Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 141 - 140: Sky Garden, Is There a Benefit with a Swimming Pool?

Chapter 141: Chapter 140: Sky Garden, Is There a Benefit with a Swimming Pool?

The Sky Garden of the Kyujuu Family is planted with various evergreen trees, their lush canopies obscuring the sky, remaining vibrant even in the autumn and winter seasons.

The woodland paths are paved with pebbles of varying colors, with wooden fences on either side overgrown with roses and thorns.

The roses bloom sequentially from April to September, lasting for half a year in full bloom, and now, during the peak of June summer, vibrant red roses also climb the outer fences.

The softly elegant pink roses interweave with the strikingly beautiful red roses, climbing in a harmonious display.

Their fragrance permeates, serene and elegant.

Frangipani, used as a mosquito repellent, is half-hidden and half-exposed.

Uesugi Sakura strolls through, bare feet stepping on the pebbles, following several girls in swimsuits.

A few pairs of tender, white feet press on the pebbles, the fair skin sinking slightly, rounded perfectly, creating an alluring image.

The girls’ playful laughter echoes occasionally, their slender arms linked together in freshness and grace.

Uesugi Sakura surveys the surroundings, noticing that most of the roses and thorns strive to present their most perfect postures.

The intertwining pinks and reds, accented by the humble frangipani in the distance, provide an abundant visual feast, with a subtle, delightful fragrance, intoxicating and dreamlike.

Clearly, it is the masterpiece of a skilled gardener.

He suddenly wishes to discuss the insights of cultivating and pruning flowers with this person.

"Uesugi, how are your swimming skills?" Ayaka Rie turns back to ask.

"Not bad." Uesugi Sakura patiently admires the flowers, occasionally snapping a photo with his phone.

Roses with such natural fragrance in June are rare.

The purpose of Hanamaru Hanabi’s visit is mainly to use the Kyujuu Rika family’s pool for swimming practice.

Today, her swimming lesson failed to meet the teacher’s assessment standard, and Ayaka Rie did slightly better, but not by much.

Both are like ducks, kicking randomly when they are in the water.

The girls in front stop.

Ayaka Rie places her hands on Hanamaru Hanabi’s exposed white shoulders, nudging her forward, "I’ll leave Hanabi to you to teach."

Uesugi Sakura continues photographing flowers, capturing every angle of the rose’s budding head, "Isn’t Kyujuu good at swimming? Let her teach you guys."

Ayaka Rie again pushes Hanamaru Hanabi towards Uesugi Sakura.

"R-Rie-chan..."

"One-on-one instruction is best for swimming, and besides, Hanabi is your fiancée. You don’t want to teach your fiancée?"

Uesugi Sakura turns off his phone screen, glancing at her.

Once, she was fiercely protective of Hanabi, now she forcefully hands her over.

Women are indeed capricious.

Or perhaps she has seen through his good-hearted nature?

Sigh, sometimes even he, Uesugi, finds his charm peculiar.

Seeing Hanamaru Hanabi with her hands clasped together, wearing a school swimsuit, looking a bit embarrassed, Uesugi Sakura decides to help her personally.

"Let’s go to the pool."

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Normally, situations like this are considered fanservice scenes.

In the pool.

Hanamaru Hanabi’s white neck still bears a ribbon, her shoulders spreading open, attempting to stretch out her arms in the rising and falling water.

But each time she spreads her arms, her body instinctively sinks.

"Sakura, Sakura-kun!"

Hearing her panicked, timid voice, Uesugi Sakura has no choice but to support her soft belly from below.

Aiming at the little face emerging from the water, he holds her waist and says:

"First of all, you haven’t even floated, how can you swim? Didn’t you learn before?"

"Hanabi... Hanabi forgot..." Hanamaru Hanabi, her hair damp, clasps his arm, not daring to let go.

Uesugi Sakura knows where her problem lies, "You’re afraid of the water; your body and muscles are too tense, and your breathing is too rapid."

"Overcome these points and you’ll be fine."

Hanamaru Hanabi gazes at him blankly, her amethyst eyes shining even brighter under the sunset.

Feeling the girl’s little hands tightly grasping his arm, Uesugi Sakura sighs helplessly, "Alright, let’s slowly get you accustomed."

It turns out that Hanamaru Hanabi is truly afraid of the water, even when he’s supporting her belly in the shallow end, she can’t swim.

Her petite body is tightly tense, stiff and rigid, her entire weight pressing onto his hand through her stomach.

This is purely due to fear of the water; apart from letting her slowly adapt, there’s no other solution.

After training for more than half an hour, Ayaka Rie has already grasped the technique, but Hanamaru Hanabi is still at a standstill.

The four have no choice but to take a break.

"What do you want to drink?" Kyujuu Rika asks.

Ayaka Rie: "Tea."

Hanamaru Hanabi: "Milk."

Uesugi Sakura: "Do you have hot coffee?"

"We have everything, but hot coffee will take a bit to prepare."

There are no other people around.

"Are you going to prepare it yourself, Kyujuu?"

Kyujuu Rika says casually, "I prefer doing things myself; I only asked the driver to pick you up because I can’t drive."

"Quite the character." Uesugi Sakura silently gives her a thumbs up, "Also a kind of lady."

Kyujuu Rika glances at him, turns and waves her hand:

"Alright, I’ll go prepare the drinks for you, and bring some cake and cookies too."

"You all..."

The remaining three, with Ayaka Rie wisely staying by their sides only to be third wheels, quickly chases Kyujuu barefooted.

"Wait for me, President!"

With the blazing sunset, only two are left alone again.

The dark clouds on the horizon seem to roll and shrink away, like being baked.

Uesugi Sakura unties the wet ribbon from the girl’s neck, looking at the faint red mark above.

"Still not gone?"

"No..." Hanamaru Hanabi shakes her head gently, her voice shy and soft.

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