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

Kai Uesugi walked out of the parking lot and came to the lakeside.

The twilight scene before us rippled gently in the breeze, and the lake water shimmered with layers of golden fish scales.

A few tents were scattered around the lake, and everyone kept their distance, seemingly not wanting to disturb each other's families.

Across the lake is a traditional-style commercial street where you can buy anything you need.

Kai Uesugi put down his backpack and took out the 980 yen freestanding tent from it.

A self-supporting tent is a tent that can be supported by just poles and ropes.

It is the most widespread and the most convenient.

Uesugi first took out the poles and frame, and together with the fabric, built a rough framework. Then, he used six tent pegs to tighten the tent, making it stand firmly on the grass.

"Complete."

Kai Uesugi was very satisfied.

He then took two mummy sleeping bags out of the other two backpacks and threw them into the tent.

This whole process took Uesugi Kai nearly half an hour.

With a decent result in front of her, Uesugi Kai got up to go back to the parking lot to get the rest of the items.

"Fireworks?"

Not long after I turned around, I saw Hanabi Hanamoto carrying a travel bag and two handbags in her hands, walking slowly and unsteadily, looking quite exhausted.

Uesugi Kai quickly stepped forward, reached her, and took the things from her hands:

"Let me do it, don't force yourself like this."

"Whoo~"

Hanabi Hanabi smiled, clearly pleased. "It's alright."

Kai Uesugi was somewhat surprised because even after taking a nap, she was still Hanabi.

Could it be that she was just feeling sleepy?

"Give me the travel bag on your back; it contains a folding grill, and it's quite heavy."

"it is good."

Hanabi Hanamaru put down the two handbags in her hands and helped him take out the travel bag from his back.

The two arrived at the campsite together. It was still dark, and the beautiful sunset was still shimmering on the lake.

Swans, swimming fish, red leaves, and the reflection of the mountains—it's quite beautiful.

After putting the things down, Uesugi Kai asked Hanabi Hanamaru, who was standing in front gazing at the lake:

"Shall we go for a walk first, or eat something first?"

"Let's go for a walk first," Hanabi Hanabi said, turning around.

"Alright, let's put the things in the tent for now."

The place for a stroll is naturally the red maple forest that backs onto the large meadow by the lake.

To attract tourists, a forest path has been specially opened for walking, and the red leaves are even more dazzling at dusk.

Hanabi Hanamaru walked slowly under the tree with Kai Uesugi, and felt much better.

She plucked a red leaf from the treetop, twirled it between her fingers, and said to the Uesugi Kai in front of her:

"Hanabi always feels so relaxed when she's with Kai-kun."

"Is that so?" Uesugi Kai said to her with a smile.

"Yes, it's always been like this since I was little. A long time ago, Hanabi didn't know what this was. But as she grew older and learned more about things, Hanabi realized that she liked Kai-kun."

"So, my dear Hanabi, do you remember when you started to like him?"

Hanabi Hanabi's gaze shifted from the swirling red leaves to his face: "Hanabi remembers telling Kai-kun that."

"Huh?" Uesugi Kai was taken aback by the question and carefully recalled the memories in his mind.

He discovered that he really couldn't remember it.

"Kai-kun is so mean." Hanabi Hanamaru pouted.

"No, no, actually, Hanabi has liked me since the day we met, right?" Uesugi Kai asked tentatively.

Hanamaru Hanabi's facial expression remained unchanged at first, but after a few seconds of him speaking, she nodded:

"Hmm." chaptere

###Chapter 457 Lakeside Camping###

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

"Hanabi, did you really tell me that?"

"Yes, of course, didn't Kai-kun answer on his own initiative?"

Uesugi Kai held the girl's small hand, listening to the sound of footsteps echoing on the wooden corridor, and together they admired the beautiful sunset scenery of the red maple forest before them.

Being with her, just walking quietly for a while, always calms my heart.

"Hanabi."

"Ah."

Uesugi Kai was silent for a moment, then stopped talking.

"Kai-kun, were you calling Hanabi just now?" Hanamaru Hanabi took his hand, took two steps forward, and stood in front of him.

“Yes,” Uesugi Kai replied.

"Then why did Kai-kun stop talking?"

"Actually, I'm experiencing a wonderful feeling." Uesugi Kai smiled faintly.

"A wonderful feeling?"

"Yes, there's a kind of feeling where you call out to a beautiful girl named Hanabi and get a response from her."

"Does receiving a response from fireworks make you feel wonderful?"

Hanabi Hanabi smiled lightly and cheerfully, "Kai-kun, what are your specific feelings about this?"

After thinking for a while, Uesugi Kai cleared his throat and began to speak fluently: "Being able to feel her presence, smell her fragrance, and deepen her concrete image in my mind, and receiving her response, I feel that my existence has meaning. Receiving her response makes the world feel real. Simply being with her for a while allows me to experience the beauty of ordinary life."

"Kai-kun talks about fireworks as if they were gods."

Even the gods aren't as good as you.

"Kai-kun is spouting those corny love lines again." Hanabi Hanamaru let go of his hand, her little black leather shoes stepping over several wooden steps to stand at the top.

Kai Uesugi scratched at the air below, then shifted his gaze to look up at her: "Don't you like sweet talk?"

"It's not that I don't like them." Hanabi Hanamaru tiptoed and picked two yellow leaves from a tree branch by the roadside, tucking them like horns on either side of her little head. "Kai-kun, do they look good?"

She wore a scarf around her neck, half of her rosy cheeks were hidden in it, her eyes were bright and lively, and she had a unique girlish cuteness.

Kai Uesugi smiled at her and said:

"Beautiful, my wife is beautiful."

The girl walked down from above, took a leaf from her head, and placed it on Uesugi Kai's head.

Uesugi Kai stared at Hanabi Hanabi's small face, which was so close to his own: "What's this?"

"A legend."

"legend?"

“Hmm,” Hanabi Hanabi stopped in front of him and looked at his face seriously. “The red leaf represents a passionate life. If you take half of the red leaf you wear on your head and give it to the person you like, you can win their true heart forever.”

The air remained silent for a long time, with the red leaves rustling in the breeze.

Her sincere words made Uesugi Kai's heart tighten instantly.

Hanabi Hanamaru's serious face suddenly broke into a smile:

"Hehe, Fireworks won."

"You won?" Uesugi Kai didn't react in time and couldn't understand the continuous changes in her expression.

"Yes, Hanabi's confession to Kai-kun clearly moved him, so Hanabi won, didn't she?" Hanamaru Hanabi had a victorious smile on her face, tilting her head, looking cute and pretty.

Uesugi Kai stared at her blinking little eyes, pondered for a few seconds, and then understood what she meant by "winning".

Her sweet talk was far more sophisticated than any of my own.

"What about the legend?"

"The legend is just something Hanabi made up, but," Hanabi Hanabi said, standing beside him and looking at him, "it's true that she gave up half her life, or even all of it. If Kai-kun gets sick, Hanabi will pray every day, praying that the gods will exchange all of Hanabi for Kai-kun's health."

Kai Uesugi suddenly remembered the time when he was sick.

At that time, I was sick and in a coma, and I didn't wake up for several days. Did Hanabi also pray for me every day, just like she said?

Yes, without a doubt, she will do exactly as she just said.

Kai Uesugi still remembers waking up to find her asleep by her bedside. Every day, she would wait by her bedside until she was exhausted and fell asleep, her eyes red and her little hands clutching the blankets. Even in her dreams, she would keep saying that Kai-kun should stay by Hanabi's side forever.

Red leaves fill the sky, a beautiful sight falling in a crimson world.

The dazzling scenery made Uesugi Kai feel as if the world was a little surreal. Standing in front of the vibrant mangrove forest, her beautiful and petite figure and cute and delicate face were so beautiful that they made people feel like they were in a dream.

I love you just the same way, and I'm willing to give everything to pursue and cherish you.

"Kai-kun is really going too far."

"What's excessive?"

“In Kai-kun’s novel,” Hanabi Hanabi said, “Yasukawa was such a good friend of Akizuki, and they were childhood sweethearts, yet Kai-kun cruelly arranged for her to die in the second chapter.”

"The story requires it."

"Can't the story have a happy ending?"

“No, from a structural point of view, Yasukawa’s death is necessary.”