Chapter 141: I'm very reserved

Yokohama is located in the southern part of the Kanto region of Japan and has a climate similar to that of Sunan, with four distinct seasons of the year and a winter season of around five or six degrees.

Asaba Li Xiang's home is a small, two-storey house with a courtyard in front and green vegetation growing in front of the door, which does not look particularly luxurious but reveals sophistication in every way.

In the courtyard a beautiful woman is pruning flowers and plants, she is Li Xiang's mother, Miori Takegawa, who took his surname after she married Asaba Kazuo.

Before Li Xiang was born, the couple called each other by their first names, but after Li Xiang was born, Asaba Kazuo called her Li Xiang's mother and Miori called him Li Xiang's father.

It's December 26th and the weather in Yokohama is beautiful. The afternoon sun shines in the courtyard, giving it a quiet and elegant look, and Asaba Miori, who is intently pruning the plants in the courtyard, gives it a very harmonious and gentle feeling.

"Mum!"

Before the car could even pull into the house, Li Xiang got out and ran in, wrapping his mother Miori in his arms and picking her up with great force.

"Li Xiang ? Eh? Put your mother down!"

Asaba Li Xiang is now taller than her mum, her dad is around 5'7" and her mum is around 5'6", she has grown to 6'5".

She is obviously a big girl and still acts like a child.

"I missed you so much!"

"Mummy misses you too!"

Li Xiang cupped Miori's cheeks and gave her a big kiss, making them look more like sisters.

After four months of absence, Li Xiang has returned to her mother and has become like a kitten. She follows Miori everywhere she goes, hugging her around the waist and chattering to her with her face pressed against her.

Asaba Kazuo is very tired, as soon as his daughter returns, she dominates his wife, but Miori loves her so much that she often sleeps with her mother and daughter, leaving him to lie alone in his room.

"Li Xiang can't even do her chores when she's holding her mum like this."

"Mmmm~ I don't care, I want to cuddle~"

Miori returns to the kitchen to reheat the prepared meal, and Li Xiang sticks to her like a backpack, unable to shake it off.

Until Asaba Kazuo reminded her with a cough, "You're back home, won't you call Shen Yu to say so?"

"Eh? Right oh!"

Li Xiang almost forgot something important and ran back to his room with his mobile phone in his hand to call Shen Yu.

This is where Asaba Kazuo finds the opportunity to sneak up behind his wife, who is wearing a goose yellow apron, and, just like Li Xiang, he wraps his arms around Miori's waist, with his chin on her shoulder, and stabs her in the face with the roots of his beard, watching her prepare lunch for the family.

Miori is very tired and feels like she has become a wombat, she has just given away a baby wombat and now she is hanging on to a big wombat who is not being honest.

"Li Xiang Dad stop it, Li Xiang will see you later ......"

"Let me tell you something, Li Xiang has a crush on someone."

"Eh? No way? When did this happen?"

"I'm thinking about what to do, does Li Xiang's mother have any ideas?"

"I don't know eh ......"

......

Once she knew that Li Xiang was in her father's car, Shen Yu put her mind at ease and sat down at her computer to work.

The video call on WeChat rings and he looks at it, it's from Li Xiang again.

What are you doing? You're always on the phone instead of doing your job, do you think I'll answer?

Bai Xiaomeng tapped his cat's paw to help Shen Yu get through the video call.

She can be seen looking curiously at the camera, but instead of seeing Shen Yu, she only sees Bai Xiaomeng's big cat face.

"Xiaomeng?"

"Meow."

"What about Shen Yu?"

"Meow wow."

"Xiaomeng quickly put him on the phone."

"Meow meow yeah meow."

Shen Yu glanced at the phone on the table and tapped on the amplification but didn't pick it up; he could see Li Xiang, who could only see Bai Xiaomeng .

"What for?"

"Shen Yu, I'm home now!"

"It's good to be there, I'm at work and my phone is out of gas, that's all."

"No, no, no, let me show you my room."

"I don't want to see it."

Li Xiang ignores him and holds up her phone to take a picture of her room for Shen Yu to see.

Bai Xiaomeng arches his head curiously to see the big cat, blocking Shen Yu's view, who then holds it away from him.

The layout of the room is full of Japanese flavour, most of the home is made of wood, revealing delicacy in its simplicity. The overall colour palette is warm, with a number of anime posters on the walls and delicate girl's hand-me-downs on the table, and her bed is pale pink with a number of cute muppets on it.

Li Xiang pulls back the curtains and the sun shines in. There is a sunny doll on the windowsill and a potted greenery.

Although she is not at home, her mother Miori still cleans her room, which looks spotlessly clean and comfortable.

Opposite the bed is an oversized wardrobe, and Li Xiang pulls open the door to show him her beautiful clothes.

It contains the uniform she wore when she was in junior and senior high school, as well as her collection of lolita dresses and quite a few costumes used to s anime beauty queen, which is her hobby and only worn at home, she is still shy if she is asked to wear it out.

"Bam~! Shen Yu, look! It's a maid's outfit! It's the same as the one Xiaomeng is wearing!"

Li Xiang took this maid's suit off the hanger, a white maid's headscarf, a white apron and black skirt with lace hems and a pair of white garter stockings, she took the skirt in one hand and compared it to herself and photographed it for Shen Yu to see.

Shen Yu cut a picture without moving and wondered.

"So you designed the costume for Xiaomeng No. 1 based on this?"

"Yeah, if Shen Yu wants to see it, I ...... I can sneak it on and film it for you too ......"

Li Xiang blushed a little, she had never worn a maid's outfit before, if it was Shen Yu's then yes.

"Then I definitely don't want to see it."

"Hmph, forget it then!"

After the tour of her room, Li Xiang went back to introduce him to her home with her mobile phone in her hand.

Shen Yu is very serious, who knows if she will have the opportunity to go to her house in the future, and if she lives in her house, at least she will know which room she will stay in, so that she will know.

Miori had already prepared lunch and called Li Xiang to eat. Li Xiang gave Shen Yu another shot of her mother's cooking before she reluctantly switched off the video call.

It was now two o'clock in the afternoon and Li Xiang was hungry and so full from a meal that hadn't been cooked by her mother for so long.

The conversation at the dinner table was basically about what Li Xiang had seen, heard and felt during his time there.

At the end, Miori asked her cautiously, "Has Li Xiang decided to marry in China? Is it to marry Shen Yu, the boy?"

Li Xiang's face turned red as she stammered, "Not yet, not yet so soon married! Now we ...... are not even together yet ...... mum, what do you think?"

"Mum doesn't know either eh ......"

Miori said as she cleaned up the dishes, "But if Li Xiang likes it, I'm all for it, you're 20 years old, you can get married."

The marriage in Japan is also a big event, but the rituals are not as elaborate as in China, the bride price is also very small, converted into RMB, generally about 60,000 yuan, and does not require a house and car, in Kanto areas, will also return half of the bride price, the marriage is mainly between the two parties, without parental consent, the man is 18 years old, the woman is 16 years old, you can register the marriage.

Most of the parents' opinions revolve around the right match, for example, Shen Yu's family is a good match for them, and if Li Xiang also likes Shen Yu, then Asaba Kazuo and Miori are very supportive.

Shen Yu who is still soaking in the pot doesn't know that Li Xiang has started discussing the wedding here ......

Asaba Kazuo thought about it and said, "Why don't I go to China after the New Year and formally propose marriage to Mr. Shen? He might come over on New Year's Day too ......"

Miori slapped him and said, " Li Xiang's father is confused again, how can a woman's family take the initiative to propose a marriage, this does not look like our family Li Xiang for nothing ......"

Li Xiang also nodded his head and said with a red face, "I, I don't want to give ...... for nothing I want to wait for Shen Yu to confess to me ...... and propose to me... ..."

Although Li Xiang was very excited when she heard Asaba Kazuo say that he was going to propose to her, she couldn't wait to bring the bride price with her father to propose to Uncle and Auntie Shen Yu, and then marry Shen Yu tomorrow, sleep with him tomorrow night, and get him fair and square! I'm so excited just thinking about it!

This way, Li Xiang can also be excited to tell everyone that I have a husband!

But it's not going to work, Shen Yu is about to be cooked, so too much impatience will spoil things, and besides, it's not written on Li Xiang's face that he's giving it to ......

Can something like this be called given for nothing.

Shen Yu is only a few months older than her and will only turn 21 next March.

Miori is a veteran of the past, when she first fell in love with Asaba Kazuo, she was in the same state as Li Xiang is now, she was always by his side, and even went to his rented house to cook and do housework for him.

He said to Li Xiang: "Shen Yu has not yet confessed to you, Li Xiang must be a bit more reserved, especially some very important things ...... absolutely not to give him casually... ..."

"I'm very reserved, I never even tell Shen Yu that I like him, I have to wait until he confesses to me."

Li Xiang was curious again, "What's so important? Can't even give it to Shen Yu? What if he asks me for it?"

Miori, who is forty years old, still can't help but blush when she talks about these things. She gives Asaba Kazuo a blank look, because it was because of her white giving that he took something important at first, but luckily she met the right person and finally got happily married.

In the past, Li Xiang did not know how to behave and Asaba Kazuo did not allow her to fall in love because he was afraid that she would be bullied by bad boys.

Parents always have some trouble opening up when talking to their children about these things, Miori had to be cryptic: "It's just that ...... before you're sure of your relationship, Li Xiang must remember not to go with him... ...sleep together ...... men are very bad ......"

"Cough cough cough cough!" Asaba Kazuo coughs frantically.

Li Xiang looked at her father and mother with an odd expression on her face and suddenly understood what her mother meant, and suddenly her face turned red and she ran back to her room with a strange yelp.

"You guys are so sick! No more talking to you guys!"