As the car passed by the Royal Palace, Little Lian forgot about her ice cream and pressed her face close to the car window.

She looked outside curiously, and only turned back after the view was gone.

"Aunt Che, what place is that?"

"The Royal Palace," Kiyono Lin answered instead of Dubian Che, "Little Lian, which Emperor is it now?"

"Naruhito," Little Lian raised her hand, answering in the manner of one buzzing in.

"What was Tokyo's old name?"

Little Lian put her hand down.

"Edo," said Kiyono Lin, "In July of Year 4 of the Keio era, which is September 1868, it was renamed Tokyo. Remember that well, I'll test you again when we return."

Little Lian looked toward Dubian Che.

"It's no use looking at him, if you can't answer, I will scold him as well."

"You're really sticking your nose into too much," Jiutiao Meiji glanced disapprovingly at Kiyono Lin.

"Exercising the right to educate one's sister in advance is not sticking my nose in," Kiyono Lin stated calmly, "A child must be well taught from the beginning."

"Lin is actually the educational type of mom, that's a bit surprising," Kiyono Youko turned around and said with a smile, "What about you, Meiji? How do you plan to educate your children in the future?"

"Study hard when it's time to study, play hard when it's time to play."

"Little Lian," Kiyono Youko showed a kind smile.

"Yes!"

"Which sister's educational method do you prefer?"

Little Lian turned to look at Dubian Che.

"I need to tell my mom about picking up Little Lian," Dubian Che took out his phone.

"You've already said so," said Kiyono Lin indifferently.

"It looks like my memory is indeed bad," Dubian Che put away the phone, "Little Lian, your ice cream is going to melt, you better eat it fast."

"Huh?!" Little Lian startled, "I almost wasted it!"

She hurriedly bowed her head and began spooning the ice cream into her mouth bite by bite, her face expressing pure enjoyment.

Jiutiao Meiji twisted Dubian Che's thigh.

"I really don't know any educational methods!" Dubian Che protested.

The two mothers in the front row laughed happily.

The car left Nerima District and drove out of Tokyo, entering Saitama Prefecture, the scenery becoming more rustic.

Little Lian, who had finished her ice cream, stayed glued to the car window until she finally turned back and asked Dubian Che,

"Aunt Che, when can we see Tokyo Tower?"

"Tokyo Tower?" Dubian Che paused, "Oh, I forgot to tell Little Lian that we are going to a place called Karuizawa for vacation, and we won't be back in Tokyo until the end of the month."

Little Lian opened her mouth wide, her eyes on him in disbelief.

"Aunt Che, that's not right! Mom let me come here to get used to life in Tokyo!" she corrected loudly.

"Karuizawa is Tokyo's backyard, living there is actually a part of your future life in Tokyo, so it's included in 'getting used to life in Tokyo'," Dubian Che explained.

Little Lian stared with wide eyes, "Really?"

"Not really," Kiyono Lin interjected, "But there's no need to get used to Tokyo in August, the weather is too hot. Little Lian, you won't be staying in Tokyo in this kind of weather when you live with your brother in the future."

"I stayed in Tokyo last year," said Dubian Che.

"Well, then we can take Little Lian out to have fun when the time comes," said Mrs. Kiyono with a smile, "St. Petersburg in Russia, Copenhagen in Denmark, Vienna in Austria, Paris in France, Little Lian, where do you want to go?"

"Aunt Che," Little Lian looked at Dubian Che again.

"If you don't want to go to any of them, you can stay in Tokyo with your brother and enjoy the air conditioning," said Dubian Che.

"Okay," Little Lian nodded, "Mom asked me to stay with Aunt Che all the time once we're in Tokyo."

Dubian Che patted her little head.

"Little Lian, let me ask you another question, why did my mom mention those cities? The clue is to avoid the hot Tokyo."

"Wow, Lin is really strict," Kiyono Youko exaggeratedly acted startled.

"The next generation of the Kiyono family will be elite," Mrs. Jiutiao teased Kiyono Lin.

Kiyono Lin didn't care and kept her eyes on Little Lian, who was also looking at her.

It takes three hours to drive from Tokyo Station to Karuizawa, who knows how much Little Lian can learn in this time.

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"...At an altitude of 1000 meters, even in midsummer, surrounded by mountains such as Asama Mountain, Nose Curved Mountain, Oshu Pass, it doesn't feel the least bit sultry."

"Karuizawa is amazing!"

At some point, Little Lian had run between Kiyono Lin and Jiutiao Meiji.

"We're here," Mrs. Jiutiao parked the car in an open space next to a forest villa.

Larch and birch trees grew lushly, and the clear chirping of birds and the flow of stream water could be heard.

Sunlight fell through the verdant tree leaves, creating columns of light, and Little Lian instinctively stretched out her hand to touch the sunlight.

Although it was a forest, it had a different elegance from Misezawa Village.

Not to mention the temperature, it was pleasantly cool even at noon on August 1st.

It wasn't hot, but one could still enjoy the pleasures of high summer; this was the essence of a summer resort.

Dubian Che looked at the detached villa in front of him, which had a terrace, and on the terrace, there were wicker tables and chairs for having coffee and meals.

"If I had known Little Lian was coming, I would have chosen a lakeside villa," said Kiyono Youko.

The initial choice of a forest villa was because they had been at the Pacific before coming here and were tired of seeing the sea.

"A lake?" Little Lian snapped back to reality and looked at her expectantly.

"Yeah, Auntie will take you swimming later, play golf, is that okay?"

"It's too early for golf," said Dubian Che.

"I want to go swimming!" Little Lian stood on tiptoes, reaching up as high as she could with her hand.

"Let's swim!" Kiyono Youko high-fived the hand she had lifted.

"Before that, we're going shopping," Kiyono Lin said with her arms folded, "Don't forget that we didn't let the servants prepare anything this time."

Little Lian's hand drooped in disappointment.

Kiyono Youko grabbed her drooping thin wrist and raised it high again.

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