Zongman: Nohara Shinnosuke is about to be chopped off

"Alas, this door is locked. It seems we can't go forward."

Xiaoxin pointed to the locked big iron door in front of him and frowned slightly.

There is not only a black iron gate, but also a circle of fence with a fence enclosing the area in front of you, as if there is something protected inside.

"Oh."

Suotome Ai patted her forehead in annoyance.

Xiaoxin's escape was so sudden that she actually forgot to open the door.

"Xiao Ai, are we going in the wrong direction? Why don't we go back?"

Xiao Xin thought for a while. After all, this place didn't look like the direction of leaving the villa at all, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Come on, Master Xiaoxin, aren't you curious about what's inside?"

When Suotome Ai heard that Shin-chan wanted to leave, she whispered something mysteriously, hoping to arouse his curiosity.

"Xiao Ai, don't you know it yourself?"

Shin-chan blinked and looked at Suotome Ai with some surprise, his face full of confusion.

After all, this is Xiao Ai's villa. Logically, she should know a lot about what's going on here.

"More than a decade has passed, how can I still remember it so clearly?"

Suotome Ai shook her head helplessly.

I just told a lie to trick Shin-chan.

"Then Xiao Ai, please lend me your hairpin."

Xiaoxin pointed at the mahogany hairpin in her hair.

"Master Xiaoxin, what are you going to do?"

Although Suotome Ai was confused, she still obediently pulled out the hairpin that fixed her hair, her eyes full of curiosity.

The beautiful hair on Satsuki Ai's head fell out like a waterfall. She shook her head gently, and some of her hair hit Shin-chan's face, which felt a little itchy. A unique virgin fragrance belonging to a young girl slowly drifted into Shin-chan's heart.

"Little Ai is so pretty."

Shin-chan was full of amazement as he looked at Ai Suotome, who was gently brushing her long hair in front of him with a faint smile on her face.

At this moment, Xiao Ai is so beautiful.

"Master Xiaoxin, you know what? Although there are many disadvantages to growing up, every time you show this expression, it makes me feel that growing up is actually a very good thing."

Suotome Ai chuckled and blew a kiss to Shin-chan, a happy smile on her face.

"It's okay. I've always been very honest."

Xiaoxin scratched his head a little embarrassedly, with a shy smile on his face.

"Hmm? Did you smell a scent, little Ai-ni?"

Shin-chan wrinkled his nose slightly and sniffed around with a puzzled look on his face.

"Master Xiaoxin, do you know what this scent is?"

Suotome Ai slowly turned her head and stared straight into Shin-chan's eyes with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.

“It smells like flowers…”

Xiao Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, identified it carefully, and nodded slowly.

"Yes, this is the scent of flowers, the scent of roses."

Suotome Ai murmured to herself, with a complex emotion in her eyes.

Xiao Xin walked for a while and looked at the grand garden in front of him. The fragrance of the flowers was no longer vague and intermittent, but came to his face with a strong sweet smell.

Xiaoxin looked at the neatly arranged roses of various colors, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise:

"Xiao Ai, do you like... roses very much?"

"Master Xiaoxin, I don't like roses. To be exact, I can't even describe it as liking or not liking it. I hate it."

Ai Suotome spoke calmly with a blank expression, but a barely perceptible sadness flashed in her eyes.

"Then why does Xiao Ai-ni still want to..."

Shin-chan looked at the calm Suotome Ai with a puzzled look on his face, confusion written all over it.

If you don't like it, why go to the trouble of setting aside an area for planting, building a fence around it, and locking the iron gate?

Even Shin-chan, who is not familiar with roses, understands that it takes a lot of effort to grow roses so delicately and beautifully in winter.

"Master Xiaoxin, do you still remember what you wanted when you begged me for the first time?"

Satsuki Ai looked back at Shin-chan, but did not answer his question. Instead, she asked him a question.

She looked at Xiaoxin with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

"What I want? Um..."

As far as he could remember, he rarely asked his friends for anything.