"Brother Aoba, are you still sleeping?" As the sun began to set westward, Maki Uesugi's voice came from the next room.

"You're already awake, Sister Maki, are you awake too?" Aoba was lying on the tatami floor, the afternoon sun outside the window shining on his body, warm and comfortable.

Because Aoba and Uesugi Maki are not related to closing the door, the two people next to each other in the room, lying on the tatami mat, can hear each other.

"Well, when I woke up, I really took a nap in the sun, which is a very comfortable thing, and I don't even need to cover the quilt. Uesugi replied while stretching her waist, but the person was still lying on the tatami mat, and he didn't mean to get up at all.

"It's called using the sky as the bed and the earth as the bed!" Aoba also said with a smile, although Aoba knew the current state of the two of them, he really couldn't put this kind of statement, after all, the two were in the house and not in the wild, but he still said it, after all, it was more interesting to feel like this.

"That's right, that's right, Brother Aoba is so right, so let's not let this good time live up, let me sleep again!" As soon as Maki Uesugi finished speaking, Aoba heard her turn over next door, as if she was going to sleep again.

"Is it really good to sleep like this in the afternoon?" said Aoba, a little speechless.

"What's wrong, such a good weather for sleeping, wouldn't it be a waste if you don't sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, don't waste your time!" Uesugi Maki's voice became lower and lower, and it seemed that he was really going to fall asleep.

"From a normal point of view, sleeping in the middle of the day is a waste of time, right? But I don't hate this waste. Aoba listened to Uesugi Maki's voice getting lower and lower, and his own voice gradually lowered.

In this way, the two people, who were only separated by a wall that was not thick, fell asleep again.

Then the afternoon passed quietly in the sleep of the two.

When the two of them actually got up from the tatami floor in the house and walked out of the house, it was already dinner time.

Looking at the fiery red sun that has hung on the western horizon. Emitting the last afterglow before setting, Aoba and Maki Uesugi walked towards the dining hall.

"I always feel like I've just finished lunch, and I'm not hungry at all!" said Uesugi Maki rubbing her stomach with a sigh of relief.

"I've slept all afternoon, and I haven't digested all the food at noon, how can I feel hungry so quickly!" Aoba said unceremoniously.

"Brother Aoba really said that, so what should I do? If I don't eat dinner, but if I don't eat, grandpa will be angry, right? But if I go to eat, grandpa will be angry too, right?" Uesugi Maki frowned to himself, and his face became depressed.

"I'm really convinced of you, that's good, I'll eat if you can't finish eating. After a while, before Miss Sato finished serving the meal and started eating, you gave me the part that you couldn't eat. Aoba looked at Uesugi Maki's sad face there, so he had to shake his head and say.

"Oh, Brother Aoba is really a good man, no wonder I can find two girlfriends who are so beautiful. Uesugi Maki flashed his big eyes and began to give Aoba a good man card.

"Alright, let's say a word! We're almost there. Aoba looked at Uesugi Maki's appearance, and he had no choice but to remain silent.

And Maki Uesugi, who saw that the dining hall was already close in front of him, really stopped talking.

The two entered the dining hall in silence, and a moment later dinner was served to Miss Sato. Another silent dinner began.

It's just that before Uesugi Maki started eating, he divided half of the rice in his bowl into Aoba while people were not paying attention, so he barely ate the rest.

So much so that Aoba not only ate up his share, but also ate the half that Maki Uesugi gave him. Sure enough, for Aoba, the food can be eaten as much as possible, and the difference is just whether you want to eat it or not.

Aoba and Maki Uesugi who had eaten dinner like this, said goodbye again and left the dining hall.

As if it would be an ordeal to stay in that environment for even a second, Maki Uesugi had just left the dining hall. Just let out a sigh of relief.

"Sister Maki, I see that you were so nervous when you gave me the food just now, are you afraid of being scolded?" Aoba looked at Uesugi Maki who finally relaxed at this time. Said with a smile.

"Isn't Brother Aoba scared?" Uesugi Maki looked at Aoba carefully, and thought back for a moment to find that Aoba didn't seem to be as nervous as he was when he faced Yuichiro Uesugi.

"Why should I be afraid?" Aoba asked with a smile.

"Isn't Brother Aoba nervous? Facing grandpa like that?" Uesugi Maki recalled the appearance of his grandfather Yuichiro Uesugi, and suddenly couldn't help but shudder.

"Maybe for Sister Maki, grandpa is indeed a terrible person!But this kind of terribleness is based on the coercion that your grandfather has brought to you since childhood! But for me, grandpa is just an unfamiliar but blood-related elder, so why should I be afraid of him!" Aoba said with a smile.

"So that's the case.,It's really true when you think about it like this.,I'm really a little envious of you, Brother Aoba.。 Uesugi said, pointing his finger to his chin.

"What do you envy me?" asked Aoba as she looked at Maki Uesugi.

"I envy that Brother Aoba didn't have to come here all the time when he was a child! Although my home was not here at that time, I always spent a lot of time here throughout the year, especially during the winter and summer vacations, and my grandfather really left a deep psychological shadow on me at that time!"

"Isn't it, is Grandpa that scary?" said Aoba with a funny shake of his head.

"Maybe now I think that grandpa is just a serious old man, but in the minds of children, grandpa at that time was really able to scare me so much that I didn't even dare to cry. Uesugi Maki was embarrassed when he mentioned the past.

"I see, that's really a tragic thing, but I think the time that Sister Maki has spent here is more than just a bad thing, right?" Aoba said with a smile.

"Yes, there were some good things that happened at that time! For me, who was studying in Tokyo, being able to live in my hometown in the countryside for a period of time during the holidays seemed like a vacation to my friends! And I did gain a lot of knowledge and make some good friends here. Aside from the occasional scary time when I saw my grandfather, the rest of the time was really fun to spend the rest of my time here, whether it was exploring the complex with friends I knew from the village, or following those friends to the nearby mountains. Uesugi said with a smile on her face.

At this time, the expression on Maki Uesugi's face was no longer the unbearable past when he mentioned his grandfather, but a memory full of nostalgia.

"And now, do those friends of yours still live in the village?" asked Aoba curiously.

"Of course they're gone, they've all left the village and gone to live in the big city, otherwise I'd have been looking for them as soon as I got here, which is one of the reasons why I'm becoming more and more reluctant to come back here, because there are fewer and fewer people and things to remember. Uesugi said with a long sigh.

"People and things in the world are constantly changing. Nothing is eternal, even in the good things, it will eventually pass, people still have to live in the present, as for those that have passed, it is good to treasure it in memory. Aoba comforted Uesugi Maki.

"I know, Brother Aoba doesn't need to comfort me, my sister isn't so fragile yet, okay, it's getting dark. Let's hurry back to our room! Uesugi Maki looked at the sun that had already set on the other side of the mountain, and then looked at the time and said.

"Are you sure we're really going to the temple?"

"Of course you're going, Brother Aoba, aren't you holding back now?" Uesugi Maki looked at Aoba with suspicion.

"I'm just giving you one last warning, there's probably going to be danger there. Aoba said with a shrug.

"What danger will there be. It's nothing more than a legend!" said Maki Uesugi with a look of disdain.

"Okay, you're sure that's good. Aoba said with another shrug.

"And even if something really happens, Brother Aoba will protect his sister!" Uesugi Maki looked at Aoba with a smile, and his expression was obviously joking with Aoba.

"Of course. Since I am following, if something happens to you, I will be very shameless. Aoba nodded and said with a smile. It's just that what Aoba said didn't mean to joke at all, but was extremely serious, but unfortunately Uesugi Maki didn't understand this at all, and only thought that Aoba was joking like her.

"Then it's all up to Brother Aoba. So Uesugi Maki continued to jokingly.

"You've said that, what else can I do? Aoba agreed a little helplessly, knowing that Uesugi Maki was joking, but Aoba could only take it seriously, who made her Aoba's sister, even if she wasn't her own sister, but she was also the sister of her uncle's family, and Aoba couldn't watch her have an accident in front of her eyes anyway.

In this way, the two men returned to their respective rooms, and opened the doors of the two adjacent rooms as they had done in the afternoon, and each sat or lay on the tatami mat in his room in a relaxed position, watching the sunset and continue to chat.

It's just that the content of the chat is varied, rambling and messy at the same time.

"At this time, it would be nice to have a cup of tea to drink!" "Looking at the afterglow of the sunset, Aoba suddenly remembered the tea made by Kitagawa Kako, so he said with some emotion.

"Brother Aoba wants to drink tea? Uesugi said.

Just when Aoba was surprised, Uesugi Maki had already stretched out an arm from the next room and threw a bottle of green tea towards Aoba.

Aoba raised his hand to catch the bottle of green tea, looking at the bottle of tea in his hand, which was completely bought at a convenience store, he couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but in the end, he could only thank Maki Uesugi for his kindness.

"Thank you, Sister Maki, but at this time I still want to drink a cup of hot tea that has just been brewed. Aoba said with a shake of his head.

"Is there a difference between freshly brewed tea? Doesn't it all taste the same? And bottled tea doesn't have to wait for it to cool before drinking, you can drink it directly. "Uesugi Maki obviously didn't understand Aoba's thoughts, obviously in Uesugi Maki's opinion, whether it is brewed tea or bottled tea, since it is both tea, and the taste is similar, so what's the difference? Well, that's right, at least in Uesugi Maki, bottled tea and brewed tea taste the same, and bottled tea doesn't have to be as hot as brewed tea to mouth, so as far as Uesugi Maki is concerned, she likes bottled tea to brewed tea.

"Well, the taste is actually different. Faced with Uesugi Maki's opinion, Aoba didn't know how to answer for a while, if Japanese bottled tea is also like Chinese bottled tea, and the taste of brewed tea is very different, then Aoba doesn't need to distinguish it like this!

But the point is that Japanese bottled tea is completely different from Chinese bottled tea, Chinese bottled tea is basically sweetened, not to mention which one is delicious, at least it tastes very different from the brewed tea.

However, bottled tea in Japan is light and unsweetened, which makes bottled tea not much different from freshly brewed tea.

Therefore, even in the case of green leaves, it is difficult to tell what the difference is in the taste between the length of the bottle and the brewed tea.

"Is it different? I drink about the same!" says Maki Usugi.

"Well, then let's treat them as if they're about the same. For a while, Aoba didn't bother to argue, so he simply unscrewed the bottled tea and took a sip.

Sure enough, in Aoba's mouth, he could still distinguish the subtle difference between the taste of bottled tea and freshly brewed tea, but this difference could not be described in words, so Aoba simply stopped talking.

"Brother Aoba, do I still have refreshments here?" Uesugi Maki stretched out his arm from the next room again, while holding a few small bags of daifuku cakes in his hands.

"Yes, thank you. Aoba simply took the big fortune cakes and replied.

In this way, the two of them also began to enjoy the afterglow of the sunset while drinking tea and eating refreshments, just like what Aoba and Kitagawa Kako did together when they were still in the apartment.

The only difference is that at that time, Aoba drank tea made by Kako Kitagawa herself, and ate tea made by Kako Kitagawa herself! (To be continued.) )