I live my life in Tokyo

"Ah, you mean this dress. Just like Asakura-san said, this dress was given to me as a gift after I finished filming the brand's commercial."

"Yeah, I saw it on TV."

Higuchi Yuanxiang bit her teeth. She was still wondering why her mother took her to another mall to shop that day. It turned out that it was because that mall had clothes of this brand.

Seeing that Higuchi Madoka was not in a good mood, Sakakibara Kaede skipped over the plots of the first hundred galgames that had already achieved a perfect ending. Among the countless dazzling and blooming plots, he found the plot that belonged to the New Year.

Usually, at this time, the hero just needs to praise the heroine's kimono for being beautiful.

So, Sakakibara Kaede gave Higuchi Madoka a thumbs up and said, "Higuchi-san, your kimono looks great today."

"What's so good about it?"

Sakakibara Kaede raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes.

"Higuchi-san reminded me today of Van Gogh's famous painting, The Red Vineyard. The grapevines were painted in an expressive red. The sun was shining, the light was like fire, the blood-red vineyards, the fiery hue. Van Gogh wanted to paint the ferment and intoxication of wine for us in his work, the maddening passion."

"I am very excited about Higuchi-san's kimono today." The young man said seriously, "Of course, Asakura-san's is not bad either."

"Eh... biased."

Asakura Toru pouted. She had praised Higuchi for so long, but he just treated her with a superficial remark, wasn't that bad?

Higuchi Madoka originally wanted to put on a cold face to let Sakakibara Kaede know that she was not enthusiastic, but when she heard Asakura Toru's unhappy words, she felt a little better for some reason and raised the corners of her mouth.

"Would you like to say hello to your aunt?"

"No, they are having a great time chatting." Higuchi Yuanxiang looked towards the shrine, then turned her head and glanced at the young man, "We are here Hina and Koito, Sakakibara-san doesn't have to wait for us."

"Row."

Sakakibara Feng hummed, as expected, he had to go down the 100th floor alone in the end. He walked around, said New Year greetings to his acquaintances, put on his coat and walked into the shrine.

The bustle of the stalls on both sides made him stop and watch frequently. Even before entering the shrine, he had already been attracted by the games and performances on the stalls.

From the most common aiming at gifts and throwing them in circles, to using a wooden gun to knock gifts off the counter, it seemed that Sakakibara Kaede really wanted to join their game, but he had more important things to do now.

"Steamed buns and crepes? What kind of weird menu is this?"

The young man looked at the menu of the Starlight Cafe and was immediately amused by two strange combinations. What kind of a fusion of Chinese and Western cuisine was this?

"Buy it or not? If not, there are people queuing behind you."

The store manager in cheongsam put her hands on her hips and frowned in angrily. When she saw Sakakibara Kaede, she turned around and said, "Give Sakakibara-san a portion of steamed buns and crepes."

"Hi——" the female student next to her responded enthusiastically.

"What kind of forced sale is this?"

"Oh, so Sakakibara-san doesn't like the food in the cafe. I'm so sad." Shiki Natsume pretended to wipe away tears, and Sakakibara Kaede suddenly felt her back being stared at by several young men in the queue.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it. Is that not okay?"

Kaede Sakakibara took out her wallet and was slaughtered by an acquaintance with tears in her eyes.

"Do you need my help? Promotion or something?" The young man asked while standing aside with a receipt in hand. He believed that as long as his official account sent a message, the stall of Starlight Cafe would directly become a check-in destination for netizens during the first few days of the first lunar month, and the turnover would directly skyrocket.

Shiki Natsume snorted, "If I really wanted to do that, I would have promoted it when you were a barista."

"It's fine now, I'm satisfied." She handed the buns and crepes to Sakakibara Kaede, "But thank you anyway, if you have a chance next time, please come to our store more often... Welcome next time, next customer!"

Sakakibara Kaede stood aside with the food, feeling the temperature of the buns and crepes in his hands, and didn't know where to start for a while.

He took a short break on a chair at the fork in the road. The steamed buns were too hot to eat, so he set his sights on the crepes.

After taking a bite, the sweet taste of cream and strawberry made him exclaim that it was delicious. The snacks in Starlight Cafe are really good.

Almost everyone has seen it today, except Mai Sakurajima, who has not appeared yet. She is not in the small group of the office, which makes Kaede Sakakibara feel a little confused.

At some point, he seemed to have gotten used to Mai Sakurajima's sudden appearances and attacks, surprising him with her mysterious smile... On this day to welcome the New Year, where is Mai Sakurajima?

"Sakurajima-san—"

After deleting some of the unfinished words on the phone, Sakakibara Kaede asked again, "I didn't see you outside the shrine today. Is Sakurajima-san unable to come today because of something?"

The message was sent successfully, but it didn't show as read.

Sakakibara Kaede put down his phone and waited for five minutes, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

He knew that Mai Sakurajima had always been a loner. She lived alone in a rental house in Chiba, although her sister sometimes stayed at her house. One sister was in high school and the other was in junior high school. If anything happened on the way here, Kaede Sakakibara frowned slightly and pressed the dial button for Mai Sakurajima's phone.

If the other party doesn't answer, he plans to call Sakurajima Mai's agent and ask if the other party knows Sakurajima Mai's whereabouts.

"Drip-drip-drip-"

"Wherever you are——I always make you smile——Wherever you are——I'm always by your side——"

The familiar singing voice made Sakakibara Kaede put down his phone and he looked in the direction where the ringing sound came from.

Sakurajima Mai was looking at him in the warm light. Her kimono was so bright, her wooden clogs made crisp creaking sounds, her black hair fell gently on her shoulders, and her eyes twinkled. In her eyes, the young man saw his own reflection.

The girl quietly turned off her cell phone. She had just been observing the young man in the dark. Seeing that the young man was worried about her, she felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

In the past, she was the one who attacked and the young man passively accepted it. But now, has the young man also noticed the presence of a girl named Sakurajima Mai beside him?

"Sakakibara-senpai."

"Sakurajima-san."

"Pfft."

In the end, it was Mai Sakurajima who couldn't help but laugh first, with a smile of victory on her face, "Why did you call me, Sakakibara-senpai? Are you so worried about me?"

"I think your words are as sharp as a knife. You can kill many passers-by who try to flirt with you just by your words."

"Hmm... A mere Sakakibara-senpai is so arrogant."

Sakurajima Mai snorted. She sat down next to Sakakibara Kaede with a stern face and noticed the bun next to her.

"This is?"

"I just bought it as a snack. How about we each have half?"

"okay."

Mai Sakurajima took a bite of the bun and turned her head gracefully, and the bun split in half. Miraculously, the soup did not spill out, and even the meat was precisely divided into two halves.

Sakakibara Kaede stared at Sakurajima Mai with a strange look in her eyes. The girl felt as if her thoughts were seen through, and turned her head away for a moment, "What?"

"I didn't expect you to have such an amazing skill. You can cut the meat bun perfectly with your teeth. I have to admit that you are better than me." Sakakibara Kaede admired her sincerely. He bowed to show his respect for Sakurajima Mai and put the other half that she had bitten off into his mouth.

The meat is plump, juicy and tender, and it tastes very refreshing, making people want to buy another one.

"Since you're here, why don't you go and have some fun?"

Sakakibara Kaede suggested, "Just now I saw a lot of interesting games at the stalls, do you want to try them out?"

"Sakakibara-senpai...you just want to have fun by yourself, right?"

Sakakibara Kaede frowned, "Women who can read minds are very scary."

"Humph."

"Are you not interested in any of those games?"

Sakurajima Mai raised the corners of her mouth. She once again took the leading position in the conversation. "Since Senior Sakakibara has asked me to do so, I will go and play with you."

"Okay, the masked duo from the arcade strikes again."

Sakakibara Kaede stood up with a sneer and said, "I will attack in Gundam form!"

Chapter 42 Senior Feng and Junior Mai

"Boss, how much is this wooden gun?"

"Two hundred yen for five rounds, and you get whatever you hit."

The uncle, wearing a headgear on his head, spoke in a hoarse voice. When he saw a couple coming to the stall, he couldn't help but frowned.

After handing over the coins to the uncle, Sakakibara Kaede took the wooden spear from him.

"Senior Sakakibara, can you shoot?" Sakakijima Mai asked curiously while holding an apple candy in her hand. The previous times she saw Sakakibara "shooting" were all in the game hall, and those guns were handles, so shooting was just pointing the handle at the monster on the screen.

Sakakibara Kaede tilted her face proudly and said, "My mother taught me how to shoot in Hawaii."

The uncle took a deep breath, thinking he had met a tough guy.

Sakurajima Mai was incredulous after hearing this, "Eh...really?"

She pointed at the bear doll hanging on the second row of the shelf and said, "I want that. Since Sakakibara-senpai is so skilled, can you help me get it?"

Sakakibara Feng smiled noncommittally. The guns in this kind of stall have been secretly modified. It is impossible to hit the prize by aiming the crosshairs and shooting. Otherwise, there is no point in making money on the beach.

The first few bullets were used to buy lessons and experience. In order to get the trajectory of the gun right, he didn't expect to hit the target with the first few shots.

After loading the wooden bullet into the barrel, the young man aimed at the teddy bear doll that Mai Sakurajima wanted and pulled the trigger.

"what--"

The bullet deviated to the upper left and hit the wooden board behind the doll with a whoosh.

as predicted.

Sakakibara Feng did not panic. He ignored the uncle's gaze watching the show, pointed the gun downward, and pulled the trigger.

This time it was just a little bit off.

Cold sweat poured down his back, the uncle narrowed his eyes and took a breath of cold air. He originally thought that the young man's statement of going to Hawaii to practice shooting was just bragging in front of his girlfriend, but he didn't expect that the young man was really capable.

Sakakibara Feng sneered and said nothing. He had fought against countless similar stalls in his previous life. As long as he found the feeling, he could solve the problem within a few shots.

The bottom of the teddy bear doll was held up with a thin piece of tape, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty. The wooden gun fired bullets one after another, hitting the same part. In the shocked sight of the uncle, the teddy bear doll fell down.

Everyone wants to make money. After figuring out the pattern of the gun ①０①⑦④⑤⑨④⑨⑧, Sakakibara Kaede did not plan to buy all the bullets to shoot down all the prizes here.

Cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing their parents. Sakakibara Kaede has no intention of moving all the prizes here back - of course there are indeed treasure chest hunters who specialize in hunting prizes from small stalls or claw machines. It is also common practice to win the prizes with their own skills and then resell them.

"Here, here you go."

Taking the teddy bear with a smile, Kaede Sakakibara touched the soft belly of the teddy bear and handed the teddy bear to Mai Sakurajima.

"Thank you."

Mai Sakurajima hugged the doll in her arms, half of her face was hidden behind the bear's head, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes, "Sakakibara-senpai's strength is beyond my imagination."

"I really don't know what Sakakibara-senpai is not good at."

"Am I invincible in the heart of Sakurajima-chan?" The young man did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Mai Sakurajima raised her lips, "Sakakibara-senpai, you are a national idol Kamen Rider, why are you being so modest~"

"Shh!"

Sakakibara Kaede raised his finger, and Sakurajima Mai looked at him teasingly with a moving look in her eyes.

She turned around and said, "Let's go check out the other stalls."

The activity of catching goldfish in summer is obviously not suitable for winter. It is not a good experience to have cold water splashing on your kimono when catching goldfish.

The enthusiasm of winter always makes people do some stupid things, as if they are heated up by the atmosphere. People always do things that they would not dare to do under normal circumstances when they are in high spirits.

This is not a show-off.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that one is infected by emotions.

"Sakakibara-senpai, come and help me."

Sakakibara Kaede took the bouncy ball from Sakurajima Mai, whose face was slightly flushed from the exercise. She pointed to a storage bucket not far away and said, "Just throw it in there."

“I’m not very good at sports.”

"What are you talking about, Sakakibara-senpai? The clips of you swinging the bamboo sword have topped the charts on video websites. Didn't Sakakibara-senpai practice karate in order to audition for Kamen Rider?"

"No, I think this idea is a bit stupid now." Sakakibara Kaede coughed. He originally thought that the crew would be impressed by his martial arts and specially let him go on stage to beat monsters with one fist.

Reality is too cruel. Sakakibara Kaede knew that the crew did this on purpose because they were afraid that he would get injured in an accident. He was not a stuntman.

"Okay, let me try."

Kaede Sakakibara waved her arms and threw the ball upwards with force under the warm gaze of the stall owner's grandmother.

Throw the ball upward with force.

Throw the ball upward with force.