"Iono-san, thank you for your continued care, and please take care of me in the future." With tears in her eyes, Yumiko Iwase walked out of Yoshio Konno's office and stood at the door and saluted Yoshio Konno.

Looking at Yumiko Iwase who was about to cry, although Yoshio Konno had no expression on his face, he still felt some emotion in his heart. It has not been a year since Nogizaka 46 debuted, and the first member to graduate has already appeared.

After Yoshio Konno sighed, he shook his head slightly, suppressed the feeling in his heart, and said to Yumiko Iwase: "Although Iwase-san, you graduated from Nogizaka 46, but after all, you were once a member of this group, please continue to work hard in the future." If you have any difficulties or need help, you can also contact me. I will definitely help if I can do anything. Yoshio Konno said this, handing Yumiko Iwase a business card with his personal phone number printed on it.

Yumiko Iwase gratefully accepted Yoshio Konno's business card, knowing that if she hadn't taken the first place to graduate from Nogizaka 46, she probably wouldn't have gotten Yoshio Konno's personal phone number from him. This call was undoubtedly an important resource for Yumiko Iwase, who was about to leave the group Nogizaka 46 and start her own musical path as an independent artist, which made the tears on Yumiko Iwase's face finally burst out of her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.

Looking at Yumiko Iwase who was crying, Yoshio Konno reluctantly smiled and said: "Iwase-san, although I have graduated and published, but in the last time, please behave well and leave a good memory for yourself and Nogizaka 46!" ”

"Thank you, Konno-san!" Yumiko Iwase, who was already unable to control her emotions, bowed deeply to Yoshio Konno.

Yoshio Konno was a little sad, waved his hand, and after signaling that Yumiko Iwase could leave, he turned back to the office and closed the door.

Looking at the closed door, Yumiko Iwase let tears flow from her eyes, but her mind kept thinking about her idol career in just one year, and after standing for a long time, she turned around and left.

Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi came out from behind the corner on the side, and just now the two of them had been looking at the crying figure of Yumiko Iwase, and they couldn't help but feel something like it in their hearts.

"This is the first graduating member of Nogizaka 46, right?" Nana Hashimoto asked Mai Shiraishi on the side with some sadness.

Mai Shiraishi watched Yumiko Iwase, who was still sobbing a little, gradually walk away, sighed and said, "Sister Iwase, she graduated without seeing hope, right?" After all, she is the oldest. ”

"We will also have such a day, when we are getting older and no longer suitable to stay in the group, we will also graduate like Sister Yumi." There was no expression on Nanami Hashimoto's face, but there was sadness in her words.

"Don't worry! At that time, we can be together with Chiya in the open! Mai Shiraishi smiled nonchalantly and comforted Nanami Hashimoto: "When the time comes, Nanamin, do you say that it is better for me to have a son with Qianye, or to have a daughter?" ”

Nana Hashimoto glanced at Mai Shiraishi helplessly, and said angrily: "It's better for you to give birth to a little fox, Lord Nine-Tailed Fox!" Although he said this, the sadness in Nanami Hashimoto's heart did not disappear, but it was diluted a little by Mai Shiraishi's words and no longer showed it on his face.

"If I give birth to a little fox, do you want to give birth to a little Nanamin?" Mai Shiraishi had a wicked smile on her face: "Nanamin's daughter, little Nanamin!" Come to think of it, Nanami Chiba, this name is not bad! ”

"If I could, I'd like to be a boy." Nanami Hashimoto was not as shy to talk about this topic as Mai Shiraishi thought, but smiled indifferently, with a hint of longing in his eyes, as if imagining himself and Qianye's child: "If you are a boy, you will be stronger, so that when I die, he will have fewer tears." ”

"Nanamin, what nonsense are you talking about!" Mai Shiraishi knocked on Nanami Hashimoto dissatisfied, and was a little angry: "You are not yet twenty years old, what are you talking about death!" We still have a great youth and time, and you are thinking about what will happen when you die now, isn't it too pessimistic? ”

"Life is like morning dew, where there is no separation. Mai, we will have a day of goodbye after all. Nanami Hashimoto smiled lightly and shook her head: "The lifespan of human beings is very short. In just a few decades, I only hope to be able to leave enough memories for him in the long memories of a thousand nights. Speaking of this, Nanami Hashimoto suddenly showed a shy smile on her face, and said to Mai Shiraishi a little shyly: "If this memory can add a child of me and Qianye, it will be perfect!" ”

"No, it won't! Nanamin: We said we were going to be together forever! Mai Shiraishi suddenly hugged Nanami Hashimoto, as if she would disappear as soon as she let go: "Nanamin, you promised me!" We're going to be together forever! You can't afford to lose your word! I said that I want to be together forever, a day, an hour, and a minute are not forever! I will never allow Nanami to go against what you have said, I will be with you forever! ”

Nanami Hashimoto, who was held by Mai Shiraishi, had a trace of bitterness on her face in addition to helplessness, why didn't she want to be with Mai Shiraishi forever, but the short life span of human beings is only a few decades, just ask a few decades later, when she looks at Mai Shiraishi who is still as young and beautiful as she is today, how to accompany her forever? After all, Mai Shiraishi, who has become a nine-tailed fox, has to calculate the lifespan of thousands of years. Just a few decades are just a short moment in her long life.

Nanami Hashimoto didn't want to tell Mai Shiraishi these words, because she knew in her heart that even if she told Mai Shiraishi, what she would get in exchange would only be her distress and pain. Although a few decades are short, it is only for Mai Shiraishi to calculate the life span of thousands of years in the future, for ordinary people, a few decades is still a long time, as long as you live this life well, don't leave regrets.

Thinking like this, Nanami Hashimoto gently hugged Mai Shiraishi's shoulders and let her hold her tightly.

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Yumiko Iwase's graduation announcement Although the members of Don Jean Nogizaka 46 were a little sad, it was her own choice after all. As the oldest member of the team, after several selections without hope, Yumiko Iwase's graduation is actually a predictable thing.

In just one year, these girls who worked together left deep memories, and all of this fermented with the graduation of Iwase Yumiko, which made the members more or less depressed in the period after Iwase Yumiko announced her graduation.

For the younger members, it may just mean that they need to say goodbye to a big sister, but for the older members, Yumiko Iwase's graduation has forced them to start thinking about their position.

During this time, Nanami Hashimoto has not only thought about her future at Nogizaka 46, but also about the future of her life.

For Nanami Hashimoto, the coming-of-age ceremony that will be held next year means that he has become an adult at the age of twenty, and it also means that it is time to fulfill his agreement with Chiya. The thought that he was going to hand over the most precious treasure he had kept for twenty years to Chiya on his birthday, Nanami Hashimoto felt a sweet shyness in his heart.

"Qianye, you said that if we have children in the future, do you like boys or girls?" Nanami Hashimoto was lying in Chiya's arms at this time, playing with his long hair that hung down to his face, and asked Chiya with a shy face.

Qianye looked down at Nanami Hashimoto lying in her arms, gently pinched her tall nose, and said with a smile: "As long as it is Nana Min and your child, whether it is a boy or a girl, I will love him well, teach him, and make him the happiest child in the world." ”

"Qianya, speaking of which, you have lived for more than a thousand years, although you were cursed by Tamamo before, but before that, did you have any other women?" Nanami Hashimoto suddenly asked Chiya with some curiosity.

Qianye frowned slightly, and looked at Nanami Hashimoto with a strange gaze: "Nanamin, why do you ask such a question?" ”

"People are curious!" Nana Hashimoto said to Qianye: "After all, you have lived for a thousand years, and people want to know if there is a woman who makes you remember in such a long life!" And don't frown, you'll look old! Nana Hashimoto didn't say anything, she stretched out her finger and gently smoothed Chiya's frowning brow.

Qianye doted on Nanami Hashimoto, grabbed her tender fingers in the palm of her hand, gently pressed against Nanami Hashimoto's little head, and said with a smile: "In my life, there have been many women who I remember deeply, but they are not my love." I fell in love with you five hundred years ago, and you are the most memorable woman in my life. Also, I won't get old, so why should I be afraid of looking old. ”

"You won't be old in a thousand nights, but I will!" Nana Hashimoto smiled and asked Qianye: "Qianya, you said that you fell in love with me five hundred years ago, have you seen my previous life?" Who was my previous life that made you miss it like this? Or am I like Nanasa, who died for a thousand nights in my previous life? ”

"It's not a past life, you're you, Nanamin." Qianye suddenly hugged Nanami Hashimoto tightly, kissed her earlobe lightly, and said while making Nanami Hashimoto shy: "I won't let you die for me, I want you to live well, accompany me, give birth to children for me, watch our children grow up, get married and have children, and be as happy as we are." ”

"But Qianye, I'm an ordinary person, I'm going to die." Nanami Hashimoto had a calm smile on her face, and said to him seriously while enjoying the caress of a thousand nights: "I can only live for a few decades, and after a few decades, I will die of old age." Will you go looking for my reincarnation then? It's like when you find Nanasai. ”

"No, I won't." Qianye turned Nanami Hashimoto's gaze to herself, looked into her eyes seriously, and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "I won't go looking for Nanamin's reincarnation, because I won't let you die and let you leave me." If you dare to die selfishly and let me suffer the loss of you, I will burn your body to ashes, eat it in my stomach, and then imprison your soul in my body, so that you can never leave me! ”

Qianye's cruel words didn't make Nana Hashimoto feel afraid, she just raised her finger and pressed it on Qianye's lips, and said to him softly: "Don't say such things, Qianye." I will be by your side until the end of my life, but my time is limited, promise me that if I really leave you one day, don't be sad, Mai will continue to accompany you in my place, continue my love for you. ”

Chiya didn't speak again, just hugged Nanami Hashimoto's body tightly, unwilling to let go.