NCCnovel Chapter 1398 Reading the Newspaper (Part 1)
Chapter 1398 Reading the Newspaper (Part 1)
Inside the park, a group of boys were playing around, but on a bench, one of them was pretending to be engrossed in reading a newspaper.
"Hmm. Because companies that pollute the ocean with plastics are starting to promote sustainability, right?" Kazama muttered to himself, holding the newspaper.
However, he hadn't been pretending for long when he felt something appear in front of him. He looked at it in confusion and was immediately startled: "What?!"
"Oh ho~" Shin-chan poked his head out, looked at Kazama, and grinned, "I'm a little tadpole~"
"It should be tadpoles! Oh dear, you scared me." Kazama looked at Shin-chan speechlessly, his eyes scanning the surroundings. Unsurprisingly, he spotted Mingxu on the horizontal bar not far away. Goodness, he hadn't seen Mingxu for a while. Where did he go?
"Xiao Xu, what were you doing before?" Kazama pondered, ignoring Shin-chan, and stepped forward to ask curiously.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just took a few exams." Mingxu smiled. "Now that the exams are over, I have some free time."
"Oh, okay." Kazama nodded, not thinking too much about it. No wonder Xiaoxu had been looking at academic books all this time; he was preparing for an exam... Wait, the books he was reading before didn't seem to be for this age group, did they?
Kazama looked at Mingxu with some confusion: "Xiaoxu, what did you take the exam for?"
"It's nothing," Mingxu waved his hand. He couldn't very well say that he had participated in a specially organized college entrance exam. Although he didn't understand why Cao Jin and his group were doing this, there was no harm in participating.
"Oh." Kazama nodded, not thinking too much about it.
Shin-chan then sidled up to Kazama and asked curiously, "What are you doing? You seem to have a lot of free time."
Kazama rolled his eyes at Shin-chan: "No matter what, I'm 100 times busier than you!" He then opened the newspaper: "I want to read the newspaper before my cram school class. I need to broaden my knowledge about the various problems facing the island province right now!"
“…” Mingxu listened to Kazama’s words and was somewhat speechless: “Kazama, it’s better to do things that are appropriate for your age. In the future, you won’t have the chance to do what you can do now. When that time comes, the memories will always make you want to cry.”
Mingxu's words seemed to conceal something, but Kazama didn't understand their meaning for a moment and shook his head, saying, "No, how could I possibly regret it!"
Upon hearing this, Mingxu laughed and said, "Is that so?"
Kazama didn't truly understand his meaning. Little did he know that years later, Kazama would look at the photos, reminisce about the past, and regret why he had acted so pretentious back then!
"Oh wow~ It's grown up~" At this moment, Shin-chan rolled over, and now the tadpole has grown a little and sprouted a small tail~ This cosplay outfit is quite interesting.
"I only answered you because you asked me. Don't let yourself grow up there on your own!" Kazama shouted at Shin-chan with displeasure.
"Hey, so what's up?" Shin-chan scratched his head, his tadpole costume looking particularly out of place.
"I didn't call you. I want to look at this. Go over there." Kazama looked at the newspaper, but his eyes couldn't help but drift to the two brothers beside him. They looked so good together.
"Seriously, is something wrong or not? I can't stand you." Shin-chan complained to Kazama.
"Ah!!!" Kazama shouted, startling Nanako who was passing by the park. She turned around and saw Shin-chan: "Oh, it's Shin-chan. What are you doing dressed like that? Oh, Asahi is here too. Hello, everyone."
"Nana, Nana-chan! I, I want to read the newspaper before my cram school class." Shin-chan snatched the newspaper from Kazama's hand and said seriously.
"Hello, Sister Nana." Mingxu's voice followed suit, but seeing Xiaoxin's pretentious act, he was speechless. Wait, what are you doing? When did you start going to tutoring classes?
"Huh? Shin-chan, do you have tutoring?" Nanako was also confused by Shin-chan. When did Shin-chan have to go to tutoring?
"Give it back! This is my newspaper!" Kazama tugged at the newspaper from the side, but Shin-chan remained unmoved, still holding it and pretending to look at it.
Seeing Kazama's actions, Nanako guessed: "Oh, is it Kazama?"
“Ah, yes!” Kazama nodded.
"Wow, that's amazing! You can already read the newspaper!" Nanako praised Kazama.
Kazama blushed slightly: "That's right, but I usually watch it on my tablet."
"That's really amazing! Goodbye, I'm going to work now." Nana waved to the three little ones, looking at Shin-chan's serious expression, and then left.
"Bye~"
"Be careful on the road."
Shin-chan watched Nanako leave, and his anger flared up. He bit his handkerchief tightly and yelled at Kazama, who was still waving at Nanako, "I misjudged you! Kazama! How dare you use a newspaper to attract Nanako's attention!"
"Huh? It was clearly you!" Kazama looked at Shin-chan speechlessly, realizing he hadn't done anything.
"I also want to be praised by Nana-chan, then hugged by her, then confessed to by her, marry her, and finally build a happy family!" Shin-chan said, stomping his feet on the ground.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're overthinking it." Mingxu's voice came from the other side of the singles table.
"Exactly, you have too many desires." Kazama shook his head at Shin-chan's wild ideas.
"Okay! Me too!" Shin-chan said, ignoring them, and ran home: "I want to read the newspaper too! I want to read the newspaper!"
"Fine, just do your best." Mingxu rolled his eyes, lay on the horizontal bar and continued to laze around. He'd been cooped up for days and was still thinking about going out for a stroll.
"Xiao Xu, are you sure you're okay not going back?" Kazama asked Ming Xu, puzzled.
"It's alright, it's alright, but aren't you going to your tutoring class?" Mingxu asked Kazama curiously.
"Huh? Ah! I'm leaving now! See you next time!" Kazama was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then turned around and left hastily.
Back home, Shin-chan immediately found Misae and told her that he wanted to read the newspaper.
"Hey, you said you wanted to read the newspaper? Here you go." Misae looked around and handed Shin-chan the newspaper that Hiroshi had been reading that day.
"Okay!" Shin-chan took it, spread it on the ground, and began to look at it seriously: "Oh, oh~"
"I didn't expect Shin-chan to be interested in newspapers. But Shin-chan, you're holding the newspaper upside down." Misae covered her mouth and chuckled as she looked at Shin-chan.
"...I see!" Shin-chan awkwardly turned around, then continued reading the newspaper: "Oh, I see, oh, I see." Then...
Misae heard the noise in the living room, turned around, and lo and behold, Shin-chan was asleep.
"You're already snoring. Is this newspaper really that hypnotic?" Misae looked at Shin-chan with a helpless expression, stepped forward, removed the newspaper, and looked at Shin-chan. "I knew it. Wake up."
"Ah! Ah? Sigh~ If I fall asleep after just a quick look, I won't get Nana-chan's praise~" Shin-chan muttered to himself, his head drooping.
"I knew it! There are some snacks in the kitchen." Looking at Shin-chan's expression, Misae sighed, said casually, and turned to walk towards the bathroom.
"Okay! I want some snacks! Cheer up and try to read the newspaper!" So, Shin-chan rushed into the kitchen, ate his snacks in a few bites, looked at Mingxu's portion next to him, hesitated for a moment, and gave up the idea of eating them all.