Chapter 008. Late-night cafeteria
Opening her eyes, Yui Jingchuan found herself lying on the table.
Looking around, she saw that it was an izakaya.
If it weren't for the fact that the menu of the store was only pork soup set except for a few beers, Yui Jingchuan would have thought that she would have turned back time.
"Are you awake?"
An unfamiliar voice came from beside him, and a glass filled with water was pushed in front of Yui Jingchuan.
She turned her head to the side and saw a teenager in a school uniform.
It's Qiao Bridge.
"Hmmm......"
The headache had been relieved a lot, and Yui Jingchuan felt that her consciousness was very clear at this time.
"Where am I?"
She asked first.
The teenager should be a good person, she thinks.
However, it is a bit strange for a high school student to take himself to an izakaya with no guests late at night.
"The owner calls this a 'late-night restaurant', and although the menu is only pork soup set, he can basically cook whatever you want."
Listening to Qiao Qiao's serious introduction, Yui Jingchuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Did he think he hadn't seen that late-night drama?
But Yui Jingchuan didn't say it, I don't know why, sitting at the table, she felt that her mood was very clear, unprecedentedly clear.
"Boss."
Qiao Qiao shouted, and the boss lifted the curtain from the back kitchen and walked out.
Dressed as a typical izakaya owner, but there is no scar on his face, and he is not Kaoru Kobayashi.
Yui Jingchuan hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
"I want tofu miso soup."
"Okay."
The boss smiled slightly, nodded and went back to the back kitchen.
Yui Jingchuan looked at his busy figure and was in a trance.
Her fingers ran over the rim of the glass and spoke quietly.
"My mother died when I was in elementary school, lung cancer, and everyone said she was overworked."
"At that time, my father didn't know how to cook at all, and the other children laughed at my bento because the food in the bento was either burnt or too salty because of the soy sauce."
"Later, my father didn't know where to learn how to make a dish, and for the first time I tasted normal."
"That's tofu miso soup."
"I remember him smiling so happily when he saw me gulping down the soup."
"After that, our family ate tofu miso soup for a month."
"When I grew up, I started cooking, and the first dish I learned was tofu miso soup."
"Speaking of which, I am familiar with Zhijun because when I was socializing at the villa, he drank the tofu miso soup I made and said, 'It tastes like home'."
Yui Jingchuan said, no tears, only endless nostalgia.
She glanced at Qiao Qiao and asked.
"There is such a line in the first movie I watched with Zhijun, is life always so hard, or is it only childhood, in the movie, the answer to this question is 'always like this', nay, you say, how long will such difficult days last?"
Qiao Qiao did not answer.
The boss served a bowl of hot tofu miso soup.
The tofu is white, the green onion is green, and the bonito is light and fragrant.
Yui Jingchuan seemed to be attracted to the bowl of miso soup, and she picked up her chopsticks and took a sip of the soup.
"It's the taste of Daddy's cooking."
Her eyes widened, and she took one sip after another, drinking the miso soup without stopping.
"Salty ......"
After drinking, Yui Jingchuan muttered a whisper, and then, drank it all.
Watching Yui Jingchuan put down the bowl, Qiao Qiao sighed lightly.
"In my country, there is a proverb."
He said.
"Tomorrow is a new day."
"Hmm."
Yui Jingchuan smiled.
Sure enough, she still laughed better.
Yui Jingchuan emitted a faint glimmer of light from her body, which turned into particles and escaped, and in the end, her whole person disappeared, only a little spot of light, like a rainbow.
"In our business, this kind of thing will always happen, Qiao Jun."
The owner lit a cigarette.
Yes, Yui Jingchuan is dead.
Not long after getting on the subway, Yui Jingchuan died suddenly due to multiple days of overwork and alcohol stimulation and collapsed on the seat.
This is something that happened before Joe Bridge got on the bus.
But her spirit, for some reason, may be because of her obsession, which affected the two delinquent teenagers.
If Qiao Qiao hadn't made a move, I'm afraid the next day's news would have reported that two bodies of unknown cause of death had been found in Nakano District.
Moreover, it is very likely that the spirit of Yui Jingchuan will become a resentful spirit because of what happened tonight, endangering the world.
"It's really troublesome, there is no last train now, and the taxis in Tokyo are frighteningly expensive, and the money is not enough, alas, there is going to be a lot of bleeding, I shouldn't have been nosy if I knew it earlier, maybe when she becomes a ghost, I can increase the income of a commission."
Qiao Qiao said as if he was slightly disgusted.
"To be honest, I was also taken aback, after all, Qiao Jun, you rarely bring spirits over for me to purify, according to my impression, your methods should be more simple and rude."
The boss took a puff of his cigarette.
He is also one of the registered exorcists.
Different from Qiaoqiao's door-to-door service, the boss's means of removing spirits are very special.
This "late-night cafeteria" can only be seen by confused spirits and people with spiritual powers.
And when those spirits come to the store, the boss will cook them a dish that they have the deepest obsession with in their lives.
Wait for the geist to finish the meal, and it will be overdosed.
This is the boss's method of removing spirits.
Clean and elegant.
The pressure is very high.
I don't know how high the violent means of Biqiao Bridge are.
Qiao Qiao longs for this kind of hidden in the city, warm and leisurely way to remove spirits.
"My cultivation is too low, I will only retreat from weirdness, but I can't let her die, just take it as a thank you gift for buying suitable equipment from you before."
Qiao Qiao replied.
Sometimes, Qiao Qiao will also meet a spirit like Yui Jingchuan who has just been born and has not yet undergone qualitative changes.
He'll take it to the boss.
At least in the end, let them have a happy dream.
"Okay, I'm going home, I have class tomorrow."
Qiao Qiao picked up his schoolbag, opened the paper door, and walked out of the "late-night canteen".
......
As a result, Yui Jingchuan's body was found by the attendant of the last train to clean it, and after confirming the cause of death, the police contacted her relatives to cremate Yui Jingchuan's body and send her ashes back to her hometown.
It is worth noting that several people along the way from Nakano Station to the terminal have been in the same carriage as Yui Akikawa's body, but no one has found out that she has passed away.
In the words of one person involved:
"It's like she's asleep, a sweet dream like that, and no one wants to disturb it."
It is said that people who have ridden in that carriage will encounter good things to a greater or lesser extent.
Over time, it has become a famous spot in Tokyo.
It is called "Lucky Car of the Nakano Line".
Qiao Qiao learned about this from the newspaper through the news, and it was already a week later.
"Isn't there a good spirit in this world?"
Qiao Qiao does not deny that if he looks carefully, there may really be a good spirit.