CHAPTER XLV
In November, Kyoto is bustling with tourists during the autumn foliage season.
It began to rain early in the morning, and the endless moderate rain continued into the afternoon, the temperature dropped a little, and the crowds in the streets decreased considerably.
Qin Chuan and I each held an umbrella and walked along the embankment of the Yachuan River.
The first to speak was Qin Chuan.
"I'm going back to China, Yanagi has already told you."
"He's worried about you."
"What about you?" Qin Chuan took a few steps forward and turned around, with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, "Are you worried about me?" ”
Through the rain, I met his excessively bright eyes, but there was silence.
"Tsk." He gave me a blank look, "You, you just can't say such things." One sentence I'm worried about you, four words, is it hard to say? You hold everything in your heart, how do you deal with your boyfriend? ”
"You have to take care of it." I dodged his attack and walked to the edge of the embankment.
"Look, I'm educating you, and you're not happy anymore." Qin Chuan followed, "You don't say anything, who knows what's going on in your heart?" I see that your heart is slandering me right now. ”
He stood side by side with me: "The contradiction between people, that's how it came about. Look at the last time you sulked when you didn't agree and maxed out the other party's cards, right? ”
"Why are you ......" I was overwhelmed, "more and more mother-in-law?" ”
"Isn't it because you're doing something wrong?" Qin Chuan hit me with his umbrella, startling a string of water droplets splashing, "You are like this, people are very worried about your love life!" ”
I did overreact that day, and after I calmed down, I asked Toide to help get everything back. And Yuichi Fujisawa has been silent about this matter from beginning to end.
But this is a matter between me and Yuichi Fujisawa, so I don't have to explain it to Qin Chuan.
I took out the gift I had prepared for him from my bag and handed it to Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan was stunned and immediately took it.
"You and Yanagi, one is a book, the other is ......," he shook the box in his hand, "what is this?" ”
"Take it apart?"
"I know if I don't tear it down. Record, right? My goddess's? He smiled, pretending to be impatient, "I said you two, it's okay to collude, right?" When he gave me a book and said something for me to read on the plane, I wondered if there was a 10,000-word sensational letter written by him in the book. ”
I was silent. The 10,000-word sensational letter is not enough, maybe it is something else......
"When did you get on the plane?"
"Tonight at seven o'clock, take off from Osaka." He tucked the box under his armpit, "What?" You're going to see me off, huh? ”
"You're thinking too much."
He burst into tears: "Woo woo woo...... Sure enough, women are unreliable. ”
"Brother, let me go." I held my forehead and said helplessly.
The rain gradually smiled, we put away our umbrellas, and continued walking.
"Three years ago, when I first arrived in Kyoto, the first place I came to was Kamogawa." Qin Chuan pulled the collar of his jacket, "When I got off the plane, it was dark, so I dragged a big box and rushed to Yachuan." Isn't it...... Stupid? ”
He didn't intend to wait for me to answer, but he looked at the slowing Kamogawa River and continued, "I was on the banks of the Mochi River, and after I decided to come to Kyoto to study, I always wanted to see the difference between the Kamogawa River and the Mochi River. ”
"So, do you feel the difference?"
"In the past, I always looked at the east bank on the west bank of the Mozhi River, and I only saw the brightly lit rich area, which was flashy. But Kamogawa is different, and it makes me feel calmer than I have ever felt before. With a smile of longing, he whispered, "At that moment, I thought that I would live in such peace for the rest of my life." ”
I followed his gaze.
I have never had such a moment of certainty, even at this moment, looking at the river, I can only waver in my heart about the future.
"I used to know someone," I said, "one year we watched the fireworks in the rich area on the other side of the Mozhi River, and he said that if he was allowed to meet his own fireworks, even if it was only for a moment, he would quickly hold it in his hand." ”
"Did he succeed?"
"At that time, I couldn't quite understand his self-confidence, but he did succeed." I said, "Qin Chuan, you also have a determination like him." ”
Qin Chuan looked surprised: "Su Su, what are you doing...... Comfort me? ”
"You'll be back." I say.
He looked at me fixedly, and smiled slowly for a while.
"yes." Qin Chuan showed the most relaxed smile I've seen today, "I'll be back." I haven't finished my book yet, and there's still a lot of work to do. ”
He paused: "When I return to Kyoto and become famous, I will take you to clean up the Hankyu Department Store." When the time comes, Yanagi and I will be your porters in the back, how about it? ”
I was a little touched and nodded with him. But he threw the problem back at me: "What about you? What is the plan? He said, "Designer? Pattern maker? Open a store? If so, you should have a clear goal, right? ”
No......
The corners of my mouth stiffened unconsciously, avoiding his gaze, and I started Tai Chi: "Yes, but I'm not going to tell you." ”
"Cut, if you don't say it, you won't say it." Qin Chuan gave me a blank look.
We walked the Kamogawa embankment, said goodbye officially, and left each other in the opposite direction. I walked slowly, but after a few moments I saw a black Bentley parked on the side of the road.
The door in the back seat opened, but it was Yu Fujisawa who got out of the car.
He was waiting for me on the side of the road, and for a moment attracted the attention of countless people.
I quickened my pace and trotted towards him.
"Why are you here?"
Yuichi Fujisawa held my hand first: "Is it cold?" ”
"It's fine."
"My hands are a little cold." He opened the car door, "Get in the car, it's at a constant temperature." ”
"Hmm." I nodded, and I saw a familiar figure not far away. I looked at it, it was Kaoru Kaoru. She wears a cyan kimono and holds an umbrella in her hand.
Kaoru Kaoru met my gaze, she smiled but was a little stiff and unpredictable, she waved at me and turned away.
"How?" Yuichi Fujisawa asked softly.
"It'......s nothing," I said, "it's cold, let's go home." ”
It's only November, so how can it be so cold?