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

In return, everyone introduced themselves.

Only when Hanamaru Hanabi introduced herself did I find myself glancing at her a few more times.

Jiu Shi Li Xiang: "What are you doing at our school? And what happened to the injury on your face?"

"Hum~"

Kitagawa Sakaki tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes gently, and said, "Looking for someone."

"Didn't you run away from home?"

“Running away from home doesn’t stop me from coming to your school to look for you.”

Jiu Shi Li Xiang looked up at the broad-leaved tree with its thick branches: "So you climbed the tree in our school and got stuck up there?"

"This...this is a mistake!"

Kitagawa Sakakisa tried her best to appear serious, saying, "I wasn't held up at all yesterday."

"Then why is it hanging on the tree today?"

Kitagawa Sakaki patted her stomach through her skirt and said confidently, "I'm hungry and I have no energy."

"This is the first time I've ever seen someone talk about being hungry so confidently."

"That's true." Kitagawa Sakakisa lowered her head and adjusted her skirt to see if it was dirty.

Jiu Shi Li Xiang knew about her running away from home: "Didn't your brother give you enough money?"

“He’s so stingy. He only gave me 50 yen, which isn’t even enough for my food expenses for a week.”

"I wonder who will dare to support you in the future." Jiu Shi Li Xiang was very pessimistic about her future life. "Getting back to the point, what are you doing at our school? This is practically illegal enrollment."

"Looking for someone!"

Kitagawa Sakaki patted her pretty lace-trimmed black dress, then said angrily, "Find someone named Uesugi Kai. Last night, when I had nothing to eat, I decided I had to make him apologize!"

Uesugi?

Upon hearing this name, everyone turned to look at Hanabi Hanabu, who hadn't said much.

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The Kendo Club serves as temporary training before the Sports Festival.

Kai Uesugi sat in the rest area, eating a cheap popsicle he bought with the 100 yen he had left over from the morning.

He was just here to make himself known, so that the members of the kendo club wouldn't forget what their leader looked like.

Swordsmanship—just watching them practice and fight makes me feel hot.

You also need to unleash your energy at any time and shout it out loud.

Participating in competitions is exhausting. Are there any jobs where I can earn money while lying down?

Uesugi doesn't want to work hard anymore; he just wants to be kept by a rich young woman.

Hmm... Being taken care of by Xiaohuahuo would be pretty good.

She should be happy to take care of her own daily life.

However, according to his father-in-law's wishes, he would have to change his surname to Hanamaru.

Hanamaru Kai?

Thinking about it, how could I be so unambitious? I promised myself I'd slack off until I reached the pinnacle of life.

Having ambition and wanting to slack off seem to be opposites.

Hanamaru Yuuki took off his sunglasses and walked over, sitting down next to Uesugi Kai.

"You've been doing well lately."

"Why do you say that?" Uesugi Kai didn't look at Hanamaru Yuzuki beside him.

"Your face radiates the spirit of spring."

"Hmm," Uesugi Kai replied dismissively, "Then where is Uncle Yuzuki's spring?"

Hanamaru Yuzuki laughed: "Your Uncle Yuzuki is like spring every day. Have you ever heard of the spring breeze? I am the one standing inside welcoming the spring breeze."

Kai Uesugi knew he was bragging and didn't respond.

The kendo clubhouse was filled with the crackling of bamboo swords and the deep roars of kikaze players.

Uesugi Shio has managed the kendo club quite well; at least the sweat everyone sheds in the summer speaks for itself.

Kai Uesugi ate a sweet popsicle, the cool sensation bringing a sense of tranquility to her heart.

"So, why does Uncle want to go to that kind of place?"

"Kabukicho?"

Hanamaru Yuzuki didn't turn around, casually grabbed a bottle of ice-cold cola covered in dew and drank it.

Even if it's not his.

—If there's no alcohol, he just likes to drink cola.

"You want to know?"

"I'm afraid that one day you'll get drunk and pass out in that place."

Hanamaru Yuzuki said nonchalantly, "It's not that it's bad."

Kai Uesugi looked at his usual light blue casual clothes and said, "Uncle, with your good qualities, are you really not planning to find a girlfriend before getting married?"

“I’m not like you, Kai,” Hanamaru Yuzuki patted his shoulder, acting like an elder, “I can have such a good relationship with my little niece, and we can have a perfect relationship.”

Do you know who I like?

"Ok?"

"Xin Yue's mother."

Hanamaru Yuzuki put down the empty cola bottle that Tun Tun Tun had finished drinking, stood up, put on sunglasses, and left the kendo dojo where the sound of bamboo swords echoed.

"I'll go buy another bottle of Coke."

Hanamaru Nobuzuki's mother?

Who was it again?

Kai Uesugi couldn't quite remember.

"S-Senior, excuse me."

Kai Uesugi looked up at the female club member who was covered in sweat: "You say it."

Holding the helmet looks tiring.

She pointed to the empty bottle next to Uesugi and tentatively asked, "Did you take the wrong one, senpai...? This is my cola."

"The one that Advisor Hanamaru drank was not me."

"Then, what should we do..."

"He'll bring a new bottle back in a bit, just ask him for it."

"That's not a good idea..."

"He's rich."

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The afternoon was full of matches, but none of them involved Uesugi, so he leisurely slacked off.

Sitting under the shade of the trees in the back garden, even the words on the book felt cool.

The school uniforms for the five campuses are different, but Uesugi still prefers the black sailor uniform of Kamikoshi.

—A neckline that just reveals the collarbone, a small red scarf on the chest, a pleated skirt swaying in the wind, and finally, black stockings and shiny black round-toed leather shoes.

Why do I like it? Because it's worn by fireworks.

Uesugi Kai was waiting for the little beggar when Hanabi called and said that she had righteously demanded that he apologize today.

......

"I'm so sorry!"

Kitagawa Sakakisa, who was clutching her skirt tightly, saw Uesugi Kai close the book.

The book contained several Chinese characters that she did not recognize.

Kai Uesugi didn't answer her immediately, because as soon as he closed his book, he spotted Hanabi Hanabu hiding behind a vending machine in the distance.

The light from her ring dazzled her.

Despite all her explanations, does she still lack confidence in herself?

It seems that she deliberately absorbs all encouragement, ultimately blaming all the mistakes on herself alone.

Blame yourself for not being good enough, blame yourself for not being good enough.

Kai Uesugi suddenly didn't know how to cure her little inferiority complex.

The only thing I can do now is spend more time with her.

No matter how ordinary the day, as long as I'm by her side, she feels better.

Her wish has always been so small and simple.

"I'm so sorry!"

Seeing that Uesugi Kai ignored her, Kitagawa Sakakisa, her face flushed, quickly said something else, glancing up at him every now and then.

"Didn't you want me to apologize today?"

After Uesugi Kai glanced at the vending machine again, Hanabi was no longer there.

"If I don't apologize first... I'm afraid you'll ignore me..."

"Actually, I don't want to talk to you at all."

"Am I...that annoying?"

Kitagawa Sakakisa, her face wrapped in gauze, kept her head down. Despite apologizing, she still received this response.