Chapter 14: The Ishikari Family
"Hello...... Is there anything I can do for you?"
"That...... Hello, I would like another glass of juice, can I?"
"Oh...... Okay, please wait a moment!"
Sitting next to the porthole of the plane, Reina's mood couldn't calm down for a long time. Originally, she wanted to encourage Lin Xiuyi to untie the knot in her heart and go to Hakodate to visit her biological mother. But what Reina didn't expect was that Lin Xiuyi finally took her to Hakodate as well. This put Reina under tremendous psychological pressure along the way. After all, she couldn't predict what kind of attitude Lin Xiuyi's mother would have when she saw her.
"Counting it, the relationship between myself and Ernie sauce is really not ordinarily complicated!"
Ling Nai quietly glanced at Lin Xiuyi, who was sleeping soundly in the seat next to her, but she couldn't help but feel embarrassed in her heart.
"What if Ernie-chan's mother doesn't like herself? Wait a minute, it's better to not like anything, as long as you don't resent yourself, it's already very good! After all, your mother has become husband and wife with the other party's former husband!"
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"Ma'am, the juice you asked for has arrived, is there anything else I can serve you?"
Just when Reina's mind was still having a headache for this trip, the flight attendant who had just come handed a glass of juice to Reina, who was sitting inside.
"Ah...... Thank you, I'm so sorry to trouble you again and again!"
"It's okay, if you need anything, please feel free to press the call button to contact me!"
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Taking the juice handed over by the flight attendant, Reina drank most of it in one gulp, and she tilted her head sideways and looked down at the white clouds outside the window. The restless thoughts gradually calmed down.
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Two hours later......
When the plane finally landed at Hakodate Airport in Hakodate City, Hokkaido, Shuichi Hayashi and Reina walked out of the exit of the airport with their luggage.
Standing at the exit of the arrival flight, Lin Xiuyi walked to the side blankly with Miki, waiting for a taxi to the hotel they had booked before coming. At this moment, Lin Xiuyi suddenly felt a little regretful. Because at this moment, the sharp-eyed Ling Nai suddenly found a young man in his early twenties standing not far away holding a card with Lin Xiuyi's name written on it.
"Eh, Oune-chan, you see if the gentleman over there is here to pick us up!"
As soon as Lin Xiu heard Ling Nai's reminder, he hurriedly looked in the direction that Ling Nai pointed to. When he saw that his name was indeed written on the card in the other party's hand, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be a little surprised. He grabbed his luggage in one hand and Reina in the other, and walked straight towards the man who looked like he was waiting for someone.
"Excuse me...... Are you waiting for someone from Tokyo named Shuichi Hayashi?"
"Huh...... Hey, ...... are you?"
"It's Lin Xiuyi below, and this one is Lingnai, the younger sister below!
"Ah...... My name is Ishikari Youjin, and my mother sent me to pick you up, so I'm really sorry to keep you waiting!"
"No, no, no, we just came out, that ...... You ......"
"I heard from my mother that you finally agreed to come and have a look, so I thought maybe I should be there in the next day or two, but because I'm not sure which airline you're flying, my brother and I can only come here every day to try our luck, fortunately, I finally got you!"
"So...... Have you been waiting here for days?"
"I didn't have to wait for days, today is only the next day. Ever since my mother got the news that you were willing to come from Tokyo to visit her, she has become a lot more cheerful. However, because you didn't tell us the exact time you arrived in Hakodate. So my brother and I can only take turns here to wait for you, forget it, let's get in the car first!
After explaining to Lin Xiuyi, without waiting for Lin Xiuyi to come back to his senses, he warmly beckoned Lin Xiuyi and Miki to walk towards his car.
Maybe it's because Ishikari is too enthusiastic! Lin Xiu couldn't explain to the other party that he had actually booked a hotel. Seeing Ishikari helping Miki put her luggage in the car with a smile on her face, Lin Xiuyi really couldn't say anything to refuse.
"Excuse me...... Where are we going now?"
Ling Nai, who was sitting in the car, glanced at Lin Xiuyi with some uneasiness, and then asked about the destination with a little restraint.
"Where's it going, of course, it's going home, but it may take a little bit of work on the way, so if there's anything you need in between, please feel free to let me know!"
Right Jin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, first turned around and gave a word of advice to Lin Shuichi and Miki, and then he fastened his seat belt and started the car, slowly leaving the hospitality area of Hakodate Airport.
Maybe it's because everyone has just met! When the car finally started, Lin Xiuyi and Youjin, who had been communicating well, gradually fell silent. The car suddenly fell into an awkward silence. And Reina also felt a headache because she was about to see Lin Xiuyi's mother. In the final analysis, Lin Xiuyi and Ling Nai's original arrangement was not like this. They originally planned to settle down at the hotel, and Lin Xiuyi and his mother made an appointment, and the two sides met for a meal. But after meeting Right Near at the airport, Lin Shuichi and Reina's original plan was suddenly broken.
"That...... Such a presumptuous visit must have caused you and your brother a lot of trouble!"
After Lin Xiu sank for a long time, because he was worried about the hotel, he wanted to find an excuse to let Youjin send him and Reina to the hotel instead of being taken back to his mother's house.
"Trouble, you're really worried about Mr. Lin! Our Ishikari family runs a hot spring guesthouse, not to mention the two of you, even a few more people, and the family can fully live in it." ”
"What kind of hot spring guesthouse is it?"
Hearing Ishikari's introduction, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but ask with some doubts,
"Actually...... It's not a hot spring homestay, it's just the warm groundwater mined in the village and pumped to our homestay. Then we only offered bed and breakfast. Because the cost is not high, the customers are mainly young people who are about the same age as me. As for...... Business has been a lot better in the past two years......"
"Oh...... In that case, the B&B that you and your brother take care of together must be very hard on weekdays!"