[Black Basket] Star Trail

The girl put down three bowls of noodles. The temperature difference between indoor and outdoor was too large, and the windows were covered with fog, making it difficult to see the scenery outside clearly due to the vast expanse of whiteness.Kanzawa Jizheng kept silent, pulled the porcelain bowl in front of him, put his bent legs inside the kotatsu, it was so hot that people didn't even want to move.The brown-haired girl put the tray back on the cooking table, and poured food for the cats and dogs at home. The black cat lay on the boy's lap with only its head exposed, and the golden retriever followed her step by step.

The black-haired young man in a sweater walked to the refrigerator and beat his waist like an old man. Today is not a statutory holiday, and he just got out of the shower and is ready to count down.The girl stopped his hand before it touched the beer can. The sleeves of the sweater were faded to the elbow, and there was a very shallow circle on the wrist, which was the trace of wearing a watch for many years. She just held it lap. "Excuse me, alcohol is prohibited. There is brown rice tea over there, freshly brewed...please help yourself."

Kanzawa Jiyu shyly withdrew his hand.Although he was the one who managed to get her into psychotherapy, Norie Kanzawa remained extremely tough on her alcohol intake.Kanzawa Norie turned around in a victorious posture, placed the two small plates beside the boy and herself, and accidentally kicked the black-haired boy with her legs stretched into the kotatsu.Her strength wasn't too strong, but it wasn't a painless blow either.But the black-haired boy shrunk himself into a smaller ball as if he didn't feel it. He kept his eyes on the TV screen, and his focus was so fake that it made people feel false.

It seems that it is too early to break the ice.

Kanzawa Norie picked up her chopsticks while thinking this way.

It was the first New Year's Eve where my parents were not around.

Even the father who often travels abroad will always rush back to spend time with them in these few days. This is the case every year, and he has never been left behind.Kanzawa Norie still remembers that one year her father came home before the countdown began, dragging a suitcase and wearing a thick coat. The fashionable and young girl was woken up by his movement, rubbing her eyes and walking down the stairs. Seeing his father's smile, he was welcomed into his arms.Speaking of which, neither the golden retriever nor the black cat came to Shenzawa's house at that time.

The elder brother settled the mirror cake table, and then got into the kotatsu, "I'm starting—"

While eating, the girl suddenly remembered something, and put down her chopsticks, "Remember to say Happy New Year to my aunt's house later... Grandpa and grandfather's side also want to go... I'll go and get my aunt's."

Among the three options, the girl chose the most difficult one.At this point, Shen Ze Jizheng was finally willing to take a look at her, but it was just a look, so fast that people couldn't grasp the emotion in his eyes. "oh."

The girl put away the dishes, then took out her phone, and dialed the number she remembered but never took the initiative to call.

The phone rang twice before it was picked up, and it seemed that the other party was also standing by and waiting for the call—but whether it was her call or not was unknown.Kanzawa Norie spoke first, with a calm and polite tone, completely the attitude that one should have towards elders.

"Good evening, I'm Ji Hui. Is this your aunt?"

"...Ji Hui?" A young male voice came from the other end.Kanzawa Jihui quickly identified the voice and linked it with personal information: it was a cousin of her aunt's family who was studying abroad. When Ji Zheng returned to Kyoto last time, he was still abroad. Unexpectedly, he returned to China for the New Year.

Probably when Kanzawa Norie was four or five years old, the two families hadn't had so much rift, and the children would occasionally play together.It may be because the aunt's house is full of boys, and the other party likes to tease her very much, and it lasts most of the day.If she remembers correctly, his major is the same as that of his elder brother, and he will graduate next year.Thinking of this, the girl's reaction was obviously much more cautious. "Hello."

The other party was silent for a moment, and his impression of the girl seemed to be that of Kanazawa Norie who would pull his sleeves and share half of his snacks with him many years ago.If there is a big brother at the side for comparison, the other party's seniority becomes a bit subtle—is he considered the elder of Kanzawa Norie?

"Mother has something to do and is going out." The man said, "If you don't mind, let me convey it for you?"

Kanzawa Norie hesitated for a moment, this was an unexpected change, and the relationship between her and her aunt was not close enough to congratulate her personally. "That's troublesome. Actually, I wanted to say Happy New Year to my aunt on behalf of my elder brother. I couldn't call in person. I was rude here. I wish you a smooth year. The New Year gift has been sent in the afternoon, and it must be soon. reachable."

The girl's response was obviously much more fluent than the young man expected, and he choked up, unable to react at first.

"Ji Hui is completely different."

While listening to his exclamation, the brown-haired girl played with the phone cord, her face expressionless.

The black-haired boy on the opposite side of the kotatsu turned up the volume of the TV a little, probably to gently tell Kanzawa Norie to stop talking nonsense with that side.The girl knew what he was worried about, and the game of passing word would always turn sour in the end, and then it would be chaos again.

If one of the three people dislikes the aunt's family the most, it must be Kanzawa Jizheng.The black-haired boy hated them to such an extent that he had no intention of hiding his feelings, which had been fully reflected in Kyoto.

Kanzawa Jihui glanced at him, indicating that he received it.However, the girl didn't do what he wanted, instead she hung up after chatting with the young man for a few more words.

The eldest brother also just put away the phone.The young man glanced at the girl, a little concerned about her abnormal expressionlessness. "……What's wrong?"

Kanzawa Norie teased the black cat with downcast eyes, and Spade tilted his head to let her caress, seeming to enjoy the girl's warm fingertips.She took a look at its eye color by the way, and it was indeed very similar to Akashi Seijuro, especially in the pupils, which were slightly ferocious vertical pupils, and no matter what expression they made, they were dignified. "Remember that cousin of my aunt's who is studying abroad? Just now he said that next year he could graduate early and return to Japan, probably at the end of next year... From what he said, his grandfather seemed to let him go directly to Tokyo to work. "

Kanzawa Yoshihiro was a little surprised.The open and secret struggle between the two families hadn't surfaced when the father was alive, but it gradually became more intense after their death. He and that person were completely rivals. Among the children of the aunt's family, only each other was of the same age, and the others were not his. threaten.To be more precise, it is the threat of twins. "Why did he tell you?"

This is not some kind of competition that advocates fairness. There is no need to remind the other party before drawing the sword and bow, and the chivalry is not worth mentioning.The other party didn't have to tell him what he was doing. Grandfather would not care about such things. What he wanted was a well-rounded heir. In a sense, the struggle was even what his grandfather expected.That is to say, it is a gesture of favor.

"I played very close with him when I was young." Kanzawa Jihui thoughtfully, "Although he is my aunt's son, I have a good impression of him. If he is a good person, I can't find anything wrong..."

Kanzawa Jizheng rested his arms on his hands, and squinted his eyes at an angle that the girl couldn't see.

The black-haired boy yawned, his pink eyes looked like some kind of feline.He didn't seem to listen to the two people's conversation at all, but the words he spoke showed another attitude.Kanzawa Jizheng stared straight at the TV, "Did you take out the kimono?"

He didn't add a title, but the three people present knew that it was to the girl—they were still in the cold war, and even if they needed to communicate, they tried their best to avoid calling their names directly, and instead used this kind of nondescript language Way.It was indeed awkward, but if Kanzawa Jizheng did not formally forgive her for a day, the girl would have nothing to do.Kanzawa Norie put down the black cat, Spade stretched, and walked back to the black-haired boy with small steps.She went upstairs and brought a paper bag, and also intentionally or unintentionally avoided Ji Zheng when she spoke. "Brother, yours...Although I checked it, it's better to look at it again."

The young man took it, shook his dark blue hakama, and started looking for something to say. "Going out at noon?"

The girl didn't even look up, "Well, I took it by the way when I went out for a walk with Heart."

Kanzawa Jizheng got his own set and left the kotatsu.The black cat seemed very unwilling to step out of this warm space, and barked, but still followed his footsteps.The black-haired young man watched his back and poured a cup of tea for the girl. "It's New Years?"

The implication is to urge her to reconcile.The girl shrugged, "It's not something I can decide unilaterally."

"Well, it will happen sooner or later, so don't worry too much. Compared with this, let's enjoy tomorrow's first attainment. After all, it is once a year, and the opportunity is rare." The young man reached out to touch her hair, and the warmth of his palm was warm "If you don't enjoy it well, you will be reprimanded by the gods. And..."

"and?"

The girl looks at herself in the mirror.

The procedure of wearing a kimono is quite complicated, and she has passed the point where she can ask her brother to come over to help her, so it took a lot of effort to get dressed neatly.Since it was a rare holiday, she wanted her eldest brother to sleep a little longer, even if it was only half an hour—at least so that he didn't have to get up early in the morning to visit the shrine.Kanzawa Norie put on a layer of lip balm in front of the mirror, and walked down the stairs after tidying up. It was almost noon at this time.Judging from the sound from upstairs, the eldest brother just got up and was washing up, and Ji Zheng was playing games in the kotatsu, and hadn't changed his clothes yet.He heard the girl's footsteps and glanced at her casually as she passed by. Kanzawa Jihui saw the fleeting surprise in his eyes.When facing her family, the girl didn't care so much about her appearance, but it was rare for the New Year, so of course she had to dress up well, not to mention that today was the day when she officially met that person, so there was nothing wrong with being grand.

The doorbell rang, and Kanzawa Norie walked through the living room, with a smile on his lips, and a vague sense of satisfaction that he had won back [-]%.The brown-haired girl pressed the screen of the security system, and the man was standing under the eaves, wearing the same kimono as her, and holding a cake box in his hand.

She is indeed a woman who understands the world.

This is the second time Kanzawa Norie and Tachikawa Masuki have met, but their entanglements have far exceeded the boundaries that strangers should have.It wasn't that the girl didn't like her, on the contrary, she knew that the other party's decision was right at the time, but it was still a bit embarrassing to meet her.

The girl opened the door and stepped aside, "Good day. Please come in."

Li Chuan had a natural smile on his face. The other party was an adult, and he knew how to hide his discomfort better than Kanzawa Norie, "I'm really sorry to come here empty-handed. If you don't mind, let's eat cake together?"

"Hey, are you going to get engaged next year?" Norie Kanzawa sandwiched the cake from both sides, and chatted with Tachikawa while sharing the cake.Both parties have a tacit understanding of the past without mentioning a word. After all, there is still a Kanzawa Yoshihiro between them, so it is unnecessary to make it difficult for the young people. "Then when did you get married?"

The woman took the plate and thanked, "Maybe another year or two. He seems to want to stabilize his job first."

That accident made a huge change in the life plans of the three people. As the eldest son, Kanzawa Jiyu had to give up more things than the other two.The black-haired young man staggered down the stairs. Although he usually got up earlier than girls, Kanzawa Norie knew that he had hypoglycemia—if even she knew it, let alone Tachikawa Mayuki.Seeing his bleary-eyed appearance, the woman couldn't help laughing, stepped forward to rub his hair twice, and stuffed a candy into his palm. "Are you awake? I'm going to the shrine."

The tone of the speech was completely different from that just now. In comparison, the sentence he said to Kanzawa Jiyu was much sweeter.The brown-haired girl bit her fork and looked at the two of them, but the elder brother consciously and gently moved away the woman's hand, but even the brows were extremely soft and helpless.

"Well, I'm going to change clothes now." He turned his head to look at the girl, "Where's Ji Zheng?"

Kanazawa Norie pointed to the ceiling.Although the boy seems to be the more cheerful one among the twins, he is unexpectedly not good at dealing with strange women.After greeting Tachikawa Masaki, Kanzawa Norisha returned to his bedroom with an excuse.

The eldest brother must have mentioned twin personalities with Tachikawa, and the woman who was treated coldly was not surprised.

"Really." The young man touched his chin, "Then let's go after changing our clothes."

"I haven't been to the shrine for many years... It's been more than 20 years." The woman looked around with a curious look, as if she was a tourist. Even if she took out her camera to take a picture next second, Kanzawa Norie would not feel Unexpectedly, "But it seems to be the same, and the shrines I went to when I was a child."

"The shrine will not change." The young man smiled and squinted at her.Although both of them were wearing kimonos, the woman took his arm.Both of them did this action very naturally, and it could be seen that it was a natural reaction after doing it countless times. "It's not a building that needs regular repairs, and the structure of shrines in various places is similar."

Kanzawa Norie rubbed the warm pack in her hand, and looked away from the two of them.

She didn't realize it at first, but it was easy to see after watching it for a while.They get along with their parents exactly the same way.

When they were still alive, they were as loving as ever for more than ten years, and their father even maintained the habit of kissing his wife first when he came home every day.Affected by them, Kanzawa Norie has a very strict definition of lovers and couples.

Kanzawa Norie was listening to the conversation between the two with a smile, when a familiar color suddenly flashed in the corner of his eyes.

The girl looked over quickly.Sure enough—this color doesn't think about anything but that person.The locations of the two are close, and it is not surprising to come to the same shrine. Akashi Seijuro and his father walked up the steps of the shrine together. The girl saw the Akashi family's car parked under the stairs.The location in this area is good, and the residents around are more or less well-known, and their social status is quite high. The Kanzawa family and the Akashi family are two good examples.The girl watched the two people walking towards her. The red-haired boy was wearing a black feather, the neck was the same as on Christmas night, without a scarf, and his hands were exposed... Isn't it really cold?

The four members of the Kanzawa family were also quite conspicuous among the crowd, and of course Akashi and his son also saw them.The red-haired boy followed behind his father, his eyes skipped over the others intentionally or unintentionally, and landed on the girl on the far side.

Kanzawa Norie's brown hair was loosely tied up in a bun, revealing Shirao's neck, and was restrained by a flower-patterned headdress.The bangs on her forehead were broken, and the eyes under her were lightly made up.Girls have always been very measured in makeup, and never make people feel that the makeup is too much, but this is also due to the girl's own skin.Arimou Akashi Seijuro's eyes turned a circle on the girl's lips, and the lips with a faint pearly luster were pink, just in line with her age, and it was her usual meticulous style.The girl stood next to her younger brother, crossing her fingers hidden under the wide sleeves, holding a handbag with patterns of flowers and plants, she blinked her eyes, as if to calm down the surprise of seeing him, and then said to Ruojian Dan Yu Yi Zhu