In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

He felt his father's behavior was a bit exaggerated, but he was indeed reflecting on himself.

Even if Aunt Runzi had refused before, he should still have come over to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

However, Toka was very pleased with Minamoto Sanada's reaction.

She went over and helped her mother take off her apron: "Mom, go and rest for a while, I'll take care of things here."

"But……"

"Don't worry, I'll help too."

After being persuaded by her eldest daughter and Chiya Minamoto, Takanashi Junko finally gave up the kitchen.

After they left the kitchen, they could vaguely hear her scolding her husband for overreacting.

"If you need any help, just let me know. I'll head back now..."

"We need your help now. You can choose to cook or wash and chop vegetables."

Toka pulled back Minamoto Chiya, who was trying to slip away.

Yuan Qianye naturally chose the former. As anyone who cooks often knows, it's much more comfortable to be in charge of cooking than to prepare beforehand and deal with things afterwards.

"Hurry up, Eriri and Yukino invited Rikka and me to set off fireworks together."

"Yukino went back to her grandfather's hometown with Haruno today, so they won't be back anytime soon."

Toka and Yonai have a pretty good relationship now. They keep in touch often and have even gone shopping together several times.

"Do you know what cyber fireworks are?"

"?"

You'll understand later.

"..."

He even dared to keep his sister in suspense.

Shihua raised the soup ladle, but after thinking for a moment, she didn't bring it down.

There was a little bit of semi-solidified lard on the ladle. Given Yuan Qianye's obsession with cleanliness, if he were to tap it, the sibling relationship between the two of them would most likely shatter on the spot! And it would be the kind that could never be repaired.

Around 7 p.m., the family sat together, eating buckwheat noodles and watching the New Year's program.

Midway through the meal, Gen Chiya left his seat with Rikka, saying he was just going out for a bit and would be back soon.

Shihua followed them to the door, somewhat curious.

Then I saw Qianye holding the small fireworks she had bought earlier, squatting down by the roadside at the door and lighting them.

Rikka was sitting next to him, video chatting with Eriri and Yukino on her phone.

Shihua pursed her lips, suppressing a smile.

This is a cyberpunk firework.

However, in a certain sense, they were indeed connected through video.

Chiya Minamoto actually felt that what he was doing right now was quite childish, but there was nothing he could do about it, as it was an activity that Eriri had suggested.

They said that even if we are in different places in the future, thousands of miles apart, and can no longer feel the warmth of each other's palms, as long as our hearts are together, we miss each other, can see each other's smiling faces, and can hear each other's laughter, we will always be good friends!

To be honest, it's quite touching to hear such words from a sixth-grade student, spoken with such sincerity.

There was nothing we could do but indulge the idea of ​​our amazingly talented second-generation student.

Yukino probably felt the same way and couldn't bear to refuse Eriri's request. With the idea of ​​making her happy, she readily agreed.

But looking at the slight upturn of her lips in the video, and the abundance of fireworks she set off, it's clear she prepared carefully beforehand... How come she seems to be enjoying herself quite a bit?

Chiya let Rikka set off fireworks for a while, then took the phone and, at the right moment, took a screenshot to save the cute scene of Eriri and Yukino laughing at the same time.

Click Save.

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a new Year.

Eriri only laughed for a while on New Year's Eve when everyone was video chatting and setting off fireworks.

For the next few days, he was sullen and unhappy.

The reluctance and sadness she had been suppressing were finally about to burst forth.

January 4th, Tokyo International Airport.

Yukino sat with her family, wrapped in a thick scarf, listening to her father and sister's caring words and advice, nodding from time to time.

In less than an hour, she and her mother will board a plane to the United Kingdom.

The reason for the tight schedule, departing right after the Chinese New Year, is that the start dates of schools abroad are different from those in China.

If she goes there now, she can catch the start of the second semester of the first year of junior high school.

She has been learning English since she was a child.

Starting in sixth grade, her tutoring classes ended, giving her free time to preview and self-study the content of the first year of junior high school courses abroad.

Neither of these is a big problem for her.

The reason she seemed so unenthusiastic was, as expected, still...

"Yukino!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yukino's eyes lit up, and she immediately stood up and looked towards the airport entrance.

Yang Nai, standing beside her, watched her sister's profile brighten instantly and smiled silently.

A petite figure with twin ponytails swayed as she ran from not far away.

"I'm so sorry, it's snowing outside, so the roads are a bit congested. We're late!"

Unlike Eriri, who grabbed Yukino's hand before she could even catch her breath after getting close to her.

Yuan Qianye followed beside her. After arriving, he first politely greeted Yukino's family members before facing Yukino.

"Rikka has a bad cold and can't get out of bed. She asked me to apologize to you, saying I'm sorry I can't come to see you off."

"It's okay, I...I..."

As the time for parting approached, Yukino didn't know what to say.

She knew that she was just going abroad to study and would be able to come back during long holidays, not that she would be separated from her friends forever.

Knowing this premise, she thought she could remain rational.

She handled her friends who came to see her off with grace, smiling and telling them to keep up the good work back home and not to worry about her. She even had the energy to wipe away Eriri's tears.

But while that was her thought, when she saw Eriri's wet eyes in reality, she couldn't help but feel a little sad herself.

Words like "partner" and "friend" often feel superficial because they are so common that they don't have much presence and are not valued.

But only when you are about to lose it will you clearly and keenly realize that it is an indispensable part of your body.

It can be rare, but it cannot be absent.

Looking at the two children beside him who had inexplicably fallen silent after holding hands, Yuan Qianye sighed helplessly, knowing that he had to say something at this moment.

"What a pity, the final exams haven't even started yet. You've escaped this time."

His words, coupled with his nonchalant and flippant smile, successfully pulled Yukino out of her sadness about the impending separation.

She was grateful inside, but on the surface she remained the same as before, except when it came to studying, she would never back down from him.

"I should be the one saying that. With your current lax attitude towards learning, I'll catch up with you sooner or later."

Even so, the precious historical moments of someone's defeat will be forever preserved in my phone's photo album.

“You…” Yukino blushed for once and gave him a gentle glare.

Yuan Qianye shrugged: "Go abroad and do your best. Remember to eat on time. Look how thin you've gotten."

In the past, when Yukino heard Chiya mention that she or Eriri were too thin, she would always dismiss it with disdain and bluntly refute it, saying things like, "What does a boy like you know about maintaining a girl's figure?"

But today, she simply nodded slightly.

This actually confused Yuan Qianye.

Yukino, where's your usual rebellious side? You need to show a little bit of that. You're being so well-behaved, it's not like you at all.

Fortunately, Eriri saw them interacting as casually as usual, and she managed to suppress her sadness at the separation.

She eagerly took a gift out of her small handbag: "Yukino, this is for you!"

Yukino reached out and took it, stunned.

It was a classic, yellow, small... alarm clock.

When Eriri decided to choose this gift, Chiyo had a lot of complaints in his mind. He originally wanted to persuade her to choose a different gift.

However, seeing Eriri so happy, and even saying something like, "When Yukino is woken up by her alarm clock every morning, she will naturally think of me,"

Yuan Qianye thought about it and decided to let her go. There's no need to be so particular about gifts given by children.

"Thank you. I'll put it by my bedside when I get to the UK."

Yukino thanked them sincerely.

Eriri nodded vigorously and said "yes," then hurriedly urged Minamoto Chiya to give him his gift.

"This... is for you."

Yuan Qianye handed over a small box.

Yukino took it: "Can I open it now?"

"of course."