Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 295 - 232: What is Hanabi’s Dream?

Chapter 295: Chapter 232: What is Hanabi’s Dream?

The surface of Nine Curves Lake is as calm as a blue mirror, with ripples shimmering in the sunlight as a gentle breeze blows across.

Uesugi Sakura sits on the green grass at the shore, under the thick trees, gazing at a group of white swans drifting on the lake.

The scenery is indeed nice, but being here in London, UK, feels a bit too far from Tokyo.

It’s not that he particularly loves Tokyo, but his parents are there, and perhaps he’s just used to living there.

"Hanabi."

The girl sketching by the lake turns to look at him.

"If I hadn’t come here, would you have stayed here studying abroad?"

"Yes," Hanamaru Hanabi replied, "but I would definitely go back to visit during the summer holidays."

Uesugi Sakura feels that the past events’ impact on her has faded, at least she doesn’t have the same sensitive mentality as before.

"Actually, I really wanted to come to the UK to accompany your studies."

Hanamaru Hanabi, while sketching the lake on her canvas, shook her head, "Sakura-kun has already done so much for Hanabi."

"In my eyes, it’s still not enough."

Hanamaru Yuuki, who was sketching beside Hanabi, quietly glanced at the two chatting, always very interested in couple conversations.

But these two seem to be discussing some unsweet topics, with no smiles on their faces.

Why, since it’s Saturday, shouldn’t couples enjoy life a bit more?

Hanamaru Yuuki can’t quite understand this brother-in-law; he’s come all the way to London to pursue her sister, yet he still doesn’t seem happy.

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September 29th, 93 days until the end of the year, and 11 days until Hanabi’s birthday.

"Hmm—the coffee is a bit bitter today." Mr. Blaise remarked, tasting a cup of coffee brewed by Uesugi Sakura, while his chubby British Shorthair cat was lying on the bar counter resting.

It somewhat resembled a lucky cat.

"Is it the roasting?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

"No, it’s not," Mr. Blaise put down his cup and replied, "Although many people disagree, I believe a person’s heart greatly influences coffee."

"I want to ask you, what’s your reason for coming to London?"

"You know, Mr. Blaise, I want to find my fiancée."

Blaise chuckled, "Love, of course, is commendable! But recently, I feel there’s not much romance between you and Miss Hanabi."

"Really?"

"Of course!" Blaise picked up the blue cat from the counter, "You should know that love makes the other person smile, yet even though Miss Hanabi comes here every day after class for a cup of coffee, you seldom smile at her."

Uesugi Sakura, following Mr. Blaise’s words, recalled the situation over the past few weeks.

Indeed, he hadn’t smiled at her much in the café.

He only added a little more milk and some things she liked to her coffee when she ordered.

"Mr. Blaise, what do you think love is?" Uesugi remembered the question from his mother-in-law.

"Life and romance!"

Uesugi Sakura, dressed in a Western-style small dress, looked at him, expecting him to continue.

Blaise gently stroked the head of the café’s decorative cat:

"But life isn’t romantic.

"It has many illnesses, many troubles, as someone from your country once said—’ugliness is life itself’.

"It is dissatisfaction with life that drives one to seek romance, to seek comfort, and because of the ugliness behind, one pursues beauty.

"Yet romance always returns to life, to quietude.

"Like Anna’s café, initially passionate about coffee for the ideal, yet had to love money because of her husband’s leg disability."

Blaise glanced back at the pastoral-themed Soho café.

"Compelled by life, using money earned from their café to care for a husband with disabled legs, inseparable, it’s life’s cruelty, but strangely, isn’t it? It’s a profoundly romantic thing."

Uesugi Sakura did not know Anna’s boss had such an experience, only thinking she liked money very much.

"Mr. Blaise, do you mean to seek romance in life? Is that love?"

"No, no," Blaise smiled, shaking his head while holding the cat, "Persisting through life is romance, is love."

Mr. Blaise soon took his little fish snacks and went for a stroll.

Until the evening, while serving customers and brewing coffee, Uesugi Sakura kept thinking about life between him and her.

Just a pair of simple young lovers.

Thinking of when he fed her food, that shy, tender-eyed look she had, involuntarily made him smile from the heart.

Her watching him eat in the canteen, worried if the bento she made suited his taste, also warmed his heart.

Perhaps, sweet smiles are what the two of them really need now.

Ding dong~

The bell tinkled.

Two girls carrying art tubes opened the door and walked in.

"Uesugi, one Irish Coffee, please." Hanamaru Yuuki immediately ran to the counter, placing both hands on the bar and grinning at him.

Hanamaru Hanabi gently closed the door, walked over slowly, her gently tied hair falling on her shoulders, tender and graceful.

"Kids can’t have alcohol." Uesugi Sakura smiled at her, then with an even more charming smile asked Hanamaru Hanabi, "Hanabi, will it be a latte today as well?"

Maybe because of his charisma or perhaps because of her fondness,

The originally calm girl, under his smiling gaze, reacted somewhat blankly:

"Hmm..."

And Hanamaru Yuuki, as someone very keen on shoujo manga, instantly sensed the vibe and quietly watched the two exchange glances without interrupting.

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