A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

Li Wei wasn't intentionally trying to hurt Michiru Hyodo; he was simply stating a fact. If it were like the original story, arranging a half-baked underground idol performance would be no challenge for him, but would it make any sense?

The music industry in Japan is extremely competitive, to the point of being fiercely competitive. It's a world teeming with talented people, a battleground where only a select few can truly rise to the top.

Unlike the South Korean music scene, where popularity is built on fan culture, in Japan, music fans have very high standards for the skills of singers and musicians. If you don't have real talent, you might not even be able to debut, let alone perform in underground live shows.

“I know, but some things you’ll regret for the rest of your life if you don’t try them. I’d rather try and face failure than not even have the courage to try and live in regret for the rest of my life,” Michiru Hyodo said earnestly.

Listening to what the other person said, Li Wei's opinion of Hyodo Michi changed somewhat. This girl was not simply oblivious, but had the courage to face challenges head-on.

Unfortunately, Michiru Hyodo's talent wasn't that high. The original story mentioned that Michiru Hyodo had played various sports such as basketball, track and field, and tennis, and had excellent performance in each of them. However, her excellence was relative to ordinary people. If she wanted to compete with the higher-level "monsters," she couldn't beat them with talent alone.

Because those monsters not only possessed greater talent than her, but also unimaginable perseverance, persisting for ten years to train their skills, which was completely different from someone like Michiru Hyodo, who only had a three-minute burst of enthusiasm.

Therefore, although Michiru Hyodo's words sound pretty, Li Wei doesn't think highly of her because of them, because she lacks "purity." This kind of half-baked person who can't fully commit to anything will only seriously examine her own talents and train herself seriously after she really hits a wall.

Li Wei smiled and said, "You and An Yi both have your own principles, which is great. If you ever need any help in the future, just come to me. I'll offer whatever assistance I can." Hearing Li Wei's words, Hyodo Michiru was somewhat surprised. Did this mean she was being recognized?

Li Wei took out his wallet, pulled out a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi cards, and said, "Don't be in such a hurry to refuse. This money isn't charity; it's a loan. You can pay me back slowly when you have the money. After all, you're a girl, and you need money for quite a few things."

Li Wei thought for a moment, then drew out an extra Fukuzawa Yukichi card and said, "Aki-kun's house is quite a distance from here. With all this stuff, it's not very convenient for you to take the train. This is for you to take a taxi. You don't need to pay me back."

Michiru Hyoudou came all the way from her hometown, carrying a suitcase and a guitar case. It was quite inconvenient for a girl to drag and carry all of that.

"Thank you." Michiru Hyodo said softly, taking the money from Li Wei's hand. Li Wei's words had taken into account her dignity and feelings, so she had no resistance to the money.

On the contrary, she was grateful for Li Wei's thoughtfulness. After all, she had no other relatives or friends in Tokyo besides Aki Tomoya's family. However, it wasn't right to stay at Aki Tomoya's house for a long time. The money that Li Wei lent her was a kind of start-up capital, so that she wouldn't be in a situation where she was penniless.

Li Wei took out a notepad from his pocket, wrote his phone number on a note, and placed it in Hyodo Michiru's hand, saying, "Just contact me if you have any questions. I'll take my leave now."

Watching Li Wei's tall, dashing figure recede into the distance, Hyodo Michiru's face flushed crimson. She looked at the note in her hand; it bore an unfamiliar phone number. She carefully folded the note and put it away. Now that she had money, she wouldn't have to squeeze onto the tram anymore. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Hyodo Michiru's pretty face.

Chapter 111. A Great Fire

Li Wei doesn't have a high opinion of Michiru Hyodo's singing career, but he will still give her a helping hand. However, he doesn't want to push Michiru Hyodo onto the stage, but rather to let her see herself clearly. What choice she makes in the end will be up to her.

Just around the corner out of Hyoudou Michiru's sight, Li Wei removed his mask and breathed a sigh of relief. Keeping a serious face and pretending to be profound was indeed a troublesome thing, but sometimes he had no choice but to do it, since it was the fastest way to achieve the desired effect.

In his perception, Hyodo Michiru had already boarded a taxi and was heading towards Aki Tomoya's house. Li Wei used his cloud-riding technique to get ahead of Hyodo Michiru and arrived at his destination more than half an hour earlier.

Looking down at the Aki family mansion from the air, it looked quite new, probably built in the last few years, and more exquisite than the other buildings around it.

"Burning it with fire? Or exploding it with gas?" Li Wei's senses spread outward, enveloping the Aki family's residence, and he briefly examined the structure of the Aki family's residence.

"Although it looks very modern, it still can't escape the constraints of wooden buildings, and its fire resistance is a concern." Li Wei is now an architectural expert, and he is very familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of neon-style buildings.

Its advantages are obvious: world-class earthquake resistance; all-wood frame houses possess top-notch toughness; only an 8-magnitude earthquake can cause significant damage to this frame, but even so, it is only damaged but does not collapse, demonstrating its exceptional durability.

However, the disadvantages of all-wood frame houses are also obvious. They are extremely vulnerable to fire, especially now that the weather is dry. Once a fire starts, it can get out of control in just ten or twenty minutes.

With a smug smile on his face, the despicable Li Wei made his decision: he would use fire to attack.

Li Wei always felt that the various choices in Europa Universalis weren't bad enough, which limited his ability to play a villain. Look at Stellaris next door, where they would blow up the opposing homeworld to mine minerals, turn the entire opposing race into canned meat, brainwash the entire population, launch wars of aggression, exploit the capital of interstellar giant corporations, and enslave the entire population through contracts... Compared to the great evils of Stellaris, the petty things in Europa Universalis can only be described as minor evils.

“Gas explosions happen all the time in Fuyuki City, and it’s quite normal for fires to happen here in Tokyo, where the weather is dry.” Li Wei snapped his fingers. At that moment, a gas leak occurred in the kitchen of the Aki family’s residence, and then encountered static electricity in the dry environment.

Before long, Li Wei saw black smoke rising from the first floor of the An Yi family mansion. Li Wei gently blew a breath, and a strange wind blew up inside the house. The fire was fueled by the wind, and the raging flames instantly spread to other rooms.

Because Aki Tomoya's parents are busy with work and are away from home for long periods of time, Li Wei is not worried about causing any accidental injuries. As for Aki's parents who were implicated by Aki Tomoya, Li Wei will give them some compensation. Even if the house is rebuilt, they will still make a profit. They won't make a fortune, but the income will be quite good.

The two or three months spent building the house were the time Li Wei bought for himself. Li Wei rubbed his chin, looked at the burning house below, and set up a small magic circle around it to "drive away idlers".

Every year, many houses catch fire in Japan. If the neighbors notice it in time, they can put out the flames. Li Wei set up the magic array to disperse the bystanders so that the fire could burn more thoroughly.

When Li Wei canceled the spell array he had set up to disperse the onlookers, the surrounding neighbors also discovered the fire that had broken out at the Aki family's residence.

Fires in Japan can easily spread and spread to other areas, so when a fire breaks out in one of the houses in a residential area, the neighbors will try their best to help put it out.

Although Japanese people may appear warm on the surface but are indifferent at heart, they are no different from people from other places in terms of seeking advantage and avoiding harm. For example, if a fire breaks out in a densely populated residential area, helping others is helping themselves.

The neighbors who were still at home all sprang into action. Some took out dry powder fire extinguishers, while others carried buckets of water or connected fire hoses and sprayed the burning house.

Under Li Wei's control, the fire was quickly brought under control. Before the fire trucks even arrived, the fire had already been extinguished by the neighbors working together.

Having achieved his goal, Li Wei did not linger and returned to his rented apartment.

Meanwhile, Michiru Hyodo, who had taken a taxi to the vicinity of Tomoya Aki's house, got out of the car with her luggage and musical instruments. She recalled the route from her memory and searched for Tomoya Aki's house.

"It's been several years since I've been here, and the surroundings have changed quite a bit. I can hardly remember the way anymore. Tokyo is definitely different from my hometown..." Michiru Hyodo remarked.

Michiru Hyodo, living in a small seaside town, like many other young people, longs to make a name for herself in a bustling big city. However, her family feels she's not cut out for it and often advises her to be more down-to-earth and stop daydreaming. (Please give her flowers.)

How could she be content with her current life? Everyone has the right to pursue a better life, and Michiru Hyodo felt that she was no exception. She didn't want to spend her whole life in that lifeless seaside town, living a boring life that seemed to have no end in sight.

Driven by a thirst for adventure, she completely broke ties with her family this time. To pursue her musical dreams, she secretly took a two-year leave of absence from school. This led to a major argument with her family. She planned to gamble for those two years; if she could make a name for herself, she could establish herself in this metropolis. If not, she would have to obediently return to her small seaside town, inherit her family's seafood wholesale shop, and live a life constantly reeking of fish. However, Michiru didn't want to live a life of constant sweating and toiling while moving seafood. She wanted a more dignified life, but in that stagnant seaside town, there was no such thing as dignity; everyone was just trying to make a living.

"Work hard! Strive! I must make a name for myself in Tokyo and become a famous musician!" Michi Hyoudou encouraged herself.

Carrying a guitar case and dragging a large suitcase, Michiru Hyodo finally found Tomoya Aki's house, but when she saw the scene in front of her, she was completely dumbfounded.

The once charming and cozy detached house was now a charred ruin, and the neighbors who had participated in the rescue efforts were still there. Michiru Hyoudou stopped a neighbor, an older woman, and asked, "Auntie, what exactly happened to this family?"

The middle-aged woman said, "It caught fire. The weather is dry, and many things can cause a fire. But this is the first time I've seen one burn so fiercely."

Hyodo Michiru thanked her and continued walking forward. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she saw the name "Anki" written on the gate. Her heart felt like it had been trampled by a herd of elephants.

Michiru Hyodo stared in disbelief: "I... I don't even have a place to stay? No, no! That's not what I should be concerned about right now. I need to call my aunt, uncle, and Alan and tell them what happened here."

Chapter 112. Helplessness

When Aki Tomoya received a call from Hyodo Michiru and learned that his house had been burned to the ground, he almost fainted.

However, it's normal for Aki Tomoya to have such large emotional fluctuations, because his home has a large collection of otaku-themed items, including various light novels and comics, game discs, anime merchandise, and model figures.

It can be said that the collection in his home not only took him a lot of effort, but also an equal amount of money. In fact, some of the items in the collection are priceless.

After hanging up the phone, Aki Tomoya wore a listless, sullen expression, staring blankly at the ceiling, muttering things like, "It's all over, it's all over."

On the other hand, after finishing her phone call with Aki Tomoya and his parents, Hyodo Michiru had to think about a very serious question: where would she stay tonight?

Although Li Wei lent her some money, "960" could stay in internet cafes or capsule hotels with it, but she was not familiar with Tokyo. Even if she knew what she could do, she couldn't find nearby internet cafes or capsule hotels, which was the problem.

Tokyo is so big, a megacity with nearly 20 million permanent residents, that it is very different from her hometown, a small seaside town with a population of less than 100,000.

The seaside town is very small, with only two main roads. All the buildings are built around these two roads. You can get a pretty good idea of ​​what the town has by walking around these two roads. But Tokyo is different. The entire Tokyo metropolitan area is divided into 23 wards, each with its own characteristics, and they are connected by a complex and efficient transportation network. It is completely different from the small town with only two bus routes and not even many taxis.

It was precisely because of this that Michiru Hyodo, who was unfamiliar with the area, had nowhere to stay after the fire destroyed Aki's house.

"I guess my aunt and uncle also need to find a new place to live. Under such circumstances, they probably won't be able to take care of me," Michiru Hyoudou thought.

Although renting an apartment in Japan isn't a big deal, Michiru Hyodo felt bad about continuing to bother Aki's family under these circumstances.

Michiru Hyoudou took out a note with a phone number written on it from her bag, entered the number into her phone's address book, and then dialed the number.

Although it wasn't a good idea to call the number on the very first day she got it, she had no idea what to do. She remembered what Li Wei had told her: if she needed any help, she could call this number, and Li Wei would help her to the best of his ability.

Li Wei had just returned to her apartment and was in her study when she saw the unfamiliar number on the caller ID. She was a little surprised. If it wasn't some random spam call, then it must be Hyodo Michiru. She had originally thought that even after the fire at Aki's house, Hyodo Michiru wouldn't contact her so quickly, but now, her assumptions might have been wrong.

Upon answering the phone, Li Wei heard Michiru Hyodo's voice.

"Is that Li Weijun?"

"It's me." Li Wei's voice, even with the distortion from the phone call, still had an indescribable magnetism.

Just listening to that voice, Michiru Hyodo felt as if a kitten was scratching at her heart; the voice was simply too alluring.

"Um... Li Weijun, I've run into some trouble."

"Just say so. As I said before, I will do my best to help you within my capabilities. If you encounter any trouble, just tell me."

Without hesitation, Michiru Hyodo briefly recounted her situation and also expressed her concerns.

Michiru Hyodo is currently in the stage of running away from home, having fallen out with her family. The place she was planning to stay temporarily caught fire, and now she is truly homeless. The money she has can last for a while by staying in an internet cafe or capsule hotel, but with her food expenses, the money will be used up very quickly. Therefore, Michiru Hyodo thought of Li Wei.

"Having nowhere to stay is a problem. After all, you're a girl, and you don't have any relatives or friends in Tokyo except for the Aki family. You're unfamiliar with the area, and even if you rent a place, it's easy to get scammed."

"So I'll have to ask Li Weijun for help with this."

Li Wei himself had suffered losses from renting a place. Although Japanese law implicitly protects tenants, it is difficult for the law to do anything about some difficult landlords.

Just like he was back then, Michiru Hyodo is now unfamiliar with Tokyo and easily taken advantage of.

No matter what kind of law it is, there are always loopholes. The laws in Japan tend to protect the interests of tenants, and landlords do not have the right to evict tenants. …But don't think that landlords are powerless to deal with tenants.

Landlords can hire delinquent teenagers or thugs to harass tenants. As long as they don't physically assault anyone, there won't be any major problems. This can be considered exploiting a loophole in the law.

Li Wei didn't encounter any thugs breaking into his door, but he did experience having paint splashed on it. Although the landlord had a "I'm a victim too" expression, Li Wei knew that the person who ordered the thugs to do it was the landlord.

However, Li Wei had just arrived in Tokyo at that time, just like Michiru Hyodo is now, so he had no choice but to move away. Some scoundrels, before you have the strength to completely crush them, you can only try to take a detour.

The laws in Japan are not monolithic; if someone is determined to find loopholes, they can find quite a few.

This disgusting tactic isn't just used against international students; other Japanese people who aren't native to Tokyo also encounter this kind of thing.

It is precisely because of this that Michiru Hyodo, a single girl with a distinct out-of-town accent, is easily bullied by local hooligans when renting an apartment in Tokyo.

Michiru Hyodo had some understanding of such matters, so instead of rushing to rent an apartment alone, she first sought help from Li Wei, someone who seemed to be doing well in Tokyo. Michiru Hyodo was straightforward, but not inflexible.

“Michiru, find a place nearby to rest for a bit. I’ll take a taxi to pick you up. You can stay at my place for the night, and I’ll try to find you a suitable place tomorrow,” Li Wei said.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and Li Wei has arranged to take a few girls to the amusement park. However, there is another option: he can avoid taking them out by exhausting them to the point where they can't even get out of bed the next day. This way, he can free up the morning and take Bingtang Meizhi to look for a suitable place to rent.

Li Wei went to the large bedroom next to the study and explained his situation and the matter of Hyodo Michiru to Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others.

"I don't know whether to say this girl is unlucky or Aki Tomoya is unlucky. He was hit on the leg by a biker gang not long ago, and now his house has burned down. This is just too much bad luck," sighed Machida Sonoko, who was browsing the internet.