"Ah-Suzu——!"

"It hurts, it hurts!"

"You guys still know it hurts? Didn't you go skiing with Yuki in the afternoon? Yes?! Why did you suddenly come back halfway? Lie to you, brother, am I? Sakakihara increased the strength of his fists.

"Stop! I'm this is what I am. It hurts, it hurts! Dude, don't drill my head, it's going to break. ”

"Tell me!"

Sakakihara was stunned word by word, and his expression was very serious. Sakakihara Suzu covered her head, knowing that this interrogation could not be escaped.

But she didn't think about the reason for her coming back at all.

She was just curious about what her brother was going to do with her two sisters, so she returned to the hotel halfway.

"I, I-"

"Speak well!"

Sakakihara Suzu put her hands behind her back and her eyes dodged, "Yuki suddenly wants to sleep!" ”

"Don't dump the pot on Yuki!"

"Okay. It's me.,It's me who suddenly wants to sleep.,Hahaha~~ Actually, yuki is too.,It's not me who shakes the pot.,That's the case.,So we're back.。 ”

"Huh? Is this the point I'm talking about? ”

Suzu Sakakihara's pressure doubled, and her neck shrunk, "Absolutely, absolutely absolutely not peeping at you next door or anything, at most, at most, at most, carelessly. I accidentally saw it so suddenly! It's just a moment! ”

“.”

One down?!

Isn't this bastard girl saying these things here without three hundred taels of silver?

This stinky girl was definitely next door at the time, and she was definitely watching.

Thinking of the situation at that time, Sakakihara wanted to cover his face at this moment.

It's a shame

"Oh, brother, you don't have to worry, anyway, it's not the first time I've seen you, so don't be so sad."

When Sakakihara Le immediately put down and covered his face, he asked her sternly: "Then Ah Ling, what do you mean, you are indeed peeping next door?" ”

Sakakihara Suzu immediately got up and sat upright, "No! Absolutely nothing! I just said if, if! ”

“.”

None of the words in this girl's mouth can be trusted.

Sakakihara Raku held his face with his right hand and looked at his sister who was sitting precariously across from him, he thought to himself. Told Ah Ling about this, she was embarrassed to admit it, and she was very embarrassed to talk about it.

What can I do with her?

It can't be done at all, and it's even more ridiculous to tell my mother about this.

Do you want to tell my mother that your daughter accidentally peeped next door when I was doing those things?

Not at all, okay!

"Brother~~"

"What are you doing? As soon as you get into trouble, you come to me to be coquettish? ”

"Seriously! I was so careless! ”

"You just watched it for hours, didn't you?"

"Nope! I literally just took a look, and then hid in the hot spring and took a bath with Yuki. How dare I look at it? Besides, the matter of my brother and two sisters is not uncommon to me. ”

“.”

Seeing that he didn't move, Sakakihara Suzu immediately launched a coquettish company, grabbing Sakakihara Le's arm and shaking.

"Brother~Brother~Ernie sauce~~ You'll forgive me, okay?"

"A feeling of a scumbag, when you encounter trouble, you will be coquettish, and when you get married in the future, your husband will be deceived by you."

"What, they all say I'm not married. I'm a well-known idol now, and I don't even have a boyfriend. But. I have my most beloved brother! That's enough! ”

Sakakihara Le was really helpless against this stupid sister, and sighed: "You still know that you are an idol, and you don't know what to pay attention to at home, be careful that one day you are dug up by the paparazzi, your bad habits are posted on the Internet, and even your fans won't buy your account." ”

"Life is life, work is work! As long as I have talent, it's enough, and life won't be bad, so, brother~~ You just forgive me, okay? ”

“.”

"Brother~I love you so much~~"

“.”

"Don't believe me? If you don't believe it, brother, you dig out my heart, and there are definitely two words of love for you written on it~~"

“.”

"I'm going to kiss you on the cheek~mua~mua~~"

Sakakihara Le's face was suddenly full of disgust, "Go, go, go, go, go." ”

"Hey~~"

"Still smirking? When you grow up, I see you still giggle at you. ”

"Can't you still smirk at your brother~ You said it, and I'm just an old brother like you, so I must love you."

“.”

"So. Forgive me? ”

Alas.

What else can you do if you don't forgive?

Anyway, I've been entangled with the happy enemy of my stupid sister all my life, and I'm too lazy to bother with her when she shouts her brother quite well.

"Don't take it as an example."

"Okay!" Suzu Sakakihara immediately poured tea and water for him.

After sitting in the room for a while drinking his sister's tea, Sakakihara glanced at the time, seven o'clock in the evening.

At this time, my mother and uncle are probably coming back for New Year's dinner, right?

"Ah Ling, you will accompany Yuki here to watch TV for a while, and I'll go to the next room to see how Liuli and the others are resting."

"Oh" Suzu Sakakihara agreed, but couldn't help but be curious, "You said that Ruri-sama sister can get out of bed-it hurts!.

Sakakihara Raku withdrew the hand knife from her head, dead fish eyes, "Mouthy." ”

"Don't hit it so hard, it hurts. At least brother, you and a sister like me can talk more with you! You see that so many people in this world are only children, and there are no brothers and sisters who can talk to them and share their feelings or anything. If you break me, you'll have one less sister to talk to. ”

That's true.

Sakakihara Le was an only child in his last life, and he lacked love, which is why he loved Ah Ling very much in this life.

This girl is naughty and a little stinky, but as she said, she still loves her brother from the bottom of her heart.

If the whole world suddenly disappeared, she would probably be the kind of person who would stay by her side and try to make herself happy forever.

When Sakakihara was deep in thought, Sakakihara Suzu continued to gush:

"So, brother, you have to cherish me more than a year ago, when you moved away, everyone didn't understand you, brother, didn't I go and talk to you alone?"

Sakakihara remembered the past.

This bastard girl can really say some touching things when she is at a low point.

"Okay, okay, I'll go see July Liuli, and when my mother and uncle come back, we will have Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together."

"Okay! Waiting for you, brother, mua~"

"Come less."

Sakakihara changed into outdoor shoes and walked out of the room at the hot spring inn.

It was already dark at seven o'clock.

There is not a single moonlight and snow outside the wooden corridor, but it is still not small.

Suddenly, an old woman passed by in the hallway, and she smiled and nodded and bowed to Sakakihara, saying "Happy at the end of the year", and Sakakihara also nodded and bowed in response to her.

The old lady had gray hair and seemed to be in good spirits.

"Are you here for the New Year? Listen to your accent, as if you are not a local. ”

"Yes, I came with my family," Sakakihara looked at the slightly hunched figure of the old woman, "Old woman, you too?" It sounds like an accent from Kyoto. ”

"It's good to be with my family, I just come over every year to see the snow."

"Are you with grandpa?"

"No," the old woman shook her head, "he left early." In the past, he would accompany me to see the snow every year, but over the years, I was the only one who came to see it. ”

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine. It's been a long time. The old lady said with a slow wave of her hand, shaking her head.

"What about your sons and daughters?"

"They all have their own business, where can they care about me, an old woman."

That's right

Many people in this world say that it is raising children to prevent old age.

But when he really became an old man, his heart was still extremely empty.

After all, children have their own homes.

"Still. Even if the old man leaves early, I still have a habit of forming," the old woman suddenly looked at the frost and snow falling in the night, and said in a flat voice, "I am more or less because I still think about him in my heart, so I choose to continue to come here every year to see the snow. This year seems to be the twenty-ninth year, right? Alas, I can't remember anymore."

"Grandma, take you back to your room."

"Haha. Thank you, no, I can still walk. ”

The conversation with the old woman was just a few words.

But when I looked at the back of my grandmother when she was far away, my heart suddenly felt like I was going to sigh something, empty.

My partner left early, but because he used to accompany him here, he insisted on coming to this place to see the snow for nearly 30 years.

Thirty years.

Sakakihara can't describe what kind of emotion it is, but I think. The grandfather who left early should be the most worthwhile person in life for the grandmother.

With this inexplicable sadness, Sakakihara pushed open the door of the two sisters' guest rooms.

There is heating in the room and the temperature is much higher.

The first thing he saw was Tianhai Jiu Liuli lying on the bed resting peacefully.

Another glance is the seven bright moons of the sky and sea kneeling by the small stove, facing the TV, and wearing a white lily pattern yukata.

She wears gold-rimmed glasses and her long flaxen hair. Probably because I drank too much tea today, the cup in my small hand was filled with steaming boiled water.

"My sister is asleep." The seven bright moons of the heavenly sea looked at Sakakihara at the door.

"It's normal to fall asleep."

Sakakihara entered the room, closed the door with his hand, stepped on the Japanese-style tatami mat, and came to the position next to the seven bright moons of the sky and sat down.

The TV was playing the NHK warm-up red and white song party that was about to start, and Tianhai Qimingyue was holding a hot water cup and noticed that someone had just sat down and looked wrong.

"Huh? Why, all of a sudden, you keep looking at me like this. ”

"July."

"Want to be spoiled?"

"I didn't say that."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue still couldn't understand his thoughts, she put down the water glass, straightened her kneeling posture, reached out and patted her thighs, and didn't ask the reason, "Okay, come over first." ”

July's voice was not as cold as usual, nor was it as arrogant as usual.

Instead, it was ordinary, with some tenderness in motioning for Sakakihara to lie down on her lap.

“.”

"What? You're still going to be tsundere with me? Bad at learning from my sister-chan? ”

"I'm not."

"Then come here, just lie down."

Sakakihara lay delicately on July's lap and felt the warm aroma on her body.

"Lean in a little." Tianhai Qimingyue spoke softly.

"Why are you so gentle all of a sudden?"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue said angrily, "Come over a little, it's time to dig out your ears, don't think about it." ”

"Oh"

Sakakihara leaned over immediately.

The face is caressed by the girl's delicate hands, and at the same time feels the softness on her thighs and the warmth through the silk of the yukata.

It's a great feeling.

Sakakihara remembers that it seems that just after Suzu's birthday last year, July also gouged out his ears like this, right?

It was lying on her lap like this, but it was in her room, and it was in the hot spring hotel on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The movement of the ear picking spoon is itchy, and the action of July is also very careful and gentle.

"What's going on again?"

"What's going on." Sakakihara's side face felt the softness of her legs.

"I don't know you yet?"

“.”

"Say it, I'll listen."

Other words may not sound like much, but July's "I'll listen" made Sakakihara have the desire to remove all her defenses and want to pour out her emotions in her heart in the next moment.

"Just now when I came, I met a grandmother in the hallway."

At this time, he felt that July was really good to him. I can perceive my own heart, and I am patient and willing to listen to myself say things that seem particularly boring to others.

"Uh-huh." Tianhai Qi Mingyue listened patiently, and gently continued to help him dig out his ears, "So that grandma's matter, what ideas do you have for you, brother?" ”

It's not a new idea, it's just that I suddenly remembered you in July. Did you wait for me with such an eternally empty feeling?.I know that I will never see the person I want to see, but I still have a place for that person in my heart. ”

"I'm going to correct my brother a little bit, in my heart, I still think that there is a very small chance of meeting you, but it's just very slim."

"Then if we don't meet again, you'll still be looking for me secretly in July?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Didn't my brother already know? To me, you mean a lot to me. ”

"What if I don't find it?"

"I don't know. There is a high probability that my sister will still listen to my mother, and I will be separated from my sister in the future because of the different paths. My sister went to England to become a classical piano artist, while I stayed in Tokyo and inherited a small part of the family business. There is a high probability that he is bent on making money. ”

July is bent on making money, probably because she doesn't have her own ideals and paths, right?

She has always insisted on studying and developed the habit of loving reading.

But deep down she was lonely and lonely.

No matter how many books she reads, she can't hide the fact that she has no friends and is not welcome.

"I know that my personality is very awkward, obviously I don't like loneliness, but I don't want to take the initiative to change myself and make friends with everyone's atmosphere. In the end, it's always a person hiding in a corner reading a book. ”

"Why? July is essentially good. ”

"But that doesn't erase the fact that my personality itself is awkward, right?"

The Seven Bright Moon of the Heavenly Sea made Sakakihara Le's body turn in a different direction, let him face his stomach, and continued to help him dig out his other ear.

"So I'm also very grateful to be able to meet you, a guy with a very awkward personality, how can there be a lack of love and a lack of people who always want to love others? In reality, people like you are stupid, stupid, and very easy to take advantage of, but for me, you are the only person who can bypass my awkward personality and love me. ”

Being treated so gently and praised by July is full of warmth in my heart.

"Are these words sincere?"

"Surprised? That's right, I didn't say any of these words to my sister. ”

"Then what do you say to me?"

"Didn't I just say that? My brother is the one who loves me. And I will give trust to the people who can love me, and more love. The grandmother that my brother just said, I think that if we change our identities, I will choose to keep the position of the other person in my heart forever, no matter what happens to the other person, whether it is injured, poor, or loved. You can all come and find me. A glass of warm milk, a sound of support, a hug. Give it to him as long as he wants. ”

As she spoke, Sakakihara noticed that she was gently stroking her hair.

"Of course, I'm only for you this kind of thing."

Gentle words. Gentle movements.

Clung to her warm, soft thighs, it seemed to swim into a lullaby.

In addition to comfort, there is only the word peace of mind.

This is probably the feeling of being coaxed by the other party when you are coquettish.

This feeling reminded him of when he was very small in his previous life, as if he had cried loudly on the street because of his mother's temporary departure.

At that time, I was still young, and I always had my mother in my life and memory.

He didn't remember how well his mother treated him at first, he only knew that at that time his mother would take care of him and give him something to eat; When his mother disappeared, he would cry loudly, hoping that his mother would come back and find him.

I don't know how many years I haven't experienced this emotion of crying out loud because my mother is gone?

Now this feeling is naturally gone.

This is probably because I don't have the sense of security that I felt when I was a child, right?

In the past, her mother was found out because of her blood relationship, and then she was unhappy in her marriage, and she was often snubbed by herself.

Sakakihara was already disheartened.

Now, I can find similar warmth and peace of mind in July.

I think she loves herself so much.

I think she's so good.

is completely reluctant to let her leave his side.

His hands subconsciously hugged the girl's waist and buried his face in her stomach.

After Tianhai Qi Mingyue saw him like this, she gently stroked his head, "It's really a child." ”

"July."

"Huh?"

"Suddenly I can't bear you."

"What's the matter, I'm not right next to you?"

Sakakihara didn't speak, just hugged her tighter, trying her best to feel the aroma on her body, her warm body temperature.

And Tianhai Qi Mingyue also became more gentle after seeing his appearance, and said:

"It's time for the New Year."

"Hmm"