Chapter 88 - Hanami
"You bastard!! Disrespectful and heartless man!!" grumbled Putri Aludra, looking disapprovingly at Vin.
Vin cupped his hands in front of his chest and said, "I'm sorry then."
Princess Aludra nodded, although she was a little forced. After that, Princess Aludra looked back at the highest shelf, where the Ancient Book was.
"Alright, I'll get on your back!" continued Putri Aludra, which Vin agreed. Vin bowed.
With a bit of compulsion, Princess Aludra climbed onto Prince Vin's back. Princess Aludra is now on Vin's back. She tried to reach for the book.
However, when Princess Aludra climbed onto Vin's bent back, it couldn't reach the shelf yet.
"Just a little bit less, Prince!" cried Princess Aludra.
"Then you climb on my shoulders, Princess!" Vin's orders.
After hearing Vin's order, Princess Aludra came down. They both changed their positions. At this time, Princess Aludra climbed onto Vin's shoulders. Princess Aludra is standing on Vin's shoulder at this time.
Because Princess Aludra's body is small, so Vin doesn't feel too heavy even though Princess Aludra is currently standing on Vin's shoulders.
After trying hard and sacrificing Vin's shoulder, finally Princess Aludra was able to reach the Ancient Book, which Vin had been looking for.
"Yup, I got it!" cried Princess Aludra.
Princess Aludra moved with pleasure, causing Vin to lose to them both falling forward.
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-Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan-
It's March 27th, Koganei Park is full of people doing 'hanami'.
Hanami is the tradition of having a picnic while enjoying the cherry blossoms in spring. Usually, visitors lay out mats under the cherry trees.
This moment, will not be missed by these five young men. Well, of course Sifeng, Yushen and their new friends.
Who else if not Nana, Hana and their brother whom they call 'Gege'.
At first, Sifeng and Yushen refused when Hana invited them. However, at the suggestion of Mr. Watanabe, finally Sifeng and Yushen went with Zarius, Hana, and Nana whom they dubbed as elite thugs. Rich people who act like thugs.
The five of them sat on the mats that were spread, looking up. The boys and girls let the cherry blossoms fall on their faces.
"Let's see! What kind of food is there?" said Hana, opening the lunch box they had brought from Mr. Watanabe's house.
Nana helped her sister to arrange the food in their midst. This meal was prepared by the maid at the Watanabe residence.
After all the food was neatly arranged in their midst, their eyes fell on some strange omelet rolls. The rolled-up omelet looks slightly black. The food was burnt.
"Oh my! What is this food?" shouted Hana, turning the omelet over. She had never seen such a kind of food. There was a curiosity in him to try the food, but he was afraid that the food would turn out to be poisonous.
Zhang Sifeng gasped at the slightly black colored food they were currently focusing on. Sifeng knew the food very well. Sifeng, who was already Yushen's younger brother, of course understood how his brother couldn't cook, but always insisted on wanting to cook. It's always the same menu, charred omelette.
"Gege, that's your cooking, right?" Sifeng whispered to his brother.
Yushen was seen patting his forehead.
"Geez, why did auntie put that in too? In fact, I was just making that food for fun, A-Feng. I even planned to throw away the burnt food earlier," whispered Yushen, Sifeng's ear.
Sifeng then snapped his fingers
"Oh yeah, just give that food to your foxes!" Sifeng took the initiative. However, he did not say that it was Yushen who made the food.
"Hey, no kidding! We don't want Phiwi to be poisoned by eating that black food!" said Nana, holding her fox.
"Gosh, you named the fox Phiwi? Huh, silly! Isn't that too cute for a fox, eo? You're weird anyway, most people prefer to keep dogs if not cats. Then, what the hell are you guys doing? a beast as wild as a fox, huh?" chirped Sifeng. Sifeng smiled disdainfully at the Akazawa family.
"Hey, watch your mouth, Master! I could have Phiwi shred your flesh and throw your flesh on the street." Nana snapped while pointing at Sifeng. After that, Nana lowered her head to look at the special pet fox.
"Besides, the fox is not a beast. Look how cute he is!" continued Nana, still rubbing her cheek against the fox's white fur.
"Huh, you weird girl!" Sifeng hissed softly, which was met with Nana's sharp gaze.
"Hey, haven't we officially met since yesterday, huh?" Yushen said, immediately defusing the tension between them. It must also be Sifeng, his younger brother who always makes trouble.
Hana did not miss this opportunity. He immediately shook the hand of Yushen, the man with a thin mustache who looked charismatic.
"Introducing, my name is Akazawa Hana. Just call us 'Hana' so we can get to know each other better." Hana said, flashing her sweetest smile to Yushen.
Zhang Yushen smiled amusedly, seeing the aggressiveness of the girl next to him.
"Zhang Yushen, you can call me 'Gege' as well as my sister," said Yushen, smiling sweetly, making Hana instantly melt.
"Just call me Zai!" said Zarius, a moment later. He disguised his name. In fact, even though it was not disguised, Yushen and Sifeng could not remember the name of the Prince of Fotia.
However, Yushen felt that he had met the man who claimed his name was 'Zai'.
Zhang Yushen looked suspiciously at Zarius again. Yushen was sure he had seen the man before. Then, Yushen thought about it again and shook his head.
Yushen thought to himself, 'Ah, that must be impossible! How could Prince Fotia possibly roam this Mortal World?'
"My name is Zhang Sifeng! If you don't mind, you can also use honorific -kun after my name," said Sifeng, smiling handsomely.
"Heh? -kun?!"
Some don't seem to accept it, if Sifeng wants to be called by using the honorifics -kun after Sifeng's name. Of course it was Nana, who was always looking for trouble with Sifeng since they first met.
"So what?!" said Sifeng arrogantly.
Nana waved her hand in the air.
"Ah forget it! Oh yeah, my name is Akazawa Nana, heir to the Akazawa Electronics company, the second largest robotics company in Japan. Call me Nana! And this is our favorite fox, his name is Phiwi." Nana introduced herself.
"Why did you introduce yourself the longest, Miss?" Sifeng said again. Ever since the incident at the onsen a few days ago, Sifeng had held a grudge against the shoulder-length haired girl.
"Why don't we start our meal?" Again, it was Yushen who melted the atmosphere of tension that his stupid little brother had created.
"Gege, try Aunt Minama's dimsum! We've eaten this dish many times, and it's really delicious."
Hana fed Yushen the dim sum. Since when did the two of them become this close? Maybe just a few minutes ago.
Their fox ran at the sound of a dog barking. Zarius chased after the fox and shouted, "Mom! Where are you going?!"
"Geez!" Sifeng ng covered his mouth with both hands, as if in disbelief.
"Even your brother calls a fox his mother? Actually, what nationality are you guys? continued Sifeng in his usual mocking tone.
Nana was already furious with Sifeng's chatter from earlier. Nana stuffed Sifeng's mouth with three dim sums at once.
"Watch your mouth, sir! I can do worse than this!" threatened Nana, raising her fist.
Sifeng glared, as he continued to chew on the dimsum that the girl was stuffed with. Yes, if you throw it away, honey.
Yushen and Hana giggled at the sight of their two brothers.
"Hana-chan, have you graduated from school?" Yushen tried to make small talk with Hana. For some reason, Hana looks very similar to her adopted sister who was in America first.
"Yes, last year, Gege. Jiejie and I are currently studying at a university in Yokohama, we majored in accounting." Hana spoke, looking friendlier than her sister.
"We both returned to China the day after tomorrow. If you are on holiday, visit us to Beijing," said Yushen, friendly.
Indeed, since the events of a year and a half ago, Yushen had turned into a friendly and warm man. Unlike four years ago, which was cold and full of ambition.
"Oh yeah, I want to buy some gifts for Papa, Mama and Lian Jiejie," said Sifeng.
"A-Feng, have you forgotten? Madam Wang has tried to eliminate you several times, you idiot! Why do you still care about Madam Wang, huh?" said Yushen. Yushen really didn't understand his sister's mindset.
"She's still my mother, Gege." Sifeng said while patting Yushen on the shoulder.
"Oh yes, come with me, lady thug! I don't know this area!"
To be continued .....