Chapter 144 – Ayano’s Closeness

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Another weekend.

Natsuki Arai hangs up the leash on Yoshi Sauce and leads him to get ready to go out for a walk.

“Lina, stay home properly, finish your homework on time and come back and I’ll check it.” Aoi reached out and pinched Lina’s cheek, who was standing in the entranceway of the foyer, while Lina had her mouth open with a relaxed look on her face, letting him pinch her however he wanted.

“Well ……”

Lena’s voice was lazy.

In fact, this period of time since Lina’s performance in elementary school, he added to Lina’s elementary school class teacher through, there is also a certain understanding of the second grade of elementary school will not be exposed to English for the time being, the history and text of Lina is not difficult, but change to the subject of mathematics, all of a sudden it is difficult to do, the foundation that has not been accumulated before is directly exposed, everything can only be taught from scratch, Aoi Natsuki himself on this will also be in the daily study, the Arai Natsuki himself will also in the daily study, take time to accompany her to do some math practice.

Now that his parents had returned home, Aoi Natsuki changed the pace of life from the usual hectic pace, but instead, in such a state of gradual slowdown, he noticed some of the details of what was happening at home, before he had been busy busy busy, so it was easy to ignore, and now he was able to reach a kind of balance in the middle, and every time he saw Rina, he couldn’t help but to lament the hardships involved in raising a little girl, and at the same time, recalling his own mischievous behavior when he was a child. Parenting is really hard.

“Mom and dad will go out again in January, you take advantage of this time to accompany them more, our mom’s character is just a tough talker with a soft heart, in fact, she is the one who loves you the most, in the future when you grow up, be sure to filial piety to our mom, oh.” Aoi Natsuki looked at the well-behaved Lina and couldn’t help but feel something.

Lina’s mind was more mature than other children in the same age bracket, after all, she had once spent those days when she didn’t have enough to eat or wear, so her desire for affection was especially strong, which was also the reason why she would always treat Natsuki as her father.

Aoi Natsuki gave two final admonitions and turned her head to Yoshi-san, who kept wagging her tail and spitting out her tongue at the news of the walk.

The time is coming to March, and frankly, spring will be here and everything will be revived.

Natsuki Aoi led Yoshizou out of the front door, new buds sprouting from the branches of the large tree that towered not far from the front door, signifying a vibrant spring.

Today is a big sun, he took off his jacket for the first time in a long time, only wearing this threadbare shirt accessory bottom and went out, the sunshine on his body, from the outside to the inside of the influx of silk warmth.

Walks were meant to be aimless, and Jijang enjoyed them so much that she kept walking ahead to lead the way, looking around at her surroundings and wagging her tail like a sensory antenna every time she came to a fork in the road, then deciding that she was good and excited to go in that direction.

Yoshizou’s stamina was extremely good; Aoi had once taken him for a walk before a meal before, and without noticing, he’d walked out two kilometers away and come back in an unimpressed state.

Walking from the neighborhood to the main street, and not far beyond that was a food court, Natsuki Arai looked down at Yoshizou, who coincidentally angled his head at that moment, with that unmistakably expectant little look that seemed to tell him that he had been brought here specifically for this purpose.

With that kind of ideology, you’d be considered a highly intelligent pack of dogs inside Akita.

Natsuki Arai’s mouth smiled lightly as she waited for the stoplight to end and led Yoshi Sauce across the street, where a line of people were doing some sort of activity there at the entrance to the food court.

Because of the police badge printed on the sign, so I looked at it a little more, and found that it was distributing a safety guide on how to deal with children in danger, a small black leather-covered booklet, and a square table surrounded by two or three mothers who were listening to the advice in detail, which is quite meaningful.

Aoi Natsuki stood five meters away, he was ready to receive a copy as well, but since these moms were in front of him, he couldn’t very well walk up and receive it, he would definitely be condemned very subjectively as the image of the bad guy in the guide.

He scanned the few moms in front of him, all with -30 or more favorability, and when he saw that he took two more steps back.

In the tent that was erected there was not only a staff member, but also a mascot in a doll suit, a small raccoon, the Japanese people are very fond of this kind of cute creatures, mainly because there are not many rare wild animals in the country itself, even the giant pandas are borrowed towards the next heaven.

The mascot is bowing respectfully as he hands the safety booklet to the precious mom in front of him.

Just as Aoi was about to stroll around and come back to collect it, he suddenly noticed that the mascot’s head was tilted in his direction, looking at him motionlessly.

No way, the two plastic eyes on that doll’s head are supposed to be invisible, right?

Natsuki Aoi stopped his pace, and Yoshizou followed him back, his nagging eyes looking towards him.

Two or three seconds later, the mascot looked like he was saying something to the staff member next to him, then walked around the square table and straight to himself.

Natsuki Aoi watched it come to him, chubby and rather interestingly hooded, it ……

Slowly, the other man brought his hand up to his doll’s headgear, and then lifted it upwards.

Ayano’s delicate little face was then exposed to the air.

“Whew.” She let out a long breath, then grinned, looking particularly happy, “Yo! Good morning!”

“Ayano! It’s been so long since I’ve seen you working outside, I almost forgot that you usually do these things.” Aoi Natsuki remembered that before Ayano carved out her manga, she would actually often work outside, but in fact, she was from a good family and didn’t lack money, the reason why she worked part-time was initially to give more inspiration for the manga she drew, and then later on, there were more other sentiments in it.

Ayano cupped the hood in front of her and shook her head, “Today is not a part-time job, today I’m here to help publicize safety and protection as well as anti-fraud science, an event jointly organized by several nearby police stations, come on, download the National Anti-fraud Center’s app.”

“Still need to get the app ……”

“There’s always a bit of traffic.” Ayano shrugged.

But the starting point was good, and Natsuki Arai then downloaded the app, and Ayano invited him to come over and visit, but he said he’d rather not.

“I …… am more unpopular with the opposite sex, so don’t drag me into it if you still want to have a good campaign.”

“Oh oh, speaking of this matter ……” Ayano pinched her chin with her right hand, memories took her to the scene when she first met Natsuki, indeed, at that time, it felt that such a boy might really only end up alone, never thought that after getting to know each other better, there were still many quality flashpoints that hadn’t been noticed by the others.

“It’s okay, you can help out in the back, it’s almost an hour away, I’ll buy you lunch at noon! Yoshi-san’s words~” Ayano smiled as she tried to crouch down, but her chubby doll suit didn’t allow her to make that move, so she could only bend down slightly, “Do you want to go get a beautiful haircut?”

“Shouldn’t it be a handsome look?”

“Hmm? Natsuki you never noticed that Yoshi-sauce is female?”

“This ……” He really hadn’t paid attention to that.

Speaking of males and females, suddenly a whimsical thought popped up in Aoi Natsuki’s head, if, if you think of Yoshi-sauce as a girl, would it be a godly maiden in the mouth of a god? Ahem, when I didn’t say it, this thought instantly rendered himself speechless.

A helpless, bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he was sort of bewitched.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nah, just a retarded idea that came to mind, never mind, so it’s settled then, I’ll just unpack you in the back, just be behind the scenes, and if you can, please find me a pair of masks.”

Ayano’s face was ecstatic as her two doll arms crossed, “Yes! Thanks so much for the help!”

Natsuki Arai was then taken to the tent to explain the situation to the other fellow volunteers, and once again he was warmly thanked and handed out a pair of masks before going to the back, moving a small bench to start unpacking the boxes, as well as pumping up some balloons and so on.

Publicizing this kind of activity itself is needed to attract the attention of small children, ultimately, some benefits are needed, otherwise those housewives may not even look at it, and just walk right through it, and even the best activities need to be combined with the reality to be able to do so.

For his part, Jijang was good enough to lie down on his side until Aoi felt his hands aching from pumping up the balloon, and then Jijang immediately stood up, took a small step, brought his face close, and stuck out his tongue and licked the right side of his cheek.

“Good boy.” Aoi rubbed its head, that ridiculous idea he had just had was already behind him, the thought of Jijou being a god maiden was indeed a refreshing thought, but on second thought it was full of holes, Jijou had basically been on a leash in the yard all day long since he had adopted it, except for walks and in special circumstances, and as a god who liked to have fun, turning into a dog was obviously no fun at all, and that point was enough to disprove the the whole charade.

He always felt that the Divine Maiden was just hiding in the middle of the school, hiding so deeply that he had never been able to discover it, should not say that, since the last time the “A Brief History of Time” books lent out the incident, he had not detected any trace of her, she was really serious about playing hide-and-seek with himself ah.

“Please pay high attention to the knowledge related to the safety of small children oh.” Ayano, who had taken off her doll’s headgear in front of her, kept explaining various precautions to the moms in front of her, while downloading the app and receiving a free alarm.

This is something you can hang next to your book bag, and when you pull it, it makes a loud noise that a nearby adult or police officer will be able to hear.

Aoi Natsuki took a break first because her hands were sore, and looked at Ayano who had been keeping full of vigor, today’s temperature was a bit high, wearing such a thick doll clothes, there were already beads of sweat on her forehead and cheeks, as well as the fact that she had voluntarily come to take part in this series of activities, which made it hard to be valuable, and the two of them, the older sister and the younger sister, had really big differences in their personalities.

Aoi Natsuki looked at this group of hardworking people and gradually became mesmerized, after another half an hour of busyness, the activity was over, Ayano’s whole face was as if it was drenched in water, her hair stuck to her forehead as well as her neck, and the sweat was still flowing down, she took out a bottle of drinking water from the cardboard box, and poured down half of the bottle in a single gulp, closely followed by an unimpeded breath of relief.

“Don’t drink water so hard, it’s not good for your health.”

Upon hearing this, Ayano put her four fingers together and fanned herself with a smile, “It’s fine, it’s fine, my body is old and great.”

With a helpless smile, Natsuki Aoi pulled out a Kleenex from his pocket and handed it to Ayano, “Wipe your sweat.”

Ayano sees this and is about to reach out, then realizes something and shows Natsuki her hands.

The hands of the doll suit are equipped with fingers, but all five fingers are very thick, it’s okay to take the manual, doing some of this operation of pulling the tissue out of the Kleenex doesn’t seem to work too well.

Aoi Natsuki immediately noticed this as well, and was about to ask Ayano to take off this bulky doll suit first, but she didn’t realize that in this gap, Ayano had already brought her cheek up sideways.

The distance between the two instantly closed.

“Then Natsuki, why don’t you help me wipe my sweat briefly.”

It was said softly, but Aoi Natsuki was really frozen for several seconds, and after considering it for a while, he finally pulled out a tissue, rolled it around his own fingers, and slowly approached Ayano’s cheek, gently wiping her forehead.

Under close observation, Aoi Natsuki noticed that Ayano’s eyelashes were exceptionally long, just like two fans, her big watery eyes were very soulful, and although her skin color wasn’t as fair as Takahashi Mito’s, due to the fact that she often went out to work, her whole temperament looked extraordinarily energetic.

With that Aoi wiped her cheeks, sliding down to just below her earlobes.

Ayano’s body shuddered immediately afterward, and her body flinched back, “Down, down there it would be better for me to do it myself.”

With a sudden goad, Aoi Natsuki noticed that her entire ear turned red, the earlobe turned out to be Ayano’s sensitive spot, this thought grew in his mind, but soon his normal thoughts harshly slammed him in his heart for the tiger and wolf words he just said.

Preventing the situation from falling into awkwardness, Aoi Natsuki immediately changed his words and said with a smile on his face, “Good! Then let’s get ready and go eat! I know there’s a very delicious steakhouse in this neighborhood, so let’s take you there.”

“Oh! Steak? Mmmm …… It’s delicious when you think about it.”

Simple people often can’t think of two things in their heads, and at the mention of food, they are instantly hungry.

The inexplicable emotions that had just arisen in her brain were instantly swept away, joyfully clutching her own clothes and trotting in the direction of the nearby restroom, Aoi Natsuki eyed her as she went away, then shrugged, searching out that steakhouse on his phone first, opening the menu and flipping through what exactly he should eat after the meeting.

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Late afternoon on the same day.

Such things as encounters are not only chance encounters, but there are also deliberate encounters.

In a situation like Hetty’s forced encounter under Sakurajima’s house, this is full of deliberateness.

Sakurajima apricot dropped the garbage in her hand, her eyes just glanced at her, and then turned around to return to the building, Hetty saw this and hurriedly followed her, but who knew that the other party did not produce the appearance of being interested in her, and simply answered every question depending on the mood.

But thankfully it wasn’t cold enough to block her out of her home, instead it let her in.

“Sakurajima! Sakurajima-san! You’re my own sister okay, with all this heat this time, I think it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just the right time to push your popularity to a national level idol! You’re just a natural idol, please please please, reconsider.” Hetty folded her hands together and pleaded, it can be seen that she really cares about the future development of the girl group ah, as a supervisor is quite competent, now a lot of girl group members are engaged in a set in the open, a set in the dark, only care about their own popularity, will also oppress the newest members, the heart hates in addition to their own, the other members are half-assed, the eventual overall level of the girl group to pull crotch, forced to disband, they big deal and then fly solo, will not be the slightest bit of thinking about their own The reason.

“Not interesting.” Sakurajima Apricot said blandly, casually picking up the magazine book on the counter and changing into her indoor shoes as she looked inside.

And on the side, Hetty was close to her, compensating for her smile, pulling her clothes with both hands, her attitude was humble to the point of no return, for such a beautiful girl, if she couldn’t become an idol, then she would definitely regret it for the rest of her life!

“Sakurajima, what exactly do you have to do to promise me? If you have a request, just ask, I’ll do my best and I’ll definitely promise you, okay?”

Hetty pathetically pleaded again.

And this time Sakurajima, who heard this, suddenly stood still and closed the magazine book with both hands straight away, which startled Hetty.

“Really?” Sakurajima Apricot’s voice began to lower, turning to slowly tilt her head in front of her with a smirking expression on her face, looking at Hetty with a chill down her back as if she had said something bad.

“Really, anything you want?”