I live my life in Tokyo

“I’ve watched a lot of survival shows before, and the people in those shows eat anything to stay alive and conserve their energy.” Baiyin Yuxing said with his chin in his hand. His eyes didn’t look sharp - now that he’s in the holiday home, he naturally has less time to do his homework, stays up less late, and has fewer dark circles under his eyes.

Sakakibara Kaede couldn't tell which version of Shirogane Miyuki was better, but after getting along with his junior brother Shirogane, he had become accustomed to his dark circles under his eyes.

"What do they eat?" asked Fumino Furuhashi.

Baiyin Yuxing swallowed, cleared his throat and lowered his voice, "They eat anything to stay alive."

"What, eat everything, you mean?"

"insect."

Shirogane Miyuki got goosebumps from what he said, and Furuhashi Fumino felt a little nauseous. Seeing this, Sakakibara Kaede interrupted and said, "I think the chances of eating mushrooms and wild vegetables are higher than eating insects."

"By the way, speaking of eating bugs to survive, it reminds me of a short comic book."

Kaede Sakakibara recalled, "The school organized a school trip, but the cruise ship they were on unfortunately ran aground and sank, and the students took a lifeboat to an isolated island..."

Fumino Furuhashi raised his hand, "I have seen it, but I haven't seen the ending yet."

"It's the same type as the will-o'-the-wisps in midsummer that Sakakibara-senpai photographed."

"Well, they are all battle royale movies. Speaking of Will-O'-the-Ghost in the Summer, I remember it was released in October this year." Sakakibara Kaede sighed. It felt like a century had passed since he last ran for his life in the rain.

"Our classmates are all preparing to buy tickets for the first day," Fumino Furuhashi said with a clenched fist.

Baiyin Yuxing, who had been listening to the conversation silently, added, "There are also many students in our student union waiting to watch the first day."

"Thank you for your support."

Sakakibara Kaede bowed in a pretentious manner, and Shirogane Miyuki and Furuhashi Fumino said they dared not.

Walking on the bluestone road, the waves in the distance wash on the beach, and sand and lush plants spread all the way along the beach - although it looks like a real beach, the sand here is brought from Chiba Prefecture and then artificially filled.

The quiet shallows are suitable for playing on the beach and surfing. In addition to marine sports facilities such as beach volleyball courts and windsurfing boat houses, there are also lawn areas for playing football and barbecue areas, where you can enjoy a variety of seaside leisure activities.

The three decided to walk around the center first, and then go to the offshore facilities.

"According to the timeline, Baiyin-san will be stepping down soon, right?"

"Well, every October at Shuchiin Academy is the day for re-selection of the student union, and it's also the day when the old and new members take over." Shirogane Miyuki sighed. He didn't know whether the remaining juniors and seniors would be able to shoulder the heavy burden of the student union after their senior year left.

"The student union."

There seems to be a student union organized by students at the University of Tokyo, but it has nothing to do with boys. As for the student union of Sobu High School, I don’t know anyone there.

"I have a schoolgirl I know who is studying at Shuchiin Academy. She is a sophomore this year."

"Oh? Can you tell me the name?" Baiyin Yuxing hummed, "I should have an impression of it."

"Yuuki..."

"Are you talking about Yuuki-kun, the girl who is planning to run for the student council?" Shirogane Miyuki suddenly realized. He smiled and said, "I saw her campaign poster in the corridor before. She wants to run for the finance department."

"I think I can try to be the student union president."

Before Sakakibara Kaede could finish her words, Shirogane Miyuki interrupted her. There might be only one female student named Yuki in Shuchiin Academy, but Shirogane Miyuki also said that Yuki Asuna was running for the student union so she had a vague impression of her.

After talking about trivial matters with acquaintances, the three of them headed towards the beach. They had played beach volleyball for an entire afternoon yesterday. Except for Kaede Sakakibara, everyone else felt sore muscles and could only sigh that their purity was not enough.

He did tell Chizuru Ichinose at the dinner table last night to start exercising. After all, actors sometimes need to shoot running scenes, and physical strength is the most basic.

"Hey, there are sailboats." Sailing boats of different colors were swaying on the sea surface. People wearing orange and yellow life jackets were controlling the rudders with force.

"Why don't we go rowing that kind of boat?"

Shirogane Miyuki said, pointing at the pedal boat facing the students.

"I can sail."

"Eh hey hey hey? Senior Sakakibara can row a sailboat?" Fumino Furuhashi widened her eyes.

The boy chuckled. "Of course I am. I am a man who aspires to master two thousand skills. The sailboats here only require steering. Ordinary sailboats require sail control, which requires a lot of physical strength."

Rowing was a natural result of his involvement in the sport. In the past, he often received the task of accompanying clients. Going to a massage parlor with clients was one way to deal with a task, and playing golf with clients was another way to deal with it.

When you play with a boss, you have to play in a high-class and elegant way, not vulgar.

Of course, accompanying the female boss out to play is another job altogether. The smile on your face needs to be fresh and refined, your behavior needs to be gentlemanly and polite, your words need to be eloquent, and you need to praise her and that's it.

"Let's just take a pedalo."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled, and several people came forward to buy tickets. He and Shirogane Miyuki sat in the front, responsible for pedaling and steering, while Furuhashi Fumino sat in the back and looked at the scenery - she wanted to switch seats with Sakakibara Kaede, let Sakakibara-senpai sit in the back seat and look at the scenery, while she would pedal the boat.

In her mind, the hierarchy between seniors and juniors was clear, but the boy persuaded her to go back.

The fun part about pedal boats is pedaling. Well, if you just want to enjoy the scenery, why not buy a ticket for a sea sightseeing yacht?

Avoiding the fast-moving sailboat, several people rowed towards the center. Sakakibara Kaede took out his mobile phone, clicked on the selfie mode, raised his left hand, and said, "Look here——"

The sea breeze blew the corners of Shirogane Yuxing's face upward, and his smile looked a little stiff. Fumino Furumagi raised a victory V sign to the camera with her eyes narrowed into slits.

After sending the photo to the group chat, the boy then sent it to Twitter.

“I tasted summer and the sea breeze.”

After editing, he put his phone in his pocket. He was the captain at the helm, and it would be fun if he hit a sailboat.

After smoothing out their shirts that were wet by the sea breeze, they returned to the shore, found a snack bar in the park, bought some fast food, sat on the benches and watched the teenagers in the distance wolfing down their footballs.

"Can we get some sandwiches to go back with us?"

The boy held the unfinished sandwich in his mouth, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes. "Isn't it in the rules that we can't buy prepared food?"

"hiss..."

Shirogane Miyuki took a breath of cold air. Senior Sakakibara actually found a loophole in the rules. He, he is so good.

"If that's the case, we can buy hamburgers, too?" Furuhashi Fumino smiled as he opened the menu and pointed at them one by one. "Our budget should be enough to buy a large meal, right?"

Fumino Furuhashi is now the loyal junior who is ready to grab a kitchen knife when he sees Sakakibara-senpai trying to steal something.

Baiyin Yuxing saw the two people calculating the price and took out the change to settle the bill.

Just as Kaede Sakakibara waved his hand and was about to buy two Crazy Thursday sets, Oshima Hide, who had been staring at them, called the boy's cell phone.

"Hahaha, you actually found the highlight. That's impressive, Sakakibara-kun. This is the negligence of our production team. I didn't expect you to come up with this trick."

"No, no, you are too modest. I will accept this loophole in the rules without hesitation!"

Sakakibara Kaede gave Furuno Furuma a look, and the latter was so happy that he immediately picked up his tool, paid the money and started queuing.

"Ahem, Sakakibara-kun, the production team has just modified the mission conditions and prohibits the purchase of cooked food."

"Oh my god, you're changing the rules on the spot? As a KP..."

"Forget it, this is our fault. Let me give you a tip. There is a fishing business nearby. You can try your luck."

"..."

Before the boy could refute, the other party had already scratched the phone. He put down the phone and sighed.

Okay, okay, you just want to make life difficult for our group, right?

"Senior Sakakibara, are we still buying it?" Fumino Furuhashi guessed something from Kaede Sakakibara's change of attitude and asked in a low voice.

"They said you can't buy cooked food."

Sakakibara Kaede shook her head. "I guess the staff saw what we did just now and reported it to Oshima-san."

"That's it."

"But Oshima-san gave us a hint."

Sakakibara showed the map on his phone, "There is a fishing spot nearby. We can rent fishing gear there and go fishing for a while."

Furuno Fumino was immediately interested when he heard about fishing. Shirogane Miyuki hesitated and asked, "Sakakibara-senpai, what kind of fishing masters are there in this fishing forum?"

The boy waved his hand calmly, "They catch everything except fish."

Including but not limited to the Yellow River rescue, gun salvage, venomous snake training, accidental capture of wild animals, mermaid rescue, nun frown and other events.

He had learned sailing in the past, but had never learned fishing. The three of them finished their fast food at the speed of light and walked along the beach towards the shop that rented fishing gear.

None of the three knew how to fish. In order to prevent themselves from being wiped out in this competition, the boy displayed his first-rate rhetoric skills and asked the boss politely if he could borrow a clerk from him.

When the store manager saw the handsome men and beautiful women, he thought they were here to cause trouble. How many young people nowadays can concentrate on fishing?

After hearing that they were bewitched by the boy and seeing the filming crew behind them, the store manager waved his hand and directly assigned his son to look after the store. He threw the fishing gear behind him and patted his chest to indicate that he would personally come down to guide them.

As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Instead of taking them to the seafood market to choose fresh fish for dinner, the store manager chose to pass on his experience to today's simple and naive young people.

As an uncle, I like fishing the most.

Chapter 35: Skilled Technician

The uncle who was the store manager took the three people to do rock fishing, which means fishing on rocks or reef beaches protruding from the water.

The residents here make their living from the sea, and the store owner is one of them. He brought the three of them to a reef where there were few people and began to teach them the skill of fishing.

All three of them listened very carefully. To become a top student, there is one skill that must be maxed out, and that is learning ability. All three of them are people who can draw inferences from one example. After the uncle explained the methods of bait, fish hooks and pulling lines, they quickly started to put into practice.

Sakakibara Feng listened very carefully. If he learned this skill, then he would have one more skill, fishing, among the more than 2,000 skills. It would be a good use for relieving boredom or daydreaming in the future.

Faced with the waves crashing onto the rocks, the boy put the bait on the hook and, imitating the uncle, threw it forward.

The bait falls into the water, making a crisp sound.

"Hmm, nice moves." The old man stroked his stubble and said with emotion, "Wow, young people nowadays learn really fast."

"Almost, because uncle you taught very well." Sakakibara Kaede praised with a smile.

"Haha, stop praising me." The store manager shook his head. He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. He skillfully took out a lighter and lit it. He took a long breath and said, "Now I am on TV. Brother, you are a star in the entertainment industry, right? How do you feel about my role in front of the camera?"

"This reality show is aimed at teenagers. Uncle, your smoking may lead them astray."

Sakakibara Kaede nodded to the filming crew in the distance. When the store manager saw this, he quickly put out his cigarette, threw it under his feet and stomped on it a few times.

My mouth felt empty for a while. The store manager took out a hard candy and stuffed it into his mouth. He cleared his ragged throat and asked, "Young man, are you from Tokyo?"

"Yeah, but I was born in Chiba and went to university in Tokyo."

"Are you still used to it?"

The uncle felt Sakakibara Kaede's gaze and couldn't help but laugh. "I also went to university in Tokyo, but I couldn't adapt to the fast-paced life and endless overtime. One of my few hobbies was fishing, so I returned to my hometown and opened a fishing tackle shop."

“It’s really nice. It feels a bit like running a coffee shop.”

"Hey, young man, you're very knowledgeable." The uncle laughed and said, "My wife opened a coffee shop in the city purely for her hobby. I...also did it for my hobby. It stands to reason that working for your hobby should not bring in enough money, but our life is not as difficult as you might think."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled in agreement. He felt jealous. Although such a life was busy, working purely for interest, wasn't that happy?

He immediately thought of himself, with a hint of self-mockery on his face. He thought that he was being greedy. Whether it was being an actor or playing games with senior Yuki, wasn't it all for happiness?

An actor is someone who can influence the inner sense of sufficiency of others.

Making games gives players like him a sense of accomplishment when they can enjoy the games.

Being a tutor brings the satisfaction of being able to change the future path of students.

"My kid is about to enter high school, and I plan to send him to Tokyo to attend high school."

Hearing the uncle's words, Sakakibara Kaede looked at him in surprise.

"We want our son to be successful. At his age, he should go to a big city like Tokyo to broaden his horizons. Whether he plans to come back to study for university or study in Tokyo, we will support him."

"Uncle, you see things very clearly."

"That's right. After all, you can't do anything when you're fishing. You can only think about the philosophy of life."

At first glance, this... looks very similar to a squat toilet.

Sakakibara Feng thought of himself again and sighed. Wasn’t there enough time he spent as a thinker in the toilet?

"Oh oh oh-"

Not long after the uncle store manager left to instruct the other two, the boy felt the fishing rod in his hand shrink, his wrist suddenly sank, and he immediately cried out.

"Pull the rod up!" the store manager said hastily, "reel in the line slowly, keeping the rod pointing vertically."

Sakakibara's arms were a little stiff, which was due to nervousness. He pulled the rod, racing with the fish, and slowly lifted it up.

When you get closer, you can see a slender white wave against the blue sky.

"Hey - you're lucky, it's actually a mackerel."