When Suzu Sakakihara woke up the next day, she was in someone's arms.
Generally speaking, she rarely felt this warmth in the past. After her consciousness gradually became clearer, she felt a little at a loss about the current situation.
Missing...awkward...shy...
Being in someone's arms, being held by someone... these emotions seem to be there.
Sakakihara Suzu was filled with embarrassment. When she thought about how she had called someone "Brother~~" last night and acted clingyly like a child, her face became even redder.
She is usually cheerful and laughs, but she just doesn't want this side to be exposed again.
What were you doing last night?
Why did I do that again last night?
Own...
...Although I have acted coquettishly several times recently, even though the other party has long understood what I am thinking in my heart.
cocoa......
Eh!!
Why is it so annoying!
Sakakibara Suzu rubbed her cheeks with both hands, thinking that this was probably the contradiction of being a human being... Usually she likes to show off her strength and pretend that nothing matters, but once she really gets emotional, in the cold night
Suddenly there is a warm haven where you can act coquettishly and express yourself...and you will fall in without hesitation...
Sakakibara Suzu stared at Sakakibara Raku who was still sleeping soundly, overlapping the past memories with his face at this time.
He still vividly remembers his past experiences of holding hands with him and taking him out to visit toy stores.
He...perhaps just like this trip, twenty years later, or even thirty or forty years later, he would smile and shout to himself, "Ah Ling, let's go! Go for a ride!", and he would be very happy.
Do you agree?
His back is as tall and reassuring as ever...
...
When she was in someone's arms again and looked at someone's sleeping face, Sakakihara Suzu had a faint smile on her face. She even took the initiative to put her head in someone's arms and leaned against him for a while. She enjoyed it quietly for a while.
A steady and steady warmth.
Afterwards, she took the initiative to push herself up, put on the cotton-padded clothes placed in the corner of the tent, and endured the shivering cold to get out of bed.
"Ah~~~"
Stretch, yawn, bend down and unzip the tent.
Suzu Sakakihara's eyes suddenly widened and she realized that the mountains were already covered in snow.
The green mountain forest turned white, and only the sharp corners of the dead branches and leaves on the ground were exposed in the snow. The smell of green grass, soil and pine trees came to his face with the cold wind. Sakakihara Suzu shivers down his spine while sniffing.
The tip of my nose is still a little sore.
Looking back, I saw that even the tent was covered with snow.
"...It's only been one night and it's snowed so much?"
"It's Christmas after all."
The sound of stepping on snow rang in my ears.
Sakakihara Suzu turned around, and a girl with long flaxen hair, wrapped in a scarf, and wearing a blue jacket suddenly walked up to her. She was holding a cup of steaming hot tea in her hand, and her back was reflected by the mountains and forests in the snow.
"...Who are you...?"
The girl sighed helplessly, spitting out thick white mist from her mouth, "After sleeping in my brother's arms for one night, you are so stupid that you can't even tell the difference between me and my sister?"
With this tone, Sakakihara Suzu instantly recognized that it was Nanamiyue's fox.
At the same time, she was still a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that Qi Mingyue heard the conversation last night.
Such a shameful conversation...
"...Where, where is it!"
"What, you want me to show you the video of you talking in your sleep this morning and asking for a hug from your brother?"
"You, you, you, you! Why are you still recording the video? Give it to me!"
"No."
"Give it to me quickly!"
"Just kidding, I have no interest in recording this kind of scene."
"That's good..." Sakakihara Suzu breathed a sigh of relief.
"But I do have a recording of Sister-chan acting coquettishly last night. Someone even said several times, 'Don't cry, my brother is here.'"
"you--!"
Sakakihara Suzu was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Fortunately, Tianhai Qimingyue did not make things difficult for her, but instead recognized her emotions.
"It's good if I can have a place to relax, sister-chan. Don't work too much and put all the stress on yourself."
"...Sister Qi, aren't you angry?" Sakakihara Suzu glanced at her secretly.
"Angry? Why should I be angry?"
"...According to common sense, Sister Qiyue, you also know what I think...In this case-"
Tianhai Qimingyue directly interrupted her speech, put her right hand under the other arm, and said flatly: "Emotions are a very complicated thing, with too many things mixed into it, and your feelings, sister-chan, are even more so.
I might have felt inappropriate in the past, but now I can accept it, sister, and your thoughts and actions are nothing."
"...Can I think that you are looking down on me? Anyway, I was the one who came first."
"It's not that I don't care about you, Sister-chan. It's that you, Sister-chan, are aware of certain limitations. The expression of emotions is more inclined to spiritual communication, similar to yuki... It should be said that yuki is similar to you.
.. Under these conditions, why should I be angry?”
...Because Sister Qiyue, you are stingy...
Sakakihara Suzu complained in her heart.
Tianhai Qimingyue closed her eyes and raised her lips slightly, "I am stingy, but it does not mean that I am ignorant. My sister-chan is just asking her brother to act coquettishly. It is a behavior that children will do. Besides, if it were an ordinary sister-chan, she shouldn't have done it in the first place.
Reply to me by saying, 'It's none of your business if I ask my brother to act coquettishly!', and then reply with a grimace?"
"Luanluanluo! I came to see my brother last night. It's none of your business!"
"That's right." Tianhai Qimingyue nodded.
Tianhai Jiuliuli, who was cooking hot water next to the tent, looked towards the tent door and shouted: "Qiyue! Bring the instant noodles!"
Nanami Nanami nodded in response, and then asked Sakakibara Suzu in front of her: "The hot water is boiled, what flavor do you want, sister-chan?"
"It's spicy...Sister Qiyue really doesn't care?"
Amami Nanamigetsu looked at Sakakibara Suzu for a while, "When my sister-chan said these words, she was bowing to me. She already tacitly agreed in her heart that I am the mistress?"
Suzu Sakakihara was dissatisfied and immediately frowned, "I just want to ask my sister-in-law if you have any special thoughts! That's all! After all, no matter how much you deny it... you can't deny the fact that you are my sister-in-law...
Then we will still be a family and we will live together in the future.”
"I never thought that my sister-chan would one day care about other people besides my brother."
"Sister Qiyue speaks human language!"
"I won't care, and my sister won't care either. Is that okay?"
"..." Sakakihara Suzu suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"What else do you want to ask, sister-chan?" Tianhai Qimingyue could tell at a glance.
Sakakibara Suzu secretly glanced at the expression of the girl in front of her, "...Then... if I find someone to act like a spoiled child every day and take up Sister Qiu's time, Sister Qiu won't be angry, right?"
Tianhai Qimingyue: "..."
"Sister July?"
"I suddenly feel that it would be better for my sister-chan to grow up a little bit more, so that she doesn't act like a child all the time and learns to push her limits further."
*
Sakakihara Raku didn't expect that it would snow so much on the second day of the trip.
Fortunately, the sun was shining brightly in the morning, and the snow on the road was relatively thin. Within an hour or two, the snow melted away and there was no trace left.
After packing up their tents and garbage, the group continued heading north.
At the end of the winding mountain road, there is a large straight road sandwiched between fields. The cold wind howls and the road is smooth.
Occasionally, a few people riding motorcycles would pass by on the other side of the road. They would give thumbs up to the group and honk their horns twice.
Raku Sakakibara knew that this was a greeting signal among motorcyclists, so he responded with a hand signal and a horn.
Finally there was a positioning signal when we arrived at the Dai Straight Expressway. Sakakibara followed the original planned route and continued to Niigata city.
This is an area near the sea, and the sky is blue.
The so-called feeling relaxed and happy probably describes this situation, right?
Today is December 25th, Christmas Day.
I don't know what this girl A Ling is thinking, or maybe she has a brain convulsion.
After replenishing supplies in the county town, I wanted to create a festive atmosphere and bought a lot of "Christmas" stickers to put on everyone's cars.
It’s euphemistically called “This will give you a festive atmosphere~~”.
When Sakakihara Raku saw July's tough-looking cruising Harley, it was so badly slapped by Suzu.
At first glance, passersby thought the owner of the motorcycle was an uncle with a daughter.
Tianhai Qimingyue looked helpless, frowning and shaking her head.
What's even more outrageous is that A Ling also bought a Bluetooth speaker and tied it to the trunk of her motorcycle.
It was said that Christmas songs should be played all the way, so that it would feel like Christmas.
Sakakihara Raku had to complain that this girl is really big-headed.
...
“What is Niigata Prefecture most famous for?”
"Rice."
Tenkai Nanami nods, fully agreeing, "It is indeed rice. Niigata is also the largest rice producer in Japan."
The words just now were answered by yuki.
This answer shocked Sakakihara Suzu, "Yuki, how do you know!"
"I passed the final history exam." Tianhai Zhixue's voice was as cold as the snow on the roadside.
"She is indeed one of the top five talented girls in our class! I still remember this."
Sakakihara Raku suddenly turned into dead eyes: "Where are you, Suzu? You are fifth from the bottom this semester?"
"I...I...hehe, I am a genius idol girl! The direction is different! Brother, as you said, all roads lead to Rome, there is no need to hold on to one academic result~~"
"Career is career, homework is homework! Ah Ling, you are still a high school student. You must do well in college. When you are in third grade, your sister Qiyue Liuli and I will tutor you every day. If you dare to take the exam again, you will be fifth from the bottom. Wait for me
I’ll find you a wakizashi, and you’ll commit suicide by committing seppuku!”
"No!"
...
At noon, we had dinner at a yakiniku restaurant called "Echigoya" in the city.
Niigata Prefecture was originally part of Echigo Province, so there is a lot of history and culture here.
Others may come here just to eat and watch the cutscenes, but July Encyclopedia is here. While eating, you can also listen to her talk about the history of Echigo Kingdom, the Echigo Rebellion, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.
Confrontation between.
Legend has it that during this battle, Uesugi Kenshin, with his head wrapped in white silk, rode into the Takeda barracks alone on horseback, and slashed Takeda Shingen who was sitting in command with a sword.
Shingen was unable to resist and was so frightened that he fled in panic.
This battle was called the "Dragon-Tiger Fight" by many later generations.
July is really good at telling history, and the details and narrative are quite three-dimensional.
Both A Ling and Yuki were envious of how Qi Qi knew so much.
Sakakibara Raku's review is... Echigoya's rice is indeed delicious.
...
After lunch, a few people took a stroll around the city on their motorcycles, visiting the Civic Square, Bandai Bookstore, Rainbow Tower and other famous sights, and took photos together.
The snow scenery in Niigata Prefecture is unparalleled.
I don’t know if the city government did this intentionally, but Sakakibara felt that they were showing off the snow scene in the city.
Not much to say about the city, but even more beautiful are the Myoko Mountains and Tsunan Plateau that are adjacent to the city... Looking up from a distance, the snow-covered mountains are rolling and the snow peaks are shining in the sun.
It must be super refreshing to ride on the road under that mountain range and feel the wind and freedom.
"Brother, don't you know?"
"What?"
""Snow Country" is based on Yuzawa Town here. You can ski and have hot springs nearby."
"I see."
Niigata Prefecture is rich in rice.
Naturally, the rice-based sake here is also particularly famous.
Basically, you can see a shop selling sake every few kilometers.
On the way, when Qi Qiu and Ruri went to the toilet, Sakakibara Suzu whispered:
"Brother, do you want to buy some sake before we go?"
"...What to do?" Sakakihara Raku felt that Suzu had evil intentions.
"Brother, look, Sister Liuli and Sister Qiyue have never drank, right? Their ability to drink must be very poor. Brother, buy a few bottles and get them drunk... Hmm
Huh huh~~ Should they just let you handle them, brother?"
"...You girl, where did you come up with the kidnapping technique? Your brother and I are not that shameless."
"Really? Brother, don't you want to see the two sisters who are all tied with gift ribbons~ How cute~~"
Sakakibara quickly waved her away, "Go, go, I don't know what's going on in my head."
"This is called play! It's very fun."
"What kind of play... learn some weird things, wait..." Sakakibara stared at her, as if he suddenly discovered something, "A Suzu, didn't you sneak into Exhibition C last time? You shouldn't have
I went to a booth and bought comics I shouldn’t have read?”
Sakakihara Suzu immediately put her hands behind her back, puffed up her face, evaded her eyes, and leaned against her BMW Mizutori, "I didn't..."
"The ribbon you tied for me last time was also where you learned it, right?"
"...No!"
"No?"
"No...just no!"
Okay, Sakakihara Raku was sure that she had indeed seen something she shouldn't have seen.
"I'll search it out for you when I get home. I know you hid a cardboard box under the bed."
"What?! No, no!"
"What's wrong? Your brother is also here and won't say anything about you."
Sakakihara Suzu's face suddenly turned red and she was furious, "If it doesn't work, it won't work!"
"Are you shy?"
"No! But you absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely cannot watch it!"
"A-Ling, when you say that, I want to read it even more."
"Beat you!"
"Um?"
"Ahhhh! I'll beat you to death! Don't look at it!"
"I told you, girl, be gentle. It's neither too light nor too heavy."