When Echizen Ryoma returned to Japan, it was snowing in Japan.

He was standing at the gate of the airport with a tennis bag on his back, looking up at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, the hot breath he exhaled turned into a ball of white, as if it was about to freeze in the snowy sky of Tokyo.

Echizen Minamijiro did not come to pick up the plane today, he just sent the address of his current residence the day before Echizen Ryoma returned to his country.

Echizen Ryoma stopped a taxi, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket, clicked on the text message with the address sent by Echizen Minamijiro, and reported to the driver according to the above address: "Please take me here .”

Echizen Ryoma has lived in the United States since he was a child, but his Japanese has never been improved, so the driver thought he was a native of Tokyo.

"Are you playing tennis?"

Echizen Ryoma was sitting in the back of the taxi, and the driver of the taxi could see through the rearview mirror the big tennis bag that the boy was leaning on.

"Well, there was a fight."

"We played in our country for a while." The driver's voice was full of nostalgia.

He has been driving a taxi in Tokyo for almost ten years. To be honest, even with his eyes closed, he can know where to turn, where there are traffic lights, and how to go to the shortest place.

Echizen Ryoma kept lowering the brim of his hat and leaning back on the chair in the back row. He seemed to be asleep, but he heard what Mr. Driver said, and occasionally communicated with him when the other party asked questions.

"arrive."

"Thank you."

Echizen Ryoma got out of the car with his tennis bag, and he brought back nothing but this when he returned to Japan this time.

He looked at a temple on the hillside on the left, then pulled the brim of his hat, turned and walked to the right.

Walking around from the back of the yard to the front, Echizen Ryoma finally saw the house number with Echizen written on it.

The last time he came here was almost a few years ago, and his memory is also a little fuzzy. He only remembers that this place seems to be the place where Echizen Nanjiro lived back then.

It was already afternoon when Echizen Ryoma arrived in Japan, and standing at the gate of the yard now, he could see the setting sun burning red clouds in the distance.

He took out the key left to him by Echizen Nanjiro and Echizen Rinko and opened the door, and walked into the yard only to find that there was no light in the house.

……not at home?

Echizen Ryoma stood at the door of the house for a while, and then opened the door, but the sound of explosions suddenly sounded in his ears, which startled him.

The lights in the room were turned on in response, exposing the few people hiding in the entrance.

Ryuzaki Nanako was still holding a cracker for celebration, and the colored paper inside was scattered all over the floor, some of which fell on Echizen Ryoma's hat and hair: "Happy birthday, Ryoma!"

"...Thank you, Cousin Nanako."

Echizen Ryoma nodded to the woman who was smiling gently, and then looked at Echizen Rinko who was also looking at him tenderly.

"I'm back, Mom."

Echizen Minamijiro, who was smirking at the side, said in a strange voice, "Thank you, cousin Nanako. I'm back, mom...youth, you only have beautiful girls in your eyes?"

Echizen Ryoma ignored him, but picked up Karubin who was acting coquettishly at his feet, and smiled: "Long time no see, Karubin."

"Meow~"

"..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Echizen Nanjiro deeply felt that in the eyes of his son, his father was not as good as a cat.

In fact, Echizen Ryoma didn't do this to Echizen Minamijiro on purpose, but the other party usually took pleasure in teasing him, so over the years, he has gradually developed the habit of treating the other party as air at certain times.

"Ryoma~Ryoma~Why are you ignoring him?"

Echizen Ryoma was covered in goosebumps when his father called him in a coquettish tone, and then he looked at him again: "...Dad, what are you dressed like?"

What Echizen Nanjiro is wearing now looks strange to Echizen Ryoma, like a monk: "The abbot of the temple next door went to travel at his own expense, and I am acting as an agent there now."

"How about it, young man, does this suit still fit?"

Echizen Ryoma did not comment on his attire, but put Carubin on the ground, and then pulled out his tennis racket from his tennis bag.

I haven't fought with Echizen Minamijiro for several months. To be honest, he is really itchy.

"Let's play a game, Dad."

Echizen Nanjiro had converted a tennis court in the temple grounds, and he brought Echizen Ryoma there, and they fought with him until Echizen Rinko asked Ryuzaki Nanako to call them for dinner.

Echizen Ryoma lost badly, and was still teased by Echizen Nanjiro to run all over the field without scoring a single point, but he felt an inexplicable sense of fulfillment in his heart, which was completely different from the months when he was alone in the United States.

This kind of life made him feel more real.

After dinner, Echizen Rinko brought out a cake. After all, today is Echizen Ryoma's birthday, and cake is a must to eat according to the convention.

But not much was eaten later, because Echizen Nanjiro smeared the cream on Echizen Ryoma's face, and as a result, it developed into a cream fight between the father and son.

In the end, the father and son of the Echizen family put on miserable, sweet and greasy faces, and under the watchful eyes of Rinko Echizen and Nanako Ryuzaki, they cleaned up the restaurant before it was over.

Of course, only Echizen Ryoma was the one who ended, and Echizen Nanjiro was taught a good lesson by Echizen Rinko after his son went to wash and sleep.

Echizen Ryoma took a bath, but the sweet smell of cream still lingered on his hair and body, fortunately it was already very light, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fall asleep tonight.

On his first night back in Japan, he dreamed of nothing.

There is no him who is 17 years old, there are no people who are both strange and familiar, and there is no little girl who often sees in dreams recently...

When Echizen Ryoma woke up, his genius was bright. He rarely woke up so early, probably because he hadn't reversed the jet lag yet.

Some strange rooms remind Echizen Ryoma that he is no longer in the United States, and from now on, he will live in this land of cherry blossoms.

The boy stepped on the floor with his bare feet. This room was much smaller than the room he had in the United States. He looked down at Karubin who was still sleeping beside the bed, then walked to the window and opened the curtains. The light from outside came in.

"Good morning, Japan."

Today is Christmas, but spending Christmas in Japan is very different from spending Christmas in the West.

In the West, Christmas can be said to be their New Year, but in Japan it is just an ordinary festival, so it does not have the grandeur of the West at all, focusing on family reunion.

Although the Echizen family has lived in the United States for a long time, they did not choose to spend Christmas at home this year.

Ryuzaki Nanako invited her college classmates to spend Christmas together, and it is said that they had a Christmas party.

Echizen Rinko saw an advertisement two days ago, so for dinner tonight, the family of three planned to go to a shopping street in Tokyo. I heard that the western food there was very authentic.

Although Echizen Ryoma was born in the United States, he prefers Japanese food to Western food, but today is Christmas, and Echizen Ryoma is looking forward to it, so he agreed.

But before dinner, he and Echizen Nanjiro had to go shopping with Echizen Rinko.

Women can be described as not tired when they go shopping. Rao Echizen Minamijiro and Echizen Ryoma's physical strength from playing tennis may not be as good as the current Echizen Rinko.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Echizen Rinko also showed mercy and let them go, let them rest in a nearby coffee shop, and continued to go shopping.

Echizen Minamijiro ordered a cup of hot milk for Echizen Ryoma, and by the way laughed at his son's height, which made the young man very angry, but he had no choice but to hold the cup of milk and drink it.

The 17-year-old Echizen should be about 1.8 meters tall, because he is the Echizen Minamijiro who slightly overlooks that world.

Echizen Ryoma vowed to grow taller quickly and compare this old man.

"Anna, slow down!"

Although there was music playing in the cafe, Echizen Ryoma heard it, perhaps because he was very sensitive to the name now.

He raised his head and looked out the glass window, and saw a little girl in a red dress standing there.

The white-haired girl was almost exactly the same as the one in his dream, except that she looked younger.

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