Chapter 712 - 712: Getting More and More Ridiculous, Barbecue Party

"Ichin, Ichin!"

Haruno swam over, pulling an inflated floating bed in her hand as she said excitedly, "Hurry up and give me a hand! I want to lie on this thing!"

Ichin glanced at the inflatable bed, which was only big enough for one person, then pointed toward the edge of the pool and said, "Haruno, can't you sit over there first and then climb onto the float by yourself?"

"Hehe, because Umiko had this thing just now. I played volleyball against her, and only got it after I won!"

Haruno proudly lifted her head and said, "All right, hurry up and support me. It's a little hard for me to get on it by myself."

"Mm, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Haruno was wearing a black bikini today, and her lovely figure was fully displayed beneath those few pieces of fabric.

Seeing Ichin's expression, Haruno smiled and narrowed her eyes. "What? Feeling shy? I'm not even shy, so what are you being shy for? Hurry up and help!"

Having no other choice, Ichin could only reach out and help support Haruno as she climbed onto the floating bed.

Since he would touch places he should not touch if he held her elsewhere, he could only do his best to support her calves and send her up onto the float like that.

"Heave-ho! I'm finally up. This thing is actually pretty comfortable!"

After lying down on her side, Haruno waved at Ichin. "Do you want to come up too? From the size of it, I think it can still fit one more person."

Before Ichin could say anything, Yukino's voice came from behind Haruno.

"Sis, if you want to act shamelessly flirtatious, wait until we get home. It isn't very appropriate here."

"Hehe, Yukino, you can't say that. Look at me, ahhh!"

Before she could even turn her head around, Haruno lost her balance and fell into the water with a splash.

The one who had made her move was none other than the expressionless Yukino.

Meanwhile, Utaha was watching the show with a smile from the side. After seeing the sisters start fooling around in the water, she swam over to Ichin's side.

"Ichin, Haruno-san has a pretty nice figure, right?"

"The way you're saying that makes it sound like I did something."

Ichin rolled his eyes at Utaha and said irritably, "Aren't you going to play with the others?"

"Can't I accompany you instead?"

Utaha smiled and hugged Ichin's arm, letting him feel the softness in the water. "Hajime-san said they're going to have a swimming race. Ichin, are you joining?"

"They're having a girls' race, so of course I'm not joining. Besides, I'm not that fast at swimming."

Ichin pulled over the floating bed that Yukino had flipped and looked at Utaha. "Do you want to lie on it for a while?"

"Sure. Ichin, lie on it with me."

"Let's try. It'd be best if we can lie on it together."

He first helped Utaha onto it, then quickly climbed up himself.

Although the floating bed was of pretty good quality, having two people lie on it was still somewhat forced. Still, as long as they did not move, it could remain stable for a while.

Carefully stretching, Ichin held Utaha and said, "Lying like this really is pretty comfortable. No wonder Haruno-san wanted to get on it."

Unfortunately, the two of them did not get to lie peacefully for long. After only a few minutes, Haruno, who had escaped from her battle with Yukino, flipped them over, grabbed the floating bed, and ran far away with it.

And this action completely stirred up the entire pool.

Everyone, whether actively or passively, ended up joining this "floating bed battle."

"Ah! Don't pull randomly! My swimsuit!"

"Kya! The strap came loose!"

"Slurp. What a pity I didn't bring my phone."

Mm, that last line was said by Hazuki.

In any case, after fooling around for an entire afternoon, everyone's energy was more or less spent. At five o'clock, they packed up and left the pool. It was time to head back and eat dinner.

Sitting in the car, Yamada Elf said with lingering fear, "Thank goodness, thank goodness I slipped away in time. Otherwise, my swimsuit would have been the next one to come off."

Ichin, who was driving, also said helplessly, "Who would have thought they'd play that wildly? Usually, it would've been fine, but today everyone was wearing swimsuits, and most of them were bikinis. With just one careless pull or hook, they came off way too easily. Good thing we booked the entire indoor pool. Otherwise, the problem would have been even bigger."

Utaha nodded in agreement. "That's right. In the future, we really need to keep an eye on this properly. We can't let things get this chaotic all the time. But Ichin, you took advantage of them again this time."

"I didn't want to take advantage in that kind of way."

Through the rearview mirror, Ichin looked at Utaha irritably. "It's also a good thing nobody got angry. Otherwise, I wouldn't even know how to talk to everyone after this."

When things got chaotic near the end, several people's swimsuits had been pulled down. Among them were Hifumi, Hajime Shinoda, Yun Iijima, and GoKō Ruri.

Those few were still all right since they had been fairly far away from Ichin. But there was one person who had been face-to-face with Ichin at close range.

That person was Haruno.

Although Haruno had reacted quickly, the incident had happened far too suddenly, so Ichin still saw everything.

At the scene, Haruno had not said anything, but until they left the pool, she had not said another word to Ichin either.

He had no idea how Yukino, who was currently in the same car as Haruno, was talking things over with her.

Thinking about that, Ichin felt a huge headache coming on.

At this rate, he could only wait until the barbecue party after they got home and see if it could help ease Haruno's mood a little.

Soon, the car returned to the villa district.

Looking through the car window at the villas here, Yamada Elf said in surprise, "Wow! The environment here is really nice! Ichin-nii, are there any villas here still for sale?"

"What, do you want to buy one? I didn't expect you to be that rich."

"I don't have that much money myself. After buying my current house, there's no way I could afford a house here. But my family has money. Once I talk to my mom about it, she'll definitely be very willing to buy a house here. Leaving aside the environment and the value of the property itself, just the countless connections hidden here are already worth spending a huge sum of money on!"

It had to be said that Yamada Elf had indeed been raised very well by her family, whether it was in terms of speech, conduct, talent, or the vision she was showing now.

Ichin smiled and said, "There's no chance if you want to buy here. All the houses in this area are already occupied, and every one of them has been bought. But if you're interested in this area, a newly built villa district next door will be completed next year. That one is a project under Haruno-nee's company. You can ask her about it and reserve a villa."

"Eh~~ That really does sound good!"

Yamada Elf made up her mind. She had to have a proper chat with Haruno about this later.

After arriving home, Ichin had Utaha entertain everyone, while he called Umiko and Rin over and took out a whole series of ingredients, placing them in the courtyard as they began preparing for today's barbecue party.

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