Chapter 749

"Mm-mm! And it's an independent bathroom! In the future, when Brother comes back from exercising in the morning to take a shower, Ruri won't have to wait pitifully at the door until you come out to go in!"

Natsume Chikage tapped his sister's forehead lightly with his finger, not amused.

"You, when your brother comes back in the morning, nine and a half times out of ten you're still in a dream."

"And the situation you mentioned has only happened once or twice in total, right?"

Natsume Ruri covered her forehead, stuck out her tongue, and muttered with a smile:

"Even so... what if Ruri really needs to go urgently one time? Now I don't have to worry!"

At this moment, Kaga Reisa had already explored opposite the bathroom.

There was a spacious off-white vanity first.

And on one side of the vanity, a brand-new, stylish-looking front-loading washing machine was placed impressively.

The moment Natsume Ruri's gaze touched the washing machine, she let out an even bigger cry of surprise.

She ran over and touched the smooth surface of the washing machine lightly with her fingers.

"Brother! Look! There's a washing machine in this apartment! And it's brand new!"

Natsume Chikage also walked over, looking at this modernized appliance, feeling moved.

"Mm, washing clothes won't be so strenuous in the future, especially thick clothes, which can be thrown directly in."

Kaga Reisa bent down, studied the buttons on the washing machine panel, and said in a small voice:

"This washing machine... seems to have full functions, with built-in drying, sterilization, and many modes. The brand... also seems quite expensive."

Natsume Ruri had already happily started studying the functions of each button, clearly for her, who had only been able to wash clothes by hand for a long time, having a washing machine was something she had been looking forward to for a long time.

Inside the vanity was the bathing area.

Shower head, anti-slip small stool, and a large mirror were all available.

And the most eye-catching thing was a small bathtub in the corner that was white and clean, enough to accommodate an adult lying down comfortably.

On the wall in front of the bathtub, there was even a small waterproof TV embedded.

Natsume Ruri almost jumped up the moment she saw the bathtub.

"Brother! Bathtub! There's a bathtub! We can finally take a bath like before!"

Kaga Reisa pointed to the small TV and added shyly:

"Al-also there's a TV... it feels like the configuration is about the same as my apartment's."

Natsume Chikage looked at his sister's excited appearance, his heart also full of satisfaction.

"Yeah, in the future when taking a bath, we can also watch TV comfortably."

He knew that in Japan, taking a bath was almost a culture and obsession that went deep into daily life.

In most homes and apartments, bathtubs were standard.

The three-ping small room they lived in before had no bathtub because the space was extremely limited.

Natsume Chikage knew very well that his sister actually always liked taking a bath to relax.

So, when confirming there was a bathtub here, he knew his sister would be very happy.

The three finished looking at the bathroom area and walked out.

Walking a few steps further in, on the right side was an "L"-shaped open small kitchen.

When seeing that the kitchen was finally no longer that "tiny" space that could barely stand one person, but was equipped with two rows of upper and lower storage cabinets, a stainless steel sink, and a refrigerator of considerable size—

Natsume Ruri was so excited she almost leaped.

"Brother! Big refrigerator! Big cabinet!"

She pulled open the refrigerator door; it was empty, but it seemed to be already filled with future abundance.

"In the future, we won't have to squeeze all the ingredients into that small refrigerator before, stuffed full, and have to rummage for half a day every time we look for something!"

She turned and opened the cabinet, planning.

"And, we can also buy some durable ingredients in advance and put them in the cabinet, without having to run to the supermarket almost every day like now."

Kaga Reisa stood in the center of the kitchen, imagining shyly.

"In the future... when Fujiwara-sister and the others come to play again, and everyone cooks together, we won't have to squeeze into such a small place, afraid of bumping into each other when turning around."

Natsume Chikage looked around at this kitchen, which was not big but fully functional, and nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, cooking will be much more convenient in the future."

Finally.

Natsume Ruri and Kaga Reisa's gaze, carrying the deepest anticipation, fell on the core of this apartment—the living room and bedroom area.

This space was even larger than the area of their entire three-ping small room before.

In the room, there was an LCD TV hanging on the wall, a large wardrobe, a multi-layer storage rack, and a quiet wall-mounted air conditioner.

Besides that, it was temporarily empty.

But this "emptiness," in Natsume Ruri's eyes, meant infinite possibilities.

"Brother, this living room is so big!"

She spread her arms, as if measuring the space.

"We can move that small low table from upstairs down here. In the future, when Yukimura-sister, Xiyuanji-sister, Fujiwara-sister, and Akita-sister come again, we won't have to squeeze onto the small tatami mat like before, unable to even stretch our legs!"

She ran to the large wardrobe and pulled open the cabinet door; inside was ample hanging area and folding area.

"The wardrobe is also so big! In the future, our clothes won't have to be folded and folded, hard-stuffed in, we can hang them directly! We don't have to worry about having no place to put winter coats!"

She ran to the TV again, although it wasn't powered on yet, she was already full of anticipation.

"The TV has also been changed to a new one, the screen is so big, much better than the old-fashioned one upstairs! I wonder if the picture quality will be particularly clear..."

Kaga Reisa also walked to the center of the living room, feeling the space, and said softly:

"Here... it's really much more spacious. In the future, drawing manga with Ruri-chan, we won't have to spread the drawing tools all over the floor, feeling tied up."

Natsume Ruri smiled and held her friend's arm.

"Mm-mm! And, Reisa-chan, next time we buy an extra bed, so we don't have to squeeze together to sleep!"

Kaga Reisa's cheeks flushed slightly, and she nodded shyly.

"Ye-yeah..."

Natsume Chikage looked at this ample space, thought for a moment, and suggested:

"Ruri, should we just buy a double-decker bunk bed and put it here? That saves more space, and we don't have to fold and collect the mattresses every day."

"When Reisa-chan comes over to spend the night, Brother will sleep on the floor."

Natsume Ruri, hearing this, immediately shook her head like a rattle.

"No!"

Her tone was firm.

"That's such a waste of money! It's fine for us to use mattresses on the floor now, we can fold them up and put them in the wardrobe when not in use, it doesn't take up space."

"This can save a lot of space, and save money!"

Natsume Chikage tried to persuade her a few more times later, but ultimately couldn't beat his sister who was good at calculating and insisted on her own opinion, so he had to give up the idea of buying a bed.

Finally.

Natsume Chikage walked to the end of the room and pulled open the glass sliding door leading to the balcony.

The cool evening breeze poured in immediately.

The balcony was not big, but the light was good, surrounded by sturdy railings, safe and secure, and no one could get in.

Natsume Ruri also followed, her focus being more practical.

"It's so good to have a balcony! Brother, we finally don't have to hang clothes on ropes in the room!"

She imagined the clothes swaying lightly in the wind under the sun, her face pure happiness.

Natsume Chikage looked at his sister standing at the balcony door, spreading her arms to welcome the breeze, his heart full of tenderness.

He walked over and rubbed his sister's soft hair.

"How is it, do you like our new home?"

Natsume Ruri turned around, pounced over without hesitation, hugged her brother's arm tightly, her small face looking up, her smile as bright as the midsummer sun.

"Of course I like it! Super, super like!"

Natsume Chikage also smiled, a smile of unloading burdens and being full of hope.

"Alright, then let's not delay."

"Let's go upstairs now, move all our things down. Tonight, we'll sleep in the new home!"

Natsume Ruri nodded vigorously, her voice full of drive.

"Mm!" ===== CHAPTER 750 =====