In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 359 Extra Story Horizon 3
The rain has lightened a little.

Hold an umbrella and walk in the middle of the simple countryside. If you take a photo from the back and across the street, you will have a quiet temperament.

Kai Uesugi followed behind the students alone, looking at the misty mountains in the distance.

In the unreal sky, mist piled up like a mountain, and they permeated the entire forest.

"Senior is not very interested."

"Sorry. I haven't been very excited about anything lately."

"Is it because I just had lunch that Shimamura's fried fish is delicious?"

"A little bit."

The next itinerary is to go up the mountain to visit the shrine.

Kai Uesugi always follows behind, neither far nor close to everyone.

He wanted to be quiet and alone at this moment rather than talking with laughter and laughter.

Stepping on the wet soil under your feet, you can see a lush forest.

To be honest, I came here to explore folklore and culture.

After visiting for a day, Uesugi Kai also recorded many stories circulating in the local area.

The spread of these stories has certain characteristics, such as mystery and superstition, festivals and beliefs and customs.

——Common characteristics of famous and popular literature.

Suddenly enlightened thinking and understanding, suddenly found at a certain point in time that this has already been understood by the predecessors.

One's own efforts are just re-walking the path that others have already gone through
This feeling is very disappointing.

Kaoru Uesugi doesn't think he is a genius, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with this feeling, but at this moment, he doesn't have the idea of ​​focusing all his energy on his studies.

Or rather, it can't be done.
From morning till night the next day, Kai Uesugi stayed alone in this homestay, listening to the continuous rain outside, the time passed so long.

He stood motionless by the window, through which he could see the misty mountains.

Touching the cold silver dial on his wrist, his mind was filled with memories of the past.

He thought about what Hanabi said to him with a smile on the hospital bed at the end.

I can't calm down, that smile is beautiful, but in my eyes, that beauty is full of reluctance.

At that time, Kai Uesugi could only press his head against her small forehead, hoping that the temperature would last a little longer on his forehead, even for a second longer.

After all, it disappeared.

The candles in the room were full of green flames, as if burning his soul.

In the next few days, he could only hold her favorite shark doll and sit in a room with no lights on for a whole day.

It was raining lightly outside, Uesugi Kai put his hands on the window, sucked in the fresh air, and let his mind go.

He tried not to think about it as much as possible.

Think more about your future life, don't people say look forward!

But he searched in his mind dozens of times, thought about it dozens of times, and only got a new question.

What is your goal looking forward?
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The color of the hills towards the sun gradually darkened.

—It is almost dusk.

This reminded Uesugi Kai of a book he had read before.

But now these are all indifferent things, he packed up and saluted, and found Professor Okuno in the small wooden pavilion next to the leisure area, he seemed to be writing a manuscript.

"Sorry, Professor, I want to give up this school trip."

Okuno glanced at the box behind him that had been packed long ago: "Are you going back?"

"Correct."

Professor Okuno looked at his calm and expressionless face for a while, and finally sighed:

"Qi, I hope you can cheer up a bit. You are very talented and you shouldn't give up so easily. Didn't many people like the manuscript you submitted to the newspaper a while ago?"

Kaoru Uesugi was silent for a while, trying to keep his tone as nonchalant as possible.

"It's okay, professor. I'm just worried about my two younger sisters. I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of themselves."

It was the first time Professor Okuno had heard that he had two younger sisters, but he wasn't the kind of student who would lie either.

Although this sounds like an excuse.

About him, Professor Okuno heard something from his former student Hanamaru Hiroki.

Because of this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart:
"All right, when do you plan to go back?"

"Now."

"Now? I'm afraid you'll have to catch the last train to get to Tokyo. You'd better leave tomorrow morning!"

"It's okay. There's time. I'm quitting the school trip. Is there any procedure for the school?"

Professor Okuno said: "Go back, I will help you deal with these matters, just remember to send me a message when you get home."

Uesugi Kai nodded, then bid farewell politely, turned around and opened the umbrella, stepped on the muddy path, and left the wooden pavilion.

"professor!"

About 10 minutes later, Kiyosa Takejun arrived at the small wooden pavilion.

"Professor, have you seen Senior Uesugi? The editor of the newspaper just contacted me to look for him."

"He just went back."

"Ah!? Back?"

Professor Okuno wrote down what happened today with a pen, and replied:

"Well, I just went back and said that there are two younger sisters to take care of at home."

Qing Zuozhujun murmured with some uncertainty: "I feel that the seniors of this semester are out of shape, and they stopped writing a good novel halfway through."

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At eight o'clock in the evening, Kai Uesugi took the last express train to Tokyo.

There is a red light on the track, with mountains on one side and flat land on the other. The express train is like a shooting star, piercing the blue night.

This situation reminded Uesugi who was by the window to recall the time when he and her just fell in love.

At this time, she would feel sleepy, precariously leaning on her shoulder without knowing it.

How long ago was that?
The moon made the scenery outside the window flash again and again, Uesugi Kai's eyes reflected the reflection of himself in the glass window.

Inside, he slanted his shoulders, and the girl was sleeping peacefully against him.

Her delicate little face was slightly pink, her eyes were closed quietly, her breathing was even and steady, and there was a faint scent of flowers coming from her body.

Kai Uesugi reached out to touch the cold glass, and in the blink of an eye, the sleeping girl disappeared without a trace.

Turning his head, the place beside him was empty, and looking around carefully, he was the only one in the whole carriage.

Bang Chi Bang Chi, the train is moving forward at extreme speed.

The cold wind was blowing, and it was already 9:45 in the evening when I got off the train.

The rain in Tokyo was heavier. Kaoru Uesugi was standing under the station, his umbrella was full of thumping noises.

He glanced at the concrete floor that was chilled by the rain, and because of the dim lights of the station, there was a blurred reflection under his feet.

Now that we are entering the end of autumn, the air is getting colder.

Yes, it's getting cold.

Kaoru Uesugi hated this feeling.

He pulled the zipper to the highest level to cover his chin, held the umbrella with his left hand, saluted with his right hand, and continued to walk forward.

The streets of Tokyo are much busier than the countryside, with drunk men and young women courting guests among the bustling crowds.

They are obviously the most compatible type of people. The pretty girl smiled and stepped forward to hold each other's arms. After a few words, the two embraced together and walked towards the commercial street lined with bars.

They are all indulging themselves.

Kaoru Uesugi also thought about it, but he couldn't do it.

Finding a taxi, Kaoru Uesugi drove home.

There is no light at home, Aiyi and Qian Aiyi should be asleep.

Uesugi Kaifu lightly unlocked the sound of entering the door.

He put his luggage in the entrance, walked to the bedroom on the second floor, changed into a set of washed pajamas, and then pulled up the quilt and lay down on the bed.

After returning to this bed, the body temperature finally increased a little.

Before going to bed, Uesugi Kai stared at the photo on the bedside for a while, and gently said to Hanamaru's bright smile inside:
"Good night".

In the air, only the sound of rain filled the air.

He waited for quite a while, as if he had given up, and finally turned around dully, fell on the bed and closed his eyes.

Today's days, feeling, every day is so heavy.

About six o'clock, Uesugi Oi woke up.

He got up very quickly, went to the toilet to wash, changed his clothes, and after everything was done, he sat on the bedside for a while.

咚咚
knocking.

Aiyi poked her head out through the crack of the door: "My brother is back indeed!"

"Good morning."

"Well, good morning brother."

Kai Uesugi looked at Aiyi's little face and asked her, "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Is brother making breakfast?"

"I'm doing okay. I'm working hard to learn, although I'm not as good as your sister Huahuo."

"Brother." Aiyi held the door with both hands, and she suddenly found that Kai Uesugi's mental state was not very good.

Uesugi Kai's throat moved, trying to say something, but suddenly he couldn't speak.

"I'll help you make breakfast."

He stood up on his hands and knees and walked downstairs to the kitchen.

He tried his best to keep his breakfast simple. He fried a few eggs, warmed up a few slices of bread and some bacon, and served hot milk at the end. The breakfast was complete.

Aiyi and Qian Aiyi, two little lolitas, sat across from each other, and Kai Uesugi sat on one side, the chair beside her was empty.

"Eat quickly, today I will accompany you to the school to hold a parent-teacher meeting."

As soon as Qian Aiyi picked up the chopsticks, before she had time to eat, she cautiously asked Shang Shanhao:
"Is your brother still in a bad mood?"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine, let's eat first." As Uesugi Kai said, he picked up the chopsticks, just picked up a piece of bacon and put it in his mouth, then stopped.

Unpalatable, unable to swallow.

He tried others.

The omelette and bread were ok, only the bacon was too salty.

"I'm sorry. I probably didn't pay attention to put too much. Don't eat the bacon. I'll take it and make a new one."

"Let me do it." Qian Aiyi stopped Uesugi Kai's movement and took the initiative to go to the kitchen to make some bacon again.

The method is not simply frying, but sandwiching lettuce together,

To make bacon delicious, you need to master the heat and mix it with ingredients. The texture should not be too old or undercooked.

When it was served on the table again, Kai Uesugi even tasted a little bit like when he was cooking with firework.

Thinking about it carefully, it is true that Qian Aiyi learns how to cook with her every day, so the taste is as it should be.

Kaoru Uesugi loves it.

But after eating this somewhat similar taste, he felt even more that he was not good enough to her before.

She used to cook for herself with a smile every day, and she could always be seen busy in the kitchen at night, and it was the same after she got married.

He would also come up to her and hug her while she was cooking, teasing her twice, and she would occasionally blame her, occasionally rub her head against her, and then lean on his chest.

Except for these occasions, she is always shy, like a timid kitten.

kitten is sweet and cute
But now, the kitten won't be in sight.
"It looks so much better this way!" Kaoru Uesugi tried to recall the situation when she said this sentence. It was one morning, when Hanabi was arranging her clothes, when she was about to fasten the buttons at the last moment, she suddenly raised her head and stared at him. Looking at herself, with her hands on her open clothes, there was a bright light in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Kaoru Uesugi asked.

"It's nothing." Hanamaru Hanabi buttoned the front of his shirt, slightly buried her shy face.

To Kai Uesugi, her voice was full of girlish softness and sweetness.

She pulled the shoulders of the clothes on her shoulders, Uesugi Kai also looked at herself in the mirror, unprepared, the originally shy girl suddenly hugged his waist at this time, her face was pressed against his back.

"What's wrong?" Uesugi asked with a smile.

"It's just... I just think it's very comfortable to lean on Mr. Zhao like this." The girl buried her head in embarrassment again, but her two little hands hugged him even tighter, her face pressed against his back, and she spoke in a weak voice. whispered:
"I like Kai-kun."

Uesugi Kai looked at the empty chair beside him, and when he thought that the weak "I like Kai-kun." had become a memory of the past, there was an endless void in his heart.

After all, it was his fault too.

After breakfast, Uesugi Kai made a few more cups of coffee, and then went out to send Aiyi and Qian Aiyi to school.

After getting along for so long, Uesugi Kai also regarded them as his younger sisters.

Letting them grow up day by day can be regarded as a continuation of Xiao Huahuo's regrets during his lifetime
There was a parent meeting today, and Kai Uesugi was considered their family member, and attended the face-to-face meeting with the teacher as an older brother.

Ai Yi and Chi Ai Yi and the others went to the same school that Shirogaoka, Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi went to when they were young.

Qian Aiyi has been promoted to the middle school this year, and has evolved from a primary school student to a junior high school student, which is also the so-called second-year age.

Aiyi is in the sixth grade, still a primary school student.

Qian Aiyi is a demure girl, and Aiyi likes to be noisy, and Uesugi thinks that she and Huayu should get along very well.

Speaking of when Hanayu Uesugi Kai went to see her, when she heard her calling her brother, she could always find the shadow of Hanabi calling herself "Brother Kai" in that voice.
Before, she was such a small one.

"Don't brother go to the classroom first?"

"I want to hang around here, and I'll be here before your morning meeting."

"Okay." Qian Aiyi nodded sensibly, while Aiyi said exaggeratedly: "You must come!"

Uesugi Kai nodded, expressing his agreement.

He walked all the way to the playground, and along the way, the primary school really changed a lot every year. Compared with the time when he first met Aiyiqian Aiyi and the others, only the outline remained.

Kaoru Uesugi searched for a corner beside the playground.

Once, Hanabi cried secretly under the tree in the corner because she forgot her homework and was afraid of being scolded by the teacher.

The wind blows, and the green leaves rustle overhead.

And the way she hid there crying because of trivial things was a little cute and a little funny.

Kaoru Uesugi still remembers digging out of the school from there and buying croquettes for her weak and crying little girl.

It is very narrow there, without guardrails, close to the river, with its back against the wall, and in front of it is the Kanda River that surrounds Baiqiu Elementary School.

But when Uesugi walked over, he realized that it was gone, and even the few green trees had been cut down and disappeared.

The shadow of the little girl hiding below and crying disappeared in my mind.

Kaoru Uesugi stood in the distance, silently watching the memory that was replaced by the brand new sports room.

(End of this chapter)