CHAPTER 433: CHAPTER 309: THE PATH OF WISTERIA FLOWERS

"Sister~"

"It’s brother."

Uesugi Sakura hugged his little sister-in-law on his lap, the little one’s chubby hands constantly pinching his face.

Perhaps not having seen him for many days, Hanamaru Hanami was extremely happy.

"Where are you going today?"

"Flower Park in Tochigi Prefecture, they say online that the wisteria flowers there have bloomed twice."

"Yeah."

"Aren’t you planning to go with us, Uncle?"

"I’ll pass, I’m busier than your father." He turned towards the door, then suddenly paused, "Right now... I actually think it’s a good thing you didn’t become a police officer."

Uesugi Sakura looked at his father-in-law holding the clothes ready to head out:

"Why?"

"Too dangerous." Hanamaru Hiroki didn’t look back, heading straight out the door.

With a click, the door lock engaged tightly, and the living room was again filled with only the sounds of the little sister-in-law’s babbling.

After a while, Mrs. Hanamaru came downstairs, having changed into her outing attire, "Where’s Dad?"

"Uncle went to work."

"So early again."

Uesugi Sakura thought of the back view of Hanamaru Hiroki when he left, "Aunt, is Uncle’s work all right?"

"Are you worried about him?" Mrs. Hanamaru smiled, "Don’t worry too much, he’s quite high up now; he doesn’t get personally involved in everything, so it’s not that easy for something to go wrong.

"Right now, you and Hanabi-chan are getting married soon, preparing for your wedding is what’s important."

Hanamaru Hanabi’s birthday is on October 10th, and tomorrow is July 1st, the time is close at hand.

Getting married soon... Uesugi Sakura looked at the wedding ring on his hand, unable to help but sigh at how fast time has passed.

In the blink of an eye, little Hanabi is nearly eighteen.

"Are you not wanting to get married?"

"No, I don’t have that thought."

"As her mother, of course, I want to see Hanabi happy. I know what she wants, and I understand that the only one who can give her happiness is you, little Sakura. Before you get married, I hope you can take on the responsibility of her lifelong happiness beforehand, and don’t let her be sad, she is the kind of child who would only cry quietly in the corner when upset."

Mrs. Hanamaru’s heartfelt words left Uesugi Sakura silent for a long time.

Indeed, Hanamaru Hanabi is a girl who doesn’t share her sadness; she only shares her happiness, always trying to make others feel good.

If she gets hurt, under her smiling face hides a heart that quietly sobs.

"Rest assured, Aunt."

"That puts my heart at ease. Watching you both grow up to become what you are now is something that’s occasionally quite moving."

Listening to his mother-in-law speak, Uesugi Sakura held Hanamaru Hanami’s little hands.

Even though his little sister-in-law was younger than the age he first knew Hanamaru Hanabi, this soft, warm feeling was exactly the same as when they were little.

Hanamaru Hanabi also came downstairs shortly.

Actually, she had already dressed before going out, but upon arriving, Mrs. Hanamaru insisted on helping her tidy up again, hence Uesugi Sakura waited in the living room.

"Do I look good...?" Hanamaru Hanabi walked up to him, holding the brim of her round straw hat with both hands, her milky white dress gently swaying as she stopped.

"Hmm, from the front, there’s not much difference compared to when you went out."

"What about the bow I tied for you?" Mrs. Hanamaru asked Hanabi.

"It’s at the back of my hair."

"Why isn’t it like the way it was at the beginning?"

"...Who would tie a bow on their forehead...."

"Doesn’t look good? I thought it was rather ingenious."

"No way," Hanamaru Hanabi whispered, "it’s very strange... it looks better now."

Uesugi Sakura let Hanamaru Hanami look at her sister, "What does Hanami think?"

"Babababa~"

"See, Hanami thinks sister looks good."

"Thank you, Hanami." Hanamaru Hanabi reached out to take her sister, who wanted to be held, giggling as she rubbed her face against hers.

Mrs. Hanamaru smiled teasingly from the side: "Sakura really knows how to make Hanabi-chan happy."

After leaving, they met up with Mrs. Uesugi and others at the door of the Uesugi Family home.

"Mom, you’re bringing the camera?"

As soon as Uesugi Sakura saw his sister Uesugi Shin, she wanted him to hold her.

Earlier, when Hanami first saw him, she acted the same way; does he really attract children that much?

While the two ladies were chatting, Uesugi Sakura asked the nearby Chiaei.

"Chiaei-chan, do you think I look good?"

"Ah..." Chiaei didn’t expect him to ask this question, gripping the bag around her waist, showing a very interesting reaction on her small face, "Well, big brother is very handsome."

"... Actually, that’s not what I meant, I wanted to ask, how do you feel about me?"

"Big brother is very nice."

"From a child’s perspective." Uesugi Sakura thought carefully and added another condition.

Chiaei thought carefully, then looked up and said, "If I was next to big brother, I’d really want to be close to him, of course... in a big brother sort of friendly way."

"So, you all feel very close when you see me?"

"Hmm..." Chiaei’s small beauty mark made her look exceptionally pretty, "Aei used to like playing alone, but after living in big brother’s house, she’s always the first to come out and greet big brother."

Uesugi Shin sat in Uesugi Sakura’s lap, her pure eyes filled with curiosity about the sister in front of her.

He smiled and handed his sister over, "Do you want to hold her?"

"Hmm..." Chiaei extended her hands, taking the one-year-old Uesugi Shin from his arms.

She had only grown two teeth, her cheeks were plump with baby fat.

She could only say ’mom’, couldn’t yet say ’brother’ or ’dad’.

"The little sister is adorable."

"By the way, Chiaei, how much older are you than Aei?"

"A little over two years."

Two years older huh.

I guess at Aei’s age of about one and a bit, Chiaei was probably already feeding milk to her sister.

"Chiaei, if your mom really doesn’t come back, what do you plan to do...?"