The man in his youth

Do you know who Senosuke is? He is the name of the male protagonist in the famous Japanese erotic novel "The Lustful Generation of Men". In Japan, if someone chooses the name Senosuke, it is the same as if someone in China calls him Ximenkei.

In 1987, at the entrance of Shinjuku subway station in Tokyo, Japan, a young man staggered out of the station with a heavy bag on his back. When he transferred to the subway, the little boy on the other side looked at him indifferently, he quickly covered his mouth, and sniffed his clothes again, for fear that he would have another disgusting smell of sweat.

After arriving at the rental house, as soon as I got familiar with the new environment, the alarm clock of 206 next door began to ring non-stop. At this time, a girl poked her head out of 207 curiously, and he was nervous and didn't know what to say, so he had to introduce himself, "My name is Yokodo Senosuke, and I am a college student who came to Tokyo from Nagasaki to study. ”

The girl finally couldn't hold back her laughter, she was stewing beef, so she casually asked, "Do you want it?" ”

Senosuke said, "Well, thank you,"

The girl asked rhetorically, "Seriously?" ”

Senosuke said, "That's not going to eat." ”

The girl said, "To eat or not to eat?" "Anyone who meets Senosuke for the first time will think he's stupid. With his name, people can't help but laugh.

At the entrance ceremony of Hosei University, everyone was drowsy, only Senosuke was engrossed, and sitting next to him was a classmate from the same major, Shoike Kazune. After the ceremony, Changchi took the initiative to come up and talk, and the first choice of both of them was Waseda, because they didn't get in, so they came to Hosei University. Changchi is full of ambition, and he will retake the exam next year.

When choosing a class, a goddess next to her took the initiative to talk to Senosuke, Senosuke stared at her, the goddess looked sweet, but her watery eyes seemed to have just cried, which was a little strange. The girl's name is Ah Jiu, and when Ah Jiu heard Shinosuke's name, she smiled as well. Then the two made an appointment to choose a club together, Chang Chi came over to greet them, and as soon as they met, he curiously pointed to Ah Jiu's eyes and asked, "What is sticking to your eyes?" "After that, you have to get started. The little girl was thin-skinned, Ah Jiu was angry and cried, and ripped off her double eyelids while crying.

At an embarrassing moment, the samba club surrounded them, and in order to get rid of the entanglement, the three were forced to join the samba club. In this way, the lion world began a rich and comfortable college life.

While taking a bath that day, Masayike asked Shinosuke, "Are you a virgin?" ”

Senosuke hurriedly denied that he was no longer in high school, and Changchi said that he was not either. Not long ago, it turned out that since the first embarrassing meeting, Changchi invited Ah Jiu to drink milk tea every day, and under the stalking, Ah Jiu finally loosened. After that, in Ah Jiu's house, the two of them secretly ate the forbidden fruit.

In his spare time, Senosuke works as a waiter at a high-end hotel, and sometimes receives tips, which can make him happy for a long time.

After the day's work, fellow villager Ozawa asked him to chat in the café, and Senosuke arrived early, and there were a lot of flowery girls sitting here, and Senosuke was holding himself with his hands, looking extremely uncomfortable. Ozawa is here in a suit and leather shoes, and she is now interning at a media company, doing the work of packaging star artists.

The two were chatting, and suddenly, a charming woman broke into Shinosuke's sight, only to see her elegant light smoke ring, with the charm of a mature young woman, and a hint of the playfulness of a young girl.

Senosuke's eyes were straight. Seeing this, Ozawa stepped forward to talk, and after exchanging business cards, Ozawa said that her name was Chiharu Katayori, and she was a courtesan who relied on other men for a living. Senosuke stared at Chiharu with a pair of big eyes, unaware of it.

Seeing that Shinosuke looked at himself shyly, Chiharu dutifully walked over, "Do you want to make money?" Follow me. Senosuke followed in a hurry.

A few days later, Senosuke looked infatuated, he now has some female troubles, and he urgently needs to find someone to talk to, but Ah Jiu doesn't want to listen to her chatter. As soon as Senosuke turned his head, he noticed that a boy next to him glanced at him, and he hurriedly rubbed it over, insisting that he owed the boy 50 yen. The boy packed up his things and prepared to go to the cafeteria, but Senosuke hurriedly followed.

The boy's name is Kato, and although they are a little inexplicable, they still sit together. Naturally, Senosuke began to talk about her feminine troubles.

That day, Chiharu took her to meet a man, and in the face of the man's affectionate confession, Chiharu remained silent, relying on Shinosuke, this pretended younger brother, Chiharu quickly got the man, and also got a BMW car as a breakup fee.

Before leaving, Chiharu thought that this little boy was quite interesting, so she teased him in a charming way, "When we meet next time, you will become a real man, a man who can make me fall in love." ”

Kato immediately poured a basin of cold water after hearing this, you can't afford to play with a BMW man to a woman who applauds. However, Senosuke didn't care, when it came to BMW, Kato invited Senosuke to learn a driver's license together, the old and the new, not only discounts, but also rebates to get, the two learned to drive together, and in this way they became friends.

On this day, a girl named Momei Yokato went shopping and asked him to bring a friend with him, because he would also bring a female companion. Shinosuke smiled, and the date of the four was decided.

The next day, Senosuke arrived early again, he crossed his waist, hunched his back, looked left and right in embarrassment, the two had an awkward chat without a word, and finally waited for Kato, and the atmosphere became even more embarrassing.

At this moment, a luxury car stopped in the downtown area, the driver opened the door, and a pure and lovely girl in white got out of the car, she smiled toothily, sweet as cherry blossoms in early spring, the girl's name was Yoyosano Shoko, Kato and Senosuke also made an introduction. Hearing Senosuke's name, Shoko suddenly laughed, someone actually called this name, isn't this the male protagonist of an erotic novel?

Then a few people went to a burger joint, and there was no private person to do it, so they had to make it separately. Shoko said his father started a reclamation company, and his dream was to reclaim Tokyo Bay. Senosuke interrupted: "Fill Tokyo Bay with corpses? Shoko was suddenly poked in the laughter point and laughed loudly. The customers in the store cast strange glances, and the two didn't care. Senosuke continued to tell his jokes, Shoko continued to laugh, it was inconvenient to tear a burger with a knife and fork, Senosuke picked it up and ate it, Shoko learned the way it looked, it was not enough to eat, this feeling was really unusual.

It's a hot summer, and there is no air conditioning in Senosuke's rental room. While soaking his feet to cool down while eating noodles shirtless, Shoko suddenly visits and invites him to play in the pool.

When he came to the pool, Senosuke wore big pants and swimming goggles, which matched his name and brought him a laugh.

Senosuke didn't care what others thought of him, and began to enjoy the food. At this time, Chiharu in a black dress came over, it turned out that after leaving the BMW man, he looked for Shoko's brother again, she asked Senosuke not to tell about the events of that day, although it was a swimming pool, but everyone was pretending to be deep and elegant, only Senosuke was swimming very seriously, and the infected Shoko jumped down regardless of the image.

"My hometown is right by the sea, so I swim every day. Xiangzi said enviously, "It's great, I want to go too, you can go back during the summer vacation, then you will invite me to go." ”

Senosuke originally said it casually, but he didn't expect Shoko to take it seriously. After returning from the pool, Senosuke moved into the family hall house, because he had air conditioning and watermelon, and after eating the watermelon, Kato wanted to go out for a walk alone, but Senosuke had to follow him.

He followed Kato to a park while nibbling on a watermelon, and in the face of this silly and silly follower, Kato had to confess, "Actually, I like men more." ”

Senosuke was stunned for a moment, "Then you're confessing to me?" Kato smiled, "No, you're not my type, you know now, if you feel uncomfortable, you can stop seeing me." ”

Senosuke asked rhetorically, "Why didn't you let me rub the air conditioner?" Kato was a little surprised that Senosuke did not retreat but advanced, and Kato said, "This park is a place for people like us to find a "partner". ”

Senosuke said innocently, "Then I'll wait for you here, don't worry, I won't get in your way." Kato didn't know if he was really stupid or fake, so he had to give up the date.

Senosuke broke a piece of gnawed watermelon and handed it to Kato, who took it with a smile, how could there be such a person in this world?

During the summer vacation, Senosuke returned to the seaside town of Nagasaki, and as soon as she entered the house, Shoko came out to greet her with a smile on her face, and then Shoko put on an apron to help in the kitchen. During the meal, Shoko jokes with Senosuke's parents, and Senosuke sees them happy and feels that he has become an outsider.

After Shoko left, his parents sang and forced him to ask about his relationship with Shoko. Senosuke said that they were just ordinary friends, and their parents were a little unhappy, and after a few days of getting along, they had already identified this future daughter-in-law.

The next day, Yosenosuke and Shoko, playmates from his hometown, go to the beach to play. As soon as he got out of the car, Senosuke saw his high school girlfriend, Sakura. Soon, the girls changed into swimsuits, the boys' eyes lit up, and they began to chase and frolic on the beach, everyone was happily playing beach balls, but Senosuke was floating on the water alone, only one head was exposed.

At this moment, his soul seems to be outside the body, and if he is as innocent as he is, there will also be moments of ecstasy.

As she passed through a cave, Sakura asked Shinosuke, "Are you dating Shoko?" Senosuke said stupidly, "I don't know if it's a relationship." At this time, Shoko called the Ten Realms to eat roasted conch.

After returning home, his mother deliberately created an opportunity for the two to be alone, and asked Senosuke to send some pastries to his mother-in-law. After delivering the pastries, the two came to the beach, Shoko looked at the horizontal line looming in the distance, the moonlight quietly sprinkled on her body, the evening breeze gently swept the ends of her hair, the atmosphere was romantic and blurry.

But Shoko seemed to be a little unhappy, seeing that Shinosuke was stupid, Shoko had to say directly, "You always care about your ex-girlfriend, and your eyes are always on Sakura, which makes me very unhappy!" "I don't understand it yet. Shoko said, "I'm hinting at you, I'm sad, remember when I said to go eat grilled conch?" I'm allergic to shells! ”

Senosuke didn't even know that someone would be allergic to shells, let alone guess the careful thinking of a girl like a needle under the sea.

That night, the wind was refreshing, the sea was full of moonlight, and the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous. Senosuke slowly put his hand on Shoko's shoulder and hugged her into his arms little by little, but both of them were nervous, and their bodies were tense, like two clumsy robots Senosuke said, "Shoko, I don't know if I should ask that, can I kiss you?" ”

Shoko's heart is like a deer. Senosuke clumsily straightened Shoko's posture and instructed her to turn her head a little more.

Suddenly, Shoko saw someone coming out of the reef room, and then the alarm bell sounded, and it turned out to be a smuggled refugee.

Senosuke hurriedly pulled Shoko to escape, but Shoko rushed to a woman holding the child, he took the child, and handed him to Senosuke. Then the police stopped them and told Senosuke that these people were Vietnamese refugees and that we would take care of them.

After returning to Tokyo, Senosuke was listless, and he kept thinking about the baby. It wasn't until one night, when Shoko excitedly hugged him and said that the baby was okay, and that both mother and son had been admitted to the shelter, that Senosuke breathed a sigh of relief.

The joy of life has not yet faded, and the sorrow of death has crept in. My mother called, and my mother-in-law had died. After the funeral, Senosuke met Sakura, and when she was in high school, she and Sakura often went to her mother-in-law's house together.

Senosuke sighed, "When we lifted the coffin, it felt like he was really close, everyone was crying, and when I died, would everyone cry for me?" Will people remember me? Sakura smiled and said, "Everyone laughs when they think of you." ”

After returning to school, Senosuke learns that Changchi and A-Jiu have quit the samba club, or to be exact, they have dropped out of school. Senosuke found Changchi, who was working outside, and it turned out that Ah Jiu was pregnant, and they dropped out of school to get married. Senosuke said, "If there is anything you need help with, just mention it." ”

On this day in the hotel, Senosuke meets Chiharu again, and it turns out that the elegant and charming courtesan is just a girl from the countryside. Chiharu is very inferior to her background, but Senosuke doesn't care at all, and enthusiastically introduces Chiharu's mother, "I say that I am her friend, I don't care about her background, I don't care about her past, I just like to do it." And so it did.

On the street stage, Senosuke was dancing samba with the sun and a hood, and offstage, Xiangzi danced excitedly and danced together, he only had Senosuke in his eyes, like a little fan girl.

After stepping down, Xiangzi fanned the fan vigorously, expressing her admiration for Shinosuke, and at the same time intimately handed over a cold drink. Then the two made an appointment to have dinner together on the weekend, and when they helped Changchi move, Changchi suddenly said with a crying voice, "Senosuke, thank you, I, I will work hard, for the sake of the soon-to-be-born child." In fact, when I was looking for someone to help me move, I only thought of you alone, and I would work hard with Ah Jiu. ”

Senosuke was stunned, it turned out that he was Changchi's only friend.

On the day of the weekend date, Senosuke was waiting for a noble lady, he was Shoko's mother, and after following him to Shoko's house, Shoko's father asked with a serious face, "How long have you been dating Shoko?" What major did you major in school? Senosuke timidly said, "Is there a future for business administration?" "I don't know why. Shoko emphasized, "He's the most promising person I've ever met. ”

Seeing his daughter say this, Shoko's father had no choice but to acquiesce to their relationship, and only two people were left in the living room staring dryly, under the gaze of the nanny, Shinosuke was like sitting on pins and needles, and finally mustered up the courage to ask the question, "Are we dating?" When asked by Shinosuke, Xiangzizhi felt hot all over his body, and he didn't know where to hide, so he had to roll himself up with the curtains and ask in a low voice, "What do you think of me?" ”

On Christmas night, Senosuke prepares Christmas dinner, and Shoko arrives as promised, and they bring pointed Santa hats to celebrate Christmas together. After eating the cake, Shoko drew Oscar, the strong woman he admired the most. When they opened the window, it was snowing outside, and they held hands like two of the most innocent children, shouting silly, "It's snowing, it's great, it's not there yet." ”

Then, Shoko closed her eyes and pursed her mouth, and Senosuke didn't know why, and asked stupidly, "What is this for?" Seeing that Shoko kept this posture unchanged, Senosuke said, "Then I'm welcome." ”

He slowly hugged Shoko, and then gently leaned in.

"Ah, Senosuke, you kissed me!" Shoko danced happily.

Senosuke said, "Do it again!" ”

They kissed me I don't know how many times, and finally decided to go skiing together, but Shoko sprained her leg while skiing, but she still played with Senosuke until she got home and told Senosuke.

Senosuke said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me?" Shoko smiled, "I don't want you to worry," Senosuke said, "Of course I'm worried about you, let me worry, it's as it should be, if I'm hurt, I'll be the first to let you know." ”

This big uncle, this big idiot, is the first time to say such touching words. People who don't know how to talk about love are too sultry when they talk about love. An inexplicable feeling swelled up in Shoko's heart, he used to call him Mr. Senosuke, but from now on, she could call him by his name directly.

After being discharged from the hospital, Senosuke proposed that he wanted to have a relationship with Shoko.

That day, no suke took off his shirt early and wore only a big pants. But before he started, Naojie suddenly remembered something, he received a gift, but the doctor should have sent him the courier, and he put it in the wrong mailbox. The two knocked on the closed room 206, and an uncle came out of it, and after hearing the name of the girl who sent the gift, the uncle was excited, she was a photographer, usually living in seclusion, and as a thank you, he invited Shinosuke to his photography exhibition.

Senosuke stared at a work, completely immersed in it. The photographer discovered his talent and lent him a camera. Senosuke sneaked up with his camera to Shoike's house. At this time, Ah Jiu was about to give birth, Changchi had no other friends, and Shinosuke hurried up to help, nervous like his daughter-in-law giving birth.

In the hospital, Senosuke took pictures of this newborn little life. Soon after, Shoko was going to France for a two-year study abroad. Senosuke took a picture of Shoko with his camera, and Shoko said, "I want to be the first person to look at your picture." Senosuke promised, "I'll rinse it before you come back." ”

He wanted to take Shoko to the airport, but Shoko said that he didn't like to be dropped off. The two of them were in a hurry to separate here, but neither of them thought that this time would be the last time they would see each other in this life.

The bus went away, and Shoko's voice suddenly sounded, "Senosuke, I like you the most." ”

Time flies, youth ends, and decades have passed in the blink of an eye, and those who have crossed paths with the world have gone their separate ways. Changchi's dream has long been stranded, and he lives a small life of his own.

When I got home from work, my wife Ah Jiu said that he went to Hosei University today, and suddenly remembered a person, Yokodo Senosuke, and thought that they still met because of Senosuke. Recalling the conversation with Senosuke in the bath, Changchi smiled warmly, and Ah Jiu also smiled.

At this time, in a cozy apartment, Kato, who is no longer young, already has his own partner, and suddenly remembered Senosuke, and he couldn't help laughing: "When it comes to Senosuke, the smile on his face is getting stronger and stronger, I feel very lucky, just knowing him as a person, I feel that I have earned it." The partner was surprised, "You rarely boast so much, you say that college is full of boring guys." ”

Kato laughed again, "Then I was wrong, he's definitely an interesting person." ”

The night in Tokyo is already dark, and Chiharu, who chased fame and fortune back then, has now become a radio anchor, and after the washing of time, the glitz has faded away, and he no longer wears heavy makeup, and his plain face is a little more determined and confident.

What should a listener do if they are counseling about an emotional issue and fall in love with a woman who is older than their own? At that moment, Chiharu remembered Senosuke, the silly idiot who loved his Senosuke.

Then came a news broadcast that at about 5 o'clock this afternoon, a traffic accident occurred at the dumb wooden station. Two men jumped off the railroad tracks to rescue a woman, Bosen, a 26-year-old South Korean student, and Senosuke Yokomichi, a 35-year-old photographer.

The three were confirmed dead when they were taken to the nearest hospital. Three months after Senosuke's death, Shoko returned to Japan, her skin darkened, and she looked shrewd and capable, and she didn't know the bad news of Senosuke's death.

After that parting, the two never met again. Speaking of Senosuke, the nanny smiled and said, "That cheerful man." ”

Senosuke's mother sent a parcel containing a letter and an envelope that said Yokodo Senosuke respectfully, and it was strictly forbidden to open it except for Shoko.

After opening the package, the photo was a cartoon he drew that Christmas, which read: At this time, she may have become a strong woman like Oscar.

Shoko smiled, those youthful dreams and people related to dreams, so close and so far away. That stack of photographs is the first volume of Senosuke's work. The newborn little Shiba Inu running, the passers-by, the yawning policeman, the naughty child, the blooming cherry blossoms, and the young and ignorant and innocent him. Subsequently, Shoko made an appointment with her good friend Mumi. Mumei's daughter asked curiously, do you remember the scene when you fell in love for the first time? Shoko said, remember. The little girl asked, what kind of person is she? A smile appeared on the corner of Shoko's mouth, he was a very ordinary person, too ordinary, ordinary to make people laugh.

Then he threw away his knife and fork, picked up the bread and ate it in a big bite, as Senosuke had taught her.

On the way back, Xiangzi seemed to see two familiar figures, one stupidly dangling in front, the other limping behind, Xiangzi smiled brightly and sweetly. Watching those youths slowly retreat, Xiangzi felt a trace of melancholy again.

Since then, in the long years of her life, it seems that she has never met someone like Senosuke again. Thinking about it, her eyes gradually moistened.

There was also a letter from Senosuke's mother to him in that package: Miss Shoko, I've been thinking lately that it's really a blessing to have Senosuke as my son. It may seem strange to say this, but for me, meeting Senosuke is undoubtedly one of the joys of my life. I still often think about the sophisticated situation, why does the driver jump off the platform when he can't save people? I think he must have thought he could be saved. At that moment, he was not thinking that he couldn't be saved, but that he was thinking that there was no problem, he could save it. And Senosuke who can think that way makes me feel very proud. If you have time, please come to the Humble House, maybe we can talk about the past of Senosuke.

In those turbulent youth, Yokoto Senosuke infected the people around him with his simplicity, enthusiasm, optimism and sincerity. In the eyes of the world, the world is pure and simple, just like the pictures in the camera. Maybe in our ordinary youth, we have also met people like Shinosuke, they are like a blank sheet of paper, a little shy, some cute, and sometimes even make us feel that he is missing a tendon. But whenever we are with them, we can't help but laugh silly with him, or mingle with him unsuspectingly. When we were young, we thought that such people were as light as a feather. It wasn't until after the baptism of life that I discovered the phase. A person like Senosuke who has a pure heart, just by encountering it, he earns it. Maybe after the end of youth, we each have our own lives, but in the wasteland of time, in the torrent of life, in an early morning, in an afternoon, or in the middle of the night, you think of him, and then the corners of your mouth rise slightly, and you smile, feeling the sincerity and joy he brings you. Life is sometimes like this, you meet someone, you think they're good, and then you never meet them again.