In April, the Graduate School opened. (Graduate schools in Japan are equivalent to graduate students in Japan.)

I chose to major in social psychology, and on the day of the entrance ceremony, I sent a photo of Yu Tian in a black suit, and he replied to me about half an hour later, "It's ugly." Don't Japanese girls all wear sailor suits and miniskirts? ”

I replied with a grimace and went back, "Then I must introduce you to something like that, do you have any other requirements?" ”

After a while, Yu Tian sent a photo over, which was placed on the desk, and the people in the photo were me and Yu Tian, or the sticker photo I took with him when I was in high school.

"Just look for it like this."

I looked at my phone and smiled slightly, the atmosphere relaxed suddenly, and Yu Tian's call came.

"Tired or not? Have you eaten? ”

I looked at my new classmates who were still waiting for me on the other side, and whispered into my phone, "Not yet, but now I'm going to a party with my new classmates and professors." ”

"Well, be careful yourself and rest early."

"Okay."

Hanging up, I walked over to my classmates and went to the izakaya with them.

Since I returned to Japan, I have been in contact with Yu Tian about once every three or four days, and occasionally I will take pictures of interesting things to show him, and he will not reply quickly when he is busy with work, but every time no matter how long it is, no matter how late it is, I will always receive a reply from him.

However, after the start of school, it also symbolizes that I am also going to enter a fast-paced life, and my grades in the entrance exam are only barely passing, so the scholarship is only a consolation prize, and the proportion of tuition waivers is not high, except for the tuition and entrance fees for the first semester, I refused Si Datong's funding and decided to live independently.

The school is in Shibuya, where the rent is higher, so I rented an apartment far away from the school, one way is nearly an hour, soon after the start of school I found a part-time job in an electrical appliance store, although the daily classes are not very much, but most of the time I am always in a state on the road, every day busy from the apartment to the school, after class and non-stop to work, gradually I and Yu Tian contact is not as much as the beginning, only occasionally in the evening when I am more free I will take a picture of dinner to show him, Show off your three-legged cat cooking skills. The rest of the day seems to be busy, and occasionally the photos I send him don't get a reply until two or three days later.

In July, Tokyo entered the rainy season again, and there were a few days of typhoons, and the umbrella I bought at the convenience store was always blown or lost by my own carelessness, and a few days after I complained about it, he actually sent me an umbrella from China. Because it was sent by Yu Tian, I took it carefully every time I went out or went home, and I never lost it again.

Soon, the first semester passed, and I became familiar with my work at the electronics store, when I was about to book a plane ticket to go home for the holidays, but I received an email from the professor.

I chose the Department of Social Psychology at this school because I knew that Professor Mr. Oshima was the president of a well-known NPO (non-profit organization) in Tokyo. Joining NPO is also one of my future plans, and this time Professor Oshima wants to face the life of Chinese students in Japan, psychological investigation, need an assistant who can speak Chinese, as the only Chinese student in the class, he first thought of me.

I replied to Professor Oshima that I would think about it for a few days, and this time the work includes the initial questionnaire survey, interviews with some subjects, data statistics, and the later publication of the return visit, which will take about two months, that is, the whole summer vacation, and if I agree, I will not be able to return to my home country this time. I had to go to work in the afternoon, and when I got home in the evening, I called for the rest of the day, but no one answered, so I had to send him a message. As with the previous ones, I received a reply from Yu Tian on the third day, saying that I should make the most of this opportunity.

Actually, before I received Yu Tian's message, I had already accepted Professor Oshima's invitation.

I thought about it for a while, and finally only replied with one word: "Okay." "Go back.

Soon, Yu Tian called.

"What, upset?"

"Nope." I was a little absent-minded in my answer as I looked at the materials I had just received from Professor Oshima and searched for some of the more complex words in my electronic dictionary for translation.

Yu Tian asked, "Are you busy?" ”

"Hmm." I looked down at the thick stack of materials in my hand, even if I looked at it for a few more minutes now, it wouldn't be much help, I put the materials away, "I'm not busy now." ”

"I was on a business trip the other day and forgot to bring my phone."

It turned out that this was the case, and Yu Tian used two mobile phones separately for work and life, and it turned out that he didn't answer my phone because of this, and I began to be annoyed that I promised the professor without getting a reply from him.

"Why don't you talk again? Really angry? ”

Yu Tian asked tentatively, his voice a little tired.

"No, I'm wondering if you're tired. I can't go back this summer, so can I find a weekend to go back for two days? ”

Yu Tian smiled, "Think of me so much? But I've been busy for the past two months, and I don't have time to take care of you when you come back. ”

"I ......"

Yu Tian interrupted me, "It's almost time for you to go to dinner, I'm going to have a meeting now." ”

"Okay then."

I wanted to say I'll call him again in the evening, but after thinking about it, I still didn't say it. obviously said that he wanted to be independent, but now it seems that he can't do without him all the time. Hanging up, I looked at the time, it was really almost twelve o'clock. After packing up my things, I went to the cafeteria for a simple meal, and then calculated the time to catch the train and go to work.

Although the Japanese side has not officially reached the summer vacation, but the domestic June and July have entered the summer vacation, so during this time there are many tourists, electrical stores are also busy, Chinese staff like me are basically rushing around, which counter needs Chinese service to run over, this side has not been explained clearly, the other side is holding the manual for me to translate, the store's business hours have also been extended by two hours, by the time I get off work, I am already tired and my legs are weak. However, it was the day of payroll, so I ran towards the tram stop after work, and returned to my apartment after more than an hour, it was already past eleven o'clock.

I stood in front of the mailbox, opened, and took out a large stack of payment notices from inside, the electricity bill has been owed for more than three months, although it is summer, but I can't turn on the air conditioner, probably the voltage is limited, the whole room can only turn on one light at most, and then it will be blacked out, and the power will be cut off every half an hour, but fortunately now the salary is paid.

After sorting out the various payment slips, I sighed softly, and sure enough, I was too reluctant to say that I wanted to be independent, although this month's salary was much higher than that of the previous months, but after paying these fees, I might not have enough money to buy a tram commuter coupon next month. I picked a few of the most important ones, and the others, such as health insurance, to be paid back next month.

As soon as I turned around, I bumped into a person and said すみません casually, but I heard laughter coming from overhead.

"I don't understand."

"Huh?"

I suspected that I was dreaming, and when I looked up, I realized that the person standing in front of me was Yu Tian, who was holding a suitcase in his hand.

I rubbed my eyes, "Why are you here?" ”

"You can't take a holiday, I'll come and see you."

At that sentence, my nose was sore, but I still forced myself to laugh, "Then you can accompany me to buy something first." "Remembering that the electricity upstairs was still cut off, I was afraid that if I took Yu Tian up now, he would be worried when he saw it.

Yu Tian didn't ask much, just reached out to help me get something. I smiled and handed him the backpack, which was full of paper materials, which didn't look like a lot, and my shoulders were sore after carrying it for so long.

However, Yu Tian can easily hold it, and he can still free a hand for me.

"Not yet?"

I nodded, obediently walked over, and put my hand in his palm.

Recently, I haven't been able to cook for myself for a long time, but the rest of the day is coming, I am still ready to cook for him as a novice, but I have to go to the convenience store to pay the fee, and we bring too many things, my apartment is far away from the supermarket, and I can only buy more expensive vegetables in the convenience store.

Yu Tian didn't have any concept of the yen, I tried to choose what he liked when I took the food, and he also took a lot of fruits that I liked, but the price was not too cute, and I took the bill with me at the checkout.

Together, there are more than 100,000. Yu Tian frowned, opened the wallet and prepared to take the card, I had already paid the cash first.

"If you come to see me, of course I'm in for a treat, and my salary may be higher than yours now."

Yu Tian smiled and pinched my face as before, "Now you have the ability?" ”

"Almost."

Actually, the 100,000 was all the cash in my wallet.

Before going back to the apartment, I called the power company and made sure that they had restored the power before I opened the door and let Yu Tian in.

The room is not big, only ten square meters in total, but it is still full of kitchen and bathroom, a small bed and a small table and hanger on the floor are all the furniture in the room, fortunately I tidy up every day, it will not look messy. =%% .$][b$i]

I took a cushion and put it on the ground, took another pillow, and smiled at Yu Tian, "Because I'm the only one who lives, it's just a cushion." ”

When I was about to pour water for him, I found that there was only one cup. The table was also very small, and the two of us were preparing food together, and our hands were always accidentally touching each other. It was the same at the time of eating, and at the end the two of us shared a bowl of udon, he used chopsticks and I used a spoon.

Although it's a little simpler, it seems that my life is still good, and Yu Tian shouldn't worry too much.

In addition to those few pieces of furniture, there are also refrigerators and washing machines that I only bought in the past two months, although they are second-hand, but they are very clean. The big box that Yu Tian brought was still food, and he squatted in front of the refrigerator with a frown.

"Why is there nothing in there?"

I was washing the dishes when I turned around and looked, "Oh, it's better to buy fresh food every day." ”

This period is almost a portrayal of my life when I was 13 years old, when I went abroad for more than four years, but when I was eighteen years old, I really started to be independent =-= and then I found that it was really hard to be independent, and I worked every month to make a lot of money, but after paying various expenses, I was going to starve to death. Before that, my life was chasing stars and live, and after the power outage, it was a change of heart--, so I think independent living is really one of the steps of growth, and it is very important