Take out the red and green cover of "Norwegian Wood", there is no packaging case on the book, and Takuhisa can directly flip through the contents. It was the book he had read the most, not his favorite, but he had read it more than any other book.

It's obviously about the empty young man of the sixties, why he, the loose generation, can understand and like it, and he doesn't understand, the biggest possibility is that he has something in common with one of the characters in it.

Reiko Ishida, in the book, gave up her dream of becoming a professional pianist because of mental illness, and was mistaken for a homosexual and divorced her husband and lived in a sanatorium called "Amiryo", the roommate of the heroine Naoko, and the male protagonist Toru Watanabe had in-depth contact.

At the end of the book, she also lives in seclusion here, that is, Asahikawa.

Maybe it's the intrusion of another personality, so that Takujiu also thought he was mentally ill for a while, and when he saw that Reiko was also mentally ill, he was inexplicably substituted, right?

After taking the book, Takuhisa didn't stand still, and after looking around, he walked to the corner of the bookstore, sat down there, and read it again.

The content of the book is the same, and he can even tell the plot that happened in detail in it, but every time he reads it, it is a new experience, and he can feel new realizations.

What's more, it's more of a time-killing isn't it?

A little bit of time falls into the whirlpool, the original sleet has disappeared, and the sky has changed back to the red round sun, and the sunshine of Hexi can be felt even by Takuhisa, who is intoxicated by the world of the book.

No one bothered him in the quiet bookstore, so Takuhisa didn't notice the passage of time, and when he looked at his watch, he realized that it was about half past three.

"Before I knew it, more than an hour had passed. Takuhisa sighed.

That's the magic of books, right?

Although more than an hour has passed, Takuhisa has no intention of leaving, and he has not finished reading the book after staying for another hour.

However, the bookstore is not as quiet as before, the students in navy blue school uniforms and pleated skirts have already finished school, and Takuhisa can see many high school students preparing to enter the bookstore through the window.

The corner where Takujiu stayed was quite marginal, and he didn't think it would be affected, so as soon as it sounded, he put aside the idea of changing positions and continued to read with relish.

Everything can't go as expected, even if Tuojiu sits on the edge again, what should be disturbed will still be disturbed.

Four high school students stepped into the bookstore, three women and one man, the man was in good health, and if they met for the first time, they would probably guess if this person was from the school's basketball club.

There was also a distance between the three girls, with the two short-haired girls walking relatively close together, deliberately separating themselves from the third long-haired girl, so that the long-haired girls could get closer to the boys who might be in the basketball club.

A discerning person can also know at a glance that the long-haired girl has a special relationship with the boy.

"Suda-san, Minako and I are going to read a different book than you, so we're separated from each other first, so you and Nana Min can go. One of the short-haired girls suddenly remembered and said, but her flamboyant acting skills showed at a glance that she was making excuses for the long-haired girl Nanamo Min and the boy Suda to be alone.

Another girl named Minako also nodded in the same way, and without waiting for the two to say anything, she pulled her own hands and walked away, and the two who stayed behind could only watch them walk away helplessly.

"Uh... Hashimoto, I'm not—" Suda seemed to want to explain, but he couldn't speak clearly.

"I understand... Let's go, Suda-san. Nanami didn't say anything, she didn't take it to heart.

The two were led by the girl Hashimoto, followed by Suda, and finally stopped at the bookshelf only a row away from Takuhisa, Hashimoto picked up the book she wanted to choose, and Suda stood behind, he didn't want to buy books.

Naturally, Takuhisa could hear their footsteps, because there was a row of bookshelves, so they couldn't see Takuhisa in the corner, and Takuhisa could see them by tilting his head.

Originally, Takuhisa didn't want to pay attention, but when they spoke suddenly, Takuhisa, who was interrupted, couldn't concentrate, and his ears were unconsciously pricked up to listen to their conversation.

Although this is already a bad eavesdropping...

"Hashimoto, you... I really like to read..."After seeing that Hashimoto found a book to look like, Suda said, his eyes "whooshing" to the book, and his glasses flashed with a look of surprise, "... Are you planning to go to college?"

"yes," Hashimoto said, keeping his head down and looking at the tutorial book in his hand, "I want to go to a university in Tokyo, so I won't have that opportunity if I don't study hard." ”

"Words from the university... Isn't there one in Hokkaido? Why do you have to go to Tokyo?" Suda was puzzled.

Hashimoto poked his head out, didn't read anymore, glanced at Suda, and smiled at him, Suda was suddenly fascinated by her smile, as if he had lost his soul.

"Universities in Tokyo... It will be more convenient to go abroad in the future. Hashimoto said, afraid that Suda would not understand, and continued to explain, "I have been living here since I was born, and when I graduate from high school, I want to go to a wider place, Tokyo is just the starting point, and I want to visit New York, Barcelona, and other places." ”

"Is that so?...." Hearing Hashimoto's answer, Suda's voice was small and tinged with bitterness that only he could understand.

His grades are not good, and the biggest possibility in the future is to graduate from high school, help out in the store of his own home in Hokkaido, and may occasionally go to the basketball team of the school festival to make up the numbers, such an ordinary life is demarcated.

But compared to Hashimoto, he was like a dim little bug, small and inferior, and he didn't dare to look up at the blazing sun overhead.

Gritting his teeth, he took a deep breath and looked ugly, as if he was making a difficult decision.

"That's... Hashimoto..."He called Hashimoto again, and Hashimoto turned back impatiently.

"What's wrong, Suda?"

"At the beginning, I took the initiative to confess to you, right?"

“... yes, what's wrong?" Hashimoto asked, confused.

"After we dated, I didn't ask you to go to the movies or anything that lovers can do, and today I was alone with you, right?"

"Yes..."

Hashimoto suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, and sure enough, Suda said the key point next.

"I've always thought you were beautiful, you love to study, and you are good at sports, and I think there is really a big difference between me and you, so I'm really happy that you promised me to confess. It's just that... I wasn't sure before, but what you said just now made me really make up my mind, it's time to say it, and the distance between me and Hashimoto is still too big.

I'm sorry, let's break up. I'm really sorry to take the initiative to pursue you, and now I have made such excessive demands. ”