"Being shot? Well...it looks like I'm going to have a few more drinks tomorrow night to celebrate."
"Ah, why do you want to celebrate?"
Glancing at the newspaper handed to him by the vendor in front of him, Haoren pondered slightly, but received the curious gaze of Science.
"Ahem, the feelings of family and country, forget it, I don't understand even if you tell me."
"Can you please Fujiwara-kun, I'm not even twenty yet, so can I drink..."
Rico blinked his big eyes, and suddenly he came over with a serious face, stretched out a bright red leg finger, and gently tapped Haoren's chest, as if to warn him.
"Even if I am an adult, Mr. Fujiwara, I would like to drink less. Alcohol is not good for your health. Drinking too much will put a serious burden on your liver..."
Although it is not the height of summer, it is still very early in the morning. There is no distorted heat wave in the afternoon, which is like being outside a steamer. Instead, there is a cool breeze blowing.
The summer wind blew up, picking up a strand of Li Ke's forehead hair, but it did not cover her very serious little face. As her orange dumpling head swayed, a hint of the girl's fragrance floated on the tip of Haoren's nose.
In the distance, cicadas chirped, and the sound was carried by the cool breeze, mixed with the girl's careful words like a wife, and passed into the ears so lightly and softly.
As he listened, Haoren couldn't help but feel warm in his heart and sighed slightly.
Then there are the benefits of having friends!
Such a warm monthly reminder may only be done among close relatives and friends.
Haoren rarely listened to Li Ke's words quietly and promised her that he would drink less in the future.
Then the two of them walked around for a while, and he suddenly suggested:
"That's wrong, Ayase-san, he took you somewhere to see something, and it happened to be nearby."
"what?"
Rico raised her pretty red face and looked up at Haoren with a hint of doubt. The neck that was inadvertently exposed by the collar was bright and red under the sunlight, exuding the unique vitality of a girl.
"I'll know when I go there."
Haoren did not explain, but let the matter pass.
After that, he took Li Ke and followed the route in his memory, passing through several lively streets, passing by a wide small square, and came to an alley.
The alley seemed like an old neighborhood in Tokyo. The road was very narrow, and a few camphor trees were sparsely planted outside the green belts on both sides. The trees were tall and thick with thick branches and leaves. Under the sunlight of the new summer moon, the green was shiny and tender.
It looks like a girl's skin.
After walking through the green belt, the two of them quickly stopped in front of an inconspicuous small bookstore.
Is there... a bookstore there?
Li Ke was slightly stunned, a little confused as to why Hong Haoren brought her to the bookstore.
Before she could ask, Haoren had already pulled her calf up and walked in quickly.
"Welcome, ah, Mr. Fu Haoren, why am I here?"
"Meow meow~!"
As soon as I entered the bookstore, I saw a sales girl in her thirties standing at the counter at the door.
Is that a married lady with her hair braided into a bun that is common in island countries and wearing a ring on her ring finger?
"Welcome" came from the wife, and it seemed that the young lady knew Haoren.
Suddenly, Science's attention was not focused on the lady, but was attracted by another voice when entering the door.
"Meow meow~!"
Perhaps because someone came in, the soft cat meowed again.
Rico quickly noticed that there seemed to be a red cat lying at the feet of the lady.
"He happened to be passing by, so he came in to see how I am, Mrs. Kobayakawa!"
"Ah, Mr. Haoren, don't call me madam, it will make him look so old. Just call him sister. Don't call him by his name. They are all fellow villagers. Just call him Lianzi."
Haoren smiled and said hello, but was met with a burst of dissatisfied complaints from the young lady.
"Okay, Sister Lianzi, it's almost summer vacation, what are my plans to go back to Xiangdong?"
Haoren nodded, not politely, and quickly changed his title.
In an island country, if there are strangers, you cannot call them by their first names. It is very impolite, so generally both parties cannot be called by their surnames.
But because of this old acquaintance from the same hometown, Haoren had no choice but to follow his lead.
That's right, old acquaintance!
That Mrs. Kobayakawa was the wife of Haoren's next-door neighbor when he lived at his grandfather's house in Xiangdong when he was a child.
Or the 30-year-old young woman who often asks him to help with farm work while her husband is away.
What kind of farm work are you doing? Planting rice in paddy fields!
Of course, although Mrs. Kobayakawa's family lives in the countryside near Tokyo, they also have a small house in the city and run a small bookstore.
Originally, her family lived in Xiangdong, but since her child reached school age, they bought a small house in the suburbs of Tokyo.
Because her husband went out to make money all year round, she did not have to be a full-time housewife at home, so she used her free time to run a small bookstore.
Normally, she lives with her children in a small house in the city. She waits until the students are on vacation before taking her children back to the countryside.
Therefore, Haoren has known the wife since he was a child, and they have been neighbors to each other. Although they have rarely met her since they grew up, in a strict sense, she is indeed an old acquaintance of his.
"He'll go back in a few days. It's not my fault. He remembers that he rarely goes back to my grandpa's house since I was in high school. When will he go back to visit?"
"Well, I will go back and take a look when I have time recently."
After being reminded by Lianzi, Haoren also reacted. To be honest, he had not returned to Xiangdong for a long time.
It seems that I am looking for a chance to go back and visit Grandpa Yidong.
"That's good, Haoren-kun, I can come and help him after I go back! Speaking of which, since my husband went out to work and came to Tokyo with his children, the paddy field at home has been abandoned. Nothing has been planted for a long time.
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If Mr. Haoren comes back next summer, remember to help your sister with farm work and plant rice in the paddy fields!"
"Well……"
Why do people say married women and young women are good?
That may not be one of the manifestations.
Although he had long anticipated that the meeting would be such a scene, Haoren felt a little embarrassed when faced with Mrs. Kobayakawa's outspoken and unabashed teasing.
Fortunately, science majors don't know much about men and women, and most of them don't understand what's going on.
"Science, Mrs. Hayakawa, she will bring me over tomorrow to ask you to take a look..."
Haoren was thinking so and turned his eyes to science, as if he wanted to change the subject, but found that it was unnecessary for him to do so.
Because Riko's attention was not there at all, but fixed on the red cat at his wife's feet.
"Fujiwara-kun, what about cats?"
Li Ke didn't hear what Haoren said clearly at all, he quickly raised his head and said with some doubts.
Because she found that the cat looked very familiar!
"Does it look familiar?"
"kindness."
Rico nodded, his big black eyes full of confusion.
"Then the cat's name is Gita. When I look at the color of its pupils, I should have an impression, right?"
Haoren smiled, squatted down, picked up the red cat, revealing a pair of pure golden cat pupils.
"Gita? Could it be..."
Riko was stunned for a moment, as if she thought of something, but before she finished speaking, Mrs. Kobayakawa who was standing next to her suddenly interjected:
"Jun Haoren, is that the one I told you about, the original owner of Gita?"
"No, not only Nogeta, Ayase also raised many cat cubs in the past."
Haoren nodded and turned his gaze to Science, with a soft color in it.
"She is a kind-hearted person. Those cats were all abandoned and were adopted by her in the end."
What still remains fresh in Haoren's memory is that when he went to attend Eucalyptus' birthday, Rico took him to an abandoned house where there were many abandoned cat cubs.
Rico was raising them all by himself. At that time, he told him that cats were not allowed at home, so he initially asked him to help find people who could adopt those cats.
"Fujiwara-kun, did I... help Gita find a home to adopt her?"
She doesn't know much about men and women in science, but she is not stupid. On the contrary, she is good at calculations and her brain works very quickly.
It didn't take long for her to understand everything. She looked up at Haoren blankly and asked as if asking for confirmation.
"I found it. Well, Mrs. Kobayakawa in front of me didn't agree. She just wanted to get a pet, so he gave Gita to her.
Not only Nogeta, but also other cat cubs, he helped find adopters..."
"Could it be that he said it casually at the beginning, Fujiwara-kun, I have always taken it to heart, and it was clear that his father had wronged me before..."
Li Ke looked a little dazed and even asked.
"Fool, what are you talking about? I asked him for help, but when did he ever refuse!"
Haoren stretched out his legs and gently tapped Li Ke's forehead, interrupting her words.
The bright lights in the bookstore shone on Li Ke's orange bun, slightly reflecting a bright luster.
Rico raised his neck slightly and stared blankly at the young man in front of him. The corners of Fang Fang's slightly raised lips had a beautiful arc, which seemed to contain indescribable warmth.
"Fujiwara-kun, I..."
Rico seemed to want to say something, but midway through her words, her words were quickly drowned in the sudden noise.
Wow!
Ignore the sound of the rain curtain hitting the window.
Tokyo's weather forecast is sometimes very inaccurate.
It was clearly reported that it would rain at noon in the east, but it was reported much earlier.
The summer breeze came in through the window, caressing the girl's cheeks, making her slightly wet eyes appear.
The rain curtain was like weaving, and the raindrops were blown into the bookstore by the wind, and slid down the girl's cheeks to her red neck. The water droplets shone in the light of the lights outside the store!
The bun of Tuanzi's hair was swayed by the wind, and was finally blown away. The short orange hair fell down, and the crystal water droplets stuck to it, hanging on the girl's smooth and delicate face.
At that moment, the science of pear blossoms and rain was really beautiful!
For no reason, Haoren felt a throbbing in his heart.
Immediately, a violent heartbeat and a familiar feeling of fullness suddenly came to Ye Chang's heart.
Wait, is there something coming out from behind?
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At the same time, on the roof of a tall building not far from the bookstore, Rumi Hoshino, who was dominated by the second personality, stood quietly on it, looking deeply.
"Hmm...is it the seventh one? It seems like you don't need my help.
I didn't expect that Riko Ayase, the illusion that I was so disdainful of, actually helped him awaken to one end.
Tsk tsk, I have to say, my descendant is really talented in picking up women!
It’s just that, it’s not enough. To get the love is the first step, and then it needs to be carved in a lock-shaped tattoo for the love to be successful..."