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"I remember the first time we met, you were standing on the bridge," Banami said, sounding a little silly.
"Yeah, it's really amazing. I never thought I'd be willing to give myself to such a suspicious guy." Xiangzi couldn't help but laugh.
This time, the two seemed to kiss very naturally, without much excitement, but rather with a touch of warmth.
After the initial excitement, the two seemed to gradually get into the swing of things. This kind of behavior, ingrained in their DNA, didn't require much instruction; they naturally and effortlessly achieved it. Moreover, their eyes were filled with love for each other.
But soon, at the critical moment, the two seemed to realize that something was missing.
"Are you ready to be a mother?" Banami suddenly asked.
"Nonsense, of course not!" Xiangzi shouted in frustration.
“How about we take a kid back and force your grandfather to resign?” Banai asked again.
“Then I think Grandpa will most likely leave the father and keep the son. Anyway, finding a stepfather for the child doesn’t seem too difficult.” Xiangzi rolled his eyes at him.
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About ten minutes later, in the starry night town, a boy on a bicycle was carrying a beautiful girl.
Then the boy complained, "Toyokawa Shoko, I really can't stand you! Mommy Su Shi prepared condoms for us, but you were so clever as to throw them away. You said you didn't know how to use them, huh?!"
He shouted as he pedaled hard on his bicycle. This run-down town didn't even have a chain convenience store; he had to go to the neighboring town to buy things.
But the instinctive desire is powerful, and no one can stop him from talking today.
Hearing the boy's words, Xiangzi wasn't angry at all. Instead, he laughed happily and whispered in the boy's ear, "Keep it up, I really want it now."
"Awoooooo..." He practically kicked sparks out of the bicycle.
The poor young chef was completely manipulated by the woman.
Chapter Six: We Are All Trying Our Best to Live
Buying condoms is probably a hurdle that every newly formed couple has to go through.
Although the two were on the run, at least this necessary step was not missed.
Congratulations!
It was already late at night, and even though the neighboring town was a larger town with chain convenience stores, there were hardly any people there anymore.
However, after entering the convenience store, Banami and Shoko seemed to have a tacit understanding and went to the back row at the same time, as if they were picking out snacks.
"Hey, Banami, you're more familiar with this kind of thing, why don't you go buy it?" Xiangzi's cheeks looked a little shy.
"Wh...what do you mean I'm more familiar with you, Toyokawa Shoko? I'm telling you, don't make false accusations..." Banami retorted.
But Xiangzi noticed that the guy's gaze was drifting in a certain direction. Xiangzi followed his gaze and discovered that it was a sexy photo magazine, with the models showing off their slender and beautiful figures.
Although Xiangzi doesn't think she will be worse than them in the future, she is still just a naive high school student right now.
Immediately, Xiangzi said with some annoyance, "What are you looking at! Your girlfriend... no, your wife is right here, and you're looking at another woman?"
Banami thought to herself, "What's wrong with you? You're even jealous of a two-dimensional character?"
Moreover, not to brag, but although he hadn't seen it, judging from the degree of bulge in his clothes, Xiangzi, while far inferior to Su Shi's mother, was actually much better than a certain pink-haired dragon.
I don't know how she compares to Riki, but she's definitely older than Maki. Come to think of it, Maki, despite being the older sister, looks about the same age as her younger sister.
"Not only do you look at other women, but you also think about other women. You're something else, Banami Yu. Divorce! You absolutely have to get a divorce!"
Teacher Daisho truly knows what Banami is thinking. Seeing the inexplicable smile on his lips, he seemed to understand what Banami was comparing, and then he breathed on it.
“There’s a cooling-off period for divorces now, so it won’t happen,” Banami said.
"Huh?" What does that mean?
Then, Banai smiled and said, "What I mean is, if I take the photo magazine to the checkout and casually buy a box of condoms, wouldn't that seem more natural and less deliberate?"
Banami glanced at the middle-aged female shop assistant standing there; she looked like someone who was not to be trifled with.
"Okay...that seems to make sense." Xiangzi nodded slightly.
That way, it won't look like they came specifically to buy condoms, and it won't be so awkward.
The girl's eyes lit up, and she said, "Xi, you're so smart!"
Hearing the girl's sincere praise, Banami muttered, "It's quite subtle that you're praising me for being smart in this kind of thing."
"Alright, enough with the nonsense, let's go." Xiangzi looked a little nervous.
After all, she was the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family. Even if she had fallen on hard times, she had never even considered buying condoms herself.
"Hmm, which magazine do you think I should choose? This one for lonely young wives, or that one for young mothers who have just finished breastfeeding..." This guy actually started picking and choosing.
Xiangzi couldn't stand this guy anymore, so he casually shoved a book at him and breathed on it, saying, "Go quickly!"
Banami pursed her lips, thinking to herself, "I knew our Lord Xiangzi would become that kind of strict wife after marriage. His intuition was right."
The boy ran to the cashier with a sexy magazine in his hand, his palms sweating slightly as he faced the indifferent-looking middle-aged woman.
"Um... um, check please..."
When he was about to pay, he casually bought the condoms on the counter and paid for them together.
"Oh, is this the one you want?" The aloof, middle-aged, obese woman glanced at the magazine with the cover of a lonely married woman's underwear in Banami's hand, and then at Banami, who looked like a student.
Then, Hanami sheepishly ran back to find his girlfriend.
"W-what happened? Why did you suddenly come back?" Xiangzi asked in a panic.
“I…I suddenly remembered something.” Banami’s expression looked very serious.
"What?"
"I've never bought any sexy magazines before. The way that old lady looked at me just now... it was so embarrassing, waaaaaah..."
Banami also started whimpering, as if it were a hot potato, and threw the still-wrapped magazine back onto the shelf.
Xiangzi was stunned. Just as she was about to get angry, she heard Banami say, "You should feel fortunate and happy. At least it proves that I am very pure, just like you."
These words left Xiangzi somewhat amused and exasperated, but he had to admit that thinking this way made him quite happy.
"Useless fellow." Xiangzi rolled his eyes at her again.
The boy pretended not to hear.
Xiangzi mustered the courage to run away from home and said, "I still have to do it myself."
It's just buying a condom, what's with all the fuss?
With this in mind, Xiangzi bravely stepped towards the cashier.
"Oh, oh, oh, good luck, Mr. Daisho!" Banami said excitedly.
Xiangzi almost lost his composure, but he increasingly felt that buying a condom was no big deal.
Just then, a young couple walked into the convenience store late at night. However, unlike Xiangzi and his companion who looked like good students, this couple had tattoos, nose rings, and dyed hair, making them look like delinquents.
"Auntie, give me a box of condoms, the kind that light up," shouted the old-fashioned, delinquent young woman from the small town who was blowing bubbles.
The older woman rolled her eyes slightly, then calmly paid their bill.
Immediately, Xiangzi was defeated. She covered her face and said to Banami, "Xi, no, I can't stand being looked at like that."
Even when she was down on her luck, this young lady, who was both a pampered heiress and a dutiful daughter, still possessed a strong spirit of perseverance and self-respect.
Banami opened her mouth, and then the young couple looked at each other, feeling a sense of weariness.
Why are they so exhausted just from buying a box of condoms?
We are all living life to the fullest.
The next moment, as if she had made up her mind, Banami took Xiangzi's hand and said, "If we're going to lose face, we'll lose face together. Anyway, I'm going to fuck you tonight!"
Xiangzi snapped out of her frustration and shame and looked at the serious-looking boy. At that moment, she thought to herself, "How can there be such a handsome guy in this world?"
Waaaaah, she loves it so much.
Then, after the delinquent couple left, the two of them walked hand in hand to the counter. Banami seemed to be mustering up the courage to say something, but the indifferent old lady glanced at him and said, "Condoms, right?"
The young couple were startled and hesitated for a second, but Banami nodded vigorously.
As Banami casually grabbed a box to pay, Xiangzi, standing next to her, breathed a sigh of relief, surprised that it would be so easy.
As expected, the difficulties were all imagined by himself, and Xiangzi felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Then, the older woman said, "You can exchange it for a glow-in-the-dark version for an extra 200 yen."
“Nightlight…” Banami seemed to have thought of something.
“Glowing in the dark.” The middle-aged woman nodded indifferently.
Xiangzi's eyes widened involuntarily, as if he had thought of something, Buhao.
"Give me the glow-in-the-dark kind!" Hanami shouted.
A short while later, a young couple was arguing outside the convenience store.
"Hanami, you're not going to touch me tonight!" Xiangzi shouted.
"Oh, Mr. Xiangzi, let me try, let me try! I can do anything!"
"You really only think about yourself!"
"But he's really handsome. Please, Mr. Xiangzi, this is my request for the rest of my life."
"Don't waste your whole life's worth of requests on something like this, Tie!"
It even made Teacher Da Xiang swear.
But lightsabers are really cool, especially... lightsabers that can draw blood.
Chapter Seven: Three Minutes
The next morning, a sparrow perched on a branch brushed against my heart.
As the first rays of morning sunlight greeted her, Toyokawa Shoko, now a newlywed, nestled in the warm bed in the arms of her still-sleeping son, gazed at his sleeping face.
This feeling was very novel for the girl, since she was used to sleeping alone. The last time she shared a bed with someone was before her mother left.
The girl recalled what her mother had said "yesterday."
Dear Mother, have you ever felt the same happiness, and that's why you left me those words...?
Xiangzi was willing to believe that.
She is truly happy now, having found the same happiness as her mother.
However, precisely because of this, a sense of confusion also arose in the girl's heart.
No longer clinging to finding her past happiness, she naturally stopped clinging to proving herself with a new band and cheering her father up. Deep down, she had to admit that even if she did, she could never find that home again.
So, what will be her goal in life going forward?
Although it was too much of a luxury to think about such things while on the run, since her current happiness would vanish if her grandfather caught her and brought her back.
But the seed of thought has already been planted; it's just waiting for it to take root and sprout.
But soon, she was drawn to the sleeping face of the boy next to her, and she couldn't help but laugh and say, "He looks so silly even when he's sleeping."
The girl couldn't help but chuckle. It was the first time she had observed a man's sleeping face so closely, and it felt both fun and novel.
Xiangzi couldn't resist reaching out from under the covers, picking up her phone from the bedside table, then leaning against the boy's pillow and gently snapping a photo of them together. She seemed quite satisfied with the result.
But perhaps it was this noise that woke up Banami as well. He hummed in a slightly sleepy voice, "Toyokawa Shoko, you took a picture without my permission."
"I'll take a picture of your silly grin so you can see how silly you look when you're asleep," Xiangzi said with a hint of arrogance.
Banami didn't seem to mind at all, and even kept humming, looking quite pleased with herself.
"What are you humming about?" Xiangzi wasn't going to put up with him.
Upon seeing this, Banai excitedly sat up and exclaimed, "Isn't your brother Xi amazing?"
Remembering the bloody battle of yesterday, and the lightsaber that had been lit up, Banai felt waves of excitement.
Now, he officially announces that he has officially taken on the title of "Little Chef," and hopes that readers will no longer use such an insulting title to refer to the great Hanami-sama.
Alright, this book is finished.
*Ahem* Just kidding. I'm having a really strange feeling right now. It's both exciting and I'm full of energy.
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