I live my life in Tokyo

Iida Kei asked back, "As you know, recently, during graduation season, many people have submitted applications to the agency to find housing for school or future work reasons, including several of your friends, Sakurajima-kun and Higuchi-kun."

"Their requirements are quite clear. They want a tower that can accommodate multiple people. It seems like they are planning to live together in the future."

Iida Kei coughed lightly, "Are you interested? You should know that your future work environment will not only be in Bunkyo District. Besides, the transportation where you live is really inconvenient. Several shopping malls and shopping centers are quite far away. I recommend that you consider the housing in the tower in the port area like Sakurajima-kun and the others."

"Most of your future activities will be in high-end living areas such as Ginza and Minato. Weren't your first two brand endorsements in Ginza? It only takes about ten minutes to take the Asakusa Line from Minato to Ginza."

Maybe Mai Sakurajima has already found a house she's looking at.

The young man thought about it, but decided not to agree now. "I'll think about it."

"Well, moving is not an easy thing. In my opinion, it is similar to transferring to a new school. Going to a new area and dealing with new neighbors is similar to transferring to a new school and interacting with new classmates, right?"

Kei Iida dropped him off at the door and drove away. He had to go to the office to complete the final handover work soon. Tomorrow he would be able to officially start his vacation and go back to his hometown.

Kaede Sakakibara hopes that he can successfully find his other half as a simulated couple.

He had received news from his father before, but the other party was not in Japan. Kaede Sakakibara had to spend the first month of the new year alone again, but it didn't matter, as he was used to this kind of life.

His close friends are all on long vacation, but they are all busy.

Yuuma Miura is still in Chiba for the New Year and has not returned to Tokyo. The two siblings of the Yuki family are also in the main family and have not returned to Tokyo. Uehara Takeda is in Tokyo, but they are cleaning their house every day, so they may only be able to go out and play in the New Year.

Doma found an internship, and Kasumigaoka... sent him an email.

The young man turned on his work computer, sat at the bar, and turned on the TV. The TV automatically switched to TV Asahi and began playing the latest popular TV series.

At this point, the broadcast time of Kuuga had long passed. Sakakibara Kaede's gaze lingered on the faces of the male and female protagonists for a moment, and he opened the huge PDF sent to him by Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to have some experience. It seemed that she had read a lot of galgame layouts and introductions on the Internet. At the beginning, she first provided the background of the story, followed by the character introduction, and then the outline of her own creation.

Making a galgame is fundamentally different from writing. Writing can use long paragraphs of text description and psychological description to express the differences between different characters and the sparks generated by friction.

But galgame can only express emotions through dialogue.

"have you eaten?"

"I ate it, and you?"

"have eaten."

The seemingly boring dialogues in writing can actually reflect a sense of daily life through the voice actors' performances and illustrations.

Sakakibara Kaede was writing notes on the side while reading. The protagonist is a freshman who transfers to the second year of high school and then experiences and starts a new life in school. Sakakibara Kaede has seen many such settings, so the key is how to write it in a beautiful way.

As expected, Sakakibara Kaede found the role set by Kasumigaoka Uta herself in the character setting, and she also had the most words described under the role she set. This young man who abused his power for personal gain could not help but laugh.

The galgame has a total of four lines, which is beyond Sakakibara Kaede's expectation. This is a lot of work for Kasumigaoka Utaha.

However, Sakakibara did not comment on her thoughts. After writing the notes, Sakakibara sent the document back.

After glancing at the clock on the wall, Sakakibara Feng sighed with a headache. There was nothing in the refrigerator, and he had no idea what to have for lunch today.

He took out his cell phone and ordered a takeout for himself. To be honest, takeout in Tokyo is still a little expensive. He usually has no chance to try takeout because of Mrs. Higuchi, so this time he can try something new.

With nothing to do, he started up his handheld game console. After connecting to the Internet, he first bought a new avatar from the membership club.

Clicking on the online friends in the upper left corner, Sakakibara Kaede found that Yuki was online and was playing Splatoon, so he immediately sent her a friend pop-up message.

He had seen Uehara working hard on his Splatoon skills, because he heard that there were a lot of JKs who played Splatoon on the forum, and he wanted to help them rank up after he had improved his skills, and it would be even better if they could meet in person.

Yuuki responded quickly and sent a game invitation. Sakakibara Kaede then turned into a squid and started spraying with the spray gun in her hand.

There is no need for too much communication between game friends. The most common exchanges are "Are you free today?" and "111." Such questions and answers are given one after another. There is no need to get involved too much in caring about each other's lives. The relationship only needs to be online.

The takeaway arrived quickly. Sakakibara ordered fast food today. Of course, he knew very well that eating certain burgers would cause him to ejaculate in real life, so he ordered the most popular McDonald's.

After opening the package, the young man operated it with one hand. With one hand, he controlled the character to run wildly. With the other hand, he picked up the burger, took a bite and then put it down, controlling the picture to move and start spraying.

After playing the game for two hours, Yuki logged off for something, and Sakakibara Kaede lay on the sofa with an empty look on her face, like a monk who had retired many years ago.

The mental exhaustion is serious.

In the past, he might have taken this opportunity to play a few more games, or pick up Candy Crush on his phone again. I heard that Candy Crush has recently released a lot of 2D beautiful girl skins... It's time to spend some money.

"Ding dong."

The young man was startled. He got up from the sofa, walked to the door in his slippers, and looked out through the peephole.

Then he opened the door.

"Asakura...-san?"

"Hello——"

The young man let Asakura Toru in. He stood at the entrance and looked out, but he didn't see Higuchi Madoka. At first glance, he thought that she might still be filming her own drama, or taking a break. It was just that Higuchi Madoka was always with Asakura Toru, and this was the first time he saw Asakura Toru alone, so Sakakibara Kaede was a little uncomfortable.

Asakura Toru placed a small cupcake on the cabinet at the entrance, stared at Sakakibara Kaede's back thoughtfully, and said in a dragging voice: "Ah - Higuchi is not here."

"Ah."

When Higuchi Madoka was around, he always expected her to be a translator for Asakura Toru. Asakura Toru's words were sometimes brief, and sometimes he suddenly said something that made Sakakibara Kaede confused. The other party's topic jumped from all over the place. He really had no experience dealing with a riddler.

However, Toru Asakura is not completely a riddle teller. If you think about it carefully, you can still find out what she wants to express.

For example, when she entered the house last time, she said, "... So that's how it is." This clearly expressed her doubts and her surprise and confusion about the appearance of Higuchi Madoka. At the same time, it was intriguing that the other person had wet hair and had just finished a shower. After knowing that the other person did not bring an umbrella, this sentence immediately became a matter of course.

So that's how it is... If you don't bring an umbrella on a rainy day, it will definitely turn out like this.

This is fundamentally different from a woman who does a lot of things every day.

"Ah, thank you for the cake. I remember Asakura-san also brought cake when he came here last time?"

"Yeah, the time when Higuchi was taking a bath."

"..."

Sakakibara Kaede coughed lightly, hung Asakura Toru's coat on the hanger, and asked as he walked, "Asakura-san, what brings you here today?"

"Ah... there are some parts of the homework that I don't understand."

Toru Asakura came to the dining table and sat down as if nothing had happened. She took out a few notebooks from her bag. The date of the college entrance examination was getting closer and closer, and the high school students were putting all their attention into this event that could affect their future life decisions and did not dare to be careless at all.

Asakura Toru's hard work is obvious to all, but her starting point is a bit low. Although she progresses quickly, it is hard to say whether she can pass the Tokyo University's internal examination.

When he saw Toru Asakura's notebook, he understood everything. These questions seemed to be the content that would be taught in the advanced class at school. This meant that Toru Asakura's grades in school were good enough to attend the advanced class, which was a good thing.

Although he treats his students equally to the greatest extent possible, the questions given to Higuchi Madoka are still a little more difficult.

"Surprised?"

"... Asakura-san is working really hard. I am a little surprised."

Sakakibara Kaede nodded approvingly and began to check Asakura Toru's previous notes.

"Because it's very interesting, ancient man."

"?"

"The Three Kingdoms, the ancients, very interesting."

Sakakibara Feng sighed. The topic jumped a lot, but he still understood it vaguely. The reason why Asakura Toru worked so hard was naturally because she found it interesting and invested so much time and experience in it - but she didn't think mathematics was interesting.

No one finds math interesting.

She found the questions and answers, greetings and bows between Professor Kimura and his students very interesting, so she wanted to become a part of them.

Uh... I didn't expect Asakura Toru to like this and be very interested in Professor Kimura's hobby.

"Well... could I be Diao Chan?" Asakura Toru was silent for a moment, then asked.

"No..."

Sakakibara Kaede didn't know where to start complaining for a while.

"Asakura-san is definitely not Diao Chan."

"Well, why?" Asakura Toru pouted, seeming a little confused.

Sakakibara Kaede frowned and said, "Professor Kimura is playing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not the Three Kingdoms. Asakura-san needs to understand the difference between the two. Diao Chan does appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Dynasty Warriors, but in history, Diao Chan is just a fictional character. There is not even any record of her in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"So...it doesn't exist?"

"Yes, if Mr. Asakura is interested in the official history in this area, I can tell you about it." Sakakibara Kaede sighed. If Professor Kimura heard that Asakura Toru wanted to become Diao Chan, he would probably be furious and might even exile their family to the distant Jiaozhou.

Asakura Toru supported his chin and tilted his head, "Who's good then?"

"Are you talking about historical figures?"

"Ah."

Sakakibara Kaede was correcting questions while chatting with Asakura Toru about a topic that interested her, "I think given how close you and Higuchi-san are, you'd be called the second Qiao."

He thought about it and had no idea about the personalities of the two Qiao sisters in history. He only knew that in the second creation, Da Qiao was gentle and Xiao Qiao was elf. It seemed that neither of them was suitable for Asakura and Higuchi.

Leaving the difficult problem of naming to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Sakakibara Kaede saw that Asakura Toru began to listen seriously, and his voice became louder, and he talked about the exercises of the advanced class.

It was the first time the two of them were alone together, and it felt pretty good.

Chapter 38 Purple Dream

candlelight dinner.

There are stars outside the window, which is the most beautiful night view of Tokyo. The Tokyo Tower stands silently in the distance, emitting warm yellow light.

At this time, it was snowing lightly.

But it did not cover the restaurant's large glass skylight. After flushing it with warm water, the restaurant's guests were able to see the brilliant starry sky above their heads.

This is undoubtedly the most upscale type of restaurant in Ginza.

Even Higuchi Enka had never been here before, let alone seen it in the store visit guides written on the Internet.

She was wearing an elegant dress, with a beautiful hairpin on her head and a pearl necklace around her neck, looking like an elegant royal princess.

At this moment, she was the focus of the restaurant.

"You are really formal today."

Higuchi Madoka said softly, turning her head to look at the young man in a suit, hiding the surprise in her eyes.

The other party did not let his bangs hang down like usual, but used mousse to make his hair stand up, which made him look more energetic... and also more aggressive and proactive.

His eyes were as bright as the morning stars, and the teardrop mole under his eyes was like a black pearl in white jade, sparkling and dazzling, and the azure blue eyes reflected the starlight in the sky.

A dark blue suit with a tie. Here, in this space, no one except him could be a good match for the male companion of the girl with short crimson hair and teardrop mole.

Led by a waiter in suits, the two sat by the window. The candlelight in front of the table illuminated their faces, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Raising her purple eyes, Higuchi Madoka looked at the young man from afar through the orange-red candlelight. She just looked at him, as if she was sucked in.

"I just want to have a good chat with you as a 'human'." The young man smiled.

Higuchi Madoka looked away. She felt her heartbeat quickening and her mouth felt a little dry. She suddenly remembered the TV program she heard while preparing clothes last night. The human cavity is often very moist because a large amount of saliva is secreted in the mouth every moment.

However, when people are nervous, their salivary glands begin to close and no longer secrete saliva, so they will feel very thirsty. During the process of solving a case, the police often let suspects eat biscuits without drinking water. A normal person would be able to eat it smoothly, but a suspect would find it difficult to eat a biscuit because of nervousness. This is the reason.

Higuchi Yuanka quickly shook her head and deleted the random thoughts from her mind.

"In daily life, Mr. Higuchi seems to have overestimated me, but in fact, the real me is not like that at all." The young man said softly, and at this time he turned his face away, looking at the night view outside the window as if escaping, "I will try my best to do things that I can't do, and I will do my best to overcome the difficulties encountered during filming."

"I have been doing this until now, but only now, I will give up my identity as an actor and my role as Higuchi-san's tutor."

Higuchi Madoka sat up straight and took a sip of the champagne the waiter poured for her.

"Having dinner with you is to let you know the real me, even though it may destroy the image of me in your mind."

"Really?" Higuchi Madoka asked, "From what I know, Sakakibara-san is a gentle person who can be relied on by everyone. He is strong-willed and almost like the male protagonist in a two-dimensional TV series."

"But, Higuchi-san doesn't want to see me like this, right?"

The young man's sincere answer caused Higuchi Yuanxiang to fall into a brief silence, "I have no hope."

"I don't understand. There is no reason for you to do so much for me. Whether it is the care in the crew or the tutoring in daily life, Sakakibara-san can completely refuse everything."

The young man heard Higuchi Yuanxiang's question. Under the candlelight, he shook his head and laughed, with a little self-mockery and a rare nervousness, "I think you should understand."

"In fact... I love Higuchi-san more than anyone else—"

The heartbeat was so suffocating that Higuchi Madoka felt her face was burning. The world in front of her was so bizarre and the strong white light made her doubt for a moment whether this was reality or a surprise that Sakakibara Kaede had prepared for her.

"——Fragrant, round fragrance."

"——Yuanxiang, it's almost noon. Don't sleep so late even if it's your day off."