Tokyo: The Beginning of the Gauze Female Devil

Although she has said it countless times, Matsumoto Arina still said it in her heart without getting tired of it.

"Just wait and see, Shimizu Rin!"

……

Arakawa Ward, Minamisenju.

The time has come to 7:10 in the evening, with only 10 minutes left before the start of the Kohaku Uta Gassen Battle.

The dining table in Fujii's living room was already filled with a variety of dishes.

In addition to the Osechi cuisine packed in heavy boxes, there was a large basin full of seafood such as fish, shellfish, shrimp, oysters, etc., and the soba noodles and rice cakes that are must-eats during the New Year had already been served on the table.

Everything is ready, just waiting for NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen to begin.

A petite girl couldn't wait. Even though she had eaten a lot of snacks in the afternoon, she still reached out her little hand and secretly touched a tempura shrimp.

"It's time to eat, Ai."

In order to make it easier to serve the rice, Momonogi Eiko directly brought the rice cooker out from the kitchen.

She hadn't cooked for a long time and was busy from the afternoon to the evening, with a fine layer of sweat on her forehead.

"Mother……"

"But Onei-chan hasn't come back yet?" Shimizu Ai chewed the fried shrimp quickly and swallowed it, while destroying the evidence of cheating, she asked her mother Momonogi Eiko.

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Chapter 359 The end of the world is at this moment

Untying the canvas apron on her chest, Momonogi Eiko took two bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and placed them on the dining table.

"No need to wait for your sister."

Turning on the rice cooker, she served a bowl of fragrant rice to her youngest daughter, Shimizu Ai, and replied softly, "She went to the NHK TV station live."

"If I'm lucky, I might be able to see her on TV later."

Momonogi Eiko's cool and pretty face carried a hint of tenderness as a mother, but Shimizu Ai, who was sitting across the table, was shocked and her eyes widened instantly.

"what?!"

"Did you go to the Red and White Song Contest?"

The twin ponytails tied behind her head shook, and the tempura shrimp in her hand fell onto the table. Shimizu Ai asked her mother in an incredulous tone: "How...how is it possible?"

"Didn't Ona-chan say that she wanted to stay home and spend New Year's Eve with her mom?"

"...Really?" Momonogi Eiko added a spoonful of rice to her own bowl and continued to explain: "Rin apologized to me this morning and told me that she had to go to the Red and White Song Festival and couldn't stay at home with us on New Year's Eve."

"I told her it's okay, the New Year's Eve dinner is just a formality. When I was in Kanagawa, wasn't there a time when I was so busy that I didn't go home for the New Year's Eve dinner?"

"Besides..." A hint of pampering flashed in Momonogi Eiko's slightly tired eyes, and she stretched out her slender hand and gently rubbed Shimizu Ai's hair.

"Aiyi is still at home."

"Rin and Xiaoshu will celebrate New Year's together, and Ai and I will celebrate New Year's together."

"Yes... yes..." Shimizu Ai forced a smile on her cute little face.

"Mom is right. It's the same when watching the live broadcast at home."

In a corner where no one could see, Shimizu Ai clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh.

“Damn it!”

"Damn you, Ona-chan, for deceiving Ai's feelings!"

It was obviously Ona-chan who took the initiative to suggest staying at home, but I changed my mind because of her emotional appeal.

For this reason, when Shimizu Ai was making a video call just now, Fujii Itsuki scolded her in the face.

As a result, now that the New Year’s Eve dinner is ready and the TV program is about to start, Onei-chan has escaped and gone to spend time with Oni-chan and the others!

"asshole!"

Shimizu Ai's anger level is at MAX, her face is heating up, her head is burning, and steam is bubbling like a kettle.

She took out her cell phone from her pocket and made a video call to her sister directly using Line.

"Beep beep..."

The phone rang several times, but the other end showed no sign of answering.

“Damn it, damn it, damn it!”

"If you have the guts to backstab Ai, then answer the phone!"

Shimizu Ai gritted her teeth and hit the opponent again.

"Beep beep..."

“Wuwuwu…”

"Onai-chan is a bully!"

“Why don’t you answer Ai’s call, wuwuwu…”

This was the first time that the legendary backstab king was stabbed by her sister. She felt a lump in her throat and was almost made to cry by Qingshui Rin.

"What's wrong, Ai?"

Seeing that her little daughter, who was always greedy, didn't even move her chopsticks and kept looking down at her phone, Momonogi Eiko asked with concern: "Is the food not to your taste?"

"No..." Raising her cute little face with tears in her eyes, Qingshui Ai said aggrievedly: "I...I..."

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Seeing that she was hesitant and unable to utter a complete sentence, Momonogi Eiko, as a mother, blurted out: "What's wrong, do you miss your sister?"

"Come to think of it, this is the first time you two sisters have spent the New Year apart since you were little."

Momonogi Eiko reached out and wiped away the tears from her daughter's face with some distress, and comforted her softly, "It's okay, Ai."

"Maybe I'll see Rin on TV later."

After her mother said this, Shimizu Ai's eyes, which were filled with tears, trembled and she cried even louder.

"Woooooooo..."

"Damn you, trash Ona-chan!"

……

Just as Shimizu Ai was crying, time quietly came to 7:10 in the evening.

At the Asada residence in Hanakawado, Taito Ward, the twin sisters Asada Ichiha and Asada Futaba sat in front of a kotatsu table filled with food and raised their iced cola with brown bubbles.

"Happy New Year, Erye."

"Happy New Year, sis!"

"Please work hard together this year. The family debt will soon be paid off." Yiye said softly.

"Yeah, all that's missing is my sister finding me a handsome brother-in-law!" Erye agreed with a smile.

"You're so funny, I'll take care of you first!"

"Boom-"

The ice cola is swaying in the cup, and the atmosphere of Happy New Year is gradually spreading in the air.

……

At the Ogiwara residence in Kita-Senju, Adachi Ward, the New Year's Eve dinner was on the table, and Ogiwara Ayako was sitting on the sofa watching TV with her bowl and chopsticks.

Although she was the only one in the living room at the moment, she didn't feel lonely at all when she saw the message from her daughter Ogihara Saki on Line on her phone.

[Mom, you can eat the food on the table after heating it up. ]

【Happy New Year, the concert is about to begin. 】

【Shu and I will go back after watching the concert. 】

1 minute ago, from "咲".

Even though they quarreled, the little girl's words still sounded so warm.

"These ten years have not been in vain!"

While sighing in her heart, Ogiwara Ayako suddenly realized something.

"wrong……"

"I told her to go home after the concert, but I didn't let that brat come with her?"

Her willow-like delicate eyebrows were raised, and the corners of Ogiwara Ayako's mouth twitched. How could she not know that the little cotton-padded jacket at home was leaking again!

……

At Chiba's house in Arakawa district, the New Year's Eve dinner had already started.

Chiba Shinoko put a piece of fried rice cake into her mouth with chopsticks and was so focused on eating that she didn't even have the interest to turn on the TV.

As a former leader of bad girls, she had little interest in family gatherings such as the Kohaku Uta Gassen. In the past, she would quickly finish her meals and go shopping with Onodera and the others.

"Shinoko, the singing party seems to be about to begin."

It was Chiba Rumi, who was sitting across the table from her, who reacted belatedly. She walked over, turned on the TV and tuned to the NHK variety channel.

"It's boring. There's no singer I like this year..." Chiba Shinoko raised her eyelids, her long golden hair drooping, looking uninspired.

With this time, she would rather watch a couple of English movies, which allows her to relax and practice her English listening skills at the same time.

"There are always a few good songs, Shinoko."

Chiba Rumi's loose ponytail went around her neck and rested on the other side of her shoulder. She smiled and said to her daughter Chiba Shinoko, "...Just think of it as a New Year's ritual."

"Oh, I get it, Mom." Chiba Shinoko responded perfunctorily, feeling secretly bored.

……

In addition to the Fujii family, Asada family and Chiba family in Tokyo, Yuriko Matsumoto and Koyomi who were far away in Hokkaido were also watching TV.

Super wealthy women like Yuriko Matsumoto have never been interested in national activities such as evening parties, because as long as she wants, she can even sit in the front row of the audience and invite a few singers to sing to her face to face.

Although she was not very interested, she still asked the nanny Xiao Lai to turn on the 150-inch ultra-large LCD TV in the living room, considering that she might be interested.

"Xiao Lai, go turn on the TV and tune it to NHK General Channel."

"what?"

"Madam, do you want to watch the Red and White Song Battle?" Xiao Lai, who was picking up food, was stunned and almost dropped his chopsticks.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem?" Matsumoto Yuriko curled her lips and gave him a scrutinizing look.

"No...no..." Putting down his chopsticks, Xiao Lai quickly stood up and walked over to turn on the TV.

Picking up the remote control, she switched to NHK General Channel and thought to herself, "Oh no!"

“It’s over!”

"If Madam saw Miss on TV, she wouldn't fly into a rage right there and then, right?"

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

Every time the mother and daughter, Yuriko Matsumoto and Arina Matsumoto, quarrel, Xiao Lai needs to change the subject and share the blame.

It’s Chinese New Year, and as a live-in nanny, Xiao Lai also wants to spend a happy and peaceful new year.

"Ma'am, the beef is ready."

Trying his best to keep a calm expression, Xiao Lai used a serving chopstick to pick up a few slices of high-quality Wagyu beef from the boiling Sukiyaki pot and placed them on the plate.

After picking up a piece for Yuriko Matsumoto, Xiao Lai picked up another piece for himself, wrapped it in sterile egg liquid and stuffed it into his mouth.

It was snowing heavily outside. In the spacious living room, the air conditioner was turned up very high. The two of them were eating piping hot Sukiyaki, glancing at the commercials on TV from time to time.

"Ding--"

The next second, the picture jumped and the time in the upper right corner of the TV froze at 7:20.

The sea is bright and the moon is at this time.

Whether it was the Fujii House, Ogiwara House, Asada House or Chiba House in Tokyo, or the Matsumoto Villa far away in Hokkaido, more than half of the households in Japan turned their eyes to the television.