly go out and have contact with her when I can't control her.
"The misunderstanding has been resolved, but it's not like I haven't thought about it... I've thought about it for a long time, until now.
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"Well, in the final analysis, I just want to convey my opinion to you - if you are good enough and with the consent of the other party, I can let you try to contact them.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
......
Uncle, you just agreed?!
Just like that, simply agreed?
Although I and Jiuliuli haven't gotten along yet.
But Uncle Tianhai’s statement is undoubtedly the most difficult gap to cross!
Tianhai Maodian smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, I am not an old-fashioned person. If I were old-fashioned, I would not disobey my father and marry Bertha in England. Although it turned out that I was wrong, I have no regrets. And as a lawyer,
In one line, being old-fashioned also means that you actively discard a lot of logic."
Amami Madenori’s expression and tone became serious.
"If you really want to choose, then you must also understand the meaning of the surname Tianhai. Whether you marry Jiuliuli or Qimingyue, the pressure behind them will be much greater than you think.
”
Amami Shigenori put his hand on Sakakibara Raku's shoulder, as if to signal him to relax.
"If you want to get something, you always need to work hard for it. Your marriage to Tianhai's family is no different to me. I was too harsh on them when I was a child, and because of the divorce, I couldn't give them anything.
.....At the moment, I just want to see my daughter be happy... She agrees, and everything is easy to talk about.
"But don't put any pressure on you. Most of it will happen in the future. The old man is still in good health and it's still early to retire. You will definitely have graduated from college by then. For now, you can just study with peace of mind."<
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"Uncle, I have a question."
"Hmm."
"Can I not get married?"
"You don't want to marry someone else?" Tianhai Maodian laughed and said, "Yes, as long as you can acquire Tianhai Group and have enough say, the people in the family will naturally listen to you."
.....
After the conversation between father and son ended, my mother and the three of them bought their own yukata and walked out of the store.
Before getting on the bus, Tianhai Jiuliuli walked to him in small steps and said in his ear:
"Brother, you like white yukata, right?"
"Well...I remember I really wanted to tell you."
"I bought white today."
After saying that, Tianhai Jiuliuli got on the rear seat of the car with a gentle smile like a cherry blossom.
......
I bought white today...
Thinking over the meaning of Amami Kuruuri's words, Sakakihara Suzu was already urging him to get in the car quickly.
I don’t know if it was because he felt a lot more relaxed after learning that his uncle had no restrictions. Sitting in the car, with the sun passing by, Sakakibara was happy to see the gentle face of Amami Kuriuri smiling at him, as if he saw more colors.<
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Today’s fireworks display seems to be more than just a family fireworks display.
......
There are still two hours until the fireworks display starts.
It's almost dusk, but the lively atmosphere of the temple fair seems to have emerged in front of you.
Wear the clothes crosswise, first right and then left, and tie the belt with a knot on the side... Sakakihara checked out this pure black yukata outfit.
He's quite handsome, which makes sense.
Due to his daily exercise, he has a good figure and his appearance tends to be quiet. The black yukata and the pretty lace-up combination make him look more calm overall.
If this outfit were worn by an old man, he might be mistaken for the leader of the Yakuza.
It fits him just right, he is young yet steady, yet steady yet handsome
When he walked out, even his mother looked at him and said without hesitation: "My son is so handsome."
I didn’t expect that one day I would be embarrassed by my mother’s compliments.
Miwa Sakakihara helped Sakakihara Raku hold the collar: "Well, this is good. Tell mom secretly, do you like Nanimingyue or Jiuliuri?"
"Why are you asking this suddenly..."
"This is a firework festival. Visiting a temple fair is a very suitable scene for dating girls. Which one do you like? I will help you create some space."
"..."
Mom is surprisingly understanding.
Forget it, tell me, my uncle agrees anyway.
After listening to this, Miwa Sakakihara's eyes looked a little weird: "I thought you liked that girl Nanamigyue."
"Ahem, okay, Mom, don't ask about this matter."
"Excuse me? Why are you embarrassed about liking a girl? Well, if you don't want to say it, just don't say it. Then I will take Qi Mingyue and A Ling to buy some food, and you can take the opportunity to sneak away with Jiu Liuli.
."
This... made Sakakihara Raku excited!
"How does Jiuliuli feel to your senses?"
"...I don't know, but she knows I like her."
"Have you distanced yourself since I found out?"
"No."
"That's good. This shows that she doesn't hate your feelings and is waiting for you to take the next step. Ah Le, you have to remember to cherish it. There are very few outstanding girls like Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue. You have to seize the opportunity. Mom can
I am very optimistic about you! You are the only promising son in the Sakakihara family."
By the way, Sakakihara is my mother’s surname. After my bastard father disappeared, my mother went through the divorce procedures.
And changed the surnames of the two siblings to Sakakibara.
It’s also to prevent any trace of that bastard from appearing in my life again.
"A Ling is also very promising. She can become a voice actress at the age of 15."
"Well, you are all very good. Mom is proud of you."
Sakakihara Miwa probably remembered the past, but her tone fluctuated when she said this.
......
After a little tidying up, Sakakibara and her mother went out together.
As for the three of them... their yukatas seemed to be missing some accessories, so Uncle Tianhai could only drive them back again.
We all made an appointment to gather together at the Sumida River.
On the train, most passengers have put on festive yukata, carrying small bags or small food baskets, laughing and chatting with each other about daily interesting things.
Of course there are also young male and female high school students.
Some are in groups, and some are alone in ordinary clothes and headphones.
Sakakibara also saw a young couple standing on the opposite side of him.
The girl is dressed exquisitely, holding the tram ring with one hand.
The high school boy was very embarrassed and stretched out his hand, eager to hold hands with her. Finally, the tram shook slightly and touched her slightly. When the girl turned around, the boy shyly withdrew his hand.
Half of the hand.
Oh, if it were me, I would definitely take the lead.
Sakakibara couldn't help but think.
Fireworks festival, temple fair in the evening, do you want to buy some apple candy for Jiu Liuli...?