A youth story of a passerby at the end of the world

Yuihama's mother didn't say those words aloud.

It seems that his daughter hadn't even thought of that.

It's not that I thought of it but didn't mention it; it's that it never even crossed my mind.

It can only be said that as a mother, she understands her daughter very well.

They were busy until after 9 p.m., when the Yuihama family home became quiet again, and the living room lights were off.

Meanwhile, in her room, Genshin Uesugi and Yui Yuigahama were both flipping through their manga.

Yui Yuigahama was lying face down on the bed, reading "Today's Sweetness," while Gennobu Uesugi was using her buttocks as a pillow, with almost half of his body hanging off the edge of the bed, as he was reading "Neighbors Like Stars."

They're all shoujo manga.

"It's almost time to sleep." Genshin Uesugi moved the comic book aside slightly and glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Eh~" Yui Yuigahama closed the comic book and crossed her legs back and forth.

He reached out and stopped in mid-air, blocking her left leg so she wouldn't accidentally kick him. The movement of her leg caused her buttocks under her head to move as well, making it even more unsettling for Uesugi Genshin to say, "If you want to see, just bring it all over."

"There are quite a lot."

"This amount is fine." There's always room for it; Uesugi Genshin still dotes on Yui.

"Let's go to sleep then." With that, Yui Yuigahama rolled over to her side and got up to turn off the light.

Having anticipated this, Uesugi Genshin sat up abruptly, not collapsing back onto the bed despite the lack of a soft pillow under his head.

As a result, Yui didn't make a bed on the floor at all; she immediately turned off the lights, plunging the room into complete darkness.

Wearing her pajamas, she got into bed, crawled over to the inside of the bed, and patted her side. "Aren't you going to sleep?"

"..."

The two lay side by side on the bed, almost shoulder to shoulder.

It's so crowded!

As if she had heard Uesugi Genshin's complaint, Yui Yuigahama immediately jumped into his arms and hugged him, instantly reaching out to touch the inner wall.

Although we shared a bed, we remained silent the whole time.

Uesugi Genshin could feel Yui's body stiffen.

Of course, this is because of nervousness.

Despite her nervousness, she pressed her body against him.

"Um, that..."

In the darkness, Uesugi Genshin silently turned to look at her, his gaze intense. "We're not doing it today."

"Huh? Where is it...?"

Uesugi Genshin asked suspiciously, "You don't think it's more ceremonial to do it in your own bed, do you?"

These words seemed to anger Yui. She straddled him, or rather, lay on top of him, and began pounding her fists against his chest, muttering, "Idiot, idiot, idiot..."

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When he sat up naked in the morning, he suddenly realized that what he said yesterday was like farting, since he still ended up sleeping naked anyway.

The soft, quiet breathing of someone falling asleep reached my ears, and I felt a soft weight on my body.

"what......"

What truly troubled Uesugi Genshin was that at the breakfast table, Yui's mother didn't say anything, but just quietly looked at Yui with a smile on her face.

Before long, Yui lowered her head guiltily, her face flushed.

Uesugi Genshin covered his face with his hands in exasperation, as if he wanted to slap himself, which is why he said, "Ah!!"

Don't do it!

Chapter 197: Erasing Evidence

"Deng deng deng"

Thankfully, the knocking on the door saved her from this predicament. Yui Yuigahama had never felt so fortunate before; if she had felt it before, it was because she had forgotten it.

"You're here." Yuihama's mother stopped looking at her daughter and got up to go to the entrance to open the door.

While Yuihama's mother was away, Uesugi Genshin reached out and grabbed Yui's waist.

"Eh." Yui Yuigahama protested softly, her palms facing Genshin Uesugi, and her dazed expression vanished.

Then Uesugi Genshin opened his lips without making a sound, but Yui Yuigahama could tell from his lip movements that he was saying: "Idiot."

"..." Hmm... I can't argue with that. I should have just ignored it, even if I was being stared at.

"Oh, and there's also... Hiratsuka-sensei!"

After all, she was her daughter's homeroom teacher, so she knew that.

Hearing Yuihama's mother's exclamation in the entrance hall, Uesugi Genshin knew that Hachiman had returned. Judging from the time, he must have set off here before dawn. He was certain that the other party would stay in bed a little longer and arrive before noon.

No, maybe they went to bed early. Didn't they see that he and Yui also got up around 7 a.m.?

"Have you had breakfast yet? Would you like to eat together?" Yuihama's mother asked politely.

"I've already eaten, no need for you to bother," Hachiman replied as he walked inside.

Before we even set off, I ate some cookies from the car and some Max coffee.

He bought the coffee from the "convenience store" run by the logistics department. Yukinoshita priced these non-producible and non-essential "luxury goods" very high, which meant that half of his salary was spent on them.

Ah, isn't his Engels coefficient a bit too high?

However, he didn't regret it. Every can of Mada AX coffee he drank was one less available, so he planned to buy it all up.

After drinking it, I felt no hunger at all; it had become one with the biscuits in my stomach.

"Yo~" He looked at Xuanxin sitting at the dining table and waved to him.

"Meow~" The cat he was holding also meowed in a very fitting way.

“This cat…” Uesugi Genshin released the chopsticks he was holding and pointed them at the cat, “It looks just like you.”

This made Hachiman look down at the Kamakura in his arms. It was squinting and scratching its head with its paw, looking completely relaxed and content. "...It's just a little lazy."

That's why I said they look very similar.

"..."

No, it just hasn't had enough sleep yet. It fell asleep in the car, otherwise it wouldn't let me touch it. It's very close to all the family members except itself, but it gets irritable every time it sees him.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

The sound startled Kamakura awake. It stood up abruptly and looked down to see where the barking was coming from.

And it was Sabre, the dog of the Yui family. It darted out from some corner, circled around Hachiman's feet, and stuck out its tongue, "Ha...ha..."

Then Kamakura warily shrank into Hachiman's arms, simultaneously barking angrily, "Meow!!!"

"..." So his disgust for dogs surpassed his own? Hachiman stared at the ceiling speechlessly, unsure whether to be happy or sad.

"Ah~, doesn't it like Sabre?" Yuihama's mother had just finished her brief conversation with Hiratsuka-sensei when she saw this scene.

"No, it just hates dogs," Hachiman said casually.

After hastily finishing the last bite of his meal, Uesugi Genshin stood up and walked to Hachiman, teasing the now fully awake Kamakura, who had been startled awake by Sabre, saying, "Not elegant at all."

"I think this is fine, just like Garfield, isn't it?" Feeling that the way he was holding the cat was a little out of shape, Hachiman bounced the cat in his arms and readjusted the position.

“Some cats are muscular, while others are flabby,” Uesugi Genshin said with a pained expression, closing his eyes.

"Isn't it cute?" Yui Yuigahama put down her chopsticks, got up from her seat, and came over, trying to pinch its ears with two fingers.

"A cat's ears are very sensitive," Hachiman reminded Yuihama, noticing her cat dodging her movements.

Straightening up to make room for Yui, Uesugi Gendo said, "If I had a cat, it definitely wouldn't be like this."

This kind of plumpness is the kind of kind-looking plumpness.

"...No, Kamakura's behavior has nothing to do with me." It's all because the family spoils it too much.

"Xiao Xuan, you like cats, huh?" Yui Yuigahama said, turning her head as she stopped playing with the cat.

"Hmm, I've always thought that if I ever have a cat, I'll name it Lionflame."

"What if the cat is white?" Hachiman asked, posing a soul-searching question.

"...Snow cave?" Uesugi Genshin never imagined he would keep a white cat.

"It sounds just like Xiaoxue's name," Yui Yuigahama exclaimed innocently.

“After all, snow is white,” Uesugi Genshin explained.

"No." Hachiman shook his head and said solemnly, "Snow is white because it has long forgotten its own color."

"You... haven't you grown up yet?" Then he was slapped on the shoulder by Hiratsuka-sensei behind him, startling him so much that he dropped the cat he was holding.

"Meow!"

"Wang Wang!"

It fled, it chased, and they both disappeared around the corner.

The people at the table watched this scene in silence. The next second, Hachiman hurriedly chased after him, shouting, "Ah, Kamakura!"

I don't know if he was afraid the cat would hurt the dog, or the dog would hurt the cat.

Shaking her head, Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed subtly, then pulled out a chair at the dining table and sat down, asking Uesugi Genshin, "Is everything settled here?"

"Yeah, more or less." Uesugi Genshin also sat back down in his seat. "There are six people in total, which is just enough for three people per car. We should be able to leave in the morning, or at the latest by noon."

"You plan to send them all to Yang Nai's place?" Hiratsuka Shizuka took out a cigarette from her pocket, paused as if thinking of something, and then put the cigarette back in her pocket.

“Yes, we still need to ensure the purity of the team.” That was Uesugi Genshin’s plan.

"Hey~, aren't we going to Soubu High School?" Yuihama's mother asked softly from her seat.

“That…” Hiratsuka Shizuka explained the situation of the Chiba Self-Help Committee to Yuihama’s mother.

Yui quietly tugged at Uesugi Genshin's clothes, "Are you really not going to bring Mom over?"

These words made Uesugi Genshin stare at him with wide eyes, his expression conveying a subtle meaning: Are you serious?!

If Yui's mother goes to Soubu High School, how do you explain her relationship with Yui?

"Ah..." Yui Yuigahama had obviously thought of that too, and smiled awkwardly, "I'm just a little worried."

She had finally reunited with her mother, only to be separated again, and she didn't know how her older sister, Yang Nai, was doing.

"Uesugi-kun, what are you thinking?" After hearing the general situation from Hiratsuka Shizuka, Yuihama's mother asked Uesugi Genshin.

"Hmm..." Before Uesugi Genshin could answer.

Hachiman came out again, carrying the cat that was scratching his chest, and this time Kamakura set its sights on him.

“If the students of Soubu High School find out that we specifically rescued Yuihama’s mother, it might cause unrest.” He gave his reasoning, “Especially if they see the interaction between the two, they will inevitably feel envious or jealous.”

As expected of Hachiman, he never harbored any illusions about people's character and always made malicious assumptions.

“Indeed, that’s a possibility,” Hiratsuka Shizuka agreed. “However, they usually know that their family members are ‘missing,’ so they should be grateful if their parents or one of them is still alive.”

"It's my own good fortune, not anyone else's," Hachiman chuckled. "Besides, it's rare for those people to be independent now, so there's no need to add any unstable factors. Isn't that why we've always sent all the working-class people to Yukinoshita-neechan's place?"

"Ha..." Seeing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka asked Uesugi Genshin directly, "What do you think?"

“Why don’t we just go and take a look?” Uesugi Genshin rested his chin on the back of his hand. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Haruno-san.”

Let's see if she's willing to come to Soubu High School this time, and also take the opportunity to check on the achievements of Councilor Yukinoshita. It's always been Hiratsuka-sensei who handles things there; he hasn't seen it for himself.

“Hmm, that makes sense.” Hachiman nodded.

"Ha, then so be it." Hiratsuka Shizuka draped her arm over the back of the chair, leaned back, and instinctively reached into her pocket again.

"So it's decided then?" Yuihama's mother tilted her head and said, "I'm fine with anywhere, anyway, Yui doesn't need me to worry about her anymore."