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

Uesugi Kai continued in a cold voice: "Just what?"

"Hanabi just... doesn't dare tell Kai-kun..."

"So why don't you just say it directly?" Uesugi Kai smiled and handed her a box.

Hanabi Hanamaru, who had been keeping her head down, looked up when she saw the brown box that suddenly appeared in her field of vision. She also saw his smile.

The slight panic in her heart hadn't subsided: "Kai-kun... isn't angry?"

Why are you angry?

"Hanabi keeps saying Kai-kun is a bad guy lately..."

"Isn't that an affectionate term of endearment?" Uesugi Kai placed the chocolate he had made in her uneasy little hands. "I made it, take it."

"Kai-kun...you're not angry?" Hanabi looked at him again to confirm, her little hand clutching the box he had given her.

"I've never given you chocolate before, so how can I have the right to dislike you?"

"Um..."

Hanabi Hanabira nodded slightly, pursed her lips, and said, "Thank you, Kai-kun..."

This was the first chocolate he ever gave himself.

Kai Uesugi took another black box out of his bag and handed it to her, saying, "If you're going to eat, eat this. I bought another one this morning."

"I accidentally messed up the thing you're holding last night when I was making it, the taste..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

"Hanabi doesn't mind..." Hanabi clutched the box he had given her tightly, as if she cherished it and was afraid he would take it back.

"You don't mind if it tastes terrible?" Uesugi Kai was quite concerned about this. "Other people's chocolates are sweet, but mine is so bitter that it's hard to swallow."

"As long as it's Kai-kun... Hanabi doesn't mind..."

Kai Uesugi smiled at her actions: "Is it necessary to hug so tightly?"

“Kai-kun… this is the first gift I gave you… I can’t take it back…” Hanabi Hanamaru said, her bright purple eyes shining with determination. “Hanabi will cherish it for the rest of her life.”

"So you're not going to eat it? Chocolate probably won't last that long anyway."

"I'll eat it... but I'll keep the box safe..."

Are you going to eat now?

Hanabi Hanabi looked at him: "Kai-kun...why are you asking this?"

"I feed you."

A cute face, a petite sailor uniform, fair collarbones, and a slender figure.

No matter how long it takes, she will always have this heart-fluttering shy look.

"it is good......"

The brown box was opened and placed on top of the thick geography textbook.

Uesugi Kai lowered his hand and asked, "How is it? Is it too awful?"

"I can't bite it... I can't bite it..."

"..."

###Chapter 173 Qixi Festival, and Love###

The phone rang.

"Hello." Uesugi Kai took his phone out of his pocket and answered the call.

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "Kai! Why is your kendo club closed today?! Shio isn't answering my calls either!"

"Uncle Youyue doesn't know?"

"Don't know what? Don't tell me your kendo club has disbanded." Hanamaru Yuzuki looked at the dojo with its door tightly shut.

Kai Uesugi glanced at Hanabi Hanabu, who was walking beside him and asking who was on the phone, and silently shook his head.

On Qixi Festival, there are always these pitiful old men.

Today is Qixi Festival.

"...Qixi Festival?"

With sunglasses perched on his nose, one hand on his hip, and casual shoes on the ground, Hanamaru Yuzuki remained silent for a long while before saying:

"Even if it's Qixi Festival, does it have anything to do with everyone in your kendo club? There are always single guys practicing swordsmanship to unleash their inner energy, right? This is irresponsible of you to them."

He looked up at the wooden plaque above.

The handwriting is as beautiful as my old-fashioned father's.

Hanamaru Yuuki doesn't have a girlfriend.

As he held the phone, Uesugi Kai felt that his uncle's words were directed at him.

The phone kept ringing on the other end.

He ignored his rambling on about going back to practice his sword.

On Qixi Festival, Uesugi Kai is quite fond of this handsome young man who has remained single in the red-light district, but also...

"Uncle Yueyou is 24 years old, isn't he? Hasn't he thought about finding a proper girlfriend?"

For some reason, Hanamaru Yuzuki was silent for a few seconds before his expression returned to its usual nonchalant state. He chuckled and said, "What does a 16-year-old kid know? This is none of your business."

"Whoo~"

After finishing her sweet and spicy banana crepe, Hana-maru Hanabi's little mouth kept exhaling hot air, and her little face flushed a pretty blush.

She looked up at Uesugi Kai, who was on the phone, and tugged at his sleeve with her small hand.

Kai Uesugi turned around and saw her sparkling eyes, understanding that she "wanted more".

Look back.

As she walked back to the convenience store, she continued on the phone, "I think it's not good for Uncle Youyue's health to drink in places like that every day. Didn't he get stopped by security at the school gate a few days ago because he smelled of alcohol?"

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "I'm perfectly healthy!"

Kai Uesugi: "Kabukicho is a mess."

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "Whether it's chaotic or not is up to your father-in-law; it certainly won't be chaotic on my end."

Kai Uesugi: "Are you sure it's alright?"

He remembered that his uncle had always said that kendo was boring, and he had come to the kendo club slowly the past few days. Why did he want to take the initiative to practice kendo with him today?

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "Don't worry about so much. Instead of practicing your sword on Qixi Festival, spend more time with your little niece. She used to like you a lot, but she was too timid to say it."

Kai Uesugi: "Then I'll hang up?"

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "Just hang up then."

Uesugi Kai: "Are you really alright?"

Hanamaru Yuzuki: "Why are there so many questions about me today?"

He hung up the phone immediately.

As they left the convenience store, Uesugi Kai put his phone back in his pocket, glanced at Hanabi Hanabu's flushed face, and hooked his index finger around her other timid little hand.

"Keep eating, you'll get fat."

Hanabi Hanamaru stopped in her tracks, the little shark charm on her crossbody bag swaying gently, and the sweet and spicy banana crepe in her hand suddenly lost its appeal.

She wore a little dress and had a bow on her not-so-bright little head.

Her soft, gentle voice was still so pleasant: "Then... then let's not eat it..."

"Is Little Firework afraid of getting fat?"

"Um......"

Kai Uesugi smiled at her: "Actually, being a little chubby is also cute, after all, Hanabi is so pretty now."

"If you gain weight, you won't look good..."

Hanabi Hanabi looked up at him with tender eyes, her heart filled with sweetness, and said, "But thank you anyway, Kai-kun..."

Xiaohuahuo is the kind of girl who gets very happy with just a little praise.

There are many couples on the streets on Qixi Festival, but none have ever attracted as much attention as these two.

When they passed by Xiaohuahuo with their girlfriend, they were amazed by her cute and petite face, and would steal a glance at her before leaving.

Of course, I only dared to glance at it.

Kai Uesugi glanced at his watch; there was still more than half a day left before the agreed-upon time to attend the wedding.

She said she was afraid of gaining weight, but she still finished the second crepe.

Hanamaru Hanabi's little hands are so soft and comforting.

Kai Uesugi couldn't resist giving her a squeeze, then parted her shy fingers and clasped her hands together in what was called a lovers' grip.

The moment her small, fleshy hand pressed against my palm, my heart was filled with the warmth she gave me.

"Kai-kun..."

Hanabi lowered her head. Even though he was only holding her hand, it felt as if her heart, which was pounding wildly, was being held tightly by him, and she was so excited that it stopped beating.

The sense of security and warmth that I felt since childhood has never changed.

On this Qixi Festival, Huahuo really wanted him to keep holding her hand like this.

Her violet eyes stared straight at him.

Kai Uesugi understood what she meant: "What else would you like to eat?"

"ice cream......"

"Let's go then."

I went into the same convenience store for the third time, and after being welcomed and seen off three times by the clerk, I bought a milk-flavored chocolate popsicle for Xiaohuahuo.