The Wonderful Daily Life of Nogizaka

The weather in Tokyo is obviously not as cold as Hokkaido.

After the New Year's snow, the weather has gradually stabilized. Although the temperature is still much lower than last year, it is certainly not uncomfortable for people who have lived here for a long time.

At least that's the case for a certain mayonnaise star.

Stepping on the remaining broken ice on the ground after the snow, feeling the lingering cold air in the air, Mai Shiraishi took a long breath of white air, got off the car at the nearby Nogizaka Station, and came to the familiar SME building.

Although she has lived in Gunma before, she has only been in Tokyo for just over a year, which is not a long time. But the girl also knows that as long as she continues to work as an idol honestly, she will have a long future.

Time, she might have to stay in this dazzling big city——

Except during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking of this, Shiraishi Mai's mind suddenly recalled a conversation she had after returning home during the New Year.

"What? Keep it for me?"

Shiraishi's mother looked at her daughter with a strange look on her face, and asked in confusion: "Isn't it a good idea to leave your things with you? Why do you have to give them back to me for safekeeping after you suddenly come back?"

"It's not because of what you specifically told me when you gave it to me -"

Mai Shiraishi's face was full of depression, and she pursed her lips and said: "Because of your explanation, I don't feel safe hiding this thing anywhere. I carry it close to me and I'm afraid of accidentally throwing it away. After thinking about it, of course I have to leave it to you for safekeeping.

."

"What's there to worry about?"

Hearing this, Shiraishi's mother took what the girl handed over, which was a simple earring. She turned to the side and put it in a storage box. Then she complained about her daughter: "If it weren't for your usual lavishness,

Things are always placed in a mess, and I don’t even know how to organize them properly, so how can I worry about throwing them away——"

As he spoke, he suddenly said: "——You haven't been touched by anyone else, have you?"

Mai Shiraishi's heart skipped a beat, and her mind instantly recalled what happened one night in summer. She replied with a guilty conscience: "Of course not..."

"That's good."

Shiraishi's mother nodded with satisfaction, turned her head, and saw her daughter's resentful eyes: "What's wrong?"

"Let me tell you, mom, don't you think this rule is weird?"

Shiraishi Mai sighed helplessly and said: "What kind of token can only be handled by the future husband... What kind of era is it now, how can there be such old rules?"

"What do you know?"

Shiraishi's mother rolled her eyes at her daughter and said leisurely: "This was passed down from your grandma's mother to your grandma, and your grandma passed it on to me. It was originally a pair, but because your sister was here, I gave it to each person one by one.

I passed it on to you, but it has great commemorative value."

"What kind of commemorative significance does this have? Isn't this clearly looking for sin?"

Mai Shiraishi couldn't help but complain.

"You don't understand this. If you have children in the future, your child grows up, brings a girl back from outside, gets married, and you don't know how to talk to her to get closer, you just

Give her this earring and tell her the hidden meaning, and your relationship will naturally become much closer——"

Shiraishi's mother said in a tone that she had experienced before. Suddenly she thought of something again. She poked her lips with her finger and raised her head and thought: "By the way, didn't you tell me that you planned to get married when you were twenty and then live as a young man?"

Are you hot? After the Chinese New Year this year, you will be twenty years old, and your coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon. Is there anyone you like? Mom will just check it for you——"

"Oh mom, what are you talking about?"

Shiraishi Mai's face suddenly turned red, and she subconsciously shouted in embarrassment: "How long ago did you say that? How could you take it seriously! And I'm still an idol now, okay? Love is forbidden -"

"It's true that love is forbidden, but love is forbidden because of work, and I am now concerned about my daughter's life events. Is there anything I can't say-"

But as Shiraishi's mother talked, she caught a glimpse of her daughter's absent-minded expression and knew that she must not have listened.

We simply stopped there and started talking about other topics.

...

...

As she recalled these scenes in her mind, Mai Shiraishi felt a little confused.

She had never mentioned what happened that night to anyone, but not mentioning it didn't mean it didn't happen. Even though even someone didn't know the hidden meaning, just thinking about the things that her future husband could only handle, she was taken away by that person.

The guy picked it up and gave it back to her, and the girl couldn't help but feel a little bit shy. But this slight bit of shame melted away in an instant as she took the elevator to the door of the familiar lounge.

It returned to its usual appearance again.

When you open the door and walk into the lounge, you will be greeted by the warm air blown by the air conditioner, which instantly makes you feel relaxed.

At a glance, there were actually quite a few people here, and most of them were candidates who were accustomed to arriving early in my memory, such as Yumi Wakazuki, Manatsu Akimoto, or Ichimi Takayama from the girls' school group. I saw her push the door open and come in.

, they all habitually raised their hands to say hello.

"Ma Yi, morning~"

"Good morning, Mai-like——"

"Oh haha——"

Shiraishi Mai responded one by one with a smile. These ordinary people present seemed nothing to them, but to her they were extremely precious.

You know, for a long time before entering Nogizaka46, the girl's life was accompanied by loneliness and gloom. She never thought that one day, the eyes of the people around her would no longer be accompanied by playfulness and stealing.

Whisper, and so many people are willing to take the initiative to say hello to me, and I can make so many precious friends.

Because of this, she was always particularly satisfied with the simple scene before her.

Especially when I saw an unexpected girl.

"Nanamin? Why did you come so early today?"

Looking at the short-haired girl leaning against the corner seat, listening to music with headphones and reading a book, who looked no different from usual, Mai Shiraishi couldn't help but her eyes lit up with surprise, and then she sprinted and hugged her.

The chair under the seat made a slight sliding sound due to the impact. Hashimoto Nana couldn't help but smiled bitterly and took off one of the headphones before hearing the words, and then calmly slapped the other person away without knowing when he touched it.

He grabbed the palm of his waist and replied grumblingly: "If I had known better, I wouldn't have come so early. In the lounge today, you are already the third person to ask this question——"

"Hey hey~"

Shiraishi Mai suddenly laughed sheepishly and let go of the other person's hand. She didn't know whether it was because of these words or because Nanamin noticed her little action of licking oil. It was just that her mind was still running subconsciously.

An idea came to me and passed away in a flash.

Hey, it’s strange, why does it feel like Nanamin’s waist is a little plumper than a few days ago, and it feels better...

While they were talking and laughing, the door opened again.