Toru Watanabe glanced at Mrs. Kujo, who was setting up the tent with Mrs. Kiyono, following the instructions with great interest.

"I can't imagine her being stern." Watanabe Toru shook his head. "Seino-san, have you ever seen her mother being stern?"

Qingye Rin fiddled with her little stool so that it would dent when people sat on it.

When she bought it, Toru Watanabe imagined her sitting on it and reading a book.

"No. I didn't go to her house at that time." Qingye Rin unfolded the stool and put it there, her eyes shining slightly.

That stool really makes people want to sit on it immediately and enjoy the passing of time.

The tent for four people looks like a small house, while Watanabe Toru's is just an ordinary semicircle. However, the materials of both are very good, and ordinary wind and rain cannot do any harm to them.

Too bad it will only be used this once.

After setting up the tent, the ladies clamored to take photos.

Sometimes he was outside the tent, sometimes he was inside the tent, and sometimes only his head appeared from the tent.

The two ladies were enjoying themselves, like college students out for fun. Kujo Miki was pulled by Watanabe Toru to take many photos with reluctant expressions.

Only Kiyono Rin was sitting on her little stool, reading quietly - if she hadn't known where the hot spring was and the two ladies hadn't refused to tell her, she would have gone there alone long ago.

"Okay, let's go."

"Watanabe-kun, did you send me the photos?"

"Sent."

"Look at this picture. The angle is great. The four of us look like we are walking in a primeval forest."

"Look at this picture, hahaha, Xiao Lin is halfway through drinking water, and the way she looks at the camera is a little silly. Is she too tired? Save it."

"Why is there a picture of Meiji's butt?"

“I even sent this out?!”

"So you wanted to keep it for yourself."

"Don't say that, Mom!"

Holding some spare clothes and talking about photos, the five of them came to the hot spring.

The hot spring has not been finely organized, but there are changing rooms and bamboo walls to block the view.

Toru Watanabe was soaking alone on the left side, listening to the women on the right side commenting on each other's figures and the sound of water being poured on them while washing their bodies.

There was just a symbolic bamboo wall between us, so I could hear almost everything.

Because they were too tired and the hot springs were so comfortable, they stayed there until dark.

“I can see the stars so clearly.”

"You can't see that in Tokyo at all, Rin-chan, what constellation is that?"

At some point, Mrs. Kujo suddenly said, "Watanabe-kun, do you want to come over and take a bath with us? Mixed bathing is also possible!"

"Hehehe!" Mrs. Kiyono laughed like a real college girl, "Come here, Watanabe-kun, it's normal for a family to bathe together!"

"Miki will kill me!" replied Toru Watanabe.

"Why? If I didn't kill you, you would have come here?"

"Don't go!"

"lie."

“I just thought about it, but I definitely won’t do it!”

"That's true."

"So I do." Mrs. Kujo's voice was affectionate and charming, "Watanabe-kun, who do you want to bathe with the most?"

"I'll go back and light a fire and cook, you guys take your time soaking!"

With the sound of splashing water, Toru Watanabe stood up and escaped from the hot spring.

The two ladies over there were laughing together, and their sweet laughter touched people's hearts, but on this deserted mountain top, it could only be heard by the stars in the sky.

"I guess he wants to hang out with both Miki and Rin."

"You never know. There may be boys of our age who like us."

"Mother, what are you talking about?"

"I didn't say anything about Watanabe-kun, I was just discussing social phenomena."

"Dirty."

"You actually said I was obscene. It was you who was staring at your daughter's breasts when she was taking off her clothes just now, right?"

"I look at you with sympathy!"

"Mother!"

"Ah, Rin, that's not what mom meant. Look at mom, although you're not big, you're not small either. You still have..."

By this time, Toru Watanabe had already changed his clothes and left.

Walking on the starlight, comforting Kiyono Rin in his heart, he walked leisurely back to the campsite.

First light the camping light hung on a long pole.

The light was warm, covering their small camping site like a pyramid, and was said to have an insect repellent effect.

He lit the mosquito coil again.

Next, use the collected wood to make a fire and boil water, and then take out the ingredients for today that have been prepared in advance - you will have to prepare tomorrow's ingredients yourself.

For dinner, there was hot pot cooked on the gas stove and rice cooked in a lunch box.

These things require almost no cooking skills, just follow the process, and Watanabe Toru can make them with confidence.

"smell good."

"After taking a bath, I can eat delicious food. It's so happy."

"Isn't it usually at home?"

"Huh? It seems so."

The four of them had rosy faces and walked over with a hint of moisture. They had graceful figures and were so charming that it was impossible to take your eyes off them.

Under the starry sky and the light of camping lanterns, five people sat around the table eating hot pot, occasionally adding a bowl of rice.

The bonfire burned and burst with crackling sounds; the chirping of various insects in the mountains was like a symphony of nature.

This time I brought a lot of tools, such as tables, chairs, etc. If it weren't for Toru Watanabe, I could only bring these things if I went camping by car.

After dinner, Mrs. Kiyono used the water boiled on the campfire to make black tea for the five people.

"Watanabe-kun, I'm cooking for you first. Thank you for your hard work today," she said.

"It's really fun to be able to go out and play like this. It's not tiring at all." Watanabe Toru said sincerely.

"I feel very happy too." Mrs. Kujo was the second one to get the tea. "Let's go to a beach villa or the mountains to escape the heat during the summer vacation."

"Looking forward to it," said Toru Watanabe.

Mrs. Kiyono did not give the third and fourth cups of tea to anyone immediately. Instead, she made them together and served them to Kiyono Rin and Kujo Miki at the same time.

"You two are equally important to me."

Watanabe Toru glanced at Kiyono Rin, and Kiyono Rin glanced at him.

Although she didn't intend to tell Watanabe Toru whether it was true or not with her eyes, Watanabe Toru still could tell.

Toru Watanabe suddenly realized: As long as Kiyono Rin is around, wouldn't he also have the ability to see through lies?

"Let's have a fireside chat. First, um..." Mrs. Kujo said, "Miji, Xiaolin, what do you think of Watanabe-kun?"

"I'm curious too!" Mrs. Kiyono looked at her daughter and Kujo Miki with anticipation.

"I've never asked that before." Watanabe Toru became interested.

"Not really." Kujo Miki sipped her fragrant black tea, "But sometimes I have a feeling that no matter what emotions he shows, there is a cold and sober place deep in his heart that is hard to capture."

"Really?" Watanabe Toru himself didn't feel anything.

"Where is Rin?" Mrs. Kujo asked Kiyono Rin.

"Very arrogant." Qingye Rin blew the tea lightly, and the white mist disappeared into the night where the camping lights could not reach.

"Arrogant?" Mrs. Kiyono repeated the word.

"Well, he has a temperament that is different from kindness, compassion, evil, cruelty and other emotions. It seems to be innate. It is a bit similar to what Kujo-san just said, but rather than calmness, I prefer to describe it as arrogance."

"Stop talking!" Watanabe Toru couldn't stand it any longer. "If you keep talking, the image I've built up all this time will be ruined."

"What's your image?" asked Miki Kujo.

"gentle!"

“A person who has no merits is a gentle person.”

“That’s prejudice!”

The five of them sat on the empty plateau, drinking tea and chatting, occasionally looking at the starry sky and listening to the chirping of insects.

Chapter 276 Family Trip (9)

Five people camped on a deserted mountaintop, with the sound of insects chirping all around them and the night sky twinkling overhead.

"It's incredible, as if we are the only ones left in the world." Mrs. Kiyono sat on a chair and looked at the Milky Way.

On the top of the mountain at the end of May, a bonfire drives away the chill.

The flames flickered, illuminating everyone's profile or front face in bright yellow.

"Miji and Xiaolin have finished answering, and now it's your turn, Watanabe-kun." Mrs. Kujo was very interested.

"What do you think of Miki and Kiyono-san?" asked Toru Watanabe.

"Let's talk about this first." Mrs. Kujo looked as if she wanted to talk like this for now, as if she wanted to talk all night long.

Watanabe Toru looked at Kujo Miki and Kiyono Rin.

Kujo Miki crossed her long beautiful legs and looked back at him with a smile;

There was a book in front of Qingye Rin, but she didn't read it and just looked at him.

"Let me think about the words."

"Well, this is good for your personal safety." Qingye Rin said seriously.

She and Toru Watanabe laughed at the same time.

This kind of dialogue happened many times last year.

It happened a year ago, but it feels like a long, long time ago. When I talk about it now, I feel like I’m reminiscing about the past years.

Kujo Miki glanced at the two of them and took a sip of tea.

Watanabe Toru thought for a while and said, "Meiji is arrogant, unreasonable, and cruel. If she doesn't get what she wants, she will be destroyed."

"All shortcomings?" Mrs. Kujo asked curiously.

"Of course she has advantages, but even with these shortcomings, she is also charming."

"Tell me about it." Miki Kujo raised her chin slightly.

"Arrogant, but accommodating to me alone, even eating what I have eaten."

"Ah!" Mrs. Qingye exclaimed softly, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"Normal between lovers? Probably." Watanabe Toru said with a smile, "Also, she is unreasonable, but after we started dating, she became willful like a girlfriend. As long as I talk nicely, she will agree most of the time. She is cold, but sometimes she pretends to be cold. When she can't help laughing, she is very cute."

"Is there such a side?" Mrs. Kujo asked in surprise.

After listening to Toru Watanabe's words, Miki Kujo recalled the New Year in Iwate Prefecture.

That morning, she rode a motorcycle for the first time in her life, a Honda Cub that she had used for a long time.

The country road; the clear canal beside the road; the white windmill on the distant mountain ridge; the strength of Watanabe Toru holding himself around the waist.

Apart from the fact that the bike went into the ditch at the beginning, nothing serious happened at that time, but she still remembers it very clearly.

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