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

"Ah."

"Then why are you drawing this again?"

Uesugi Kai noticed that last time she was wearing white stockings while stepping on a watermelon, but this time she's barefoot on the beach.

Why is the focus always on feet?

He didn't know it himself.

"It seems to be an event..." Hanabi Hanamaru said, "They said they want to draw another picture of Yako-chan in a summer swimsuit."

"Game illustrations?"

"It seems so." Hanamaru Hanabi drew the little girl's feet on the beach as chubby.

"How much is this one?" Uesugi Kai fed her a piece of orange.

"2 yen." Hanabi Hanamaru took a bite of the juicy orange, feeling a surge of happiness.

It seems like there are many more than last time.

Kai Uesugi sat beside her, feeding the adorable, dreamlike, and timid girl segment by segment with the orange in his hand.

After feeding him the oranges, he sat quietly for a while.

"Hanabi."

"Mm," Hanabi replied, engrossed in her drawing.

"I want to touch your breasts."

The pen stopped.

Such an abrupt statement made time seem to freeze in the room.

In that instant, everything was frozen, with only the cold air from the air conditioner swaying up and down.

Hanabi Hanamaru's delicate face flushed instantly. She stopped using the stylus, lowered her head, and spoke in a shy, timid voice:

"it is good......"

"Now is also possible?"

"Yes...yes..."

Uesugi Kai brought his face close and gently inhaled the soft moans she made in embarrassment.

Because they were so close, Hanabi closed her eyes tightly and turned her head away; her face, neck and collarbone were exposed, revealing fair lines as if drawn by a paintbrush.

"Aren't you shy?" Uesugi Kai asked.

For her, who used to be shy even about holding hands, this kind of thing was not worth mentioning.

However, Hanabi Hanabi did not respond to his question.

Kai Uesugi sat back down on his cushion.

With her eyes tightly closed, Hanabi's heart was pounding with tension for a long time, and she didn't feel the touch of this morning again.

Like a wary kitten testing whether food is safe to eat, she cautiously peeked through her eyes.

It took several attempts to make sure he wasn't getting any closer before I could relax a little.

"I feel like Hanabi was just blindly agreeing with me today," Uesugi said, straightening his posture.

Hanabi Hanabi glanced at his face a few more times, "Hanabi... doesn't want to leave Kai-kun..."

"Why have you been saying this so often lately?"

"Because..." Hanabi Hanabi mumbled, "because if a girl doesn't let a boy get close... she'll quickly be disliked... and those risqué things... they have to be satisfied..."

"...?"

A question mark slowly appeared on Uesugi Kai's face.

Where did you learn this? It's extremely distorted in its values.

It must be the internet.

"Has Little Firework been watching something weird lately? Like, erotic videos?"

Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head frantically, like a rattle-drum, "No..."

"Give me your phone."

"No, you can't give it to me..." Hanabi Hanamaru moved back a little, putting her hands behind her back.

"Give it to me."

Hanabi Hanamaru shook her head again, and seeing that he was about to come over, she wanted to stand up and run away as soon as possible.

But how could a vulnerable girl escape the precise level 10 attack of Uesugi?

With a 99% accuracy rate, not a single mosquito can flutter its wings near him.

Kai Uesugi grabbed her feet and pulled her, along with the cushion, toward him before she could even stand up.

Hanabi Hanamaru's legs kept moving around.

"Kai-kun, stop! Stop tickling me!"

"She hasn't moved yet." Uesugi Kai, who only wanted to stop her from running away, looked helpless.

"N-no, you can't look at Hanabi's phone." Hanabi, lying on the cushion, held her phone to her chest.

Kai Uesugi knew that she probably didn't want him to see anything particularly embarrassing.

"I just want to know how Hanabi came to think that statement was correct."

"Isn't that wrong...?" Hanabi asked shyly.

“No.” Uesugi Kai said, releasing her foot.

"But... Kai-kun really likes to touch things randomly..."

Kai Uesugi admits that he, a good person, has degenerated into a not-so-good person, but he still retains his most precious conscience: he cannot corrupt her.

Keep in mind, she's only 15 years old.

"When Little Fireworks rejected you, did I ever dislike you?"

"No."

"When you resisted, did I ever bully you?"

Hanamaru Hanabi's shimmering, violet eyes remained fixed on him as she spoke in a soft, hesitant voice:

"have......"

Chapter 201 No, it's A-Zhao who went astray.

Kai Uesugi was speechless for a moment.

Should small interactions with your girlfriend not be considered bullying?

At least judging from my actions this morning, I guess so.

He suddenly felt he had no reason to preach to her, after all, his own behavior was hardly that of a gentleman.

My recent actions have indeed been very unfair to her.

"I'm going out for a walk..."

Hanabi Hanabi watched him gradually sit up, then turned around, pushed aside the Japanese shoji screen, and walked out of the room.

With the sound of the door closing, he disappeared.

The air conditioner continued to sway up and down, blowing a cool breeze, and the girl glanced at the unfinished painting.

Her insecure little mind started to agonize again, wondering if she had said something wrong.

After thinking for a long time, Hanabi Hanamaru resumed her girlish sitting posture and took out the phone she had been unwilling to let him see.

I stared intently at the wallpaper of the group photo that I had been reluctant to change, and then opened the notes app.

Within the small details of the "Rules for Encouraging Kai-kun to Not Dislike Fireworks".

Add a note like, "Hanabi made Kai-kun unhappy again today."

After noting the date, Hanabi hugged her legs and buried her head in them.

She began to think about what she should do, given how useless she already was.

Rejection is wrong, acceptance is wrong.

"Fireworks...it's only Kai-nii left..."

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Compared to Hanabi Hanabi's self-reflection, Kai Uesugi believes that he is the one who needs to seriously reflect on himself.

He had only intended to elicit Xiaohuahuo's attitude towards him with that sentence, but he didn't expect to be so concerned about what she had seen that he ended up pointing out his own flaws.

This is what they call digging your own hole and jumping in, or burying yourself in your own grave.

No one is to blame.

After leaving the Uesugi family's courtyard house, Uesugi Kai walked down the hillside road in the mountain town toward the sea.

Along the way, many residents recognized him and greeted him in their local dialect, asking him where he was going.

Kai Uesugi only said, "Let's go see the sea."

Along the way, all you could see was the vast expanse of the horizon and the sea.

Under the blazing summer sun, amidst the chirping of insects, his grandmother gave him half a crimson jade pendant, which he already wore on his chest, its texture warm and smooth to the touch, following his body heat.

Stepping onto the seawall, one can gaze into the distance at the slightly curved horizon.

The sea breeze stirs the azure ocean, bringing with it moist and cool air, creating shimmering ripples.

Continue walking forward and step off the embankment.

Uesugi Kai sat on a four-pillared seawall in front of the seawall, listening attentively to the beautiful sound of the waves crashing against the shore.

Many people have said that the vast ocean can bring peace of mind to those who gaze upon it.