I live my life in Tokyo

Now, she just wanted to look at his profile that was dyed colorfully by the fireworks.

The fireworks bloomed and then disappeared.

When you meet someone you like, don't hesitate, follow your inner thoughts and do it bravely. No matter what the outcome is, don't leave any regrets. Just like fireworks, they are fleeting, so you must seize that moment tightly.

His fingers touched the back of Sakakibara Kaede's hand, and then he firmly inserted his fingers into the gaps between her fingers.

The young man felt the warmth in his hand, which was the warmth wrapped in another hand. He turned around and saw Higuchi Madoka looking at him indifferently.

The sea-blue eyes met Higuchi Madoka's purple eyes more than once.

The most brilliant fireworks this summer are not shining in the sky, but him in her eyes.

Higuchi Madoka's face seemed to be dyed by red fireworks. There was a hint of pink on her face, making her look delicate and charming, like a perfect warm jade, warm and shiny.

After a moment, Higuchi Madoka hummed softly, but the sound was so soft that it was barely audible. She did not look at Sakakibara Kaede again, but turned to look at the sky, where the fireworks were blooming.

But she never let go of her hand.

Fireworks are like rain, and after their brilliant bloom, nothing is left behind, but the beauty is deeply remembered in people's hearts.

"I'm hungry, let's go get something to eat."

Higuchi Madoka stood up first. She pulled her hand back without looking at Sakakibara Kaede again. She looked at Asakura Toru, Ichikawa Hina and Fukumaru Koito, "Let's go."

Asakura Toru seemed a little surprised. Usually she was the one who suggested eating, but today Higuchi was so proactive.

Although she had already had a full meal by looking at the profile of Sakakibara Kaede, that was only spiritual food and did not count. As expected, she still had to rely on octopus balls and other snacks to fill her stomach!

"Shall we meet up later?"

"Oh... OK."

Asakura Toru made a salute gesture in a cool manner, but was dragged away by Higuchi Madoka.

Ichinose Chizuru noticed something strange, but she didn't say it. Seeing that the four childhood friends had left, she put her hands behind her back and smiled, "Let's go eat something too, Feng-senpai."

"Okay, I'm a little hungry too. Even though I had a snack before, I'm not full at all."

Sakakibara Kaede clenched his fists repeatedly, breathed a sigh of relief, and exhaled some of the foul air. He quickly returned to his daily mode and suggested with a smile.

"Has Senior Feng's appetite increased? I remember Senior Feng and Shirogane-san ate the most last year. Is it really because of the boys?"

"I exercised this morning. I need to consume something if I have to burn it off."

The two found a very popular ramen restaurant, and facing the evening breeze, Sakakibara Kaede added a lot of toppings to his ramen, making it very popular. Although it was hot, it was still very comfortable to have the electric fan blowing on him.

There is really no way to take off the mask while eating. There are many young high school students in the ramen restaurant, some of whom are members of the wind band. When they saw Sakakibara Kaede sitting with a strange girl, the fire of gossip suddenly burned.

Sakakibara Kaede had no choice. He couldn't stop their behavior. After all, he was a high school student. He had been through this before. In high school, apart from homework and exams, the only hot topics in the class were gossip and love. Who in the next class was dating whom, who broke up with whom, and so on. These were the few sweet spots in the boring daily life of high school.

He had already prepared himself to be questioned by curious students when he went to school. Chizuru Ichinose was still a little uncomfortable with being stared at, but compared to her initial shyness that made her want to crawl into the ground, she now looked much more natural.

"You have a big heart, Chizuru-san. Is this what you expected after becoming famous?"

"Really...really, compared to Senior Feng, what kind of famous actor am I?" Ichinose Chizuru said angrily. After a moment, she stammered and nodded, acknowledging what Sakakibara Feng said. "My classmates and teachers at school all know about it. Before, I would be recognized every day when I went out to buy groceries, but now I need to carry a mask when I go out."

"With this cup, I wish Chizuru-san more and more success on the path of an actor." Sakakibara Kaede raised the drink in the cup. Chizuru Ichinose smiled embarrassedly. She raised the plastic cup and clinked it with the plastic cup in the young man's hand, then drank the juice in the cup.

In addition to fruit juice, alcoholic beverages are naturally sold here. Sakakibara Kaede and Ichinose Chizuru are adults, so they can drink alcohol. However, neither of them wants to drink today. Sakakibara Kaede is also concerned that there are many high school students around him, and he has to show them the perfect image of a mature actor. He also hopes that his behavior and actions can infect and affect the life trajectory of some people a little bit.

After eating ramen, the temperature in the summer evening was not that high anymore. In other words, the most comfortable time of the day was short.

At this time, high school students are all starting their journey home. It is summer vacation now. Those who have vacation will have vacation tomorrow, while those who need to participate in club activities still have to go to school. It can only be said that sometimes it feels like there is no vacation at all.

"Senior Feng, are you tired today?"

"Yeah, it's okay. I don't think I used much energy today, since I didn't walk much."

"Then I'll come to your room tonight and watch you play games. I heard from Tou-san that there's an off-campus female protagonist or something, and I'm a little interested."

"..."

Chapter 15: Promoting Off-campus Workers

Higuchi Madoka kept avoiding Sakakibara Kaede's gaze and she did not return to the three of them's rental house tonight.

Hina and Koito booked two hotel rooms. They took advantage of the summer vacation to come to Kyoto to have fun. At the same time, they also needed to prepare for the upcoming concert in Kyoto.

Why not live with your childhood sweetheart? Higuchi Madoka dragged her luggage and left. There was a room booked for her. Asakura Toru would still live in the rental house, but tonight the four of them were going to have a pajama party or a so-called girls' gathering. Asakura Toru, as the leader of the four, would naturally not be absent.

"Chizuru-san, go take a shower first. I'll see if there's any email I need to deal with."

"Ah... OK."

Without Toru Asakura, the relationship between Chizuru Ichinose and Kaede Sakakibara felt a little strange. Chizuru Ichinose had never experienced being alone with a young man. Although she went out alone last summer, there were always six people in the apartment at night. She had never even thought about staying in the same room with Kaede Sakakibara.

Seeing Chizuru Ichinose returning to her room somewhat awkwardly to get some clothes to change into, Sakakibara Kaede turned on the central heating in the room and then returned to his room.

There are no new jobs in RECT. Students are enjoying their summer vacation, and office workers still need to go to work every day. Sakakibara Kaede is a little curious about what happened to Koichiro Yuki in the end, and whether his parents had set up a trap.

After uploading the collected data report to the RECT cloud drive, Sakakibara checked his work email and unexpectedly found an email sent by Miss Nanakusa at around six o'clock.

The reason for not calling was probably because he was concerned that Sakakibara Kaede was resting at this time and it was not during working hours, so it was understandable that he could not answer the phone.

Sakakibara Kaede did not return the call immediately, but instead looked at the work email that Nanakusa Hazuki sent him.

"This is... hope that Shine the World will continue to hold its concert tour?" Sakakibara Kaede scratched his head. It was no secret that he came to Kyoto to work. Not to mention the students in school who would excitedly talk about him when they saw him, he did not deliberately hide himself on the streets or in restaurants.

His presence is heat.

Like Mai Sakurajima, she only needs to go to a certain brand store to buy a few clothes, and this brand store will then welcome purchases and comments from fans and industry insiders.

The same is true for Sakakibara Kaede. When he appeared in Kyoto, many people speculated about his work in Kyoto, whether he was filming a new TV series or movie, or holding a new concert, etc.

His appearance naturally attracted the attention of the upper class. World Shining is a popular Japanese rock band. Sakakibara Kaede was originally active in Tokyo, so they agreed to hold the first concert in Yokohama near Tokyo.

It has been two months since the concert. If we want to hold a concert tour, now is the perfect time to submit an application and start preparations.

There is nothing wrong with holding the first concert in Yokohama. Now that he has come to Kyoto and Kansai, he might hold a concert in Kyoto or Osaka. . . There is also such a possibility.

From the perspective of profit flow alone, during the week when World Shining held its concert in Yokohama, the number of visitors and hotel reservations was extremely high, and it achieved a wave of performance during the idle period, just like the tourism period.

They believed that holding a concert, which could spark heated discussions, was a very safe option, but first, they needed to ask for the opinions of World Shining.

Since World Shining is a band under the STARS agency, the organizer directly contacted Miss Nanakusa Hazuki. Sakakibara opened the common band email and found that the organizer had sent the same email.

Sakakibara shared this email to the chat group of the three members of the band. To be honest, he thought it was feasible to post it at the end of summer vacation, while the students were still enjoying the last bit of warmth of the summer vacation, so that they could enjoy the exciting music in peace.

The previous event in Yokohama caused a lot of trouble for students. They came and left on the same day, and some people spent more than two hours on transportation.

"Senior Feng, I'm done. Um... I've left hot water for you." Chizuru Ichinose's voice sounded a little hazy through the mist. Sakakibara Feng nodded. He didn't think about work carefully for the time being. After hearing Chizuru Ichinose leave the bathing center, he pushed open the door with his clothes.

Today he still did not choose to take a shower, but stepped into the hot water that Chizuru Ichinose had prepared for him, feeling his whole body wrapped in warmth, and Sakakibara Kaede repeatedly holding his hands.

Higuchi Madoka, the girl who made him confused, happy and warm, what is her inner world like?

How he wished he could see through her indifferent purple eyes, see her inner world, and understand what she was thinking.

The young man raised his hand and held it in front of his eyes. Drops of water slid down the back of his hand and dripped onto Sakakibara Kaede's face, like the warm tears of a girl.

What emotion was conveyed in her eyes when she held his hand?

Sakakibara Kaede tried hard to recall the amazement that that glimpse brought to him. He could not remember the colorful fireworks clearly, but he still remembered the cold face of Higuchi Madoka that was reflected in the fireworks.

"Ugh."

Sakakibara Kaede looked at the back of his hand and couldn't help but sigh. He stretched his legs and rubbed his eyes with his hands.

Although I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I saved a lot of electricity at school this afternoon. Now I’ve taken a hot bath and feel much more energetic.

The young man got up from the bathtub and began to wash his hair. After his whole body was heated up by running, he felt very comfortable when the hot water washed over him again.

"——Feng-san, are you in there?"

"Chizuru-san, I'm here, what's wrong?"

Kaede Sakakibara stopped rubbing his head and tried to respond to Chizuru Ichinose's questions amid the sound of flowing water.

"I'm coming in."

"?"

The young man squinted his eyes and vaguely saw a figure pushing open the bathroom door. She was wrapped in a white bathrobe, which looked like the basic equipment for taking a hot spring bath.

Kaede Sakakibara also had a wet towel wrapped around his waist. He frowned but did not emphasize his tone.

"What do you want, Chizuru-san?"

"I'll help you rub your back." Ichinose Chizuru said with a smile, "I... I'm not happy about Feng-san's invitation to the summer festival today. Don't misunderstand me!"

"Also, I'm wearing a swimsuit under my bathrobe, Feng-san, don't even think about peeking."

Chizuru Ichinose continued to speak insincerely. She moved a small stool and sat behind Kaede Sakakibara, staring at his strong back with a momentary fascination in her eyes.

"Well, I was just imitating the way Kaede-senpai and Katsurayama-senpai rubbed each other's backs when they were filming Kamen Rider. Don't get the wrong idea."

Kaede Sakakibara grinned. He and Nobuto Katsuyama rubbed each other's backs to increase their bond points and also because it was necessary for the plot. Boys don't need to beat around the bush to become friends. A meal, going to KTV, or simply rubbing each other's backs can give two young people who don't know each other a common topic to talk about.

Ichinose Chizuru, this... is a poor imitation.

Feeling the friction of the towel on his back, Sakakibara Kaede saw that the girl was determined to rub his back, so he let her do it.

"Iida-san contacted me for an audition opportunity in Kyoto. I wonder if it's suitable for me..."

"It depends on you. It would be best if it doesn't affect your work in the morning. If it can make you more famous in the entertainment industry, you might as well give it a try."

"I know...I know! Sooner or later I will surpass you."

Sakakibara Kaede listened to Chizuru Ichinose's mumbling, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "Chizuru-san, you can rub harder."

"Huh, I got it!"

Although the young man said so, Chizuru Ichinose is still far from being able to reach the kind of bath-scrubbing strength that he imagines those burly old men from Northeast China who work in Northeast China’s bathhouses.

After rubbing for about ten minutes, Sakakibara Kaede called for a break. While feeling the towel on his back, he could also feel a strange, soft and sticky touch like fingers. It was speculated that the towel was too small. After Chizuru Ichinose held it with both hands, her fingers could not be exposed - it was reasonable for him to feel the touch of the girl's hand on his back.

After Chizuru Ichinose left reluctantly, Kaede Sakakibara took her final bath. After the so-called bathing and changing clothes, the young man pushed open the door of the room.

Ichinose Chizuru now occupies the position that Higuchi Madoka occupied yesterday. She had already changed into a loose sleepy bed, with her legs curled up on the chair, typing characters on her mobile phone. When she heard the footsteps of Sakakibara Kaede, she raised her head, "Kaede-senpai..."

"Um, Chizuru-san, did you take the wrong path? Why are you in my bedroom?"

"Senior Feng, have you forgotten what I told you this afternoon?" Chizuru Ichinose blushed and turned her head away. "We clearly agreed to work together on the part-time job line, Senior Feng, you just forgot."

"Forehead..."

Sakakibara Kaede opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.

He glanced at Chizuru Ichinose’s face. . . Well, her eyes were determined and she looked serious.

No--

In his mind, Sakakibara Kaede had already run away or crawled into the quilt and pretended to sleep and fainted. Pushing the class monitor route in front of Higuchi Madoka had already made him so embarrassed that he could dig a three-bedroom apartment with his toes. Now he was asked to continue pushing the galgame and off-campus part-time worker route in front of Chizuru Ichinose.

This is God's will to make him die socially again.

Sakakibara Kaede was completely overwhelmed. Was Kaede's coming to the Snow Country really so charming that she not only attracted Higuchi Madoka, but also Ichinose Chizuru?

This is not an otome game, but an orthodox 18+ galgame with a harem route. Is there something wrong with this world line?

Sakakibara Kaede took a long breath and exhaled slowly, "Chizuru-san, do you really want to see it?"

"What, what's wrong? It was Tou-san who recommended this route to me. I don't have the game, so I can only watch you recommend it!"

Ichinose Chizuru's tone was as if asking why you would ask such a question.

Sakakibara Kaede's face was ashen. He walked towards the gaming chair step by step, as if he was strolling towards the execution ground. The dazzling icon on the computer desktop seemed to be a guillotine. With the double-click of the mouse, the screen gradually turned dark. When it became bright again, five heroines appeared in front of the screen one by one. They all had different smiles on their faces, and their hair color, posture, expression and face were all different.

"Wow, this is pretty neat. Does Senior Feng usually play this kind of game?"

The guillotine fell mercilessly.

“Do you still want to push the common line?”

"What is the common thread?"

"...Okay, let's start from the beginning."

Sakakibara Kaede pursed his lips. Seeing that Chizuru Ichinose was a complete layman, he explained to her the difference between common lines and personal lines.

The young man had already completed the common line before, and also saved the game near the key options, so that it would be more convenient to recycle the CG or expand the harem line in the future.

However, Chizuru Ichinose had not read the plot, so Kaede Sakakibara had to start over and show her the world view and the beginning of the story, how the male protagonist transferred from the city alone to a small town in the north, a snowy country that is cold almost three seasons a year.

The protagonist Feng in the game has just arrived. In order to pay the rent and cope with daily expenses, the funds transferred by his parents are obviously a bit difficult - Feng is not from a wealthy family, his family does not have any company, and has not inherited any shrine. With the recommendation of the student council president, he entered a convenience store in the center of the town to work.