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

Compared to the chilly wind outside, the house was so hot that my head was sweating profusely.

Kai Uesugi simply didn't bother putting on a shirt and wandered around the house shirtless.

First, go to the bathroom to wash your face and brush your teeth, tidy up your hair, and then examine yourself in the mirror.

This charm is 11.

Kai Uesugi stared at his reflection in the mirror, occasionally resting his chin on his hand and turning his head.

Perhaps, he could become the kind of man who is good for nothing except being handsome?

As Uesugi Kai stepped out of the bathroom, preparing to have breakfast and then go for a morning run, she discovered that Hanabi Hanamaru was actually practicing yoga in the living room. She was wearing a gymnastics bra, with her navel exposed, and was following the female instructor on TV as she performed one difficult pose after another.

"morning."

Good morning, Kai-kun.

Kai Uesugi watched her movements with curiosity. She would sometimes lift her leg, sometimes bend her upper body, and the sapphire blue pendant hanging around her neck was exceptionally eye-catching. The pendant was suspended in the air, and at this moment, he couldn't help but wonder what it looked like below her collarbone, behind the pendant, in the faint cleavage on the girl's chest.

Kai Uesugi moved to the right, standing diagonally to her side.

Hanabi Hanamaru was so focused on the instructional video on TV that she didn't notice anything unusual about the way he was standing.

Kai Uesugi walked to a perfect spot and squatted down, only to realize that she wasn't wearing anything.

He hasn't even realized it yet, but Xiao Huahuo has already accumulated some capital.

Is it because girls experience a natural increase in their fertility after turning eighteen?

Hanabi Hanamaru was bracing herself on the blanket, about to follow the coach's movements on TV, when she suddenly noticed that Kai Uesugi was squatting in front of her, tilting his head to the side.

"Kai-kun?"

Kai Uesugi pouted, raised his chin, and gestured for a spot.

Hanabi Hanabi looked down in the direction he indicated until her gaze passed through the pendant hanging in front of her and saw the air leaking out below her collarbone.

The girl blushed instantly, then abandoned her hands-on-the-ground posture, clutching her chest as she stood up.

"Kai-kun is a bad guy!"

Kai Uesugi squatted down and looked up at her: "Have you made breakfast?"

"Not yet... No, no, Kai-kun was clearly sneaking a peek at the fireworks just now, you should be talking about that..."

Kai Uesugi knew she wasn't angry. "Alright, alright, I'm your husband. It's not like I'll do anything wrong to peek."

"It's different..." Hanabi Hanamaru's voice grew weaker and weaker, and her arms tightened around him, with only her beautiful eyes fixed on him.

Even if you are a married couple, you shouldn't peek at each other.

"Actually, I watched quite a lot of it back in junior high and high school."

"Kai-kun... Kai-kun, you even said it out loud!" Hanabi Hanabi said to him shyly.

"It's because you don't like wearing underwear at home." Uesugi Kai naturally had his own explanation.

"Because...because she wasn't feeling well...most of the time...Hanabi forgot...but even so, Kai-kun shouldn't have peeked...Hanabi wasn't Kai-kun's wife back then, not even his girlfriend..."

"I didn't mean to look at it; it was by chance, I saw it by chance."

"I don't believe it... I don't believe it, Kai-kun... Kai-kun... is a big pervert."

Kai Uesugi knows that his wife has been calling him a pervert lately. Has he really gone too far?

"h..." Hanabi Hanamaru's voice was weak, yet she showed no intention of resisting, like a sheep that knew it was about to be eaten but still did not resist.

###Chapter 441 An Old Tree Encountered During a Morning Run###

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

Chapter 451 An Old Tree Encountered During a Morning Run

Morning is actually Uesugi Kai's favorite time of day.

After helping Hanabi Hanabi tidy up the breakfast dishes, we started our daily morning run.

Kai Uesugi goes for a 10-kilometer run every day, but if Hanabi accompanies him, he needs to slow down and run alongside her.

Although she is a very gentle girl, she can be incredibly stubborn when she gets serious.

Her running was no different. She would think that she should try harder and run more. Often, guided by this will, she would run until she felt dizzy and collapsed.

Uesugi Kai knows that the fact that she was running ahead of her also played a role, so now she usually lets her run ahead so that she doesn't have to worry about herself anymore.

This approach clearly had a significant effect, making the run much smoother throughout.

It's the first day of November, and the air on the street is much fresher than in summer. Birds are less common under the blue sky, and everything seems to be moving towards the new year.

Kai Uesugi and Hanabi Hanamaru walked down the empty, hilly road. They were surrounded by guardrails that kept cars away and telephone poles that stood every so often. From the hill to the hill, the telephone poles stretched into the distance, and the street looked like a curve that went from thick to thin. At the farthest intersection, the street disappeared from sight.

Occasionally, a car would come from behind and disappear into the distance on the farthest street after a whoosh.

Because the two had just stopped running, there were still many beads of sweat on the girl's forehead, but this did not affect her appearance at all. On the contrary, because of the strands of hair around her ears that were damp with sweat, the girl's face looked even more vivid and bright.

As she walked along the steps on either side of the road, which were meant for pedestrians, she stopped and her gaze fell on a bare tree in front of her.

Her eyes lingered on the tree for a long time before she slowly spoke:

"Why is this the only tree without leaves? The others all have leaves."

Uesugi Kai stopped as she moved. There was a solid wood bench under the tree, and behind the bench was a vending machine that sold various drinks.

His gaze also fell on the direction the girl was looking.

The tree looked like it was in its twilight years; even the few remaining leaves were extremely withered and yellow.

"There are many reasons, such as illness, age, and environment."

"But it should have been planted with everyone else, just like everyone else in the neighborhood."

"He must be sick," Uesugi Kai guessed.

"Kai-kun, is there any hope for it?" Hanabi Hanamaru asked, her eyes fixed on it.

“It’s gone, it’s dead. I can still tell that,” Uesugi Kai said, gazing at the withered branches.

Hanabi Hanamaru kept staring at the dead beech tree in front of her, remaining silent.

Kai Uesugi waited for her without saying a word.

Hanabi Hanamaru looked away and murmured, "If... if it doesn't get sick, it should be able to live a long time."

"Yes, it takes a long time. The growth cycle of a beech tree is seventy or eighty years. As for what happens after that, it depends on the tree itself."

Hanabi Hanabi stepped forward, followed by Kai Uesugi. Then, the girl reached out and touched the dry, hard trunk of the beech tree:

Actually, everyone will eventually disappear.

Kai Uesugi chimed in, "Yeah, of course. Even the world will eventually come to an end. It sounds a bit melodramatic, but it's true."

Hanabi Hanamaru stated in a weak voice, "So... everyone will be forgotten. Just like this tree, the closer we get to the day we are forgotten, the more desolate everything around us will become."

“No,” Uesugi Kai said, “Some people’s departure is still quite lively. They close their eyes with smiles in the eyes of their loved ones, carrying happiness, forgetting past memories, forgetting everything they used to hate, like, and love.”

"Kai-kun."

"What's wrong?" Uesugi Kai sensed the emotion in her voice.

"Hanabi hates farewells, she hates them the most."

"Yes, I know, I understand, but we all have to say goodbye someday."

Hanabi Hanamaru buried her face in her hands, and fell silent again. After a long while, she finally spoke softly, in her usual weak voice, slowly recounting:

Will fireworks ever have that day?

Her weak and pitiful voice stunned Uesugi Kai for a moment.

Will fireworks also disappear?

Kai Uesugi recalled many things: her beautiful appearance, her wonderful past, the smile on her face when she accepted his confession, her meticulous companionship, the tears of happiness that welled up in her eyes at her wedding, and her soft, gentle voice that would ring out every day.

All of this felt like it was gripping his heart, his chest tightening as if he couldn't bear to see her with such an expression or in such a tone.

Don't worry about the fireworks.

"Hanabi won't be sad, she has Kai-kun by her side."

Kai Uesugi knew that she was reminded of her past self by this lonely tree.

The illness she has had since childhood has never been cured.

"Firework Sauce"

The girl suddenly laughed, a bright and beautiful laugh, but Uesugi Kai could tell and understand that it was a forced laugh.

“Kai-kun. Everyone says that when a person truly disappears, no one can recall his name, his appearance, or his past. That's when he's truly forgotten, and his good and bad past no longer appears in this beautiful world.”

"His existence is as if he had never existed. Hanabi knew that day would come, but Hanabi would not be sad because of it, because Kai-kun still remembers Hanabi, still remembers Hanabi's name, Hanabi's appearance, and when he thinks of her, he can still clearly remember her voice and the warmth of her hands."

Hanabi Hanabi stepped forward, lowered her head, and took his hand.

"Hanabi married Kai-kun, which means she has given him her all. Can Kai-kun understand Hanabi's love?"

“Of course, of course,” Uesugi Kai kept replying to her.

"Kai-kun, if that day really comes, Hanabi, Hanabi hopes that Kai-kun will still love Hanabi as much as he does. Then, holding her hand, watching her slowly close her eyes with a smile, so that many years later, when Kai-kun thinks of her, he can still remember her name and recall the smile on her face when she called his name. In that way, Hanabi will still be the happiest girl in the world."

"Of course, Kai-kun Hanabi hopes that day will come later, later, later, the later the better! Hanabi still wants to live with Kai-kun, to see this bad guy bullying Hanabi, to see the smile on his face when he bullies Hanabi."

Hanamaru Hanabi's radiant smile, and the delicate corners of her eyes, shed beautiful tears.

"Kai-kun... Kai-kun, will you stay with Hanabi forever?"

These sudden outpouring of words of entreaty left Uesugi Kai momentarily at a loss. He desperately wanted to agree, yet worried that his simple response wouldn't reassure her.

She was perfectly fine before she left home.

However, at this moment, Hanabi Hanabi wiped her eyes and looked up again, giving Kai Uesugi a different look.

Kai Uesugi realized that Hanabi's second personality had switched with her.

She grinned, her eyes still glistening with tears, but her face beamed with joy.

"I'm sorry, Kai-kun, Hanabi's illness has flared up again."