Chapter 563 The heart is the starting point of all tenderness (End)
The train was delayed. The platform was shrouded in dim lights. When Saito Asuka got off the train, a snowflake drifted to her neck. The wind blew the hem of her coat to both sides and made a whistling sound.
This made her notice that the temperature in the city was colder than she had imagined.
Asuka Saito carried her luggage and walked among the crowds leaving the station. She looked around several times and found no familiar people. She saw nothing except the night, lights and the stupid outlines of high-rise buildings that were the same everywhere.
This small city in Gunma County seemed so quiet, with only a few people walking outside. After a while, she was the only one left here.
Follow the passage below and exit the station. After turning right, you will find a narrow stone road separated by a faded barbed wire fence, with the tram track in the middle.
Saito Asuka heard the ding-ding-ding-ding sound of the train about to pass by, so he stopped and waited. He took out his cell phone, but there was no new news.
The snow had stopped, and Asuka Saito saw that his breath was like a cloud of white smoke, floating in the air.
So she rubbed her hands and tightened the light yellow scarf around her neck.
Saito Asuka heard some noise in her ears, raised her head, and saw a figure running towards her not far away.
"It's okay, I just arrived." Asuka Saito is not used to showing her mood in her tone, even though she is in a good mood now.
"Let's go quickly, it's too cold outside."
"Um."
Nishino Kazuki helped her push her suitcase, and the two walked one after another. The shops on both sides of the street were also open, but there were almost no customers passing by, in this sudden change of weather.
"How is it, how does it feel to graduate?" Nishino Kazuki asked Saito Asuka with a smile on his face.
As the last member of the first generation to graduate, Asuka Saito really stayed until the end for the sake of the younger generation.
"It's okay. I feel that the pressure on my shoulders has suddenly become lighter." Asuka Saito held her graduation concert just the day before. She couldn't help crying. Her career as a senior in the past few years has made her always show a mature and steady attitude.
, the tears did not fall easily, but when she thought about leaving Nogizaka, where she had dedicated her entire youth, her heart was filled with reluctance and nostalgia.
But after the concert ended that night, Saito Asuka returned home, shook his head, and decided to go on a trip.
And the destination—is right here.
"Is it okay with Mai over there?" Asuka Saito walked to the side of Nishino Kazuki, looked at the other person's side face as if he raised his eyes casually, and then asked.
"She, she is busy doing YouTube live broadcasts every day." Kazuki Nishino said helplessly, "Sometimes she even drags me along to shoot videos together."
"Very good..." Saito Asuka said softly, as if mumbling to himself.
"By the way, I live not far from here. Why don't we put down our luggage and go have something to eat first?" Nishino Kazuki asked tentatively.
The bird walked past the low eaves of the semi-low fence, weighed a small handful of snow with his right hand, and then reached into his windbreaker pocket.
"It's okay, I brought a lot of snacks."
After finishing speaking, the bird suddenly became silent. The two of them walked to the intersection and stopped when the red light came on.
"Ah, my pocket seems a little wet." Asuka Saito took out his hand and found that the snowflakes in his palm had melted and became wet.
Nishino Kazuki was amused and turned to look at her: "You are an idiot. Of course you will get wet if you put snow in your pocket."
Nishino Kazuki often feels that Saito Asuka has an uninhibited and free heart, which often pops up suddenly in her life and work. People who experience it will think that this is part of her cuteness and uniqueness.
It’s just that she usually covers herself up, but it’s always self-defeating and becomes another way to show her cuteness.
"Wazhu-kun——" Saito Asuka called out.
"What's wrong?"
Toot! Toot!
A black car drove past the center of the road and honked its horn in their ears. Nishino Kazuki and Saito Asuka subconsciously looked at it, and then came back to their senses.
"Nothing." Bird wanted to say something for a moment, but was interrupted by the sound of a car's horn.
Nishino Kazuki was also used to her way of speaking and shrugged.
"OK."
The light turned green, and the two walked across the black and white zebra crossing. After changing lanes, they walked onto another path.
The lights on this path were even dimmer than before. Although the street lights were just a few steps away, they were not particularly bright. There was also a black cat jumping out of the grass covered with fine snowflakes.
"Is A5 okay?" Saito Asuka suddenly said.
"We took Weiyana to raise. I heard from Yuda that the two of them don't get along very well." Nishino Kazuki thought about the scene, "A5 may have lost weight."
Saito Asuka tilted her head. She thought about the cat that rubbed against girls when it saw it. Shouldn't it be easy to get along with?
"Have the affairs abroad been settled?"
"It's almost done. When the winter is over, we should be able to pick them up." What Kazuki Nishino originally thought has almost come true. Things that are not allowed in Japan can be done abroad.
And the money he made from investments and acquisitions in the past few years can basically be spent, even when he has several girlfriends.
Besides, these girls are all rich women, and their combined savings are staggering.
"What about Nanamin?" Saito Asuka thought of Hashimoto Nanami, a person who is so special to him, "What about her company in China?"
"It's not like she has been staying abroad forever and will come back after getting married. However, she is not like the hands-off shopkeeper she was in her early years. She can be considered a workaholic." Nishino Kazuki explained in detail, "At that time, she will still live in China.
I have bought houses in Hokkaido, Gifu, Osaka and Gunma.”
"It would be good to take them to another place to live after a while."
Saito Asuka thought of the other party's identity, and this behavior was indeed quite normal.
She just wanted to travel more in the future, but her identity as an actress became a burden after graduation.
Thinking of all this, the bird sighed.
"Why are you sighing? You have already graduated." Nishino Kazuki looked at her sad look and couldn't help but want to touch her head, but in the end he held back, "When we fall in love later,
You can also find a place with fewer people to settle down."
Saito Asuka just shook his head.
The two finally arrived home. This was the villa built by Nishino Kazuki. It was relatively empty. He had spent a lot of money to enclose the land and built it specially.
It is very close to the place where he lived when he was a child, which is of special significance.
After opening the iron gate, Nishino Kazuki took Saito Asuka for a short walk, surrounded by a huge courtyard with lush green plants and a hint of snow, before finally arriving at the main entrance of the villa.
"Welcome." Nishino Kazuki opened the door and said to Saito Asuka. His expression inexplicably reminded Saito Asuka of the tavern he visited half a month ago.
"excuse me."
Before Saito Asuka could enter the door, a figure ran out from inside.
"Asuka-chan, you are finally here~"
"Ikuta-chan, long time no see." Saito Asuka saw Ikuta Erika, who was wearing a furry home clothes and a silver headband on her head.
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
Erika Ikuta did not come to the graduation live the day before yesterday because she and Nishino Nanase just returned from Germany today.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't come to see your graduation live." Erika Ikuta said sorry, clasping her hands.
"It's okay, there's nothing you can do if something like this happens."
Erika Ikuta and Nanase Nishino originally went to Germany for a trip and were supposed to come back before Bird's concert. However, they happened to miss the plane that day due to some problems. The nearest flight was only yesterday.
.
"It's such a pity." Erika Ikuta thought about this, but she still felt it was a pity in her heart. Almost everyone who graduated from the first class went, except for Mai, who had some health reasons, but she and Na-chan didn't go.
I was not able to witness the graduation of the last first-year student.
"Quickly go inside." Nishino Kazuki saw the two people chatting enthusiastically and reminded them.
"Um."
The three of them entered the house. Kazuki Nishino put Saito Asuka's suitcase and brought it to the living room.
"Asuka-chan."
Nishino Nanase came over wearing an apron.
"Na-chan." Saito Asuka waved his hand.
"sorry......"
"It's okay. Ikuta-chan has already said it. It's really okay." Asuka Saito interrupted Nishino Nanase's apology. She knew what the other party was going to say.
"Um."
Saito Asuka felt that Nishino Nanase had become gentle again, especially after getting older in recent years, her smile became softer.
"I just finished cooking dinner. Let's go to the restaurant together." Nishino Nanase said with a smile. She reached out to untie her apron, but found that she couldn't reach it. "Kazuki, help me."
Nishino Kazuki walked behind her, helped her untie it, and then took the apron in his hands.
"Thanks a lot."
"It's not hard."
Saito Asuka felt that this conversation touched her soul, and the feeling was indescribable.
The four of them went to the restaurant, which was a cozy small dining table that seemed to have been specially prepared.
Saito Asuka saw many dishes placed on the dining table, and the aroma filled the air.
After sitting down, Nishino Kazuki opened a bottle of red wine and poured a glass for everyone.
"Let's all cheers, happy graduation Asuka-chan!" Nishino Kazuki said, raising his glass.
The three girls also raised their goblets and several of them clinked them.
Nishino Kazuki took a big sip, while Ikuta Erika and Nishino Nanase took a sip.
Saito Asuka raised his head and took a sip.
The tip of her tongue was hit by bitterness, so she simply drank it in a big gulp, finishing the half glass of red wine that she had poured into it.
"Drink slowly." Erika Ikuta shouted.
"I'm a little thirsty." Asuka Saito's explanation was as strange as ever and a bit clumsy.
Nishino Kazuki poured her wine again, but only a small amount, fearing that she would drink it all in one gulp again.
........
Late at night, Saito Asuka was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing the pajamas he brought.
She had just finished taking a shower and felt a little dizzy. The red wine seemed to have mixed into her blood and affected her thinking.
She took out two books from the deepest part of the suitcase. She opened the bottom one and took out a white and folded letter paper from the deepest fold.
Asuka Saito opened the letter paper, and there were densely written words on it. The bird just looked at it and raised its head blankly.
After carefully folding the letter and putting it into his pajamas pocket, Saito Asuka walked out the door.
Saito Asuka hesitated. She wandered in this section of the corridor, walking as if it were her own territory.
Finally, she walked to Nishino Kazuki's room, which she remembered when introducing the house before.
The rooms of Nishino Nanase and Ikuta Erika are elsewhere, not far from here.
The hand in Bird's pocket squeezed the letter tightly, and her conflicting and entangled mood was always with her.
She walked to the front door, raised her hand, but then lowered her head. There was silence all around. Saito Asuka could only hear her own slow breathing.
She suddenly crumpled the letter into a ball and turned around quickly.