Chapter 289 Hail and Waterproof Shelter

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Asai waited for Natsume Naoki at the entrance of the company.

Amamiya Chizuru vowed to keep him until nine o'clock, occupying as much of his private time as possible, and not letting Asai Mao take advantage of the opportunity. As a result, she couldn't bear it until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, so she found a

An excuse to slip away.

Although Izumi Mio really wanted to spend more time alone with Natsume Naoki, she was considerate and sensible. She knew that it was always bad and unsafe to go home too late, so she gave Natsume Naoki a holiday in advance.

According to the senior sister, most of the shares in the company are still in the hands of Amamiya Chizuru, so her right to speak is not as good as Amamiya Chizuru.

But if Chizuru Amamiya is not in the company, then she still has the final say.

As long as it doesn't cause collective dissatisfaction among the company's employees, she will help Natsume Naoki open the back door.

"What's wrong? You look distracted."

Asai, who was driving, glanced at Natsume Naoki while waiting for the red light.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Asai felt that Natsume Naoki was a little different at night than when he sent him here in the morning.

But what exactly is different, I can’t say.

Suddenly the street lights on both sides of the road were turned on, and the light suddenly brightened up. Natsume Naoki was particularly eye-catching due to the feasting and feasting outside.

He also turned to look at Asai, smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something."

"That's it." Asai nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.

This is a tacit understanding between the two of them, a habit they developed long ago when they lived together in Tokyo——

If it was possible to tell, Naoki Natsume would tell Asai even without asking him, and Asai would tell Naoki Natsume if he had anything on his mind.

Although so far, Asai has nothing to share with him.

As for those things that couldn't be said, the two of them agreed not to ask questions.

Natsume Naoki held his head with one hand and looked out the window at the night scene.

It gets dark very early in the north, and it’s already dark in Sapporo at around six o’clock.

I'm afraid it's still sunset in Tokyo, right?

He thought to himself, and with his growing understanding, he could easily understand what his senior was thinking.

From a secular perspective, all the ambiguity before a confession is a preparation for the confession. From the moment you realize that the confession period may be long or short, it is a process of letting each other get to know each other.

When each other's good feelings reach the threshold and both parties have this intention, then they will break through the relationship of friends and move towards a deeper relationship with each other.

Perhaps during the journey together, the two people discovered that the novelty that supported each other's progress was slowly worn away by the shortcomings exposed by the daily trivial matters in getting along, and continuing on would be torture to each other.

Then this relationship also came to an end.

Of course, the premise of all this is that after confession, there are still some relationships between men and women that tacitly keep silent and hang on to each other, and finally gradually develop into something beyond friendship.

Thinking about it this way, the senior is still too kind. Even though she could be like this, she felt guilty and insisted on making her thoughts clear.

Maybe the senior sister feels that after going beyond confession and becoming closer, she can be better than the other two people who have not yet confessed their feelings and are only friends, right?

Thinking of this, Natsume Naoki turned around and looked at Asai who was concentrating on driving.

Does his relationship with Asai count as the latter?

After all, until now, Asai has not made it clear what kind of relationship the two people have, and has even done what they should and should not do.

Santana drove steadily back to the village.

It was still parked outside the wall of Grandma Murata’s house at the entrance.

"I heard there will be sleet and snow tonight." Asai said as he got out of the car, "I hope it won't be hail."

Natsume Naoki looked at the sky and shook his head: "It shouldn't be so unlucky. I remember when I was a kid, it would get freezing rain at most in Hokkaido, and then it would be cold for two days, and then it would snow."

When Asai heard this, he looked at him thoughtfully and thought, wouldn't he be so unlucky?

Regarding luck, it's easy for Naoki-san to set a flag when he says it!

After thinking about it, she took out her mobile phone and started checking today's weather forecast.

Finally, he turned off his cell phone and sighed: "Brother Naoki is really right. There will be hail tonight, which is very unlucky."

Natsume Naoki was stunned when he heard this, and then he had no choice but to accept this reality.

My luck has always been bad, and when I looked up at the gloomy sky, I knew that the weather was definitely not going to be good tonight.

"Now what?"

Asai opened the car door again: "I'll drive the car to my uncle's clothing factory and then take the car back, otherwise the car will be damaged if I leave it here overnight."

She didn't know the size of the hailstone. As a good girl who was diligent and thrifty, Asai would never make fun of her property.

Natsume Naoki also opened the car door: "I will go with you. There is no reason to let a girl run outside alone at night."

Although with your skills, there will definitely be no accidents.

He thought to himself.

Just when Asai was about to say something, the door of Murata's house next door opened.

A man stuck his head out.

When he saw it was Santana from Natsume's family, the man closed the door and came out.

"I just said I heard the sound of the car. Sure enough, you are back." The man smiled heartily: "Long time no see, Naoki!"

"You are...Uncle Murata?" Naoki Natsume looked at this man in surprise.

He is the son of Grandma Murata next door. Looking at the way his nose is red from the cold, he must have been waiting in the yard for a long time, waiting for them to come back.

"I heard from my mother that you are back, and I have always wanted to come home and have a look." He scratched his head: "All the things in the field have been collected. I was doing odd jobs at the construction site outside. Some time ago, the construction site did not give me leave.

I couldn’t go back. I don’t know why, but this afternoon I was suddenly notified that I was on holiday, so I came back quickly.”

Natsume Naoki and Asai looked at each other and got out of the car first.

"I haven't seen you for several years, Uncle Murata."

"Yes, your boy has grown a lot taller than when he was a child!" Murata compared his height and was very happy: "When you were a child, you were only as tall as a fire hydrant, but if you are a bigger kid, you are very sensible and very popular with the villagers.

Do you like it... How long will you stay here this time?"

Natsume Naoki answered truthfully: "About twenty or thirty days, it's just summer vacation, and I will come back in winter."

"But you must come back to celebrate the New Year!" Murata warned.

Natsume Naoki nodded: "Come to our house for dinner some other time, Uncle Murata. My dad was still talking about you two days ago, saying that I haven't eaten or drank with you for a long time. We have grown up together after all. But now I have something to do.

We have to drive the car to my father's factory. It will hail at night and the car will be damaged if it is parked outside overnight."

Murata smiled when he heard this: "I've been waiting for you two just for this."

He looked at Asai again: "My mother specifically told me that there will be hail at night, so she asked me to build a shed for you to cover the car."

As he spoke, Murata walked to the base of the wall, where there was a pile of materials covered with tarpaulins more than in the morning.

He opened the tarp and said, "My mother has been telling me since the afternoon that if I am here when you come back that day, I can build you a carport. I am back today, I hope it's not too late."

"Why am I bothering you, uncle?"

"Don't be so modest. During these years when you were away from home, I would go out to work every year, leaving my mother alone in the village... Your parents have always helped my mother." Murata sighed: "My mother is a year older.

At home, people say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Building a shed is a trivial matter."

Natsume Naoki wanted to say something else, but Asai got out of the car and tugged on his sleeves, then shook his head to signal not to refuse anymore.

So, the two of them helped this unspeakable but very warm-hearted man to build a simple carport outside the wall using wood and tarpaulin.

Although it is not as strong as cement, it can withstand rain, snow and hail without any problem.

After everything was done, Murata waved his hand and returned home.

Before leaving, he glanced at Asai, who was following Naoki Natsume, and wondered why Mr. Natsume had specifically asked him not to tell anyone about this little girl?

Especially not being able to tell their son.

In fact, Murata and Asai are also very familiar with each other.

Because during the years when Natsume Naoki was away from home, this little girl has been living with Natsume and his wife.
Chapter completed!