Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Heart Surrounded by Snow

Bang dang.

I was awakened by the slight shaking of the tram, and I looked out the window sleepily, buried in the darkness of the wind and snow, and occasionally saw only some intermittent yellowing lights.

「…… Where have you been?"

I rubbed my cheeks, which had been stamped, and there was some quiet in the carriage, and after leaving Tokyo we chose to take the old-fashioned train line, which Ikeshita said felt more like a traveling car, like the slow crawling train in the documentary. It's just that I'm a little late when I go out, and now I can only see the endless wind and snow when I look out the window.

"I don't know, brother...... The tram stopped in the middle of the road for a while while you fell asleep, as if it was because the wind and snow were getting heavier."

My sister picked up the teacup in her left hand and drank espresso leisurely, and her feet didn't know when she took off her snow boots, wrapped in a quilt specially provided in the car, and flipped through the book on the seat. I moved my chilly body and leaned over, but luckily there was heating in the car, otherwise I would definitely catch a cold......

"Is this 'I Am a Cat'?"

"Uh-huh~ A very good book, has my brother read it too?"

"Ah, Natsume Soseki's books have always been good, and I especially like what he said......

"Don't tell me it's "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight"—"

I was about to say this, I immediately choked back, and in the end I could only say casually:

"I don't think I'm good enough...... So I'm going to let myself go."

"Stupid brother doesn't really think so, right? I mean, I fell in love with a hostess?"

"The reality is, where is the landlady......

I looked at the opposite side covered with a quilt curled up on the seat and had fallen asleep, and asked my sister a little puzzled:

"Why do I have quilts on sunny days, but I don't have them......

"There's nothing extra in the tram anymore, anyway, it's on the heating, and my brother can't bear to cover the quilt himself to let his lovely sister and uncle get cold?"

She shoved the coffee cup in her hand into my hand and shook it at me:

"The coffee is still hot, I can't drink it, my brother can help me solve it...... I'm going to read the book."

I was forced to accept the somewhat warm coffee cup, and after that, no matter how much I called her, she didn't react, and it seems that Natsume Soseki is more important than my brother, right...... I turned on my phone with my coffee, and as expected, there was no signal. It seems that he has entered the deep mountains and old forests.

It's just that I listened to Ikeshita's warning, put three or four books in my bag, and even bought playing cards and a three-person hemp set, just to prevent the mobile phone from running out of battery or signal halfway to pass the time with entertainment facilities. Although there was no need to buy these things, it was a matter of an hour or two flight away. It's a pity that Qingtian and Xiaowu want to take this kind of tram once, and I can only follow their wishes for the 1:2 vote.

Just don't talk about it...... It's a bit like what you feel like in a documentary. It's quiet, it's warm, there's an endless wind and snow rolling outside the car, drinking coffee inside, and reading a book by Natsume Soseki in your hand......

"Uhh......h I always feel that all the tiredness of the year has disappeared at this time......

I put the cup of coffee I had finished on the table and sat comfortably on my back in the seat. Maybe it's good to go out for a slow and leisurely trip once in a while, and I even understand why my parents don't come home all year round, this environment is really addictive.

"It's uncomfortable to sleep on your side in the car......

"Huh?"

Her sister suddenly came out of nowhere, she put the book on her thigh, lifted the futon, and slapped her thighs in cotton wool and white silk a few times:

"You can put your head here and sleep first, this quilt is still long, enough for the two of us......

…… What is this? Sister's knee pillow?!

There was an inexplicable sense of excitement for a moment, but after realizing that my thighs had been being used as pillows by her lately, I didn't think it was a big deal......

But don't let it go!

I unceremoniously rested my head on my sister's white silk thighs, and I could even feel some scorching warmth and the scent of lilies that belonged to a girl. She covered my chest with a quilt, closed her eyes and began to sleep. Neither of us spoke, and for a moment the carriage was as quiet as an oil painting, except for the faint sound of wind and snow outside the window lingering intermittently.

「…… Brother."

Just as I was about to fall asleep with drooping eyes, my sister spoke again:

"Why did my parents leave me in the Celestial Empire when I was a child and only take you back to Japan?"

I couldn't help but be stunned, and I didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while. Maybe seeing that I didn't respond, he thought I should be asleep, so he started talking to himself by himself:

"It's been a long time since I've been with my brother...... The last time I came to Japan was ...... Six or seven? I really envy my brother, I can live with my parents for so long...... Although the Celestial Empire is pretty good...... It's just that there is no brother and mom and dad...... I always feel a little lonely......

"Well, but also, I can't cry because of these things like I did when I was a kid...... Although I still can't forget the time when I was called a devil by others in elementary school. During that time, I sometimes thought that maybe my brother would suddenly rush in front of me from a corner and spread his arms like he used to do, and shout at the crowd, "Don't bully my sister" or something...... It's just a fantasy, though. When I think about that time, my nose hurts......

"Uncle Kawakami is really nice to me, buys me a lot of food, and always prepares hot meals when I get home. When I have insomnia, I also tell bedtime stories...... It's just that I don't know why, I can often see him hiding in his room crying silently, and I ran in and asked him to just wipe away his tears and smile and ask how I was doing at school......

I closed my eyes tightly and listened silently to my sister's outreach. I don't know when it began, the distance between myself and my sister became farther and farther away. From frequent cross-border phone calls once a week, it has gradually become once a month, half a year, and once a year, until now, even the news of my sister's arrival in Tokyo is told by my mother.

smiled bitterly in his heart, it turned out that he was really a failure as an elder brother......

「…… The day I arrived in Tokyo, I was ready to meet a completely strange, reserved brother...... But it's okay, my brother is still the same brother as a child...... I'm satisfied just to know that."

"I knew it was headstrong to go to Hokkaido all of a sudden, and I was ready to be rejected...... I didn't expect my brother to be really willing~"

"So, I was just thinking that such a good brother can't become like Mr. K, so I decided, that pink hair...... I'll assume I didn't see it!"

Poof-

Why is it so sensational, the topic jumps off to Yili???