CHAPTER 745: CHAPTER 449: THOUGHTS OF RETURNING HOME

After buying the frying pan and kitchen knife, the aunt enthusiastically handed him a large canvas bag to carry.

"How long have you been here? Are you planning to go back home? Your parents must miss you a lot. Haven’t you brought them over to live with you? It’s always better for a family to be reunited."

Uesugi Sakura walked along the street with Hanamaru Hanabi, recalling what the aunt said to him earlier in the supermarket.

Going back home...

Going back home...

He didn’t have many regrets from his past life. Since his family was here, he never went back to visit.

But to say he never thought about it would be a lie.

"Sakura-kun, your croquette!"

Uesugi Sakura took his portion from her hand, watching the steam rising from the golden potato croquette, he said to her, "Eating these again, your little tummy will get chubby."

Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t care at all, holding the croquette in both hands, she replied, "It’s good to be a bit chubby. Didn’t you say you like chubby Hanabi?"

"I never said I want you to turn into a ball." Uesugi Sakura took a bite of the croquette she spent money on and glanced at her delicate, pretty little face.

"If Hanabi gets very chubby, Sakura-kun won’t like me anymore?"

"Yeah, that’s right, won’t like it anymore."

After Uesugi Sakura said this, he kept observing Hanamaru Hanabi’s expression.

But he found that she just stared at him, sometimes blinking, showing no emotion.

Until finally, Hanamaru Hanabi lowered her little head, and Uesugi Sakura realized he had said something wrong.

The girl looked at the bitten croquette in her hand and said:

"Sakura-kun... even if you don’t like Hanabi, Hanabi will still like Sakura-kun."

This weak statement reached the core of Uesugi Sakura’s heart, and seeing her fingers nervously pinching the croquette bag, he realized that his joke might have hurt her.

"Hanabi, don’t take it to heart... I was joking... I like you, no matter what you become, it won’t change."

With the croquette she just bought for him still in his hand, smelling its aroma and feeling its warmth, his guilt towards her grew stronger and became impossible to ignore.

She bought him something delicious... and he said such unkind words.

Uesugi Sakura felt increasingly uneasy, wanting to reach out and touch her, but she suddenly looked up with a smile on her pretty little face:

"Sakura-kun, gotcha!"

"Was... tricking me?" Uesugi Sakura was almost slow to react, but seeing her smile, the burden in his heart lightened considerably.

Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head, her purple eyes fixed on him: "What Sakura-kun said really made Hanabi sad... even though Hanabi knows it was a joke."

"I’m sorry."

"No need to apologize, Hanabi knows Sakura-kun wouldn’t do that... but Hanabi easily thinks about those kinds of outcomes, that’s Hanabi’s own problem."

Hanamaru Hanabi turned around, took a step forward, walking ahead, and closed her eyes, tilting her head to face the scattered sunlight under the tree shade.

Even though Uesugi Sakura could only see her back, he could hear her weak yet hopeful voice.

"Hanabi will always stay by Sakura-kun’s side and really wants to always stay by Sakura’s side."

She took a deep breath, then clasped her hands behind her back, holding the croquette, standing on the roadside with the blue sky and white clouds, her figure appeared beautiful, she lightly turned back, showing a gentle smile:

"Sakura-kun, let’s go, we still have to buy the yarn balls."

It was just an ordinary day, and the weather was just an ordinary sunny day.

But in her simple, smiling glance, Uesugi Sakura saw her lovely tenderness.

He was in a daze for a while, walked over, walked to her side, and walked shoulder to shoulder with her down the street.

"Not mad, right?"

"No."

"Really?"

"Of course, Hanabi knows it’s just Sakura-kun’s joke."

"Sorry, I won’t joke about not liking you anymore."

"Sakura-kun is just like a kid sometimes! Saying you don’t like it, but in your heart, you like it the most." Hanamaru Hanabi lightly smiled at the corners of her mouth, swaying with the light steps unique to a girl.

"A kind of angry words, I just want to see you puffing with anger, accidentally overdid it."

"Sakura-kun...is that how you tease girls?"

"How can you call it teasing, this is called a special means to make girls even cuter."

"That’s teasing! Sakura-kun loves bullying Hanabi the most."

"Alright, I apologize, Hanabi-chan, what compensation do you want."

Compensation...

Suddenly Hanamaru Hanabi puffed her cheeks as if swallowing air, then quickly exhaled.

"No, no need for Sakura-kun’s compensation, Hanabi is not mad."

Uesugi Sakura saw her blushing little face and knew she was shy and embarrassed to say it.

"Alright, I got it." Uesugi Sakura smiled faintly.

"Sakura-kun," Hanamaru Hanabi looked at him in confusion, feeling a bit worried, "What does Sakura-kun know?"

Uesugi Sakura just smiled at her: "Nothing."

...

Buying yarn balls and knitting needles for the scarf didn’t take long, and Uesugi Sakura soon returned home with Hanamaru Hanabi.

Just after putting their things down in the living room, Hanamaru Hanabi was about to go to the balcony to check on the clothes she hung out last night when she was suddenly lifted from behind by Uesugi Sakura.

"Sakura-kun!?"

The girl’s small, even physique didn’t require much effort for Uesugi Sakura to lift her up.

She went out wearing white stockings today, so the feel of her thighs was particularly silky.