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

Judging from the looks of it, she doesn't dislike it.

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As evening approached, the air was thick with the oppressive heat of July.

The sound of a key turning the lock.

"It's so hot."

Uesugi Shio, with her lazy, sapphire blue eyes, opened the door to the Uesugi family home.

She was too lazy to say "I'm back" or anything like that, so she went to five convenience stores before finally buying a few hamburger bento boxes at the furthest large supermarket.

She even suspected that Uesugi Kai had deliberately made her run errands so far away.

After casually placing the bento box in the living room, Uesugi Shio was about to go to the stairwell to call the two people to eat when the entrance door was opened again.

She walked over.

I saw Noriko Uesugi, dressed in a suit, place her briefcase on top of the shoe cabinet.

"Auntie, you got off work so early today?" Uesugi Shio asked.

"I don't have anything to do at the restaurant today, Hachie is covering for me."

Noriko Uesugi brushed the hair from her left cheek, changed out of her high heels, sighed, and said, "Mainly, I don't really want to continue doing this. It's more like I'm grooming a successor."

"Isn't your work going very well, Auntie?"

"What's the big deal about a restaurant manager going smoothly or not? I think Mieko has a pretty easy life managing things at home every day, and she can even go for a walk in the afternoon."

After putting on her slippers, Noriko Uesugi looked up.

"Xiaoxi, what do you think about me having another child?"

"..."

"Auntie, I don't think I can get involved in this kind of thing."

"I was just saying, it doesn't matter."

"Well... if you ask me, Auntie is still very young, and A-Zhao has grown up. It's understandable that she wants to have another child."

Noriko Uesugi smiled and said, "Then it's your decision."

"..."

"Shouldn't we have asked Uncle and A-Zhao for their opinions on this kind of thing...?"

“I’ve already asked,” Noriko Uesugi waved her hand. “Your uncle agrees, so Kai doesn’t mind.”

"..." Uesugi Shio did not speak.

"The main problem is that I myself can't make up my mind, but since no one else has any objections, there's no controversy about it."

Noriko Uesugi suddenly remembered something, "Hey, Shio, what if I had another girl and Mieko had another boy? Wouldn't we have two children growing up together again?"

In that case, the Uesugi and Hanamaru families are quite close.

"And the other way around?"

"in turn..."

Noriko Uesugi thought for a moment, and the first thing that came to mind was Hanamaru Hiroki's unhappy face at the second wedding.

She smiled.

"I guess you could call it fate."

"..."

Uesugi Shio thought to herself, "Hanamaru's father is really helpless."

"By the way, have you eaten yet?" Mrs. Hanamaru asked.

Uesugi Shio pointed to the living room: "I bought a bento box."

"A bento box? Then I don't need to cook today."

Noriko Uesugi peeked at the table in the living room. "Are Kai and Hanabi together?"

“Hmm,” Uesugi Shio said. “Hanabi is sleeping upstairs. As for Kai, I just got home and haven’t seen him yet, but he should be upstairs too.”

Noriko Uesugi didn't think much of it.

"Then I'll trouble you, Xiaoxi, to take the lunchbox to the kitchen. I'll go to the bathroom to wash my hands and heat it up a bit while I'm at it."

"Ah."

Uesugi Shio went to the living room and picked up the four bento boxes again.

"Luckily, I bought an extra one."

The gentle evening sunlight streamed into the bright and airy room. Uesugi Shio went to the kitchen and casually plugged in the microwave.

And wash your hands while you're at it.

After washing the dishes, Uesugi Shio still didn't see Uesugi Noriko.

"Where's Auntie?"

She yawned in the evening, casually pulled out a lollipop she had just bought from the supermarket, put it in her mouth, and went to the restroom.

She noticed that Noriko Uesugi wasn't washing her hands by the sink, but instead standing outside the closed bathroom door, secretly pressing her ear close to her ear.

### Chapter 186 Daily Life After the Incident ###

(It's not recommended to watch now, as the typos haven't been corrected. I suggest downloading it again in half an hour.)

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"aunt?"

Uesugi Shio noticed that Uesugi Noriko was secretly whispering in front of the bathroom door, doing something unknown.

As she approached, Noriko Uesugi looked at her suspiciously: "Shio—"

The last syllable was drawn out.

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Uesugi Shio replied, eating a lollipop.

Noriko Uesugi's gaze locked onto Hanabi's eyes, her expression gradually hardening: "Didn't you say before that between Kai and Hanabi, um...? there was nothing between them?"

Are you helping them cover it up secretly?

"What and what?"

Uesugi Shio hadn't reacted yet, but glancing at the bathroom and then at her aunt's expression, she noticed something.

When I got home, I didn't seem to see Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi.

She understood a lot in an instant.

Uesugi Shio stopped chewing on the stick, pointed to the bathroom, and whispered, "Inside...?"

"Yes."

Noriko Uesugi nodded slightly to her, then whispered in her ear, "Hanabi-chan's voice is all in there."

Uesugi Shio's gaze lingered on the bathroom door, which shone with a soft light:

"No way."

Noriko Uesugi: "Don't believe me? Listen to this."

"Eavesdropping is not a good thing," Uesugi Shio said after hearing it.

Just now, the shower inside was whirring softly, and mixed in with it was the faint humming sound of tiny sparks.

If you're not patient, you can't hear a thing in her voice.

He's either taking a shower or taking a shower.

Yes, that's right, that must be it.

Noriko Uesugi suddenly shook her head: "I've said it several times before, but Kai doesn't seem to listen. He came out first this time, so I'll remind him again."

"Auntie...this isn't right."

“What mother doesn’t have her worries?” Noriko Uesugi waved her hand dismissively. “I searched Kai’s room, but I didn’t find the safety measures I asked him to prepare.”

"Safety...measures..."

Uesugi Shio never expected that her aunt would be so concerned, even secretly going through her son's room.

"Sigh, to be honest, I still don't want to do this."

Noriko Uesugi sighed as she looked into the bathroom. "But every time Kai faces me, he either says no or doesn't say anything."

"Hanabi-chan was also shy and stammering in front of Mieko."

"I'm always worried."

Uesugi Shio: "Auntie, I think Kai knows what's good for him."

Middle-aged women tend to worry about things.

Noriko Uesugi: "I'm not afraid of the impossible, let me hear it again."

She pressed her ear against the bathroom door again.

However, apart from the sound of rushing water, there was no other noise.

Noriko Uesugi frowned: "It's over so quickly?"

"..."

Is this how the Uesugi family is?

Uesugi Shio couldn't help but shake her head and rub her forehead, biting her lollipop in her mouth and grabbing Uesugi Noriko's waist with both hands:

"Auntie, let's leave quickly, it will be very awkward if A-Zhao comes out later."