Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"Hahahaha, I'm a little dazed when I hold the trophy at the US Open for the first time." Youmiko also laughed. When she and Zhixian raised the trophy together, she even remembered the moment when she won the championship for the first time in her life.

"The opponent in that match was very strong." Mr. Tachibana, who was driving, interrupted. Ever since Zhixian turned professional, he has been diligently studying tennis knowledge. So unlike Ms. Sato who just watched the fun, he can sometimes raise questions from a professional perspective - but he is still far from being a real professional.

"Yes, our opponent broke our Zero serve. I was really nervous at the time, but luckily we managed to keep that serve." Yumiko stroked her chest, looking a little frightened.

"You are worthy of being my son. You are not afraid in the face of danger." Ms. Sato patted Zhixian's head from behind.

Yumiko caught a glimpse of her boyfriend's extremely helpless expression through the rearview mirror and couldn't help but smile.

......

After driving on the road for a while, we finally arrived at the "love nest" of Zhixian and Yumiko - but because the two of them spend most of the year participating in competitions around the world, it is empty most of the time, and Ms. Sato will regularly hire a housekeeping company to clean it.

"I've already put your trophies away for you!" Ms. Sato said, presenting a treasure. Because the US Open ends in September, and Chixian and Yumiko didn't return until Christmas Eve, December 24th, the trophies were mailed back to China in advance. Ms. Sato accepted them and said, "I've put them together with the French Open trophy. After all, they're of the same level, right?"

The trophies of the race championships surround the trophies of the two Grand Slam tournaments like stars surrounding the moon.

Zhixian gently placed his hand on the glass, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

He and Yumiko looked at each other and smiled - the trophies in this cabinet were proof of their hard work and a testimony to their journey.

"I just hired a housekeeping company to help clean the house a few days ago. You just need to buy some daily necessities."

"You are thoughtful." Youmeizi said.

"Look at what you said, there's no need to be polite, Yumiko." Ms. Sato said with a smile, "I'll make you a delicious meal tonight!"

"Then I'm looking forward to it?" Yumiko also smiled. Ms. Sato's cooking is still delicious.

Unfortunately, Zhixian was self-taught when she first started cooking, so she wasn't able to emulate Ms. Sato's skills. After Ms. Sato and Mr. Tachibana remarried, Zhixian had no time to learn cooking. After all, flying around the world rarely gave her the chance to cook. Only after returning to Japan without competitions did Zhixian start cooking. While the food had improved significantly since middle school, it still wasn't as good as Ms. Sato's.

Then Ms. Sato took Mr. Tachibana to the supermarket to shop, leaving the space for the two young people.

Zhixian and Yumiko pulled their suitcases into the bedroom, and Yumiko stretched out her arms towards her boyfriend.

"Zhixian, hug me~"

Zhixian reached out and hugged Youmeiko, and then the two of them fell onto the bed together, making the spring bed make a sound with a bang.

Youyouko didn't expect Zhixian to do this. She giggled and reached out to hit Zhixian on the chest, and cursed him with a smile, "You're so annoying."

Then Zhixian placed his hands on Youmiko's shoulders and looked down at her.

Youmiko showed no fear at all and even kissed Zhixian on the lips, looking fearless.

"Youyouko is very brave today." Zhixian could only smile helplessly. After all, he also knew the reason why his lover was so fearless.

"I am the 'Queen of Fire' and I have always been very brave." Youmiko blinked at Zhixian playfully.

Zhixian stopped talking, lowered his head and kissed Youmeiko's lips.

......

"Zhixian is so unreasonable. He kissed me all of a sudden." Youyouko stretched out her arms and hugged Zhixian's neck.

"Seeing that you seem so fearless, I want to punish you."

"But it won't have any effect at all." Youmiko once again took the initiative to kiss Zhixian on the face.

"I really can't do anything about you." Zhixian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, so the two kissed again.

Extra: Christmas for Two (Part 2)

That night, Ms. Sato prepared a table full of dishes as she had promised to welcome Chigen Yumiko.

After finishing the aftermath of the meal, Ms. Sato took Mr. Tachibana's leave. She knew that today was Christmas Eve, so she deliberately left time for the young couple. Although she didn't celebrate Christmas Eve, she didn't want to disturb her son and future daughter-in-law.

The two will stay in Neon for a while before the Australian Open in January, and she will have plenty of time to chat with her son after Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Although it is Christmas, most non-religious people now celebrate it very actively. God, Jesus, and even Mary are all forgotten - okay, okay, young people just want to find an excuse to date, and businesses just want to find an excuse to sell goods, so Christmas has been commercialized, and in Japan, a non-Christian country, it naturally behaves like Valentine's Day.

Students would give each other peace apples, go on dates with their crushes, and confess their feelings at Christmas. There are many campus legends about how confessing your love at a certain place on Christmas Day is 100% guaranteed to succeed.

But that's only because the two of them are in love and the atmosphere is just right for them to get together. If it were really 100% effective, then Japan wouldn't need to build any more shrines and could just worship that sacred tree.

However, girls are still relatively reserved. An invitation on a day like Christmas actually has strong implications. If they agree, there is probably hope - of course, there are also some scumbags who like to play with other people's feelings.

However, these have little to do with Chigen Yumiko, who is no longer a student. The two have been dating for several years, so naturally they are different from those students who are still in school.

After all, they were living together, had done everything they could, and were completely devoted to each other. Their relationship was also very stable, and it was only a matter of time before they entered the marriage hall.

"What drinks are there at Zhixian's house?" Youmiko sat in the kotatsu, calling her boyfriend lazily.

"Tea, coffee, and juice." Zhixian's voice came from the kitchen.

"Then I want to drink coffee~" Yumiko's voice sounded lazy, making it impossible to deal with her.

"Okay, but it's just instant coffee, so you can make do with it a little bit?"

"Okay~" Yumiko replied.

"Wait a moment, then."

You need to boil water to make coffee, so you need to wait for a few minutes.

Bored, Youmiko turned on the TV, picked up an orange from the table, peeled it, broke off a segment and put it in her mouth.

It's quite sweet, Yumiko was a little surprised.

As expected, these are the oranges bought by the Orange family. They are just different! [Thumbs up]

There were some entertainment programs on TV, and Youmiko listened to them intermittently, occasionally putting a slice of sweet orange into her mouth.

"This is too boring." Youmiko pouted. There was no interesting program on TV on Christmas Eve.

"What's so boring?" Zhixian's voice sounded above Youmeiko.

"A TV show!" Youmiko took the mug handed to her by Zhixian. The coffee in it was filled with steam and exuded an enticing aroma.

"It's better not to watch this boring variety show. It's the same old routine over and over again." Zhixian also made a cup of coffee for himself. He put down the same mug as Yumiko and sat down next to her.

"But the TV series and animations that are being broadcast now are nearing their end, and I can't understand them at all!" Yumiko was quite dissatisfied.

"How about we look for Rakugo or Manzai?" Zhixian took the remote control and changed the channels one by one.

"Ah! That's right!" Yumiko clapped her hands as if she suddenly remembered something.

"what happened?"

"Open your mouth, ah——"

“......Ah——” Zhixian opened his mouth, and then a slice of orange was stuffed into his mouth.

"How is it? Very sweet, right?" Yumiko's expression of "I'm so awesome" even made Zhixian feel as if she had bought the oranges.

Yeah, it's really sweet.

"Ah——" However, Zhixian did not answer Youmiko's question, but proved it with practical actions.

"Okay, okay~" Youmiko smiled and stuffed another orange slice into Zhixian's mouth.

This time, Zhixian licked her fingers.

"Oh, you're so annoying!" Youmiko said angrily, then grabbed a tissue to wipe her hands.

Zhixian swallowed the orange in his mouth and clasped his hands together seriously: "Thank you for the hospitality!"

"Here's a treat for you!" Youmiko couldn't help but reach out and knock on Zhixian's head.

After knocking, she leaned on Zhixian, resting most of her weight on him.

"Ah, let's watch this!" Zhixian suddenly stopped changing channels.

The show on TV is "Legal High", a TV series starring Masato Sakai and Yui Aragaki.

"I didn't expect there would be a rerun at this time." Youmiko was also quite surprised, after all, most of the shows in the evening were TV series that were currently being broadcast.

"I wonder what Ye Shan would think when he sees this." Zhixian said suddenly.

"He'll see this? He'll probably smile helplessly." Yumiko pursed her lips and smiled.

Ye Shan studied law in college and is probably still interning as a new lawyer in his father's law firm. However, he also said that if you have any legal problems, you can come to him and he can introduce other lawyers in the firm to help you solve them if he can't handle them.

Compared to Chizuru Hayama and Yumiko, their university life was practically nonexistent. Thanks to their excellent records, they graduated with ease. The principal even offered to hire them as teachers upon their retirement—completely unaware that Mr. Tachibana owned a respectable tennis club.

They only spent about one semester in college, and then they began their journey around the world, fighting for the right to participate in the four Grand Slams.

Hard work pays off. After they qualified for the French Open main draw for the first time, they won the French Open championship as a dark horse, and became famous in one battle.

Since then, the two have become regulars in the mixed doubles world of the four Grand Slams.

"It's almost time, go to bed early. You've been flying all morning." Zhixian turned off the TV with the remote control. "The bath water is ready, Yumiko, go take a bath first."

"Okay." Youmiko stood up, took two steps out, then returned, pecked Zhixian lightly on the lips, and then ran away, "I'm going to take a shower~"

Only Zhixian was left standing there helplessly with a doting look on his face.

----split line----

After taking a shower, they returned to the bedroom.

When Zhixian entered the room, Youmiko was leaning on the bed playing with her mobile phone. Judging from her typing speed, she must be chatting with her friends on Line.

"Chatting?" Zhixian pulled back the quilt, crawled in, and covered herself with it.

"Yes, Hime and Yui said they would get together in two days. I haven't seen them for a long time." Yumiko's voice was filled with joy.

Indeed, after graduating from high school, everyone has their own jobs and studies, and Yumiko is flying around the world like a frequent flyer, even busier than the celebrities in the entertainment industry.

"I heard from Umetaro that he and Ebina seemed to have contact at work."

Umetaro, Nozaki's name.

The new comic work of Yumeno Sakiko is also being serialized in an excellent way - his male identity has not been revealed yet, and the extremely high level of mystery is also the operating routine of the publishing house.

"...If I remember correctly, Nozaki draws normal manga."

"Ebina... well, never mind. I never understood what she was thinking."

"Hahaha, no one will understand what Hime is thinking except herself!" Yumiko laughed, and mentioned that Hime Ebina still has no boyfriend, and the same goes for Yuigahama Yui.

(The ending where the second lady wins is adopted here.)

"Forget it, let's go to sleep." Zhixian shook his head. He didn't need to figure out what Ebina was thinking. After all, she was just his girlfriend's best friend.

"Okay." Youmiko turned off the lamp on the bedside table, then pulled her upper body back into the quilt and rested her head on Zhixian's arm.

Zhixian took the opportunity to put his arm around Youmeiko and put his hand on her shoulder.

Yumiko turned sideways, facing Zhixian, and reached out her hand to draw circles on her boyfriend's chest.

"...Honestly, Yumiko, you're a little off today."

"No way?" Youyouko smiled evilly and moved closer to Zhixian, making the two of them stick closer, and the pair of "human hearts" were also stuck to Zhixian.

Zhixian sighed, obviously unable to do anything about Youmeiko.

"You are a relative if you want to, why do you have to make things difficult for me?" There was still some resentment in Zhixian's words. He was at the age of being strong and healthy, and could not stand any provocation.

"Isn't today Christmas Eve? There has to be some Christmas Eve atmosphere, right? Look how proactive I am!" Youmiko was unreasonable but confident, looking very innocent.

"You are not usually so proactive!" Zhixian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. You took the initiative during this special period, which showed that you had nothing to fear.

"So this is the rare time you're unhappy?" Youmeko leaned close to Zhixian's ear and breathed softly.

"Happy, I'm very happy." Zhixian suddenly smiled, and that smile seemed as if he had thought of some idea in his mind - because his eyes had adapted to the darkness, Youmeko accurately captured this smile.

"What do you want to do!" Yumiko asked.

"I'm not doing anything, I just ask you to take responsibility." Zhixian grabbed Youmeiko's little hand.

"W-What responsibility!"

"What do you say, dear?" Zhixian held Youmiko's hand and moved it down until it touched something erect. "Tell me, should we take responsibility?"

"Uh..." Yumiko felt like she had shot herself in the foot.

"Someone just said that it's rare for him to take the initiative today." Zhixian's smiling voice sounded again.

"...You guys are all dirty-minded when it comes to tactics!" Yumiko said helplessly and had to reach out and hold it.

拤拤拤 (this word is really appropriate 2333)

......

Finally, Yumiko completed her responsibility and her hands became a little sore.

It was already past midnight.