I live my life in Tokyo

As usual, there was no one in the living room. Sakakibara Kaede looked up and found Higuchi Madoka standing on the steps, leaving only a graceful back view to her.

"Yuanxiang is studying in her room. Koito and Hina will be here tonight. I'm going to go buy groceries later. I'll leave Yuanxiang to you~"

After being patted on the shoulder and asked, Sakakibara Kaede accepted Mrs. Higuchi's request, "I understand, Auntie."

"Hey, you don't want to call me mom?"

Mrs. Higuchi blinked her eyes, feeling as if she had been deceived and abandoned by Sakakibara Kaede. The young man was suddenly speechless. Higuchi Madoka, who was eavesdropping at the stairs, could no longer hold back. She poked her head out and said, "Mom!"

"Okay, Mom is going to buy groceries."

Seeing her daughter unable to hide her shyness, Mrs. Higuchi, feeling very satisfied with her meal, picked up the shopping bag and left with a smile.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at Higuchi Madoka, who was standing on the stairs with red ears. The two looked at each other for a moment, speechless.

Finally, Higuchi Yuanxiang was the first one who couldn't stand this awkward atmosphere anymore. She snorted, "What are you doing standing there like a stake? Go upstairs quickly."

"Ah, okay."

Sakakibara Kaede picked up his bag again, picked up another cookie in front of the dining table and stuffed it into his mouth. He looked at Higuchi Enka and pointed at the plate. The girl shook her head and said, "I ate before. I'm not hungry now."

Okay.

The young man walked upstairs and found his familiar seat after entering Higuchi Yuanka's room. He placed the cushion beside him behind his waist and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Is today's shooting task difficult?" Higuchi Madoka asked intentionally or unintentionally. Her eyes were always on the homework on the table, and the question just now seemed more like an unintentional question.

But Sakakibara Kaede knew that Higuchi Madoka had considered for a long time before asking this question. For a girl like her, it was very normal to have concern for others in her heart, but it was obviously rare to express it in normal language.

This was changed by him, Sakakibara Kaede smiled.

"Well, Feng, can I call the police with that smile on your face?"

As expected, it was still the old style of Higuchi Madoka. Sakakibara Kaede cleared her throat and said, "Today's filming was okay, except that a few actions needed to be repeated several times. Madoka and Fukumaru invited me to be their guest, so I didn't go for the massage after the filming and came here directly."

Higuchi Yuanxiang said, "Oh!" She noticed Sakakibara Kaede's tiredness and frowned, "Do you want to take a nap?"

"You still have to tutor Xiao Yi in the evening. Is it really okay now?"

"It should be fine."

"laugh..."

Higuchi Yuanxiang sneered, she quickly stood up and threw the pillow on her bed to Sakakibara Feng, "Here's the pillow. The temperature in the kotatsu is okay. I'll wake you up before dinner."

The young man looked at the pillow thrown by the girl. It had the scent of the girl on it. He leaned forward and sniffed it gently. Hmm, it was indeed very fragrant.

"abnormal..."

Higuchi Yuanxiang gnashed her teeth and said angrily, "Scum, pervert, harassment..."

Sakakibara Feng was suddenly speechless. It was clearly her who pestered him and wouldn't let him leave when he was doing that job. When did he become the perverted one?

However, he was not going to waste Higuchi Madoka's kindness. The kotatsu was very comfortable. He slept on Higuchi Madoka's pillow. The ground was neither soft nor hard, which was perfect for him.

"Yuan Xiang, do you want to sleep together?"

"what?"

Higuchi Madoka felt offended. She quietly spat, "I still have homework to do, Mr. Tutor. The deadline for the group report is the day after tomorrow, and Asakura is still revising the part."

"However, it has been hard work in every sense of the word."

"Asakura is still very fast." Higuchi Madoka said something for Asakura Toru at this time. Asakura Toru is undoubtedly a genius. She looks a little confused at ordinary times, but she is still very hardworking when it comes to work and doing things that interest her. Or maybe it's the nature of lazy people. She either finishes her homework on the first day and slacks off on the following days, or sleeps until the deadline and rushes to finish her homework on the last day...

Toru Asakura belongs to the former.

"Are you really not coming to sleep? Won't Yuanxiang's childhood sweetheart be here soon?" Sakakibara Kaede said this and slowly closed his eyes.

A minute later, Higuchi Madoka, wearing a light pajamas, got into the kotatsu.

Sakakibara Kaede opened his eyes, and the smile in his eyes made Higuchi Yuanxiang want to bite his face and bite off all the flesh on his body.

He knew that this was her alternative way of acting coquettishly, so he reached out and hugged Higuchi Yuanxiang's slender waist. The girl punched Sakakibara Kaede's chest a few times with her small fists, and half-reluctantly leaned on his chest to breathe.

Although Yuan Xiang with a foul mouth is also very attractive, Yuan Xiang who is honest is also very good.

Higuchi Madoka thought of something. She raised her head and looked at Sakakibara Kaede's profile. "Kaede, do you have any plans for this winter?"

"Aren't we going to shoot Sword Art Online?" Sakakibara Kaede sighed, resting her head on her arms. "I guess the shooting schedule is tight. I may continue to work in Tokyo this winter."

"Want to go to the hot springs?"

"I do want to... Ah, is Yuanxiang inviting me?"

Higuchi Yuanxiang noticed Sakakibara Kaede's gaze, snorted and turned away, "It's the five of us who invited you. We'll set off on a free day on Friday to go on a three-day and two-night trip to Sapporo or Hokkaido. Are you interested?"

"But this is Yuanxiang inviting me, right?"

"you..."

Higuchi Madoka stared at Sakakibara Kaede angrily. Is it really so fun to tease this man who made her angry and provoked her again and again?

"Okay, thank you Yuanxiang for inviting me."

Sakakibara Kaede hugged the girl tightly again, "Got it, let's book a B&B and confirm the itinerary when we get together in a few days."

"...Um."

Higuchi Yuuka breathed a sigh of relief. She was the one who took the initiative to invite Sakakibara Kaede. She had been passive before, but after taking this first step, she felt a little fresh.

This is the case between couples. Do less old things with new people and more new things with old people. This is the only way to ensure the freshness of the relationship and ensure that the relationship can continue.

When Mrs. Higuchi came back, she went upstairs to deliver snacks and tea. After opening the door, she found her son and daughter sleeping in the kotatsu, with only their upper bodies exposed. When she saw her daughter with one hand on Fengjun's chest, Mrs. Higuchi couldn't hide the smile on her lips.

Hmm~ Mom is going to make red bean rice today~

After discussing, they finally decided to go to a small town outside Sapporo, where they heard the most natural hot springs. After booking a private room and service, Sakakibara Kaede felt the anticipation, and he really didn't travel well.

Although it was only three days and two nights, it was enough for him to relax.

After reporting to her stepmother and sisters, Sakakibara spent half a day packing her luggage after the filming ended on Thursday. On Friday morning, she and five other girls went to the station wearing heavy jackets, masks and hats.

The Shinkansen traveled for eight hours, and after having lunch on the train, the six people arrived in Sapporo in the afternoon.

What is coming towards us is snow.

Before we knew it, this season has arrived.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at the snowflakes outside the train station with melancholy. At this moment he felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

The beginning of Feng Comes to Snow Country seems to be a similar scene. Feng, the male protagonist, comes to a small town in the north where it snows all year round because of his parents' work. When looking out the window, fine snow begins to float in the sky. The male protagonist feels lost. A new journey, a new beginning, but what greets him is not his family, but gentle snowflakes.

"What's wrong? Are you staring out the window?"

Mai Sakurajima came to Kaede Sakakibara and pulled his finger.

"No, it just felt a bit like déjà vu."

Mai Sakurajima glanced out the window, her eyes rolled, and she immediately knew what he was talking about.

"It's not just the snow that's welcoming Senior Feng, there are also five beautiful girls living in the Snow Country~"

"How can someone call herself a beautiful girl?"

"Ah? Senior Feng, what you said, am I not beautiful?"

Mai Sakurajima pretended to take off her mask, and Kaede Sakakibara quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Well, Mai doesn't want us to be exposed in a crowded station, right?"

"Then praise me for being beautiful."

Sakakibara Feng looked up and down at Mai Sakurajima's outfit today. She was wearing a light pink cashmere coat and black boots, which made her look noble and elegant. Her face was pretty, and her cheeks were slightly flushed under the mask, giving her an unruly and charming feeling. Her hair was covered with delicate snowflakes, as if she was the graceful woman surrounded by snowflakes in "Winter Landscape", which made people intoxicated by her.

"You remind me of the painting 'The Birth of Venus'," said Sakakibara with a smile, "To me, Mai is that light and free goddess, gracefully strolling on the cold streets, exuding charming charm, making people forget the cold winter."

Sakurajima Mai burst out laughing and pointed at Sakakibara Kaede. "This exaggerated tone of voice reminds me of what happened when we first met three years ago."

“It was a bit exaggerated at that time.”

Sakakibara Kaede admitted with a dry cough. He saw several girls who had gone to the bathroom coming back not far away and squeezed Sakurajima Mai's hand.

They will take a train to the suburbs of Sapporo, leave their luggage at a homestay, and then go into the center of Sapporo for sightseeing.

They booked the entire B&B for this trip - although it sounds very lavish, the entire B&B only has five or six rooms, and each person staying in one room is considered to be booked. The owner of the B&B left the key at the front desk, and the B&B would regularly clean the rooms and the pool at noon every day. In these short three days, this B&B of moderate size was completely theirs.

Asakura Toru's eyes lit up, she leaned over to Chizuru Ichinose's ear and whispered a few words, Chizuru Ichinose's face quickly burned up, her eyes dropped to the tatami, not daring to look at Sakakibara Kaede. Higuchi Madoka glanced at her childhood sweetheart, her lips moved slightly, and she snorted.

Sakurajima Mai and Yuuki Asuna are holding small cards and greeting cards left by the B&B owner, wishing them a happy and joyful time.

The allocation of rooms did not cause any disputes. The rooms all faced the courtyard and had excellent views. Apart from the fact that the girls all agreed that Sakakibara Kaede's room was in the center, there were no other disputes.

Sakakibara Feng checked in with his bag. It was possible to leave the door unlocked at night. After all, there wouldn't be any thieves or people who would go to the wrong room at night. He glanced at the garden outside the window, leaned on the tatami bed for a while, and then stood up.

There were still a few hours before they headed to Sapporo to see the snow and have dinner in the evening, and Sakakibara Kaede was not planning on staying in the room playing with her phone until the evening. When they went out to play, they naturally had to enjoy themselves.

Putting on a bathrobe and slippers, Kaede Sakakibara walked towards the hot spring.

This is a homestay, and those who book here are usually friends, relatives and acquaintances. However, considering the different situations of guests booking here, the hot springs are inevitably divided into different categories for men and women.

Kaede Sakakibara entered the men's bathroom, rinsed his body, stepped into the hot water pool, warmed his body for a while, then stepped into the hot spring and sighed with satisfaction.

Fine snowflakes fell on the water, making soft sounds. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the faintly fragrant incense in the air, feeling relaxed physically and mentally. He quietly enjoyed this moment, this warm and peaceful atmosphere.

The pleasant temperature of the hot spring water made the young man's body light, and he felt as if he was wandering in a dream. The scenery in front of him made him feel extremely comfortable. In such an environment, time seemed to slow down, allowing him to relax and enjoy this rare quiet time.

This is an extremely comfortable and cozy scene, like a beautiful painting, which makes people yearn and yearn for it. Sakakibara Kaede feels that he is completely immersed in it, as if he has merged with the world, feeling the beauty and mystery of this world.

Until he heard light footsteps and felt a soft body against his back.

After coming out of Zen, Sakakibara Kaede once again returned to his mortal body with emotions and desires. He glanced behind him.

"Hello~"

Asakura Toru greeted him with a smile, her head resting on Sakakibara Kaede's shoulder, who noticed that she was not wearing any so-called bathrobe.

"Don't you want to do something relaxing?"

Chapter 37: Run to the future, with them

Sakakibara Kaede soon found out that Asakura Toru was not the only one who ran away.

One by one, they took the opportunity to take down the entire hot spring and entered the men's bath, saying that they had taken the wrong way, felt that it would be more comfortable to bathe together, and that the women's bathroom was not cleaned properly. After discovering that Toru Asakura had sneaked away, they issued a statement of strong condemnation.

It is difficult to describe what happened afterwards in words, so I omitted tens of thousands of words. Sakakibara Kaede then dragged his tired body out of the hot spring - he would get a sore throat if he continued to soak in it.

He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and was stunned. They had spent too long in the hot spring and missed the evening bus to Sapporo. They could only order takeout for dinner from a small restaurant in the town.

Sakakibara Kaede couldn't stop yawning. His original plan was shelved and his body was a little exhausted. He was already a little tired and wanted to go to bed early.

After agreeing to sleep soundly until about ten o'clock the next morning and then go to Sapporo for brunch and watch the snow scenery, Kaede Sakakibara returned to his room and closed the door solemnly - although Mai Sakurajima and Toru Asakura both said that there was no need to lock the door because the neighbors were all acquaintances.

Beware of villains rather than gentlemen. Several girls thought they behaved like gentlemen and suggested to Sakakibara Kaede many times that he should not lock the door when he went to bed at night.

To be honest, Sakakibara Feng was a little scared. The most important thing was that he just wanted to sleep and didn't want to do anything else. After checking again and again, Sakakibara Feng locked the door, drew the curtains, and ensured that the room was in a closed space. For a while, there was only the slow ventilation sound of the air conditioner.

The young man leaned on the tatami, blinking and looking at the ceiling. If a person is too tired, he will not be able to fall asleep for a while. Just when Sakakibara Kaede was about to fall into a deep sleep, the sound of the door handle turning woke him up suddenly in the middle of the night.

The door handle was turned, but the door did not open because it was locked.

Sakakibara Feng thought it was the wind or some small animal causing trouble, so he yawned again and went to sleep. Just as he was about to fall asleep again, he heard regular footsteps outside the balcony.

Here, since the rooms in the homestay all face the built-in courtyard, the balconies were connected when they were built. That is to say, in addition to the corridor to go to other people's rooms, the balcony can also lead to other rooms.

Sakakibara Kaede pulled the curtains, not knowing whether there was a human or a ghost behind the curtains. He was too tired to get up and open the curtains, but the noise really made it difficult for him to fall asleep for a while.

After about ten minutes, the footsteps gradually disappeared, Sakakibara Kaede breathed a sigh of relief, and then fell asleep.

The next day, the young man washed up in the room and sat for a while to stretch. It was still early for departure, so he took his change of clothes and walked to the hot spring. After a comfortable personal hot spring, Sakakibara Kaede tidied up his clothes and then walked towards the hall.

Yuuki Asuna was the first to arrive. She smiled and greeted Sakakibara Kaede. When she asked how she slept last night, her face didn't look unusual. After finishing her homework last night, she used her laptop to log into Sword Art Online. There were no land reclamation or logging missions yesterday, so she started to look into Niko's career. She planned to make some goods when she was bored and free, and work for others to earn money to supplement her and Sakakibara Kaede's household expenses.

Afterwards, Mai Sakurajima and Chizuru Ichinose came to the living room yawning, and it seemed that they did not sleep well last night. After Chizuru Ichinose came to the living room, she dozed off on the table. Mai Sakurajima stared at Kaede Sakakibara with resentment in her eyes. The latter was stunned. What did he do?

Asakura Toru and Higuchi Madoka arrived one after another. It seemed that they did not sleep well last night. Higuchi Madoka was still a little grumpy after waking up and stared coldly at Sakakibara Kaede. Asakura Toru was still a little confused. After sitting down, he lay down on the table like Chizuru Ichinose.

Yuuki Asuna: "Arnold, did everyone not sleep well last night?"

Sakakibara Feng sighed and said, "How about we have lunch before going out?"

This gives the girls more rest time, and they can use this time to catch up on sleep.

This proposal was unanimously approved by the other four girls. Sakakibara Kaede and Yuuki Asuna watched them walk back to their rooms. They looked at each other and saw something in each other's eyes.

"Senior Feng locked the door last night?"

"Well, mainly because I didn't want to affect today's schedule, but I didn't expect..."