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This girl.
The movie has ended and the credits are playing.
As time went by, Xiao Jiuhua also felt sleepy. Every time there was a thunder outside, she clenched her hands tighter.
She seemed to enjoy the feeling and closed her eyes.
".Thank you uncle"
If you want to thank me, just say it when I'm awake.
This kid.
However, Fujii Itsuki still vaguely understood her mood at the moment.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it was the emotion rooted in Xiao Jiuhua that he had understood long ago - loneliness.
She really needs someone to accompany her.
Xiao Jiuhua probably thought she was asleep, so she leaned on her shoulder and another ten minutes passed.
Little Jiuhua stayed quietly on my shoulder. It was raining and windy outside, and she whispered softly and pitifully on my shoulder:
".I want to be loved"
This made Fujii Itsuki unable to help but let her stay with him for a while longer. After she fell asleep, he laid her down on the sofa, covered her with a blanket, and turned off the TV.
In order to make her feel a little more real during the thunderstorm and not be so scared, Fujii Itsuki went back to his room and gave her one of his pillows to hold while she slept.
On a rainy night with wind and rain, Fujii Itsuki looked at the girl in front of him who was sleeping with her pillow tightly hugged, and felt inexplicably sorry for her.
"Nine flowers."
Fujii Itsuki grabbed her dangling little feet and carried her to the sofa. After covering her with the quilt, he said "good night" and went back to his room.
"Ha~~~"
It was the middle of the night and Fujii Itsuki was feeling sleepy and couldn't help yawning.
Wait a minute, why is there a fresh scent on my hands?
Subconsciously he put it to his nose and sniffed it, Fujii Itsuki frowned, thinking that it was the rosemary that Jiuhua had left behind when she secretly held his hand.
Then he reacted.
The one Jiuhua was holding was her left hand, and this one is her right hand.
Right hand, just now.
His face turned dark.
I quickly ran to the bathroom to wash my hands and then went to bed.
Bah bah bah.
I'm speechless. I feel like a pervert.
I also sniffed the lingering fragrance on my hands more than once.
So disgusting.
Fujii Itsuki cursed himself dozens of times before he could sleep peacefully.
Chapter 84 Why don't you be my dad for a day?
It rained heavily.
Fujii Itsuki sat on the edge of the bed, drinking the caramel macchiato that he had just ground that morning. He looked through the door and windows at the square pavilion outside that had been inherited from the Taisho period.
Taisho period
When talking about the Taisho era, Fujii Itsuki first thought of three literary works he had read.
"The Setting Sun" by Osamu Dazai, "The Weaver Girl" by Junichiro Tanizaki, and "The Dancing Girl of Izu" by Yasunari Kawabata.
These three works have one thing in common, which is that they all reflect the conflict and interweaving between new ideas and traditional culture during the Taisho period.
To put it simply, in that new era, some people are conservative while others embrace the new.
In that era, it was normal for parents to not understand their children's thoughts.
The same is true in modern times.
He just received a call from Mrs. Jiuhua.
On the phone, Mrs. Jiuhua asked for my help. She wanted me, as a teacher, to persuade Jiuhua to go back to Tokyo.
Mrs. Jiuhua said that this was for her daughter's future.
In March, Jiuhuayue went to Tokyo.
In fact, long before March, she was already a formal actor of the Takarazuka Revue and had performed in many musicals.
In March, she performed on stage for the first time as the leading male role in the monthly group in the play "The Red Rose of Samarkand".
"The Red Rose of Samarkand" is the first performance of the queen Yuki Amami as a newcomer.
Yuki Amami also has an extraordinary status in the Takarazuka Revue.
Although Yuki Amami only played a small guard in this drama at that time.
But through this incident, we can see how much importance Jiuhua holds in Takarazuka.
Mrs. Kuka hinted in every way that the teachers at the Takarazuka Revue were training her to be the TOP of the new era.
Fujii Itsuki lit a cigarette skillfully and exhaled towards the ceiling.
If he were still a student, he would have said that future is not important and that all he needs to do is to find a job that he can keep.
But now that he has become an adult, he realizes how difficult it is for adults in society.
Money is hard to make and good jobs are hard to find.
After finding a job, I actually just went to and from get off work repeatedly every day, and went in and out of the small and ordinary rental house repeatedly.
This kind of life where one can have enough to eat and still have a little extra money to spend is indeed a wonderful life for people in poor areas.
But this kind of life also has its own pain.
Just like rich people have rich people’s worries.
That is the boredom and loss of purpose brought by the unchanging routine. Repetitive work and hard-to-get qualifications will make people lose the motivation to move forward, and it is easy to become a spinning gear and doubt themselves.
More importantly, lack of social interaction.
The vast majority of days are spent alone, which brings mental stress every night.
Emptiness, loneliness, numbness.
I feel like I'm in a daze every day.
This is why most young people of this era suffer from some degree of depression.
but.
The identity of Jiuhuayue as an actor of the Takarazuka Revue is different.
Her mother emphasized to her more than once on the phone her unique appearance and her talent in the troupe's performances.
As long as she keeps going down this path, with her beauty, she will have a 90% chance of success, if not 100%.
She will be famous and become well-known in society.
Young people with depression, like the one I just mentioned, may also regard her as a spiritual symbol because of her beauty and grace.
She will become the center of attention.
Even when she got off the plane, there would be a large group of people waiting for her at the gate, holding up signs with her name on them, adoring her passionately and crazily.
Then it would be impossible for her to be unpopular.
In other words, as long as Jiuhuayue keeps going, she will definitely be able to solve the thing she hates most - "loneliness".
He didn't want to get involved in this matter.
But this involves Jiuhua's future and what she hopes for in her heart.
Doesn’t Jiuhua dislike being alone?
Then why don't you just persuade her to continue along the same path?
Fujii Itsuki put out his cigarette and turned his gaze away from the heavy rain.
He turned on his cell phone, checked the time, got up, and walked out of the bedroom on the first floor.
The lobby on the first floor of Jiuhua's house is very spacious. Fujii Itsuki came to the living room and found several open textbooks and an open musical instrument case on the coffee table.
Apparently, Jiuhua started studying as soon as she got up.
The TV was on and the weather forecast was reporting heavy rain in Hokkaido.
But what about Jiuhua?
Where is Jiuhua?
Fujii Itsuki moved a little closer and found Jiuhuayue lying on the sofa, taking a short rest with her eyes closed.
It is no exaggeration to describe the sight of Jiuhuayue resting on the sofa as absolutely beautiful.
This girl is just so beautiful.
There was no need to turn on the heating in April, and there was a brick fireplace next to the living room of Jiuhua's house, the kind of fireplace commonly used in European families in the Middle Ages.
Strangely enough, the fireplace, which had never been used before, was now burning with wood.
Jiuhua's face was very red and she was wearing very thick clothes. Even though she had her eyes closed, she still looked a bit listless.
Fujii Itsuki frowned and reached out to touch her forehead.
So hot.
Jiuhuayue on the sofa opened her eyes at this time.
"Got a cold?"