Dinner was eaten at my grandparents' house, and after eating, Rintaro and the others were ready to go back to the house to rest.

After getting along for a while, Yorai Katase and Hazuki Katase finally seemed to be less nervous, and even joked with the two old men during the meal, which made Rintaro start to suspect that the previous nervousness was just an illusion.

Before going back, Rintaro suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, grandpa, where is our watermelon?"

"Oh oh~ Look at my memory, I almost forgot it." Grandpa patted his head: "The watermelon is in the garage next to it." The portion to be sold has already been sold, and we have left it for us to eat. Your grandmother and I are old and can't eat much, so you just brought so many friends over to play, so let's bring a few more. Put the watermelons in the car, and I'll drive you there. ”

"No, we'll just take a few of our own. Anyway, if you want to eat it when the time comes, you can just come back and get it. Forget about other things, I'm not going to be kind to a watermelon in summer. ”

"Hahahaha. Then I'll get you two sturdy bags. Our watermelons are big and heavy, so you have to be careful when you take them. ”

"It's okay, there are a lot of us."

As soon as Rintaro's words fell, his grandfather, who was originally kind and kind, suddenly glared at him, which made him a little baffled.

However, Yori Katase next to him quickly took Rintaro's words.

"There's no need to bother, we'll just take it back and eat it ourselves. There is a saying that those who don't work can't eat, although this watermelon is not planted by us, but at least we can do it for such a small thing as moving back. ”

"Those who come are guests. Besides, Rintaro is here, how can there be any reason to let a girl do this kind of work, leave this kind of trivial matter to him. Grandpa patted Rintaro on the shoulder, and then said to the three sisters with a smile: "Rintaro, this kid, if you force him from time to time, he won't work hard." ”

"Oh~" Katase Yori responded with a long voice, with a malicious smile on his face: "Since that's the case...... I understand. ”

Yorai Katase stretched out his hand to Rintaro: "Rintaro ~Key~"

……

Unable to expect to be given up so easily, Rintaro paused, took the key out of his pocket, and handed it to Rai Katase.

"Hey, hey. Got it. Then we'll go back first! See you later in Rintaro. Katase Yorai smiled, put away the key, and then pulled the two faces with "Really go?" The younger sister with a puzzled expression walked in the direction of home.

Night had fallen, and only some of the intersections in this town would have bright street lights, and the figure of the Katase sisters quickly disappeared into the not-so-deep darkness.

To be reasonable, although Katase Yorai is indeed a guest, Rintaro is also a grandson. Besides, watermelon is delicious, but it's heavy. In the current situation, if you have to go back with four or five big ones, maybe the melons are heavier than people.

Rintaro thinks he might have to borrow a small cart from the warehouse. There must be such a contingency, right?

Even if you don't, it won't get in the way, just two more trips at most.

Rintaro turned around: "Then let's move ......"

Syllable!

Grandpa slapped Rintaro on the back of the head, and his face, which was originally kind and kind, and couldn't even see his eyes, was now full of anger.

"You kid, do you chase your girlfriend like this?"

Rintaro was stunned for a while, and finally came a "Huh? ”。

"I know you're not honest. actually deceived three girls back from the big city, yes, you, you're good. ”

It's not at all like what a kind man would say if he looks like Coach Anthy's old grandfather. But Rintaro wasn't very surprised, because he had known that his grandfather was such a character.

The kind and kind and gentle personality that I showed before is a prerequisite for "Grandma Sakuraba is present".

It is said that this is because when my grandfather was chasing my grandmother a long time ago, my grandmother said "I don't like people who are too active", and then he changed it. Fortunately, their relationship was not hard, and Grandpa felt that it was just a small concession, so they fell in love with each other to the present, and the future will still be the same.

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. What do you call me to lie back, I am not afraid that others will misunderstand when I say it, they really came out to travel, but they just happened to come to us to see it by the way. Rintaro also held his hand.

"How old do you think I am? I'm going to believe what you kid says? When they looked at you, I knew there must be something wrong with you, and you still want to lie to your grandfather? ”

This sounds like a curse, but it's true, so Rintaro doesn't say much. But Rintaro won't accept this slander!

Although Rintaro himself knows that this may not be a slander. However, this is not something that can be honestly told either.

Rintaro chooses to continue playing dumb.

"If you don't have it, don't think about it. People's family backgrounds are no longer on the same level as ours. ”

"Hmph. There is no way to determine a person's future. Grandpa was dismissive of this: "You must know that I was ...... back then Don't think that I can't see what kind of eyes you have now. Even if you don't talk about me, in the middle of our town, the Tachibana family, their family was not much different from other families in our town at the beginning, and then they also sold their houses and went to live in a big city? Don't underestimate yourself, Rintaro. ”

Rintaro hissed inwardly.

"What do you mean...... What other assets do we have that I don't know? ”

Grandpa slapped Rintaro on the head again.

"You're crazy, you." Grandpa scolded with a smile: "However, it seems that your current condition should be good." I don't know how much you've been through, Grandpa, but I'm glad you were able to come out of that shadow. After all, Rintaro, you should also have to go through your own life. In that case, they will be happy too. ”

"Hmm." Rintaro replied simply.

"By the way, you kid just asked those three girls to help you get things, do you know the rules? Are you still a boy? ”

"They won't mind."

"It's not a question of mind, it's a question of whether or not to do it. If you want to pursue a girl, you have to show your handsome side. You're lacking in this area, it's time to try. Grandpa patted Rintaro on the shoulder, and someone rolled his eyes.

"Let's go, let's go get the melon first. I'll borrow that little cart for a while. ”

"Hey, I just said I was going to show myself, and you just forgot about it?"

The two of them walked in the direction of the garage.