Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Talking about this topic with Shiori was more difficult than he had imagined, after all, both of them knew that she had a crush on him.

As a result, not only did he date Miyazawa Maki, he also got together with Esaki Suguha, who had the closest relationship with Mine Shiori.

"It's incredible that we're together."

Mine Shiori didn't notice Sawayama Haruno's embarrassed expression, and continued to mutter to herself, "I thought this kind of thing only happened in TV dramas, but after it really happened to me, I don't know why I didn't feel surprised, as if I had already expected it."

"Various things happened along the way, and I don't know how to tell you." Sawayama Haruno whispered.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me.”

Mine Shiori suddenly clenched the corner of her clothes.

After being silent for several seconds, she suddenly said, "Haruno, I have an unreasonable request. Can you agree to it?"

"what?"

Sawayama Haruno looked up in confusion.

What does the other party want to say?

It's not that kind of thing, right?

Although he hasn't thought much about what's going on between him and the other party yet, the current situation is obviously not a good time to discuss this matter.

Find an excuse to reject the other party?

Sawayama Haruno was a little hesitant, but what Mine Shiori said next quickly made him dispel his previous thoughts.

"These few days, I dreamed about my mother."

Mine Shiori breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I don't know why, but I suddenly miss him a little, so I want to take some time to go back and visit his grave. It would be great if Haruno could go with us."

As soon as she said that, Mine Shiori suddenly regretted it.

I was talking about something, asking him to accompany me to visit the graves or something, it just sounded weird.

They weren't in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, and if Suguha or Mana's sister knew about this request, they would definitely be troubled.

In addition, the place where I want to visit the grave is not in Tokyo, so it would be very troublesome to ask Haruno to go with me, and he is usually very busy.

Thinking of this, Mine Shiori felt as if someone was grabbing something in her heart.

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask Haruno to forget what she had just said, but before she could say anything, the other party agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, when?"

Sawayama Haruno looked at her very frankly, as if the two of them were discussing something that had to be done, seriously and solemnly.

"Will we go right after we get back to Tokyo the day after tomorrow, or the next day? Or maybe during the holiday after that?"

"what"

Mine Shiori let out an "ah" in a daze, as if she had not expected the other party to agree so readily.

Of course, Sawayama Haruno had his considerations for agreeing to the other party's request.

Although he didn't know what happened between Mine Shiori and Miyazawa Mana at school during this period, he vaguely noticed some changes in Mana.

Combined with the previous system tasks, it can be speculated that Mine Shiori secretly played some role in a place where he couldn't see.

As far as this matter is concerned, it seems that I still owe the other party a favor.

What's more, Mine Shiori's mother is also related to her long-standing knot. Although it doesn't have much to do with her, if taking the time to accompany Shiori will make her happy, Sawayama Haruno thinks it doesn't matter.

Anyway, he can still arrange his time later.

"We're going to go to Shiori's hometown then, right?"

Sawayama Haruno placed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and said with a smile, "I remember Shiori's hometown isn't too far from Tokyo. If it's convenient, remember to treat me there."

"Of course."

After reacting, Mine Shiori agreed in a panic.

Feeling the other person's extremely serious gaze, she lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Um, thank you Haruno."

"You are welcome."

Sawayama Haruno smiled gently.

He originally wanted to say a few more words to Mine Shiori, but Ezaki Suguha, who had gone to the bathroom, had already returned.

In addition, the dishes that the three of them had just ordered were also brought over by the waiter. Seeing this, Sawayama Haruno did not choose to pull the other party to talk about tomb sweeping anymore, but decided to talk about it privately when he was free later.

The meal was quite good. Sawayama Haruno ordered beef rice, which was average.

The cod rice made by Suguha Ezaki was very delicious, but because Mine Shiori was sitting opposite him, Sawayama Haruno felt embarrassed to keep eating from Suguha Ezaki's bowl. After all, doing so would give people the feeling that a couple was showing off their affection in front of him.

After finishing their meal, the three of them took their things and returned to their hotel room to rest.

As a family-style hotel room connected to a courtyard, the room on Sawayama Haruno's side is naturally the largest.

There are two soft beds that are slightly larger than a normal single bed, separated by bedside tables.

However, after Sawayama Haruno got the hang of it, he put the two beds together in a few moves.

"This should be fine, and there's a lot more space than a normal large bed."

Sawayama Haruno patted the soft bed and looked at Ezaki Suguha with a smile.

The latter rolled his eyes at him and said nothing, instead opening the glass door leading to the courtyard.

Outside is a very standard Japanese-style courtyard, surrounded by wooden fences on all sides, and countless flowers are planted on the outer layer to cover the gaps tightly to ensure that people outside cannot see what is going on inside at all.

Beach chairs for people to rest are placed in the four corners of the courtyard. There are even huge white canvas parasols, as well as large tables and chairs for four people to sit together to chat and drink tea. These are all very standard hotel configurations.

In the most central area, there is a hot spring pool that looks like it can accommodate seven or eight people at the same time, and even at noon, it is constantly emitting wisps of white steam.

"So big?"

Zeshan Haruno walked out and took a look, and was also stunned.

The pools in ordinary hot spring hotels are not that big. They are called hot spring pools, but in fact most of them are probably just slightly bigger than a bathtub, and the prices are shockingly expensive.

But the hot spring pool before them obviously exceeded their expectations.

Although it is still not as good as a large public hot spring bath, it is understandable as it is private and exclusive to the room.

“It’s very hot.”

Naoha Ezaki walked to the edge of the pool and curiously reached in to touch it. The temperature inside was a little higher than when a normal person takes a bath.

But when you take a hot spring bath, the temperature is almost the same. It would be better if it were a little warmer, after all, it is still winter.

Although today's weather is milder than before, it is still easy to catch a cold if you don't pay attention to keeping warm.

"Haruno, do you want to take a dip?"

"Forget it. I just had enough food."

Zeshan Haruno subconsciously refused: "Let's talk about it later, or soak it after sleeping."

"Then I'll go down and soak for a while."

Suguha Ezaki stood up and suddenly smiled at Haruno Sawayama.

"I'll go get the master to come along, Haruno, are you sure you don't want to soak?"

".You guys go to the bar, I'll talk to you in the afternoon or evening."

Sawayama Haruno touched his chin and said uncertainly, "I don't want to go to the bath, but I kind of want to watch. Is that okay?"

He saw Suguha packing the bikini into the suitcase in the morning.

Although he didn't want to go down to the hot spring to soak right now, he really wanted to appreciate the other person's bikini.

What's more, there is Mine Shiori. What kind of clothes will she wear to take a hot spring bath? According to her personality, she will definitely be as conservative as possible. She won't just go in and take a bath in a bathrobe, right?

"Want to see it? As long as the master has no objection."

Naoha Esaki gave a coquettish cry, then ignored Sawayama Haruno who was in a dilemma and walked towards the room where Shiori Mine was.

She knocked on the glass door twice and it quickly opened for her to come in.

"If I were to watch this, Shiori would probably feel dizzy after taking a dip, right?"

Looking at her departing figure, Sawayama Haruno muttered to himself, "Let's talk about it tonight."

Chapter 317 Suguha's Exposure

After seeing Suguha Esaki go to find Shiori Mine to take a hot spring bath, Haruno Sawayama also returned to their room.

But before he could lie down and enjoy the relaxing time of vacation, his cell phone rang first.

I don’t know if there’s something wrong with the people in this world, or if I’m just too unlucky. Every time I want to relax, various things always happen. When I heard my cell phone ringing, Sawayama Haruno didn’t want to move at all.

According to his guess, it was definitely impossible that the person calling was Maki. After all, the other party should still be having dinner with colleagues in the video game store, and Mana should also be in the school cafeteria.

Ayano Yui didn't know, but that guy basically just sent text messages when he had something to say, and there were rarely any emergency situations where he had to call.

After eliminating these possibilities one by one, it goes without saying that the people who are left calling him are mostly business-related, and nine times out of ten it will be Riho Morikawa calling.

“I don’t want to answer it.”

Sawayama Haruno rubbed his face vigorously, feeling somewhat hopeless.

He actually communicates with Morikawa Riho on the phone quite often, mainly because the sales of "Norwegian Wood" have been rising recently, and the copyright issues have led to frequent communication between the two.

Even if we ignore this point, ever since the competition in Kyoto, the other party would often take advantage of "Haruno's rare rest time" to accurately call him and force him to be busy.

It's not that I have any problem with Morikawa Riho, but it's rare for me to come out to soak in the hot springs, and it's a bit too torturous to have to worry about work. I really don't know what things require me to keep contacting her to deal with them.

Sawayama Haruno sighed, but finally turned over in bed reluctantly and sat up, ready to answer the phone.

Then as soon as he got the phone, he froze in place.

It showed a name that looked very familiar, but one that he hadn't contacted for a while - his mother, Ako Sawayama.

"Come to think of it, I haven't told them about Maki yet."

Sawayama Haruno muttered to himself and sat back on the bed.

I originally wanted to wait until the holidays to call my mother and tell her, but since she called me on her own initiative, I might as well take this opportunity to explain everything to her first.

It just so happens that I have plenty of time today, so I'm not afraid of my mother nagging on the phone for an hour.

After making up his mind, Sawayama Haruno answered the phone without thinking.

"Hello, mother?"

"You still know that I'm your mother?"

A woman's faint voice came from the other end of the phone.

"How long has it been since you called home?"

"It has nothing to do with me. Didn't my mother block my number last time?" Sawayama Haruno said calmly.

He was not talking nonsense, Ayako Sawayama really had blocked him before.

The specific reason can be traced back to his trip to Kyoto to participate in the competition. At that time, Ako Sawayama came to Tokyo without saying hello and caught him and Maki off guard.

At that time, Ayako Sawayama had no intention of listening to her son's explanation. She just wanted to chat with Maki, so in order to avoid unnecessary interference, she directly blocked Sawayama Haruno's phone number.

Of course, after returning from Tokyo, she immediately removed her son's mobile phone number from the blacklist. However, Ayako Sawayama originally thought that the other party would call her again, but she waited until today and did not receive any news about Sawayama Haruno.

"You still have the nerve to say it?"

Hearing her son's answer which seemed very reasonable but was actually full of loopholes, Zeshan Ayako was furious.

This guy sometimes lives too "independently". Since moving to Tokyo, he has had less and less contact with his family.

Moreover, he has rarely asked his family for money since he went to college. Sometimes I really worry about how he can survive in Tokyo.

"Maki knows to call me from time to time. If you can't get through to me, can't you call your father?"

"No, men always keep things to themselves and won't say too much on the phone. Besides, I'm also very busy lately." Sawayama Haruno said helplessly.

By the way, did Maki also call her mother privately?

This is the first time he knows this. Maki has never told him this before.