I live my life in Tokyo

Iida Kei smiled sinisterly, Sakakibara Kaede remained silent, and he nodded slowly, "I'll talk about it when I get back to Tokyo."

"Okay, I'll take that as your agreement. I'll email them back right away, hehehehe——"

Sakakibara Kaede held the phone away from his ear. From the other end of the phone, he could hear Iida Kei's sinister laughter and the sound of the girl's milk tea falling to the ground outside the office while she cried out in sorrow.

After stretching slightly, Sakakibara Kaede went straight into the dubbing room, put on headphones, and started working again with full concentration.

For lunch, she and Asakura Toru had ramen nearby, and Sakakibara Kaede took the opportunity to ask about Higuchi Madoka's problem.

"Where will Yuanxiang stay when she comes?"

Asakura Toru was slurping noodles and raised his head when he heard the words. A noodle was hanging in his mouth and the soup on the noodles splashed all over Asakura Toru's face, but the latter was completely unaware.

"Yeah...sleep in the same bed with me."

"It's not impossible, but I have to apply to the landlord."

Sakakibara Feng hummed and thought that it was not impossible. He took a tissue and wiped the juice from Asakura Toru's mouth. The latter smiled, leaned his face forward, and rubbed it on Sakakibara Feng's palm a few times.

The young man looked at her coldly, "This is asking for more."

"Oh, can't I?"

Chizuru Ichinose bit her chopsticks. How come Yuanxiang-san was about to come in the blink of an eye? How long would it take for her to conquer Kaede Sakakibara and leave a mark on his body?

Asakura Toru smiled. Although she didn't talk much with Higuchi, they had been childhood sweethearts for so many years, and she knew exactly what Higuchi Madoka was thinking.

I'm lonely alone~

Of course, she also wanted to be a bystander and watch how Higuchi attacked Kaede... But given her personality, it seemed a little impossible.

"What are your plans for the afternoon?"

As expected, Toru Asakura went home to sleep, while Chizuru Ichinose wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood and buy some snacks to eat when she got home.

Now the three of them have gradually become accustomed to the working hours. The working hours are generally not too long. They finish work around two or three in the afternoon. The rest of the time is free time to do whatever they want. Asakura Toru rented a lot of movie discs from a nearby movie CD store. The three of them sit in the living room at night, turn off the lights, put Sakakibara Kaede in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, and start watching a movie.

"Are you going to school this afternoon, Feng-san?"

"Well... let's go to the school, and then I have to go to the station to pick up Yuanxiang." Sakakibara Kaede calculated the time, finally nodded, and stood up to pay the bill.

Chizuru Ichinose smiled. She was a little worried about Asakura Toru who was going home alone, so she prepared to send her home before going out shopping. The three of them parted in front of the station.

Kaede Sakakibara has always found it difficult to look at the ensemble of the wind orchestra from a professional perspective. After all, if he compares their performance with that of a professional orchestra, they are simply not on the same level.

He had never been in a wind band, so the only way he could measure the harmony of the band was to find a reference point in the near future, not to mention the distant ones, and to end the band.

They were all high school students, all girls, and all loved music. He had heard the band's rehearsals before, and they had improved a lot in terms of harmony, from being awkward in the beginning to gradually becoming more proficient, interacting with the audience during the performance, and so on.

This may be the disadvantage of having too many people, people's hearts are unsettled.

Sakakibara Kaede approached the classroom and found that only Kawashima Midori was practicing the cello alone. Seeing this, the young man asked, "Where are the others?"

"Yeah... next door, discussing the senior."

Xiaolu hesitated and couldn't explain clearly for a while.

"How was your practice today? What do Mr. Taki and Miura think of it?"

"It's still a bit discordant."

"That's it."

Sakakibara Kaede pondered over his words, and couldn't think of a solution for a while. Although he was a psychological counselor, he would only help the students if they asked him for help. High school students of this age had a sensitive heart, and he had a good sense of distance, so he would not interfere in the troubles of high school students as an adult.

Xiaolu secretly glanced at the profile of Sakakibara Kaede and whispered, "Arnold..."

"what happened?"

"Sakakibara-senpai, can you teach me how to play the double bass?"

Well, she is the only one who plays the double bass in this wind band, and she can't find a partner for normal practice. Sakakibara Feng nodded. Xiaolu was very happy and took Sakakibara Feng to the instrument room to move the instruments.

The members of the wind band here are of mixed quality, but the collection of musical instruments is very rich and well-maintained. It seems that it once had a glorious era, but the longest time a student stays in high school is just three years.

It's like a train to Hogwarts. After seven years, you have to leave, and what you do will only become a legend.

Although he didn't stay in Sobu High School for a long time, he had already become the genius student who was admitted to the University of Tokyo in four months in the words of Yuichi Sakai, and the student who was able to balance work and study in the words of Shizuka Hiratsuka, who wanted to enter the liberal arts department but was rejected by her and told that science was more suitable for him.

While moving the instruments, Sakakibara Kaede once again ran into the third-year female student in the trumpet group and the third-year female student in the euphonium group. They greeted each other, nodded to each other, and were about to leave.

"Hey, Sakakibara-senpai, can you play the double bass?"

Sakakibara Kaede knew without even looking that the person making the sound was Asuka Tanaka. He nodded. Takisho had briefly mentioned before that he could play a musical instrument, but he didn't know whether others remembered it.

"Asuka, Sakakibara-senpai is busy. It's inconvenient to disturb him. We still have practice to do, right?"

"Yeah... See you later then, Sakakibara-senpai."

Asuka Tanaka pulled Kaori Nakasago and walked away quickly. The latter took a few steps away and turned to smile politely at Kaede Sakakibara, and the young man nodded.

I don't know why, but I always feel that the two of them are a good match. Maybe this is what good girlfriends are like.

Kaede Sakakibara did not have much contact with the members of the wind band, but after meeting several times, the two of them became inseparable and their personalities complemented each other. They seemed to be a pair of good friends.

"Hey, Kawashima-san, let's get started. Try to keep up with my pace."

"Sakakibara-senpai, just call me Midori."

"it is good."

The name he is addressed to has become fixed. Compared to the first day when some people called him "Actor Sakakibara", "Mr. Sakakibara", and "Big Brother", now most people add the word "senior" after his surname.

The two didn't communicate much during the piano practice. They started playing music according to the exercises on the score. Xiaolu was learning, and Sakakibara Kaede was trying to regain the feeling at that time.

He occasionally spoke up to tell Xiaolu to adjust her fingering, but most of the time he was immersed in the music. Xiaolu's skills were at an upper-level level, and there was very little he could tell her about. Considering that her instrument was the double bass, which Sakakibara Kaede had learned, he did not disappoint Xiaolu.

If Tanaka or Nakasago asked him to teach them how to play the euphonium or trumpet... he really couldn't.

He decided to spend some time acting like a senior. Maybe those high school students would tell him their secrets.

After finishing practicing with Xiaolu, Kaede Sakakibara left the school before the sunset. For his work tonight, he couldn't stay in school too late.

He didn't expect Higuchi Madoka to come to Kyoto. He and Madoka had been separated for about a week, but in fact they met the day before yesterday. That day, Higuchi Madoka insisted on making a video call, so Sakakibara Kaede was frowned upon and looked down upon by Higuchi Madoka for ten minutes, and then the other party hung up the phone.

Well, he was against Higuchi Enka coming, but was it worth it to travel all the way from Tokyo to Kyoto just for a job?

Although according to the original plan, Higuchi Enka was going to attend the summer festival tomorrow, since she is already here, it would be better to prepare for the work a day in advance.

This reason seems to make sense.

Kaede Sakakibara was on the train and kept in touch with Madoka Higuchi on her phone. Madoka Higuchi had been going to bed very late recently. She didn't know what she was doing staying up late after working all night. Kaede Sakakibara didn't know that Asakura, who was monitoring her, now lived next door to Kaede Sakakibara. Madoka Higuchi lived alone and her daily routine was guessed by the time she was online on Line.

The train slowly pulled into the station and the young man entered the station and waited aside. He held the phone with a calm expression, waiting for a call from Higuchi Madoka.

A moment later, a pair of cute sneakers appeared in front of Sakakibara Kaede with a slightly pigeon-toed standing posture. He looked up along the black stockings, and what caught his eye was Higuchi Madoka's face full of unhappiness.

Uh, are you so unhappy to see me? Sakakibara Kaede smiled bitterly and waved to Higuchi Madoka.

"Good afternoon Yuanxiang, is this all the luggage?"

"..."

"Hey... Yuanxiang, are you tired?"

Higuchi Madoka blinked, "Huh? What's wrong?"

Sakakibara Kaede stared at the former's face, which was full of tiredness and absent-mindedness after a nap.

"What happened? Didn't you sleep well in the car?"

"Nothing much. If I had to say something, I just took a nap on the Shinkansen and had a nightmare."

“Hey, there is such a thing.”

Higuchi Madoka snorted in dissatisfaction when she saw Sakakibara Kaede's relaxed attitude. She couldn't help but feel a little hot when she thought of the nightmare. In the dream, Sakakibara Kaede actually pulled her into the passenger seat of the car after the candlelight dinner, and then...

When she dreamed of the hotel, the Shinkansen arrived at the station and Higuchi Madoka woke up.

The dream was not completed, so it was a nightmare.

Chapter 7: Pushing the class leader line

Sakakibara Kaede took the suitcase that Higuchi Madoka was dragging, and he glanced at the girl who had her eyes downcast since a while ago.

The latter's appearance made Sakakibara Feng feel that she was still thinking about the nightmare on the Shinkansen. She smiled and comforted her, "It's okay. The things in dreams are completely opposite to real life. Whatever Yuanxiang dreams about will not happen in real life."

"No."

"What don't you want?"

Higuchi Yuanka snorted. If what Sakakibara Kaede said was true, it would be better in a dream.

Although the young man in the dream was a bit beastly and shameless, he was the truth that Higuchi Madoka had always wanted to find in him.

"Speaking of dreams, I also had a dream a few days ago." Sakakibara Kaede changed the subject and walked outside with the suitcase. "Yuuka and I went back home. Ah, it was Yuuka's home. We had a meal there as teacher and student. Um... I can still vaguely remember Mrs. Higuchi's cooking skills--"

Higuchi Madoka stretched out her hand to cover Sakakibara Kaede's mouth, her cheeks flushed. The latter felt the coolness and warmth in the girl's palm.

"Don't go on. I'm... not interested."

"Hey, it's such an interesting dream, don't you want to listen to it?"

"I'm going to wash my hands."

Higuchi Yuanxiang frowned, swung her hands and quickly walked to the toilet a few steps away. Sakakibara Kaede shrugged her shoulders. He didn't know what the girl dreamed about that made her like a thorny rat that would explode if touched.

The girl came to the bathroom and stared at the palm of her hand for a long time. She seemed to be able to feel the warmth of the young man's lips.

Then she raised her hand and slowly put it in front of her lips.

She paused, then kissed him.

Sakakibara Kaede waited for five minutes, and what came was Higuchi Madoka, who was in an even worse mood. The latter glanced at him and asked, "What are the arrangements for the next trip?"

"Go home first and pack your luggage. You have a show tonight. You can't drag your suitcase to the filming site."

The young man smiled. He had just carried the box when Higuchi Madoka was not around. The weight made him feel confused. He turned sideways and asked as he walked away side by side with the girl.

"How many days does Yuanxiang plan to stay in Kyoto?"

"About a month."

"what?"

Higuchi Madoka glared at the surprised Sakakibara Kaede fiercely, with a hint of pleasure in her tone, "What's wrong?"

"Brand endorsement plan, concert preparations, and music video shooting." The girl counted on her fingers, "About a month."

"Row."

Sakakibara Kaede nodded, and did not make any comments on Higuchi Madoka's arrangements. The two of them walked onto the train and leaned aside.

Higuchi Madoka naturally wore a mask and a baseball cap, covering her iconic beautiful short hair. She glanced at Sakakibara Kaede beside her, and regretted interrupting his conversation just now.

I just heard Feng say that the two of them went home to have dinner not in the identity of teacher and student, so what were their identities?

He also said it was an interesting dream, what was interesting about it, where was it, where did they go after dinner, was it day or night, did they enter her bedroom, did they...

At this moment, she wanted to ask something, but she didn't know how to start. She opened and closed the Masked Man's mouth, wanting to ask the question, but the girl was thin-skinned, so how could she ask such a question?

"What do you think of the game Feng Lai Xue Guo?"

Sakakibara Kaede felt a chill on his back, and slowly turned around to look at Higuchi Madoka, whose eyes were indifferent. "How did you know this name?"

"Asakura pushed this little game at me, so I just played it casually."

Higuchi Madoka emphasized the words "give it to me to play with" and "whatever", trying to make her words sound more understated.

"hiss..."

Sakakibara Kaede felt like his underwear was being stripped off. Among his friends, there were some who knew that he promoted galgame, such as Uehara Yoshitaka, Takeda Hiroshi, and even Miura Yuma knew that he was full of praise for Yuzusha.

Maple Comes to Snow Country is a game that was released a few weeks ago. The plot is said to be full of sugar. Sakakibara Kaede and Uehara Yoh previously agreed to buy two physical copies, one to play and one to keep as a souvenir.

None of the above people would tell Higuchi Madoka about his galgame experience. . . The only candidate was Asakura Toru, who had also played Witch's Banquet and played memes in front of Higuchi with a straight face.

"So, have you ever played it?"

"Played a little..."

"Where are you at? Which heroine are you going to promote?"

The serious discussion about galgame and XP with the cold-faced Higuchi Madoka made Sakakibara Kaede suddenly want to plug in headphones and listen to music. No matter what she said, she couldn't hear it, she couldn't hear it!

"Well, I just played a few chapters of the common quest."