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"This is."
"I asked the old man to hand over his apology to you personally, but he refused and just pushed it to me without saying anything."
"Did your father carve the little rabbit?"
"The old man carved it secretly at night while you were sleeping."
"what"
Chitose Yangkui held the two pieces of sushi in her hand and laughed.
"The old man also asked me to convey some words to you, asking you not to go out today and stay to help him."
Yang Kui Chitose held the small wooden box and looked at the two pieces of sushi inside. She couldn't stop smiling, "I suddenly think my father is quite cute."
"If the old man heard what you said, he would be really angry."
"Yeah, I know. Dad is very proud."
"So Chitose is going out today?"
"today."
Chitose Yangkui thought about what she had agreed to do yesterday to make breakfast for Fujii Itsuki, and hesitated for a moment.
"For today, I won't go out for the time being. I'll call Brother Shu and tell him."
Yang Kui Eriko smiled and nodded, "I think it's all right. The main thing is that the store is busy, and the old man is worried that you, a girl, will encounter something bad when you go out. I don't think so. When children grow up, they will always be independent. If you always worry about the safety of children, then the children will never grow up."
"thanks Mom."
"Just don't mind what happened yesterday, Chitose."
The rest of the process was the same as usual. I had breakfast and then started preparing the ingredients that would be used in the hot spring shop for the rest of the day.
While eating breakfast, the father sitting opposite me was as serious as usual.
He rarely talks.
"You're not going out today, are you?"
"Well, not today."
"That's good."
These were the only two sentences exchanged during breakfast, and after that, Yang Kui Nagano ate his noodles in silence, with a serious face, and didn't say another word.
After breakfast and cleaning up the dishes, it's time to start working.
Chitose Yang Aoi changed into the exclusive yukata of the hot spring shop, and only then did she have time to call Fujii Itsuki.
"Brother Shu! I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to break my contract this morning."
[Breach of contract?]
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded dull and hoarse.
If she hadn't looked at the phone notes, Yang Kui Chitose would even have thought she had dialed the wrong number.
She quickly continued, "We agreed yesterday to make breakfast for Brother Shu. Brother Shu, why is your voice wrong?"
[I have a cold.] The response came from the other end of the phone.
"You have a cold?! No, it's nothing. Maybe you just came back to Otaru from Tokyo and haven't adjusted to the temperature yet."
[It's okay, just take some medicine at home.]
Yang Kui Qiansui's heart tightened.
Brother Shu is lying. He just came back from Tokyo and he only had that much luggage with him. He didn't even have a cotton-padded jacket, so how could he have any antipyretic medicine?
But maybe it was the antipyretic medicine from Jiuhua's home?
Because Jiuhua has antipyretic medicine at home, that's why Brother Shu answered himself like this.
Yang Kui Qiansui then asked: "Brother Shu just came back, do you have any medicine to reduce the fever?"
[Don’t worry, I still have enough energy to go out and buy medicine.]
My heart tightened again.
Yesterday, my father's words, "If he cared about you, wouldn't he have informed you in advance before returning to Otaru?", lingered in my mind again.
This caused Yang Kui Chitose to waver in her heart.
How should we understand what Brother Shu said?
If it were in the past, I would have thought that Brother Shu didn't want me to worry, so he didn't want me to go there.
But if we think about it from another perspective, is it because Brother Shu no longer likes me and doesn’t want me to get close to him or help him, that’s why he said that?
Brother Tree is trying to distance himself
impossible
Absolutely impossible
Chitose Yang Kui kept giving herself hints.
But once this idea came up, it was like a quagmire. The more I thought about it, the more doubtful I became, and the more I got stuck in it. It also connected it with some details that had happened between the two of them in the past few days.
When they first met, Brother Shu clearly wanted to touch my head but he reached out halfway and then pulled his hand back.
When we first met, Brother Shu didn't think of asking me how I was, but instead started talking to me about Jiuhua.
I helped Brother Shu make breakfast that day. Brother Shu was also keeping an eye on where Jiuhua was going.
Why.
Why do I always think about her?
Is Jiuhua-san important?
Or is it that they haven't seen each other for four years, and even though they have kept in touch during that time, the journey from Tokyo to Otaru has indirectly widened the distance between them?
Have I and Brother Shu become strangers after all?
No.
impossible.
This is absolutely impossible.
The relationship between the two is obviously more important than a lifetime, and more profound than a lifetime!
Brother Shu obviously cares about me, likes me very much, and even praises me for being beautiful.
When I was sick before, Brother Shu carried me on his back for two hours to the hospital and stayed with me all night.
Now that he is sick, how can I not go to find him?
What would Brother Tree think if I didn’t go find him?
Would you think that Chitose doesn’t like him as much as before?
Would you think that Chitose was also deliberately distancing herself from him?
No, Chitose didn't think so. Definitely never thought so.
Stay away from things like Brother Tree.
No, absolutely not.
In just a few seconds, countless thoughts and emotions emerged in Yang Kui Qiansui's mind. She was stunned for two seconds, then she tightly grasped the phone in her hand and quickly said into it:
"That won't do! It's snowing outside and there's no car to take. Going out will only make you sicker. Brother Shu is waiting at home. I'll buy some medicine and bring it over right away."
Yang Kui Chitose hung up the phone with a panicked look on her face. She didn't even change out of the yukata she was wearing at the hot spring shop. She just put on a windbreaker and prepared to go out.
Halfway through, she hurried to her father and carefully looked at his back from behind.
"."
I wanted to say something, but I didn't dare to speak directly.
She knew that her father had promised less than 10 minutes ago that he would not go out today.
My father will be angry.
"Why have you been so careful since you walked in?"
Yang Kui Nagano's serious voice came from behind him.
Yang Kui Qiansui knew that her father had discovered her before she entered the door.
"I" she took a deep breath and whispered again, "I'm sorry"
Upon hearing his daughter's apology, Yang Kui Nagano put down what he was doing, turned around, and looked at her:
"You want to go out again?"
"Um"
"Did I say anything to you yesterday in vain? Or did you not listen to me at all? Or do you want to learn from Yuehui and just go against what I said?"
Yang Kui Chitose explained anxiously, "Brother Shu is sick.
Yang Kui Nagano frowned for a moment and raised his voice, "Is it Fujii Itsuki again?"
"Hmm" Yang Kui Chitose lowered her voice in an instant.
"You just told me you wouldn't go out today, and in less than ten minutes you're going out again. What do you think your apology will do?"
"But! Father, Brother Shu is sick and has a high fever. He just returned to Otaru and lives alone in the city. No one can take care of him. Besides, it's snowing heavily outside. It must be difficult for him to go out to buy medicine by himself. I want to go see him!"
"."
Yang Kui Nagano didn't say anything. The girl opened her mouth and added, "I just want to go see Brother Shu and I will be back soon. When I come back, I will sincerely apologize to my father."
Hinano Nagano saw the look on her daughter's face.
He was the one who adopted her personally, so of course he understood and saw the relationship between her and Fujii Itsuki over the years.
In the girl's words, they are like brother and sister.
She is now so in such a state, so pleading with herself
Oh, even if I don't agree with her going out, she will find a way to go out sooner or later.