Is it okay not to want to work hard?

In the previous second, he was still muttering that the world was not worth it, and in the next second, Higashino Zou was delighted and felt that the world was worth it.

[I'm going to eat, let's talk later]

After sending the message, Higashino Kanade went to eat. It is okay to play with your phone while eating when you are alone or with Xiaoling, but playing with your phone while eating when your parents are around is just too much.

Because it was a rare occasion for a family, no, two families to have a meal together, the adults drank more and ate less, and although Higashino Kanade kept eating, he was always asked various questions by his parents.

How is work going? How is study going? Will I be unable to keep up with the studies if I go back to school? Should I take extra classes? Which junior high school is good? Which high school is good? Should I go to the University of Tokyo or study abroad?

So annoying.

Although the food in the bowl still smelled delicious, he wanted to finish his meal quickly and run away.

After dinner, we went to set off some small fireworks.

The Chinese New Year should be celebrated just as it is. Although in Higashino Kanade's opinion, the festive atmosphere on New Year's Day is weaker than that on New Year's Eve, he still follows the local customs. He is very happy as long as he can watch fireworks and set off firecrackers.

Higashino Kanade was the first to finish eating. He put down his bowl and was about to run away.

"Did you finish eating so soon?"

Ye Shu saw Dong Yezou running away less than five minutes after he sat at the table and quickly spoke out to stop him.

"Well, I'm done eating."

Higashino Zou pointed to the empty bowl, which was so clean that there was not even a grain of rice in it.

The food was delicious, but the adults' talk was annoying. Fortunately, it didn't disturb his appetite.

“That’s all I’ll eat.”

Ye Shu thought Dong Ye Zou didn't eat much.

"I ate two bowls."

Dongye Zou ran away without giving Ye Shu a chance to speak. He was afraid that his mother would say something like "Sit for a while, don't run away after eating, talk to us."

There is nothing to talk about. If his parents think he is grown up, they can talk about it and they may listen to him. But he is a child. No matter how mature he behaves, his parents still think he is a child. There is no point in him talking to them. His parents will not listen to his suggestions, and even if they do, they will not care.

Even when he really grows up, it is still difficult for him to persuade his parents to trust marketing accounts and not always believe the words of online experts. Even if it is the words of professors from famous universities, some people have different opinions. Don't blindly believe them, otherwise you will be deceived.

Mom and Dad just like to chat while eating. Why can’t they chat after the meal? It’s winter now and the food will get cold so quickly.

Before Tono Kanade left, Izumi Konata and Tono Suzu whispered to eat quickly so they could go out and play. See if they can call out Naoko, Yuzuru, Nijika and the others.

Well, they have to tell their parents before going out, but it's not a big problem. It's Chinese New Year, and with him as a superpower, their parents will definitely let them go out to play. If it really doesn't work, they can bring Uncle Sojiro along, and then get rid of Uncle Sojiro. There's no need to ask this party, this party definitely doesn't mind getting rid of her father.

They are all children, adults should stay out of this.

After Izumi Konata and Higashino Suzu finished their meal, Higashino Kanade told the adults that she wanted to go out, and the adults agreed to their request to go out and play.

"Then we're going out."

Quan Konata put on a hat to cover his true form.

It was so cold, she didn't want to go out, but since Xiaozou wanted to, then she went out. She went to find Naoko and Yuzuru, and then to find Nijixia, and they spent the last day of the year together.

“Don’t play too late.”

Izumi Sojiro gave a warning.

“Okay~!”×3.

Quan Cifang and the others all agreed.

You have agreed to it now, but it may not be the same after you get out.

"Well, now that the kids are gone, we don't have to worry about them."

Izumi Sojiro took a sip of wine and looked at Dong Yehong and Ye Shu with envy.

Every year when the two families celebrate the holidays and the children are not around, he gets to eat a lot of dog food and be abused by the dog.

When the children were around, there were some things that adults were reluctant to talk about. Now that the children are gone, they can talk about it without restraint. Good or bad, H or not, why the country has become like this, many things that cannot be said in front of the children can be talked about.

Chapter 170 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Girls

It was nearly nine o'clock at night.

Three elementary school students, Tono Kanade, Tono Suzu, and Izumi Konata, were wandering outside.

In a big city like Tokyo, there are still many people even on New Year's Eve. It is not like some cities where people desert the buildings during the New Year and the whole city becomes as desolate as a ghost town.

"so cold."

Quan Cifang stretched out his bare hands and blew out a puff of white air.

"No scarves."

Higashino Kanade held her scarf tightly with her left hand to prevent the bad guy Cifang from snatching it away.

There was a scarf here, but she refused to wear it and insisted on using her own scarf.

"That's too much, Xiaozou, don't you love me anymore?"

Quan Chifang looked like she was about to cry, but unfortunately Dongye Zou had seen her fake pitiful appearance many times, so she couldn't fool him at all.

"Love, but now I'm loving the scarf."

Tono Kanade wrapped her scarf a little tighter.

Perhaps because he had just come out of a warm house after eating, he felt particularly cold tonight.

"Hey, what you said sounds familiar."

Quan Cifang frowned, feeling like she had heard these words somewhere before.

"It must sound familiar to you. You just said it today."

Higashino Kanade held Izumi Konata's hat and rubbed the girl's head.

"Really? Did I? I don't know. I don't remember, so I didn't say anything." Izumi Konata took off her hat and put it on Dongye Kanade's head, saying coquettishly, "Give me the scarf, and I'll trade your hat with you."

"Why do you want my scarf? It's not like you don't have one."

Higashino Kanade took off his hat and put it on Higashino Ling's head, which made Higashino Ling, who had been silent and eating dog food quietly, full of question marks.

However, Higashino Ling did not say anything. Instead, she secretly kept this grudge in mind. When she arrived at the convenience store, she emptied her brother's wallet and bought snacks to avenge herself.

"I like."

Izumi Konakata's matter-of-fact tone left Higashino Kanade speechless.

Because when she said this she wasn't looking at the scarf, she was looking at his face, and the meaning of this is self-evident.

"Okay, okay, there's really nothing I can do about you."

Higashino Kanade took off his scarf and kindly helped Izumi Konata put it on.

"Can you please walk faster? You're so slow."

Seeing her brother and sister Konokata showing their affection, Higashino Ling was unhappy and felt that she was a little redundant.

These two people were so loving and affectionate, and she was like a light bulb.

Hurry up and go find Yuzuru and Sister Glass. As long as there are enough light bulbs, she won't seem redundant.

At the urging of Higashino Suzu, Higashino Kanade and Izumi Konata stopped quarreling and actually showed their affection.

Higashino Kanade talked to Ijichi Kouka about going out to play, and Kouka agreed, but he did not tell Nozomi and Yuzuru.

He felt that if they called Aunt Yaeko, depending on the weather and time, she might refuse to let Shoko and Yuzuru come out to play at this time. If they went directly to Shoko's house and rang the doorbell, that would be a different story.

“Ding—dong—!”

Arriving at Nishimiya's house, Izumi Konata pressed the doorbell.

"Nose, Yuzuru, come out and play."

Inside the room, when I heard the doorbell, I opened the door quickly, first a crack, and then when I saw who was outside, I immediately opened the door wide.

"Why are you here?"

Nishimiya Yuzuru was surprised to see Tono Kanade, Tono Suzu, and Izumi Konata outside the door.

It's already nine o'clock.

"Yuzuru, ask Naoko to go out and play with you. Let's go set off fireworks."

Izumi Konata looked into the house, and through the entrance he saw Nishimiya Yaeko walking in the living room.

"Fireworks?"

Nishimiya Yuzuru looked at the sky outside. It was so late. Would her mother let her go out?

"Aunt Yaeko, we're here to play with Yuzuru and Naoko. My dad is taking us to set off fireworks. Can Naoko and Yuzuru come with us?"

Quan Konaka shouted towards the house, telling lies without hesitation. But there was no other way, Aunt Yaeko didn't know that Xiaozou was a superpower, so in order to prevent Aunt Yaeko from worrying about their safety, she could only lie that there were adults around.

Aunt Yaeko probably won't confirm whether she is lying or not. Even if she does, she can ask Xiaozou to use her superpowers to make Aunt Yaeko hallucinate and let her see her father with them.

"You guys are here?"

Yaeko Nishimiya heard the noise outside the door, and like Miss Nishimiya, she was surprised to see them coming to play with Yuzuru and Nozomi so late at night.

But she didn't stop it. Although it was late, today was New Year's Day and Chi Fang said her father was there, so there would be nothing wrong with going out to play.

Just playing with this group of kids made Naoko worry less, she could speak more fluently, her hearing seemed to have improved, and her personality became more cheerful. Since they came to play with Naoko and Yuzuru, let Naoko and Yuzuru go play.

“Don’t play too late.”

Just like Izumi Sojiro, Nishimiya Yaeko also warned these children not to go crazy outside for too long.

"Uh-huh."

Quan Cifang nodded with a smile.

Not too late? No way!

Today is a day when you can stay up all night and have fun. Have fun.

On the way here, she had agreed with Xiaozou to go to Shimokitazawa to see Shimokitazawa at night. She had lived in Ikebukuro for so many years, and she, her father, and Xiaozou had seen too many night scenes.

As for Shimokitazawa, she has not been there much. She wants to see what it is like there at night, and whether there are many exposed ladies standing outside at night like in Ikebukuro. These ladies are not all Japanese. According to Xiaozou, most of these ladies are actually foreigners.

As for which country the foreigner is from, I won’t say that.

The group took a car to Shimokitazawa and walked slowly to Ijichi's house. When they arrived, Hongxia was already waiting for them downstairs.

"Good evening, everyone."

Seeing Higashino Kanade and the others, Ichichi Hongxia was very enthusiastic.

It feels good that everyone in Ikebukuro will spend New Year's Eve together without forgetting her. If she knew that Xiaozou was spending New Year's Eve with other girls and she didn't join, she wouldn't be angry, but she would still be a little depressed.

"Where are we going to play?"

On the way here, Higashino Kanade bought some fireworks. He knew where to set off fireworks in Ikebukuro, but he didn't know where in Shimokitazawa.

"Whatever. If someone comes to catch us, we can just run. With you here, we will definitely be able to escape."

Izumi Konata didn't care and poked Tono Kanade's face with a small firework.

At times like this, the police actually won't do anything about it, but there is always someone who will take it seriously and scold them if they see them setting off fireworks in places other than designated places.

"Let's go to the river, let's release it there."

Dongye Zou thought about it and decided to put it by the river. There should be few people there and no patrolling police would be encountered.

Last year's night was a noisy night for Toino Kanade and Izumi Konata, but this year's night became a lively night for Toino Kanade, Izumi Konata, Toino Suzu, Nishimiya Shoko, Nishimiya Yuzuru, and Ijichi Nijika.

What will New Year's Eve be like next year?

Sitting by the river, looking at Nozomi, Konata and Nijika who were still playing, and then looking at Rin and Yuzuru who were sleeping on his legs on either side, he had beautiful expectations for the future of Higashino Kanade.

Is it okay if I don't want to push Volume 2 alone?

Chapter 1 Flowers, trees, sky, breeze, clouds, sun, no rainbow