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

"That's too much! That's so much!"

"It's not just about the structure; given Akizuki's psychological journey, Yasukawa's death also served as a good warning to him, laying the groundwork and foundation for his later legacy."

"Does Kai-kun harbor some resentment towards his childhood friend?"

"No, absolutely not." Uesugi Kai knew she was linking her identity to Yasukawa Harumi. "I love childhood friends the most."

"If that's the case, how can Kai-kun be so heartless?"

"It's because I know that I understand the importance of a childhood sweetheart in my heart. She occupies the most important part of a person's life, and her feelings and status are irreplaceable, especially after we've grown up and spent so many years together."

"Hmm... I can barely forgive Kai-kun, but Hanabi still can't accept that kind of storyline."

"I understand, Hanabi is someone who likes everything to be peaceful."

Kai Uesugi smiled and said to her, "Let's walk around a bit more, then we'll go back to the campsite for a barbecue."

And this, of course, received her response.

"Okay!

......

The camping trip for two was both simple and not so simple.

Back at the campsite, I suddenly realized we were out of firewood.

"What should we do? Should we go back into the woods to retrieve it?"

"Fireworks accompany Kai-kun!"

"Okay, let's go together."

Kai Uesugi took the knife and returned to the forest.

The bushes and grass were covered with twigs and dead leaves, and every step made them crunch underfoot.

Uesugi Kai took out a small machete he had prepared beforehand, cut through some weeds that were blocking his way, found a patch of dead leaves, picked up some medium-sized firewood, then cut off some of the overly long branches of the firewood, threw them behind him, and handed them to Hanamaru Hanabi outside to pick up and pile them up.

Hanabi Hanamaru wasn't idle either. She spread the two ropes binding the firewood on the ground and neatly arranged the firewood that Uesugi Kai had thrown over one by one into a pile.

in the bushes.

Uesugi Kai held a flashlight in his right hand. In addition to the creaking of dry branches and leaves, he could hear the buzzing of flies and insects in the forest.

If you stay here for even a short while, you might get a red bump on your hand from a bug bite if you're not careful.

As the firewood was chopped down, Uesugi Kai also sweated a bit more. He picked up a stack of firewood and some tinder, got up and went outside, placing it on the trapezoidal pile of firewood in the Hanamaru bonfire.

By this time, dusk had gradually departed, and night was beginning to fall.

Hanabi Hanamaru squatted in a small clearing, her phone flashlight on, guarding a pile of firewood.

Uesugi Kai smiled at her lonely little face:

"Firewood is piled up like a castle? And so neatly?"

"Kai-kun won't let Hanabi help you gather firewood... so this is the only way to pass the time."

Uesugi Kai put the knife into the leather bag hanging on her leg, raised her hand and looked at it: "It's not that I don't want you to pick it up, but there are too many bushes and scratchy herbs here, and it's not easy for you to walk in with your skirt."

"Kai-kun is injured?" Hanabi Hanabi's phone flashlight shone on Uesugi Kai's hand, creating a bright area. Tiny dust particles and moths occasionally flew through the beam of light.

"Ah," Uesugi Kai looked at the slightly burning bloodstain on his hand and replied casually, "It's nothing. I probably just got scratched by a cut bush when I came out."

"Are you really alright?"

"fine."

Kai Uesugi walked past Hanabi Hanabi, picked up a large bundle of firewood she had arranged, and weighed it in his hand; it was quite heavy.

"Let's go back and have a bonfire barbecue."

As darkness fell, flashlights were needed to illuminate the path. Hanabi Hanabi followed beside him, looking worriedly at the back of Uesugi Kai's right hand: "Let's go back and Hanabi help Kai-kun take care of it."

Kai Uesugi naturally wouldn't refuse, and smiled at her, saying, "It's good to have a wife who cares about you."

His cheeks were perfectly outlined by the bright moonlight. In a moment of reverie, Hanabi Hanabi looked at his face and suddenly became very embarrassed. She buried her face in her hands, and her voice became weak:

"Hmm...hmm, having Kai-kun is...good too."

Back at the campsite, Uesugi Kai disassembled the firewood and arranged it in a circle on an open space.

Take the tinder sandwiched in the firewood, put it in the middle of the campfire, and light it with a lighter. First, put on small twigs, then medium-thick firewood, stacking them layer by layer, and let Hanamaru Hanahana gently fan the flames with a small round fan.

"Is this all right?" she asked softly.

At this moment, besides them, the surrounding campsites were also illuminated by campfires, and children and adults excitedly gathered together, creating a lively and festive atmosphere.

"Hmm." Uesugi Kai nodded, then picked up a piece of firewood and separated the large pieces of firewood in the matchbox to allow air circulation and a better flame.

The tinder ignites the small match, the small match ignites the medium match, and the medium match ignites the large match.

Soon, the campfire grew strong and hot.

The flames crackled as the firewood burned, occasionally scattering sparks at its tip.

The firelight illuminated their faces.

"All right!"

Kai Uesugi clapped his hands with a smile, the task of starting the fire was successfully completed.

"Kai-kun is amazing!" Hanabi Hanamaru clapped her hands happily, her eyes reflecting the image of the campfire.

"Well, it's alright."

"And don't forget about Kai-kun's injury!"

As Hanabi Hanabi spoke, she turned around and climbed into the tent to get out bottled water and a medical bag.

She sat down next to Uesugi Kai with the two items, took his hand, poured mineral water over it to wash it, and then gently applied alcohol swabs to the wound.

The girl moved very carefully.

She looked up and asked, "Kai-kun, does it hurt?"

"It's a little prickly, just a little prickly," Uesugi Kai said, observing her subtle movements.

"Try to deal with the fireworks as quickly as possible."

The campfire beside me was warm, and the girl in front of me, taking my hand and carefully tending to my injuries, was also warm.

In the cold October wind, on the shimmering lakeside, Uesugi Kai felt an extraordinary warmth amidst the flickering light of the campfire.

"All done." The girl bandaged his wound and then tidied up the unused medical tools.

Kai Uesugi picked up the bandaged hand and examined it closely by the firelight.

He muttered to himself, "There really is a difference between a man who has a wife who cares about him and a man who doesn't."

"What is Kai-kun saying?"

"If I were alone, I would just ignore a shallow wound like this and maybe put on a band-aid."

Hanabi Hanabi said while tidying up, "Kai-kun's hand is bleeding. Band-Aids won't do. Besides, what if bacteria get into the wound from the branch? If you don't treat it soon, it will leave a scar."

"Well... I definitely won't think that much about it. If I'm injured, I'll just leave it alone if I don't have a band-aid."

"So Kai-kun can't take care of himself!"

Hanabi Hanamaru put the first-aid kit into the tent, then brought out the skewers and barbecue ingredients, her face beaming with joy. "Alright, now it's time to eat!"

"Wait a minute, let me get the charcoal and the iron rack out."

"it is good."

You definitely can't grill food directly over a campfire, because that will easily leave the food covered in black ash.

Uesugi Kai put charcoal into the fire with iron tongs until it was red-hot, and then put the red-hot charcoal into a prepared iron rack to be used as fuel for grilling.

"What would you like to eat, Kai-kun?" Hanabi asked, holding a small box.

"Steak, of course we should eat steak first."

"This one is the hardest to bake properly."

"Then grill it with the other barbecue items, and I'll watch the steak."

"no!"

"Why not?" Uesugi Kai asked, puzzled.

"Kai-kun is going to ruin the steak. Hanabi is fine. Kai-kun, go and rest over there."

Hanamaru Hanabi said this and took over the position of head barbecue chef.

Her movements were quite meticulous, flipping the steak, sprinkling salt, and ensuring the heat from the charcoal fire was evenly distributed across the marbling of the steak.

"Hanabi even learned how to grill steak?"

"My mother taught me."

Kai Uesugi placed his hands on the ground and gazed at the vast starry sky: "Hmm, speaking of which, I used to envy Hanabi-chan quite a bit."

"Why?" Hanabi Hanabi turned to look at him.

“You know, my mom and dad used to go to work every night, while I would stay home and eat instant noodles and bread every day. The only decent food I ate back then was a cold bento box from the supermarket.”

"Kai-kun is really going too far." Hanamaru Hanabi grills steak upside down.

"Am I being unreasonable?"

"I never told Hanabi that I invited Kai to my house for dinner, but he never came. Hanabi thought that Kai didn't like her mother's cooking."

"No, I don't have that."

"So, Kai-kun is an idiot, he doesn't even know that everyone has been concerned about you all along."

###Chapter 458 Lakeside Camping 2###

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

Kai Uesugi smiled as he looked at the flickering orange-yellow flames of the campfire, and gently placed some firewood into it.

“I vaguely know that you care about me, but I don’t think of myself as very important. If I’m not important, I’m too embarrassed to bother you too much.”