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

"I...I want it, and I don't want it."

"why?"

"Because children represent the end of our youth. When we get married and have a family, we become parents... and everything will be different."

"Is Kai-kun reminiscing about his high school days?"

Kai Uesugi lowered his gaze, looked at his hands, nodded, and said, "I do miss it a little."

Then he saw a small, white hand rest on his own. Unlike the past few days, it wasn't cold to the touch; instead, it was warm and gentle...

Kai Uesugi met her gaze.

Their eyes met; the girl's violet eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as snow.

"Kai-kun... Hanabi also misses high school, because that's when Kai-kun confessed to Hanabi... We'll spend every day happily with each other, finding each other's strengths and the changes that come with our relationship."

"But the memories aren't just from high school, but also from junior high, middle school, elementary school, and how we met..."

"Kai-kun, all of this is a memory, a memory that seems especially precious now."

"But that doesn't mean we're not happy now. We're still together, we can still look at each other, feel each other, listen to each other's words, and look at each other's faces..."

"Hanabi thought that getting married would be the happiest moment for Hanabi and Kai... but actually it wasn't. Just like he said, Hanabi and Kai's happiness has only just begun. It has the happiest starting point and no end in sight. As long as we are still by each other's side... happiness will continue forever, won't it?"

As Hanabi Hanabi finished speaking, she placed both her hands on his, her cute little face revealing a sincere and adorable smile.

Kai Uesugi remembers her smile, he will always remember her smile to him.

A smile a hundred times more beautiful than cherry blossoms...

"Hanabi..."

Kai Uesugi felt that there was nothing he could do at that moment, except watch her smile and call her name.

"So!" Hanabi Hanabi suddenly said, puffing out her cheeks, "It was wrong of Kai-kun to make Hanabi angry! He should be punished!"

"Hmm... I'll do whatever Hanabi-chan says, no matter what it is."

"Kai-kun now realizes how good Hanabi is..."

“I’ve always known that… but I sometimes make mistakes… This isn’t an excuse for my mistakes, but rather an expression of my sincere desire to correct them.”

"Since you're sincerely trying to change, then Hanabi will tell Kai-kun!"

"Well, you said."

"Having gone through this major crisis, Hanabi will always keep 1% of her forgiveness for him, so that he will always remember his mistakes and be able to avoid repeating them next time."

"I see..."

"Then pinky promise!" Hanabi Hanabi held up her little finger to him.

Another pinky promise...

Kai Uesugi didn't dislike this childish behavior at all.

He offered his hand, hooking his little finger with hers.

She then spoke in a voice that sounded like she was singing a nursery rhyme:

"Pinky promise, if I lie, I'll eat a thousand needles."

Finally, the two of them pressed their thumbs together, one big and one small.

Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi didn't let go of each other's hands; instead, they looked at each other and smiled.

"Wow, brother-in-law! He's playing a pinky promise game with my sister behind my back! I want to join too!" Hanamaru Yuuki had just come out of the bathroom when she saw this scene.

"What are you doing here?"

"Pinky promise!"

"Sigh, my promise with Hanabi is none of your business." Uesugi Kai swatted her hand away.

Hanamaru Yuuki withdrew her hand, looking aggrieved: "Sister, brother-in-law bullied me."

Hanabi Hanabi covered her face and smiled, "Hanabi is supporting Kai-kun this time."

"Fine! You two are both bullying me! I'm going to find your aunt!"

Hanamaru Yuuki's angry expression only lasted a moment before she smiled broadly and hugged Hanamaru Hanabi's arm, saying, "Of course I was just joking, big sister."

"Alright! You guys, go out and call those two old guys chatting outside. It's time for dinner!"

Hanamaru Yuuki was very happy to hear that she was going to eat:

"Yay! Time for Christmas dinner!"

The atmosphere at dinner was quite lively, with the aroma of food and wine lingering throughout.

The sukiyaki in the middle was bubbling and steaming.

"Hey kid, come on!" Hanamaru Yuuki, his face flushed from drinking, shoved a bottle of beer in front of Uesugi Kai.

"Oh dear, Xiao Kai isn't an adult yet, not even twenty, he can't drink alcohol," Mrs. Hanamaru teased from the side, though she didn't actually mean to stop him.

"What do you mean 'underage'? You kidnapped my most beloved daughter and you're not even an adult yet! You brat, down this in one gulp! Kenichi, you don't have any objections, do you?"

Uesugi's father laughed and said, "Not at all!"

Hanamaru Yuuki then scanned the dining table again: "No objections, right?"

"Drink! Brother-in-law has to drink!" Hanamaru Yuuki was the one who was happiest about joining in the fun.

This time, even Hanabi Hanabi didn't help him, but just whispered to him, "Kai-kun, you should drink less."

"You brat! Drink it! Down it in one gulp!"

Urged on by his father-in-law, Uesugi Kai glanced at the beer in front of him, grabbed the bottle, and drank straight from the bottle.

Glug glug glug.

His throat bobbed.

Before long, the wine bottle was empty.

"Okay! Let's do it again!"

Hanamaru Yuuki pulled out another bottle of beer from behind him and casually opened the cap with a bottle opener.

"You brat! Keep drinking!"

Uesugi Kai didn't refuse; he simply picked up the bottle and drank some more!

"it is good!"

Hanamaru Yuuki laughed, "I didn't see you drink so heartily at the wedding banquet, but when you married Hanabi, were you playing me?"

Now, the father-in-law's tone is completely that of a petty bourgeois, and even Mrs. Hanamaru couldn't help but slap him.

"No...it's just that Hanabi doesn't let me drink too much...she says it's bad to drink too much."

"So, are you going to drink today?"

Kai Uesugi glanced at Hanabi Hanabi and noticed that she didn't say anything.

"drink!"

"Alright!" Hanamaru Yuuki shouted back, then called to Uesugi Kenichi, "Today, the two of us will get this brat drunk. Who told him to steal such a fine cabbage from my family!"

"it is good!"

Kenichi Uesugi readily agreed.

Then, the first half of this Christmas dinner consisted of Hanamaru and Hanabi watching three men drink heavily from the bottles.

###Chapter 547 Kai-kun's Birthday Party###

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

Because Hanabi-chan suddenly wanted to go shopping at a lingerie store, Uesugi Kai went with her.

Lingerie stores are definitely not places that the average guy can enter.

But what is Uesugi? One of the most shameless men...

So he followed Hanamaru Hanabi to the lingerie store.

You know, Hanabi-chan would never allow herself to come to a place like this.

After all, these are girls' private, intimate clothing.

Even now, Hanabi Hanamaru is still too embarrassed to hold up her breast bra in front of her and ask if it's appropriate.

Of course, Kai Uesugi had no idea whether it was suitable or not.

He only knew that his palm could roughly cover the area; he had even forgotten how many cup sizes Hanabi had.

In fact, Kai Uesugi did not participate in the entire process of buying lingerie at the lingerie store. He just sat on the sofa next to her, propping his face up, and watched his wife and the sales assistant talk about a lace-trimmed lingerie.

"Isn't accompanying a woman shopping for clothes the most boring thing?" said a male colleague who was in the same clothing store as him, his face full of worry and resentment.

“How could that be?” Uesugi Kai said.

"Tch, your thoughts are written all over your face! Look at my girlfriend, she's been picking and choosing for over an hour... I really... love her to death, hahaha."

The last "hahaha" was a rather forced laugh.

The man before me is suffering immense pain in his heart.

—This thought suddenly popped into Uesugi Kai's mind at that moment.

He reached out and patted the guy on the shoulder.

"It's Christmas today, so cheer up! Going out with your girlfriend should be a lot of fun."

"Happy? Yes... I'm very happy... I went to eat kaiseki cuisine in Ginza this morning. I made a reservation a month in advance, and it cost 15 yen. Then I went to Chanel and bought some kind of tattered leather bag for 40 yen!"

! ”

The man clutched his head as he spoke, on the verge of losing his temper.

“My annual salary is only a few hundred thousand yen. When it comes to expenses, she spends almost half of my savings in one go. Not only did she buy me bags, but she also kept pestering me to buy her clothes... Tens of thousands of yen are gone in no time. Now we're at this designer lingerie store, and one dress costs tens of thousands of yen! I... I... how can I possibly afford this!”

Seeing the man's pained expression, Uesugi Kai wanted to comfort him: "Take it easy. Maybe she'll fall for you because of your generosity?"