After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 233, Part 232: I'll smash your dog's head into the snow.

Chapter 233, Section 232: Smash your dog's head into the snow.

As it turns out, Haruno Tsukasa's position in their hearts is still quite irreplaceable; otherwise, when they mistook his action of letting him slack off in the lake for his intention to jump in, they wouldn't have rushed towards him and landed in the water.

Fortunately, it only fell into the shallows.

Haruno Tsukasa struggled to explain what he was doing, but neither of them believed him.

However, after Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie reached out to verify that he wasn't lying, they quickly stuffed it back in before he went ashore, afraid that others would see it.

Perhaps it was because of the uproar caused by his will that Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie stopped causing trouble for the next few months and lived a quiet life. Even the unwelcoming atmosphere when Shihouin Chiyo returned with her daughter quietly changed, and life returned to normalcy.

Haruno Tsukasa occasionally attends parliamentary sessions, but spends most of his time fishing, taking walks, and playing ball.

Of course.

This is the schedule for the daytime.

The evenings offer even more variety in their arrangements.

However, thanks to the wish list, Haruno Tsukasa is able to maintain the energy of a teenager or a twenty-year-old at this age. Otherwise, given the frequency with which he negotiates business every night, even a national-level athlete would have collapsed long ago, and it would be unrealistic for him to even last a day.

Time slips away unnoticed.

The scorching summer sun gradually receded.

The desolation of autumn arrives.

As the withered leaves were swept away, the weather grew colder, and people wore thicker and thicker clothes.

Tokyo's first snow usually falls quite late.

So even though everyone was wearing thick down jackets and wool sweaters, there was no sign of snow in Tokyo. Instead, the New Year was getting closer and closer, and there were more and more variety shows about the New Year on TV.

Until the actual arrival of New Year's Eve.

Because Haruno Tsukasa focused more on his family and personal life, and because the two factions, Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie, had gotten along relatively well in the past six months, the Haruno family ushered in the most peaceful era in its history. At the same time, everyone began to truly regard this place as home. When Haruno Tsukasa bought this villa, he thought there might be too many rooms and he wouldn't be able to live there all the time. But as each of the children started living alone, the house became more and more crowded. He even said that if they had more children, they might have to move again.

New Year's Eve is called Ōmisoka. Japan has copied the tradition of Tokyo University for over a thousand years, and the tradition of the whole family sitting together for a meal on this day has indeed been inherited.

Therefore, the sky above Yuanye Si was unusually lively that day. Not only were more than a dozen people of all ages present, but unlike usual when they would go back to their own rooms after returning home, or eat at different times, they were all chatting and laughing or making noise, doing all sorts of things. The 100-inch TV in the living room was also playing the classic program of the national TV station, the Red and White Song Festival, but it had only just started and the host was still talking nonsense.

Fujitani Chitsubaki sat on the sofa receiving New Year's greetings from her grandchildren, smiling as she took out bulging New Year's coins from her pocket and distributed them to the children.

Shigeshiro arranged the kaiseki cuisine and various desserts that had been ordered in advance on the table, while Shimizu Yuko chatted with her with a smile and poured tea into her cup.

Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie were arranging their newly bought kadomatsu (door pine) outside the villa's French windows, seemingly arguing about whether to place it at the villa's entrance or the courtyard entrance. This rare confrontation, after half a year, completely shattered their once paper-thin alliance.

As for Haruno Tsukasa, he was lying on a recliner by the fireplace at the edge of the living room, sometimes warming his hands in the heat of the fireplace, sometimes glancing at his phone, and sometimes looking around the house.

Until Haruno Yui sneaked over, chuckled, and reached out to massage his shoulders.

"Happy New Year, Dad," she whispered.

"Hmm," Haruno Tsukasa said through his nose.

Seeing that her father hadn't opened his eyes, Yuan Ye Yu Yi felt a little anxious thinking about the huge sums of New Year's jade she had received in previous years. However, after all these years, she knew her father's character all too well, so she worked even harder with her hands, and emphasized again as she strained all ten fingers, "Happy New Year, Dad!"

"Good, a little to the left, and a bit more force."

Haruno Tsukasa didn't even blink.

This is a rare moment of filial piety.

Of course, he couldn't just hand it over so easily.

Seeing this, Yuan Ye Yuyi used all her strength, straining until her delicate face contorted and turned bright red. She couldn't help but grit her teeth and say, "Happy New Year!"

"Here you go." Haruno Tsukasa felt the time was right, so he took an envelope out of his inner pocket.

Upon seeing the envelope, Haruno Yui was overjoyed and let go of it. After opening the envelope and seeing the amount on the check inside, she jumped up with joy.

"Dad is awesome!"

She gave Haruno Tsukasa a quick kiss.

Then he immediately ran away.

Yuan Ye Si opened his eyes, reached out and touched the side of his cheek where he had been kissed, and chuckled as he watched his daughter skip away, "She doesn't even bother to pretend anymore now that she's got her."

He was given the prepared envelopes and was just about to close his eyes and rest for a while while waiting for the other children to come over when Haruno Taki and Haruno Yutaro walked over from either side with fake smiles plastered on their faces.

Haruno Takihide reacted the fastest.

He knelt down with a thud.

He then took the opportunity to kowtow three times on the floor.

Happy New Year! I wish you, Dad, a long and healthy life, as long as Mount Fuji and as blessed as Tokyo Bay! May you have peace and safety year after year!

"Well said." Although Yuan Ye Si didn't know where he learned this from, the metaphor was quite interesting, so he reached into his pocket and said with a smile, "A reward!"

"Thanks, Dad!" Haruno Takihide chuckled.

As he eagerly prepared to open the envelope to see how much money he had this year, Yutaro Haruno, who was next to him, replicated his actions and knelt down to kowtow. However, his kowtow was even louder, making the wooden floor seem like it could crack.

He then loudly congratulated them:

"I wish my dad excellent health, that he can live a long and healthy life, and that he gets stronger every year as he gets into middle age!"

“What you said isn’t…” Upon hearing this, Yuan Ye Si was about to take out the prepared New Year’s jade as usual, but as soon as his hand reached into his inner pocket, he felt something was wrong. He frowned and carefully recalled his congratulatory words. After a brief pause, he flew into a rage, looked down at his son with a fawning smile, and said, “You bastard! Who taught you that!”

"what?"

"Who taught you to say that!"

"My mother told me that you've been together for a long time, just like back then, making her feel happy as always..."

"..."

His eyelids twitched, but Yuan Ye Si's hand still reached into his inner pocket, pulled out an envelope, handed it to him, and waved his hand helplessly, saying, "Go play somewhere else."

Compared to Haruno Taki's joy, Haruno Yutaro was somewhat bewildered, unsure of what he had said wrong, but he dared not ask himself what was wrong. However, having already received the money, he still grinned and ran to the side to check how much it was.

These are all minor incidents.

However, everyone was indeed very happy during the Chinese New Year.

Take the children for example. Although they don't have to worry about food and drink normally, the majority of their pocket money each year actually comes from the New Year's money.

Harano Tsukasa is rich.

Moreover, the businesses under his name are profitable enough.

Even if I could afford to give my sons and daughters hundreds of millions of yen in pocket money every month, could I actually do that? Of course not. After all, they are still young. Although they understand the basic concept of money, they do not yet understand the true purchasing power of society.

Now that we have the means, we certainly won't live a life of hardship anymore.

However, spoiling children is absolutely unacceptable.

Actually, he wasn't strict. After all, as a father, giving his children money from time to time was a big source of happiness for him. Sometimes, he would even get scolded by Sato and Suzumiya for giving them pocket money too casually.

Leaving aside others, although Sato Mie and Shimizu Yuko's current financial resources cannot compare to his, they still have several hundred billion yen combined, but even so, they don't usually give their children much money.

After all, it's not good to develop a habit of spending money recklessly.

Haruno Tsukasa thought casually, then remembered that Sato Utaha had become increasingly shy as she got older, and no longer actively asked him for money like she had a few years ago. But that was normal; after all, strictly speaking, everyone in this family was related to him by blood, and he had deep conversations with even the adults. Putting himself in their shoes, Haruno Tsukasa felt not only a lack of belonging to this family, but also a significant sense of alienation, as if he belonged to a different world. It seemed he needed to pay more attention to her.

That girl is already in her twenties, and she'll be getting married soon. Although she's not his biological daughter, they've always had a good relationship, and Haruno Tsukasa has practically watched her grow up. When she gets married, he'll definitely be there as her father.

They will also prepare a generous dowry.

As Haruno Tsukasa was thinking about how to prepare a dowry for Sato Utaha, Shigeshige, with her hair tied up, walked over with a worried expression: "Tsukasa-nii, why don't you go and persuade her?"

“I’m not going. Let them argue if they want. It’s the New Year, so it’ll be a good way to have some fun,” he replied.

"But this time, Saka and Mie seem to be really angry, unlike their usual bickering."

Chongzhi Xi shook him with a worried expression.

Yuan Ye Si couldn't refuse, so he turned his gaze to the French windows. What he saw shocked him. The two of them had stopped pretending and were grabbing each other by the collar and yelling. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, he figured it wasn't anything nice. He couldn't help but ask, "Just because of the New Year's photo?"

“Hmm…” Chongzhi Xi nodded.

After a moment of hesitation, seeing that the two of them were getting a little more and more into it outside, Yuan Ye Si stopped watching the show and led Chong Zhi Xi to get up and go out the door.

The tension between Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie, who were standing in the courtyard, could no longer be described as merely tense.

They were now grabbing each other by the collar.

It was as if the courtyard would be transformed into a martial arts training hall in the next moment.

Facing the familiar face less than three centimeters from her nose, Suzumiya Saka did not back down at all, but instead moved even closer and said with a cold smile:

"According to the normal family custom, the wife should be on equal footing with the husband. Someone like you is already lucky to be able to stand on the side. I even added a chair for you next to me. And you're still not satisfied?"

"I'm not satisfied? Wow, ever since you became a councilor at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, your tone has changed. You even dare to boss me around. If you're so capable, why didn't you become a vice minister or even a parliamentary minister? Even ministers here wouldn't dare to point fingers at me. Who do you think you are!"

Mie Sato retorted without backing down.

However, it would have been better if she hadn't said anything, because it seemed that Suzumiya Saka had found a loophole. Her eyes lit up and she said something that hit her so hard: "What kind of useless minister is he? Is he the Minister of Economic Revitalization, Sato-san, who pours white wine for our Fujikawa-san?"

Upon hearing this, Sato Mie's expression froze for a moment, then she immediately realized what was happening. Her charming face flushed red, then slowly turned a deep liver color as she roared:
I'm going to tear your mouth apart!

"Broken down? Furious? Overwhelmed with shame? Want to crawl into a hole? Can't stand people telling the truth and you've already started a fight? Is it really that shameful?"

Sensing that she was about to pounce on her like a hungry tiger, Suzumiya Saka calmly released her grip and took two steps back after forcefully breaking free of her grasp. However, she didn't stop talking while doing all this.

"That's still better than you, you hat monster!"

Sato Mie gritted her teeth and said angrily.

"What did you say!?"

Suzumiya Saika paused in her steps.

"Luckily I'm not his legal wife, otherwise I don't know how I would sleep with so many hats on!"

"Bitch!"

You bitch!

Seeing this, Yuan Ye Si immediately sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to pull the two of them apart, preventing a fight from breaking out. He then said, "Stop arguing."

He then added, "It's time to eat. If there's anything, can we talk about it after the New Year?"

"How should we sit when taking a family photo?"

Sato Mie suddenly turned her face and asked him.

Feeling the intense gazes from both sides, Haruno Tsukasa's mind raced, and he immediately said, "Mom sits, we all stand, Saka stands on the left, you stand on my right, and all the children squat in front. Is this a good way to take a family photo?"

Sato Mie's original request was to be able to film next to Harano Tsukasa, so this actually fulfilled her request, and she readily agreed: "I have no objection."

"And what about you?" Haruno Tsukasa turned his head to the side again.

Suzumiya Saka didn't really want to agree, but she knew that her original request was indeed a bit excessive. At this moment, she took advantage of Haruno Tsukasa's words to go along with it, but she didn't show any happiness: "Hmm."

"Alright, alright, it's time to eat. Go wash your hands, everyone. Yuko, take Saka and Mie upstairs to change your clothes first. Matsumoto's clothes are all dirty."

At this point, Fujitani Chitsubaki stepped in to smooth things over.

With Haruno Tsukasa's final decision and the consent of the two parties involved, the matter was considered closed.

However, when it comes to actually eating...

Haruno Tsukasa suddenly brought up another matter.

"Before we eat, I'd like to ask for your opinions." He took a sip of soybean paste soup and put down his bowl.

"What is it? What is it?"

Haruno Hagoromo sat upright and raised her hand.

After glancing at her, Yuan Ye Si pondered for a moment and said, "It's been a long time since we've traveled far, and our whole family hasn't traveled together before, so I suggest we go on vacation as a family after tomorrow. Since it's Chinese New Year now, I don't want too much trouble, so the destination is within China. I've chosen Hokkaido and Okinawa, one is colder and the other is warmer. Of course, if we don't want to go, we can stay at home. This is just a suggestion."

For most families, going on a trip together is probably just an annual occurrence.

However, the situation was different for the Haruno family.

After all, it's difficult enough for everyone to get together for a meal on a regular basis.

But now it's different.

Over the past six months, everyone has become more familiar with each other and communicated more. Even with a slightly larger group, conflicts are unlikely to arise when traveling far from home. Of course, this excludes Sato Mie and Suzumiya Saka.

Surprisingly, everyone agreed to his suggestion. Contrary to what Haruno Tsukasa had expected, they all chose to go to Hokkaido instead, saying they wanted to see the natural scenery of the northern country.

The children, in particular, shout the loudest.

But that's understandable.

After all, Tokyo is not a city that snows often. Although it doesn't go years without snow, it rarely snows heavily, and the snow doesn't last long.

Children love playing in the snow.

This is human nature.

Haruno Hagoromo even screamed excitedly.

"Heading towards where the sun rises!"

"Oh oh oh!"

"and many more!"

"What's wrong? My foolish little brother?"

"Doesn't the sun rise in the east and set in the west? Hokkaido is in the northeast, so it's where the sun sets."

"You think you know so much! I know, I know very well that what I said just now was just a metaphor, a remark inspired by the scene!"