I live my life in Tokyo

"Ah."

"I remember that Doma and I went to many companies and collected a lot of information at the front desk. We came to a preliminary conclusion after sorting it out ourselves."

Higuchi Yuanxiang blinked doubtfully, moved closer to the young man, squinted at the computer screen, and asked, "Will the front desk give you the company's economic information?"

“It’s just some of them. As long as you tell them that you have a degree from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo, they will become enthusiastic.”

The girl groaned in silence.

After a while, she whispered, "Is that Tujian a man or a woman?"

"The man, you've also seen him, the one who often eats with me in the cafeteria."

"oh..."

Asakura Toru raised her eyes and seemed to smile, causing Higuchi Madoka to glance at her expressionlessly.

"Wait a moment, I'll help you check the data."

Sakakibara Kaede moved her fingers on the keyboard, helping Higuchi Madoka check the contents of the PPT. While he was revising it, the girl just sat quietly beside him, her legs stretched straight out, her toes hooked in her slippers, swinging back and forth.

It has been a long time since he had such a daily routine of tutoring the two of them. Previously, his main battlefield had always been at Higuchi Madoka's house. After dinner, they would go upstairs to Higuchi Madoka's bedroom to start tutoring.

Thinking this way doesn’t mean that Sakakibara Kaede is a pervert. Ahem, he has memorized the smell of the Higuchi family—every home has its own smell, some are the scent of food and flowers, some are the scent of shower gel and laundry detergent. . . . Having been to the Higuchi family so many times, he naturally memorized the smell of the Higuchi family’s living room, and also... the smell of Higuchi Madoka’s bedroom.

Halfway through the revision, the alarm rang, and it was time for a break. Asakura Toru let out a long sigh and lay weakly on the table - this was Asakura Toru in his studying state, and the two were no longer surprised.

Her dyed short hair swayed slightly. She turned her face to the side, narrowed her blue eyes slightly, and looked at Sakakibara Kaede and Higuchi Madoka who were sitting still.

Higuchi Madoka noticed the teasing gaze of her childhood sweetheart and immediately put away the gentleness that unconsciously appeared on her face and glared back fiercely.

It’s so nice, such a daily life.

After typing the last character, Sakakibara stretched his body and said, "This is fine for now. The part I just drew needs to be recalculated. The rest is fine."

"Ok."

Higuchi Yuanka stood up and looked at the young man sideways, "Would you like something to drink during the break?"

"I have a story, do you have wine?"

"Don't do it in this barbershop..." Higuchi Yuanxiang raised her leg unhappily and bumped the young man's leg with her bare calf. "There's only warm water and homemade lemon honey water. I'll pour you some lemon honey water. It's good for a singer's voice."

"it is good."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled faintly and watched Higuchi Madoka go back into the kitchen to busy herself.

I looked at the computer again and found that there was an extra work email.

This definitely wasn't sent by Kei Iida. He knew that he had the job of a voice actor and it was impossible to add to his workload. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them.

The sender is Miss Nanakusa Hazuki.

Sakakibara Kaede sighed that Miss Nanakusa was still working at this time. The overtime pay of the firm was indeed quite a lot, but Miss Nanakusa was working too hard. The eye mask on her desk was used for staying overnight in the firm.

"Hey, interesting."

"Um...?"

When Sakakibara Kaede saw Asakura Toru raise his head, he supported his head and looked at him very casually, as if he was expecting his next words.

"After World Shining became famous, someone commissioned us to sing for their movie." Sakakibara Kaede only took a quick look and scratched his head. He said with emotion, "That concert was a great help to us."

"Because it really shines, Feng."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled when he received the praise. Although it was not the first time he heard such praise from outsiders, hearing it from his friends still gave him a feeling of being affirmed.

Higuchi Madoka returned to her seat with a tray and handed the cup of drink to Sakakibara Kaede, who took it and thanked her softly. Before replying Miss Nanakusa's email, he asked in the group of three members of the World Shining Band to see what everyone thought.

"I'm so tired... I really want to watch a movie."

With the end of the countdown, the three of them entered the learning state again. Asakura Toru said weakly that she now just wanted to lean on Sakakibara Kaede to replenish her energy, or just fall asleep.

Then she fell asleep on the table.

"..."

After hearing the even breathing, Sakakibara Kaede raised his head and met Higuchi Madoka's eyes directly. The latter's eyes fled to the side, and after waiting for a moment, they slowly turned back and continued to look at Sakakibara Kaede.

I was caught secretly looking at Feng Sang, which made me angry. Why did he look at me when I wanted to look away?

And I'm already prepared to look away, but why can't I look away, as if I was sucked by a magnet?

Higuchi Madoka fell into a state of self-loathing and regret.

"So Yuanxiang has been looking at me. She wanted to remind me that Tou-san fell asleep, right?" Sakakibara Kaede smiled.

Then, his foot was kicked by Higuchi Yuuka again... No, it was a kick that knocked the target down and caused damage. The heavier the opponent, the more powerful the move.

Fortunately, Kaede Sakakibara is not overweight.

However, Higuchi Madoka was not kicking while wearing slippers, but was kicking barefoot. Sakakibara Kaede could even feel the warm and cool touch on her calves and the soft toes.

"No."

"Okay, what now?"

Sakakibara Kaede glanced at the time and found that it was already around ten o'clock. For Asakura Toru, who had been working all day, he was indeed a little tired.

"Should we wake her up?" asked Sakakibara Kaede. Higuchi Madoka and Asakura Toru are childhood sweethearts. In other words, she is the one who knows Asakura Toru's living habits best, so it would be right to let her make the judgment.

"Asakura has taken a shower after dinner... Carry her to the bed." Higuchi Madoka frowned, but she still stood up and prepared to take action.

"lift?"

"Why, don't you understand the literal meaning?"

Higuchi Yuanxiang raised her eyebrows and came behind Asakura Toru, "I'll carry the upper body, Feng-san, you hold Asakura's feet."

"How about I carry the upper body..." Sakakibara Kaede groaned. Higuchi Madoka doesn't do much exercise. Can she really carry a person?

Higuchi Yuanxiang thought about it and had to admit that what Sakakibara Kaede said made some sense. She snorted and signaled Sakakibara Kaede to take action first.

The young man did not hesitate for long. He put one hand behind Asakura Toru's back and the other hand to her knees and picked her up in a princess hug.

Higuchi Yuanka: “?”

If I had known this, I would have fallen asleep too.

"I'll go open the door." Higuchi Madoka glared at Sakakibara Kaede fiercely. Why are you so skilled at this move?

Sakakibara Kaede was stared at, still confused as ever, but he still followed behind Higuchi Madoka. Asakura Toru, who was in his arms, reached out and grabbed his collar, as if he had grabbed a blanket in his sleep, and held it tightly.

After settling her down and putting her on the bed, Sakakibara Kaede breathed a sigh of relief. Higuchi Madoka closed the curtains for her, then she and the young man left the room and closed the door.

She looked at Sakakibara Kaede coldly, "Feng-san, you are very skilled at this move, right?"

“I’ve had this experience before.”

"Oh?" Higuchi Madoka's eyes became even colder.

"Do you remember before? When we were soaking your feet in Yokohama, you fainted, and that's how I carried you out." Sakakibara Kaede said as he walked forward, and finally yawned, as if he was infected by Asakura Toru.

When I turned around to see why Higuchi Madoka didn't follow me, I found that she was standing there a little... awkwardly, with one hand clasped in front of her chest, her face drooped, and her eyes were not clear.

"what happened?"

"...nothing."

Higuchi Yuanxiang's face suddenly became hot. She was glad that there was no light in the corridor so Fengsang would not see the embarrassing scene. She pursed her lips, and when she thought of that experience, she thought of her bold actions, which made her want to slam the door, go into the bedroom and bury her head in the quilt.

She quickly breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and quickly followed the young man.

There were only two people left in the living room who were still studying. Now Sakakibara Kaede and Higuchi Madoka basically had no communication. He just focused on his own work, replying to emails, and looking at handouts. Time passed by unknowingly.

After taking a sip of lemon honey tea, he looked up again and found that Higuchi Madoka had fallen asleep on the table at some point.

"..."

Sakakibara Kaede was somewhat suspicious whether these two people were playing tricks on him. It was clearly agreed to be a study night, so why did they all fall asleep? They seemed not to be aware enough.

No, you can fall asleep before you even finish the PPT?

It’s the same as sleeping after winning a game. If you don’t win a game, how can you sleep?

Sakakibara Kaede was at a loss. He was wondering whether he should wake up Higuchi Madoka. . . He knew that Higuchi Madoka was grumpy when she woke up. Those days, when he was waiting for her to go to work in front of her house, Mrs. Higuchi called him upstairs and asked him to wake up Higuchi Madoka.

He can still remember the surprise, shyness and anger in the latter's eyes when he got up.

Sakakibara Kaede knew how sore the back and waist would be when someone who slept at the desk got up the next day, because he had experienced it before.

Without much hesitation, Sakakibara Kaede stood up, walked to Higuchi Madoka's side, stretched out her hand, and picked her up in a princess hug for the second time.

"Um..."

Higuchi Madoka murmured and unconsciously leaned her head on the young man's chest.

Oh my, there's really nothing I can do.

Sakakibara Kaede sighed softly. The door of Higuchi Madoka's bedroom was open. He stepped into her bedroom very carefully, fearing to wake up the person in his arms.

Putting her slowly and gently on the bed, Sakakibara Kaede found that Higuchi Madoka was still holding on to his clothes and would not let go no matter what.

He pulled the quilt over her with difficulty, but Higuchi Madoka still did not let go.

"...Don't leave."

Just like last time, the murmur in the sleep made Sakakibara Kaede sigh inwardly. Higuchi Madoka is actually a very insecure person.

“I didn’t sing like a bird.”

"Did you say that as a colleague? Or is that your personal opinion?"

"I want to see the real you."

Yuanxiang is deliberately hiding herself.

She said that she would not keep things that she didn't need, and would throw them away even if they were important and she couldn't take them with her. So in order not to lose them, she didn't want to own them from the beginning.

She said that singing can move people's hearts through technique rather than emotion. But her excessive pursuit of technique is itself a proof of her emotional reliance on singing; it is also because she sees beautiful things in singing.

What a complex and beautiful person.

Sakakibara Kaede stroked her hands that were clutching her clothes over and over again, as if she was comforting a wounded child, or as if she was soothing an insecure cat, over and over again.

Until Higuchi Madoka's hands, which were originally a little cold, were completely warmed up, the girl's brows, which were originally furrowed in her sleep, gradually relaxed.

"maple..."

"I'm here."

"..."

What is his relationship with Higuchi Madoka in his dreams? What interesting things are they doing? How do they get along?

Sometimes, I really want to see the colorful inner world beneath Higuchi Madoka's calm and cold "outer shell".

He held the girl's hand, placed it back on her chest, covered her with the quilt, and stood up.

"..."

In front of the door, he smiled sideways.

"Sweet dreams, Yuanxiang."

Chapter 39 Strange World Line

"Hmmmm."

Kaede Sakakibara pinched her throat and was forced to make a female voice, but her face turned red because of the performance.

Shimazaki Nobunaga and Ishikawa Kaito, who were sitting next to him and working with him, covered their mouths and laughed non-stop. They wanted to hold back their laughter, but after hearing the young man's soft wailing that sounded like that of his predecessors, they couldn't help but laugh.

"Sakakibara-kun, make a scream like a woman, as if you are frightened." The voice planner coughed twice and said. After hearing his roar just now, he also felt a little out of control.

"Um... OK."

Sakakibara nodded honestly and began to imagine the frightened voice of a woman. After devoting herself to the voice actor job, she felt more and more that this job was very difficult. How did seniors like Shimazaki and Ishikawa beside her make out the voices of so many people with different personalities?

He thought about it and soon recalled Higuchi Madoka's reaction after seeing the bug.

"what--"

A short scream.