In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 379 Extra Story Horizon 5
"Master Uesugi!"

"Ah, it's you."

Kaoru Uesugi stood at the entrance, looking at the man in a suit and glasses standing at the door with a tired look on his face.

"Please come back."

"Master Uesugi!"

The man was holding an umbrella full of water droplets. He quickly reached out to block the door that was about to be closed, his expression a little excited.

"Uesugi-sensei, the deadline is coming soon! Please be sure to submit the third volume of the novel within this week"

The force to push the door suddenly increased.

".please forgive!"

The door was suddenly opened by Kai Uesugi, and he looked at the gray Tokyo sky with a tired face.

There were invisible rain lines floating there. They were thin and long, and they gathered puddles in the small courtyard in front of the house.

Uesugi Kai looked from the sky back to the man's face.

His hair under the umbrella was wet, and there were still a few drops of water that could not penetrate the hard shoulders of the suit.

"Master Uesugi!"

"Forget it, Otsu, come in." Seeing his excited look, Uesugi Kai said helplessly.

"excuse me."

Otsu Kensei followed Uesugi Kai's back and looked into the room.

The light inside was not turned on, and he was groggy. He guessed that Uesugi Kai should be sleeping at this moment, after all, his clothes were not neatly dressed.

Uesugi pointed to the kettle on the guest table: "The hot tea is on the table, pour it yourself if you're thirsty, there are unused towels in the bathroom, after you take a shower, wipe your head and go back."

After Uesugi Kai finished speaking, he was about to leave the living room and walk to the second floor in his slippers.

Otsu called him quickly: "Mr. Uesugi!"

Kaoru Uesugi stopped and turned around: "What, is there anything else?"

"That. Manuscript"

"Manuscript...? What manuscript?" Kaoru Uesugi asked suspiciously, as if he really didn't know.

"The third volume of Mengchuangfang Temple." Otsu, who was holding hot tea, hurriedly reminded.

"Novel," Uesugi Oki remembered, as if there was such a stubble, "Didn't you say to hand it in at the end of this month?"

Otsu had no choice but to remind again: "Mr. Uesugi, I have sent you text messages no less than fifty times in the last month, reminding you that the third volume will be finished this weekend!"

Kaoru Uesugi was silent for a second:
".Sorry, I haven't even started writing at the beginning."

"Oh, you didn't write at the beginning!?" Otsu sat up from the sofa all of a sudden, and almost poured the tea in his hand, he was about to despair.

The higher-ups urged him to rush Shang Shanzhao to produce the third volume. The deadline was almost here, and the author didn't even start writing at the beginning.

How is this going to be!
Is the first job in life going to be broken here? ?

He inserted his hands into his hair all at once, and the swelling of his head made him subconsciously open his mouth.

"Teacher Uesugi! Teacher Uesugi! You can't do this!" Otsu rushed over, grabbing Oi Uesugi who was about to go upstairs to sleep again.

"Relax," Uesugi Kai comforted his terrified face, "Which author does not delay the manuscript, you and your editor-in-chief explain the situation, and it will be fine if you delay it for a month."

Otsu still held his arms tightly: "Mr. Uesugi! That's what you said in May! Now it's October!! If you don't submit your manuscript, I will die!!"

"October? So it's already October." Kai Uesugi glanced at the withered lilies beside the TV.

"Uesugi-sensei, Uesugi-sensei, Uesugi-sensei!"

Uesugi Kai came back to his senses: "Okay, stop shouting, go take a shower, and go home when the rain subsides."

"But, the editor-in-chief! Manuscript! Manuscript!"

Uesugi Kai reassured him and said: "The big deal is that my novel will be cut in half. It doesn't matter if it is cut in half. The story is considered finished."

Otsu gave a look of complete disbelief: "How is it possible! The story, the story is only halfway through!"

"When the author says it's finished, it's finished. The rest is actually up to the reader's imagination. This book is just like that."

"Haha. Haha, Mr. Uesugi, you must be joking, joking, right!"

"No."

Mengchuang Fangji is a novel delivered by Kai Uesugi at the beginning of the year. He started preparations in the second week after Hanabi's death, and completed the first two volumes a month later and published it as a book.

As time goes by, the number of readers increases.

But contrary to the popularity, Uesugi Kai did not start writing the following part.

Uesugi Kai shook his head, he didn't want to say too many things.

Otsu stopped him again.

"Mr. Uesugi, your writing is so good, why can't you write more? Everyone wants to see it!"

Uesugi Kai said calmly:

"I wrote it for myself. I didn't expect it to sell well. It's the same result if I read it more or less. If more people read it, I won't write more. If fewer people read it, I won't write less."

"Since it was written for himself, why did Mr. Uesugi publish it again? Now that the first two volumes of your work have been published, you have loyal fans."

"Reading is just for fun."

"Where to write?"

"Writing is love."

"Where will it be published?"

"Publishing is commemoration."

Uesugi Kai glanced at him, and found that he was still determined to write down, so he sighed and reluctantly agreed:
"Two days later, at six o'clock in the morning, come to me in your black suit and black umbrella. As long as you stay with me for a few hours, I promise you to continue writing."

"real!?"

"Yeah." Kaoru Uesugi nodded.

"The editor-in-chief. I'll go back today. What should I say?"

"Don't worry, you will be scolded at most, remember to take a shower before going back, or you will catch a cold if you get caught in the rain."

Uesugi Kai waved his hand, turned and walked upstairs.

Otsu breathed a sigh of relief, he was saved.
He relaxed and looked around. The layout of the living room always made him feel that something was missing, but there seemed to be nothing missing.

After Uesugi Kai finished the bathroom, Otsu went to the bedroom, said goodbye to Uesugi Kai, and returned to the publishing house where he worked.

As Uesugi Kai said, the editor-in-chief did not embarrass him, but because Uesugi Kai said he was willing to start writing, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile and encouraged him to say a good job.

Two days later, on October [-]th.

Otsu almost rang the doorbell of Kai Uesugi's house with a pinch.

After almost a few seconds, the door opened.

The other party seems to have been prepared.

Kaoru Uesugi stood at the entrance, his clothes neatly dressed, he patted on the silver dial, obviously he had already packed his outfit for going out.

"Ms. Uesugi, did you not sleep all night?"

Otsu noticed that his face was a little tired, but it was the same way when he saw him last time, feeling a little decadent.

"Yeah." Kai Uesugi responded casually, "Let's go, go out first, don't disturb my two younger sisters who are still sleeping, they have to get up early to go to school."

It's still raining outside.

Once it rains, people will flow on the street, and only the sound of rain, cars, and shoes can be heard mixed together. However, this kind of chaos is a harmonious scene in a rainy day.

Tokyo is a city that is lively yet cold.

Everyone has their own direction, walking through the bustling city, people are indifferent.

"Ms. Uesugi, where is the destination?" On the tram, Otsu asked.

"In Tokyo."

Otsu followed Uesugi Kai off the tram and out of the platform.

I thought Uesugi Kai brought him to the destination, but he didn't expect that he came to the flower market to buy flowers.

The flower market at six o'clock has already started to prepare for the opening.

Out-of-season flowers are generally more expensive. Otsu found that Uesugi bought a small bunch of white lilies without bargaining. After buying, he took him back to the tram and continued to the destination.

Otsu sized him up all the way and guessed the purpose of his trip.

Uesugi Kai is very serious in his luggage. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and two pendants on his chest.

In the words of those girls?Ah.. yes, melancholy.

As for the two pendants, one is hook jade and the other is blue crystal, both are tied with very ordinary black strings.

In Otsu's impression, a talented college student like Kai Uesugi would be very popular with girls, not because of anything else, just because he is handsome and has connotations.

In terms of decoration, not to mention Gouyu for the time being, that blue crystal is definitely liked by girls.

Look expensive.

"Ms. Uesugi, are you going to confess to the young girl?" Otsu asked him with a smile.

"I'm married." Uesugi Kai looked at the city scene outside the tram window and only replied.

"Married? It's so early, so you are going to visit your wife now? Why doesn't your wife live with you?"

"."

It wasn't until he got out of the car and walked into the rainy and foggy mountains that Otsu knew why Kai Uesugi didn't live with his wife.

In front of you is a cemetery full of flowers.

When Otsu saw these things, he suddenly felt that the rain falling around him became much cooler.

He guessed the reason and didn't speak again.

Uesugi Kai didn't say a word during this period, and led him to walk on the cold corridor stones in the cemetery.

Every tablet they passed was written with their names, dates, and identities in front of them.

"She likes to eat chili very much, although I can't do it, so the meals she cooks are usually divided into two portions, one is spicy for herself, and the other is not spicy for me."

Kai Uesugi squatted on the ground and put the lily in his hand on the stone platform.

"Sorry." Otsu apologized for what he said to him with a smile on the tram.

"fine."

Kaoru Uesugi brushed the dead leaves above the stone platform with his hands

"Writing about Mengchuangfang Temple is also for this reason."

"It's Mr. Uesugi, do you want to use a book to commemorate your wife?"

Kaoru Uesugi shook his head.

"They have nothing in common."

It was raining in the open and quiet cemetery, and the moist mist was filled with a lonely atmosphere. It was bustling and crowded above the flowers, covering everything.

Otsu silently looked at Kai Uesugi who was squatting beside him, knowing that he was missing him, and didn't bother him on purpose.

Time just passed by bit by bit in the sound of rain.

"Did you see that?"

"See what?" Otsu held the black umbrella and looked around, not understanding what he was referring to.

"Horizon." Uesugi Kai's eyes seemed to reflect silver light.

"horizon?"

Otsu looked around again, but still couldn't find anything unusual. He only thought that he recalled some memories after seeing things. He lowered his voice and asked with concern:
"Uesugi-sensei, are you alright?"

"Really, you can't see." Uesugi Kai seemed to say something to himself.

The sound of rain filled the ears again.

During the interval of silence, Otsu asked something about Hanamaru Hanabi, about the reason for his death.

Kaoru Uesugi could only draw some conclusive answers from his increasingly blurred memory.

Most of them avoid talking about it.

"Let's go," Uesugi Kai stood up, "It's time to go back."

Otsu didn't speak, but only asked Uesugi when he got out of the cemetery:

"Ms. Uesugi, do you just want me to take a trip like this today? I don't understand the reason."

"Yeah, that's all. You know, I need someone who doesn't know to share my emotions. I think Otsu is a nice person."

He was quiet for a moment.

"Don't worry, the manuscript will be handed over to you next week."

Kai Uesugi looked at Shinjuku, Tokyo in the rain, and walked down the mountain.

The tram stop time is very short, and the journey back is also very short.

The tram moved on.

In Mengchuangfang Temple, the most vital and influential section is the plot where the male and female protagonists get together in the tram. They have the shyness when they first fell in love, and they express their feelings for each other without saying a word and using their own small actions. The other party's favor.

In the crowded tram, people's faces are covered with a layer of blurred graffiti, and only those in their eyes can draw clear lines.
That day in the book is spring.

That's how they are, on the same tram.

Spring day, the cherry blossoms outside the window, the familiar faces in the dream.

Kaoru Uesugi recalled it in the crowded morning rush hour.

I recalled her shy look that day, and recalled that she shyly proposed to see the cherry blossoms in the Imperial Garden with me that day.

Her hands were still warm, and her face was still red.

The difference is that now there is only one person left squeezing the crowded tram.

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In the afternoon, Kai Uesugi came to his parents' house with Aiyi and Qian Aiyi.

"Mom, I will ask you to take care of Aiyi and Qian Aiyi these two days."

Uesugi Noriko hugged Uesugi Shin, her eyes were looking at her brother's face.

"Ah, you... don't think about it? Since that day, I think your mental state has not been very good."

"How could it be? It's just that I have to write a manuscript these few days. I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of the two of them."

Aiyi looked up at Uesugi Kai: "Sister can take good care of Aiyi."

Qian Aiyi also nodded.

Kaoru Uesugi smiled at them.

"Are you okay?" Uesugi Noriko looked at him worriedly.

"fine."

"Today is Hanabi's birthday. Why don't you go and see it?"

"I went to visit."

"Why don't you come with us"

"Haha, I'm afraid it will sound embarrassing to you when I say something." Uesugi Kai tried his best to laugh.

Noriko Uesugi asked many more questions, and then took Aiyi and Qian Aiyi home, just as Uesugi Kai said, they will live in Uesugi Kai's parents' home for the next few days.

When leaving, Uesugi Kai took a special look at the Hanamaru's house next door.

When it was night, Kai Uesugi packed up the daily utensils used at home, left a note on the refrigerator saying "I'm going on a trip, don't worry about me", and left home in the rain with only an umbrella.

In front of the dark tomb, a hand wearing a silver watch picked up a wet white lily, and the top was covered with rain, which looked very bleak.

His eyes were fixed on the blinding silver light in the woods ahead.

Heart trembling faintly.

Holding an umbrella and holding flowers, he gradually approached the light.

His pupils dilated slowly, and he murmured:

"Flowers."

Next second,
Almost instantly, the silver light disappeared.

The dense rain fell again in the dark woods.

(End of this chapter)