My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"And just to ride you?" Chiyo instantly understood what he meant.

"Just to ride me." Shiraishi Zexiu nodded, his eyes saying, 'I never thought you were this kind of person.'

"I did it." Chiyo sighed again, helplessly covering her face, giving a perfunctory 'admission,' her eyes conveying the message, 'There's an idiot here.'

However, he then put his finger to his lips, seemingly pondering, "It is indeed a coincidence that it is quite effective in making people angry."

"What's infuriating?"

"You don't have to worry about it."

"You're so mean! No wonder Kuramochi called you a bad woman. You deserve it. How could you lay a hand on such a small child?" Shiraishi Zexiu joked as he went down, then squatted down, patted his neck, and gestured for her to come up.

The footsteps behind me drew closer, then stopped when they were very close.

Seemingly hesitant, after several seconds, Chiyo pressed her hand against Shiraishi Sawa's head, and a slender, long leg finally stretched from her shoulder to her chest.

Because of the snow, she wasn't wearing high heels. Today, she was wearing understated but not necessarily cheap black ankle boots, which reflected a bright light under the sunlight.

"Don't pull my hair."

"Don't you know why I pulled your hair? Can you please stop touching my leg?"

Chiyo's legs were considerably longer than Soga Kiriren's, with smooth and beautiful curves. Encased in pantyhose, they felt wonderful to the touch.

Not bad, but not as good as when you're not wearing them—that's how Shiraishi Sawa commented, his hands resting on his ankles and sometimes on his calves.

"Touching it won't hurt you." With that, Shiraishi Sawa placed his hands on his soft thighs, pinching the tender flesh below. "Ouch~ it hurts."

"Pulling it won't cost you a hair."

"Yes, I will! I really will! Okay, I'm coming!" Shiraishi Zexiu obediently pressed his calves and slowly got up.

"The stick is on the ground."

"..." Shiraishi Sawah slowly descended, then stood up again.

"Here you go." Shiraishi Sawah offered the branch, but Chiyo didn't take it. "What are you doing?"

Shiraishi Sawah subconsciously looked up, and after half a second, his head felt like it was about to be crushed.

Feeling the delicate fragrance lingering around his nose, Shiraishi Sawa didn't look up again, but instead waved the branch in his hand: "Fox? Take the branch. If you really want to ride it, I'll let you ride it for a while after you've shooed the children away."

"I'm chatting with someone."

"What are we chatting about?"

"Please, audience." Chiyo finally reached out and took the branch.

"..." Shiraishi Sawa turned his head, and sure enough, Soga Kirei and Takanashi Yuuko were walking this way.

"Hi~" Chiyo greeted them warmly as soon as she entered—or rather, as she greeted Soga Kirei—like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.

Then she turned around and began poking the paper airplane made of the banknote with a twig.

"Why can't you stick it in?" Shiraishi Zexiu was getting anxious watching from below. He watched the branch slide around the plane, but he just couldn't get it to the target. "I'm exhausted, I can't hold on much longer."

He was willing to call this wave an increase in Sugamo's rage value.

"I know, I know. You were just saying you could ride a little longer, but now you're already exhausted. Men like that." Chiyo chuckled, and the branch finally poked the paper airplane, giving it a nudge, and it slowly floated down from the other side.

The little boy, who was staring longingly at the scene, exclaimed, "It fell down!" and rushed over to pick up his five thousand yen.

"Thank you, brothers and sisters." Sensing that the four older brothers and sisters in front of him had a strange aura, he didn't dare to go over and instead stood still and said.

"You're welcome. Don't use money to fold paper airplanes anymore. Keep them safe. I won't help you next time." Shiraishi Zexiu waved his hand and squatted down to let Ichiyo down.

"Okay!" the little boy replied, and then left.

Just as Shiraishi Sawa was about to explain to Soga Kirei, Chiyo spoke first, unexpectedly:

"That little boy's plane just flew up into a tree, you saw it too. That wasn't ordinary cardboard, it was a 5,000 yen bill. Even if Shiraishi held a branch, he couldn't poke it..."

Chiyo explained in great detail, recounting the whole story, as if she were explaining that there was no relationship between her and herself, but the smile on her face was quite smug.

"...Anyway, there's nothing we can do about it," the girl concluded. "But the experience of riding on someone else's back is really quite nice."

“Yes, I think so too.” Suwo Wulian said, emphasizing the word “also”. “The visibility is much better than usual.”

Shiraishi Sawa suddenly felt Chiyo Ichiryu's gaze fixed on him.

Soga Kirei finally smiled and looked at herself as well.

"Haha, Takanashi, the weather is so nice today." Shiraishi Sawa was a master at playing dumb, his expression natural and casual.

"Yes, it is."

Takanashi Yuuko answered with a smile.

Both of them have ridden Zexiu, but I don't think I've ever ridden it myself.

No, that's not right. I think I did ride them before, but my posture was a little different from theirs.

This is something only I have ever ridden.

Thinking of this, a blush flashed across Takanashi Yuuko's face.

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“‘Scattering salt in the air is a fair comparison,’ but ‘it’s not as good as willow catkins rising with the wind.’” Looking at the snow falling outside the window, Shiraishi Zexiu exclaimed, “It’s so well written. If it were me, I would probably just say, ‘Wow, the snow is really heavy.’”

"Can you stop being so smug about your low literary skills?" Chiyo rolled her eyes at him, tapped the screen, looked at the three rolled on the dice, and snapped her fingers.

Shiraishi Sawa's thoughts drifted from the light snow outside the window back to the screen on the table.

"Fine, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bomb you." Chiyo moved another piece, giving up the opportunity to bomb Shiraishi Sawa.

The four people are now continuing to play Ludo in the office—with a special emphasis on not being able to escape.

But perhaps luck is conserved. Even though he was blown up before the finish line before, Shiraishi Sawa Hide, who was still in the lead, is now at the end of the four – and he is the one who wants to run away.

"Thank you for sparing my life. It's so good to have so many people. I thought these past few days would be quite tiring, but it's been surprisingly easy. Today should be the last day."

"The last day?" Soga Kirei asked. "Is winter camp about to end?"

"Yes, the official holiday for Tokyo office workers during the Lunar New Year is from January 31st to January 3rd, right? Actually, Aomori is the same. But here in Hōda, because of the cold weather and the slower pace of life compared to Tokyo, the default holiday for the Lunar New Year is from January 30th to January 5th."

So the winter camp continues until today, and it might start again after the Spring Festival, but then it won't be relevant to us anymore.

"I've only just memorized all the kids' names in our group." Although it's only been a few days, Takanashi Yuuko still quite likes this place, or rather, she likes the place where she spent time with Shiraishi Sawa Hide.

"I want to say goodbye to Xiao Guansha before I leave," Soga Kirei also said. Just as Shiraishi Sawa was wondering why she was reluctant to part with Xiao Guansha, the girl added the second half of her sentence, "I want him to call me sister-in-law a few more times."

“Then I’ll bury Kogakisa.” Chiyo Ichiriki held the opposite opinion.

The classroom door across the way opened again, and the children ran out. Xiao Guansha, who was about to be buried, rushed to the front. Although it was snowing, they didn't care at all and instead made a ruckus with joy—there was fresh snow to play in again.

"The fresh snow is so soft and fluffy, it's the best for a snowball fight or building a snowman, let's go, let's join them!" said Shiraishi Zexiu.

"Finish this round first, no running away." His clothes were grabbed, and Shiraishi Zexiu couldn't escape.

The three girls were all just one or two pieces away from finishing, and they were all halfway through, but he was the only one who still had two pieces left and hadn't even started.

What idiot made the rule that you can't run away?

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"Xiao Sha, when you're throwing a snowball, you need to have a sense of ceremony. Have you ever watched Koshien? You have to be like the guys there, do the movements properly, and then throw it."

Shiraishi Sawamura mimicked a baseball pitcher's stance, raising one leg and holding a snowball in both hands.

"Okay, big brother!" Xiao Guansha followed suit.

"Go, Pikachu." The snowball slammed heavily against the wall, scattering into a puddle of snow powder.

Xiao Guansha thought for a moment, then threw a snowball at a girl, who immediately glared at her angrily.

"Xiao Sha, do you like her?"

"Big brother, how did you know! That's amazing!"

Shiraishi Sawah produced three snowballs, one for each of the three girls.

Then he pulled Xiao Guansha along, dodging the snowballs flying at them, and taught her: "How you know isn't important. Right now she's just glaring at you. When she laughs back like your sisters-in-law, it will prove that she likes you too."

"I see. But why didn't Second Sister-in-law smash Big Brother?"

"She is reluctant to part with it, but it's a higher level of understanding."

"Xiao Li is also reluctant to part with him!" Xiao Guansha's mouth dropped open, unable to believe it was true. Xiao Li likes her, how wonderful!

"Well, just pretend your brother didn't say anything."

"Just because I'm not showing my true colors doesn't mean I'm dying," Shiraishi Zexiu said, peeking out from behind a corner, and began his counterattack.

This then escalated into a major battle between the three groups and Shiraishi Sawa's group. As members gradually betrayed them, the final outcome was that everyone ganged up on Shiraishi Sawa and Kogane.

Xiao Guansha wanted to betray them, but when he said to the tall and beautiful older sister, "Third sister-in-law, save me," he was ruthlessly rejected.

Third Sister-in-law is so fierce! —From Kogane, who was buried in the snow with Shiraishi Sawa.

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"You're back! Dinner is almost ready," Shiraishi Kanae said happily, looking at the girls shaking the snow off their clothes at the door.

Wait, there's only a young girl; my son is nowhere to be found.

"Hey, where's Zexiu? Why didn't he come back with you guys?"

He said he was going to the city to buy some snacks.

Chapter 281 Remember to dry your hands before...

(Thanks to SiLenCe for the 15000 points reward, I still owe 6,000)

December 30th, two days before the New Year.

The snow started yesterday afternoon and has continued until now, covering Pengtian Village with a brand new layer of white snow. Fortunately, the snowfall is not heavy, there is no problem of snow accumulation blocking the roads, and there is no need to clear it. Shiraishi Zexiu still went out for a morning run this morning.

After sweating it out in winter, taking a hot shower at home and then soaking in the bath without restraint when you're tired is actually a very comfortable thing.

Since she didn't have to prepare her husband's lunch, Shiraishi Kanae didn't get up early today; breakfast and lunch were entrusted to—or ordered to—Shiraishi Sawashu.

Last night, Shiraishi Sawa returned home quite late and played around with a few girls for a while. Before they knew it, it was midnight. This morning, the Shiraishi family home was unusually quiet. After breakfast, everyone stayed in their rooms to continue resting.

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