Chapter 870: Wipe the bookshelf clean and display the memories
Chapter 870: Wipe the bookshelf clean and display the memories
"I'm back"
Opening the door, Yukinoshita Yukino shouted subconsciously. Halfway through her words, the familiar touch of the door lock in her hand made her realize that she had returned home, back to the home where she was alone.
There won't be a teary-eyed blond fool hiding behind me, begging me to control the two-year-old monster. There won't be an apprentice little witch who wants to usurp the throne and asks me to discuss how to use the advantages of being a beautiful girl to trick the Internet fat otaku into becoming a believer...
After a moment of daze, the girl opened the door with a lost expression on her face. She took two steps into the room, turned sideways and said to the person behind her:
"Please come in and leave your things in the entrance."
The two apartment staff members said sorry and walked in with their luggage, keeping their heads down almost the entire time.
"Thank you so much for the trouble."
Yukinoshita bowed slightly, and when she bent down she caught a glimpse of the package on the wooden floor. She seemed to have thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and called out to the two employees who were about to leave.
I squatted down and selected a bag. I picked up a porcelain cat doll, hesitated, and put it down. I picked up a shell with a missing corner, hesitated, and put it down. I picked up a leaf... no, half a leaf, didn't hesitate, and put it down directly...
Finally, she picked up two amulets and handed them to the two apartment staff.
"If you don't mind, please accept it. I asked for it from Izusan Shrine... I'll take it as a thank you for your help."
The two employees in suits were obviously surprised. For a high-end apartment building like theirs, the employees were required to remember the basic information of each owner. Ms. Yukinoshita, a high school girl who lived alone in a luxury apartment, was naturally the focus of the employees' private discussions.
"Flower of Gaoling"
Beneath the beautiful label lies a feeling of indifference, seriousness, distance, and being difficult to approach.
Not to mention Miss Yukinoshita who is as cold as an iceberg, even ordinary owners, the friendliest attitude is just to say thank you and give them a little snack, and those with worse personalities will even dislike them for dirtying the floor.
But Miss Yukinoshita wanted to give them the amulet she had specially asked for from the shrine when she went on a trip as a thank you gift? Was she dreaming? The two looked at each other and saw the shock and trance in each other's eyes.
"This... is just picking up the luggage. How can I accept your gift?"
The two employees were flattered and quickly waved their hands to refuse.
Yukinoshita frowned slightly and asked in confusion:
"Don't you like it?"
That's right, amulets like these are only useful if you pray to the gods with all your heart, right? Like the one Hojo gave to Sakura, the one he gave to Naoko... the one he gave to himself.
And this...
She looked at the two career amulets in her hand, which were stuffed into her by the priest who loved wells very much, as if it was a big sale in a department store.
The girl also felt that giving such a gift was somewhat insincere, but if she gave something else...
No, these are things that I cannot give up no matter what!
While the girl was thinking, the two staff members bowed in fear and said:
"How could I not like it? But how can I accept a gift you brought back from your trip? It's too expensive!"
Yukino breathed a sigh of relief, loosened her hands forward, and acted a little tougher:
"Please accept it with confidence."
After all, I have a big bag of this stuff. She didn't say that it was given to me personally by the chief priest of the shrine, otherwise the two people opposite would be even more afraid to accept it.
Based on their limited understanding of Ms. Yukinoshita, the staff knew that she was a very serious person, so after hesitating for two seconds, they thanked her profusely and left. At the end, one of them even took out a handkerchief from his pocket to help wipe off the shoe prints on the ground, but was stopped by Yukinoshita. She advocated fairness and justice and was not used to such behavior.
With a slight click, the door closed.
Yukinoshita Yukino stood at the entrance, looking at the three luggage bags on the ground, thinking quietly for a long time before she put one of them on the table.
He carefully unzipped the zipper and took out the item on top.
A hat, a beautiful female sunhat.
The girl grabbed both sides of the hat with both hands and held it flat in front of her eyes. This was the gift she wanted to give to Miss Yamazaki.
As for the souvenirs, I asked two employees to imitate them just now, so I think there won't be any mistakes later. I have given gifts to Hojo before, and now Yukinoshita Yukino, even if she can't be called an expert in gift giving, is at least an expert (I think so).
The only doubt is...
Miss Yamazaki...will she like it?
Because she has no friends and does not have to engage in useless social activities, she saves a lot of time. Yukinoshita Yukino has a lot of time to read and study, so she is very knowledgeable. In terms of aesthetics, she has a certain appreciation of oil paintings. When watching a fashion show, she can accurately tell how many styles a piece of clothing combines. With this, she can have a column in a fashion magazine, but she doesn't.
If there really is one, it goes without saying that only clothes with the "cat" element can be on her clothes.
Therefore, the truth of the world is already very clear.
Cats = good looking!
No cat = ugly!
To sum up, there is no need to say more about Yukinoshita Yukino's poor ability in choosing gifts.
But this time, Yukino put in 1.2 million points of her strength to choose the best gift for Miss Yamazaki, who gave her a lot of comfort when she was nervous about embarking on her first trip with friends.
The subject does not need to hesitate, it must be the hat. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, this is the letter from Yukinoshita Yukino... ah, no, anyway, it is the hat she received from Miss Yamazaki as a travel gift, and she also wants to bring back a hat for Miss Yamazaki during her travels.
It seems that Yukinoshita has thought a lot. She has an excellent memory and clearly remembers the several times she met Ms. Yamazaki and what she wore. She has changed hats many times, all of which are urban fashionable female hats, which fit her very well. Yukinoshita can analyze the other person's preferences from them, which is easy for her.
But here comes the problem again, a hat without a cat on it is not a good hat!
But Miss Yamazaki did not necessarily agree with this logic. The very reasonable Yukinoshita had to agree to put all the hats with panda patterns into her closet and began to observe what kind of hats people around her were wearing, in other words, learning from others.
There is no shortage of young women wearing beautiful sun hats on the beaches of Atami. While having fun, Yukinoshita observes carefully, and uses her hawk-like eyes to accurately capture every hat that she thinks is suitable for Miss Yamazaki, and then comes up with the best choice through a series of careful calculations.
The top and body of the hat are brown, and the wide brim is printed with some green plant patterns, and a silk scarf with the same pattern extends from the back of the hat. It is roughly a mix of Hawaiian and Bohemian styles, very casual, and the kind of equipment that will definitely be ripped off by the locals if you take it on a trip.
But it suits Miss Yamazaki very well, after all, she usually has a leisurely attitude.
I don't know when, but Yukinoshita Yukino's face was already full of smiles.
Yo West!
Let's go to Miss Yamazaki's house now!
Taking a deep breath, she walked towards the door without hesitation, not even wanting to take a rest or pack her luggage first.
The moment she opened the door, a question popped up in Yukinoshita's mind:
In the end, do I want to repay Miss Yamazaki for giving me a gift to comfort me before the trip?
I still can't wait to tell her that my trip was really fun. I want to share with her how Hojo smashed the bad guys with a table on the beach, I want to share with her the izakaya where cats are the generals, I want to share with her how I took a hot spring bath with Sakura and Mitsuha...
Until she entered the elevator, Yukino had not been able to come up with an answer, but her heart was filled with joy and cheers because of the memories that kept coming back...
It turns out that hanging out with friends is such a happy thing!
The girl raised her finger and was about to press the floor button, but she suddenly froze.
Ms. Yamazaki...which floor do you live on?
In the end, Yukinoshita successfully found Miss Yamazaki's home. Although her memory was not as reliable as Hojo Kyosuke's, which was like a hard drive, she was not weak either.
Because we had communicated before entering the elevator, the time of anxious waiting after pressing the doorbell was advanced. The road from the elevator to Miss Yamazaki's house became extremely long, but it was instantly shortened after Miss Yamazaki opened the door and waved with a smile.
"Yeah~~ Yukino-chan looks very happy~"
Miss Yamazaki shouted with a smile, using a very intimate term of address.
It turns out that exchanging gifts is the best way to get closer to people, which is why bribery is so scary.
The girl thought subconsciously and quickened her pace.
"Sister Mochun, good day."
She grabbed her hat with both hands and nodded in greeting. She was still a little uncomfortable with such an intimate address, but the other party was not as shameless as Sakura and Hojo, and it would hurt the other party if she didn't call out the name as well.
After a few months, the NPC Miss Yamazaki in the elevator finally had a new name. Someone who had been in the Beichen Ittoryu family for a long time but was still known by the random name of Colleague was almost crying.
Yamazaki Matsun, her surname was Qin before she changed it. Well, there is also this surname in Japan.
Yukinoshita did not retort proudly that she was not very happy, because the fact was that she was very happy. From the beginning of the trip to the end of the trip and then to the beginning of reminiscing about the trip, she was so happy that she could not control herself.
"Still so polite."
Miss Yamazaki sighed and grabbed Yukinoshita's arm, looking her up and down for a long time, until the girl's face turned red, and then she smacked her lips and said:
"Yukino-chan, you've changed so much."
Yukinoshita immediately raised her hand and touched her face, saying in horror:
"Did you get tanned? You've been wearing the hat you gave me, Ms. Yamazaki!"
"Hahaha, no, your face is still as moist, smooth, and fair as ever. It's so adorable!"
Miss Yamazaki raised her hand and pinched the girl's face.
These older women have no sense of distance at all, just like that Hiratsuka teacher who hugged me and called me husband after getting drunk.
Yukino thought to herself.
Miss Yamazaki did not explain in detail what had changed about the girl, but pulled her into the house and immediately said:
"Come on, tell me about your trip. I can't wait."
Yukinoshita, who was also impatient, immediately said:
"There were so many people there that day, even my sister went. We drove along the beach. Although there were many cars on the road, the wind blowing in from the window was not bad. It smelled like sea water, cool. If I couldn't see the land on the right, I would have thought the bus was driving on the sea..."
The girl's voice was not as cold as usual, only excited and happy.
She kept talking until they made a short stop at Daikoku PA to rest, then she stopped and took a sip of the water.
Looking at Miss Yamazaki who was looking at her intently, Yukinoshita said in a low voice, embarrassed:
"Am I a little too excited?"
"Haha! No way!"
Ms. Yamazaki smiled brightly:
"Xue-no-chan now looks like a proper 16-year-old high school girl! Listening to your voice, I can't help but think of the time when I went on a trip with my boyfriend on his motorcycle in high school."
Yukino finally breathed a sigh of relief, but this interruption made her finally remember the hat she had been holding in her arms.
The girl quickly raised her hat with both hands.
"Gift!"
"This is the gift I brought back for Sister Mochun from my trip!"
She was a little nervous, but after thinking about it, she felt that she was not as nervous as the first time she gave a gift to Hojo.
Is it because that time when classmate Jia, Jia, Jia... Jia helped me as a reference?
"Hahaha, I was still wondering when you were going to give it to me?"
Miss Yamazaki took it with both hands, put it on her head immediately, then stood up and turned around twice.
"How's it going? Does it look good?"
Yukinoshita said seriously: "Hmm? Are you questioning my taste? Of course it's very beautiful!"
"Huh? Hahahaha~~"
Miss Yamazaki was stunned for a moment, then she laughed:
"As expected, as expected, you have changed a lot after this trip, Yukino-chan!"
The girl seemed to be somewhat resistant to this topic. She started discussing the hat with Miss Yamazaki again as if she didn't hear it, and then continued to share interesting things about her trip.
"...The priest gave us a lot of amulets and other things, and I don't know what to do with them..."
"Ah? If you have such a good thing, why don't you give me one, Yukino?"
Miss Yamazaki shouted with her eyes wide open.
Yukinoshita was stunned: "But that's without paying..."
"That was given to me by the palace official himself!"
"This...if you want it, Sister Mochun, I'll bring it to you later."
The girl said this before being dragged out the door and back home.
I gave her the amulet and said goodbye to Miss Yamazaki, leaving her with a half-finished cup of black tea.
Sitting on the sofa and letting out a long breath, Yukino finally felt a little tired after the excitement.
She really wanted to just rest there, but the three big bags of luggage on the ground were totally unbearable for her as a perfectionist.
It took a full three hours to clean up.
She cleared the space in front of the TV and neatly placed the clay figurines of the cat generals she bought from the cat house there.
Then he stood in front of the bookshelf, hesitated for a long time, reluctantly put a row of books that he really would not read in the near future into the storage room, and then carefully picked up a few things and placed them on the bookshelf one by one.
On the way there, there was the bag of potato chips that Eriri gave me... the shells that Kashiko picked up at the beach, the hymn that Hojo wrote to himself when they were playing games at the inn, and the leaves that Sakura picked up from the ground at the shrine...
After carefully putting all those things in order, Yukinoshita Yukino took a step back and looked around.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and showed a very hearty smile.
A closer look reveals that they are all rags~~(End of this chapter)
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