[Wen Ye] Do caged birds dream of butterflies?

Zai Zhi said hello, and was then pulled in by him.But even though there is a Dazai Osamu hanging on his sleeve, he still walked straight towards you without changing his expression, stopped one meter away from you, and showed you the book in his hand.

"Boss, the book you want."

"Thank you very much. Oda. Thank you for your hard work." You stood up from the ground, walked towards the visitor - your exclusive errand runner - Oda Sakunosuke, took the book, then smiled and nodded at him. "Then, I'll go to read the book first. Please accompany Mr. Dazai."

After finishing speaking, you walked past him and walked out of the study door without stopping, leaving room for the pair of friends.

***

The door closed behind you, also cutting off the faint voice.

You stand in the corridor, flipping through the book in your hand.There are two volumes in total, both newly published a few days ago.One is a romance novel written by an author you have never seen before, and the other is a new booklet of the same series of detective novels you have read before.

Well, the weather is so good today, let's read romance novels.

You happily made up your mind, and raised your head to signal the guard to open the door of the reception room.

"Have someone bring a pot of tea with muffins." You added while looking at the bright blue sky outside the window of the reception room.It's time for afternoon tea.

***

The level of selection of books by Oda Sakunosuke is as good as ever.

According to the introduction on the back cover, this author you have never seen before is a female high school student who has just debuted, and the romance novel you are holding is her debut novel.Completely different from your expected sweet love light novel, she wrote a middle-aged version of "The Sorrows of Young Werther".The male protagonist who goes to teach in a country school falls in love with the female student in his class, who is the third daughter of the most famous local gentry family and is engaged to the eldest male of another rich family.The male protagonist is deeply in the pain of a double immoral love affair. After escaping back to Tokyo, he runs into a wall in society for various reasons. After returning to the countryside again, he learns that the female student died of dystocia after getting married. In despair, he threw himself into the lake.

The author spends a lot of space describing the beauty of female students from the perspective of the male protagonist.Especially the part where the two first met.As soon as you read it, you will think of the fragment when Shimamura first saw the leaves on the train in Kawabata Yasunari's "Snow Country".

//The light just flashed across her face, but it didn't illuminate her face.It was a beam of cold light cast from afar, dimly illuminating the surroundings of her eyes.The moment her eyes overlapped with the lights, she was like a coquettish and beautiful luminous insect flying in the afterglow of the setting sun. //*

Shimamura was attracted to Ye Zi at that moment.In the book, the male protagonist who was sent to the countryside to teach by the school because of his peers was also attracted by the female students because of the surprise when they first met.

But the most wonderful thing is that until the end of the book when the hero throws himself into the lake, the author never points out her attitude towards the hero from the perspective of a female student.Unrequited love?Still in love?The full text is just right to leave a blank.

You skimmed through it and found it very interesting.Thinking that I could take a closer look at it in a few days, I put the book upside down on the tea table and started to feel dazed.

I wonder what Mr. Dazai is talking about with Oda Sakunosuke?You are a little curious but not very curious cranky.

***

Although you have "knowledged" Oda Sakunosuke for a long time and have met many times, and you trust his book buying level very much, but you are not very familiar with him.

No, it is better to say that I am not familiar with it at all.

It is different from people like Nakahara Chuya or Ozaki Koyo who will come to "chat" with you.The relationship between Oda Sakunosuke and you is purely subordinate.You call him to buy something, he buys it and delivers it to you, that's all.The dialogue between you is no different from the reporting work of Mr. Guangjin or other cadres.It's just because what you told him is personal and private, so it doesn't seem so official.

But the nature is the same.He hardly asks you questions, and you have no interest in his affairs.Even if he and Osamu Dazai became friends, the way you get along hasn't changed much.What you have for him is always nothing more than the slight kindness generated by the name "Oda Sakunosuke" and the love for "Mr. Dazai's friend".

Even if occasionally Osamu Dazai happened to be there when he came to look for you, you would just find an excuse to leave like now, and find another place to read a book for a while-it used to be your bedroom, now it is your bedroom. Your new reception room.

Sakunosuke Oda initially refused because of your status as the boss, but Osamu Dazai would not be polite to you. "Don't worry, Odasaku, there are no bugs here." The boy greeted people more skillfully than your master, "What have you been up to recently? Drinking tea or coffee? Unfortunately, there is no wine here."

Oda Sakunosuke is not very good at rejecting others, and after too many times, he was completely taken away by Osamu Dazai.Even if your excuses are getting more and more perfunctory, he is used to chatting with Osamu Dazai every time he meets you.Sometimes you sit on the floor at the door of the bedroom, and while reading a book, you can't help laughing when you hear the faint voices of two people coming from the crack of the door.

Who can refuse Mr. Dazai?Don't know when they'll find out about the whiskey you smuggled behind the teapot.

However, you can quite understand why Dazai-sensei made friends with Oda Sakunosuke.

When you think of the scene where you met Sakunosuke Oda last time, the corners of your mouth curl up slightly.At that time, the reception room had just been decorated, and you were greedy for novelty, so you made an appointment with him here.The weather was fine that day, and when he arrived, you were looking at the street view.Seeing him coming in, he pointed to the big pit that was almost connected to the skyline in the far distance outside the window and asked casually, "That one over there is Mortar Street?"

"Ah, yes." The tall red-haired man went to the window and took a look, then nodded, "Although it looks like potholes from here, in fact, everything along the edge is densely built without authorization. architecture."

"It feels like an ant nest." You narrowed your eyes. "It's unimaginable."

"I was taken aback when I first saw it."

"Isn't Oda from Yokohama?"

"I'm from Osaka." He replied in an objective and calm tone that didn't sound like he was talking about his own affairs, "but I've lived in Yokohama for many years."

"That's it."

"Hasn't Boss been to Mortar Street?"

"Yeah." You nodded, then pointed to a place casually, "Where is it?"

"It's a business district." Oda Sakunosuke replied, and then he probably noticed something, and before you asked again, he took the initiative to introduce, where is a certain street, which faction it belongs to, and what buildings there are. What does PortMafia's sphere of influence include?The so-and-so building looks like an ordinary building, but it is actually an armed arsenal.

As I talked, I realized that there is a delicious curry shop somewhere.Where does he usually buy books for you?Although it can't be seen from this angle, there is a bar in a certain alley hidden by a certain building. It is old and old underground. It is very popular among regular customers. He and Osamu Dazai sometimes go there to drink.

"What's the name of that bar?"

"Lupine."

You turn your head to look at him, the tall man is wearing a black shirt and a beige windbreaker, short red hair is messy, and there is a stubble on his face, at first glance he looks like a slovenly bachelor.Even when he was talking about his friends, there was no special expression on his face.Calm, almost cold.

But you know it's not.

Because his eyes are beautiful.From your perspective, you can clearly see the blue sky and white clouds reflected in his dark blue and nearly black pupils, as well as something more beautiful hidden under the deep blue.

There was a soft light in his eyes when he said Osamu Dazai's name.

It is the warmth and firmness that every lonely soul who walks in the dark and cold endless night wants to get close to.

except you.

***

It never occurred to you to join their conversation.

Because you know very well that no matter how good Oda Sakunosuke is, he is also Dazai-sensei's friend, not yours.

You can't be friends either.

You blinked, retracted your scattered thoughts, looked at the light reddish-brown liquid surface of the tea in the cup, and slightly curved the corners of your mouth facing your reflection inside.

Because you simply don't have any feelings that can be assigned to the existence of "friends".

11

11

Time is of little value to a caged bird.

Your 14 years passed quickly in Yokohama, then 15, 16.In a blink of an eye, you will be 17 years old.

When I woke up in the morning, the face reflected in the mirror was exactly as it was drawn by Mr. Junji Ito.Fair skin, delicate red lips, black hair like a waterfall.Under the soft and bright silky bangs are black eyes like smoky crystals, with long and thick eyelashes, like the wings of a butterfly in the night.The corners of the eyes are slightly raised, and with the only small mole under the left eye that is as clear as a dot of ink, no matter what expression you make, there is a faintly charming and glamorous look in the movement of your eyes.

That's a magical beauty that any of the various live-action actresses don't have.Even if the "trait" has been isolated, Fu Jiang's beauty is still a lethal weapon.Thanks to this face, in the past few years, the guards at your gate have changed batch after batch.Recently, even Mori Ogai, who sees you twice every three days, will occasionally lose his mind under your gaze, and then show a thoughtful expression.

Of course, it is impossible for a man like him to have taken a fancy to your face, it is only possible that he has made up his mind again or raised some vigilance.

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