SFS Chapter 228 Finding the Real Dream
Chapter 228 Finding the Real Dream
Chapter 228 Finding the Real Dream
The utility room on the third floor was dusty, and there was a sound of turning over things from time to time.
Several dusty cardboard boxes have been opened and put aside.
Mops, brooms, vacuum cleaners, garment steamers, home appliance repair tools, etc. are all here.
Only a single rectangular window above the utility room casts a dim light on the rummagers.
Because it is close to the top of the head, the sound of the rain here is also much louder, and it fills the ears in small bits.
"Cough cough."
Uesugi Kai fanned away the dust visible to the naked eye in front of him with his hands, and squinted his eyes.
Then he bowed down and moved the small box with "棹" written on it out of the pile of debris.
With the faint light of the rainy day outside the window, he opened the carton.
Most of them are about childhood memories, not the peripherals of anime and comics such as "Cardcaptor Sakura" and "Dragon Ball".
It was some textbooks from when he was a child, the kendama that his father bought but he hadn't played with, and some books that he didn't like to read very much.
Seven seven eight eight, and Xiao Huahuo gave him the most handmade gifts.
Red peppers, sharks, two villains holding hands, New Year's greetings, imperial congratulation cards, etc. are all stored in this box
Each piece is a growth fragment of a childhood sweetheart.
Seeing these things, the image of the frail little girl holding them with both hands and carefully handing them out was immediately reflected in her mind.
"This is...for...for Brother Kai."
Kai Uesugi continued to rummage in the box, he really couldn't remember the painting.
But he knew that it was the first painting she gave him.
He continued to search, and many things were sifted out.
"It's not in this box."
Entrance.
The door lock showed signs of turning.
A click.
Shio Uesugi, who was outside the door, carried a plastic bag, put the key back in his pocket, and put away the raindrop-covered umbrella.
After entering the door, the umbrella was put into the umbrella tube by the wall, and she put on her slippers and entered the house.
Standing at the stairs, looking at the bright light above, shouted:
"Ah, come down and eat lunch."
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no respond.
Shio Uesugi yelled a few more times, and when he found that there was still no movement, he put down the plastic bag containing the bento and drinks and walked up.
"Ah Chi."
There is no one in the room.
"Ah?"
"Okay?"
Uesugi Shio followed a small ladder and saw Uesugi Oi coming down from the attic covered in dust.
Immediately asked: "Ah Chi, what are you doing in the utility room?"
"Looking for something."
"Didn't find it?" Shio Uesugi saw that his hands were empty.
"No."
Kai Uesugi seemed to be in a hurry, quickly put away the ladder and ran to the bathroom to wash his hands.
"Then do you still have dinner?" Shio Uesugi asked standing at the door, with some raindrops still on his hair.
"Yes, but I'll have to wait a while, sister Xi, please go and heat up my bento." He shook his hands that had been washed with water, and looked at himself in the mirror.
Shio Uesugi was very curious about his anxious look, "It's okay to make a hot bento, but what are you looking for?"
"Gift," Kai Uesugi turned off the light in the bath room and walked out, "A gift from Hanabi."
"Gift?"
Shio Uesugi followed his gaze, "Shouldn't the gift be stored in a special box? Why did you find it in the utility room?"
Why are gifts in the utility room.
Hearing his cousin's ordinary tone, Kai Uesugi froze in place.
Why. I would look for the presents she gave me in the utility room.
The worried look of the little girl when she gave the gift suddenly appeared in my mind again.
The little girl looked like a treasure when she received her gift.
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The air was silent again for a few seconds.
"It's my fault."
He went to his room.
Uesugi looked at his somewhat inexplicable back, but paused for a moment, then went downstairs to the kitchen to heat up the bento he had just bought.
The rain covered the entire Tokyo, making everything gray.
Shinjuku Police Station, Chief Office.
Through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows behind the desk, you can see several high-rise buildings in Tokyo.
Hiroki Hanamaru, who was sitting on a leather armchair, was listening to the report brought by his subordinates.
"Will Beichuan want to enter the underground idol industry?"
"Head of Police, could this be someone they want to use to increase their needs? The Beichuan Association controls the custom industry across the country." A police officer said.
"It's not that this possibility cannot be ruled out," Hanamaru Hiroki pondered for a moment, "In this case, you go and call Suzuki over, I have a job to give to him."
"Officer Suzuki? Okay, okay, I see."
"Go down."
"Then I'll take my leave first, Superintendent."
"Ah."
Hanamaru Hiroki looked away from the closed door, glanced sideways at the huge cherry blossom police badge on the wall, and was about to think about the news he had just received when the phone rang.
It's a personal call.
Hanamaru Hiroki stood up from the chair, turned around and walked to the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the gray Tokyo in the rainy day.
He got on the phone.
"father in law. 』
"Call me at this time, is it because you want me to help you?"
"Um. 』
"Tell me."
Hanamaru Hiroki cast his eyes on the cars that were constantly flowing under his feet. The raindrops gathered on the transparent glass, and there were light-colored watermarks that slid down in zigzag lines.
"I want to apply for a visa to England. 』
to England?
Hanamaru Hiroki suddenly laughed, raised his head and said to the phone: "Can't you go to this kind of thing by yourself? You should have some savings to participate in the competition. It is not difficult to apply for an asset certificate and get a visa."
"It takes a month to get a visa, and the same goes for a tourist visa. 』Uesugi Kai didn't hear any change in his father-in-law's tone, it was also flat.
"Don't come to me for this kind of thing, go to Uncle Huahuo."
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"Father-in-law, do you agree? 』
"I have nothing to disagree with, this is your own business."
Hanamaru Hiroki's tone suddenly became serious, "But please remember your identity, Kai, you are now her fiancé instead of her boyfriend - put your attitude right, you will support her for the rest of her life, I hope that in the future you will have the awareness to shoulder this responsibility.”
"No one has to revolve around you, don't make random decisions."
"Doo-doo-doo"
Hanamaru Hiroki hung up the phone, put the phone back into his trouser pocket, and stared at Ome Avenue in the rain outside the glass window.
"Huahuo is too dependent on you kid for everything."
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Kaoru Uesugi sat quietly in the room, putting down his darkened cell phone.
In a messy room, he turned around and picked up a yellowish white paper from the bed.
Staring at the crayon portrait above in a quiet daze.
The summer cicadas are making noise, and the sun is burning in the sky.
After sitting together for a long time, the little girl mustered up her courage:
"Brother Zhao, here I am, here you are."
"What do you give me the paper for?"
Kai Uesugi put down the book in the shade of a tree in the park.
"No, it's not paper, this is, this is the painting drawn by Hanabi"
The little girl spoke timidly, peeking at him from time to time, as if she was worried about something.
"painting?"
Kai Uesugi took the blank paper from the little girl's hand, and found that she was holding it backwards for him, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Hanabi drawing for a long time."
The little girl didn't speak, but lowered her head and pinched the little white skirt with her fleshy hands.
The summer wind in the park is very cool, blowing the rustling green leaves on the head.
Uesugi Kai turned the white paper over and saw the crayon drawing on the top.
"Did you draw it?"
"No, isn't it good-looking?" The little girl raised her head to look at him.
Uesugi Kai smiled lightly: "Is this the painting's father? It's—well, quite cute."
The little girl didn't dare to look at him again, staring at her shoes, she just whispered in an extremely weak voice:
"This, this is Brother Kai"
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The little girl felt something in his silence, and her mood became a little depressed.
".I like it very much. It would be great if I worked harder to paint for a few more days." Kai Uesugi folded the painting and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, Hanabi seems to have been in Betsu Gakuen for three months, right?"
"Um"
"Are you still used to it?"
"It's better." The little girl was still looking at the painting in his hand, "Brother Kai, Brother Zhao, let's return the painting to Huahuo."
"It's okay, I'll take it."
"Brother Kai, don't you hate it?"
"It doesn't matter, Xiao Huahuo can just work harder."
"Work hard. Is it all right?"
Kai Uesugi picked up the book he had put down again, staring at the text above without looking at her again: "Little Hanabi who works hard will look a little cuter."
Hearing his voice, the little girl clenched her skirt even tighter:
"The fireworks will fuel"
Kai Uesugi turned the pages of the book: "Okay, don't give up."
right now,
Kai Uesugi picked up the yellowed crayon portrait, only to realize that it was a portrait that she had been painting for three months before she dared to hand it over to her.
Three months is a long time for a small child.
Kaoru Uesugi can now even imagine that timid little girl staying at home alone, taking out a crayon and carefully scribbling and changing with clumsy hands.
After drawing countless sheets of blank paper, I dared to carefully hand it over to myself.
And when I returned home at that time, I took a closer look at the painting that fell out of the book, and suddenly realized that this was the agreement three months ago.
The promise to let the little girl draw the picture she thinks is the most beautiful, and then hand it over to her.
And what she drew was actually herself
now,
Kaoru Uesugi listened carefully to the rain beating on the door outside the window, and looked up at the self-portrait she gave herself not long ago.
In the painting, she smiles beautifully and brightly, and the colors and pictures complement each other.
The hustle and bustle of the summer festival is brought to life with just a few strokes.
What her dream is, Uesugi Kai is not sure.
But no matter what, he didn't want to lose the feeling of her being by his side in these three years.
Looking out of the window, there are patches of heavy clouds over Tokyo.
Perhaps this rain should disappear before my eyes.
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Friday, September 9, Weather: Showers.
Kai Uesugi, who was packing his luggage at home, was sitting on the bedside, listening to the voice of Goto Iwakatsu on the other end of the phone.
"Hey, Uesugi, why didn't you come today? Are you sick? The loser in the class next door in the physical education class wants to try again with you."
"I won't come to school these days." Uesugi Kai put the folded clothes into the suitcase.
"Ah? Why? Are you going to study abroad too?" Goto Iwakatsu said.
"It's all said these days, don't worry, it won't be long." Kai Uesugi said with his mobile phone under his shoulder.
"Oh, then you can go at ease, Pingchuan and I will miss you."
As if he didn't understand, he immediately added, "Where are you going?"
Kai Uesugi: "Britain."
Goto Iwakatsu: "UK? Are you going to study abroad with Hanamaru-san!?"
"I'm going to call her back."
Ding Dong
After hanging up the phone, the downstairs doorbell rang, Uesugi Kai got up and walked towards the stairs.
Opening the door at the entrance, it was Yuzuki Hanamaru, my uncle wearing sunglasses.
He was holding an umbrella, dressed in casual fashion, and handed out the ID book with the golden badge in his hand with a smile.
"Xiao Zhao, how can you thank uncle?"
Uesugi Kai opened the ID book and took a look at his own photo. After sorting it out, he said:
"Can Uncle You Yue have a barbecue?"
"Barbecue is too shabby, Uncle Youyue, I have lost a lot of energy."
"Ginza?"
"Ginza is barely enough." The smiling Hanamaru Yuzuki turned around and asked, "When will you get married?"
"I will go if I have the opportunity. Now the main reason is that I am not old enough."
Hanamaru Yuzuki patted him on the shoulder, "Haha, among other things, Uncle still likes you quite a bit, you don't pretend, and you don't beat around the bush when you talk."
Uesugi Kai: "I think I'm a pretty bad person."
"If there are shortcomings, there must be advantages! Otherwise, why would my little niece treat you so well, but she is only so kind to you."
"In Uncle Youyue's eyes, what kind of person is Huahuo?"
Hanamaru Yuzuki smiled, "I believe you have more answers than I do."
After speaking with his parents one by one, Kai Uesugi came to Hanamaru's house next door with an umbrella.
Instead of opening the door with the key, he rang the bell.
"Doo-doo-doo"
The door opened.
Mrs. Hanamaru's voice came from the speaker at the door: "Xiao Kai, come in directly."
When I entered the living room, I found that Mrs. Hanamaru, who had a pretty belly, was sitting on the sofa watching TV. On the coffee table were barley tea, melons and fruits.
"Auntie." Uesugi Kai greeted politely.
"Sit first."
Mrs. Hanamaru smiled and said, seeing him sitting quietly for a long time, she asked, "Do you want to eat some other fruit?"
The sound of the male and female protagonists talking on the TV mixed with the rain outside the living room came to the ears, Uesugi Kai said:
"No, I'm here this time to talk to my aunt—"
Mrs. Hanamaru interrupted his next words: "I know the matter, you want to find that child Hua Huo Jiang."
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"But before that, have you thought about the question I asked?"
"No." Uesugi said.
"Then I can say that you are now going to England to seek answers?"
Kai Uesugi met his mother-in-law's smile and nodded, "Yes."
Mrs. Hanamaru didn't look at him anymore, but turned to the TV: "Do you know why I like you so much?"
He didn't speak.
"Because I know that you have always taken good care of Hanabi, and you are not as impetuous as ordinary boys. In the past, your feelings for Hanabi were quite slow, but they are always developing in a good direction."
"The child Huahuo is timid, so he dare not tell you anything. He always thinks of you behind his back, and he will rely on and obey you unintentionally for everything."
"As her mother, what I hope is that you don't take this obedience for granted, and don't be indifferent to her goodwill because of her obedience all the time."
"You agreed to let her go to study abroad, which is the expression that you want her to grow up, but at the same time, you are not ready for her to accept the complete growth and change after three years, and because you are used to her feelings, you regret the decision to let her leave. "
"There is nothing wrong with choosing to change. I just wanted you to think clearly before going."
"Love also has a balance. You need to take the initiative to find and try to change the balance point before your relationship."
Mrs. Hanamaru paused when she said this, and the flashing images on the TV were reflected in her purple eyes.
"I hope you can find a way to truly love her on this journey to find her, Xiao Zhao."
"This is an important factor in whether you can continue in the future."
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The next morning.
Haneda International Airport, T3 Terminal.
The wide and tall waiting area made the voices of the surrounding crowd empty.
Walking among the crowd waiting for the plane, Kai Uesugi held the painting in his hand, not knowing how to describe his current mood.
What love is, he has no idea.
Just 5 months ago, he uttered his first confession in two lifetimes.
——The girl who has been with me for 12 years agreed very easily.
They who have never been in love but are too familiar with everything are clumsy, and they don't even know what words to use to chat within a few days after the confession.
He still maintains his previous appearance, seldom initiates conversations, rarely initiates attempts.
Maybe other girls have long been impatient with his appearance, but Hanamaru Hanabi did not, and she, who has always been shy and timid, even offered to help squeeze her shoulders.
Kai Uesugi understands that when staying with her, he rarely experiences ups and downs, because of her personality, she rarely troubles herself.
Staying with her is dull, and it is even difficult to see her silent contribution after an ordinary life.
There are a lot of people who are annoyed by her silence and cast nasty emotions.
But when you really understand it, you will realize how rare and precious this kind of silent dedication is.
No one will love herself as much as she does again.
『Broadcast voice: Japan Airlines JL043773 starts boarding, Japan Airlines JL043773 starts boarding, please go to No. D ticket gate to check in, please go to No. D ticket gate to check in. 』
Kaoru Uesugi stood up, picked up his schoolbag, joined the flow of people, and walked towards the entrance.
Welcomed by the smiling stewardess, I stepped onto the boarding bridge.
Maybe this time it is me who really needs to grow.
(End of this chapter)