When Izumi Kurose found his father, he was in a terraced field in the south of the island.

As far as the eye can see, there are lush watermelons all over the field.

Since then, the entire acre has been owned by the Kurose family.

And his father, Yahiko Kurose, was bending over, patiently picking ripe watermelons and placing them in a small van parked nearby.

"Father!"

Izumi Kurose shouted, and walked down the gravel path down the terraces to his father's side.

"Huh? Coming back? ”

When Yahiko heard the familiar voice, she just glanced sideways at him, and then continued to work, her reaction appearing very flat.

"I'm back."

"How's it going to be in Tokyo?"

"It's good, and I have a girlfriend."

As soon as these words came out, Yahiko bent down and paused for a moment.

Then, he stood up again, and looked at Izumi Kurose again.

"You got a girlfriend?"

He asked, as if confirmed, a little bewilderment on his resolute, thin face, as if he hadn't been able to believe it.

"Well, I got a girlfriend, and she's at home now, cooking lunch with her mother." Izumi Kurose nodded in the affirmative.

“…… Such. ”

After Yahiko was silent for a while, he bowed his head slightly and continued to be busy.

At this time, Izumi Kurose was a little surprised, and he said, "Father, don't you want to know what kind of person the other party is?" ”

"That's your business." Yahiko said as she plucked a melon and handed it to Izumi Kurose, "Go, put the melon in the car." ”

"Oh......"

Izumi Kurose replied and obediently helped his father with farm work.

In the process, the two fathers and sons did not talk to each other for a single word, only silence lingered between the two.

The scorching afternoon sun scorched the earth mercilessly, and the surrounding cicadas chirped harshly.

Yahiko Kurose's resolute and handsome face, which has become bronzed by the wind and sun, oozes a drop of sweat.

When he was young, his handsome appearance really fascinated many girls.

Kurose Izumi's handsomeness is also inherited from him - especially his eyes, which are indifferent.

After about half an hour of busy work, the truck was full of watermelons, and they also got into the car and left.

Along the way, there was probably no conversation, and Yahiko didn't ask Izumi Kurose about his experience in Tokyo.

Anyway, it's good to ask and say, after all, Izumi Kurose is a sensible child.

This is very similar to him, they are all so resolute and unyielding.

When they got home, Shiraishi Chiren and Rinko had already prepared lunch and were waiting for them.

"Welcome back."

Watching the two walk in, they said hello together.

This scene seems very warm and homely.

"Ah...... I'm back, Rinko ......"

Yahiko looked at Rinko and then at Shiraishi Chiren, and for a while she didn't know what to call her.

'This kid won't tell me what his girlfriend's name is......

He muttered to himself, and looked at the smiling Izumi Kurose again.

And Izumi Kurose, who doesn't know anything about his father's heart, is immersed in this warm atmosphere.

"Uncle, my name is Shiraishi Chiren, it's the first time we meet, please take care of me."

Fortunately, Shiraishi Qian stepped forward and began to introduce himself, which eased the atmosphere of this dilemma.

"yes, I see." Yahiko nodded lightly and sat down at the small wooden table in the living room, "Let's eat, you two should be hungry when you two come back by car." ”

As the head of the family, he spoke, and the other three also sat down and moved their chopsticks.

"Xiao Qianlian, eat more."

And since she started eating, Rinko has been happily serving Shiraishi Chiren vegetables.

"Auntie, you eat too." While Shiraishi Chiren spoke, she also added food to Rinko's bowl, "I'll just come by myself, don't bother you." ”

"What are you being polite to me? Eat more. ”

"Okay, then thank you, auntie."

After that, Shiraishi Chiren let Rinko help pick up the vegetables, and didn't shirk it again, otherwise it would be uninteresting.

Izumi Kurose smiled heartily as she watched this scene.

It seems that Chiren Shiraishi and Rinko have a good relationship, so that he can also put his mind at ease.

And when Izumi Kurose was drinking the fresh soup with mushrooms and tofu with confidence, Rinko's words made him can't help but lose his temper:

"Koizumi, I didn't expect you to be so bold when you went to Tokyo."

"Poof—"

Kurose Izumi choked suddenly, and the thick white soup spurted to the left.

Fortunately, he was sitting outside, with tatami mats on the left, and no one was sitting and nothing was placed.

"What do you say suddenly? Mother! Izumi Kurose said, quickly wiping the soup from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes, on the other hand, looked at Shiraishi Chiren in dismay, wondering if she had said something she shouldn't have said.

Shiraishi spread her hands and expressed her innocence.

"I'm just going to ask you, what's wrong with the good guys?"

Rinko glared at her son with a little disgust, then went to the kitchen to get a rag and prepared to wipe off the soup that had been sprinkled on the tatami mats.

Izumi Kurose scratched his head, looked sideways at his mother who was wiping tatami mats, and said with a weak heart: "I, I was a little surprised for a while, because I didn't seem to have done anything, but my mother suddenly said that." ”

"You don't look like you didn't do anything, do you?"

"I ......"

"Okay, isn't it just a sudden confession and run away? It's the same as Yahiko, what's so embarrassing. ”

Yahiko, who was eating silently, felt innocent when he heard this, but he still lowered his head to eat and did not speak.

But he suddenly noticed that his son looked at him with a slightly strange gaze......

'I didn't expect my father to be as shy as I was......

In Izumi Kurose's heart, his father is a calm and introverted person, who talks little, acts a lot, and is very reliable.

can listen to his mother talk about the past, and his father's image in his heart has subtly changed.

"Koizumi, Chiren also told me about the purpose of your home."

"I didn't expect you, I already dared to say who I would marry in the future, and really bring the other party home to meet my parents......"

And Rinko, on the other hand, is still babbling about something.

Izumi Kurose also felt a little shy as he listened, after all, he was talking about his life events in front of his parents.

But he still took a deep breath and replied firmly: "Mother, as Qian Ren said, I want to introduce her to you first, and tell you that I will marry her in the future. ”

Yahiko, who had been silent, spoke at this moment: "I don't have any opinion. ”

"Hmph, my son is older, if you don't stay, let it be, this is your happiness." Rinko smiled softly, looking happy.

Whoever Izumi Kurose wants to be with, she will support her, as long as the other party is not a frivolous and bad person who looks at it.

"By the way, just remember to come back and see it more often, and when are you going to let me and Yahiko hold our grandson, is it graduation? Or ......"

"Isn't that too early, we're not there yet."

"Obviously, you dare to bring Xiao Qianlian back to see us, but you say such things?"

"This yard is one yard, ......"

Izumi Kurose lowered her head, looking very nervous, and her handsome face turned red.

Seeing this, Rinko smiled softly and didn't continue.

After eating, Shiraishi Chiren took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and walked into the kitchen with Rinko.

Kurose and his son sat in the living room and drank tea, and then Kurose Izumi went to the well in the atrium warehouse and fished up the watermelons that had been placed in the well water in advance.

He hugged the melon, returned to the living room, picked up the watermelon knife that had been prepared, and split the watermelon in half with the knife in his hand.

Bright red juice, flowing from the watermelon that had been split in two, merged into a small stream on the table.

After splitting all the watermelons into small pieces, Izumi Kurose shouted, "Mother, Chiri, eat the watermelon!" ”

"Wait a minute~"

Rinko's voice came from the kitchen.

In this way, Kurose and his son sat cross-legged and waited quietly for the two of them.

Izumi Kurose is used to his father's reticent words.

All along, my father was like this, talking less and doing more.

After a while, Chiren Shiraishi and Rinko came out of the kitchen and sat down at the small wooden table.

As soon as she sat down, Rinko enthusiastically picked out a piece of the reddest melon and handed it to Shiraishi Chiren, and said softly: "Come, eat watermelon, taste sweet or not, it's all grown by Yahiko." ”

"Thank you, auntie." Shiraishi thanked her softly, solemnly took the watermelon with both hands, and ate it in small bites.

Rin Zile looked at it happily and didn't rush to eat.

On the other side, Kurose and his son were gulping down, and the corners of their mouths were stained with pale red watermelon juice.

"Xiaoquan, you don't have anything to do in the afternoon, you just go and take Xiao Qianlian for a walk and have a good time, you know?"

"Oh......"

Izumi Kurose nodded, thinking that there didn't seem to be much fun on this island, not to mention that it was still so hot.

The only place to go was the beach, but none of them came back with swimsuits.

Afterwards, the family leisurely finished eating a whole watermelon, blowing the hot wind outside and the cool wind of the living room fan.

Before going out to play, Shiraishi Qianren went to change her clothes first, because the previous set was stained with sweat and was a little uncomfortable.

And the clothes she changed, Izumi Kurose has an impression of, it was the white dress she wore when she held hands for the first time.

It's cute, it's youthful, and it's heart-pounding.

Rinko looked at Shiraishi Chiren and nodded with satisfaction, already recognizing this future daughter-in-law.

Standing outside the living room, Izumi Kurose looked back at their parents sitting inside, looked at their parents with a smile, and said, "Then mother, father, let's go?" ”

"Go ahead, go ahead, remember to take Qianren to have fun and have fun." Rinko waved her hand and urged.

"Well, I'm out of the house." Izumi Kurose nodded, turned around and left the house with Chiren Shiraishi.

And when they walked out the door, their hands naturally held together.

"My parents get along very well, right?"

"Well, Izumi's parents are very talkative, and as gentle as Izumi."

"That's good......"

Kurose Izumi laughed, and his heart became relaxed: "As you can see, this island is actually nothing interesting, let's just take a walk, Chiri will see if there is anything you are interested in." ”

"It's fun to be with Izumi, even if it's just walking."

"It's a headache to say something like that again."

Although Izumi Kurose said this, the hand he was holding was slightly clenched.

Chiren Shiraishi could understand that he was happy because she was too.

They just walked in the middle of a summer afternoon, as if they were in the most prosperous and splendid scenery in the world.

The hot summer breeze blows across the island, and the branches and leaves of the green trees rustle in the wind along the steep mountain road.

The two held hands and walked forward with a firm step, smiling at each other.