Chapter 13: The Lurking Crisis
"What's wrong?" Li, who was watching the play with Erlang's legs crossed, suddenly had a feeling of uneasiness, and under the applause and applause of Horikita taking the lead, the bell sound on the stage and the handsome man I saw before took the lead in bowing and thanking the audience.
"Leave, don't be in a daze!" The audience in the audience had dispersed, and Xiaodouzi struggled to carry a chair and shouted at Li, "Come and help!" β
"Oh, here we are." Shaking his head to shake off the inexplicable irritability in his mind, he walked backstage with a bench in his hand.
"It's still early, would you like Miss Suzune to go with me for some supper?" When I walked backstage, I saw Horibei was leaning in front of Suzun with a shy face, and the people in the surrounding performance troupe didn't dare to let this gold lord spoil the fun, so they all scattered and did their own things, leaving Suzune to deal with Horibei alone.
"I said why I didn't see him leave just now, so I followed him backstage." I didn't have time to manage the love pursuit of the north, and hurriedly set up two benches to go back to work.
"That's fine." Suzune bit her finger and thought about it before she responded, and Horikita, who had been ready to be rejected for a long time, was surprised and delighted. "Really? I heard it right, the ringtone! β
"But it can't be too late." Suzune winked playfully.
"Yes...... A few of you will bring some supper to the troupe, I'm in for a treat! Horikita was a little excited for a while, and he cleared his throat in the words of thanks from the people around him, and tried to contain his ecstasy, stretched out his hand and made a gentlemanly gesture, "Let's go, Miss Suzune." β
"Huh?" Watching Lingyin really leave with Horibei on the side, he was a little confused, "I still annoy him during the day, but now I actually take the initiative to send it to the door?" Woman......"
Walking to the sidelines, shaking his head and sighing, he and Xiaodouzi moved the table together.
"Two steaks, first." Waving his hand to let the waiter step back, Horikita looked at Suzune's delicate face on the other side and was a little intoxicated, "It's so beautiful." β
"Thank you." The elegant posture took a sip of the goblet, and the bell responded generously and decently.
"Lingyin, you have worked so hard in the performance troupe, and you have to travel a long way, have you ever thought about leaving there to find a stable family to marry?" Horikita stared at Suzune with burning eyes, and the meaning of his words was so straightforward that it couldn't be more straightforward.
"Mr. Horikita......"
"It's too much to call Mr. Outside, just call me Horibei." Suzune, who was just about to speak, was interrupted by Horikita's somewhat excited tone.
"That'...... Well, Horikita. Suzune leaned on the table and lifted her chin for a moment, ignoring the unobstructed snickering on Horikita's face after changing her name, she spoke, "It's true that I feel a little tired occasionally in the performance troupe, and it's also tiring for a girl to run around with a group of people, but I don't have the idea of leaving the troupe for the time being." β
"Uh-huh...... Yes? Horikita, who was listening to the constant nodding in agreement, was stunned for a moment, "Why?" If it's for the money, I'......."
"It's not just about money." Suzune shook his head and said, "The situation of the performance troupe is actually not very good now, many people have left, at this time, I can't leave Uncle Sen and them alone, and I don't want to be a vassal of a man, even if I get married, I have to save enough money and can't always look at the man's face to live, so that I have enough confidence to leave if I am unhappy in the future." β
"Suzune, what do you think...... Unique. "Horikita was stunned, and after thinking for a long time to come up with such an adjective, the idea of Suzune in this society where men are inferior to women and has no sense of feminism is really different from ordinary people." So, what about me? β
The single-celled Horikita quickly let go of the somewhat uneasy emotions that Suzune said, and asked tightly, "Miss Suzune, will you consider me as a candidate for marriage?" β
"Thank you very much, Mr. Horikita, for your kindness to me." Suzune suddenly sat up straight and said.
ββ¦β¦ What does that mean? Horikita suddenly had some bad premonitions.
"I can't accept your kindness, Mr. Horikita." Suzune's voice pierced Horikita's fragile heart like a sharp blade.
"Why ......" was silent for a few seconds, and Horibei poured a sip of red wine a little depressed, "I don't look bad, and my family background is good enough......
"It's because of your family background." Suzune was not interrupted by the slightest distraction from Horikita's decadence, and said, "Would your family background allow you to marry a girl like me who is wandering around with an unknown origin?" β
"That's it?" A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Horibei's heart, "I don't want this family business anymore, anyway, the old man is not only my son, what's the big deal!" β
"Mr. Horikita!"
ββ¦β¦ Well? Did I say something wrong? With a cold snort, Horikita looked at Suzune with some confusion.
"You're naΓ―ve to say something disrespectful." Suzune rubbed her eyebrows and didn't know how to organize the language, "Actually, I've seen people like you, a son from a superior family fell in love with a girl in the group, and he didn't say it verbally but really broke away from the family and married that girl." β
"Suzune, I can do it too!" Horikita felt as if he was being looked down upon, and stood up with a thud and tore off the precious satin clothes on his body and fell to the ground, and the people around him were attracted by Horikita's movements and cast surprised eyes, "I don't want these things!" I don't want it all! β
"Please stop, I don't doubt your determination, Mr. Hokita." Looking at the paper fan thrown on the ground and stomping on it, Suzune Horikita stopped it with some self-reproach.
"Why is that?" I thought that inviting Suzune to have supper together was the progress of the relationship, but now Horikita is looking at Suzune with some exhaustion.
"Because they're so naΓ―ve." Get up and walk to Horikita and press him back to his seat,Regretfully glanced at the precious paper fan that was trampled on,Suzune picked up the clothes on the ground and dusted off the ashes and put them on him again,Under Suzune's gentle comfort, Horikita gradually calmed down,Looking at Horibei, who didn't act out of line again,Suzune continued to speak,"The boy has been a noble son since he was a child.,It's a habit to stretch out your hands and open your mouth to eat.,There's no ability to live independently to support the family.,Girls don't know anything but perform.,They thought that as long as they loved each other, nothing could stop them......"
Horikita was silent for a while.
"But they are wrong, there are too many things that can defeat love, firewood, rice, oil and salt is the first problem, and then there is a disagreement of opinions, the boy is used to eating fine clothes and jade, he has to eat expensive and exquisite dishes for meals, he wants to drink the first spring water in the morning, and he can't sleep at all on the hard bed." Sitting back in his seat, Suzune's eyes were a little lonely, "The performance fee that the girl has accumulated is quickly spent, and the boy can't hold on anymore and returns to the family, but what about the girl?" It was because we had left the city, and she had no relatives and no lover, and she chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well......"
After saying that, there was an eerie silence between the two of them, and it was not until the waiter brought two plates of steaming steaks to the bell that he came back to his senses, and Horikita on the other side was still silent with his head down, unable to see his eyes. "Actually, I didn't plan to tell you about this, Mr. Horikita, I thought that we would leave tomorrow, maybe we won't have a chance to meet again, Mr. Horikita, you will soon forget about me."
"You're right, I'm really good for nothing." Horikita raised his head and picked up the knife and fork and slashed at the steak, there was no trace of calm in his eyes, "Eat it quickly, it's not delicious if it's cold." β
"Huh?" I didn't expect Horikita to get out of the blow so quickly, and Suzune also smiled and picked up the fork, "Don't be so arrogant." β
"No, I thought about it carefully, I don't really seem to be able to support you except by relying on my family." Horikita took the fork and waved his hand nonchalantly, "What made you change your mind and say this to me?" β
"Because I told me something about you." Suzune covered her mouth and snickered, saying a lot of heartfelt words, and unconsciously Suzune's attitude towards Horibei also became closer, "I originally thought that a second ancestor like you couldn't lift his shoulders or pick it, it looks like a perverted man, maybe he is careless, and he can't deal with you, otherwise he would have avoided you a long time ago, but the statement of leaving has made me change my opinion of you a lot." β
"Huh? I think I'm that kind of person in your eyes, but it seems to be true. Laughing at himself, Horibei shook his head and smiled bitterly, a little surprised, "It's the kid who helped you get Peiyu back, he actually said good things about me?" β
"Yes, he said that although you are arrogant but not deceitful, your mind is simple and revealing and not gloomy, and he was annoyed by the opportunity to show off in front of you, but he is not angry, and he is a good-natured person...... Although it is true that there are some straw bales. β
"What!" Horikita, who was complacent in listening to the praise, spit out the beef in his mouth when he heard the last sentence, and sorted out the table in embarrassment, and looked at Suzune suspiciously, "Suzune, you don't think I'm a straw bag, right?" β
"Hmm...... If you don't eat it, it's cold. Suzune will kill a steak and stuff it into his mouth.
"Forget it, I'm already very straw anyway." No longer dwelling on this topic, Horikita, who had no appetite, put down his knife and fork and slumped back in his chair. "If you don't think about that, Suzune, you're ...... me"
"I don't feel it."
"......" Suzune's crisp and neat answer made Horikita a little sad, twitching the corners of his mouth, Horikita looked at the candle flame that kept flickering on the table, "It's okay, I love you, it has nothing to do with you." β
"Huh?" Suzune, who was eating steak with his head down, raised his eyes a little confused.
"From Goethe, I'm not that sloppy, am I?" Horibei blinked proudly, "Did that kid named Li say anything good about me?" β
Looking at Horikita, who seemed to have let go of his burden, Suzune smiled silently. "Yes, he also said that you are very handsome and very aristocratic."
"Do you still need to say this kind of thing, is there anything else......"
"Let me think about it......"
Unlike the two people who are happy in the restaurant, another good show is being staged here.
"Takizawa, are you really leaving?" A tall and handsome figure was packing his luggage in the hotel room, and a group of people who were following the performance group were blocking the door, and Xiaodouzi asked with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry little bean." This is the man who played the thunderstorm with Suzune on stage, squatting down and rubbing Xiaodouzi's head, and an apologetic look appeared on Takizawa's face, "I'm sorry everyone, too, but I'm really tired." β
"No, we're not going to let you go." A group of girls cried and cried and blocked Li in the middle, not feeling gentle at all, only feeling uncomfortable being squeezed, Li couldn't help but sobbed her mouth.
Damn, I just want to come back and lie down for a while!
"Stop arguing!" There was Uncle Sen's shouting behind him, and everyone couldn't help but stop crying and turn around to get out of the way, and the hunchbacked Uncle Sen followed a burly man behind him and walked to the door under the road where everyone dispersed, "What do you look like crying!" β
"Uncle Sen, Takizawa is leaving......" Seeing Uncle Mori seemed to see the backbone of the main heart, Xiaodouzi rubbed his eyes and sobbed and cried.
"Hmm." With a stern glance, everyone was frightened, and their hearts were cold, and they stopped crying and waited for Uncle Sen to speak.
"Didn't you tell them in advance?" Seeing that everyone was quiet, Uncle Sen asked Takizawa who was smiling bitterly, Takizawa helplessly paralyzed his hands and said, Uncle Sen turned his head to look at everyone again, "I already know what Takizawa is leaving, everyone has their own ambitions and can't be forced, let's disperse." β
Under the suppression of Uncle Sen, a group of girls cried and dispersed again, and glanced at the little beans who were still in the field and were still sobbing quietly, and Uncle Sen left slowly with his hands behind his back.
"Don't cry Little Bean." A big male man who saw him at the end of the performance group pressed Xiaodouzi's head, "You should congratulate Takizawa if he has a better place to go, you can't be trapped here because of yourself." β
"I ...... Takizawa, you have to remember our ......," Xiaodouzi wiped her tears and snot in a panic, trying to stop crying.
"Of course." Relieved, Takizawa got up and walked out the door, smiling at Li as he passed by.
"Woo......" After Takizawa left, he couldn't hold back his emotional outburst, Xiaodouzi threw himself on the bed, covered himself with a quilt, buried his head, and let out a muffled cry.
"Ugh." Dahan sighed and looked at Li, who was still standing outside the door, and smiled, "Let him cry for a while, usually they have the best relationship." By the way, my name is Kuriyama, and your name is Li, right? β
Li nodded, Kuriyama didn't say anything anymore, took off his shoes and lay on the bed, and before he could walk into the door, Kuriyama's snoring had already been heard.
"......" can you apply for Guinness at the speed of falling asleep in three seconds, right?
Listening to the constant snoring and crying in the room, it was not too late to turn around and walk outside the hostel, and there were passers-by passing by from time to time when walking on the street.
"This feeling of uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger, what the hell is going on?" The cool breeze didn't take away the anxiety in his heart, and he couldn't help but cover his chest and mumble to himself.
Not far away, on the city wall, three masked shadows were crouching at the top of the wall.
"Find him and bring back his eyes." Without any emotion, the two shadows disappeared with a whoosh in the night wind.