In the end, Konoe didn't ask the question.

Because before that, Ryoko Okano had announced one thing in advance.

Tomorrow is a day off, and everyone will have to spare time, and the Art Department of Kita Gijuku will go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum tomorrow to collect music.

Actually, it's more like looking at the paintings of some contemporary artists at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

It's not hard to show your paintings at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

In fact, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is a public exhibition hall, and some of the works in it are even works by students studying at the five major art academies in Tokyo.

Finding one's own problems by touching the paintings of people of the same age who are three or four years older than oneself is the main purpose of the Hokkugijuku Art Department's visit to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

But in fact, the things on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum are only average in the eyes of Tsukasa Higashino.

It's like a work that he thinks is 60 points and barely passes is 100 points in the eyes of others, and the different levels naturally see things from different angles.

Because of this, even if he doesn't want to show off much, what Higashino Tsukasa said looks a little arrogant in the eyes of others.

A lot of people who engage in art are actually like this, obviously you feel that what you say is actually quite normal, but in the eyes of others, it is with the special effects of 'looking down on all living beings' and 'everyone except me is garbage'.

The conversation turned.

As a public exhibition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum usually displays the works of university students and some artists who are not well-known, and they are simply "gilded" with the help of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

After all, in society, if there is a clause on the work qualifications that says 'I have exhibited my paintings at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum', wouldn't the price of my paintings skyrocket?

So let's be honest... Tsukasa Higashino was not interested in this collection.

However, gold plating is gold plating, and it still takes some strength to open your own art exhibition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Because exhibiting a work and developing a work alone are completely different things.

Tsukasa Higashino had the honor of opening two art exhibitions in his previous life, and he also belonged to the layer of fame in China, so he didn't worry about eating and drinking.

The traditional painter's line of work is only deep, and deeper.

To put it in one word, it is 'drought of drought and waterlogging of waterlogging.' ’

However, since Yoshiko Okano has said that this event cannot be absent, Tsukasa Higashino can't afford to find Ryoko Okano unhappy, and plans to free up tomorrow's time.

Ryoko Okano left after announcing the incident.

After all, taking so many students to visit the art museum still needs to go through the formalities, and the principal's documents have to be obtained.

After Ryoko Okano left, Tsukasa Higashino didn't stay long, and his oil painting was temporarily put in the studio. After two days, or on a day off, you can come back and draw two strokes.

After all, the studio of Kitagijuku is also open on its days off.

He leaned close to the ear of Ryoka Konoe, who was concentrating on gouache, and then—'wow,' she shook her all the time, and then left satisfied.

The storyboard of the third episode has been almost considered, and when I get home later, I can get the strokes, and by the way, I will make a call to Hosokawa Koharu and ask her to take the second episode of "Midnight Bell" with her.

Thinking of this, Higashino quickly walked home and bought a lot of ingredients by the way.

Now that I have a lot of money, I can't eat frozen bento from convenience stores all the time.

After all, looking at Higashino Chihaya's malnourished appearance, Higashino Tsukasa was distressed, and he felt like a father felt sorry for his daughter.

While shopping, the owner of the convenience store called out to Tsukasa Higashino with a smile: "Higashino, I usually take care of you and give you this." ”

The other party said and handed over a box of delicately packaged snacks.

"What's going on? Boss Ino? Why did you give me a snack all of a sudden? Higashino answered with a smile and took the snack.

This thing is not a valuable thing, everyone has given it away, and there is no reason for him not to accept it.

"Huh? Isn't it your birthday today? Boss Ino had an expression of 'why are you so outward': "You kid, don't notify me of your birthday, this gift is just picked casually, don't dislike it." ”

My birthday?

Tsukasa Higashino felt a little puzzled.

If he's not mistaken, the original owner's birthday should have been October 4th, and now it's only July 4th...

Why did you get to Boss Ino and become his birthday?

However, although he didn't quite understand what was going on, it was also a kindness from Boss Ino, and Higashino Tsukasa smiled and thanked him, and accepted it, and said that he was sure that there would be a return gift later.

Then Higashino walked out of the convenience store and walked towards the shopping street.

Then he felt even more inexplicable.

He has a lot of acquaintances in the shopping street, and these people have come up to give gifts, even five or six-year-old girls who don't have gifts to give, they come up and say 'happy birthday' with a smile.

"You little ones."

Higashino shook his head with a smile, then took a packet of sugar out of his pocket and gave it to them.

These little girls are the daughters of the street bosses, and they like to play with Higashino Tsukasa most often - mainly when he plays with Higashino Tsukasa, he will leave candy for himself to eat.

With two or three cheerful children's voices of 'long live', the little girls ran away, and Higashino glanced at the time, and then at the big bag in his hand, and laughed somewhat dumbly.

Today, he basically didn't pay any money, and basically everywhere he went, someone would give him gifts.

In the commercial street, the gifts given by everyone are quite down-to-earth.

The owner of the meatloaf shop gave the minced meatloaf to Tsukasa Higashino, the owner of the fish shop gave him four slices of sea bream, and the daughter of the fruit shop, Chiyo, the former flower of Shimojocho, happily gave him an extra fruit basket because Tsukasa Higashino praised her for her demeanor back then...

In addition, there are quite a few people who give gifts.

This flattered Higashino Tsukasa a little.

Because it's not his birthday at all.

However, feeling the enthusiasm of these friends of different ages, Higashino Tsukasa smiled and accepted all these invaluable, but very thoughtful gifts.

It's a big deal to return the favor.

After greeting the uncles and aunts in the commercial street, Higashino Tsukasa went home with a hand full of things.

It's just that as soon as he arrived at the door, Higashino heard the sound of ping-pong coming from inside the door.

It seems that Chihaya Higashino is knocking something inside.

Tsukasa Higashino opened the door with some confusion and entered the room with his things in his hand.

Then he saw Higashino Chihaya, sweating profusely, holding a small hammer and pounding it against a wooden plank.

"Sister Qianzao, what are you doing?"

Higashino Tsukasa frowned, took three steps and made two steps to walk up to Higashino Chihaya, and pinched her palm with one hand.

Higashino Chihaya's white fingers were also oozing blood, as if they had been hit by a hammer.

"Ace is back?" Seeing that it was Higashino Tsukasa who came back, Higashino Chihaya dropped the hammer and grabbed him excitedly: "Isn't it Ace's birthday today?" I'm going to celebrate Ace's birthday! ”

Yes?

Tsukasa Higashino suddenly came back to his senses.

He turned his head to look at the plank that Higashino had nailed to Chihaya.

It reads in crooked handwriting, 'Happy Seventeenth Birthday to Assi'.

Higashino took two more steps back and looked at the furnishings in his home.

There are colored papers hanging all around the house, which should have been bought by Chihaya Higashino from the shopping street.

I see...

It is estimated that the commercial street saw that Higashino Chihaya had bought so many things, so he asked, which is why there is a scene celebrating his wrong birthday today.

Higashino Tsukasa smiled, looking a little helpless, and it seemed that there was nothing he could do with Higashino Chihaya.

He reached out and touched Higashino Chihaya's head:

"Thank you, Sister Chihaya, I forgot, today turned out to be my birthday."

"Hey, hey... Ace has always been stupid, and he can't even remember his birthday. Sister helped you remember. Praise me! ”

Higashino Chihaya laughed stupidly twice, looking at her like this, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't stop laughing.

Smiling and smiling, he touched Higashino Chihaya's head again, and sighed in a complicated mood.

I haven't been thinking about Chihaya Higashino lately, and I haven't noticed that she is secretly preparing - she is indeed quite stupid.