My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 232 The Arrival of the New Year

"There's no use thinking about it so much. Let the rest of us worry about what happens later. It's just a matter of recognizing a face; it's not a big deal."

"Click..."

Tsuna closed the door, turned around, and quickly walked to his desk, sitting down and waiting for the laptop screen to light up.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that he wasn't sleepy yet and continue writing 'Your Lie in April,' which he had been working on for almost half a year without finishing.

Adapting a manga from memory into a light novel is quite challenging, but it's almost finished. We're nearing the point where 'Kaori Miyazono's' surgery failed and she passed away.

"Ding dong..."

Just as he was pondering the next part of the plot, his thoughts were interrupted by the phone that lit up beside him.

He knew without a doubt that the person who would message him at this hour was his neighbor, Shoko.

"Tsuna, Tsuna, are you asleep?"

"She's already asleep."

"I can't sleep, can I come and play with you?"

Tsuna glanced at the time on his phone and refused Shoko's request without hesitation.

"Do you want to check what time it is?"

"It's almost 11 o'clock, what's wrong? (Rabbit tilting its head with a puzzled expression.jpg)"

"..."

The moment the two ellipses, representing speechlessness, were sent, Shoko replied instantly.

"Then I won't go over there. Shall we make a voice call instead? (smiling emoji)"

Even as he was typing, the chat page instantly switched to a voice call page, leaving him no choice but to click to connect.

Wasn't Shoko asking for his permission when she said that?
"Tsuna, I can't sleep. Do you think it's because of that coffee we had tonight?"

"Possibly." He placed his phone next to his laptop and continued staring at the screen, pondering the next developments.

"I shouldn't have been so curious and sneaked a drink."

She pressed on as soon as she finished speaking, "Tsuna, are you still typing? I can hear the sound of keyboards."

"Yes, 'Your Lie in April' is only one or two volumes away from ending."

"oh oh."

After a while, there was still no sound from Shoko on the phone. Just as Tsuna was about to hang up, thinking she had fallen asleep, he heard her muffled voice:

"Tsuna, after Kaori Miyazono dies, will Kousei Arima end up with Tsubaki Sawabe?"

She had heard Tsuna tell this story before, so she knew some details, such as Tsubaki Sawabe's unrequited love.

"That's left to the reader's imagination; I haven't even thought about that myself."

Tsuna stopped what he was doing and, following Shoko's words, recalled his memories of his past life. It seems that the author of the previous life never answered this question, but some readers have asked it.

"Oh..." came the nasal sound from inside.

The two chatted casually, mostly about topics suggested by Shoko, until Tsuna heard her soft gasp coming from the phone, at which point he stopped.

Goodnight, Glass.

He didn't hang up the phone call. Instead, he shut down his computer, got up, took his phone, walked to the bedside, sat down, charged the phone, and then crawled into bed and closed his eyes.

Sleepiness crept in with the soft snoring of my classmate, Shoko.

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"Today's big goal: a thorough cleaning!"

"it is good!!"

"it is good……"

"Tsuna, did you stay up all night yesterday? Can't you be a little more energetic?"

“Exactly!” Shoko, standing next to Shizuka Miyamura, nodded in agreement, holding a broom.

"Where's Dad?" Tsuna abruptly changed the subject. He no longer wanted to ask why Shoko was all dressed up for the family cleaning.

After all, she comes to help every year without pay, and sooner or later she will join this family...

"Something came up, I have to go to the office, I'll be back later."

"..."

Ah Gang guessed that Old Deng probably didn't want to do the spring cleaning and went fishing with his fishing buddies. He even saw him sneaking out with his gear when he came downstairs.

"Shoko, I'll leave the storage room to you."

"Uh-huh!"

"Alright, let's get moving. Let's work harder this morning to finish cleaning, and then go shopping for New Year's goods this afternoon."

After saying that, Shizuka Miyamura gently nudged Tsuna, who was standing still, and then turned to tidy up the master bedroom.

Shoko didn't say much, handed him the broom, and turned to walk towards the storage room.

She had also thought about why Aunt Miyamura had asked her to clean the storage room.

It's simply because it's the easiest job. Items in the storage room are usually covered with plastic film to prevent dust from settling in. All she has to do is wipe the shelves and change the plastic film.

As for sweeping and mopping, that's done by Xiao Ba.

Xiao Hachi was a multifunctional sweeper and mop given to Uncle Miyamura by his business partner two months ago. Uncle Miyamura was worried that Auntie would get tired, so he specially accepted it and brought it back for her.

Its name was chosen by Yuzuru after Hachiko.

Seeing that everyone had left, Tsuna took his cleaning tools and went back to his room to clean.

His room, the second-floor hallway, and the stairs need to be swept and mopped...

Before the morning mist dissipated, frost flowers clung to the edges of the shrine's stone lanterns, condensing into ice crystals, while crows swept across the bare cedar branches, shaking off fluffy snow.

The vermilion torii gate was bathed in the bluish-gray light of the sky, and the wooden clogs of early worshippers were scattered on the stone steps of the approach. The incense of cypress bark mixed with the sweet scent of sake wafted from the Shinto shrine.

The moment the sun rose over the eaves of the Tang-ha-fu roof, the white paper hanging from the shimenawa suddenly gleamed with gold, and the snow on the pine and bamboo leaves began to fall in strings.

"Let's go to Shoko's house for dinner." Shizuka Miyamura stood up and gently patted Tsuna's head, who was slumped on the sofa.

Because of the spring cleaning, she shamelessly asked Grandma Nishimiya to prepare extra food for her and Tsuna at noon.

"Mmm." Hearing this, he stood up from the sofa and followed Shizuka Miyamura out of the living room.

Shoko left after cleaning the storage room; she went home to help Grandma Nishimiya prepare lunch.

"Thump...thump...thump..."

"Thump...thump..."

"Yuzuru, it must be Tsuna and the others. Go open the door!"

Yuzuru Nishimiya, who was resting his head on Hachiko's pillow in the living room, heard a knock on the door and his grandmother's urging voice from the kitchen.

But she was still playing the match-3 game, and the countdown was about to end; she didn't want to get distracted...

So she made a decision that went against her ancestors' wishes, and patted Hachiko, who was lying on her pillow:
"Hachiko, could you please open the door? I'll secretly give you an extra meal at noon."

"Wang..."

Upon hearing this, Hachiko could only stand up from his prone position, walk out of the living room, and head towards the door.

"Click..."

"Hachiko?"

When Shizuka Miyamura saw the door open, she pushed it open and saw Hachiko standing in the entryway, which made her wonder.

"Mom, stop looking, it's the door that Ba Gong publicly revealed."

"Woof!" Hachiko seemed to understand Tsuna's words and nodded in agreement. "..."

Seeing this, Shizuka Miyamura didn't ask any more questions. She knew her Hachiko was intelligent, but she hadn't expected it to have this skill...

After all, normal people either come out to open the door themselves or call someone else; who calls a dog to open the door? And whether it can even understand you is another matter entirely…

"Auntie, please sit in the living room for a while. The food will be ready soon," Shoko said as she came out of the dining room wearing an apron.

"Okay." Shizuka Miyamura nodded, and after changing her shoes in the entryway, she headed towards the kitchen to see if there was anything else she could help with.

Tsuna, on the other hand, didn't think too much about it. After changing his shoes, he naturally walked into the living room with Hachiko.

"Brother Tsuna, I can't beat this level, help me beat it."

"Is this why you called Hachiko out to open the door?" he asked, but still took the glass phone she handed him.

"Just tell me if Hachiko successfully opened the door or not, and it's all thanks to my excellent teaching." Nishimiya Yuzuru stood up, hands on her hips.

She is a pure black-haired little girl.

"Woof..." Hachiko ignored the two and walked to Nishimiya Yuzuru's feet to continue resting.

"Impressive, impressive." Tsuna casually replied before sitting down and helping her with the level she was stuck on.

Yuzuru Nishimiya naturally moved closer to him to watch, clapping and praising him as he eliminated a large number of blocks in a row.

"Come out and wash your hands, Tsuna, Yuzuru! Time to eat!"

"it is good!"

"Let's go." Tsuna handed the phone back to her, stood up, and left the living room, heading towards the source of the sound.

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"Let me think, I need to buy ingredients for Kadomatsu, Shimenawa, Kagami Mochi, and New Year's Eve soba noodles later."

Shizuka Miyamura gazed at the road and vehicles ahead, listing the items she would be buying later.

The three people in the back seat listened silently without making a sound to disturb them.

Shizuka Miyamura drove the car into the parking lot of a large shopping mall, unbuckled her seatbelt, turned to the three of them, and said:

"I'll leave the Kadomatsu and Shimenawa to you two to buy. As for the rest, Yuzuru and I will take care of them."

Her original intention was still for the two of them to go out and explore more.

"Uh-huh."

"it is good."

"I object!"

"Objection rejected."

After the four of them got off the bus, Shizuka Miyamura pulled the resisting Yuzuru Nishimiya away. After walking a short distance, she leaned close to Yuzuru Nishimiya's ear and whispered something.

The previously fiercely rebellious Nishimiya Yuzuru instantly quieted down and obediently let Miyamura Shizuka lead her by the hand towards the mall.

This made Tsuna, who was standing still watching the two people's backs, very curious.

"Tsuna, let's go too."

"Mmm." He gripped the hand that Shoko offered and took a step toward his destination.

On the snow-covered streets, the eight-story glass curtain wall building transforms into a dazzling crystal palace, with giant Christmas pendulums hanging on the exterior walls swaying in the cold wind, refracting starlight-like spots of light.

Housewives clutched their shopping bags as they strolled through the sale section, while couples nestled together in front of shop windows, holding hot cocoa.

Students in uniforms crowded in front of the gashapon machines, cheering, while office workers in suits hurried through the elevators carrying ribbon-tied gift boxes.

An elderly woman in a mink coat stood by the revolving door, her pearl earrings swaying in a way that seemed to resonate with the Swarovski swan in the shop window.

Her shadow was projected onto the third-floor Gucci window, overlapping with that of a high school couple.

"It's so lively."

Shoko stopped in her tracks as she looked at the bustling shopping mall and began searching for the store where she wanted to buy the goods.

"After all, Christmas has just passed, and the New Year is just around the corner." Tsuna's gaze swept over the Christmas decorations that had not yet been taken down.

"The aunt told us to buy Kadomatsu and Shimenawa; that shop should sell them."

She pointed to a shop on the left where tourists were going in and out, and waited for him to look in the direction she was pointing before continuing with a smile and saying, "Let's go, Tsuna."

Gang grabbed her arm: "Don't rush, let's go for a walk first and see if there's anything fun to do. We can buy it later."

"Okay, then it's up to you."

The two started shopping in the mall. Along the way, Shoko spotted Shizuka Miyamura and Yuzuru Nishimiya shopping in the distance. After confirming that she hadn't noticed them, she pulled Tsuna along and headed down another path.

"Tsuna, I want to rewatch this."

"Isn't that bad? There are so many people here."

Tsuna glanced at the bustling passageway before turning his gaze back to the pink rocking horse that Shoko had pointed to.

"Let's go!" Shoko pulled a bewildered Tsuna away quickly.

She originally intended to just insert coins to sit down, but out of the corner of her eye she noticed two classmates in the distance...

If this were seen and photographed, it would be incredibly embarrassing. It might not be a big deal in front of strangers, since you might never see them again after that, but this is different...

"Ring...ring...ring..."

Tsuna stopped and took out his phone from his pocket, while Shoko looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Seeing that it was his mother, he answered the phone without hesitation, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"The date is almost over, it's time to buy some things and head back. Nishimiya Yuzuru and I only need one more thing to complete our trip."

Shizuka Miyamura's teasing voice came from the phone, and Tsuna casually replied with a few perfunctory words before hanging up.

After explaining to Shoko, I took her hand and walked towards the shop we had been to before.

Door pine is made of bamboo and pine branches and is placed at the entrance to welcome the New Year god.

The shimenawa (sacred rope) is hung above the doorway, symbolizing a sacred realm.

"Sisters, you're so slow! It took you so long to buy just two things..."

When the two returned to where the car was parked, they heard the black-haired little girl complaining from the back seat with the window down.

"There's no way around it, these two things are quite hard to find."

Without batting an eye, Tsuna told a lie, put his things in the trunk, brushed the snowflakes off his clothes, and got into the car.

"Mom, this doesn't seem to be the way home, does it?" Tsuna asked, looking at the receding scenery outside the window.

Combining this with the road in my memory, it's completely in the opposite direction.

"Okay, let's go eat. Your dad made a reservation, and your Aunt Nishimiya and Grandma Nishimiya are already here." Shizuka Miyamura nodded, her gaze still fixed on the road and vehicles ahead.

"Really? Mom's already off work?" Yuzuru Nishimiya asked excitedly, shifting his gaze from his phone to Shizuka Miyamura in front of him.

"Mm." Shizuka Miyamura nodded with a slight upturn of her lips.

The four quickly arrived at the restaurant that Miyamura Daio had booked. They gave the waiter their reservation information and the last three digits of the restaurant number, and the waiter led them to a private room.

Shizuka Miyamura opened the door, nodded to the two people inside, and then sat down next to Yaeko Nishimiya, chatting with her about the latest gossip.

Seeing that Hachiko wasn't there, Nishimiya Yuzuru could only sit down next to her grandmother, Nishimiya, and she was tactful enough not to disturb the two of them.

Not long after, Miyamura Daio and one of his fishing buddies entered the private room and introduced the people inside, 'emphasizing' Tsuna.

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"Tsuna, tomorrow is New Year's Eve (December 31st), where should we go to play?"

Shoko lay on someone's bed, replying to a message from Ayumi Ajitani while asking Tsuna, who was sitting in front of the computer, her bare feet still dangling.

(End of this chapter)