Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 886 - 522: Hanamaru Yuzuki. Hanabi, today... can you come home with me?_2

Chapter 886: Chapter 522: Hanamaru Yuzuki. Hanabi, today... can you come home with me?_2

"What’s up?" Hanamaru Yuuki asked his uncle.

"Nothing, haha, I just, suddenly have something to do, something to do, you know?"

Hanamaru Yugetsu, who seemed like a playboy but was extremely steady in his actions, now had an expression as if he wanted to escape.

"Oh right! I still have something the same, I didn’t buy it at the supermarket, I’m going back now!"

"Stop." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Just as Hanamaru Yugetsu was about to turn and leave, Hanamaru Yuzuki walked over.

"Mom..."

"Aunt..."

Hanamaru Yuuki and Hanamaru Hanabi each called out respectively.

Hanamaru Yuzuki stood beside Yuuki and looked at Hanamaru Yugetsu’s somewhat despondent figure, "After all these years, are you still going to avoid me?"

"..."

Except for Uesugi Sakura, no one present knew the relationship between the two.

"Yeah... it’s been so many years... you’ve changed too... sister."

Hanamaru Yugetsu clearly had no intention of staying, and directly returned the way he came, heading to the supermarket earlier.

"Hey, why did Uncle leave?" Hanamaru Yuuki felt inexplicably puzzled.

"Your uncle, he..." Hanamaru Yuzuki looked at her daughter, hesitated to speak, "Oh, let’s not talk about these things."

"Hanabi-chan and Sakura, do you want to come to my place and sit with Yuuki?"

Uesugi Sakura knew this aunt was rather gentle and politely declined, "No, Hanabi-chan bought groceries."

"I see, going back to cook and eat," Hanamaru Yuzuki smiled, even after having two children, her face showed hardly any signs of the passage of time, "Seems marrying you, Hanabi-chan, wasn’t too bad."

The Hanamaru family’s members seemed all quite handsome, the men were good-looking, and the women were each exceptionally beautiful.

A large prosperous family, Uesugi Sakura inexplicably thought, describing the Hanamaru family.

"Then, I’ll take Yuuki home first, excuse me."

"It’s okay, just go ahead, aunt." Uesugi Sakura agreed.

"Goodbye sister, I’ll come to see you in the next couple of days, anyway, I don’t have much to do these days."

"Okay." Hanamaru Hanabi nodded.

Watching the mother and daughter get into the car and gradually move away at the end of the street, Uesugi Sakura refocused his attention on Hanamaru Hanabi.

"Uncle, why avoid Aunt?"

"Hanabi, you don’t know about this, right?" Uesugi Sakura confirmed with her.

"Don’t know." Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head.

"I... sigh, I don’t even know if I should tell you, these things, from our perspective, would be wrong, but from their view at that time... how could one explain such things?"

"What are you talking about, Sakura-kun?"

"Forget it, I’d better not say, let’s go back and find uncle."

"Okay, he should have returned to the supermarket."

Uesugi Sakura led Hanamaru Hanabi back to the previous supermarket, wandered through each section, and finally found Uncle Hanamaru Yugetsu in the less populated kitchenware section.

"Why did you come back to find me?" Hanamaru Yugetsu’s voice was full of loss and dejection.

He seemed to really have something he didn’t buy, holding a ladle in his hand.

Uesugi Sakura: "Hanabi was a little worried about you."

"Really?" Hanamaru Yugetsu looked at his young niece’s pretty face, smiled, initially wanting to rub her head like before, but suddenly realized she had grown up.

"Everything is changing..."

Hanamaru Yugetsu couldn’t help but lament, then looked at Uesugi Sakura, smiled and said, "Don’t know if you have the same feeling, really wanting to go back to the past, sometimes people drown in memories... actually makes the mood very depressed. Even though I said I would face each day with sunshine, seeing my sister... I still can’t help but want to go back to the past."

This matter...

Uesugi Sakura dared not ask, Uncle seemed to have had some past relationship with Aunt?

No, can’t confirm if that’s it.

"Are you trying to guess the relationship between me and your aunt?" Even though Hanamaru Yugetsu was feeling down, he could still read his mind.

"Yeah."

"It’s been so long, there’s no harm in telling you. Yes, there was a period when there was something between us, but in reality... it was nothing. It was just my sister playing a joke to cheer up her childish brother, and I just took it seriously."

Hanamaru Yugetsu hesitated, "Forget it... let’s not talk about it, it’s all old stuff."

"Hanabi-chan."

"Yes."

"Take care of your husband. He’s such a handsome guy; even if he doesn’t go looking for trouble, bees will still come to sting him. If he ever makes you feel wronged, let your uncle know and I’ll take care of him for you!"

"Okay." Hanamaru Hanabi smiled happily.

Seeing a semblance of Hanamaru Yuzuki in Hanamaru Hanabi’s face, Hanamaru Yugetsu was momentarily lost in thought.

"I’ll be off then, I still have to finish eating the food I cooked yesterday."

Uesugi Sakura looked surprised, "Uncle, aren’t you always hanging out at bars? You still cook at home?"

"What are you talking about!"

With a wave of his hand, a ladle fell right in front of Uesugi Sakura’s head. Luckily, he dodged it just in time; otherwise, he’d have ended up with a bump on his forehead.

"Even I take cooking seriously, you know?"

Uesugi Sakura laughed, "Uncle, you seem to be quite a loner, who are you learning from?"

"I learned online, is that not okay!? Go, go, I know you want to set me up with someone, but it’s not up for discussion."

"Why not?"

"Why not?" Hanamaru Yugetsu raised his eyebrows, "Let me ask you, if Hanabi wasn’t your wife anymore, would you find yourself a new one?"

"No."

Initially, Uesugi Sakura wanted to say "yes" to lighten the mood.

But since he had been making Hanabi upset frequently, he decided against making such jokes.

Hanamaru Yugetsu: "See, exactly! Ah, just go, seeing you two youngsters getting married before me is just upsetting, go, go!"

Seeing that he was in a good state, Uesugi Sakura smiled, "Then Hanabi and I will head home first."

"Ah yes, go, go!"

Hanamaru Hanabi lowered her head sweetly, "Goodbye, Uncle."

This time, Hanamaru Yugetsu didn’t seem as impatient, "Alright, Hanabi-chan, take care and rest when you get home."

Uesugi Sakura witnessed all this and thought, indeed, Uncle’s attitude towards his own niece was completely different.

After saying goodbye to Uncle, they left the supermarket.

Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanabi walked on the chilly, windy street.

He glanced secretly at the bag in Hanamaru Hanabi’s hand, "How about I carry that for you?"

"This is for Hanabi and mom to eat together, it’s got nothing to do with Kaito-kun. But Kaito-kun, why don’t you buy yourself a bento to eat?"

"I... when I think about how silly I’ve been those days, I just lose my appetite." Uesugi Sakura said, stealing another glance at Hanabi, his gaze almost caught by her.

"No appetite? Then what is Kaito-kun eating?"

As expected, Hanamaru Hanabi responded almost subconsciously.

"Cup noodles... My cooking isn’t good, and I can’t have coffee as a meal..." Uesugi Sakura sighed deeply on purpose, "Sigh... lately, I feel like I’ve lost a lot of weight. I come home and there’s nothing to eat... when I see the cake you left in the fridge, I see the happy face you had when making it for me... I really can’t bear to recall how you looked then, nor do I want to face how I was that day."

"So...?"

"So... I ate that cake, there’s still a quarter of it left in the fridge. Although it’s been almost two weeks, it probably hasn’t gone bad, and I’ll have it for dinner tonight."

"No way! That cake’s been there forever! Kaito-kun, you really need to take better care of yourself!"

"I... I can’t help it, I don’t know how to cook... and I can’t bring myself to throw away the cake you made."

"Then... then... Hanabi..." Hanamaru Hanabi hesitated.

Uesugi Sakura stopped under two gently swaying trees and looked at the girl in front of him, "Then... Hanabi, would you come home with me today? I really want to eat your dinner... Hanabi-chan."

Perhaps it was the last sentence that moved Hanamaru Hanabi. Her heart skipped a beat. She looked up to meet Uesugi Sakura’s eyes, which were gazing at her.

"Kaito-kun..."