July 2nd.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the scorching sun climbed higher and higher in the sky, and the sunlight shone on the glass and shattered into thousands of golden shards.

Lying outside the window, Nakuyama resembles the silhouette of a giant unknown animal, and the incomparably blue sky with clouds in its arms swims in the direction of Niigata with the wind.

"You know what? Put pickled radish and sugar in your mouth and chew it carefully, and you will feel a wonderful experience, anyway, I feel it, so you can try it too! ”

Azusa Kawa Xiaokong stared at Jiang Yuanshen with elder-like eyes, and when he saw his expression of "heresy", he snorted and laughed,

"This is the so-called bitterness of life, and it is good for the body, I can't be wrong when I say it."

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

Jiang Yuanshen didn't pay attention to him, he wanted to make something delicious for him when he finally came back, but since he liked to eat that, he would drink it casually.

"I mean, it's not good now, but it's going to be good in the future, so ah, I'm going to learn how to eat pickled turnips too."

Jiang Yuanshen took out the milk tea, closed the refrigerator, glanced at him and said:

"Even if I do, life won't be better right away, and the more subjective reason for people who eat like this is because they are poor, and most of them will even stay poor all their lives and won't get a good return."

"Huh? Are you criticizing the truth? ”

"Huh? Isn't it reality that is critical? ”

"Huh? Is that so? ”

"Huh? Not so? ”

The two looked at each other, and then Azusa Kawa Kokong smiled at the corner of his mouth, stood up and walked to the table in the living room, and took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer.

"What is this?" Jiang Yuanshen looked at the paper he stretched out.

"I asked a friend to do it, this is the transfer procedure back to Tokyo, I just cared about pulling you back without considering your feelings, and now it's your turn to make your own decision."

The middle-aged man in front of him was always smiling, but Jiang Yuanshen only frowned.

"What a self-asserted person."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Of course it's you, when I was in Tokyo, I didn't plan to go out to participate in cram school, the school club activities were enough, but you forced me to learn this and that, but I was typing in front of the computer, leisurely drinking drinks, expressing my opinion on something, it's really cool to be alone."

"Your talent is surprisingly good, aren't you satisfied with what I've done?"

"Quite dissatisfied."

"Then I've figured it out, and I'll let you decide for yourself in the future."

A suspicious smile appeared on Azusa Kawa Takaku's upright face,

"Miss Kurosawa is usually a proud person, but after being with you, she becomes childish, and she is so cute."

“.”

Seeing that Jiang Yuan was cautious and didn't speak, Azusa Kawa Xiaokong had a "I understand everything" expression on his face.

"Okay, I'll go to the community center pavilion in disguise, when are you going to go?"

"It's ten o'clock in the morning, I'll take a shower and go over."

"Okay, don't say hello to me when the time comes, if the islanders find out it's me, I might die."

Listening to his words full of ridicule, Jiang Yuanshen couldn't help grinning.

He must have taken the initiative to talk to the company, and now he is putting on a worried and scared look.

Seeing Zichuan Xiaokong stepping on the regular steps upstairs, Jiang Yuanshen heated up the milk tea.

It is a large bottle of milk tea bought on the same day by taking advantage of the benefits of Jinghai Shenyue, which is very strange, with a smell of cinnamon and ginger, and a bit of Indian milk tea.

After a while, Azusa Takaku wore a camera around his neck, a fisherman's hat, black sunglasses, and even a white mask.

"Gone!"

"Hmm."

Looking at his back as he left under the scorching sun, Jiang Yuanshen felt as if that person was about to dissolve in the summer breeze.

◇

Take the bus, and the community mansion will sit from here to the bus stop sign at the eighth stop.

The weather was very hot, and the normal world he had witnessed was now swaying like a mirage in front of Jiang Yuanshen's eyes, and the sparkling waves on the sea were like golden bubbles gushing from the bottom of a boiling pot.

When the bus arrived at the stop, as soon as Jiang Yuanshen got off the bus, the pulse of his heart was accelerating, and his head began to heat up.

For some reason, today's mood is not cheerful, but he can't find what makes him depressed.

"Be careful."

Someone is waiting for him.

The girl wore a cream-colored shirt, the white lines on the fabric were like a trailing cloud in the blue sky, and the waist-tied pleated skirt was like a dandelion on the street, swaying in the wind.

Her voice, like milk tea with the scent of cinnamon in the morning, slowly penetrates every corner of her body.

Swinging the apricot in the air, the skirt fluttering with each step, and the shadow stretching every time the black loafer stepped on the ground.

Like a reindeer wandering lonely in the forest at night, he and his lover girl who has been waiting for him meet in front of the campfire.

"It's too hot, let's go sit down first." Jiang Yuanshen said.

"Xiao Shen, is something wrong?" Looking at the absent-minded Jiang Yuanshen, he shook the apricot in the air and said with some concern.

"It's okay, I stayed up late last night and didn't sleep well."

"Really, fake."

"Fake, I'm worried that you'll have an accident with your dress being so short today."

Shaking the apricot in the air showed an ambiguous smile, pinched the hem of the skirt with his fingers and said, "Don't worry, I'm wearing safety pants inside." ”

"I don't believe it, unless you show it to me."

"No, I'm not a pervert like Naoko, I'll be on the street."

"Will she lift her skirt in the street?"

"I'm just making an analogy."

Shaking the apricot in the air and shaking her short hair that is slightly brown in the sun, and the cream shirt is full and gorgeous.

Jiang Yuanshen said jokingly: "Then you can show me when you go home." ”

Shaking Xingxing's throat suddenly twitched, and he lowered his head with a red face and said:

"That'll do"

Her tone was a little soft, and she took a bite like bread, with a childish taste.

“.”

The sudden heat of the air scorched the skin of the two people, and there was no need to deliberately suppress the excitement, and the cheeks would naturally turn red.

"Why are you frozen?" Shaking the apricot in the air, her cheeks were rosy and cast a puzzled look, and the girl's eyes from the bottom up were particularly charming.

"Ah, sorry, it's okay, let's go."

"Really?"

"Anyway, don't care, I don't have any ideas."

Jiang Yuan flickered, patted her on the shoulder, and then walked towards the community mansion. Shake the apricot in the air and follow behind him.

The community mansion is equivalent to a playground for the elderly, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.

At this time, there are already many people staying in the museum, most of them are elderly adults, I am afraid that Jiang Yuanshen is the only minor here.

"Ah~~~ The air conditioner is so comfortable~~"

In a corner where no one was around, the hand that shook the apricot in the air reached behind his neck, and he stroked his short hair with a comfortable face, and finally grabbed the hem of his skirt and fanned his inner thighs, as if because he was sweating.

Obviously she was surrounded by cold air, but the heat still quietly permeated Jiang Yuanshen's body, and it was really unclear whether she was intentional or natural.

"The lobby is over there."

Jiang Yuan looked cautiously at a gate, where someone was sitting and registering, and a queue had already formed to enter the venue.

When he came to the staff and reported his name and former address, Jiang Yuanshen walked in and sat down in a corner with Chaokong Shaoxing.

"I'm so nervous." Shake the apricot in the air with your index finger against your lips and look straight ahead.

"What's so stressful about this." Jiang Yuanshen said this, looking for the figure of Jinghai Yaren, "Have you seen the mayor?" ”

"Not yet."

"What about Naoko?"

"It's already in the Broadcasting Department, just waiting for you to send a message."

Suddenly, the noise spread like ripples, and a voice similar to a mournful roar came from all around, and a middle-aged man in a gray suit appeared in front of everyone.

A smile appeared on Masato Shizumi's face, and his eyes under the silver glasses looked around the lobby, from which he could see his overflowing confidence.

The staff pulled the banner open, and Jiang Yuanshen's eyes swept from left to right-

"Referendum on the Development of the Great Ruins of Chitori Island"

Finally, Jinghai Yaren spotted Jiang Yuanshen's intellectual and cold pupils, and looked at him through the square-framed silver-rimmed glasses.

Shaking the apricot in the air, she couldn't help but lower her head, as if she felt embarrassed, or didn't dare to look at it directly.

"Sitting here are all the islanders of Chitori Island, and our next vote will be anonymous—"

Jinghai Yaren raised his eyebrows, stared at Jiang Yuanshen without smiling, and his words revealed an incomprehensible tone.

Jiang Yuanshen frowned slightly, he was incredibly focused on voting, and it seemed that as this person said, he would not stop Jinghai Shenyue's matter.

- But why?

"Do you want to inform Naoko now?"

"No, since he's here, I want to wait until the voting is over." Jiang Yuan shook his head cautiously, it was time for the dust to settle on the big ruins.

At this time, an old man who was as thin as the shadow of a tree sat in front of Jiang Yuanshen, and when he turned his head and glanced at himself, he almost froze.

The person who didn't make the slightest noise, just sat quietly, was Grandpa Nakano, who said he was going to make a big fuss that day.

When an "abnormal" person imitates "normal", it will always give people the feeling of "abnormality", and Jiang Yuanshen felt deeply about this, not only dumbfounded.

Grandpa Nakano suddenly muttered:

"I just think everyone is busy, so it's too serious, I don't think it's necessary to continue, you can do whatever you want, I'll always be in the minority anyway."

Although Jiang Yuanshen could understand his mood very well, he still didn't respond to him after thinking about it.

◇

Jinghai Shenyue grabbed the ring with both hands, and her body shook with the tram.

She wore a baseball cap and a mask, and her hair was only long and loose around her waist.

Kurosawa sat in his position without feeling ashamed, and his sun umbrella was placed on his legs wrapped in black silk pantyhose, and his dignified and elegant sitting posture attracted the attention of many people.

The direction of her legs and knees was the opposite direction of Jinghai Shenyue.

The two didn't say a word after meeting at the station, but they were able to get on the same tram and get off at the same station with great tacit understanding.

Kurosawa took a step and jumped over the yellow line with ease, near Shuangjin Station, where the carriage was spit empty.

"Kurosawa-san, can I know what you're thinking?"

Shizumi Fukatsuki looked at Kurosawa's loving legs and blinked, and the black hair that flowed down blocked her sideburns.

Kurosawa's loving tone was a little puzzled, and she turned around, crossed her waist with one hand, and said in an unkind tone:

"You can do that too?"

"I can't do it, so I'll ask you." Jinghai Shenyue followed and stopped, her voice calm.

"Then I don't want to tell you."

Jinghai Shenyue nodded compulsively, but still spoke: "Kurosawa-san, you have such a personality, why did you come here?" ”

"Criticize me?" Kurosawa raised his eyebrows lovingly and dissatisfied.

"Rather, I think Kurosawa-san, you have a strong personality and can do a lot of things."

"Why?"

"As long as I spend time with you, anyone will feel it." Jinghai Shenyue's thin lips were slightly upturned, and her eyelids fell as if they were too dazzling.

Kurosawa's loving eyelids jumped, and she couldn't hold back her open lips, but in the end she didn't say anything.

The two walked silently all the way to the airport of the pastoral newspaper, looking down coldly at the fake blue sky.

- It's finally going to disappear from here.

As Shizumi Fukatsuki thought this, she heard footsteps behind her, as well as the sound of violent wheezing in her lungs due to the thirst for oxygen.

"Huh, Huh-Shenyue, you, where are you going——?"

A tall figure appeared in front of him, the figure approaching, and the beam of light illuminated the face.

It is Ito Kado.

He glared at the two girls in front of him, and there was anger in his voice for some reason:

"Where the hell are you going to hide from me!"

"Ito, you still haven't changed." Shizumi Fukatsuki stared at Ito Kado, whose face was flushed in front of him, "Did Masato Shizumi tell you?" ”

"You just have to answer me, are you going to leave Zhitori Island!" Ito Kado took a deep breath.

"Oh, where did the dog come from?"

Kurosawa put his arms in his hands, stroked his long hair and sneered coldly,

"Where she goes, what's the matter with you? Pose that she is you to whom? People like you are just a coarse snack that you give away when you win a prize in the dim sum shop, which is really redundant. ”

Ito's head seemed to have a signal light flickering and going out, and a terrible storm was expanding in his heart.

"Stinky bitches off the island! I'm talking to Shenyue about what is your business! Get the hell out of here! Don't put a stand on me here! ”

The sneer on Kurosawa's face disappeared abruptly, replaced by a chilling glow in his clear dark eyes, as cold as a poisonous snake.

However, Ito Kado didn't notice the girl's anger at all, and just continued to ask with a serious expression at Jinghai Shenyue:

"Fukatsuki, I heard the mayor say that you want to go out of the island, is it true?"

Jinghai Shenyue stared at him with deep eyes, her little face was cold, and she said indifferently: "Ito-senpai, where I want to go has nothing to do with you. ”

"Relevant!"

Ito Kado gasped in pain and confusion, and said almost pleadingly,

"Fukatsuki, only on Chitori Island, I can always protect you with the mayor! You're a young girl, just in case, if you have an accident outside."

"It's disgusting, I want to vomit when I see someone like you, and I put a disgusting excuse for myself as a guardian without authorization, and get in the way!"

With the idea of not wanting to waste time with unnecessary people, Kurosawa Mercy suppressed the anger in his heart, and rarely held Shizumi Fukatsuki's wrist,

"Follow Miss Ben, I see who dares to stop you!"

"No——!"

Ito Kado quickly ran towards her, his bloodshot eyes reddening, his mouth open to gasp, as if Kurosawa's mercy was about to take his heart.

He stretched out his big hand.

(End of chapter)