My new wife discovered my past

After being rejected successively by Watanabe and Noriko, Hoshimi Haruka and Saotome Hazuki knew that there would never be a chance or possibility for them to take a bath together again.

But before leaving, they did not forget to confirm the meeting time with Watanabe and Noriko, and met on time an hour and a half later.

After all, there is only this precious hour and a half left before the fireworks display officially begins, and every minute must be counted.

Hoshimi Haruka and Saotome Hazuki looked at each other, snorted coldly, and said no more. There was not even a word of exchange between the two sides.

Then they turned and left the suite, heading straight for the adjacent suite assigned to them, which was connected to the Watanabe couple's suite, to wash and dress and put on the yukatas they had prepared.

Sakuraba Miki also bowed silently to Watanabe and Noriko, followed them to her room.

The door was closed tightly, isolating the three women who had their own thoughts.

Finally, Watanabe and Noriko were the only ones left in the suite.

The slightly tense and delicate atmosphere just now disappeared in an instant like a popped balloon.

Watanabe Tetsuya looked at his wife Noriko, who was obviously relieved, and the gentle mask on his face that he had put on to deal with Saotome and others was removed, replaced by a heartfelt, teasing, and doting smile.

Watanabe reached out his hand distressedly, gently pinched Noriko's cheeks, which were slightly rounder due to pregnancy but more adorable, and joked:
"Look at our Watanabe Iekiko, she is becoming more and more popular now~
"Look at Xiaoyao-sister and Saotome-sensei. They were just vying to take a bath with Noriko.

"Oh, by the way, there's also Sakuraba-san sitting there waiting to reap the benefits, tsk tsk~"

"Oh my~ Tetsuya-kun! I hate it~ I really hate it!"

Watanabe Noriko's cheeks turned red at his sudden teasing, and she slapped his hand away shyly, saying angrily, "Humph, I'm angry and don't want to talk to Tetsuya-kun anymore!
"Tetsuya-kun just knows how to make fun of me..."

Although Jiko said this, she actually felt a small, indescribable sense of satisfaction in her heart because of the attention she received from her two "sisters" just now.

Which woman doesn’t want to be loved and close to her same-sex friends?

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more." Watanabe smiled and raised his hands in surrender, then took Noriko into his arms again and let her lean comfortably against him.

The two of them snuggled on the large and comfortable sofa in the room, enjoying this rare undisturbed time together.

Noriko snuggled into her husband Watanabe’s arms, and couldn’t help but ask softly in confusion, “But… Tetsuya-kun.

"Do you feel that, between Xiaoyao sister and Yeyue sauce?

"Hmm, it seems a little... weird?"

"Strange?" Watanabe Toru raised his eyebrows and pretended not to know.

"It's just..." Ji Zi tried to find the right words: "They were both very warm and nice to me, but...

"I always feel like they don't talk much to each other, and the aura between them is a little... not getting along?"

As Noriko spoke, she recalled the almost zero and even slightly cold interaction between Hoshimi Haruka and Saotome Hazuki on the beach, in the restaurant, and in the room just now.

Even someone as innocent as Noriko Shimizu noticed something unusual.

Watanabe Tetsuya understood what he said.

It's not just that they can't get along well, I just want to strangle the other person to death in the next second.

But Watanabe didn't show it on his face. He just explained lightly in a casual tone:
“Hmm… maybe our personalities don’t match.

"Noriko also knows that Xiaoyao grew up in a shrine and has a rather...

"How should I put it? Well, I just seem a bit eccentric and self-centered.

"Honestly, I was really surprised that Xiaoyao could be so gentle and patient with Jizi.

“Anyway, Xiaoyao-sister, especially when she was a Hoshimi Miko, she wasn’t very good at dealing with people.

"As for Ms. Saotome, her family background is quite... which makes her the type with her own opinions and aura.

"People of the same level repel each other. It's normal for two people with strong personalities to have a disagreement when they meet." Watanabe Tetsuya said, knowing the tension between them.

Originally, there was a deep blood feud between Hoshimi Haruka and Saotome Hazuki. The slap that Saotome slapped her in the face back then indirectly led to the appearance of Hoshimi Miko today.

Needless to say, what the two of them did to Watanabe Tetsuya in Kyoto in those years, plus now they have a real conflict of interest, not only are they competing for influence in Watanabe Tetsuya's heart, but also because Hoshimi Haruka has joined Watanabe Tetsuya's camp and Saotome Hazuki has been unable to get it yet...

The reason why Hoshimi Haruka and Saotome Hazuki can maintain superficial peace now is because of Watanabe and Noriko!

"But..." Watanabe changed the subject and brought the topic back to Noriko, and said in an extremely affirmative tone:
"There is no doubt that they both truly care about and like Keiko.

“That’s enough, isn’t it?

"Let them handle their own affairs, don't worry too much, Jiko~"

Watanabe smiled and pinched Noriko's face.

"Well... what Tetsuya-kun said makes sense!" After hearing this explanation from her husband Watanabe, Kiko's doubts were dispelled.

She could indeed feel the kindness of Xiaoyao and Yeyue towards her, and that was enough.

Noriko turned her attention back to things that made her happier.

"Speaking of which~" Jizi looked up at her husband's handsome profile, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on his shirt on his chest, her tone still filled with excitement that was difficult to calm down:
"Just now when we were walking on the beach, we met that cute little girl. She said our baby...will be a girl~"

"Yes, it's true. Jiko doesn't need to think too much about this kind of thing!"

Seeing that Noriko was talking about this topic again, Watanabe lowered his head and placed a gentle kiss on her smooth forehead: "What I can tell Noriko is that no matter if it's a son or a daughter, as long as it's Noriko's and my child, I love them all the same.

"I will still treat him (her) as the most important and dearest baby besides Jiko~"

After hearing her husband Watanabe's last words, Noriko Watanabe hummed with satisfaction. That was exactly what she wanted to hear!

Honestly, I don't know why, but when I think of the baby in my belly, Kiko becomes a little worried. She's afraid that after giving birth to the baby, if it's a daughter, the daughter will attract most of her husband Watanabe's care, love and attention, and he will neglect her... This is a normal phenomenon of progesterone, and it's inevitable for Kiko to think so much.

Now, after hearing the promise he made to her, Kiko chose to believe her husband Watanabe unconditionally.

"Hmm..." Jiko responded happily with a sweet smile, and put her cheek on her husband's warm chest, listening to his steady and strong heartbeat, feeling extremely at ease.

“Tetsuya-kun, I like my daughter a little better too.

"Girls are so considerate, you can dress her in pretty dresses and give her cute braids...

"But it would be nice if my son was as handsome and smart as you, Tetsuya-kun."

"Don't worry." Watanabe stroked her soft long hair, his voice low and gentle:
"Whether it's a boy or a girl, it will be the best gift God has given us."

The two of them snuggled together and chatted for a while about their dreams for the future. They left things like naming the baby to the Shimizu couple, as well as what style the baby room should be decorated in...they were all warm and hopeful topics.

Watanabe listened patiently and responded gently throughout the whole process. He carefully concealed the darkness and heaviness in his heart about the "palace coup to seize power", the "evil women surrounding him" and the "life and death crisis", and only showed his best, gentlest and most loving side to his wife.

Seeing that nearly 15 minutes had passed and there were less than 75 minutes left before the agreed rendezvous time, Watanabe gently rubbed Noriko's waist:
"Okay, Jiko, we should get ready.

"If you don't take a shower and change into your yukata now, it will be too late."

"Yeah!" Jiko nodded obediently.

So the two of them stood up and walked into the extremely spacious and luxurious bathroom in the suite, which was even equipped with a small jacuzzi and a separate sauna.

The air is filled with hot steam and the sound of water is gurgling.

More than half an hour later, Watanabe and Noriko came out of the bathroom refreshed.

Jiko was wearing a soft and comfortable cotton bathrobe that she brought with her. Her fair cheeks were flushed with a healthy blush from the hot water, which was very attractive.

Watanabe couldn't help but kiss Noriko twice.

Jiko's long, shiny black hair was wet and draped over her shoulders, with water droplets still dripping from the ends.

Watanabe, who was also wearing a bathrobe and holding a large, clean, soft towel in his hand, walked behind Noriko and prepared to dry her hair carefully as usual, first before blow-drying it with a hair dryer.

A few minutes later, just when Watanabe was about to finish blow-drying Noriko's hair.

"Ding Dong——" sound.

The doorbell of the suite rang suddenly and without warning.

Watanabe Tetsuya's movements suddenly paused and his brows frowned instantly.

Who would ring the doorbell at this time?

The crisp and abrupt sound of the doorbell was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly breaking the warmth and tranquility that belonged to the couple after their bath.

Toru Watanabe, who was blow-drying Noriko's hair, saw that her hair was almost dry, so he turned off the hair dryer. The only sound left in the quiet room was the faint hum of the hair dryer.

Watanabe and Noriko, who also turned around in surprise, looked at each other, with a hint of questioning in each other's eyes.

"We're going to meet in half an hour. Who would be knocking on the door at this time?" Noriko asked her husband Watanabe in a low voice, subconsciously tightening the collar of her bathrobe.

"I don't know." Watanabe Toru shook his head and thought quickly in his mind:

"At this time, in this hotel... there should be no one else except Saotome-sensei, Haruka-chan, and Sakuraba-san."

Watanabe actually felt very uneasy. What if Kujo Sakura, Hidaka Mari, and Tsukimi Ryosaki suddenly came to kill him?
After thinking about it carefully, Toru Watanabe felt that it was impossible.

If it really was these evil women outside the door, they wouldn't have been so polite as to ring the doorbell and would have broken in long ago.

In addition, during the three or four hours yesterday morning and in the morning, Watanabe took extra care of those evil women. They were so injured that they couldn't even get out of bed!
It can only be one of the three, Hoshimi Haruka, Sakuraba Miki and Saotome Hazuki, or... all three of them are outside the door at the moment.

Logically speaking, the three of them should be in their respective rooms preparing quickly, so why did they suddenly come here?
"I'll go and take a look." Watanabe Toru put down the hair dryer in his hand, stood up, motioned to Noriko to wait, and then walked towards the door of the suite.

After looking out through the peephole and confirming the identity of the person outside, Watanabe Toru opened the door.

Standing outside the door was Sakuraba Miki.

She seemed to have just finished bathing, but she had already dressed up and put on a bathrobe.

Princess Sakuraba had long, smooth black hair that was still damp and casually draped over her shoulders, which made her face, which was 30% similar to Naoko, look even more pure and elegant, with a natural beauty that came from a bath without any embellishment.

"Teacher Watanabe." Seeing that it was Watanabe who opened the door, Sakuraba Miki bowed slightly and spoke softly.

"Come in." Watanabe Toru didn't ask any more questions and moved aside to make room.

While letting Sakuraba Miki in and preparing to close the door, Watanabe Tetsuya glanced casually outside the corridor.

He could clearly see that at both ends of the corridor and in the rest area a little further away, there were priestesses wearing shrine uniforms or maids wearing uniform maid outfits quietly standing guard or walking slowly.

Although they all lowered their heads and behaved respectfully, Watanabe knew that among these people there must be spies from Hidaka Mari or Tsukimi Saki.

In this place where even walls may have ears, why would Sakuraba Miki choose to come and knock on his and Noriko's door at this sensitive time?
Watanabe Tetsuya was secretly confused.

Sakuraba-san usually seems to be very cautious and sensible, so why is he suddenly so bold today?
Could it be that something urgent has happened and I must tell you in person immediately?
Or... does she have some other purpose?
Watanabe Toru calmly withdrew his gaze and made up his mind that he would find an opportunity to ask in private later.

"Sister Miki, why are you here?" When Kiko, who was sitting on the sofa waiting, saw that the person who came in was Sakuraba Miki, she was a little surprised, but still greeted her warmly.

"Sister Kiko, Mr. Watanabe." Sakuraba Miki once again bowed politely.

Watanabe Toru also closed the heavy door, blocking any possible prying eyes from the outside world, and turned back to Noriko and Sakuraba Miki... (End of this chapter)