That is 7pm on the second day after the new semester starts.
Everyone sat around a rectangular dining table in the living room.
On the dining table are various meals that have just been prepared.
The dishes are very rich. It should be said that they are much richer than usual.
The four people all sat in their original positions, and no one started to move the tachyon first.
In such a quiet atmosphere, Kanbaru crossed his hands and rested his elbows on the table. He stared at the aroma and heat wafting from the food.
Kanbaru Suzu felt that something was wrong with this atmosphere, because in the past, the old man would happily call everyone to eat, but he would not act like this weirdly, expressionlessly.
Is it because of what happened the day before yesterday?
But isn’t what happened the day before yesterday in the past?
Kanbaru Suzu tried to break the silence of the dinner: "Brother...what is the thing you want to announce? And why is everyone silent? Isn't the matter of that day in the past? Although I am still very dissatisfied.
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While Kanbaru Suzu said this, she also observed the expressions of the Tianhai sisters. No one of them spoke.
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"Everyone, let's talk, it's time to eat..."
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"Hmm."
"Brother? What are you going to say?"
Kanbaru closed his eyes in the sight of food:
"The thing is very simple. I want to move out and the house has been chosen."
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September 30.
It was an evening after school. Kanbaru Raku took a Mitsubishi Fuso bus and entered the Itabashi district of Tokyo.
The sunshine at the end of September is much milder than that in August, but the air is still the same hot and dry.
The noisy summer cicadas, the leaves that have been blown by the wind for a long time, and the shadows of the trees are dancing on the mountain roads in the suburbs.
As the bus drove along the mountain road, Kambara Raku, who was sitting in the back seat with his head pressed against the window, looked down the mountain.
The shadows of the trees flickered as the bus drove by, and the residential area at the foot of the mountain seemed to be moving with it. Kambara saw his own house among the criss-crossing telephone poles and single-family houses.
His new residence is in a residential area at the foot of the mountain. This place is very remote, and the convenience is not as good as that of downtown Tokyo. If you want to buy something, you have to walk through several streets and pass dozens of telephone poles to reach the sight.
A shopping street called Arakawa Market in the distance.
However, compared to the city, it is cleaner here, and the paths are also particularly clean.
Occasionally, you can see policemen on bicycles patrolling on a daily basis, greeting the residents here in a friendly way with the sound of "ding bells".
It’s been almost a month since Kambaraku came here.
Everyone here is very enthusiastic. Even if Kanbaru is a resident who suddenly moves here, the lady next door and the old lady across the street will often give him some vegetables such as eggplants, winter melons, tomatoes, and potatoes as gifts.
In return, Kambara often invites them to taste the dishes he has cooked too much.
After going back and forth, I became familiar with everyone here.
His favorite is the Arakawa Shopping Street near the Arakawa River. Many people who like a slow pace and old ladies like to come here to hang out.
Here, he would find a pot of a plant he liked every day, and then take it to the small courtyard built by his family and take care of it carefully.
Experience some leisure life.
Trim the flowers and plants, water them, clean the cobblestone road in front of the door with relaxing music... and occasionally say hello to the neighbors with a smile. After coming here, it seems that you can forget it in such days. All the worries before.
"Oh, go slow!" The bus driver took off his hat and greeted him with a smile.
Kanbaru smiled and extended his hand in response, then got off the bus, turned onto the community avenue, and came to Arakawa Shopping Street.
There are various shops in the shopping street, including tailor shops, flower shops, rice cake shops, cake shops...and so on.
Some shops have a sense of history, such as the wooden signboard of [Kuroro Fresh Fish] with handwritten calligraphy.
Young middle school students walking through here talking and laughing after school.
The child in the yellow hat was held by his mother by the hand in the snack shop, pointing at a candy and saying "I want that".
An old man bending down to feed the cats.
A few children were chasing and playing happily in the shopping street, as well as housewives holding shopping baskets and going out to buy groceries.
All kinds of people walk through this Arakawa shopping street.
Every time I walk in here, Kanbaru feels like I have entered another world, which is completely different from the bustling Minato District of Tokyo.
It feels good.
"Oh, isn't this Xiao Le! School is over so early today? Do you want to buy a fish today?"
Kanbaru turned around following the voice, and the one who spoke was a heroic uncle wearing an apron, who looked like someone related to [Kurō Fresh Fish].
"Mr. Kuro."
Kagura Raku was greeted by him to the door of the store.
"Oh? Do you really want to buy it? Hahaha, welcome."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Kuro."
"Hahaha, why are you so polite? I'm going to have something today, a limited-time special offer! If you buy a fish, I'll give you two scallops as a gift!"
"Mr. Kuro, when you give something as a gift, shouldn't it be something affordable? What can two scallops do?"
"Hahaha, selling fish depends on enthusiasm! Whatever you give is enthusiasm, no matter how much you give, it is enthusiasm!"
Kagura Raku felt that what Uncle Kuro said could be described as unreasonable. He smiled, shook his head, and chose a stone bass.
"That's it. Let's go back and fry some fish."
"Okay!"
Uncle Jiulang quickly took the fish out of the pond, packed it, put it on the electronic scale and pressed a price.
Kanbaru turned the schoolbag behind him in front of him, took out some change, took out a 5,000 yen note and handed it to Uncle Kuro.
"Dad, I'm back. Today...hey, Kanbaru-kun is here too..."
The speaker was a young girl who had just walked from the other end of the shopping street. She was carrying a schoolbag and wearing a sailor uniform.
She is Uncle Kuro's daughter, Kuro Xinzi, who has just entered the third grade of junior high school. She is usually a young girl with two pigtails.
Kagura Raku often hears from three naughty kids on the street that they all like her.
I want to marry Xinzi as my wife in the future.
For this reason, the three children often got into fights. After being discovered, their mothers called them back to the store.
Haha, it’s quite cute.
Since the surname Jiuro sounds too much like a boy by itself, the uncle named his daughter as close to a girl as possible.
Xinzi.
Although I was still called Kuro-san and Kuro-san in school, it didn’t sound like a girl’s name.
Kuro Xinzi is very interested in Kambaraku who suddenly moved in nearby.
He seems to live alone, and you can often see him running in the morning when he goes to school.
Many classmates and girlfriends say he is very handsome.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but I often meet him in the shopping street...
Uncle Jiulang patted his daughter on the back boldly, causing her to lose her balance and stumble.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
"Haha, Xinzi, haven't you always said that you want to be admitted to Mingde Elementary School? Xiao Leke is a student of Mingde Elementary School. You should learn more from him." After Uncle Jiulang finished speaking, his intention was obvious.
The daughter blinked.
As expected, you are a stinky dad...what nonsense are you talking about!
Kuro Xinzi, who originally wanted to say something, was now incoherent.
Kanbaru took the stone seabass from Uncle Kuro and said, "There are only 2 gifts, why are there 5 more."
"Limited time special offer, limited time special offer!" Uncle Jiulang waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Xiao Le, you have been frequenting our store these days, so I can't neglect you, haha."
Uncle Kuro always smiles in a normal mood.
"Okay," Kanbaru said with a smile, holding the fish and scallops in his hands, "I'll continue shopping for groceries, so I won't interrupt you any further."
After saying that, he said to Xinzi who was behind Uncle Jiulang, "I'm leaving first."
"Ah, okay, okay." Kuro Xinzi nodded after being slow for a moment.
Kanbaru picked up the bag and continued walking towards the shopping street.
I bought some vegetables and some pork. I almost had enough ingredients for today. Just as I was about to leave, Kanbaru suddenly remembered that I had another task today, so I came to the flower shop, picked up a pot of epiphyllum and left.
[Limited time task: shopping (completed)]
[500 points have been issued]
[Skill "Gardening" upgraded to "Master"]
Kanbaru glanced at the panel.
Not bad, master gardener.
This should make the few dwarf pines in the courtyard more beautiful. To be honest, those dwarf pines were originally very frizzy and had no aesthetic value at all.
"Good afternoon..."
"Well, good afternoon, mother-in-law."
"Hey, you bought so many things today!"
"Haha, okay, okay."
After saying hello to everyone in the shopping street, Kanbaru Raku walked out of the shopping street and finally returned home, with a cold card lock hanging on the iron door.
Open and push the door and you can see the whole yard. The orange tree planted at the door has already produced fruit, and there is a thick patch of fallen leaves under the tree.
The weather this year is much hotter than in previous years, and the late-ripening oranges are expected to ripen soon.
I heard from the landlady that her grandson planted these oranges. They are delicious and he can use them as he likes.
On the right side of the small courtyard, the wall-climbing tiger occupies the entire wall, and along the wall are the various flowers and green plants that Kambaraku has taken care of for more than a month.
Putting the vegetables he bought on the shelf at the door and putting the epiphyllums into the many flower pots, Kambara went to the moss-covered faucet and filled the watering can.
Kanbaru Raku, who was originally planning to follow the rows of flower pots and sprinkle water on them, stood there blankly.
He saw a beautiful figure and a beautiful profile face with a somewhat novel expression. She was wearing a summer lace dress, with her hands behind her back, looking at the wisteria vines hanging in the air in the back garden. She is a girl who is unforgettable after just one glance.
Seeing the hairpin on her head, Kanbaru knew who it was. Haha...Looking at it again after a month, she is still so beautiful. No wonder the grandma who greeted me just now smiled and said to herself that there is a beautiful enchantress.
The girl who treats you is looking for you.
Tianhai Jiuliuli discovered Kamyara after he appeared.
"I'm sorry...brother..." When the beautiful girl saw him for the first time, she lowered her head and whispered.
Kanbaru Raku didn't react at all, "Hmm. How did you find this place? I quit both the Kyudo Club and the Literature Club. If you want to take advantage of the principal, just pretend that I didn't ask."
"Ling told me..."
"Did she tell you?"
"Hmm."
"Then I'll tell you. I'll change the place." Kanbaru looked away from her face, held the shower head, passed her, and began to slowly sprinkle water along the first potted plant.
"Brother... don't be like this, it's my fault." Tianhai Jiuliuli took two steps closer to him.
Is it her fault?
Well, it is indeed her fault.
On that day at the airport, Kanbaru thought there was still room for redemption.
After all, my aunt had been talking to Jiu Liuli for a long time, and Jiu Liuli had valued her mother very much since she was a child, because her mother and she broke up temporarily... Haha, anyway, the relationship didn't last long, so it would be better to break it off early. This makes sense, reluctantly
Can understand.
After all, she herself said that she didn’t really want to break up.
The day after the airport was still very harmonious. Although the atmosphere between him and Jiuliuri became a little subtle, Kambara could also feel that the two of them were trying to reconcile.
Until——Tianhai Jiuliuli showed her cards to herself after that.
She told herself that she dated herself because of Qi Mingyue.
What is this?
Doesn’t this mean that she has deceived herself from beginning to end?!
Is this how you can respond to your own feelings?!
Is it just because of Qi Mingyue that you can accept my feelings for you?!
Kagura Raku admits that he is a bad good person, but he is not a bad person without a bottom line.
Kagura Raku can accept her rejection, but cannot accept her deception.
Kagura Raku can keep her, but he has no obligation to play games with her.
It’s a shame that I still want her so sincerely.
I think she is very gentle and will understand me...
The sincerity I have felt for so long is all false and useless.
Haha...hahaha!
It’s funny, it’s so funny, I can laugh for the rest of my life!
Kanbaru thought about how he had chased her before, trying to save his first love, but now he wanted to give himself a slap.
It’s so ridiculous that I’m still in love for the first time.
After being shown off, Kanbaru knew that he couldn't stay any longer, so he wanted to find a place to relax alone.
Stay away from that place.
The school did not meet or talk to them, and the archery club and literature club also withdrew.
I go home after school every day and come here to trim flowers and plants.
This month has passed. In fact, isn’t it nice to be alone?
"So why did you come to me today?" Kanbaru watered the flowers calmly.
"I want to call brother to go back..."
"Go back?" Kanbaru asked without any emotion, and looked at her, his shoulders closing slightly, "Is it for Qi Mingyue again?"
"No -"
Tianhai Jiuliuli obviously wanted to explain something to him, but was interrupted by Kanhara Le.
"Okay, there's no need to say anything more between us. I'm tired, Jiuliuli, I'm really tired... During that time, I had to cook every morning, lunch, and evening...
..I never ask for anything from you, I just want to treat you as a real family... But Jiuliuli, forget it, I really don’t want to talk anymore."
Kagura Raku shook out the last bit of water in the kettle, put it back in its place, and then walked back to the room carrying the ingredients he just bought.
"Brother, wait a minute."
Tianhai Jiuliuli only found him after a month. She knew that what she did was not right at all. She wanted to say something to him, but he refused her at the door.
"Farewell, I refuse to receive guests, and I have not prepared any food for guests. This little food is only enough for me to eat myself." Kambara made a gesture of invitation and faced the door of the courtyard, "Please come back, Tianhai Dai
Miss."
Kagura Raku also showed her a smile, which was also his really good-looking smile during the previous period.
But today is different from the past. Now this smile has changed its meaning.
Only the surface remains.
Kagura Raku originally thought that when he saw Jiu Liuli again, he would become hysterical and look like he was in pain "Why is this like this?"
But no.
There is only peace, true peace.
Kagura Raku took one last look at Tianhai Jiuliuli's delicate face and withdrew his gaze.
Kacha.
Before Tianhai Jiuliuli could respond, Kanharale closed the door of the room tightly.
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Standing alone at the rejected door, Tianhai Jiuliuli lowered his head, feeling guilty and sad for a while.
She recalled the way her brother looked at her just now, and the tone and attitude of his words to her.
Does the brother who used to laugh when he saw me hate him so much now?
She pinched her right arm with her left hand.
"I'm sorry."
She is not a face-conscious person. If she does make a mistake, she is willing to apologize, take responsibility, and make corrections.
Over the past month, she has thought a lot.
From a starting point, she was wrong from the beginning. She should not have deceived her brother and agreed to his confession in that ambiguous situation.
I don't understand the importance of feelings, so I casually regard my brother's contribution as something that can be tolerated.
If you want to help Qi Mingyue, you should actually refuse it clearly from the beginning.
Yes, it was wrong from the beginning.
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Kambara put the things in the kitchen, and soon after, she received an email on her phone.
The signature is Tianhai Jiuliuli.
[I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I want my brother's forgiveness]
Kagawa Raku ignored her, only glanced at her, put on her apron, started to play a little tune in her mouth, and started washing and chopping vegetables leisurely.
Putting the phone aside, I randomly selected some leisurely light music and clicked to play.
"Hmph~hum~~"
Process the fish, wash the pot, and then count the seasonings and various prepared ingredients.
When cooking, as long as you relax, you will feel quite comfortable.
The kitchen knife made a sound on the eucalyptus board, and Kanbaru chopped the pepper into pieces quickly.
It took him an hour to prepare two main dishes. He was going to make another tomato and egg soup, and then eat slowly while watching TV.
When I went to pick up tomatoes, I glanced at my phone and found that there seemed to be several more emails.
[Brother, I have thought a lot in the past month. I know that I should not have lied to you from the beginning. I was also very confused. But after getting along with you for a long time, I realized that I do not have no feelings for you, brother.
...I really didn't lie to you on this point. If you are willing, I still hope that we can reconcile. I'm really sorry...]
This one is the most recent one.
In the previous hour, there were more than a dozen unread emails sent. Kanbara swiped her finger and glanced at them. The contents were roughly some of her thoughts and apologies.
Kanbaru looked at it - feeling nothing.
I guess I was confused.
He still didn't intend to respond, but took his time to get water and eggs from the refrigerator.
This time, another email came.
[I'm sorry, brother, I will be waiting at the door... I don't want to get your forgiveness immediately, I just want to say a few more words to you, okay...?]
Say a few more words?
This is a request.
Kanbaru looked at the dropped email and suddenly felt his hands heavy. He turned around:
"I'll go, the water is full, turn it off."
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[I'm really sorry...]
Tianhai Jiuliuli squatted at the door, looked at the flashing vertical lines in the input box, and sent this email again.
I glanced at the more than 20 emails that showed [Sent], but none of them were replied to. I don’t know what to do now.