Tokyo Love Story

Thus, October came to an end amidst the lively "intensive training" after school.

October 30th, weekend.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, in the living room of the Morishima family.

"Xuesha, haven't you chosen yet?"

Sitting on the sofa, Yukie Morishima supported her smooth chin with her left hand, and took out her mobile phone with her right hand helplessly to check the time.

Since she woke up in the morning, her baby daughter has changed into twelve sets of clothes.

In her opinion, every dress Xuesha picked was beautiful, but the problem was that the person concerned was not satisfied at all. She hesitated, worried about gains and losses and couldn't make up her mind.

No. "

Morishima Yukisa changed into a white gauze dress and stood in front of the full-length mirror in the living room, looking at her outfit carefully.

For her, today is a very important day.

My mother treated my partner to a dinner.

To put it another way, if you round it off, it can be considered a formal meeting with the parents.

"Actually..." Morishima Yukie considered her words, paying attention to the expression on her daughter's face, and gave her sincere advice, "Although such a simple meal is meaningful in itself, it should not be too flashy.

“This will put pressure on Che, just be normal.

"What do you think?"

She could understand her daughter's feelings.

But at the same time, as someone who has been through this, she also knows that this is not a private date between her daughter and her partner. Choosing clothes that are too "gorgeous" may backfire. In such occasions, simplicity and elegance are the plus points.

Morishima Yukisa fell silent. She turned her head and looked at her mother, then turned her head and looked at herself in the full-length mirror.

The girl in the mirror was dressed gorgeously, with beautiful features. She was pretty, but her outfit looked more like she was going to attend a banquet or perform in a concert.

"I see."

Yukisa Morishima withdrew her gaze and walked towards her room without hesitation.

"Uh...Xuesha, you can only change into another set of clothes. We should go out at this hour."

Morishima Yukie couldn't help but call her and reminded the girl.

They are treating us to dinner today, so it is reasonable for them to arrive early.

According to her usual habits, it is normal to start one hour earlier, so that even if there are any special circumstances on the road, she will not be in a hurry, or even be late in the worst case.

"it is good!"

'patta'

Along with the sound of the door closing, Yukisa Morishima's reply came as expected.

Now that she knew clearly what to wear, she didn't have to worry about it anymore.

Three minutes later, Yukisa Morishima's door was pushed open, and Yukisa Morishima, who had changed into casual clothes, walked out.

"now what?"

Yukisa Morishima walked into the living room and allowed Yukie Morishima to look at her openly, and even turned around a little.

"Now..."

Yukie Morishima looked at her daughter, her eyes reflecting her long legs wrapped in slim jeans and the black sweatshirt that covered her daughter's beautiful figure.

She raised her eyes slightly.

The beautiful face with light makeup came into her eyes.

For no reason, she was distracted for a moment.

Time and space seemed to overlap at this moment. The graceful girl in front of him seemed not to be his daughter, but his younger self who had walked through the long river of time.

Ah.

Morishima Yukie chuckled from the bottom of her heart, and came back to her senses.

If I have to say, Xuesha is much stronger now than she was back then.

Thinking of this, Morishima Yukie raised her eyebrows and gave her daughter a thumbs up, "Very good!"

Compared to before, Xuesha's outfit now looks much softer.

According to her experience, the more this style of dressing is adopted, the higher the score will be from calm people like Kitagawa Che.

In a sense, my daughter's success was an unexpected result.

Yukisa Morishima made an 'ok' gesture and gave her response.

"Then it's time for us to set off."

Patting her trouser legs, Yukie Morishima stood up, picked up the car keys on the coffee table, and walked out of the house.

*

Inoue Ryouriya is located north of the residential area in Bunkyo Ward, and is known as the twin stars of Bunkyo Ward's cuisine along with the famous Western restaurant Pansy.

But if you must say, Inoue Restaurant is much older than Pansy.

Inoue Ryoriya has a history of nearly sixty years, and the interior decoration of the store has been renovated more than four times. The store has also changed from a narrow shop at the beginning to a spacious store with three floors.

After greeting the boss, Morishima Yukie and Morishima Yukisa, led by a waitress at the front desk, walked into a private room at the very edge of the second floor.

This private room is also the quietest one on the second floor. She had taken some effort to reserve this place.

"Well, sir, here's the menu."

The waitress, who was in her early twenties and wearing the store uniform, knelt down, then held up the menu with both hands and handed it to Yukie Morishima in front of her.

Yukie Morishima nodded, took the menu and started flipping through it.

She is a regular customer of this restaurant, but the last time she came here was half a year ago.

Inoue Restaurant is developing very fast. The chef of this restaurant, Ms. Inoue, improves some unpopular dishes on the menu every year. From the beginning of the store to now, according to regular customers, there is no dish at Inoue Restaurant that is unpalatable.

But perhaps because of this, every customer who comes to Inoue Restaurant will face a happy dilemma. When the dishes are all delicious, what to order becomes a difficult matter.

After briefly looking through the menu, Yukie Morishima ordered the six dishes she always ordered. Then, she handed the menu to Yukisa, telling her to order whatever she wanted.

"If we add two more dishes, can we finish it?"

Yukisa Morishima glanced at her mother and asked.

"There's still Che, there will definitely be no problem."

Yukie Morishima smiled and nodded.

The prices at Inoue Restaurant are relatively affordable, and the food itself tastes good, but the portion size is just enough for female guests, but if there are male diners, they will have to order 1.5 times or even 2 times the amount.

Half a year ago, when she brought Xuesha here to dine, the mother and daughter only ordered four to five dishes.

"Add a sushi platter and a special grilled beef tongue."

Yukisa Morishima pointed to two pictures on the menu and handed the menu back to the waitress.

"Ok."

The waitress nodded slightly and had already written down the two dishes ordered by Yukisa Morishima in her notebook.

"Then please wait a moment, I will serve the food soon."

After taking the menu, the waitress stood up, bowed to Morishima Yukie and Morishima Yukisa, then pushed open the sliding door of the private room, walked out sideways, closed the door, and left with steady steps.

"I remember you weren't interested in sushi platters and barbecue?"

When the footsteps gradually faded away, Morishima Yukie coughed lightly and asked a question even though she knew the answer.

She is well aware of her daughter's eating habits.

Compared to barbecued dishes with strong smells and too much grease, Xuesha still prefers dishes with lighter flavors.

In this respect, Xuesha is the same as her.

But at this moment, Xuesha ordered barbecue, which was contrary to her usual behavior, and the meaning was naturally quite obvious.

If nothing unexpected happens, this barbecue was most likely ordered for someone.

"People change all the time."

Yukisa Morishima's face suddenly turned red. She turned her head away, avoiding her mother's teasing gaze, and used his words to defend herself.

"But if people change, there always needs to be a reason." Morishima Yukie blinked, not intending to miss the opportunity to tease her precious daughter, "The reason why time can change everything is that as time passes, people will have experiences, and with experiences, some ideas will change, and some emotional relief is also due to this.

"So..."

She stretched out her tone, and although she didn't finish her words, the implication was clear.

"Because..." Morishima Yukisa bit her lip lightly, and her slightly cold voice was a little more shy, "He likes it."

Kitagawa Che had revealed that he liked to cook beef by grilling it, and during lunch break, he also shared his special roast beef with her.

Although she didn't like greasy food, her mind changed after tasting it.

It may be because Kitagawa Tetsu or Ejima Tadashi’s cooking skills are too superb, or it may be because she loves the people they belong to and they all belong to her.

All in all, from that time on, she was no longer so resistant to barbecue.

"Ah~"

Morishima Yukie made a loud noise as if to stir up trouble, and then her expression returned to her usual indifferent state.

"If that's the case, then I can totally understand." She paused, and couldn't help but tease Morishima Yukisa, "A girl's feelings are always poetic."

Morishima Yukisa didn't say anything, but the blush on her neck said it all.

"But..." Morishima Yukie changed the subject and her tone became serious, "Sometimes, a certain distance is necessary.

"If you like someone, if you pursue them too hard and don't leave space for the other person, it will undoubtedly be suffocating.

"This is not only to protect myself, but also the key to maintaining this 'like'.

“Perhaps my description is a bit abstract, so let me use the passage from the book Norwegian Wood that I read before as an example.

"Because I love you, I often want to apologize to you. My love is heavy and dirty, and contains many unpleasant things, such as sadness, sorrow, self-pity, and despair. My heart is so fragile that I am always defeated by these negative emotions, as if I am sinking deeper and deeper in a swamp. And I love you, just to drag you in, but I hope you will save me.

“That’s how the mysterious new author describes it.

"It may sound a little abstract, but I personally think it is more concrete than what I said."

Hearing this, Morishima Yukisa raised her head, her fair neck still having a layer of light pink.

After hesitating for a while, the girl looked at her mother and asked, "Is this considered advice from an experienced person?"

She was very clear about her mother's past love affair, which was a "taboo" in the early years.

She wouldn't ask, and her mother wouldn't bring it up either.

The principle that the mother and daughter have always followed on this issue is 'silence is golden'.

But in the past few years, my mother would bring up these things from time to time. Recently, she even used these things as negative examples to warn herself.

"I'm not admonishing you, I just hope you don't follow the same path I took."

Yukie Morishima shook her head and corrected her daughter.

As she just said, the experiences brought by time have made her let go of that failed marriage and failed relationship.

But she knew, and her daughter also knew, that the impact of that past event had not ended.

Even this was directly reflected in her daughter's character early on. Xuesha is a person who is quite easy to feel insecure, but the way she shows it is to push everyone away.

——If you don’t get it, then there’s no need to worry about losing it.

"I see."

Yukisa Morishima lowered her eyebrows and nodded.

Buzz. Buzz.

Suddenly, the cell phone in her trouser pocket vibrated twice.

Taking out her cell phone, Yukisa Morishima took a look at it.

The message was sent by Kitagawa Che.

"Che is here. I'll go down to pick him up."