Chapter 30: Hoshino Wants Guidance
While waiting for lunch, Keisuke Aoi casually asked Hoshino to recommend a book to read.
He has finished watching "The Strong Wind Blows" and "Asuka Collection" given to him by Arisugawa, and is now looking for his next target.
Although the president once said to him with disgust, "Reading books is a very personal thing in the final analysis, and you don't need to mix too many preferences with others", the books she recommends are indeed worth reading.
Hoshino silently looked at Keisuke Aoi's side face fiddling with the bookshelf, and heard Keisuke Ao's voice at this time:
She opened her mouth but couldn't speak, and she didn't know what kind of book to recommend to Keisuke Ao.
Because her life is full of misfortune, even if she gets the company of Cry, it is actually at the cost of tragedy.
Happiness is too much of a luxury for her.
"What's wrong, President?" Keisuke Aoi noticed her strangeness and turned to look at her.
Hoshino seemed to isolate himself from the world for a moment, and the sense of alienation seemed to be unable to even shine into the sun.
“…… Nothing, what genre do you want to see? ”
Aokeisuke thought about it when he heard this, and said uncertainly, "Love? ”
Hoshino's gaze gradually sharpened, and she realized that she seemed to have some misunderstanding about Keisuke Ao, and the happiness that this freak wanted was clearly the quagmire she had stepped into!
She was annoyed by her trust in Keisuke Aoi for a moment, and then quickly became interested in observing the log.
Speaking of which, she was the one who pushed Keisuke Aoi into it with her own hands.
"With your frivolous and superficial aesthetics, it must be enough to go directly to those libraries to sweep the list." She said: "No matter what genre it is, Neon's perverted light author can satisfy you. ”
After saying that, she tapped her fingers lightly on the table, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Of course, I'm also happy to give you this playboy advice." ”
Keisuke Aoi blinked, thinking to himself that President Hoshino's instincts were indeed very powerful.
Both he and Hoshino get to know each other better, making it easier to anticipate each other's thoughts and actions.
But she only said four words, why did she suddenly turn on her combat effectiveness?
Is it because of his unfortunate chaebol marriage?
Tsk –
Aoi Keisuke let out an inexplicable "um" and didn't continue to ask how Neon's light author could be included in the perverted matter.
He casually pulled out a good impression book from the shelf, the name of the book was "The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy".
Keisuke Aoi walked to his seat, pulled out a chair, and sat down next to Fujiko Hoshino.
"Aren't you going to talk about it, dude?" Hoshino covered his side face with a book, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes:
"Are you going to learn from love and how to have several girls fall in love at the same time?"
The book cover in Hoshino's hand reads "I Am a Cat", and on the cover is a big white cat with bright yellow eyes, pupils thin into a slit, and several slender, fresh white whiskers blooming like flowers.
The white cat's face seemed to coincide with Hoshino, and even the two pairs of eyes were dancing with a curious divine light at the same time.
Keisuke Ao's hand, which originally wanted to turn the page, was instead covered on the book, and he sighed and asked, "President, why are you always so interested in my love life?" ”
Hoshino put down the book and took out a file box from the drawer, and on the side of the box, there was a sticky note with the name "Keisuke Aoi" written on it.
"Record."
The president's extremely thin lips are clearly lined, and the peach-pink lips outline a very charming and sarcastic smile: "The struggle history of a scumbag is very valuable for recording." ”
She had a hunch that Keisuke Aoi might one day bow his head and make a humble prayer to her.
Fujiko Hoshino was waiting for this moment.
Aoi Keisuke found that the box in Hoshino's hand was not empty, and he really didn't know what she had added to it.
"President, your prejudice against me is higher than a mountain."
"Really?"
Keisuke Aoi retracted his gaze, unexpectedly not particularly interested in the contents of the box, Hoshino's opinion of him, he preferred to experience it for himself.
"If you want to eliminate prejudice, you should confess to me." Hoshino used an affirmative tone to induce a change in Keisuke Aoi's heart.
"Yes, yes."
Qing Keisuke responded: "But give me advice...... When did the president have the attributes of a love master? ”
“……“
Hoshino was immediately a little annoyed when he heard this, Keisuke Aoi was sarcastic that she couldn't even communicate normally with ordinary people, and even had to point fingers at other people's love.
And maybe that's the most fundamental reason why Keisuke Aoi is reluctant to open up to her.
That...... In the end, it is you who need to gain experience from love?
"Bang!"
She tucked the file box back into the drawer, ignoring Keisuke's inquiring gaze before she said, "I was able to give you advice because my instincts were accurate. ”
"President, although I am suspected of boasting, my divination is not in vain."
"Anyway, it's part of the club!"
So the morning's casual conversation ended here, and Keisuke Aoi sincerely sympathized with Fujiko Hoshino's future husband.
……
Keisuke Aoi opened the book in his hand.
"The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy" tells the story of the protagonist Santiago because he had a dream one after another, dreaming that there was a treasure hidden near the pyramids of Egypt, so he sold his sheep, went south through difficulties, and crossed the sea to Africa, and the story of continuous adventures.
It can be said to be a book, or it can be said to be a fairy tale.
The so-called treasure may or may not correspond to happiness.
Qinggui thought about it, and the spirit gave feedback.
At the beginning of the story, Santiago the Shepherd falls in love with a young girl in a town, but in the end, he continues his journey to shepherd the sheep, and the next time he comes to the town will be the next year.
Traveling was a life that San Diego longed for, and he was willing to give up his seminary life, give up a stable future, choose to exchange his money for a flock, leave his hometown, eat and sleep, and travel to every land.
Aoi Keisuke was thoughtful and took some kind of inspiration from the shepherd's choice.
He flipped through dozens of pages in a row, and when he slowed down his reading, he suddenly noticed that Hoshino next to him seemed to be staring at him.
"What's the matter, President?"
Hoshino leaned over, stretched out his slender fingers, and pressed a sentence in the book.
That sentence is:
"You're so entangled with those women that you've become a part of each other's lives...... You have lost control of your life. ”
The girl's voice was low and mysterious, as if she were pronouncing some kind of prophecy, as if "the sun will still rise tomorrow."
"The book says it's a lie."
"It's not a lie."
Keisuke Aoi was silent, he knew that Hoshino's point of view was not wrong, and not everyone could choose their life at an important juncture like Santiago.
At least for him, he greedily wants to take control of other people's lives, one after another, seeking unattainable happiness, and in the end, it ends ...... He may not even be able to control his own life.
"President, why are you attacking me while you say you want to give me advice?" Keisuke Aoi sighed.
"Ah......h
Hoshino paused and retracted his body.
She just felt it because she was immersed in the plot of the book and the inner world of Keisuke Ao...... Well, there may be a reason why you subconsciously want to satirize Keisuke Ao.
"I'm just letting you see the status quo and understand the severity of the situation...... Nothing more. ”
Who made her a slave to fate?
"President, you're really twisted!" Keisuke Aoi knocked on Hoshino's head.
Some people died, but not completely......