Tokyo: The Beginning of the Gauze Female Devil

Thinking of this, Matsumoto Arina subconsciously looked up at the ceiling, wondering where to hang a rope.

“So annoying!”

Putting down her phone, she placed her hands on her chest and crossed her legs.

But, then again.

Even if she can't make her relationship public, can't she diss her love rival, Shimizu Rin, in front of the whole country?

For example, when the host invites her to speak tomorrow night, she should especially thank her love rival, Shimizu Rin, and tell everyone that if she had not snatched her boyfriend away, the Japanese music scene would not have had a new generation of top singer.

"I'm afraid this guy will become a laughing stock in front of the whole nation!"

"Snapped--"

Matsumoto Arina's beautiful eyes lit up and she clapped her hands.

“Okay, let’s do it!”

A confident smile returned to her pretty face, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the solution was feasible.

"Just wait and see, Shimizu Rin!"

At the desk, Asada Futaba secretly glanced at the smug expression on Matsumoto Arina's face and blinked.

"Is Arisagi-chan holding back bad water again?"

"You're not going to ask me to help you upload the photos this time, are you?"

……

……

At night, the lights came on, the wind was cold, and the Fujii house was brightly lit.

After a minor conflict with her mother Ayako Ogiwara, the mother and daughter compromised with each other and stumbled over a solution.

"Saki..."

"You mean, we should go directly to the Ogiwara residence after the show tomorrow night?"

After taking a shower and lying on the bed, Fujii Itsuki turned sideways and looked at the girl beside the pillow.

"Well, let's just consider it as postponing the New Year's Eve dinner." Ogiwara Saki nodded gently and rested her pretty face in Fujii Itsuki's arms.

"Saki, it's better to move it up to noon."

"Mom thought so too, but I thought Shu might eat at home with Ai-chan and the others tomorrow at noon, so I argued with her."

"and then?"

"Then I stayed at home during the entire New Year." Ogihara Saki's eyes were gentle and she looked into Fujii Itsuki's eyes without blinking.

"Why do I feel like Aunt Ayako is keeping you under house arrest..." Fujii Itsuki frowned and spoke with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Because I have been living here with the tree for a week, there is no one at home to cook or clean, and even the green plants on the balcony are almost dead."

"Ah, is it that exaggerated?" Fujii Itsuki hugged Ogiwara Saki into his arms a little embarrassedly.

"How about this, Saki."

"I'll stay at Ogiwara's house for a few days to keep you company."

"Oh, is it okay?" A hint of surprise flashed in Ogihara Saki's eyes.

"Of course, we don't have to go to work during the New Year anyway." Fujii Itsuki reached out and stroked the girl's gentle and lovely face.

"That's it!"

……

One night without words, the next day.

On December 12, New Year’s Eve arrived as scheduled.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, all the staff of Fujii House got up early.

Similar to the customs of New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve is also the day when the whole family cleans the house and bids farewell to the old and welcomes the new.

In addition to Fujii Itsuki, Ogiwara Saki, and the sisters Shimizu Rin and Shimizu Ai, even Momonogi Eiko participated in the cleaning operation.

"Onii-chan, it seems to be snowing..."

Standing next to the sofa holding a broom, Shimizu Ai looked through the glass window of the balcony at the light snow outside.

"Let me see."

Putting down the kadomatsu that he was about to place at the door, Fujii Itsuki walked to the balcony and looked outside.

The sky was filled with fine snow, fluttering and drifting like cotton wool.

The snow is beginning to fall, adding a lot of New Year atmosphere to the morning of New Year's Eve.

"Auspicious snow means a good harvest. It looks like next year will be better than this year." Qing Shui Lin, who was cleaning the stairs, also took a step and walked over slowly.

"call--"

"It's getting colder. You need to wear thick clothes at night."

Exhaling a puff of white breath into the air, Ogihara Saki stretched out her slender hand to catch a snowflake, which melted in the warmth of her palm in a few seconds.

"I hope things will get better slowly..."

With her inky long hair tied up, Momonogi Eiko's mature and cold face showed a hint of fatigue, and she prayed devoutly in her heart.

Several people stood on the balcony and watched the snow scene for a while, and then continued to do their own things.

……

At noon, because of the presence of Momonogi Eiko, the sisters Shimizu Rin and Shimizu Ai rarely quarreled at the dinner table, and the five of them had a hearty lunch in peace.

After clearing the table, I sat on the sofa and watched TV for a while, and then it was time to leave.

"Let's go, Saki."

After helping Ogihara Saki put on a white warm knitted hat, Fujii Itsuki took the initiative to hold her cold soft hands.

"Yeah." Ogiwara Saki's beautiful eyes were warm, and the love and expectation in her eyes were about to overflow.

The two men were dressed neatly and decently, and walked hand in hand towards the garage of Fujii's house.

"Buzz-"

With the dull sound of the engine, a white Porsche Panamera drove steadily towards the port area.

Hearing the sound of the car, Qingshui Lin sat on the sofa, with an imperceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.

"The show is about to begin!"

She stood up and prepared to go upstairs to change her clothes.

……

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Chapter 357 New Year's Eve

The snow was getting heavier, and after a few hours, a thin layer of fine snow had accumulated on the balcony.

The sky was dark at around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the streets were dyed pure white by the heavy snow.

"I should be able to build a snowman in the yard tomorrow..."

She stretched out her little hand, grabbed a handful of snow, and rolled it into an irregular small snowball. Then she closed the transparent glass door of the balcony and walked back into the warm living room with air conditioning.

"It's a pity Onii-chan isn't here, otherwise we could have a snowball fight."

Throwing the snowball into the trash can, Shimizu Ai rubbed her cold little hands, picked up the tiramisu on the coffee table and took a bite.

"So sweet..."

Feeling the satisfaction brought by the sweets, she sat comfortably on the sofa and used the remote control to tune the TV to her favorite program.

There are still more than two hours until the Red and White Songs Contest begins. If I’m lucky, I might be able to see Onii-chan and Saki-nee in the audience.

My sister Shimizu Rin just went upstairs. I don’t know what she did, so no one is competing with her for snacks and the TV remote control for the time being.

"Buzz-"

From the kitchen, the sound of the range hood came. Mom Momonogi Eiko was preparing Osechi cuisine for dinner.

The three of them, mother and daughter, seemed to have returned to the time when they celebrated the New Year in their hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture.

The atmosphere is warm and life gradually becomes more hopeful.

"Da da da."

I was eating tiramisu in small bites when I heard light footsteps coming from the stairs on the second floor.

Shimizu Ai ignored him and kept looking at the TV screen until the tall, cold-looking girl walked to the entrance. Only then did she realize what was going on and glanced at her.

"Oune-chan..."

Looking at her sister Shimizu Rin, who was wearing a retro knitted sweater with a black skirt and light makeup on her pretty face, Shimizu Ai couldn't help but ask, "Are you going out?"

"Well, there are some temporary things to deal with."

Qing Shui Lin's eyes flashed, and his calm expression showed no change at all. He responded to his sister casually.

"I am leaving."

Putting her feet wrapped in cotton socks into her boots, she took out a black umbrella from her handbag, opened it and stepped into the snow.

"boom--"

The door closed gently, and a row of shallow footprints appeared in the yard of Fujii's house, extending all the way to the road.

“Really…”

"Onai-chan didn't tell me where you were going."

"Do I have to go back to the company to work overtime on New Year's Eve?"

After making a small complaint about the inhumane securities company on behalf of her sister, Shimizu Ai finished her tiramisu and picked up a bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips on the coffee table.

……

Taito District, Hanakawado.

The atmosphere was warm, and it was not just Momonogi Eiko and her daughter who were carefully preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

With their legs stretched into the kotatsu under the heated table, twin sisters Asada Ichiha and Asada Futaba were also preparing New Year's Osechi cuisine.

Osechi cuisine, also known as New Year cuisine, is the main cuisine during the New Year, consisting of a variety of delicacies packed in food boxes, such as sushi, tempura, sashimi, etc.

This kind of exquisitely crafted, stacked lacquerware food boxes is called a "heavy box". This way of serving food means "like a pile of happiness", and is considered to be the origin of good luck for the next year.

"The sushi is ready, Futaba."

Stuff shredded carrots, cucumber strips, egg rolls, and tuna meat into the rice ball, then wrap it with nori and roll it up. A tuna sushi is ready.

Asada Ichiha raised her head and looked at her twin sisters who were sitting across from the kotatsu.

"Well, I'm almost there..."

Hearing what his sister said, Asada Futaba didn't even raise his head, but took the knife and carefully cut the salmon into slices.

"Let me do it, Erye."

"Be careful not to hurt your fingers..." Seeing her sister's extremely cautious look, a hint of worry flashed in Asada Ichiyo's beautiful eyes, and she took the kitchen knife from her hand.

"Go turn on the TV."

"I wonder who will win this year's Red and White Song Contest."

The Red and White Song Contest is also known as the "Red and White Song Battle". Since it is a battle, there will definitely be a winner and a loser.

In addition to the program's reviewers and the audience present who can vote for their favorite red and white groups, TV viewers outside the venue can also vote online.

"Maybe I know that."

Giving her sister a mysterious smile, Asada Futaba turned on the TV and tuned it to NHK General Channel.

As the secretary of Vice President Fujii Itsuki, she certainly knew that Matsumoto Arina was invited to be a guest at the Red and White Song Contest.

Because she debuted relatively late, Matsumoto Arina was not selected as a competing singer this year, but she was able to support her favorite group as a guest with several other artists.