In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 42
"Ha~"

The mist was lingering, and the warm light of Yuba became indistinct at this time.

Lying in the bathtub, the temperature of the hot water permeates the skin, enjoying the rare leisure time of the day.

Uesugi Kai turned his head, picked up the dial next to it, and wiped off the mist on it.

22:43:23
It's been half an hour.

Touching his aching cheek, he could still think of Hanamaru Hiroki's bamboo sword swing mixed with loud shouts just now.

"It's really merciless."

Sighing, Kai Uesugi stood up helplessly from the bathtub.

He walked to the sink and wiped the mist off the mirror with a rag.

Kaoru Uesugi looked at his face.

Um.
Xiaoshuai Xiaoshuai.

He couldn't help but nodded to himself.

It's just that on the right cheek, there is already a bruise at this time, and the surrounding area is slightly purple.

"Why, slap in the face?"

Kai Uesugi couldn't understand. After wiping off the water stains on his body, he put on his clothes and went out.

The living room of my house is spacious, it is a standard one-household building in Tokyo, and it also has a lawn courtyard.

The Hanamaru's house next door is the same, but the decorations of the two are somewhat different, one is more refined, and this one is more concise.

Looking at the pleasant moonlight outside the living room, Kai Uesugi walked out wearing his shoes.

The flowers in the garden still crave his day's care.

Ding Dong
The doorbell outside the house rang suddenly.

"Do you not work overtime tonight? It's really rare." Uesugi Kai turned and walked towards the entrance, a little puzzled, "But why don't you use a key to open the door?"

A click.

"Welcome back, huh? Huahuo? It's so late, didn't you go to rest?"

Hanamaru Hanabi in a light-colored windbreaker stood in front of the door, which surprised Uesugi Kai.

"Uesugi-kun, my mother asked me to come and see you, saying that my father was too harsh."

She picked up the small box in her hand and looked up at him.

"Come in quickly, it's okay to come to my house alone at such a late hour?"

Kaoru Uesugi took out a pair of plush slippers from the shoe cabinet next to him. This is a special model for Hanabi and is always on hand.

"Well, Mom said that it's okay to not go back tonight with Huahuo."

Hanamaru Hanabi pressed the small leather shoes with her toes, revealing her tiny ankles under the white stockings.

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Uesugi Kai, who didn't know where to complain, had no choice but to say to her: "I still have to go back, how can a girl spend the night in a house where there is only one boy."

Hanamaru Hanabi looked up and smiled at him: "Father said the same thing."

The smile is very innocent, and I don't understand the meaning of it.

She was indeed a 15-year-old innocent girl, she would count the money for that liar even if she was not sold.

Looking at her slender figure, Kai Uesugi felt that strange feeling again in his heart.

Think about it carefully, aren't you the liar?
Forget it, I agreed to all the answers, let it take its course.

After all, I am also a 16-year-old boy, so there is no need to think so much.

Wouldn't it be great to talk about a campus love that you have never had in your previous life?
"Come in and sit down, I'm just about to water the potted plants."

"Ah."

Hanamaru Hanabi followed Uesugi Kai to the small table outside the living room, sat on it, put the small wooden box aside, and watched Uesugi Kai watering the plants in front of him.

The vibrant Silver Emperor and Silver Queen are extremely agile under the moonlight, and the silver-gray fan leaves are covered with dark green spots.

Leaf surface hypertrophy, full of luster.

"Why doesn't Uesugi-kun water them every day?"

"Because it's not good for their health, there are tricks to growing these flowers."

Crystal drops of water are constantly falling from the watering can, falling on the fat leaves and slowly sliding down, soaking the dry soil.

"Plants also grow. The experience of watering flowers can be summed up in a very simple sentence: don't dry, don't water, water thoroughly."

Hanamaru Hanabi listened curiously, shaking her slender legs.

"Do you think the flowers I have raised are all strong?"

"Ah."

"When the plant is dry, the root system will be in a state of extreme tension. At this time, it will be extremely thirsty for water. It will struggle to find the water source, grow hard, and spread around."

Kai Uesugi held the kettle patiently, pouring water evenly.

"When it is dry, it must be dry, and when it is watered, it must be watered thoroughly, so that the root system of the flower can be freed between the two directions to the greatest extent. In this harsh environment, its root system will grow extraordinarily robust. "

"But, in this case, wouldn't it be too cruel to the plants?" Hanamaru Hanabi asked cutely, tilting her head.

Uesugi Kai smiled: "This is the benefit of cruelty, if you keep them soaked in water, the root system will shrink quickly, and the outer leaves will not grow so fat at all.

"When you lose your desire for need, you become erosive.

"At that time, as long as the watering is cut off for a while, their leaves will soon become sick, become withered, short and lifeless.

"Even if you rewater it later, it will be very difficult for it to return to the way it used to be."

After watering a row of potted plants in the yard, put down the water bottle, and clapped his hands, Kai Uesugi sat beside Hanamaru Hanabi.

Tonight's night sky is cloudless, but there is the most dense blue in the dimness, making the moon inlaid above very eye-catching.

"I always feel that what Uesugi-kun said is like a human being."

"Yes, plants are also a kind of life, but they are not so complicated."

Kai Uesugi looked back at Hanamaru Hanabi, and he realized that she was looking at him too.

A pair of bright purple eyes sparkled, amidst curiosity, there was also a touch of distress.

"Uesugi-kun, does the wound on your face hurt? Hanabi will help you apply the medicine."

With that said, she opened the small wooden box beside her, took out the ointment from it, and squeezed it on her fingers.

Hanamaru Hanamaru looked up at Uesugi Kai's bluish cheek, stretched out her right hand naturally, and carefully applied it.

The girl's hand was white and tender, even though there was pain in that place, Kai Uesugi could still feel it clearly.

Delicate and serious little face, familiar girly breath.

It made my heart start to warm up.

"I'm sorry, Uesugi-kun's father shot too hard just now." Her right hand gently soothed the pain on her cheek, and Hanamaru Hanabi's weak voice was full of apology.

"No, it's nothing, you don't have to worry about Hanabi."

Speaking of Hanamaru Hiroki, his appearance today really gave Uesugi Kai a new understanding.

"I just didn't expect Uncle Hiroki to have such a strict side. I used to think he was always a 'very cheerful' person."

In fact, Kai Uesugi wanted to say "uncle optimist" and "strict wife".

But it is better not to say these words in front of Hanabi. After all, Hanamaru Hiroki has always been a good father in front of Hanabi.

(End of this chapter)