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

She pulled her suitcase and quickly went to the front of the bar, looking Uesugi Kai up and down with a surprised expression:

"How will you be here?"

Kai Uesugi subconsciously replied, "I'm here because... no, shouldn't I be asking you that? You look like you just got off a plane."

“Yeah, I just got off the plane,” Hanamaru Yuuki pulled her suitcase to her side. She was wearing a rather stylish jacket, and her hair was a neat, shoulder-length bob, just like fireworks. “Isn’t it almost Chinese New Year? My mom called me back. And since there was nothing going on in England, I came home a week or two early.”

"...Then how did you get here?"

"The taxi I was in suddenly broke down on the side of the road. I heard it was an engine problem. Sigh, I had no choice but to get out and walk around looking for a taxi. After walking for a while, I saw this coffee shop and thought I was tired, so I went in to rest."

“That’s how it is…” Uesugi Kai roughly understood the situation.

That's true, it's almost Chinese New Year, Hanamaru Yuuki should definitely come back.

"You know this guest...?" Akane asked, petting the lazy forest cat in her arms, looking at Uesugi Kai with a puzzled expression.

Kai Uesugi then gestured to Hanamaru Yuuki as an introduction: "Hanamaru Yuuki, my wife's cousin, is a year younger than Hanabi, and should have just turned 17 recently, right?"

"More or less," Hanamaru Yuuki replied. When Uesugi Kai introduced herself, she confidently put her hands on her hips, looking adorably proud.

"She's a beautiful girl too, and she even looks a bit like Hanayu," Akane Rina praised politely.

“That’s right! I look a lot like my older sister… wait,” Hanamaru Yuuki seemed to realize something, “Hanayu? Shouldn’t it be Hanabi-neechan? Hanayu is…”

Hanamaru Yuuki suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence because she suddenly saw Uesugi Kai giving her a subtle wink.

"What do you mean, Hana-yu?" Akane Erina looked at Hanamaru Yuuki, then at Uesugi Kai. "Aren't Hana-yu and Hanabi-chan twin sisters?"

Twin sisters?!

Hanamaru Yuuki secretly glanced at Uesugi Kai behind the bar, who remained expressionless, and thought to herself, "Brother-in-law, what are you up to now? And what does 'twin sisters' mean?"

“Ahem, that’s right,” Hanamaru Yuuki cleverly replied, “What I meant was that my brother-in-law’s birthday was not long ago, and Hana-chan just celebrated his birthday too, hahaha…ahem, yes, that’s it.”

Akane Rina felt that this answer was strange.

But isn't the relationship between Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanayu also strange? She's seen them secretly kissing quite a few times downstairs where the bicycles are parked.

Sigh, the world is going to the dogs.

Sister-in-law and brother-in-law... Although she could understand some of Hanamaru Hanayu's thoughts, after all, her brother-in-law was so handsome, could make coffee, was considerate, exercised, and had a manly charm.

And since I'm a twin with my sister, we're practically identical, so why can my sister have it, but I can't?!

—This is the idea that Rina Akane had in mind regarding Hanamaru Hanayu.

"Um...can I hug this?" Hanamaru Yuuki pointed to the Norwegian Forest Cat in Akane Rina's arms.

"Ah, it's alright, take it. It's meant to serve guests anyway." Erina Akane smiled and handed the handsome Norwegian Forest Cat to Yuuki Hanamaru to hold.

"Thank you."

"fine."

"Akae-nee!" Totsuka Katsura poked her head out from the kitchen. "We're almost out of beef."

"Then I'll go take care of my work," Akane Rina said to Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Yuuki.

Kai Uesugi: "Okay."

After Akane Rina went out to get the beef, Uesugi Kai refocused his gaze on the girl in front of him who resembled Hanabi Hanabi.

"Since Hanabi and I left... have you been doing well living alone in England?"

"Well, how should I put it," Hanamaru Yuuki said, scratching the little belly of the cat in her arms and sighing for no apparent reason. "It would be best if you guys stayed with me. I really can't get used to living alone in such a big house over there... There are no students from Japan studying at my school, so I don't talk to them much. I just bury myself in training every day, and I've made some progress recently."

"Well then, congratulations."

"What are you congratulating me on, brother-in-law? If you hadn't taken my sister away, she would definitely be even more capable than me. Although I know that's not what she really wants. In her heart, you will always be the most important person."

Of course, Uesugi Kai knew this.

But when someone else says those words, they take on a completely different meaning.

"Anyway," Hanamaru Yuuki raised her face and showed a bright smile, "I still want to congratulate you and my sister on your marriage. It was a real pity that I couldn't attend my sister's wedding."

Hearing that familiar voice, Uesugi Kai felt a pang of nostalgia. His time in England wasn't very long, nor was it particularly enjoyable, but the memories from that period remained vivid in his mind.

The girl, sitting on the plane, gradually drifted away from herself...

Hearing that he was coming, he waited for her until she fell asleep at the airport...

Knowing that she was being asked to come home, she, who had planned to spend three years there, immediately wavered.

"Where's my sister?" Hanamaru Yuuki asked Uesugi Kai behind the bar, holding the cat. "And what about the twin sister Hana-chan that the clerk mentioned earlier? Brother-in-law, are you secretly hiding something from my sister?"

"This..." Uesugi Kai didn't quite know how to explain it for a moment!

Seeing him stammering, Hanamaru Yuuki frowned: "Brother-in-law, hurry up and tell me! Or I'll go home and tell Aunt Mieko!"

Kai Uesugi didn't know how to explain Kurohanabi's existence to her. Kurohanabi didn't want anyone but him to know about her, not even her parents.

Forget it, let Hanabi-chan explain to Yuuki herself.

He looked into the shop and saw Hanamaru Hanabi taking orders for a customer who had just arrived.

He pointed over there and said, "Look, your sister is over there. You can ask her."

"Is your sister here too?"

Hanamaru Yuuki looked in the direction he was pointing and saw Hanamaru Hanabi, her older sister.

However, Hanabi Hanabi was dressed in a maid outfit, so she didn't recognize her at first.

Before Hanamaru Yuuki could even walk past, Hanamaru Hanabi quickly emerged carrying a menu and clutching a marker:

"Kai-kun, Shidamo Oiran Coffee, medium, less sweet."

"Sister." Hanamaru Yuuki smiled and waved at her.

"Eh--"

When Hanabi Hanabi looked up, she looked surprised and winked at her smile. "Yuuki? Why are you back?"

"It's Chinese New Year, so I'm back."

"Yuki-chan, you seem to have gotten even prettier."

"Haha, it's sister who is."

The two girls greeted each other like old friends who had just met.

However, although Hanamaru Yuuki is the younger sister, she is much taller than Hanamaru Hanabi. She has grown up very quickly in the past year or so.

"How are you feeling in England? Are your teachers still around?"

"Yes, I'm all here. I'm doing quite well in England, but I often get bored by myself. I like to go out and wander around."

As Uesugi Kai listened to their reminiscing, he placed the Sidamo Kakai coffee that the customer had just ordered on the bar.

Hanamaru Yuuki said with a smile, "I never thought my brother-in-law would end up becoming a barista."

"My trip to England wasn't in vain."

Hanamaru Yuuki: "So, the usual?"

"Blue Mountain?" Uesugi Kai asked tentatively.

"I didn't expect my brother-in-law to have such a good memory! This is it." While Hanamaru Hanabi was serving coffee to the guests, Hanamaru Yuuki frowned and said to Uesugi Kai, "I'll ask my sister about the twins Hanayu later."

"Haha..." Uesugi Kai said with a smile, "It's alright, ask whatever you want."

###Chapter 521 Hanamaru Yuuki, who has just returned to Japan###

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

Kai Uesugi continued working behind the bar, glancing into the store every now and then.

He had no idea what Yuuki and Hanabi were talking about.

As for her two identities, how should we explain them? Given Hanabi-chan's personality, it's probably difficult to explain the relationship between them.

Based on her memory of Hanamaru Yuuki's preferences, Uesugi Kai made her a cup of Blue Mountain coffee that she had drunk in England. Hanamaru Hanabi, carrying a tray, came over to take it.

"How is it?" Uesugi Kai quietly asked her.

Hanabi Hanabi blinked and smiled at him, saying, "It's solved."

"Resolved? What did you tell Yuuki?"

"Well, I'll talk to Kai-kun about it later."

Hanabi Hanabi smiled at him, then carried her Blue Mountain coffee inside.

After that, the two girls started chatting, and Hanabi-chan seemed to have forgotten about her work.

It was already afternoon when dusk gradually appeared on the horizon.

Kai Uesugi ate cookies that Hanabi-chan had baked when she arrived at the store that afternoon, while reading a book.

Ding-a-ling~

The sound of wind chimes.

"Welcome... Hmm...? Uncle?" Uesugi Kai looked up and found that the person standing at the door was actually his uncle, Hanamaru Yutsuki.

What's with the wind today? It actually blew two members of the Hanamaru family to this coffee shop.

"Xiao Kai, what are you doing here?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that..." Uesugi Kai's gaze followed Hanamaru Yuuki, who walked up to him. Even in winter, his clothes looked quite flashy.

She wore a red scarf around her neck, a brightly colored coat with high contrast, and sunglasses on her eyes at all times.

He now stands before the bar, looking surprised as he removes the sunglasses from his right eye.

"I didn't realize you'd become so serious."

"...Uncle, I've always been very proper."

Hanamaru Yuzuki took off his sunglasses, revealing a rather handsome face with a tuft of hair on his forehead: "How are things? Are you getting used to life after the wedding?"

“Hmm,” Kai Uesugi nodded, “That’s good, but even after getting married, life hasn’t changed much compared to before.”

"That's not necessarily true, Xiaozhao. My little niece is so beautiful."