Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 926 - 542: Another Christmas

Early morning, Uesugi Sakura grimaced as he got up from bed.

For some reason, his head was really pounding.

Heavy-headed, his head felt as if it was filled with lead.

He tried to prop himself up from the bed, glanced at the empty space where Hanabi usually lay, and sat on the edge.

"Ugh..."

He cradled his head with both hands, pushing his hair back.

Ouch, it hurts so much...

His head felt like it was swelling layer by layer.

He couldn’t quite remember what happened last night; it seemed like there was a big dinner, and then his father-in-law took the opportunity to make him drink heavily, and then... he got drunk...?

Ugh... It’s really hard to recall.

It seems someone called him an idiot afterwards.

Idiot?

As for who would call him an idiot, it was probably only Hanabi who would do it.

While frowning, the bedroom door was pushed open.

Uesugi Sakura tried to lift his head, squinting his still drowsy eyes to look at the person entering.

The person was Hanamaru Hanabi in a white dress, wearing slippers, carrying a cup of honey water as she walked in.

"Sakura, how are you feeling?"

"It’s okay... Just a bit of a headache..."

Hanamaru Hanabi sat beside him, looking concerned: "Sakura, you drank so much last night, it’s no wonder your head hurts."

"Haha... I was just dealing with my father-in-law." Uesugi Sakura forced a smile.

"Dad really knows that Sakura doesn’t drink much, yet he made you drink so much."

Uesugi Sakura smiled and said, "Father-in-law was helping Hanabi to hold me accountable, you know."

"Hanabi knows what Dad meant... But making Sakura drink wasn’t good at all." Hanamaru Hanabi handed him the honey water cup, "Sakura, drink this; it should help with the headache."

Uesugi Sakura took the cup in his hand, feeling the warmth through the glass.

Listening to her voice, his heart felt as warm and sweet as the light yellow honey water in his hands:

"Hanabi is always good to me. I just woke up, and here she is with some secret remedy for me."

"Now Sakura says Hanabi is nice... But last night..." Hanamaru Hanabi pouted.

"What about last night?" Uesugi Sakura took a sip of the honey flavor.

Thinking back to the scene, Hanamaru Hanabi’s cheeks reddened slightly: "Nothing... as long as Sakura knows he’s a bad boy!"

Uesugi Sakura thought carefully, frowning:

"Did I do anything last night when I got drunk, wasn’t it just straight to sleep?"

Not quite!

Bad Sakura... he kept acting spoiled, continuously acting spoiled towards Hanabi...

Afterwards, he just went straight to sleep!

Men are just bad boys, bad boys!

Hanamaru Hanabi pouted in dissatisfaction, her cute little face filled with affection as she stared intently at Uesugi Sakura’s side profile.

"What’s wrong?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

Hanamaru Hanabi gently shook her head: "Nothing... Hanabi was just thinking, do all guys turn out that way after getting drunk."

"Huh? What way? What is Hanabi talking about?"

Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t explain: "As long as Sakura knows he’s a big bad boy, that’s enough."

Uesugi Sakura didn’t dwell too much on it: "Oh, today is Christmas, should we go out and have fun?"

"Of course we should! Why not go out on Christmas, and also..."

Hanamaru Hanabi looked up, glanced out the window covered in snow, "It’s snowing quite heavily today, it’s perfect for going out and visiting many places, checking out the scenery, and trying some food. By the way, we can’t be out all day."

"We need to prepare Christmas decorations and the Christmas tree, right?" Uesugi Sakura smiled.

"Yes, and for the Christmas gifts for Aei and Chiaei, what do you think we should give them, Sakura?"

"Strawberry cake?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Sakura, that’s a bit perfunctory! Although they do like that."

Uesugi Sakura rubbed his chin, "Little Chiaei quite likes reading, how about my light novel as a gift?"

"Sakura, really... You need to think more about Christmas gifts; Aei and the others are still kids."

"But Aei told me a long time ago that she realized Santa Claus is a fake; she said she wished for Santa Claus to bring her mom back before, but it never happened."

"So, Sakura, you have to treat them well and give them gifts, this way you’ll be their Santa Claus," Hanamaru Hanabi said, "and also, Sakura, your novel is already getting criticized online."

"What?! Criticized? Why?" Uesugi Sakura was stunned.

Hanamaru Hanabi thought for a moment: "Seems like people are saying you shouldn’t have the childhood friend die at the start, and some said this is the worst harm to childhood friendships they’ve seen, gone by the second Chapter."

Uesugi Sakura chuckled: "In a way, it’s kind of a compliment. As for the criticism, I think it’s just that the twist was too unexpected."

Hanamaru Hanabi: "But even though Sakura’s novel is talked about a lot, many people are reading it too, I’ve seen quite a few discussions on Twitter already."

"That’s a good thing." Uesugi Sakura looked around the bed, picked up the phone placed next to the pillow.

"Sakura wants to check social media reviews?"

"Yeah, it’s my debut work, no matter what, I have to check out everyone’s feedback."

"Then Sakura check it yourself first, Hanabi is going downstairs to see if breakfast is ready."

"Okay."

Uesugi Sakura placed the water cup on the bedside table and opened Twitter on his phone, searching for topics about "Hanabi’s Love."

He started scrolling through related comments.

Once the search page refreshed, he saw a user with the id Nekomata, whose profile picture was a blue lotus from an anime, with a post including images made an hour ago.