In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 229 Going to London

[-] meters in the sky.

The gigantic plane swooped down through the clouds, and after a 12-hour flight, it was preparing to land at Heathrow Airport, thousands of kilometers away from Tokyo.

The grassland, runway, terminal building of the airport, and even the ground crew below can see more and more clearly.

After the plane landed, the lights in the cabin were turned on, and the speakers above the seats played soothing music.

Uesugi Kai closed his eyes and took a rest, opened his eyes, raised the dial on his wrist to look at the time.

10:23:56
Then he glanced sideways at the tarmac outside the window.

The sky was pitch black, only the flickering lights looked slightly more eye-catching.

He stared for a while, and when his eyes got used to the light, he remembered that it was Tokyo time on the watch, and now he was in London, England.

The time is moved back 8 hours.

02:24:46
The plane came to a standstill and the engines went out.

After waiting for a while, people in the cabin unfastened their seat belts one after another, got up and took out their backpacks and suitcases from the overhead cabinets.

Sitting next to Kaoru Uesugi was an English lady, and every time he looked out the window, he would see her thinking profile.

Like a cultured person.

When he got up to take down the luggage, he also helped her put the box down.

The blond lady stared into his face, smiled and said in English:

"Thank you, you are very personable."

Kaoru Uesugi also replied in English with his schoolbag on his back: "It's nothing."

Under the sound of the plane's announcement and the soles of the passengers hitting the cabin, Kai Uesugi left the cabin.

Cross the exit bridge and come to the wide ground below.

The rows of lights in the terminal building not far away were as bright as fire trees and silver flowers, illuminating the dark Heathrow Airport, and the night sky in London seemed to be rendered a layer of reddish because of this.

Feeling the breeze on his face, Kai Uesugi couldn't help but take a few more breaths.

It's not that the air in London is so good, but that it's the first time I come to this place, and I feel a lot of freshness.

Also because of the 12-hour airtight environment inside the plane, he missed the open air even more.

Kai Uesugi boarded the bus to the terminal.

This was his first time abroad, and he was surrounded by mostly blond, bearded foreigners.

And it's full of perfume.

Well-dressed men have a stronger scent than women.

After getting off the bus and finding his luggage, Kai Uesugi continued to walk out.

Outside was a circle of people waiting for their relatives to get off the plane. After scanning all the faces in the crowd, he buried his head and continued to walk outside.

Maybe there is so little hope.

But he didn't tell her about his coming to England, so it was impossible to wait for her pick-up.

Kai Uesugi dragged his luggage and walked to a bakery shop full of exotic decorations in the airport.

Take a look at the price list.

"A croissant, thank you."

After paying 3 pounds, he sat on a chair in the airport, put his luggage beside him, and ate bread wrapped in kraft paper in his hand.

Eating bread alone in the airport after getting off the plane.

Uesugi also had to laugh at himself: It sounds lonely just by sounding.

After eating half of the bread, he started flipping through his phone, thinking about which hotel to rest tonight.

How to find her secretly without notifying her tomorrow.

Every time he thought about regretting inviting her back to Tokyo directly, Kai Uesugi felt a little unwilling to see her again.

If she really promised herself without hesitation, does that mean she will never grow up?

But when he raised his head, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a yellow round hat opposite.

Perhaps it was because he was too sensitive to the figure of the person leaving with the hat on, Kai Uesugi felt as if his brain had been electrified.

The line of sight slowly moved down to the lovely sleeping face.

Pairs of high-heeled leather shoes knocked on the bright ground of the airport, and the sound of those hurried footsteps and luggage pulleys mixed with the airport broadcast echoed in my ears.

She didn't see her again for half a month, so she quietly slept on the opposite chair.

Kaoru Uesugi dragged his luggage and sat beside her.

He didn't disturb her sleep, but carefully looked at her clothes and face.

Under the small round hat pinned with white flowers, her warm face was still pink as before, and her closed eyes were as gentle as her breathing.

The white dress adorns her like a continuous rain of cherry blossoms under the white clouds in April and spring. Just one glance makes one's heart soft.

Sometimes silence is the best words.

Kaoru Uesugi just sat beside her, smelling the faint fragrance of lilies spreading from her body, and eating the remaining croissant almond bread in his hand.

In a busy airport with people coming and going, only her sweet sleeping face beside her can warm the moment of loneliness hidden in my heart.

Her eyes moved a little, and Hanamaru Hanabi, who was fading from sleepiness, opened her eyes. In a blur that was getting brighter, she found herself leaning on someone's shoulder.

It feels familiar, nostalgic, and dependable.

This feeling made her not even turn her head to look at his appearance, but still leaned on his shoulder and whispered softly:
"Your Majesty."

"."

"do you miss me?"

"Um"

"I'm not a person who can say that kind of nasty words, but I also have to admit that I missed you during the time you were away."

Uesugi Kai didn't dare to look at her face again.

"How did Huahuo know that I would come here?"

"Uncle Yuzuki told me." Hanamaru Hanabi heard that he was coming, and ran to the airport to wait just after noon, "Mr. Kai, are you here to see Hanabi?"

Don't just look.

Kaoru Uesugi was silent for a while, and then said: "Although it sounds rude, I'm here to tell you to go back."

Then, he turned his head and saw the dodging eyes of the girl who didn't dare to look at him:
"I'm sorry Kai-kun, Hanabi can't go back yet."

hum. hum.
The phone rang suddenly.

But Kaoru Uesugi just sat there without any movement.

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5:12 in the middle of the night
In Baicheng District, London, England, Uesugi Kai temporarily moved into a villa apartment through the introduction of his uncle Youyue on the phone.

With multiple herringbone wooden sloping roofs and red brick walls, you can see the fountain at the intersection of three pedestrian streets when you open the bedroom window.

The interior decoration is more modern, but there is an old-fashioned fireplace in the bedroom and living room.

Because it was too late to get here, he barely woke up from a Simmons feather bed after lunch time the next day.

Compared to Tokyo, London is much colder.

He was still wearing a short jacket and short sleeves over there, but he had to put on a coat to keep out the cold here.

Fortunately, the sun was bright, Uesugi Kai put on his clothes, put his hands on the window, and felt the warmth of the sun.

The Gothic building branch is on both sides of the road. There are many people walking and leisure in the middle of the intersection of the three pedestrian streets. The handsome guy playing the saxophone, the beautiful girl talking and laughing outside the coffee shop, and the British lady walking with a stroller.

It is also the first time for Uesugi Kai to have the opportunity to appreciate such exotic scenery, which is a rare pleasure.

However, he also knew that this area was considered a wealthy area. When he left the airport and took a taxi, he could see many homeless people sleeping on the streets and getting drunk.

In any case, it is always necessary to return to reality, what Uesugi Kai thinks about now is how to persuade Hanabi to go back.

He stared at the fountain in the middle of the street, and gradually lost his mind.

"Ding-dong-"

Uesugi Kai regained his composure, realized that it was his own doorbell ringing, went downstairs and opened the wooden door unhurriedly.

Standing outside the door was an old British lady with white hair and glasses with gold-rimmed snow chains.

In her hand she carried a basket of bread covered with a white cloth.

"Mr. Uesugi, I don't think you have had lunch yet?"

Uesugi Kai was a little puzzled because he didn't know the old lady, so he replied in English:
"This is.?"

"Guided by fate."

The old lady smiled and said a proverb, and then continued: "Mr. Hanamaru once lived here, and I am also the landlord here. Mr. Uesugi can call my name Margaret."

"Mrs. Margaret." Uesugi Kai shouted politely.

Mrs. Margaret smiled and lifted the basket in her hand: "Good boy, let me go in first, the peanut butter won't be so tasty when it gets cold."

Kaoru Uesugi immediately stepped aside:

"Please come in."

Mrs. Margaret stood by the square dining table in the living room and took out the bread, eggs, milk, jam, peanut butter, etc. inside.

The living room has good light transmission and can enjoy most of the sunlight from early morning to noon.

Kai Uesugi took out two sets of plates, knives and forks from the hanging cabinet in the kitchen and put them on the table.

Lady Margaret said:
"This is breakfast, but Mr. Uesugi seems to be sleeping a few times, and I don't want to disturb you, but it's a pity to waste so much, so I can only ask Mr. Uesugi to eat with me. breakfast."

Uesugi asked: "Did Mrs. Margaret have breakfast?"

Margaret smiled and apologized: "After all, Mr. Uesugi is here for the first time, and I also want to apologize for my negligence."

"negligence?"

Kaoru Uesugi arrived at this room very late last night, although he was dizzy with sleepiness, he still knew that someone had cleaned it carefully, and even the bed was neatly made.

He fell asleep after saluting.

Mrs. Margaret smoothed off her light-colored trench coat and sat on a chair covered with lace.

She picked up the bread and smeared jam on it, and said with a smile:

"I know that Mr. Uesugi may arrive in London very late and won't get up so early, but I still baked the bread early and went back and forth many times."

Mrs. Margaret put the bread with jam on the plate in front of Kai Uesugi, then turned around and smiled and said:

"I hope Mr. Uesugi won't hold it against me. When I was young, I was always teased by children: 'It's as bad as Margaret's toast!'"

As if recalling the past, Mrs. Margaret's smile widened under her golden glasses.

Kai Uesugi didn't see the word "terrible" in the bread on the plate, and it felt soft and fragrant when he bit into it.

Compared with the bagged bread produced by the general industrial line, it is simply in the sky.

"delicious."

Mrs. Margaret also nodded with a smile: "I am very glad that Mr. Uesugi likes it."

This apartment looks exquisitely decorated, and the chairs and solid wood tables are also expensive. Mrs. Margaret probably owns more than one of this kind of house, and she presumably is a wealthy lady from a rich family.

But it seems that there are not so many rich people who are pretentious, and they are much better for themselves as a tenant.

Perhaps this is one of the differences in Western culture, the landlord will even have breakfast with the tenant.

——Although he Uesugi did not pay.

He tried to talk and asked:
"Mrs. Margaret, Mr. Hanamaru you mentioned just now, are you referring to Yuzuki Hanamaru?"

"Yes, Mr. Hanamaru and her sister have lived with me for a while, they are a very loving couple of young people."

Uncle's older sister is Hanamaru Hazuki, Hanabi's aunt.

It seems that her daughter is also studying here with Hanabi.

Mrs. Margaret wiped her mouth with a tissue: "Mr. Uesugi came here to bring Ms. Hanamaru back to Tokyo? Well, Mr. Yuzuki told me."

"Yes."

"Did you tell her the purpose?" Mrs. Margaret saw the ring on his ring finger, which was the same as the ring she had seen on Hanamaru Hanabi's hand before.

"She doesn't seem to want to go back with me."

"She rejected you?" Mrs. Margaret said with an unbelievable expression, "When she came to live with me, I could often see her missing you. I understand. A girl misses you." look."

"Maybe. She has something else to do."

Until the lunch that was supposed to be breakfast, Kaoru Uesugi wondered why he was rejected.

Could it be that he spoke too fast?

As soon as he got off the plane, he directly stated his purpose, so that Hanamaru Hanabi, who was trying to adapt to the environment here, suddenly couldn't accept it?

Hanabi lived across the street, and learned from Mrs. Margaret's conversation that her cousin also lived there.

There is also the lady's house.

In the street, pigeons are pecking at the crumbs sprinkled by the residents by the fountain.

Today is Sunday, so Hanabi probably won't be in class.

Kaoru Uesugi happened to pay a visit to the house across the street.

The house is next to the roadside cafe, and there is an attic balcony for drinking tea on the second floor.

He walked to the door of the room dotted with potted greenery and knocked on the door.

Wait some time.

The door was opened by Hanabi's cousin, Hanamaru Yuuki.

She obviously recognized Uesugi Kai, narrowing her eyes:
"Oh~ I'm here to find Hanabi."

"Ah."

Hanamaru Yuki pulled the door open, smiled and said, "Okay, okay, come in, let's say yes first, the first floor is mine, and the second floor is for Hanabi."

Kaoru Uesugi didn't care about her, but when he entered, there were drawing boards all over the room and paints all over the ground.

It's too messy, everything piled up together.

"you."

"It's called art," Hanamaru Yuki said nonchalantly, "Would you like to see my latest painting "Girl in the Pool"?"

She pointed to a panel with mostly blue paintings.

Kaoru Uesugi doesn't want to criticize or praise her, but he has to say that the painting is very good.

At least the beauty of the girl is well drawn.

"Have you eaten yet?" he asked.

"No, and I want you to look at the paintings, not to care about whether I eat or not."

Kai Uesugi knew that she didn't eat it, and if she didn't eat it, it was because Hanabi didn't eat it.

Hanamaru Yuki asked proudly: "How is the painting? It was just finished two days ago."

"Well, very good, at least to the extent that an ordinary person like me can appreciate it."

Kaoru Uesugi made a few perfunctory sentences, then walked through several painted cardboard boxes, stepped on the wooden spiral staircase, and walked to the second floor.

(End of this chapter)