Love Comes After Learning

Uesugi Fuutarou slowly put away his laughter, and sighed softly: "I also have to work harder for my own happiness..."

"So, let's cheer each other up."

"Ah."

The two chuckled tacitly together.

Just when Asada thought Uesugi was going to hang up the phone, he heard him suddenly say:

"That's right, Asada."

"how?"

"You, have you ever regretted it?"

"..."

Shinichi Asada knew what he was asking.

Ask yourself, did he ever regret meeting them, falling in love with them, making promises to them, letting chains bind each other?

If I hadn't met them, would I be living a freer life now?

Don't care about time management, don't have to bear criticism from others, and don't have to fight against morality and law.

If he hadn't met them, would such a life be more suitable for him?

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[This is a lie. 】

[The first one once said that he would never be able to win a happy ending like that. 】

[Countless Asada has proved that he will never get a perfect relationship like that. 】

[Maybe there are other routes to choose, or maybe he just hasn't discovered it yet. 】

[But for Shinichi Asada, "I want it all" is the happiest and most perfect ending——]

[And this is also a lie. 】

He was only silent for a while, then smiled and said:

"There is no such thing as perfection, just try to do your best and don't want to give up."

The roots of his ears were itchy slightly, and he turned his head back, where a young girl was looking at him.

Not standing in the hallway of the company.

Nor is it wearing mature business attire.

She just stood in front of the grass, beside the cherry tree.

There were still some leaves on the uniform, and he appeared in front of him awkwardly but obediently.

She doesn't seem to like to talk, she looks taciturn and her expression is not obvious, so people don't know what she is thinking.

She just looked at him quietly like this, her fingers gently slid across the bangs that covered half of her face, and rested on the blue iron triangle earphones.

The world is very quiet, as if waiting for her to speak.

Suddenly, she slightly curled the corners of her mouth, smiling peacefully and softly.

In this spring scene of flying cherry blossoms, she opened her mouth softly and said something to him:

"..."

It was like a painting.

——The painting born of her smile.

Blinking, the girl gradually disappeared, looking at Sanjiu Nakano who appeared at the front of the corridor and walked towards her holding a brown paper bag.

Shinichi Asada slowly closed his eyes, with the corners of his mouth still bent, and said to Uesugi Fuutarou on the phone:

"Uesugi, I don't seem to have made any progress at all."

"Until now, he is still stupid and stubborn, naive to death, unable to learn even the simplest regret, and causing trouble for everyone."

Saying so, he didn't have the slightest bit of remorse, instead he smiled like a fool:

"So, even though Shinichi Asada is an idiot, he hasn't regretted it for a moment!"

"Even if time goes by, there will be thousands of setbacks--"

"It's better than I never met them."

call ended.

Asada put away the phone, took the stack of kraft paper bags, and walked towards the conference room holding Sanjiu's little hand.

Extra episode.Sanjiu's Christmas

"A to Z ~ A to Z Tianxia を (put the world), A to Z ~ A to Z 选ります (include under the command)..."

The melodious bell rang.

Sanjiu lazily withdrew her hand from under the kotatsu, took the phone and looked, it was Nino calling.

Her cheeks were bulging like a hamster, and she chewed and swallowed the orange bit by bit. She let the bell ring for more than ten seconds before answering the phone.

"It's too slow! What the hell are you doing? Are you eating oranges under the kotatsu?"

Er Nao's high-pitched voice rushed into her ears instantly, making San Jiu frowned uncomfortably, and pulled the phone away a little.

"Alas, the instincts of quintuplets are really annoying..."

"Are you really eating oranges?! Do you know what day it is? That guy just asked you to stay at home and eat oranges?" Er Nao yelled with hatred, as if he was going to leave from France in the next second. Come back on a plane and beat someone up.

"Is he with you now?"

Eyes squinted lazily like a cat taking a nap, Sanjiu replied lightly: "Shinichi is out, I'm looking after the house."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Nino suppressed her anger and said: "Hehe, very good, Asada Shinichi...you dare to leave my sister and his girlfriend at home alone on Christmas Eve, you really treat me as Nakano!" Is there no one at home?!"

She then said something loudly in French into the distance, and Sanjiu guessed that she should ask someone to help her book a ticket back to Japan or something.

Sanjiu couldn't help curling her lips. Since Er Nai went abroad to study art, her temper has become a lot more irritable. Although her love for her family has not changed, every time she sees Asada, she doesn't have a good face, and even speaks easily. stand up.

These two people are really enemies... Fortunately, I mustered up the courage to be the first to confess, otherwise Nino would also like Asada one day, and according to the way the two of them get along, sooner or later they would quarrel and develop true feelings.

Sanjiu sighed, and said softly to the other end of the phone: "Alright Nino, Shinichi only went out because he had something to do, and he didn't intentionally leave me alone at home, so don't come back if you have nothing to do..."

"What, it's rare for me to go back and you still dare to despise me?!" Er Nai raised her volume, seemingly feeling a little wronged.

Sanjiu clicked her lips quietly as if it was troublesome, and said in a soft voice when she was acting like a baby to her boyfriend: "It's nothing, I like Er Nao the most... Then, what's the matter with calling suddenly?"

"Yes, I almost forgot the business when I was interrupted by you..."

It's my fault... Sanjiu flattened her face and pressed her chin on the stove table.

"I'll go back before the Chinese New Year, and then we'll go to the Shrine Hatsune together, and then go to Grandpa's hot spring hotel... No boyfriends allowed!"

Sanjiu muttered in a low voice: "If you don't have one, don't let me take it..."

"What did you say?!"

"It's nothing~" Sanjiu elongated her voice, and after turning on her mobile phone to amplify, her pink fingertips began to peel the oranges, "Yihua's movie just wrapped up, and Yotsuba is also in the offseason, please ask others in May The teacher took the class for a week... Er Nai, can you come back for a few days?"

"About five days, if not the hot springs, where are the five of us going to go?" As if recalling the appearance of the other sisters, Nino said with a little smile and anticipation.

Sanjiu frowned, took a bite of the orange, and also smiled.

"okay."

Go anywhere, as long as the five of them gather together as usual.

No one needs to say it clearly, because the tacit understanding of the family has long been preserved in the heart. Even if they are scattered in different cities and different countries, the Nakano quintuplets are still the best sisters.

Five different happiness, one same smile, never changed from before to now.

"What about you, Sanjiu? Is your deadline okay?" Er Nai asked.

"Well, you can see it in the next issue of 'Warring States Fun Stories'." Sanjiu said calmly, licking the corner of her mouth stained with sweet and sour juice, "The publication will be closed for the New Year, so I have been very idle for the past few weeks , you can play with the lonely Nina."

"Who is lonely!" Er Nai's shy voice sounded, but San Jiu didn't pay attention to it at all, but said slowly as if talking about what to have for dinner today.

"It's just in the expectant period, it's really helpful not to do mental activities~"

"..."

Amid Nina's strange silence, Sanjiu had expected to turn down the volume of the phone to the minimum, and silently counted for three seconds.

Then, there was a scream that was so sharp that it seemed that even the mobile phone was shaking.

"what--!!"

Before she finished calling, Sanjiu said lightly.

"I lied to you."

"Cheat..." Er Nao's voice faltered for a moment, but she didn't get annoyed as San Jiu thought. Instead, she pondered for a moment and questioned, "Isn't that right? You two have been dating for six years since the second year of high school. You have been living together four years ago, and there is no financial pressure, and now you don’t talk about having children, so don’t you think about getting married or getting engaged?”

Sanjiu gnawed on an orange and answered.

"Chew...I said that I really like the life I have now, and I don't want to change it for the time being. Shinichi will prepare everything by himself. As long as I promise, the wedding will be waiting for you...so there is no rush."

"You..." Er Nai sighed heavily, "Most people who have such thoughts regret it, you know? If you don't hurry up and get married and tie him up, one day that guy will go to your high school confidante to cheat on you, just wait cry!"

"No, I believe in Shinichi." His cheeks were dyed crimson, and Sanjiu showed a smile that seemed to melt, "I belong to him, and he is reluctant to betray me. Because in this world, there is absolutely no one who is more beautiful than me." Love him."

"Tch..." As if being overwhelmed by the indescribable affection in the words, Er Nai clicked his tongue full of disgust, "Look at you being hopeless, can't you be like me, when A strong woman, can she live well alone?"

"Hmph..." Sanjiu replied noncommittally.

"I can't do it alone, I just can't do it without him."

The voice was soft, but there was no room for tact.

She thought so from the bottom of her heart.