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

Kai Uesugi remained calm, saying, "When you get a terminal illness, your body will age rapidly; that's perfectly normal."

Otsu asked incredulously, "Uesugi-sensei, you...have a terminal illness?"

"No."

"..."

Otsu was a little taken aback.

Do your family members know about this?

“I know, and they even took me to the hospital for a checkup. They said it was some kind of premature aging syndrome, which is probably a mentally induced illness.”

"Isn't this a terminal illness?"

"The doctor said it's curable. And stop talking about me, tell me why you came to see me."

"Ah..." Otsu realized, "It's like this... the editor-in-chief wants you to write more..."

Kai Uesugi simply tossed him a USB drive.

"What is this?" Otsu caught it in a fluster, just like last time.

"Volume 4, Mengchuang Fangsi, ends here."

"It's...it's over!?"

Otsu wanted to say something more, but found that Uesugi Kai had already closed the door. He quickly went forward and knocked hard, calling out repeatedly:

"Uesugi-sensei! Uesugi-sensei! Uesugi-sensei!"

Uesugi Kai, who was inside the house, ignored him and went upstairs alone.

Once all was quiet outside, he lay back down on the bed, picked up Hanabi Hanabi's photo, and stroked her frozen smiling face with his right hand, murmuring:

"Thirty-five years old...seven more times...seven more times..."

......

My brother has progeria, and the doctor said it's curable... but his condition has never improved.

Ai folded a paper crane, and her little feet, clad in slippers, climbed the stairs to the top of the stairs. She stopped outside the door of Uesugi Kai's bedroom, where he usually wouldn't let her in, saying he was afraid his appearance would frighten her.

“Brother…Auntie is pregnant, and Hanayu is going to have a little sister too. Didn’t you always say that Hanayu looks a lot like Hanabi when she was little? Although Hanabi and the baby are no longer here…Brother, you have to cheer up. Hanabi and your baby must have wanted this too…Ai folded some origami cranes for you…Hanabi told Ai that she gave you origami cranes when she was little…Brother was very happy when you received them.”

"elder brother?"

Ai waited outside the door for a long time but received no response from inside. She carefully pushed open the bedroom door and found that Uesugi Kai was not inside.

She went inside and found a note left on the bed.

Ai put down the origami crane, picked it up, and looked at the words written by Uesugi Kai above.

Aiyi, Qian Aiyi, your brother has gone on a trip... Don't worry too much about me, I'm fine... Since Hanabi left, I often dream about her, about her smiling at me, about her helping me tidy my clothes when I leave, about her busy figure in the kitchen finishing breakfast, about me touching her pregnant belly... We looked forward to our future together, about buying clothes for our unborn little one together...

I miss her so much, I think... I should go out and clear my head...

I will find my next destination amidst the scenery of my journey...

During this time, my brother wants to ask you for a favor... to get Uncle Yuuki to agree to name the unborn child Hanabi...

I know... even if you tell him, he will never agree.

But believe me... on the day the child is born on October 10th... he will remember and promise.

Please also reassure my mother and father... don't worry too much about me... their hearts are still growing, they should focus more on taking care of her...

Aiyi, Qian Aiyi, I will come back in sixteen years... I hope you will still remember me then, remember that you had a brother like me...

—January 21, [staying]

###Chapter 374 Fuji-Q Highland###

"Uesugi-san, how about we go to the amusement park today?"

Kai Uesugi glanced at Sakakisa Kitagawa. "Why bring this up all of a sudden?"

Kitagawa Sakaki hugged Hanabi Hanamaru, whose face was slightly flushed, right next to her. "The main reason is that Hanabi-chan wants to go to the haunted house."

"No!" Upon hearing the word "haunted house," Hanabi Hanamaru instinctively shook her head, "No, no haunted house."

Kai Uesugi looked at Sakakisa Motokitagawa, who was holding Hanamaru Hanabi, took a sip of the coffee he had made, and said, "She has only ever seen one horror movie in her life, and she cried for a whole day and night that time."

"Hanabi-chan, didn't you see one? Let's go to a haunted house!" Kitagawa Sakakisa shook Hanabi's little arm.

Hanabi Hanamaru was still extremely reluctant: "Going to the amusement park is fine... but not going to the haunted house..."

"Come on~ come on~" Kitagawa Sakakisa started hugging Hanabi Hanabi and acting cute, "Rika is coming later too... if we team up, we won't be afraid."

Kitagawa Sakakisa started secretly winking at Uesugi Kai, urging him to quickly coax Hanabi into going to the haunted house together.

pity.

Kai Uesugi ignored her.

"Isn't a haunted house a perfectly legitimate place to grope someone?"

"Who wants to take advantage of you!"

Kitagawa Sakakisa was very angry.

Damn it, I was clearly giving you a chance to dabble in fireworks, but you just wouldn't appreciate it.

Uesugi Kai then said, "You can go, but Hanabi must stay with me."

"No! I want Hanabi-chan." Kitagawa Sakakisa hugged Hanabi Hanamaru.

"She's not your girlfriend."

"I'm her best friend."

Kai Uesugi: "My best friend isn't all that great."

"Best friends even rub each other's breasts!"

"Have you ever touched her breasts?" Uesugi Kai knew that Hanabi would never let anyone touch her breasts.

"You...you don't need to know," Kitagawa Sakakisa muttered softly.

"Maybe...maybe we shouldn't go to the haunted house..."

Kitagawa Sakakisa: "Then let's go to the amusement park first."

Kai Uesugi: "I agree."

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About an hour later, the three got off at Fuji-Q Highland Station and met Rika Kyuu, who was wearing sunglasses.

Kai Uesugi walked up to her, looked up at the morning sun in the sky, and asked, "What made you suddenly decide to come to the amusement park?"

"?"

Jiu Shi Li Xiang was somewhat puzzled.

"Sakaki told me you were coming to the amusement park and invited me. I was free anyway, so I thought I'd come along and have some fun." Kyuuji Rika took off her sunglasses and put them into the purse slung across her waist. "Didn't you invite me?"

"what happened?"

Rika Kyuu noticed that Kai Uesugi was staring at her.

Kai Uesugi looked at Kitagawa Sakakisa, who was smiling shyly, and pointed at her, saying, "This girl told me that she had arranged to meet you first, and I only agreed to her request when I heard that you were coming too."

"Haha~ Don't worry about it, don't worry about it." Kitagawa Sakakisa waved her hand with a smile, as if she were very magnanimous. "Everyone is here, that's a good thing! There's no need to worry about these details. Oh, by the way, where's Riyo?"

Jiu Shi Li Xiang explained, "She went back to her hometown. Wait a minute... you... you're not going to tell her we'll all be coming, are you?"

"No, no, absolutely not!" Kitagawa Sakakisa quickly denied.

While they were talking, Uesugi Kai had already bought her ticket at the ticket counter.

Fuji-Q Highland, adult ticket: 5700 yen per person.

Fuji-Q Highland is located at the foot of Mount Fuji. It is a large amusement park in the Tokyo metropolitan area and is a well-known amusement park in Japan and even the world.

One of Fuji-Q Highland's signature attractions is its four roller coasters.

The second signature attraction – the haunted house that is said to be the scariest in the world.

As you can tell from the name Fuji-Q Highland, this is an exceptionally thrilling amusement park.

Kai Uesugi distributed the tickets to everyone and they entered the amusement park.

It's summer vacation now, and there are a lot of tourists visiting here.

There was also a Kumamon character in front of a bubble tea shop. Hanabi Hanamaru saw it and wanted to have a bubble tea.

Kai Uesugi bought it for her.

"Thank you, Kai-kun..." Hanabi Hanamaru thanked him softly.

Kitagawa Sakakisa: "Where's mine?"

"random."

Kai Uesugi isn't a petty person; besides, Kitagawa Sakakisa was one of Hanabi's bridesmaids afterward.

"Would you like a drink, Pear Fragrance?"

"A treat?" Jiu Shi Li Xiang asked with a smile.

"Ah."

"Then I shall respectfully comply."

The four continued walking towards the center of the amusement park.

In the crowd, Uesugi Kai secretly approached Hanabi Hanabi and said to her:

"There are hot springs at the foot of Mount Fuji. Shall we soak in them together tonight?"

Hanabi Hanabi paused for a second, then tilted her head to look at him:

"No, Kai-kun can't go with Hanabi. When we go to the hot springs at night, it's definitely the girls who will be there together."

"I know, but I'm the only man here. Will Hanabi leave me alone at the hot spring tonight?"