Chapter 410 Adding fuel to the fire [4K]

In fact, just as Watanabe Yu said, the situation that Hamabe Ryoko was worried about did not happen.

Maybe they picked the right time, or maybe it was just a coincidence. In any case, when their car drove into the country road until they arrived at their final destination, they did not meet anyone from the village.

After helping to unload the items from the trunk, the driver confirmed the time to pick them up again, then got back into the car and drove away.

"They will come back to pick us up in three days."

Looking at the car that was gradually disappearing from sight, Hamabe Ryoko murmured something in a low voice, and was inexplicably reminded of the horror movie she watched with Ayana and the others the day before.

It is a classic American horror film. The general content is that a group of people go to a cabin in the woods to camp. After the driver drops them off, he says he will pick them up at the agreed time, which is three days later, and then strange things happen one after another.

Anyway, when the driver came here again three days later, all the campers were dead. Then the driver showed a meaningful and sinister smile, and the movie ended.

"what happened?"

Watanabe Yu turned his head and looked at her.

"Nothing, I just felt that the dialogue was a bit like the movie I watched the day before yesterday."

Ryoko Hamabe shook her head, took his hand and turned into the house.

After changing their shoes at the entrance, the two of them walked into the living room, sat down, and turned on the fan.

Actually, there is air conditioning in the living room. He asked his mother to bring it to his grandmother last year. But it’s not that hot right now, so he uses an electric fan.

——After all, the temperature here is two degrees lower than Tokyo.

"So what movie was it?"

Listening to the whirring sound of the electric fan blades and the chirping of summer cicadas outside the covered bridge, Watanabe Yu lay on the wooden floor without caring about his image and looked up at the wooden roof.

"It's a horror movie that You isn't interested in. Also, don't sleep on the floor, or you'll catch a cold."

Hamabe Ryoko glanced at him lying on the floor, muttered something, then took out the tablet she brought from home from her bag and started watching the TV series she had cached in advance.

This was given to her by Ayana before she left.

"Then I'm really not interested. Besides, I'm in good health and I won't catch a cold at this level."

Watanabe Yu put his hands behind his head, adjusted his posture, and lay on the floor in a more comfortable position.

His interest in horror movies began and ended in elementary school.

If you want to ask why? He can only say that Chu Renmei is too authoritative.

Although he watched it again in his dorm room when he was in college and found it not that scary, it was still too difficult for him, who was still an elementary school student at the time.

After all, he is not the elementary school student who wears glasses and kills people wherever he goes.

"Speaking of which, where's grandma?"

He turned sideways, supported his face with his left hand, and looked at her who was watching TV series on a tablet.

Compared to when they first met, she now had a lot more worldly air, the coldness and aloofness on her face had long since disappeared, and her expression when she was 'on standby' had also softened a lot.

"She went to attend a wedding." Hamabe Ryoko answered his question without even looking up. "She said she would be back after lunch."

When she got out of the car and knocked on the door and found no one there, she called to ask.

"attend a wedding?"

Watanabe Yu was stunned.

"hold head high."

Hamabe Ryoko raised her head, met his gaze, and blinked.

"Is there something wrong? Or do you want to go too? If you want to go, I'll call grandma and ask them to add two more lunches."

This is also one of the unique customs of their village. Whenever someone gets married in the village, as long as it is held in the village, most people who live nearby will be invited. Even those with relatively wealthy families will invite the whole village.

Because of this, the connections between the villagers in their village are closer than those in other villages.

"Don't go."

Watanabe Yu shook his head without even thinking about it.

He doesn't have the habit of shamelessly eating for free.

"Then we have to take care of lunch ourselves."

Hamabe Ryoko mentioned it, then lowered her head and started watching the TV series again.

"Ah."

"What do you want to eat? Grandma told me on the phone that there's some chicken, potatoes, noodles, and vegetables in the fridge."

Ryoko Hamabe thought about it and tapped the screen to pause the playback.

To be honest, there isn’t a lot you can cook with just these things in your fridge.

It's nothing more than the classic chicken curry, or chicken curry noodles, or vegetable salad, or fried chicken and potatoes, etc.

Compared to when I was at home, the space for choice was indeed much smaller.

But from another perspective, having fewer options means that you won’t have to spend a lot of time worrying about what to eat every day like you do at home.

By the way, their way of solving this dilemma is to decide on the menu for the week together every weekend.

"Curry then."

Watanabe Yu didn't think about it for too long. To be precise, as soon as the idea came into his mind, he spoke it out directly.

"Ah."

Ryoko Hamabe nodded and stood up. It was already 11:30 in the morning and it was time to cook.

That is, there is one thing she is very curious about.

"Yu."

"Ok?"

"Whose message did you receive while you were in the car? Was it from Akiba Books?"

That's her guess.

Because after receiving that message, the micro-expression on You's face was obviously relaxed.

"Yes." Watanabe Yu did not hide anything. To be more precise, he had no habit of hiding anything in this matter. "The book company agreed to my request, and the book will be serialized in the magazine of the book company starting next Monday."

However, everything has two sides. Starting serialization means that he has changed from the original mode of taking a break after finishing a work to a mode of meeting deadlines every week.

"That's good news indeed!"

Apparently, she was right.

"Ryoko."

"what?"

"Shall we go for a walk in the afternoon when the sun is a little smaller?"

Family members know their own business. Watanabe Yuu knew very well that if he stayed in the living room for the whole afternoon, he would probably have a long sleep for three thousand years.

Of course, the three thousand years of dream is actually nothing.

In fact, he did have the habit of taking a nap, but his nap was quite different from the two or three hour naps in the countryside.

"can."

Hamabe Ryoko agreed and walked towards the kitchen.

She thought he was going to say something.

The result is a walk.

However, if I go out in the afternoon, wouldn’t it be too hot? That time in the evening is just right.

Never mind, I’ll talk to him later.

She thought about it, opened the kitchen door and walked in.

At the same time, at the wedding banquet.

"Is Ryoko back?"

While the host was off the stage to look for props, the old man sitting next to Hamabe Rie started talking to her. "Yes, we're here."

Hamabe Rie nodded, then looked at her neighbor with some confusion.

In her impression, the other party was not such a hesitant person.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

After thinking for half a second, she asked directly.

"I..." A neighbor who was about the same age as her sighed, "I want to ask Ryoko to help my granddaughter with her studies. The girl has poor grades and spends all day on the Internet, watching those singing videos every day."

"Okay, I'll ask Ryoko for you then."

Rie Hamabe did not make a decision for her granddaughter.

"Then please."

The neighbor nodded slightly, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

They are all high school students, so why is there such a big gap between them?
Is it because one is in the first year of high school and the other is in the third year? Or is it simply that his granddaughter is not cut out for studying?
"Relax." Seeing her neighbor's thoughts, Hamabe Rie comforted her, "Sometimes, it takes only a moment for a child to become smart. It would be strange if they didn't play around at this age. Just guide them slowly."

"I hope so."

The neighbor sighed.

*
Tokyo, Hayakawa's house, in the recording studio.

"Where's Watanabe?"

Naoko Hayakawa, who was sitting on the sofa, raised her head, looked at her daughter who was sitting in front of the piano and playing the piano, and asked this question.

Theoretically speaking, with more than half a month left in the summer vacation, with Yuki's personality, she would definitely not choose to stay at home. She would definitely go to play with Watanabe, but now she is staying at home to practice the piano, which is unusual for her.

This is very mysterious.

No, not mysterious either.

If you think about it carefully, there are only a few reasons. Even if you exclude those that are unlikely, there is only one left.

That is, Watanabe Yu left Tokyo for some reason.

"To the country."

Yuki Hayakawa gently pressed the last note of "First Love" and then let out a long sigh.

To be honest, at the beginning, she didn't understand her mother's consideration and even felt that the latter was making things difficult for her.

But after actually starting this test, her thoughts began to change little by little.

During her time as a resident singer at Enoden Session, she not only accumulated considerable stage experience, but also gained a deeper understanding of how to deal with emergencies.

And most importantly, the feeling of being recognized for your singing skills and having fans.

"Looking after the elderly at home?"

Naoko Hayakawa responded quickly.

"Yes."

Yuki Hayakawa nodded but did not explain in more detail.

She knew her mother just as well as her mother knew her.

If I explain some things in too much detail, my mother will inevitably feel uncomfortable, which will increase the variables.

"Then you should go too." Hayakawa Naoko paused, looked at her with some disappointment, "This is a great opportunity to get familiar with her and increase her favorability.

“That’s how the “curve” in “curve to save the country” came about.”

Although at this moment, she still finds it a little hard to accept that her daughter is going to be with a scumbag, she really has no way to change her daughter's mind.

All we can say is that as children get older, parents will lose more and more arguments.

"Next time."

Yuki Hayakawa shook her head indifferently.

If they really were going to meet You's grandparents or something, she would go with them no matter what, but that wasn't actually the case.

"You...sigh."

Hayakawa Naoko sighed.

She didn't know what to say to her.

Yuki cared about it, but at this moment she didn't take it seriously, which really made her angry and conflicted.

"Rather than that, Mom, give me some advice." Hayakawa Yuki didn't dwell on this, but took the initiative to change the subject, "Regarding that new song, how should I upload it using You's account?"

If it is uploaded directly under Jay's pseudonym, it is basically an open secret.

By then, the social media that has exploded once will explode again.

Moreover, the aftermath of this explosion will definitely not subside within a period of time.

After all, compared to an unknown bar singer, Jay, who had already caused a huge stir on the Internet, is much more famous.

"..."

Naoko Hayakawa was a little speechless and silent.

"Are you planning to be his good wife in his career?"

She took a few deep breaths and asked.

If this is the coping strategy my daughter came up with, then this 'curve' is pretty sloppy.

"..."

Yuki Hayakawa didn't say anything, but just turned around and looked at her silently.

The eyes of mother and daughter met in the air.

After staring at each other for a full eight seconds, Hayakawa Naoko took the initiative to look away.

"The best way is to direct and act in the film yourself. If you want to make it more realistic, you can ask a teacher to come forward and then publicize it. However, this is a bit deliberate. If you don't want to make it so realistic, you can just fill in his name as the lyricist and composer of the song."

If possible, she really didn't want to give any advice.

But the person asking the question was her daughter, so no matter how reluctant she was, she had no choice but to compromise.

"..." Hayakawa Yuki lowered her eyebrows and thought for a moment, "Okay, I understand."

She had thought about the first method before, and even thought about the relevant details, but when it came to practice, she always felt that something was wrong, or more specifically, there was an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Now that her mother explained it this way, she understood it all at once.

"Don't you really want to consider my suggestion?"

Seeing her daughter turned away again, Hayakawa Naoko couldn't help but bring up the matter again.

"Look."

Yuki Hayakawa was silent for a moment and then gave her answer.

It would be a lie to say that she didn't want to go to the countryside with You at all, but just like Ryoko had helped her create some alone space before, she also wanted to give Ryoko some alone space with You.

only……

I'm still a little envious.

If possible, she also wanted to take You away from all the trivial matters and go to a place where only the two of them could stay for three or four days.

Come to think of it, Ayana seems to have experienced this feeling before?
During the school trip.

Tsk.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but purse her lips, and the lake of her heart, which had been calm just now, suddenly began to waver again.

"My advice is that sometimes you shouldn't worry too much about things. If you worry too much, you will get nothing and you will regret it easily, especially in your situation."

Looking at her daughter's back, Naoko Hayakawa added fuel to the fire.

(End of this chapter)

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