In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 237 Birthday Fireworks

It has been raining for several days in a row, and the rain and fog on the streets of Baicheng are as hazy and light as a tulle in the morning.

"Really, I like your coffee so much, I will definitely come again next time!"

"Thank you."

Uesugi Kai nodded, and politely sent away a customer who seemed to be a fan.

The business will be worse on rainy days, but the customers who come here are loyal customers of the soho coffee shop.

Looking past a few window seats, he saw Miss Anna who came with an umbrella on a rainy day.

She was wearing a casual denim jacket, carrying a red bag, and wearing beige boots.

The blond hair is tied in two vertical braids.

Compared with most British women who put on weight after marriage, she still looks as young as in her 20s.

Jingle~
Miss Anna pushed open the door and walked into the store, putting the rain-soaked umbrella into the umbrella tube.

"Hey, you've been here for a month, haven't you?"

"Well, it's almost there."

"That's fine."

Miss Anna turned sideways, unzipped the zipper, and took out a stack of banknotes bundled in the backpack behind her back.

"This is...?" Kaoru Uesugi found that there was a large stack of fifty-denomination pounds.

"This is the salary, 4000 pounds," Miss Anna said with a smile, "The business in the store has improved a lot since you came, especially when there are many Asian customers who come to see you."

The agreement between Uesugi Kai and the proprietress was 1000 pounds a month. He is a novice and a temporary worker who will not work for a long time. The 1000 pounds has already been offered for the sake of Mrs. Margaret.

"Is it too much?"

"Qi, do you dislike a lot of money?"

"will not."

Kaoru Uesugi felt that the wages paid by the proprietress Anna had far exceeded the value of his own work.

"Isn't that right? Accept it. You must know that before you came, the business of our coffee shop was at a lower level. Now not only old customers like your coffee, but even new customers often come back."

Uesugi Kai's coffee is actually worse than Mr. Bryce's, but he takes much more tips these days.

"How's your guitar practice?"

"It's okay, the blisters on the fingers have disappeared."

"Well, the first time you flick it, it's easier to pull out the calluses, and it won't hurt so much when you press it, but you seem to be trying too hard."

"It should." Uesugi Kai said.

The strings of guitars are generally steel wires, and the thick ones are okay, the first string is only 0.10 inches.

It feels like you're crushing your fingers with a needle.

Miss Anna served a cup of tea brewed with hot water, and sat on the chair in front of the bar.

"I always feel that you are serious about everything you learn. Do you have any dreams?"

"Dream. It didn't exist before, but now it does."

Miss Anna looked at him curiously: "Oh? What is it?"

"With her, live a peaceful life every day."

The raindrops outside the glass fell on the brick-paved street, they splashed and disappeared quietly along the cracks.

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On Friday, October 10th, it rained for several days and finally stopped.

Kaoru Uesugi is planning Hanabi's birthday party at home with Mrs. Margaret.

Inserting a bouquet of lilies just bought from the flower market into the vase, Kai Uesugi's eyes touched for some reason.

"What's the matter, child?" Mrs. Margaret, who tied up the blown balloon, came over and asked with concern.

Uesugi Kai stared at the even more pure white flowers above the white vase.

"Just... remembered a lot of things about her."

Lady Margaret looked at the expression on his face, and at the spotless lily.

Although she didn't get along for a long time, she always felt that the girl Hanamaru Hanabi was as beautiful as a white lily.

"You have been together for so long, so there should be many stories?" Mrs. Margaret asked with a smile.

Kaoru Uesugi said in a normal tone: "There are few stories and they are very plain, but I don't think anyone will care about me like she does anymore.

"During the time I left, I always felt that my heart was missing. Every night when I went to bed, I could only think about her smiling face under the cherry blossom tree, and her weak voice calling my name."

"This feeling...has never existed before."

Seeing his motionless eyes fixed on the lily, the gray-haired Lady Margaret smiled:

"It's great. From you, I even experienced the feeling of those decades."

Kaoru Uesugi turned his head: "Speaking of which, why haven't you seen your husband and children, madam?"

"died."

Mrs. Margaret smiled indifferently and said, "We have no children either."

"More than that, no chance. I've had adenomyosis before, which is a condition in which devices are inserted into the body to stop menstruation, and I'm kept alive on expensive medication every day, and I also had complications of infertility with this disease."

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"It's cruel for a woman, isn't it?" Madam Margaret smiled, "Those days were very difficult, and he was just a waiter working in a restaurant.

"He and I often sit on the stairs together to chat when we get off work at night, talk about the strange guests he met today, and talk about the tips given by which distinguished guests he met today.

"He always told me these things tirelessly, and promised that I would definitely own a villa in Baicheng District in the future.

"At that time, I always laughed at his unrealistic dreams, because the White City is on the west side of London, and 'the rich and powerful are in the west' refers to the elite and distinguished White City.

"It's a place that everyone yearns for, and people there put on a smile every day when they go out."

"He doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, and works three jobs part-time, which was unbelievable among his friends at the time, but I know that he just used the money to buy me those expensive medicines.

"Although it was very tiring, we supported each other during those days and were always happy.

"He knew that I was infertile, but he was still willing to pay for my medical expenses. I didn't even know what to answer him."

When she said this, Mrs. Margaret couldn't help but sighed softly, because that strong and sunny face kept flashing in her mind.

"He left 43 years ago."

The lady then did not say why.

"The house where Ma'am is now?"

"I bought it myself ten years ago, so it can be regarded as an explanation to him."

Mrs. Margaret didn't go on too much on this topic, "Get ready, every birthday is only once, and the birthday is even shorter when you are young, you can organize a birthday party for Miss Huahuo, I think she must be happy."

Madam went to the kitchen to prepare pizza.

Kai Uesugi didn't know how he would feel if Hanabi's smiling face suddenly disappeared from his life.

But presumably, you will definitely lose your way forward.

Just like in the previous life - except for the increasingly haggard spirit, there is only a boring life without any change day after day.

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Two girls with painting tubes who came out of the Art Academy were on their way back.

"Really! Even though I have already rejected it, do you still think you are very artistic?"

"It's okay, Yuki, didn't you explain it."

"I mean you, sister, they also know that you are engaged."

Hanamaru Hanabi did not continue, but changed the subject and asked:
"Yuuki, are you planning my birthday party?"

Hanamaru Yuki was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily and said, "Ah? Haha. No, I just want to give you a few gifts."

"I know," Hanamaru Hanako stepped on her black shiny round shoes, "Kai-kun had blisters on his hands a few days ago from practicing the piano, I know he is a person who takes steps step by step and rarely works so hard. "

"Sister, do you think brother-in-law looks good?"

"Well, it's beautiful."

"Actually, Yuxi sometimes envies you both for being able to live such a happy life together."

Hanamaru Yuki stepped briskly on the British-style streets.

"Although I think he is a bit selfish, asking you to come and suddenly wanting you to go back, but then I think about it, it is not very romantic to have a boyfriend who misses you and is willing to put down his studies and chase thousands of kilometers away to wait for you to go back. thing?"

"Yeah." Hanamaru Hanabi flashed his appearance at the airport in his mind.

"So sister, if you still know friends like brother-in-law, be sure to introduce them to me. My requirements are not high, as long as you are handsome and focused!"

"Yuuki, do you want to fall in love?"

"Can't you?"

"Of course not, it's just that I haven't heard you say this before."

Hanamaru Yuki suddenly hugged Hanamaru Hanabi's arm, and said with a smile in front of her: "That was when I seldom met my sister before, but now I often see you and your brother-in-law sweetly, and I feel so happy.

"You will say hello in the morning, you will prepare lunch for him, and he will make a cup of coffee for you after school. Occasionally, a small look at each other is also a tacit smile."

"Isn't everything beautiful?"

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Kai Uesugi was waiting at the door, the setting sun was shining brilliantly.

If he was asked to comment on what kind of girl Hanamaru Hanabi is, his answer would be weak and strong.

She will leave the good to others, show her smile, and bury deep in her heart what she wants to say most but is afraid of disturbing others.

Gentleness is a very common attribute, but Kai Uesugi feels that he has long been inseparable from her gentleness and warmth.

Not far from the door is a fountain, and the setting sun shines the sparkling water.

The girl was carrying a backpack and holding a painting tube, walking towards him evenly in small steps.

The fiery red twilight blocked the sky, and the girl's beautiful white dress made people feel love.

Her shadow was gradually shortened, and with that soothing and even pace, her tender red face walked in front of her.

"Welcome back." Uesugi Kai smiled and said, "Where's Yuuki?"

"She said she went to buy a gift." Hanamaru Hanabi held the painting tube in front of her with both hands, raised her face, and looked at him with bright purple eyes, "Kai-kun, have you been waiting here for Hanabi?"

"Yes, I've been waiting."

"If Huahuo doesn't come back, will you wait forever?"

"Always."

"Flowers—"

"Hanabi, you—"

The two were silent at the same time.

Uesugi Kai: "You speak first."

Hanamaru Hanabi's small black round shoes stepped on the same street as him:
"Actually, Kai-kun doesn't need to hold a birthday party for Hanabi."

Uesugi Kai: "Birthday is everyone's concern for you. Do you still remember how you celebrated your birthday when you were four years old?"

"Uncle, aunt, father, mother, and Brother Zhao together."

"This is caring. Although you are in a foreign country, they will still care about you, and there will still be people around you who will hold birthday parties for you. I believe they have already called you, right?"

"Um"

"Kai-kun." Hanamaru Hanabi saw the guitar case behind him.

Kai Uesugi held out his hand to her: "Let's go, come upstairs first, there is still some time before your birthday party starts."

Hanamaru Hanako took the hand he offered, and softly responded, "Okay."

The sunset in autumn is beautiful, and the rolling clouds on the edge of the sky are dyed golden and red.

Kaoru Uesugi sat on a stool on the balcony, hugging the guitar he bought a few days ago, "I barely learned it in ten days, if you don't play well, please don't mind Hanabi."

Hanamaru Hanabi saw his callused fingers, "It's okay, Kai-kun doesn't have to do that."

Kai Uesugi plucked the strings, raised his head and said, "For Hanabi, don't you have to use your best efforts to respond? I don't think I have anything to repay her."

He lowered his head and pressed his fingers on the strings.

"I don't know how to sing, but I would still like to sing "Huahuo" for you. This is the first time I play and sing, for the girl who has been with me for 13 years and grew up together."

The breeze is floating, and the brilliance of the setting sun is circulating.

Kai Uesugi strummed the strings, and immediately sang in a soothing and youthful voice:
"A startling sound, gorgeous blooms, quietly scattered, the firework opened its arms in the night sky, the firework of love, instantly illuminated us, bloomed in the night, the withered, fine sparks quietly turned into sadness, my chest was dyed Layers of scorching heat."

Kai Uesugi has no singing experience, but when he started to sing the familiar lyrics, Hanamaru Hanabi smiled and couldn't help singing with him.

At this moment, the setting sun was shining and jumping on his face, and there were only two people on the balcony, and there was warm and somewhat sad and lyrical music:
"I miss you like a fever. Even if it's only for a moment, I don't want to leave you. I want to see you, I always want to see you. The first time I hold your hand, there is infinite love. In order not to let it slip away, we will Hold hands tightly like this, raise your head, and look at the fireworks that light up the night."

It was a song she often sang to him.

After singing together, Kai Uesugi put down the guitar, and Hanamaru Hanabi who was sitting beside him looked at each other and smiled.

"Do you think this song is very similar to us?"

Hanamaru Hanabi nodded, and asked back: "Kai-kun, do you know when Hanabi heard this song for the first time?"

"When?"

"At the Fireworks Festival the year before last, Hanabi kept flipping her phone when she got home, but she couldn't muster up the courage to confess her love to Mr. Kai while watching the fireworks together. At that time, Hanabi found this song."

Kai Uesugi suddenly remembered something, and smiled lightly: "So from then on, Hanabi, who has never been able to sing, began to sing to me occasionally?"

Hanamaru Hanabi said in a low voice: "But Kai-kun hasn't understood the meaning of Hanabi's singing for a long time. He didn't even look up the meaning behind this song."

"It's my fault that I failed to face up to our previous relationship."

"Your Majesty."

"I'm here."

"I hope we can still watch together for the remaining decades of fireworks festivals."

"Yes, it will."

"This is an agreement."

Hanamaru Hanabi stretched out her soft little finger and looked into his eyes.

"I will follow." Uesugi Kai smiled and held out his hand.

The promise, which is as brilliant as the sun, is reflected in the little fingers of men and women who are pulling and hooking each other.

The love between each other is passed on to each other when the four eyes meet.

"Let's go, today is Huahuo's 16th birthday, everyone has been preparing for it for a long time, don't keep everyone waiting."

"it is good."

Reflected in his bright eyes, the weak voice of agreement is as warm as the autumn sunset.

(End of this chapter)