Finally asked the point, Kamoshi Kashiwahara and Uejima Shinyuki sat up straight in the observation room, their eyes glued to the picture on the screen.

Facing the camera, the boss of Kushima put his forearm on the edge of the dining table, and a smile appeared on his rugged face.

Laughed.

Tomorrow was stunned, a little surprised in his heart.

The questions of the TV station staff, even if the boss of Kushima has not answered them, she knows the answers behind those questions.

She still remembers that on that snowy night, the man on the screen, with indescribable pain, told his past.

Like a rotten tree root, it was dull, as if it had been wrapped in the smell of wine.

Can ...... now

Tomorrow looked at the boss of Kushima who was not holding a wine glass on the screen, but just talking quietly.

The boss of Kushima has indeed changed, this time it is no longer that ethereal feeling, but it is actually displayed on the screen.

The look of pain is occupied by a strong nostalgia, and the hardness of the forced pretense disappears, replaced by a kind of genuine heartiness.

If the former boss of Jiudao seemed to be detached from reality and looked at everything with numbness, then the current boss of Jiudao is pulled back to reality.

“…………”

"After that, I continued to run the Izakaya by myself, and I just watched it all the time." After the owner of Kushima finished talking about Yuriko, he paused slightly, and then turned his head to look around, "It's not a secret, most of the displays in the store are still the same as before my wife died." ”

"Huh......?" The staff made a stunned noise.

At this time, the camera revisited the interior of the Kushima Izakaya, from the gently swaying warm curtain to the simple front desk.

When I photographed the front desk of the izakaya, the camera froze there for a while.

Perhaps because they knew the story behind this izakaya, when everyone saw the front desk again, they felt a trance of sadness.

There used to be the hostess of a small shop.

Now she's gone.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but a sudden cold wind blows outside the izakaya, with a whining sound, stirring the curtain of the izakaya's door.

The dim light in front of the store has an endless loneliness.

"Ah, it's a pity......" Kamoshi Kashiwahara felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and his whole mouth was closed sadly.

"I didn't expect to go through so much." Ueshima was also very embarrassed and sad in his heart, looking at the man who was about the same age as himself on the screen, it was like seeing a shadow at this age.

Tomorrow pursed the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with faint sadness.

There are some things, no matter how many times you hear them, you still feel sad uncontrollably.

The camera finally pulled back in, this time the host asked a little later than before, as if trying to hide something.

"So that painting on the wall is also ......"

"Well, it was the guests who stayed, and the guest who painted this picture was a schoolgirl who gave me the picture with her companion after eating."

"They said it was me and Yuriko, and Udon."

Boss Kushima nodded, his eyes fixed on the painting on the wall.

A man holding a cat, and a woman looking at a man.

At this glance, it seems that the whole person is slightly distracted.

He was silent for a long time and did not speak.

"Sorry, a little distracted."

This scene lasted for an unknown amount of time, until a cold breeze outside the store blew on his face.

With an apologetic face, he apologized to the camera embarrassedly.

"Don't apologize, Mr. Kushima." The host hurriedly said, "You must be thinking of your wife again now, right?" ”

The boss of Kushima looked at the staff of Muhua TV who was sitting across the table.

"All the time."

All the time? The host behind the camera was obviously stunned by the answer of the boss of Kushima.

"It's not just now, it's Miss Yuriko who thinks about it every moment." Tomorrow smoked softly in his mouth.

"The display in the store is still the same as it was a long time ago, so if you keep living here, you can't forget it." Ueshima also suddenly felt something, and said.

“…………”

"It's me who is abrupt." The moderator said.

Boss Kushima shook his head with a smile, "Please don't take it to heart, after all, these are just the gossip of a man who has lost his beloved wife." ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to the bowl on the other side, which was almost the same as the one he had eaten.

"Do you want another bowl?"

"Yes!" "Don't!"

"Huh?"

Two different voices come from behind the camera.

The atmosphere of the scene changed in an instant, and there was a line of "big differences of opinion" full of joy in the later part of the screen.

The sudden appearance of the vignette also made the show, which had become a little depressing, slightly more cheerful.

The three people in the observation room couldn't help but laugh as well.

"It's terrible! Is this forgetting that you are still working? Kashiwahara raised his hand and patted his forehead, and said complainingly.

"How delicious is it that I want to eat a second bowl." Uejima was speechless.

The sadness on the face of Tomorrow's smoke, who had already tasted the craftsmanship of the boss of Kushima, was relieved a little, "Then please have another bowl of udon!" ”

There was a faint voice on the screen that the host tried to suppress.

I don't know if it was there when it was filmed, or if it was specially added to the post-dubbing later.

"Hey, no matter how delicious it is, you can't eat a second bowl at work."

"But...... It's really delicious. ”

"Hahahaha."

Finally, there was a burst of uncontrollable laughter in the observation room.

The voiceover on the screen sounded at the right time: "So it's ...... like this"

Boom. There is also a sound effect.

Screen screen everything.

The familiar camera view and a bowl of hot udon noodles on the dining table.

It was still the same voice with a little embarrassment: "I'm moving again." ”

Brace.

"What the hell!" Kashiwahara closed his eyes with a smile, and he didn't forget to curse in his mouth.

The familiar picture on the screen appeared again, but this time it was slightly different that the boss of Kushima had more udon in his arms.

Udon's skinny body is buried in the lap of the owner of Kushima.

Because it's so short, even if it's nestled in the arms of the boss of Kushima, it's not as tall as the dining table.

Except for the tail that occasionally appears in the camera, other parts seem to be hidden.

"After the release of the prototype of Mr. Kushima, the business of the izakaya will be much better than before?"

"Later, there are always some readers in the store, and although there are a lot of people sometimes, the customers are very patient and don't lose their temper because they are too slow."

"It seems to have become a check-in place for them, and the notes on the wall are those left by the guests."

"Was there a time when someone was completely busy?" The host was suddenly curious.

The Kushima izakaya is not big, but it is not too small, and it was the owner of Kushima and his wife who ran the izakaya together a long time ago.

When the owner of Kushima is the only one left in an izakaya that needs to be run by two people, it is easy to get busy just thinking about it.

The action of the boss of Kushima stroking Udon stopped slightly.

"At first, I was really busy alone, but I was able to persevere through gritting my teeth, and then when I got older, I recruited a clerk to help." The boss of Kushima shifted his body and replied.

"Huh? Is there a clerk yet? The host was a little surprised, "Mr. Kushima didn't seem to mention it before. ”

"Yes, I worked at the izakaya until the fourth year and then left."

"I'm sorry, but I can ask, does this call for resignation or ......"

Maybe it's because the previous incident between Boss Kushima and Yuriko was too impressive, so when the TV station staff heard the words leave.

Unconsciously sensitive, lest it have a different meaning.

The boss of Jiudao was stunned, and immediately reacted, and he waved his hand.

"It's a resignation, it's not that." When explaining, the boss of Kushima himself couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't dare to talk nonsense, after all, if he remembered correctly.

When I was watching this show before, the name of a certain "clerk" was written on the director's position.

"I see." The host was also slightly embarrassed, and he quickly diverted the topic, "How could you suddenly resign?" ”

Faced with the host's question, Boss Kushima unexpectedly hesitated, and after his broad palm finally touched the udon in his arms, a look of hesitation rose on his rugged face.

"What's wrong with Mr. Kushima?" The unsuspecting host still asked.

The picture on the screen, watching tomorrow smoke himself was inexplicably nervous.

"There's something hard to say." Uejima pursued speculation.

"I can't tell, it's another sad memory." Kamoshi Kashiwahara agreed.

Not really! Tomorrow Sun shouted in his heart, but obviously such a voice could not reach the ears of others.

On the screen, under the host's questioning, the boss of Jiudao looked at the camera and thought about it.

"I was just wondering if I could say the name."

"Huh? Is it something that can't be named? The host wondered.

"It's not ......"

"Mr. Kushima, don't worry, even if you say something inappropriate, you will cut this paragraph later." The host was relieved.

When the boss of Jiudao heard this, since the other party said that there was no need to worry, there seemed to be no problem.

"Later, the clerk ended his job at the izakaya because he was going to make a movie."

"Making a movie?"

The host behind the camera was a little dazed.

Not only him, Kamoshi Kashiwahara and Uejima were also confused.

Apparently they didn't expect that they would hear the word "making a movie" from the lips of a zakaya owner.

"Is it an artist? Or is it a director or something? The host was immediately interested.

"Both, speaking of which, you probably know him too." Seeing that the boss of Jiudao had said this, he simply continued.

"Who is it? Do TV station staff know each other? In the observation room, Ueshima had already begun to frown and think.

Those in the industry who may have something to do with izakaya.

Unlike the two people who were thinking next to him, Asuka cautiously turned his head to look at the position of the camera in front of him.

Sure enough, the cameras were already pointing in their direction, apparently instructed in advance.

"I can't think of it at all." Kamoshi Kashiwahara shook his head in annoyance.

I haven't heard of it at all, but it's all too common to work at an izakaya, and many of my peers in the entertainment industry have had similar experiences to a greater or lesser extent.

The only thing that is still a little useful is probably those four years, but where do you know which artist worked in an izakaya for four years?

Just when everyone was wondering.

The next words of the boss of Kushima came from the screen.

"It's called Hayaya Kimura."

"Ah?!!!h (End of chapter)