On that day, in the ultramarine sky, the faint first quarter moon was extremely white.

Standing in front of the store, the street was full of people, and in front of a boutique jewelry store, Chao Shaoxing was still hesitant to go in.

She didn't want to buy earrings that were too cheap, they wouldn't look good when they hung up.

Because the earrings are cheap, Jiang Yuan may feel that he is also cheap, although he must not think so, but he is still unwilling to take risks.

But it is too expensive for her to afford it, and the family's savings are almost exhausted, so she has to save money to buy ingredients to make lunches.

- I can't trouble them anymore.

The curtains of the boutiques in the small malls are lifted by the people who come and go, and as the festival day approaches, more and more girls come here in groups to buy good decorations.

They are like flowers in a greenhouse, bright and brilliant.

At this time, a clerk walked out, a middle-aged woman, judging from her quick action of taking out the cigarette case, she was guilty of smoking.

Shaking the apricot in the air and meeting her eyes, the clerk's eyes were full of confusion, but he still lit the cigarette in his hand.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, until they heard her sigh as she exhaled her cigarette.

Realizing that he had stood in front of the door for too long, his face flushed, and his soul was like a balloon full of hydrogen, as light as a feather, and he was ashamed.

- Forget it.

"Aren't you going in?"

It's not the voice of the female clerk in front of you.

The voice was coming from the side, very close.

Shaking Xing in the air was startled, and when he turned sideways, a middle-aged man was standing beside him with one hand in his pocket.

A baggy white T-shirt, gray sneakers, long jeans, dark brown eyes, and messy black hair.

No matter how you look at it, he is a person who behaves frivolously, and he is a person who he never wants to be involved with.

"I'm sorry!"

Like a squirrel hit by a raindrop, he desperately wants to escape.

"Wait, isn't this a little shake apricot?"

Hearing his name from the mouth of the middle-aged man, he shook his apricot in the air and stopped in surprise and horror, and the man was also stunned.

The expression on the face of the middle-aged man in front of him changed from confusion, surprise, to excitement, and he directly looked at the apricot in the sky dumbfounded.

"Wow, it's really Xiao Shaoxing, it's the first time I've seen you so close since I came back! It's getting prettier and prettier! ”

The little face of the apricot shaking in the air was full of caution and fear, and his gaze licked every inch of his body mercilessly.

At the same time, she kept looking for this person in her memory, but she didn't remember seeing it at all?

The female clerk who was leaning against the wall stood up with a pale face, as if the man would come up and stop him whenever he made a strange move.

"I, the one who often squats in the park to watch you and Jiang Yuan play with." The middle-aged man said with a hippie smile.

Shaking the apricot in the air was stunned, as if the reincarnation of the seasons was reversed, the fruit of the fall hung on the treetops again, and the memory quietly recovered.

I have the impression that there is often a man who stays in the park all day, sometimes squatting on the sand pit, sometimes sitting on a chair in a daze, as if his clothes have never changed, and no one dares to approach him.

He was like a burnt candle, leaving only a wisp of green smoke, and only when he laughed was exceptionally gentle.

"If it feels like this, it's not uncommon for this guy to die in the park."

"It's scary"

"Is that you?"

Shaking the apricot in the air and gasping for air, it turns out that this person is not dead?

"Think of me, right? It's been a long time, I miss it! ”

Azusa Kawa Takaku's smile still retains the gentleness of his childhood, and it has not changed at all.

"Ahh......h

"You come to Jiang Yuan every morning, right? And give him the rice balls? I listened to what Jiang Yuan said. ”

"Huh?" Shaking the apricot in the air looked at him in astonishment.

"Don't be so surprised, I'm Jiang Yuanshen's adoptive father, Azusa Chuan Xiaokong, and your father used to be friends."

As if deliberately blocking the words in the speech, he only heard the first half of the sentence.

"Adoptive father? Could it be that you are the one who ran to Jinghai's house and was beaten? ”

"Pretty remarkable, isn't it?"

"What's the big deal about that..... Are you really the adoptive father who took Jiang Yuan to Tokyo? She confirmed.

"Tokyo is so nice, there are big houses everywhere, there are many beautiful girls, there are many job opportunities, and there are good food......" Azusa Kawa Koku's eyes narrowed like an innocent child, and finally sneered in a low voice, "No matter how you look at it, it's much better than Chitorijima." ”

Shaking Xingxing's heart beat suddenly, and his words seemed to be frozen in the gap between day and night, pulling and undecided.

- It was the person in front of him who took Jiang Yuanshen away.

Obviously, he knew very well in his heart that Jiang Yuanshen's behavior of leaving Zhiniao Island was necessary, and staying here would only destroy his life like himself.

But the mood of shaking the apricot in the air is still trapped in the maze, captured by a dark emotion that does not know whether it is true or false.

She pursed her lips, and the dark hole in her heart opened wider and wider.

"So what are you doing back?"

Azusa Kawa looked at the girl, her voice sounding a little bitter, with a hint of resentment.

In the pale cyan of the approaching night, her expression could not be seen clearly.

"What do you want to buy?" Azusa Kawa Takaku spoke, but did not answer her words.

"What?" Shaking the apricot in the air, the heart chuckled.

Azusa Takaku's gaze falls on the front of the boutique, and the accessories inside glow with a charming sheen in the light.

"I see you've been staying in front of the store, do you want to buy something?"

Shaking Xingxing's gaze in the air swayed like hair, and he whispered, "...... No, I just wanted to go home. ”

"Do you want to buy some good ones and show them to Jiang Yuan?"

As soon as Azusa Chuan Xiaokong asked, Chaokong's little face turned red instantly, she was too easy to understand.

A gentle wind blows through the streets, taking away the daytime hustle and bustle on the asphalt.

Asakura raised his gaze tremblingly, but Azusa Kawa Takaku was already standing at the door of the store.

"Let's go, I have so much money that I can't spend it, and buying some things is a meeting gift and an apology gift for you."

"Apology?"

"I've been staying in the park before, so you and Jiang Yuanshen can't play."

- The man in front of me really looks like an adult now.

Realizing this, Chao Kong's expression suddenly tensed, and he bowed like an apology: "You're welcome, it's okay, I'm really going home......"

The corners of Zichuan Xiaokong's mouth twitched, and he said with a mocking smile:

"So what do you want to do? Do you really want to go straight home? It's hard to go out and play once and be pretty without dressing up? If you think about it, there must be people who are more beautiful than you at the festival, and there are also people who can replace you, isn't it? ”

"Why are you talking about this ...... all of a sudden?"

"Make a decision early, no matter what you do, you can't keep running away, in short, you're already sixteen years old, don't be as timid as a little ghost."

The escape emotion that shook the apricot to the limit was instantly knocked down and ruthlessly crushed.

His words were like bait to lure Merlot into a trap, making the breath of the apricot in the air short.

When she didn't want to stand by Jiang Yuanshen's side, the girls around her could replace her existence.

After being silent for a long time, he shook the apricot in the air and nodded in centimeters.

"Uh-huh......."

Azusa Kawa Koku smiled slightly: "Hey, don't look at me like this, in fact, I have picked out good things for many Tokyo women." ”

The female clerk flicked away the cigarette she had not yet smoked, took out a piece of candy from her pocket, put it in her mouth, and walked into the store.

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When the silver earrings are dangling around the ears, they are quite flattering to the light hair.

On the waist of the Sumire purple yukata, a silver lotus knot is carefully tied.

The pink nails are coated with pale violet nail polish, and even the lips are more pink than usual, and they are coated with cherry blossom lip balm.

The geta was newly bought, basically unworn, and I've been practicing back and forth in the room for a long time these days, and now it's fine.

The little hand that shook the apricot in the air rested on the belt.

Eager eyes mixed with a calm look, and outside the window, a beautiful night swept in.

A beautiful kimono can make you feel excited, excited and antibiotic, and can regenerate a crushed heart.

Cautiously walked downstairs and looked around the living room.

That person wasn't there, he could go there and open the shrine.

"Mom, I'm out of the house."

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There is a unique silence wafting in the air, like chewing wine sealed in an altar, exuding a faint fragrance.

Jiang Yuanshen deliberately waited at the intersection not far from Chaokong Shaoxing's house.

The light of street lamps shines through the lush trees, and the river that flows down from Nakuyama is lined with benches where evening joggers rest.

Half an hour earlier than the agreed time, he was too bored to squat on the ground and look at the little ants crawling on the ground.

At this time, I heard clogs stepping on the ground, making a "knock knock" sound.

Jiang Yuanshen raised his head, saw Chaokong Shaoxing looked left and right, and stepped on the zebra crossing.

She wore a purple base and a yukata with a violet pattern, a mature dark red belt, and black hair tied in a clump as if the shadows around her were condensed.

"Have you waited a long time?"

Shaking Xing raised her hand and gently pinched the earrings, and her gaze was full of expectation.

Jiang Yuan's cautious eyes boldly looked from top to bottom, and the tip of his nose smelled the faint fragrance emanating from the girl's body.

It's a freesia flower-like, refreshing fragrance.

Her lips are like covered with a thin layer of sugar coating, sweet and moving, as long as it is wet, it will melt, and her little face is extremely delicate, is it smeared with light powder?

He deliberately didn't wait at the door of the house, just to let her dress up with confidence, but this was far beyond his expectations.

"No, I just arrived, and you look good in your yukata." Jiang Yuanshen said with a smile.

Seeing that he said it so succinctly, he shook the apricot in the sky with the bewilderment of the lost child, and timidly glanced at Jiang Yuanshen's side face.

- Didn't say it?

"You ......" a bitter smile appeared on the lips of the apricot shaken in the air, an expression of wanting to say and stopping, and his lips moved cautiously, "Why don't you wear a yukata?" ”

- Don't dare to mention it.

Jiang Yuanshen smiled a little, and pushed the bangs in front of his forehead back: "I don't like to wear that dress very much." ”

"Okay......"

On the road, the bus stop, which is invisible to an elderly person at this time on weekdays, has now lined up in a long line.

Many of them came by boat from Niigata, and you can now see passenger ships coming from the port one after another.

On the day of the festival, buses and trams run every 15 minutes, which is much more efficient.

The two of them walked towards the bus stop, because the steps were shorter than usual, which was particularly uncomfortable.

The breath of the apricot shaking in the air was trembling slightly, and the steps taken cautiously made even me feel annoyed.

- The geta is so troublesome, I want to lose all of it and walk barefoot.

"I'm sorry, am I going to go too slowly?"

"It's going to be slower compared to the people around you."

“...... Then I'll go faster. ”

"No, just follow what you're used to, because it's the first time, so it's okay if you don't have to work hard."

His clear voice is like a pen refill inserted into the softest part of the heart, so tormenting that there is nowhere to escape.

Shaking the apricot heart in the air, like a splash of water, beating high and fast.

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Today's buses run directly to Nakuyama Chitori Shrine, and it takes about 10 minutes to sit.

Chitori Shrine, near torii.

The colors of the clothes of the people who come and go are like flowers in a flower garden, competing with each other, and the hairpins of the girls make a crisp sound.

Many outsiders take pictures in front of the torii gate, and the timing of their steps away and sudden change of direction is inscrutable.

If you go up the stone steps, you will find the place where the festival vendors live.

At this time, I heard an exclamation, and when I came back to my senses, it was Takimitsu Naoko and others.

Naoko Takimitsu wears a cherry red yukata, and the ups and downs of her chest are reverie.

"Hehe, you are dressed very beautifully, does Jiang Yuan love you fiercely?" Naoko Takimitsu's silver bell-like laughter plucking her eardrums leaked from her lips.

Shaking Xingxing's ears suddenly turned red, glared at her and said, "Don't say these strange things in public." ”

"Is it possible to say anything perverted in private?" Haruya Mami smiled intriguingly, and the orange yukata pressed against her arm.

"That's not what I meant......" Shake the apricot sighed in the air.

Qing Shui Jian moved to Jiang Yuanshen's side and whispered, "Jiang Yuan, I think Takiko and Chunya are interesting to me. ”

Jiang Yuan was stunned.

"Huh?"

"They said that the yukata I wore today was very good-looking, very handsome, and it was very face-saving to walk with me."

Jiang Yuan glanced at him cautiously, and he was wearing a blue yukata with no pattern, simple and capable.

"Wow, it's a complete yukata."

"And how much money do you have with you today?"

"Borrow money?"

"It's so uncomfortable, I went to look around when you didn't come, and found that most of the shops at the festival were suffocating and high prices like slaughtering customers, and I couldn't stand it at all!"

"How rich am I in your eyes?"

"A rich man who can use a capped pen."

"That's not mine, it's been taken back a long time ago." Jiang Yuanshen said this, but still took out his wallet, "Forget it, how much do you want?" ”

Qing Shui Jian stretched out two fingers: "Twenty thousand." ”

Jiang Yuan frowned: "How much?" ”

"Twenty, twenty thousand."

"It's not that I didn't hear clearly, I'm asking you sure?"

Qing Shui Jian directly hugged Jiang Yuanshen's arm, pretending to be coquettish: "Please, Jiang Yuan, I will pay you back when my salary for odd jobs at the port is paid!" Please, please~~"

Feeling a little disgusting, Jiang Yuanshen immediately withdrew his hand.

"I can't stand it, remember to pay me back."

Took out 20,000 yen from his wallet, but fortunately, this morning Azusa Kawa Takaku gave himself 50,000, and the rest was enough.

Qing Shui Jian's eyes lit up, he took the money and pulled it in the palm of his hand, and his throat sounded like an animal:

"Be careful, girls' spending power is even more terrible than the Ebola virus."