While Naoki Natsume was holding Mao Asai and enjoying the fragrance of the girl, by the wall outside the courtyard gate, Chizuru Amamiya was looking at the stickers on the wall with his hands behind his back.

She didn't know what was happening in the courtyard across the wall, she was just walking around the village when she came across an advertisement on the wall.

Fascinated by the delicate hand-drawn line drawings, perhaps because as a designer, she always had to deal with dimensions, and Amamiya Chizuru stopped unconsciously as she looked at the traces left by the horizontal and vertical carbon ink on the paper.

The walls of the courtyard are filled with gravel and weeds, and on the outside is a drain that is only two fingers wide and not deep, but it also drains the rainwater that drains from the courtyard outlet.

Amamiya Chizuru didn't want to step into the canal, so she leaned close to look at the advertisement on it, but she could only see the layout of the house and the hand-drawn drawings on the advertisement, but the words were indistinguishable.

She muttered in her heart whether it would be because she was dazzled by watching TV and playing electric on weekdays, and if she continued to be unrestrained, she might have to wear glasses.

On second thought, will that guy like little Lori with glasses?

After all, there are many people whose XP is glasses, and it seems that none of these girls around him wear glasses.

"It says this house is for sale."

A timid voice rang out behind her, "Do you have any interest in this house?" If you can't read clearly, I can read it to you, and I'll memorize it. ”

Amamiya Chizuru looked back and saw that it was a little girl with a raw face.

The little girl looked like she was about thirteen or fourteen years old, looking at herself timidly, and the clothes she wore were very thick but very old, and even the waistline and shoulder width were very similar to men's models.

Amamiya Chizuru became a little interested and asked her, "You look about the same height as me, why do you use honorifics?" ”

This is one of the few people who has met without thinking of himself as a child.

The little girl whispered very shyly, "You are wearing beautiful clothes, they are different from our classmates...... And I saw you in the side room when you were in my house just now. ”

Amamiya Chizuru thought for a moment and asked, "Was that your house just now?" Your surname is Murata? ”

"My name is Megumi Murata."

Amamiya Chizuru beckoned to her and asked her to come to her side: "What is written on this?" ”

Megumi Murata walked to the side of the canal and stood still, looking more like a big child than Amamiya Chizuru in terms of height alone.

The age difference between these two sister-like girls is seven years.

"This ad was posted by my sister next door." Megumi Murata explained to Amamiya Chizuru: "I said that I was going to sell this house and go to the big city." My sister next door is a nice person, she always makes me something to eat. ”

When Megumi Murata talked about her sister next door, her little face turned red and she looked very happy: "My sister is going to sell her hometown house and go to Tokyo!" I'm going to Tokyo in the future! ”

On weekdays, the eldest lady will not talk to her so much when she meets a girl she doesn't know.

But since she is Murata's daughter, she is also her benefactor, so Amamiya Chizuru chatted with her for the first time.

"Do you like big cities, too?" She asked, "Why do you want to go to Tokyo?" ”

"There's good food in Tokyo." Megumi Murata was embarrassed and didn't want to reveal his snack attributes to others, but he couldn't help but say something about his ideals: "I watched it on TV, there were ice cream and hamburgers!" ”

In order to prevent Amamiya Chizuru from treating her as a child who only knows how to eat, Megumi Murata quickly added: "I can earn 1,300 yen an hour by working in Tokyo, and I only spend 5,000 yen a week, so I can save a lot of money to buy new clothes." ”

It's really naïve, I only think about how much I earn in Tokyo, but I don't think that I will spend more in Tokyo than in the countryside of Hokkaido.

But Amamiya Chizuru could hear from her tone that this little girl was really yearning for a big city, so she didn't say these practical questions, but asked with a smile, "What grade are you in now?" Let's go to study in Tokyo! There are many good universities in Tokyo, and I am in Waseda, and the scenery in the school is beautiful...... I have a photo on my phone, do I want to see it? ”

"See, see!" The shy little girl also showed her excited side, but it only lasted for a few seconds before it disappeared, and she became depressed again: "I still don't watch it." ”

She shook her head and said depressedly: "I am in the second year of junior high school this year, and I plan to go to high school in the town. If you see too much, you will dream, and when you wake up in the morning, you will feel very uncomfortable. ”

Amamiya Chizuru was a little worried when she heard this, and with her cleverness, she naturally guessed that it must have something to do with Murata's family background.

But before she could say anything, Naoki Natsume's familiar magnetic voice that could mobilize the hormones in her body was already heard behind her.

"I never expected you to be a little shorter than Xiaohui."

Amamiya Chizuru turned her head to see that it was Naoki Natsume and Mao Asai.

"What are you doing here?" Naoki Natsume smiled and asked, "Uncle Murata asked me just now if I saw Megumi...... There are a lot of people in the village today, don't run around. ”

"Brother Naoki, Sister Mao! I'm not going to run around, I'm just going to play by myself here. ”

Megumi Murata saw that the two of them had a good relationship with Naoki Natsume, after all, they were neighbors, and showed a happy smile.

Nothing is more healing than a girl's smile, especially the sincere smile of a simple girl like Megumi Murata.

Just like going out on a morning in good weather, Naoki Natsume unconsciously smiled.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw that Mao Asai was looking at him, and the look in his eyes seemed to say, "I was like this when I was a child?" ”

Naoki Natsume smiled even more happily and shrugged his shoulders.

You were much more naughty than Xiaohui when you were a child...... But it's also much more sultry.

Megumi Murata thought of something, and when Naoki Natsume and Mao Asai were eyebrow-to-eye, he approached Amamiya Chizuru and whispered, "This is the big sister next door." ”

Amamiya Chizuru was stunned for a moment, looking up and down this courtyard, but he didn't expect it to be Asai Mao's home.

She's going to sell the house?

"Your dad is looking for you, and they're drinking tea at my house right now." Naoki Natsume said to Amamiya Chizuru, "You should come along, I think it's best for you to be there." ”

Amamiya Chizuru came back to her senses from her thoughts, glanced at Mao Asai who was standing next to Naoki Natsume, nodded, and said meaningfully, "Indeed, it's better that I'm really here." ”

"You've been here once, but my parents weren't home at that time." Coming to the bottom of the steps in front of the house, Naoki Natsume opened the door and beckoned everyone to enter the house.

"I remember that day." Amamiya Chizuru nodded, on the day of the fireworks display.

At the same time, Naoki Natsume suddenly shuddered all over, as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake.

"I remember that day, too." Mao Asai said, she stared at Naoki Natsume, her eyes revealing a rather dangerous meaning: "Don't you say that I forgot about it." ”

Naoki Natsume swallowed his saliva, feeling the back of his neck pour cold wind into it: "You won't ...... Was it that day, too? ”

(End of chapter)