Natural cute girl

There are plenty of desserts and pockys to eat, oh oh~ I want to play ball with Bunta~" - Akutagawa Jiro

"Under the leadership of my uncle, Ice Emperor will definitely stand on the top." - Keigo Atobe

"The winner is the Ice Emperor." - Takahiro Kawaji

Seeing this, Hanahara Ryo couldn't help but twitched the corners of her lips. As long as she couldn't see Atobe and desserts, she couldn't help but smile in her calm eyes. Is this everyone's Christmas wish? ...

From a certain point of view, it's really a childish way of expressing it, but looking at it this way...it's very warm.

From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of the unused note paper next to him, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. Huayuan Ryo picked up the paper and pen lying beside him and began to write, whispering softly while writing. Read it out.

In the end, the girl carefully tore it off and pasted it in the middle of everyone's paper—because other people's wish stickers were pasted in a circle.

"I hope to be friends with everyone in the tennis club forever." - Hanahara Ryo

Volume 4 ◇139◆ Essential Differences

The moonlight outside the window was a little cold, and the silvery white radiance was sprinkled on the wool carpet with golden light, which looked cool and reflected some strange colors.

The room was very quiet, which made it easy for Hanahara Ryo, who was looking for the figure of the blond boy after making a wish, to notice bursts of low-sounding laughter coming from behind the Christmas tree, so he changed direction and searched.

The footsteps are approaching.

"Heh... It's this kind of wish that I made. I thought you would write that I hope that I will fall in love with you, an idiot." Knowing that the other party had already noticed where he was, Keigo Atobe twitched the corners of his mouth. Walking out from the corner behind the Christmas tree, most of the previous unhappiness has disappeared.

Although he was a little surprised by the content of Ryoka's wish at first, but after thinking about it, if she really made a vulgar wish of "I hope I can like her", then it would not be Ryokahara .

The reason why he treats her differently from those female cats is that even though she is obsessed with her own beauty, she is still fundamentally different from those women who keep saying that she likes her—that is, she does not have delusions and daydreams.

"Atobe..." Finally seeing the person she wanted to see, Hanahara Ryo blinked blankly. At that moment, she didn't know what to say, so she could only subconsciously hand over the packaging bag she was holding tightly in her hand. Standing in front of the boy, he reminded softly, "This is... a Christmas gift."

"Do you think that this mere gift is enough to make me forgive you for not keeping the agreement? Huh?" Obviously, Keigo Atobe is not an ordinary person. He is not interested in gifts or anything. Now he Just caring about the reason why this guy was five hours late than the agreed time.

If reason is not enough...

Well, he would definitely consider letting the butler see off the guests now.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to be late... because... because... this." Holding the gift high again, the girl bravely looked into the blue eyes of Shin Atobe Keigo, but the verbal explanation stumbled "to prepare this so Sorry for being late."

Hearing the girl's explanation and realizing that the other party's late arrival seems to be inextricably linked with the packaging bag in front of him, Keigo Atobe's gaze finally changed from a supercilious direct gaze to a downcast gaze, and he kept looking at the packaging Bag for a long time, asked "what is this?"

"A gift." The answer was reasonable.

"My uncle asked what kind of gift this is."

"It's a hand-woven scarf." After finishing speaking, the girl lowered her head and slowly took out the scarf from the bag, while she was still muttering to herself, "The weather after Christmas will be very cold, I think Such a woven scarf must be very warm, so I learned it from my mother, but it is so difficult and time-consuming to weave..."

"My mother used to knit scarves for the family every winter. I only know now that it is really hard work."

"Actually, I'm most afraid of the cold..." Slowly unfolding the folded scarf, the girl subconsciously touched her cheeks that were flushed by the cold wind from running on the road before.

When she was talking before, she even wondered if it was the first time she said such a long sentence in one breath. Usually, she always felt that it was too troublesome and lazily shortened the sentences that should be said to the shortest. She couldn't control herself in front of Jingwu.

On the contrary, Hanahara Ryo felt that she was no longer herself in front of Keigo Atobe, no... to be precise, since she came to Bingdi, she gradually changed from before, just like when she was with her grandfather before. , loves to be coquettish, clingy, and stubborn.

Volume 4 ◇140 The root cause of being late

The light-toned beige scarf lay quietly on the girl's hand, with the end hanging down her arm. Looking roughly, although it was not as delicate as the one bought in the mall, every stitch and every thread could be seen that the knitter was useless. How much effort was put into it.

It's just that, even if there are any flaws, it doesn't matter.

Atobe Keigo silently picked up the scarf in the girl's hand and wrapped it around her neck twice without distaste. Blonde hair looks very well coordinated.

One thing I have to admit is that the scarf feels fluffy and warm when worn on the neck, and the breath seems to be filled with the girl's unique strawberry-flavored milk fragrance.

Noticing Keigo Atobe's actions, Ryo Hanahara stared at him nervously with wide eyes. The expectant eyes clearly indicated that he was waiting for the other party's answer or evaluation.

However, Atobe Keigo remained expressionless and did not make a sound.

The atmosphere was silent for a long time.

It's been so long that she thought that her gift was not well prepared after all, so she didn't get his favor, so she lowered her head timidly and explained in a low voice, "Well... because it's the first time I learned it, I didn't make it well, I overslept this morning , but the progress is still a lot behind, it took a whole day to complete, and it was dismantled many times, and the final part was finished in a hurry, so..."

"When did you start writing?"

"Ah?" As if he didn't expect the boy's first sentence to be such a question, Huayuan Ryo was taken aback before answering "A week ago."

"Stayed up late?" Atobe Keigo raised his eyebrows.

"Uh, um..." Nodding honestly.

Hearing the girl's confession, Atobe Keigo finally understood everything.

Connecting all the things in the past few days, from her Shishido saying that she always dozed off in class, to being late for department work every day, to being listless all day long, the root cause of this situation is staying up late at night to catch up with the schedule, right?

Even if he has never done manual work such as knitting scarves, he understands how difficult it is for a student who has to go to school every day to complete these tasks in a week, this idiot...

Thinking of this, Keigo Atobe slowly took off the scarf, and repacked it with the packing bag in the girl's hand. During the process, he pretended to be casual and said, "Actually, I don't mind receiving the gift in a few days."

But who knows, Hua Yuanliang's answer is very absolute.

"No, it won't be a Christmas present if it's delivered in a few days."

"That's better than rushing to work from early to late. Don't you know that the final exam is coming soon? Huh? You dare to doze off in class... What if you fail math again? You're not Cilang..."

"But isn't Atobe still helping me with tutoring?"

"I don't have so much leisure time to help a fool with tutoring."

"But……"

"In short, there is no negotiation."

"I'm sorry, I promise I won't do this again in the future, Atobe~"

Grabbing the boy's sleeve, Hanahara Ryo's tone gradually softened. She has already understood the weakness of Atobe Keigo's soft-spoken and soft-hearted after such a long time together. As long as he is softer, he will not insist on it.

Sure enough, hearing the girl's unique coquettish voice, Keigo Atobe finally compromised for the nth time.

He sighed, changed the topic and said, "Go to the table inside and have a look, there is a gift from Xiangri and the others there."

Volume 4 ◇141◆ Are you finally willing to marry her?

"Gift?"

"I wanted to give it to you face to face, but some idiot was five hours late, so I stayed here with my uncle."

Atobe Keigo said, and brought Hanahara Ryo into the hall.

So the first thing that catches the eye is two [toshiyoroizuka] Christmas limited cookies placed on the tea table - one is left by Keigo Atobe for Ryo Hanahara, and the other is Ryo Hanahara's own.

Without any suspense, the girl rushed over as soon as she saw the dessert, and then turned a deaf ear to the practical gifts that other people gave her.

In the concept of normal people, practical gifts, as the name suggests, are things that can be used in daily life, such as piggy banks, teacups, and even the scarf that Ryo Hanahara gave Keigo Atobe can be counted in this category.

In Hanahara Ryo's concept, practical gifts = all kinds of desserts.

In fact, Keigo Mitobu had expected this to happen a long time ago, so he put the two cookies in a more visible place, and put the rest aside.

But he soon regretted it...

Isn't it a little too much for this guy to stare at the stuffed food without looking up?More than once, he felt that his gorgeousness was not as important as those desserts!It made him unable to even say what he had thought about and wanted to tell her.

"Hanahara, I have something to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"