Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 893 - 526: Outside the Tokyo Bookstore in the Snow

Chapter 893: Chapter 526: Outside the Tokyo Bookstore in the Snow

The bicycle sped down a slope, causing Hanamaru Hanabi to instinctively tighten her grip around Uesugi Sakura’s waist.

This feeling of imbalance made Hanamaru Hanabi scared.

She closed her eyes, her face pressed against his back, and unconsciously shouted:

"Sakura-kun...! Could you slow down, please?"

"It’s downhill! I can’t slow down!" Uesugi Sakura’s face was brushed by the cold wind, he turned back to respond to the girl, and her snuggling made him feel a sense of responsibility to protect her, "Hanabi, just hold onto me, don’t be afraid, leave everything to me."

"Okay..."

Hanamaru Hanabi knew there was nothing she could do from behind, she could only rely on him, entrusting all her faith onto him.

Luckily, the slope in the city wasn’t very steep, and the journey was over quickly.

"Were you scared?" Uesugi Sakura stopped the pink bicycle, his red hands gripping the handlebars, and turned to ask the girl behind him, whose face had turned somewhat pale.

"A little... It felt dangerous just now."

"Then I’ll try to take flatter roads next time, but Tokyo does have a lot of slopes."

"No need to deliberately change the path, besides... that feeling was quite new."

"Then let’s continue."

"Okay..."

Uesugi Sakura listened to her voice, smiled, kept silent, and started pedaling the bicycle again, focusing entirely on the snow-covered streets of Tokyo City ahead.

A bicycle, a boy and a girl, the boy slowly pedaling in front, the girl sitting sideways behind him, holding his waist.

Surrounded by a flurry of snowflakes, constant stream of vehicles, pedestrians with umbrellas walking on the streets.

The air was cold, yet somehow warmed by the girl hugging him at the waist.

Uesugi Sakura took her through intersection after intersection, stopped at each crosswalk, waiting for the flashing traffic lights ahead.

Every time they waited, he could feel the girl behind him holding him tighter.

This unspoken communication through physical contact really brought a smile to his face.

"Hana-chan."

"What’s up?" Hanamaru Hanabi holding his waist, sensed the longing in his voice.

"I suddenly want to take you to see the world," Uesugi Sakura gazed at the falling snow on umbrellas amidst the crowd ahead.

"Then let’s go, after Hanabi and Sakura-kun graduate, but why?"

"Because on the road, we’ll encounter so many things, so many stories, we’ll see something new every day, see everything fresh."

"Don’t you think, Hanabi?"

Hanamaru Hanabi poked her little head out to his side, and said: "This must be a whim of Sakura-kun’s. Even Japan, Sakura-kun hasn’t taken Hanabi around, yet he wants to take Hanabi to traverse the world."

"Haha, indeed."

"Why not learn to ride a motorcycle, and take Hanabi for a ride everywhere?" Hanamaru Hanabi suggested to him.

"You like that?" This was something Uesugi Sakura hadn’t thought of.

"Hmm, it should be quite nice... and we can see a lot of scenery and flowers that are unseen."

"Alright, since it’s Hanabi-chan’s request, I’ll do my best to fulfill it, I’ll learn, starting tomorrow!"

"Really? Dad has a motorcycle in his warehouse that he used to use, Sakura-kun can give it a try."

"From father-in-law?"

"Yes, dad used to take mom out, rode over half of Japan, mom said that was the most romantic thing dad did for her, she keeps telling Hanabi about it."

I never expected father-in-law to be so romantic.

The bicycle wheels rolled over the ground, Uesugi Sakura brought Hanamaru Hanabi to a nearby Kadokawa Bookstore.

He stopped the bicycle at the entrance and locked it.

Hanamaru Hanabi stood by, hands folded on her skirt, quietly watching him.

He hadn’t paid much attention, but as he squatted down to lock it, Hanamaru Hanabi noticed his reddened hands.

In such cold weather... the girl’s eyes inevitably showed some concern.

Her expression paused, immediately taking off her gloves, walked up to him, and grasped his hands.

So cold...

Uesugi Sakura knew she had noticed, and he retracted his hands, standing in front of the bookstore’s glass, looking at her little face, gently saying:

"I’m fine."

Hanamaru Hanabi’s face was still full of concern: "Hanabi should have thought sooner, Sakura-kun’s hands must be very cold riding the bike, Hanabi should give the gloves to him."

As she spoke, she pinched his arm, carefully gloved his cold-red hands with the gloves she’d already warmed.’

"Not your fault."

"But Sakura-kun’s hands are cold, why didn’t you tell Hanabi?"

"Hanabi, your hands have always been colder than mine since childhood, even in summer, they’re a bit cool, I worry about you catching cold."

"Really... you’re frozen like this, saying such sweet things." Although Hanamaru Hanabi’s words carried a complaint, they were filled with concern.

She put her gloves on his hands, then tucked his hands into her pockets to warm them for a while. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Feeling better?"

"It’s better," Uesugi Sakura withdrew his arm, glanced at the gloves she put on him, "but why are Hanabi’s hands so warm today? They used to be cool, and needed me to warm them."

"That doesn’t matter, the important thing is not getting frostbite, Sakura-kun."

"Oh? Doesn’t Hanabi dislike me? Why so caring now?"