Tokyo received its second snowfall of the year in December.

In the northern cities where there is snow in winter, it is not as if the snow does not stop falling as soon as the season comes, as if you want to paint the whole world white, and when you open your eyes and look out the window, the familiar streets of the neighborhood will change.

In fact, in most cases, after the first snow shower, it may take days, tens or even dozens of days for the second snow to come.

The snowflakes fell very slowly, because there was no wind.

There is no wind blowing, and the river does not frown, and the Kanda River flows quietly, witnessing the changes on both sides of the river for a year.

Muto's grocery store is the usual thing, and it has been twenty years since the owner, Muto's husband, died, and her life seems to have been frozen in the past.

But since the beginning of this year, when a young girl who calls herself a maid is next to the weak student who frequents the shop, Muto feels that his life is beginning to flow slowly.

"The second snow of the year came so early, just two days apart." Grandma Muto sat on a wicker chair in front of the door wrapped in her clothes, squinting at the snowflakes in the sky, "I almost didn't see you on the snowy days last year." ”

Naoki Natsume was standing not far away with gardening shears in his hand and was pruning the plum tree in front of the door.

"Last year, I was not in good health, and I couldn't stand the cold in winter, so I inevitably didn't like to go out."

"Since you stopped asking my son-in-law to buy medicinal herbs on your behalf, I'm happy and worried." Grandma Muto sighed.

Naturally, Natsume is happy that Naoki is getting better, and he doesn't need to take medicine anymore, and he has many disasters and illnesses at a young age, which is really distressing.

The old man went through most of his life and finally knew that good health was more important than anything else, seeing that Natsume Naoki was only in his early twenties, he was sick twice in three days, and the whole person smelled of medicine every day, and it was uncomfortable to look at it even if it was not his own children.

The worry is that I am afraid that I will finally have a customer who can talk, and if I don't come to the store in the future, I will inevitably feel lost.

As people get older, it doesn't matter if they can make money by opening this store, as long as they don't live so lonely every day, Muto already feels very happy.

"Ahem!"

A snowflake drifted under Grandma Muto's nose, causing her to cough twice, shaking her clothes and slipping off her clothes.

Naoki Natsume saw the sound when he heard the sound, and before he could step forward, he stretched out a hand from the back of the store and helped Grandma Muto re-cover her clothes.

Maao Asai was sweeping the snow that had turned into water after drifting into the house in front of the store, and her eyes were quick to pull on the slippery clothes.

Grandma Muto glanced at her gratefully, looking at this very likable girl in her heart, not much changed from when she was led by Naoki Natsume at the beginning of the year.

is still so good-looking, his eyebrows and eyes reveal the pride of his independence, and his gestures are full of human touch.

The only thing that has changed may be that the faint sorrow between the eyebrows has dissipated, and the smile on his face has become heartfelt.

"Didn't you go to the hospital? Naoki Natsume was worried: "After the autumn, your throat is not very good, you always cough, and the weather is cold more often. ”

Grandma Muto shook her head very kindly, still curled up on the rattan chair and looked at the snow: "At my age, there is nothing to look forward to, I hope it will be a surprise in the end." ”

Naoki Natsume listened silently, thinking to himself how many spring and autumn years would it take to wash away the lead with such an open-mindedness?

After cutting the branches, the snow seemed to be bigger.

He stood still in the doorway, shaking off the snow on his body, and if the snow fell on the threshold, the floor that Asai had managed to sweep would get wet again, and she would have to clean it again.

Although I know that Asai will definitely not say anything, but the feelings of the two of them are like this, and all they think about is each other.

Asai leaned forward slightly and approached Naoki Natsume and stretched out his hand, a slender and white hand on his shoulder, dusting the snowflakes off for him.

She gave Naoki Natsume a look, and Naoki Natsume immediately understood.

"Grandma Muto, do you have time next summer?"

"The last thing I need now is time."

Muto was very open-minded, and looked at Naoki Natsume with a smile: "What's wrong?" ”

"In the summer, I'm getting married." Naoki Natsume paused slightly, and then was very serious: "I want to invite you to my wedding." ”

Grandma Muto was stunned for a moment, then smiled and looked at the backyard.

There is a small yard outside the back door of the shop, and all the kittens adopted by Grandma Muto are raised in it, and there are more than ten of them, which is very lively on weekdays.

But today, in addition to the sound of cats, there are also some more sounds of girls laughing and playing.

"I didn't expect it to be so fast."

Grandma Muto was very relieved, wrapped her clothes tightly, and felt that it was time to take care of her body in the coming days.

"Next summer?" She muttered, "The days are a little bit hopeful. ”

In the backyard of the grocery store, the small yard is covered with snow, and only the middle path seems to have just been swept for people to walk.

Such a cold Tmall is huddled in the cattery built by Muto, and the quality of those catteries is very good and not shabby, which is incompatible with this old and somewhat old shop.

Amamiya Chizuru squatted in the middle of the courtyard and was rubbing snowballs on the ground, she was wearing a light pink down jacket and dark pink cat ear earmuffs today, and she was curled up in a small ball, like a little girl building a snowman in a kindergarten.

She was indeed building a snowman, and the snowball in her hand was almost finished, so she stood up and pasted the side of the snowman's head in front of her, and simply picked out the details, and her left ear was ready.

After she was done, she took two steps back, looked at the masterpiece in front of her, and was very satisfied, pinching her waist with both hands and triumphantly: "It's exactly the same as that flowery carrot, worthy of me!" ”

The big radish in the mouth of the little rich woman is naturally Naoki Natsume, and the snowman has a seven-point shape that looks like a three-point god, at least at a glance you can see who it is.

For a costume designer who is studying graphic design, it is good to be able to make a snowman like this, at least it proves that smart people have a good sense of three-dimensionality.

"If you pile the snowman in such a conspicuous place, it will get in the way of people's walking." Mio Izumi turned around and said to Amamiya Chizuru.

She was also building a snowman, but her sister's snowman was piled up in the corner.

Amamiya Chizuru was obviously a little upset after being preached, and she spread her hands and seemed very indifferent: "Anyway, the snowman will be pushed off before leaving, and no one will come to the backyard before that...... There won't be any guests coming to your door in such weather! ”

Also, the only one who comes to Muto Grocery Store in such weather is Naoki Natsume.

If he comes on weekdays, he will only bring Asai with him, and he will not be accompanied by his senior sister, and he will not invite the little rich woman...... Even if she invited the little rich woman, she didn't bother to go out on such a snowy day.

But it so happens that today is December 25th.

It's Christmas.

So not only was Mio Izumi very happy to be invited to the grocery store to help shovel snow, but even the eldest lady, who had never worked since she was a child, reluctantly came over to build a snowman.

So naturally, Nanamiya is also in the yard, but she is feeding the cats.

She has long passed the age of a little girl who can be creative with Yuyo Shiroyuki, and instead of building a snowman, she should tease the three-flowered cats who seem to have a good temper.

"Meow~"

She bent over with the cat strip in her hand and whispered to the kitten in the cage.

Before that, she had only meowed Naoki Natsume like that on a beautiful night.

Mio Izumi didn't understand, she didn't understand why Amamiya Chizuru had this attitude towards the snowman she had worked so hard to build.

"Aren't you distressed?" She asked, revealing her watch as she asked, "That's the snowman you spent 23 minutes building up, and your facial features alone have been changed four times." ”

In the past, Mio Izumi did not have the habit of wearing watches, and athletes generally did not wear watches.

But if the watch was a birthday gift from Naoki Natsume, that's another story.

Amamiya Chizuru spread her hands, just like a cat spreading her hands, very cute, but she didn't want to explain half a word.

Nanami Yami, who was feeding the cat, saw that Mio Izumi didn't understand, so she put the cat strip on the side of the cage, clapped her hands and got up and replied, "She only cares if she can make a little guy out of snow." Just let him take a look, and the snowman's mission is complete, and the rest doesn't care...... It's really the majesty of the eldest lady. ”

Amamiya Chizuru grimaced at Mio Izumi, "The guy who prides himself on being a confidant big sister really doesn't really have a big sister who is empathetic!" ”

It's the end of the second semester now.,After returning from Hokkaido, we've been together for another semester.,The rivals who used to be at odds with each other have gradually relented in the smell of gunpowder.。

At least when Naoki Natsume goes to watch the senior sister competition, Asai Mao will also prepare drinking water for the senior sister, and Amamiya Chizuru will be arrogant to buy all the remaining tickets and sponsor the school in the name of Mio Izumi.

Of course, there will always be friction, and the war of words is playing out everywhere Naoki Natsume can see and where he can't.

For example, the little rich woman will argue with Asai Mao, there is obviously a place to sell water in the scenic area, why do you still have to carry a packaging thermos cup?

Even though bottled water in the scenic area is five times more expensive than usual, there is no difference between 120 yen a bottle and 12,000 yen a bottle.

Then the two of them could debate the topic of "saving money is an attitude that has nothing to do with wealth and poverty" for a whole day, and even Naoki Natsume felt that his left and right ears were not clean when he slept at night.

The two of them can quarrel with each other!

In addition, as long as Mio Izumi has time in school, he will invite Shino Asai to the training ground of the kendo club to compete, because the skills of both of them are improving, the strength of the fight is becoming more and more exaggerated, and in the end, he will even break those wooden knives, leaving all kinds of scars on the wooden knives.

The members of the kendo club looked at the wooden knife that had changed position the next day and was scarred, and they once suspected that the training ground was haunted, and it gradually became a campus legend by college students who didn't think it was a big deal.

But when it comes to relationships, the best relationship with Amamiya Chizuru among these people is Nanamiya.

Naoki Natsume thought about it for a few days after finding out about it, but he also felt that it was reasonable.

Nanamiya has a good relationship with the three girls, even the aunt and niece who are fighting each other.

Amamiya Chizuru looked back at her snowman, and the more she looked at it, the more she realized that she might have a talent for sculpture, but when she was about to ask Nanamiya to evaluate her work, she found that the school doctor was looking at Mio Izumi's busy work.

So she followed the school doctor's gaze, and for a moment, her attention was deeply attracted by the snow creation behind Mio Izumi.

She frowned, as if trying to think of something.

Nanamiya, who is always full of smiles, actually fell into thinking for the first time, like seeing an oil painting that was ahead of his time and could not be understood.

Izumi Mio was a little panicked by these two people, and her heart was very weak, so she hurriedly waved her hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Is there anything strange in me? ”

After that, she pinched the corner of her clothes and looked down left and right, for fear that her clothes would be stained with snow, and Naoki-kun would see the joke later.

The woman is the one who pleases herself, and Mio Izumi is always careful to keep her best side in front of Naoki Natsume.

Nanamiya looked at the snowman behind her and asked tentatively.

"Slime?"

Amamiya Chizuru shook her head and pointed to the bulge on the snowman's head, "It's Pokebrin, and it's the kind of little pig with horns." ”

Mio Izumi doesn't know what Pokebrin is, she doesn't know Tears of the Kingdom.

But she knows Amamiya Chizuru.

Thinking about it with her feet that would turn shy and red when touched by Naoki Natsume, I also knew that what she said was not a good thing.

So the senior sister's cheeks puffed up slightly, pursed her lips, frowned, and pointed to the snowman: "This is a hat!" It's a winter gift from Naoki-kun, so let's go buy it together! ”

Amamiya Chizuru remembers this, and before the winter, Mio Izumi and Izumi suddenly said that they wanted to buy a gift for Naoki Natsume, and invited Amamiya Chizuru to go to the mall together, which was the turning point when the relationship between the two began to heat up.

She still remembers that the two of them happily went to the mall to find Naoki Natsume, and as soon as they opened the door, they saw the scene of being stolen by Mao Asai.

Well......

Actually, it's not very accurate, after all, the two-story building has been bought by Asai Mao in full, so it's her and Natsume's home, how can it be considered stealing?

"Wait, this is the hat you gave Master?" Amamiya Chizuru noticed that something was wrong: "Don't tell me that this lump of things that looks like monsters is a big radish that you pile up." ”

Nanamiya had already smiled, covering her mouth and chuckling: "It's like a little god." ”

Mio Izumi looked at her snowman with some frustration: "Don't you even have a half-fractal?" ”

"What are you doing?"

Mao Asai shook the warm water off his hand and gently wiped the back of his hand with a towel while standing at the back door looking into the yard.

Amamiya Chizuru turned to look at her, and was about to answer, but her eyes were fixed, and she looked at the hairpin on her head.

Suddenly, Amamiya Chizuru pointed to Asai Mao's hair, and her little face was puffing up: "That's the hairpin I gave to my master!" ”

The hairpin of the little rich woman and the hat of the senior sister were bought together.

Naoki Natsume chuckled in his heart when he heard this, and he thought that he was broken.

Once the two of them went to study in the library together, because it was cold, Naoki Natsume began to deliberately keep his hair longer, not as short and fresh as in summer, and his scalp would not freeze without a hat.

As soon as the bangs are long, it is easy to cover his eyes when he looks down and reads and studies, so Amamiya Chizuru takes off the hairpin from his hair and pins it to him, and he sends it out.

Although it was very casual, Natsume Naoki knew that she cared about everything that the little rich woman sent, and it turned out to be ...... today.

Asai Mao didn't care, and touched the hairpin on his head with his finger, "I see." ”

She took off the hairpin and handed it to Naoki Natsume, and shook a strand of green silk herself, "Maybe I took it wrong when we washed together in the morning, you know, living together is like this, two people use things together, you and me, it is inevitable to wear the wrong one." Don't worry, I won't take your stuff for nothing, I'll pay attention next time. ”

The words used in the words are all apologetic, but this apology Amamiya Chizuru came back to his senses after listening to it for a long time, how can this mean half an apology!

This is clearly showing off!

"You bad-eyed fellow!" Amamiya Chizuru was not convinced, Natsume Naoki saw that he was about to quarrel again, so he hurriedly walked out of the back room in two steps, leaned out to block between the two, and made a silent gesture, "Grandma Muto is a little tired, don't make noise...... I told her about getting married, and she was very happy. ”

Amamiya Chizuru snorted at Asai Mao, meaning that this was the end of it, and then began to think in his heart about when he would be able to live with Naoki Natsume.

It's really not okay to get him drunk tonight and kidnap him, right?

Naoki Natsume saw at a glance that the little rich woman was suffocating again, and she was a squib when she was suffocated, as easy to understand as the kind of child who was causing trouble as long as she was silent.

So he touched her head: "Don't you say something?" Grandma Muto is currently the twelfth guest to accept the invitation. ”

Amamiya Chizuru rubbed his palm with his head, and Naoki Natsume smiled slightly and raised his hand a little higher.

She chased after him with her feet, and she had to rub the top of her head against his palm, until the position of her hand was so high that she couldn't even reach her feet, and Naoki Natsume would gently press her back with love, rubbing her hair......

This is almost the knee-jerk action of the two people.

"That's good," Amamiya Chizuru replied as she rubbed it, "as long as you're willing to come to my wedding, you're a good person...... I will come to this shop more often in the future. ”

Naoki Natsume nodded, and also looked at the courtyard.

Mio Izumi is still looking at her snowman, and Mao Asai is packing up her hygiene tools and changing the litter box for the cats by the way.

Only Nanamiya is looking at Naoki Natsume with a look that seems to be able to see through his heart.

Naoki Natsume realized in an instant, and the soles of his feet clicked on the ice ballast under the eaves, and he took a few steps to the courtyard.

He stepped on the snow under his feet and walked over to Nanamiya.

"That's nice." Nanamiya whispered, "One more person who is willing to bless us." ”

Naoki Natsume didn't speak, just exhaled.

This action made him feel that his waist was not so sore, after a night of fatigue last night.

Nanamiya is also very understanding, with one hand on his shoulder and the other on his waist to massage him.

The gentle strength and professional technique made Naoki Natsume feel warm on his shoulders in this cold winter.

The waist and eyes are numb and hot, and it is very comfortable.

"Good professional." He smiled and complimented.

"I've been working hard for you lately." Nanamiya also said with a smile.

Naoki Natsume just hummed softly, but didn't refute.

He rarely admits he's tired, but recent events have really made him feel haggard.

"I'm going to feel distressed when it's hard here," she massaged her shoulders a little harder, and then suddenly pressed his waist again: "I'm tired here, and I have some resentment." ”

"Auntie is joking with me again," Naoki Natsume shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I just indulged last night, there are a lot of people who have been visiting recently, and I am too busy to have time." ”

Both of them tacitly agreed that they didn't say anything, but they knew each other tacitly.

The wedding of the four of them is not so simple to do, since Natsume Naoki has promised to let each of them be blessed at the wedding, then it is necessary to do what it says.

From the day she went to the manor to swim, after Chizuru Amamiya proposed that the wedding should be held next summer, Naoki Natsume began to run around.

The invitation is not sent out in one go, and if such a wedding that violates social morality is only sent out, most of the people who receive it will be puzzled and questioned, right?

So Naoki Natsume chose to explain this matter to everyone who would be invited in person, and personally sent out the invitation.

This is also the main purpose of his visit to Muto Grocery Store today.

"I originally thought that Grandma Muto was too old to accept this kind of thing." Naoki Natsume stretched out his hand, and the snowflakes fell on the palm of his hand, which was obviously much smaller than just now: "But she is really reasonable." ”

Looking at the snowman in the yard, Naoki Natsume clapped his hands and sniped the eyes of several girls to himself: "The snow is already much smaller, we should go back." ”

"Eh~ Are you leaving?"

Amamiya Chizuru was obviously a little reluctant to this yard, obviously the backyard of the Muto grocery store was much smaller than her family's manor, but the excitement shown by the little rich woman was not at all a grade.

"You haven't praised my yeti yet!"

She pointed to the snowman she had piled up in the middle of the road, and asked Natsume Naoki for credit.

Naoki Natsume walked over and circled the snowman twice, before he nodded and said the words of praise with a serious face, shaking out all the compliments that he could think of in his life, which were not flattering but also very sincere.

He knew very well that the praise was too perfunctory, and she would use two small tiger teeth to leave bite marks on random parts of her body later.

The little rich woman was very satisfied when she heard this, and happily pushed down the snowman she had built, and the happy look was exactly the same as her father's, as if the snow on the ground was broken and the wreckage of the community that the government wanted to rebuild was demolished by Amamiya Nearma.

That park condominium in Roppongi, Minato-ku, made Amamiya Kinma a net profit of 15.8 billion yen in 2017...... The house makes only a small fraction of the money.

Naoki Natsume finished praising the little rich woman, and he didn't forget the indescribable snow creation in the corner of the yard.

Mio Izumi looked at Naoki Natsume's gaze, a little flustered, she was very confident when she was piled up just now, but she was commented on by Amamiya Chizuru and Nanamiya, and she was not confident at this time, hoping that she had never come to this backyard to play in the snow.

"That...... Naoki-kun, now that Grandma Muto has rested, today's purpose has been accomplished...... Shall we go back? Mio Izumi panicked in front of the snowman, waved her little hand, and suddenly looked at Asai Mao as if she had grasped a life-saving straw: "Look, didn't Asai-san say that he was going to make a sumptuous Christmas dinner?" I've got a gift for you, so let's go back for Christmas! ”

Hearing this, Asai Mao folded his arms with great interest and stood under the eaves looking at Mio Izumi.

Since the competition at the beginning of the kendo club, the two of them have always been more serious about various things.

Today's competitive senior sister actually moved out to be a rescuer, and she is really desperate.

Mio Izumi's idea is good, but it's a pity that he met Mao Asai, who likes to have fun.

"It's still early for dinner." Asai waved his hand lightly: "I've already marinated the chicken, it won't take long...... Don't you want Naoki to see if you've built a snowman? Maybe he can guess what he's stacked and get a reward. ”

After that, Asai Mao looked at Nanamiya again, "There are still people here who can draw, if you can't guess for a while, let the idlers copy one and take it back and guess slowly, presumably the oil painting master sketch is very fast." ”

Nanamiya smiled helplessly, and spread his hands to say that he didn't paint.

This kind of offending thing can only be done by Asai Mao, who is determined to be the master of the house.

The maid wants to be a part of anyone's fun.

But in the next second, a hand in Asai Mao's field of vision quickly approached, and then he suffered a brain collapse on his forehead.

"What a bad heart!" Naoki Natsume shook his head: "Don't blame Chizuru for talking about you. ”

Asai Mao tilted his head to look at him and raised his eyebrows: "This is starting to look towards your little lover?" ”

"I just...... Hmm......" Naoki Natsume thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Maintaining world peace!" ”

After that, he turned to look at the senior sister who was still blocking the snowman, "I guess that snowman is me, and it was the scene when I participated in the campus festival and I took the stage to demonstrate the game...... Probably this pose. ”

Naoki Natsume stood still, pretending to have a computer in front of him, with his hands on the keyboard, and turned his head to look at the large screen behind him, as if he was debugging the demo screen.

Mao Asai frowned, and with what she knew about Naoki Natsume, she knew he would never lie.

Amamiya Chizuru was also stunned, Nanamiya showed a surprised expression, and even the senior sister herself was a little dazed.

"Really?!"

The little rich woman was the first to speak, and she pointed to the snowman who couldn't see that it was a human shape at all, and her face was full of shock: "It's definitely a lie, how can it be ......?"

But when she saw Mio Izumi's look of surprise and joy, she understood that Naoki Natsume was not blind.

Can he really tell that the composition of this lump of snow is himself?

Of course, Naoki Natsume would not tell the truth, he looked at the moving eyes of his senior sister and thought with a smile on his face.

Because often the truth hurts more.

I still remember that when I helped my injured senior sister to clean up the classroom before the holiday, I once flipped through a notebook.

It was the calculator that the senior sister used to practice in class, and there were a few drawings on it, which the senior sister copied with a pencil.

Who is copying?

Of course, it's the little lover who thinks about the senior sister, even when she is in class, she will be stunned by the bright sunshine and chirping birds outside the window, fantasizing about the appearance of her sweetheart, lying on the table to paint the handsome face in her mind.

It's a pity that this painting skill needs to be improved.

At that time, Naoki Natsume knew that his senior sister had no artistic cells at all, and her paintings were more abstract than magicalism and freehand than abstraction.

Coincidentally, the shape of this snowman is exactly the same as the painting in that notebook.

Naoki Natsume has never forgotten in his life that someone can draw people so abstractly, so naturally he remembered this shape......

He is now amazed that the senior sister can perfectly reproduce his own paintings, and make 2D things into 3D can also perfectly restore every unreasonable structure, which is also a kind of ability in a sense.

But seeing that the senior sister seemed to find the tenderness and touching of her bosom friend at this moment, Naoki Natsume had to bury this emotion in her heart.

It's okay, anyway, my aunt will do the work of drawing in the future, and it's my boyfriend's job to let my senior sister maintain some fantasies about art.

A few people cleaned up the backyard for Grandma Muto and went out from the front hall, next to the Shadow Bridge.

"You guys go back first." Naoki Natsume said to several girls, "Mao has a key there, I'll go to Roppongi." ”

Asai Mao nodded, didn't say anything, raised his feet and walked towards the bridge.

Mio Izumi glanced at Naoki Natsume a little uncertainly, "Naoki-kun...... No, it's fine. ”

The senior sister wanted to ask something, but seeing that Asai Mao was so natural, she thought about it, wouldn't it be unfavorable if she asked the east and the west?

Amamiya Chizuru was very smart, and seeing that Nanamiya didn't mean to go home with a few people but stayed by Naoki Natsume's side, he raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "The school doctor is going with you?" ”

"You don't know how to drive, after all." Naoki Natsume made a joke and waved his hand to see the group away.

The snow is not heavy anymore, but the visibility is still much less than on a normal day.

When a few girls walked to the end of the bridge, they couldn't see Naoki Natsume's figure clearly.

"Hey, what are they going to do?" Amamiya Chizuru looked at Asai Mao: "What do you have to do at Christmas?" ”

Asai Mao walked in front and didn't look back: "I have a name, if you don't like to call me Asai, call me Natsume, when you practice in advance." ”

"What's the spirit, it's not just you who will be called Natsume in the future!"

Amamiya Chizuru stomped her feet, she was completely defeated in the struggle of the Lord of the Shogu some time ago, and now she naturally can't get used to seeing Asai Mako.

Hearing this, Asai glanced back at her and stood still: "Your father, Mr. Amamiya, is he really willing to let you change your surname?" I don't see it that way. ”

No matter how you say it, Amamiya Chizuru is also the premier chaebol lady, although it is customary for a woman to change her surname after marriage, but it is another matter if it involves capital and family background.

What's more, if you really talk about it, are the Natsume family and the Amamiya family just separated by a class?

Asai felt that even if Mr. Amamiya favored Naoki Natsume, he would not let his only daughter change her surname.

Amamiya Chizuru disagreed: "I don't have any opinion on marrying with my husband's surname, I just think it's good if you like me." And my master and his person, I believe, that is, all kinds of good, thousands of good, if you ask me where he is good, I can't say for a while, but in short, it is good everywhere. He was so good to me, so what if I took his last name? My dad dare to disagree? ”

As she spoke, she raised her little fist: "It's not bragging, there aren't many people in the world who make Amamiya Konma afraid, and there is one standing in front of you!" ”

Asai Mao was thoughtful, and had a new understanding of their family's affairs in her heart.

Hearing from Naoki Natsume and knowing it yourself are completely different things.

And the senior sister has been listening, but it seems that the focus is not quite right.

"Is there anyone else who can scare Mr. Amamiya?" The senior sister tilted her head and asked a very cute question, "People like Uncle Amamiya won't be afraid of anyone, right?" ”

"He was afraid of my grandfather, and when he was a child, he generously invited his classmates to eat popsicles and was beaten with family money." Amamiya Chizuru shrugged: "I'm still afraid of my grandma, because I feel ashamed of my mother." ”

Asai Mao looked up at the snow, and it seemed that there were signs that it was going to fall big, interrupting the conversation between the two and walking forward: "Go back early, you guys have wet hair with snow, don't think about using my shampoo." ”

"Look at the head of her family...... I'm not married yet! I'm! Amamiya Chizuru tugged at Mio Izumi's sleeve like the child who had complained.

Izumi Mio touched the head of Amamiya Chizuru: "Next time, let's bring it ourselves and put it in Naoki-kun's bedroom!" ”

"I'm sorry, the two of us live in one room." Asai raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Have you forgotten?" For this matter, the three of us also had a group chat, and I remember debating more than 3,000 messages in one night. ”

Amamiya Chizuru was stunned for a moment, remembering this.

It is said to be a debate, but in fact it has been torn up in the end.

Girls are like this, not to mention three women.

She has a good brain, and she instantly remembered where she said last time, but before she was ready to pick up the conversation and talk to Asai Masu, Asai Mao had already spoken.

"Kitahara Hayato has a part-time job in Roppongi today, and Naoki went to help, saying that he would end his part-time job early at Christmas and let Kitahara-san's go back to accompany his girlfriend."

Probably because Amamiya Chizuru was willing to change his surname just now that moved Asai Mako, and Asai was willing to say more.

Especially the sentence "If you love what I want, if he is good to me, then I will rely on him", which can be heard from the bottom of my heart rather than perfunctory.

Mio Izumi suddenly realized, remembering that Megumi Tosaka complained to herself last night that the wood went out to work for Christmas.

Mao Asai continued: "In addition to his relatives, if there is anyone he wants to receive the most blessings, I'm afraid it is Kitahara-san...... The two of them are really good friends. ”

——

Shinjuku is not far from Minato, so it only takes 30 minutes to drive from Waseda to Roppongi, provided there is no traffic jam.

Roppongi is one of the most prominent places in Japan for its nightlife, with embassies from all over the world, and is known for its large number of foreigners and fashion trends.

Christmas is not a holiday in Japan, so in order to accommodate consumers, most businesses also hold events in the evening.

Even so, from the time of day after lunch, all businesses begin their busiest preparations of the year.

There is a viaduct in the center of Roppongi, and the decorative text "ROPPONGI" on both sides is shining.

But the staff at the KFC store closest to the viaduct didn't have time to worry about that.

KFC Christmas Party Barrel is statistically the hottest thing sold every Christmas in Japan every year. Some people even squatted in front of the store for paper buckets to buy at a high price, buzzing like a swarm of hornets.

"Are there any buckets left? I just need the bucket and nothing else, go to the warehouse and get the bucket! ”

Hayato Kitahara was shouting at the back kitchen in front of the counter where he was ordering, and the long line in front of him had already lined up from the front of the counter to the door.

Although you can order food on your mobile phone, once the queue is more crowded, ordering and picking up food will become a mess.

I don't know when it began, eating KFC and strawberry cake at Christmas became the mainstream culture in Japan, just like eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

There are different opinions, but the most accepted point is because KFC grandpa and Santa Claus look alike...... And eating turkey at Christmas is no different from eating fried chicken in the eyes of the Japanese.

Anyway, there are no turkeys in Japan.

"Kitahara-san, the helper you mentioned has arrived, I'll come to the front desk, you go to the back warehouse to have a look." The boss poked his head out of the backstage and said to Hayato Kitahara.

"Excuse me!"

Kitahara Hayato walked into the back kitchen, washed his hands and put on his hat, and saw Naoki Natsume changing clothes.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road."

Naoki Natsume tidied up his neckline in front of the mirror, and the staff uniforms are all the general numbers of the standard, which doesn't fit so well, but fortunately, Naoki Natsume is in good enough shape, and it shows his chest muscles if he is tighter.

"How?" Hayato Kitahara said as he threw him a hat: "You must wear a hat in the back kitchen, and from here to there is the back kitchen." ”

Kitahara Hayato stepped on the yellow line under his feet.

"The school doctor sent me here, and I guess I've gone to the mall to buy things now...... It's Christmas, and there are more people in Roppongi combined than I see in a year. ”

"That's because you stayed at home and didn't go out at Christmas before, and I worked every year, so there are actually fewer people this year."

"No way, I wasn't in good health before."

While the two were chatting, Hayato Kitahara taught him some basic knowledge of working at KFC.

The boss had promised the two of them to be busy together until six o'clock in the evening, and Hayato Kitahara would be able to get off work.

Otherwise, according to the part-time contract, all employees must work until nine o'clock today...... Nine o'clock was too late, and Megumi Tosaka couldn't wait that long.

Christmas couples are usually going on a date, Christmas in Japan is much more fierce than Valentine's Day, book a hotel a month in advance, from 21 o'clock in the evening to 3 o'clock in the morning of the next day is the famous [Christmas 6 hours], tonight is destined to be full of artillery fire all night.

"Thank you for coming over and helping me today."

Hayato Kitahara and Naoki Natsume stand side by side, folding the Christmas party barrels in the boxes from cardboard into buckets.

"Isn't it disgusting to say thank you between the two of us?" Naoki Natsume joked with a smile.

"I mean really." Kitahara Hayato also smiled, but very seriously: "I know that you are going to have Christmas today, this is the first time you have enjoyed Christmas since you got sick, and you have to take time to help me...... Asai should have said me, right? ”

Kitahara Hayato stabbed Naoki Natsume in the waist with his elbow, and the conversation between men was indispensable to talk about this kind of thing you know and I understand.

The matter of the two living together Kitahara Hayato already knew about the last time Naoki Natsume sent Naoki back to his hometown, and he was surprised for a long time, making him feel that his good brother was so fast.

"It's really about me, it's quite harsh." Naoki Natsume nodded: "She asked me to tell you that you can always have some plasters at home, and it is easy to strain your lumbar muscles when you always carry heavy objects...... Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective, you know that my Chinese medicine is all learned from Asai , and it is also a fate. ”

Kitahara Hayato was stunned when he heard this, originally he thought that Naoki Natsume would come to help him at Christmas, and his girlfriend would have to complain.

Just like those chat history pictures on the Internet, it is not uncommon for girlfriends to eat the vinegar of friends.

But Asai doesn't know it at all, and he thinks about Naoki Natsume everywhere, and won't let him embarrass between his friends and girlfriends, nor will he restrict him from playing games with his friends and going out to play.

"Such a good girl has to take good holds." He sighed.

Naoki Natsume smiled, "I just have something to tell you...... I'm getting married next year. ”

"Married?" Kitahara Hayato frowned: "No kidding? ”

"No, I will go to register after the beginning of spring, and then I will have a wedding when it is warm."

Kitahara Hayato was silent for a long time, he folded twelve Christmas party barrels without saying a word.

After a long time, he looked at Naoki Natsume and sighed, "It must be with Asai, right?" To be honest, Xiaohui has always hoped that you and Senior Sister Hequan would finally get together...... But now that you've decided, I, as a brother, must respect you. ”

Naoki Natsume quipped, "What if Senpai Tosaka quarrels with you?" For example, forcing you to blow the wind on your pillow? ”

"Your pillow wind is more disgusting than saying thank you." Kitahara Hayato shook his head: "Then I won't either, it's the same thing...... Rest assured, I support you 100% in what you decide. ”

After that, he pulled a confident smile: "And Xiaohui is not that kind of person, don't worry." ”

Stacking the barrels as quickly as possible, Kitahara Hayato turned around and went to the staff locker, opened the cabinet and showed Naoki Natsume: "I took a lot of effort to grab it, you come to help me, I have to give you some expression." ”

In the cabinet are two boxes of very delicate strawberry cakes.

In neon, there is a custom of eating strawberry cake at Christmas, and people think that the red and white color scheme symbolizes "めでたい (worth celebrating)", and the same is true for Santa Claus's standard color.

There is also the KFC logo.

"This shop is very popular, I have to queue up for seven days in advance, and then I got up early today to pick it up, and the package is an ice pack, you can take it back tonight to eat with Asai."

Looking at Kitahara Hayato's smile, Natsume Naoki's heart warmed: "Where's your cake?" Give it all to me, why don't you bring one back to Sister Tosaka to taste? ”

"She doesn't like desserts, and I don't like these expensive things. For me, it's much more delicious to cook a bowl of instant noodles and make soft-boiled eggs when I get home from work...... Bought it specifically for you, take it. ”

Naoki Natsume looked at the strawberry cake and nodded, and Hayato Kitahara saw that he agreed, so he closed the staff cabinet with a happy face.

"You just said that no matter what I decide, you will support me 100%, right?"

"Yes, 100 percent." Kitahara Hayato is very sure: "I understand your character, you will not be easily deceived, you have high morals and will not do illegal things, so whatever you do is right and in accordance with the law." ”

Naoki Natsume shook his head slightly: "It's not illegal, but it doesn't mean that what I'm going to do is ethical...... I'm going to marry Mio-san. ”

Kitahara Hayato was slightly stunned, "You want to marry Izumi-senpai?" That shallow well ......"

At the end, he suddenly realized the meaning of Naoki Natsume's shake of his head.

So Kitahara Hayato's face changed, "You won't be reluctant to let go over there in Asai, right?" ”

Naoki Natsume nodded and looked directly at him, "I will also marry Mao." ”

"This ...... This ......"

"It's not just Mio-senpai and Mao, but also Chizuru, and even ...... School Doctor. ”

Naoki Natsume smiled and added, "I actually call her aunt in private, but there is no blood relationship. She is a sister to Mao 's mother, and Mao 's mother is a very good person named Nanami Tsuki. Because of many complicated reasons, Masu's registered name in the civil affairs system is Nanami Mao, but Asai Mao is her original name, and I got used to it when I was a child, so that's it. ”

After babbling and talking about his parents' shortcomings, Kitahara slowly understood that he was serious and not joking.

So Kitahara Hayato fell silent again.

It was longer than the twelve Christmas barrels that had been folded just now.

"If there's anything you need my help with, just say."

After holding it for a long time, Hayato Kitahara only said such a sentence.

It seems to be a headless sentence, but Naoki Natsume understands that this is Kitahara Hayato's greatest support for him.

Kitahara Hayato looked at Naoki Natsume's eyes were complicated, he had experienced the hardships of life, and he had seen many people who had passed by, so he naturally knew what it meant for Naoki Natsume to make such a decision under the moral concept of modern society.

"If your parents say that it is more likely that two people will kneel outside the door and plead, you can call me, and I will be with you wearing knee pads." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little heavy, Kitahara Hayato patted Naoki Natsume on the shoulder and made a joke, "You shouldn't be in a hurry, right?" ”

Naoki Natsume also smiled: "If you want to kneel, you can kneel once, Chizuru made it clear to me, auntie, she can call the shots, and she is left in the senior sister's house." As for whether or not to be in a hurry...... The plan is to get married next summer. ”

"Next summer," Hayato Kitahara thought earnestly, "Preparing for a wedding is a complicated matter, and it sounds like there is still time, but it's also quite urgent. I'm still saying that, if you need help, just say it. ”

After that, he stacked the folded Christmas barrels and piled them into Naoki Natsume's arms: "Send it to the back kitchen, remember to wear a hat." ”

At six o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark outside.

Tokyo is located in the Northern Hemisphere, and it gets dark quickly at the end of December.

Kitahara Hayato and Naoki Natsume changed their regular clothes and thanked the boss, and saw Megumi Tosaka waiting outside the store.

On the crowded street, Megumi Tosaka stood on the stone ball on the side of the road and waved at Kitahara Hayato, his face full of joy.

Kitahara Hayato waved her hand and asked her to get off the big stone ball quickly, so if she fell down, she didn't have to go to the hotel tonight, and she was hospitalized on Christmas night and was estimated to be remembered for a lifetime.

"Little handsome guy, thank you!"

Before the two of them came closer, Megumi Tosaka had already thanked Naoki Natsume in a loud voice.

Naoki Natsume smiled: "It's just a gesture to help a friend." ”

Megumi Tosaka is very happy, being able to start celebrating Christmas with her boyfriend three hours earlier is more than happy for this simple girl.

She learned from Kitahara Hayato and patted Naoki Natsume on the back vigorously, "I really didn't see the wrong person at the beginning, the little handsome guy is good!" Did you delay your date with Mio-chan? ”

Naoki Natsume and Hayato Kitahara glanced at each other, and both tacitly understood what the other meant.

At this time, don't specifically say who he went back to spend the holiday with.

"The cake for you, go back and taste it, it's delicious." Hayato Kitahara handed the strawberry cake he was holding to Naoki Natsume: "I'm a person who doesn't like desserts, and I think this cake is very good, so you can imagine how happy those who are hungry must be." ”

"I'll bring this gluttonous sentence to the little gluttonous cats as it is." Naoki Natsume said with a smile.

"Spare me." Kitahara Hayato shrunk his neck, his fear of Asai Mao had been carved into his bones.

Naoki Natsume looked at Megumi Tosaka: "Sister Tosaka really doesn't want to taste it?" ”

"I don't like sweets." Megumi Tosaka shook her head: "Besides, this is what Hayato specially queued for five hours to buy for you, five hours!" ”

"Hey, Megumi!"

"Hee-hee, it's too much." Megumi Tosaka grinned and pulled Kitahara Hayato away.

Naoki Natsume watched the two disappear into the sea of people, and helplessly carried the cake in his hand, thinking that he would return it after this favor!

"It can be seen that the little guy has made friends who can get along for a lifetime." Nanamiya's voice sounded, and she came from a distance and stood beside Naoki Natsume: "I know this very well, there are not many friends, just have one or two who can make friends." ”

"Like you and Miss Ino?" Naoki Natsume smiled and asked, "Why didn't you come just now?" ”

Nanamiya shook his head: "It's better not to let that girl see me, otherwise I should think about it more." If I'm not mistaken, she's friends with Mio Izumi, right? I accompanied Mio Izumi to the infirmary a few times, and I was impressed. ”

Naoki Natsume listened to her words, his heart was warm, but he was also a little distressed: "Auntie, you don't have to think about others everywhere like this." ”

Nanami Ye was free and easy, and smiled charmingly: "Who made me the oldest?" Sure enough, when girls get older, there are a lot of troubles waiting for them...... For example, my car was ticketed with a fine, and there was really no parking space. ”

With that, she turned and walked out of the crowd, Naoki Natsume following behind her, knowing that Nanamiya herself knew very well that she could only rely on this way of sacrificing herself to maintain her relationship with several other girls...... As she said, she is the oldest, and she has passed the good time when she can be jealous of others unscrupulously.

To be able to harvest love at this age, the little guy who liked it ten years ago dares to break free from the world and accept himself, which is already the greatest gift from God for Nanami Night.

The two of them were walking on the sidewalk, and the snowflakes were not falling much, and they were fluttering.

Nanamiya walked a little ahead, always controlling his pace ahead of Naoki Natsume and blocking in front of him.

The tall and plump figure is so graceful, but the mature woman walks with her feet like a little girl at this time, and her body is very lively up and down.

The most important thing is the hand behind her back, gently and regularly hooking her fingers, as if to tease Naoki Natsume.

As if to say, "Come, come~"

Who could resist holding her hand in such a scene?

It's just that Natsume Naoki is carrying a strawberry cake in both hands, and he can't get it empty, so he can only watch Nanamiya, who is a few steps away in front of him, hook his little hand behind him, and his heart is tickling.

Nanamiya kept looking at his expression with her spare eyes, and seeing that the teasing was almost over, the aunt stopped with a smile, and waited for Naoki Natsume to walk to his side, and then took the box of cakes in his hand.

Then, without waiting for Naoki Natsume to speak, she took another small jump two steps away, and continued to step under her feet, hooking her fingers.

This was no longer a hint, Naoki Natsume stepped forward and naturally took her hand.

Love can heal age, Naoki Natsume has always believed so.

——

By the time the two of them drove home from Roppongi, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

In the evening rush hour, Tokyo has no choice but to drive a tank over the traffic.

Tonight is destined to be lit by thousands of lights, and when he got out of the car, Naoki Natsume looked at the bright windows and flashing figures in the neighborhood, and exhaled with a smile.

"I didn't think Christmas was so lively before, but today it's full of people."

"It's a miracle that your body can go to school every day." Nanami locked the car door and said, "I've seen all the cases in your school archives, and I've never seen such a frail student. As long as the temperature difference exceeds 5 degrees Celsius for two consecutive days, you must have caught a cold, and you may have evolved resistance. ”

"Don't make fun of me at this time." Naoki Natsume smiled: "Masu's stomach is full of bad water, but I was taught bad by you, auntie." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, that guy is born bad."

Opening the door with the key, Natsume Naoki was stunned as soon as he entered the entrance.

Mao Asai has just come out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and heat-insulated gloves and holding a roast chicken.

She glanced at Naoki Natsume and raised her eyebrows: "I'm full of bad water?" ”

"I didn't say anything." Nanamiya had already taken the lead in raising his hand to show that he was innocent, and kicked off his shoes lightly and forcefully, and then walked around Asai Mao with bare feet with a smile.

"The little guy will help me bring my shoes later~"

Asai Mao gave this shapeless aunt a blank look, since Naoki Natsume chose to face up to the relationship between the two after returning from Hokkaido, this guy is either cheating or looking for an opportunity to cheat.

Angry, she turned her head and glared at Naoki Natsume: "From tomorrow, you quit drinking!" ”

"Huh?" Naoki Natsume was stunned, why did the fire burn on himself?

What does it have to do with drinking?

In the end, he thought about it for a while, and realized that it was because he had been going out with Nanami Night a lot recently, and the little maid was jealous.

So he smiled and said: "Next time I don't drink so much, I don't smoke, I just taste alcohol, and it's inconvenient to quit completely." ”

Seeing that he has a good attitude and loves to laugh, Asai Mao is actually really angry.

After all, no one can afford to be angry when they look at themselves with a smile in the face of their loved ones and can see themselves in the reflection of their eyes.

So Asai Mao looked at the cake in Naoki Natsume's hand: "Kitahara sent it?" ”

"Can you guess that?"

Naoki Natsume carried the cake into the living room and put it on the table, but he didn't see the senior sisters: "What about the two of them?" ”

"I said I went out to buy something, and I'll be back later." Mao Asai put the baking tray on the table, "Let's eat in the living room tonight, the kitchen space is too small." ”

"You have the final say, after all, you are in charge of the family."

Naoki Natsume took off his clothes and handed them to Asai, who helped him fold them and put them next to the sofa.

Asai listened to this sentence very usefully, picked his chin, and the whole person seemed to become a little taller, and his steps became lighter.

When Mio Izumi and Chizuru Amamiya return home, a brand new family that is about to be formed sits down to eat at home for the first time.

TV Tokyo's Christmas special was shown on the TV, and the warm heating made the snow outside the window even more meaningful.

Naoki Natsume added himself a glass of red wine, and the rest of the people followed suit, even pouring half full of Nanamiya who came by car.

She wasn't going to go home to sleep tonight, but luckily the cottage was big enough for five people and a cat.

My sister shook her stomach at the table, tonight's food was very rich, the cat food bowl was not cat food but chicken and fish, but the little guy didn't eat, staring at Natsume Naoki with big eyes, as if he was also waiting for this sacred moment.

Naoki Natsume looked around the table with a cup on his lips, with a happy smile on the corner of his mouth: "According to the tradition in my bones, in fact, I should say something long at this time." ”

Several ladies just watched, and even the most impetuous Amamiya Chizuru didn't say anything, just told Natsume Naoki with his eyes, I will listen quietly no matter what you say.

"But when I think this is just the beginning of my life, I think it's good to keep it simple......" laughs, "Merry Christmas, cheers!" ”

"Cheers." Mao Asai knocked the glass to everyone, also with a faint smile.

"Cheers! I'll see who dares to run away from drinking tonight! Amamiya Chizuru stood up suddenly with her wine glass, and was very arrogant with one foot on the bench, but after she realized that she seemed to be the one with the worst amount of alcohol, her voice fell down again, and she sat down: "When I didn't say it." ”

"Cheers, Merry Christmas everyone!" The senior sister drank all the wine in her hand, and then her face immediately became rosy.

"Cheers!" Nanami took a sip and said with a smile, "You can't drink red wine too fast." ”

"I'm going to eat turkey, tear a piece for me!"

"It's a roast chicken, not a turkey. I can't help you, open your mouth, ah......"

"Everyone save some stomach, I see that Naoshu-kun also bought a cake, and I won't be able to eat it later when I'm full."

"Little one, is there only this wine at home? Couldn't you ...... fun?"

"Drunkards are not welcome in the house, and you can only drink one bottle per meal with me in the future."

"Ahh

The cozy two-story building is filled with happiness, and the electronic perpetual calendar on the wall emits a pleasant bell on the hour.

This is the end of youth and the clarion call for the beginning of life.

(End of chapter)