Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Bang... The sound of the refrigerator being closed.

Her gaze suddenly stopped on the washing machine behind Uesugi, where the messy white stockings were particularly eye-catching.

"..."

Slowly turning her neck, the mother smiled at Uesugi and asked, "Where's Hanabi-chan?"

"I just finished showering and am resting upstairs," Uesugi tried to explain.

"Oh, really?"

Noriko Uesugi glanced at the crack in the closed bathroom door, a kind and gentle smile on her face.

"Hanabi-chan, is she inside?"

"It's nothing," Uesugi quickly added.

"They all ran to the bathroom together." Uesugi Noriko glanced at the messy white hair a few more times, understanding perfectly, and gestured to him with her eyes.

"..."

Even the best explanation is superfluous.

"You didn't bully Hanabi-chan, did you?"

"No."

Mrs. Uesugi continued to smile:

"She is naturally gentle and weak-willed. Even though she is your fiancée, you should cherish her more."

Noriko Uesugi spoke earnestly, knowing that the two had been spending a lot of time together lately, and that he would even go to the girl's house to spend the night.

What can two teenagers do sleeping together at night?

Don't even think about it.

"Is everything alright?"

Kai Uesugi noticed that his mother's eyes suddenly held worry.

"It's really nothing."

"Wouldn't it be okay if you two slept together while hiding from each other?" Noriko Uesugi said. "It's still too early. Hanabi-chan is only 15 years old."

As she spoke, she glanced at the bathroom door again.

"First and foremost, safety must be a priority."

"..."

After setting out all the ingredients, Noriko Uesugi smiled at him again:

"I apologize for disturbing you. I'll go sit with Mieko next door for a while. She has some food too. Let's eat together after we're done."

"..."

Kai Uesugi's lips twitched slightly, speechless.

"Also, please be careful," she emphasized as she walked towards the entrance.

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The door was opened.

"Kai, Kai-kun." Hanabi Hanamaru blushed, her little hands curled up to her chest, her pink little feet stepping on the smooth tiles.

“They found out,” Uesugi Kai said.

It refers to the fact that they were together in the bathroom.

"..."

A brief silence.

“Aunt Noriko…there’s no misunderstanding, is there…” Hanabi Hanamaru said.

"She insists that we showered together."

"Then... what should we do?" Hanabi lowered her head.

"It's nothing, is it?"

Kai Uesugi walked over and turned the hot water back on the shower. "I know, I know."

"But...if Hanabi meets Aunt Noriko later, she won't...be very... good at watching Hanabi..."

Hanabi Hanamaru was shy for a long time, not knowing how to describe the smiles that Mrs. Uesugi and her mother gave her.

The heat in the bathroom gradually returned.

"Our identities need no further explanation, right?"

Kai Uesugi supported her snow-white shoulders and helped her sit on a small stool next to the bathtub, holding the showerhead in his right hand.

Seeing the girl's body wrapped in a bath towel, her fair skin below was so smooth and delicate that only a few water droplets remained.

Uesugi Kai inexplicably recalled the school swimsuit she wore that day.

—The curves of a young girl's body are subtly revealed by her form-fitting swimsuit.

......

He's making the same mistake again.

My fingertips ran through her damp hair, and hot water flowed gently over it.

"Besides, it's just taking a shower."

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The sky was overcast and gloomy, and it was still raining in the dimly lit sky.

Kai Uesugi's favorite thing to do while studying was to steal a moment of leisure by the window.

"Subject-verb agreement when a coordinate structure is used as the subject."

The young English teacher's white chalk sped and meandered across the blackboard, writing "and" and "".

"When the parallel components connected by these two words are used as the subject, the predicate verb is usually in the plural form."

Kai Uesugi wrote on the white paper with a black pen, his strokes sharp, full, and powerful.

Calligraphy skills can also be applied to English cursive writing.

The effect not only improves the appearance, but also significantly increases the writing speed.

Are there any calligraphy competitions?

After becoming famous, one should be able to earn the so-called "a word worth a thousand pieces of gold".

After class, Uesugi Kai packed up her books and prepared to buy a drink from the vending machine.

"Uesugi!" Before he could even get up, Goto Iwakatsu called out to him.

"how."

"The sports festival! You're a celebrity in the whole school now, aren't you going to participate?"

"That thing went at the end of June, no rush."

The main reason for his fame was not winning first place in the regional competition, but that the news of his engagement was gossiped about by the news department in the "Kanzaki-Eshito Monthly News".

Now the whole school knows about it.

—Hanabi is very popular at school, especially recently.

After all, who wouldn't like a girl who's both easy to bully and cute?

As for the sports festival, those kinds of troublesome and tiring activities are not suitable for him.

Even painting while watching fireworks at a cultural festival is more interesting than this.

###Before Chapter 149 Daily Life...?###

As he walked into the courtyard, Kai Uesugi's excellent hearing allowed him to hear the whispers of the students around him.

Most of them are about him and Hanabi.

"So you don't want to participate?" Goto asked, chasing after him.

"Isn't this obvious?" Uesugi retorted.

The gentle, continuous rain caused light, glistening water droplets to slide off the green leaves of the trees in the courtyard.

“If you don’t participate, our class monitor won’t let you off the hook.”

Uesugi suddenly wanted to sigh, "Is it mandatory at school?"

Goto nodded: "Everyone must participate in at least two projects."

"Why don't I know?" Uesugi Kai said.

"What do you think?"

There is a vending machine at the entrance to the back garden behind the teaching building, and the prices are several times cheaper than those of the vending machines outside.

The rain pattered on the small roof of the newsstand, making a soft sound.

Insert two 50-yen coins, and there's a clattering sound. Select a can of coffee and a bottle of milk, and the machine starts working.

"Don't you want something to drink?"

Standing under the rectangular eaves of the newsstand, Uesugi said to Goto.

Raindrops gathered into ovals, falling to the ground like nipples from the bright stainless steel.

pat.

It vanished in an instant.

Goto gazed at the small pavilion in the rain in the back garden not far away, and said, "Since you brought it up, let's have something to drink."

He took out a 50-yen coin and pressed the button for a bottle of purified water.

"Anything on your mind?"