I live my life in Tokyo

The two of them stretched at the same time and started packing. The boy stuffed the textbooks into Sakurajima Mai's schoolbag, felt the weight, and sighed speechlessly - the textbooks that Sakurajima Mai brought were the basics of the basics, and in the end he didn't use them. Instead, he used them to teach Sakurajima Mai himself.

"Let's go."

He put on his coat, carried a heavy school bag in his hand, and pushed open the glass door.

At some point, there were fewer people in the library, and the boy knew it was time for dinner.

He had already checked for a western restaurant near the library before entering it. After observing the menu erected in front of the door, the boy nodded silently and located the restaurant successfully.

"I saw Sakakibara-senpai's soda commercial yesterday."

Sakurajima Mai yawned, wiped away the tears from her eyes, and said with praise, "Your sense of the camera and your posture are perfect."

"But, his image is still that of a sleepy teenager."

Sakakibara Kaede hummed, "I can understand what Sakurajima-san said. You're worried that I'll get repeated auditions for roles similar to Kitahara Hiroshi's, right? That will lead to a fixed number of audition roles, right?"

Mai Sakurajima nodded, and she followed the boy into the western restaurant. The boy politely made a "two" gesture to the waiter, and the two were then led into the restaurant by the waiter at the front desk and sat by the window.

"I'm also trying to challenge myself, don't worry, Sakurajima-san. The character I play in the graduation commercial is nothing like Kitahara Hiroshi. You can look forward to it."

"That'll have to wait until after Christmas."

Mai Sakurajima took off the scarf that was covering her face. In this heated restaurant, she took out a mask from her pocket and put it on her face. The boy was impressed by her skillful movements.

He once again realized that he had spent a morning studying with a popular actor and artist.

Not only that, they are opponents in the same TV series, actors and artists under the same agency, and friends.

Fate is so wonderful. People whose life trajectories were originally parallel can get to know each other because of various accidental encounters.

If I hadn't seen the sign saying that extras would get free dinner, I'd guess the boy is currently working and studying, and I can only see Sakurajima Mai on TV.

The present is made up of countless coincidences, and coincidences are truly wonderful.

"What's wrong, Sakurajima-san?"

The boy, feeling the gaze, pulled himself out of his thoughts and asked the girl sitting opposite him.

"I'm suddenly a little curious. What does Sakakibara-senpai think of actors? Is your answer different from two months ago? I'm just thinking about these things." After Mai Sakakijima ordered the set meal in a low voice, her indigo eyes looked at the boy again.

"If I hadn't been born as an actor, would eternity have been like a long night?"

"Be serious." Sakurajima Mai slammed the table in dissatisfaction.

Sakakibara Kaede sighed, "Forget it, forget it. I won't hide it from you. My opinion of actors has changed a bit. I used to think that actors had hard work, but after entering the industry, I think that actors have even harder work."

"Sano-san told me before that their crew didn't have time to eat when they were on location. Not only that, the time limit was tight, and the actors had little time to rest. It was really difficult to shoot a TV show that people would praise under such circumstances."

"Sano...-san? Which actress did you add on Line?"

The boy was speechless. Why did Mai Sakurajima always pay attention to weird things?

For example, the boy said, two rival agencies came to the audition today, and Sakurajima Mai asked back, snacks, what snacks?

"Sano Ken, he's a man." Sakakibara Kaede was very upset and coughed lightly, "I understand that being an actor is a hard job, so I am taking it more and more seriously."

"So, Sakakibara-senpai, do you like acting?"

The conversation was interrupted slightly, and the waiter came to the table with two plates and placed several polished bowls in front of the two people, one containing salad and the other containing pasta.

The man's dish was still full of red and hot food, tomato meat sauce spaghetti, while Mai Sakurajima ordered cream mushroom spaghetti.

After saying thank you softly to the waiter, the boy picked up a piece of purple cabbage with his fork and thought about the question that Sakurajima Mai had just asked.

"Sakakibara-senpai, you don't have to answer my question now." Sakakijima Mai smiled, she pulled down her mask to reveal her red lips, "Well... why don't you wait until the filming of our TV series about the daily lives of high school students is finished before telling me the answer."

"Ah."

The boy knew the unspoken subtext of Mai Sakurajima. After this TV series ended, was he going to continue being an actor?

Going to Tokyo to study at university, not to mention the busy schoolwork, a man can easily earn money for tutoring with his understanding of academics, which is much easier than an actor struggling and working hard at the workplace.

He didn't know yet, or maybe... he already knew the answer, but just lacked the opportunity to say it out loud.

During the meal, the two did not continue to talk about work, but instead talked about all sorts of things, including life, and interesting things and gossip that happened on the Internet.

"Do you need me to send you off?"

The meal was naturally paid for on a AA basis. The two of them stood at the door of the western restaurant, and the man in the coat asked with a side glance.

"No, this place is very close to the subway station."

Mai Sakurajima waved her hand, wrapped her scarf tightly, and drew her own patterns on the snow with her feet. After a while, she turned around and waved her hand exaggeratedly at Kaede Sakakibara.

"Thank you Sakakibara-senpai for guiding me today. See you at the shooting site tomorrow!"

As if infected by her emotions, the boy smiled and waved goodbye.

After watching her back as she entered the subway station, Sakakibara Kaede finally took a step forward. Since he had nothing to do today, he could go to work early tonight, and the dishes in his lunch box would surely be richer.

Live passionately and leave no regrets every day. Today's life has no regrets.

. . .

The next day, the boy got up very early, which was definitely a rare thing for him.

What was even more rare was that after putting on two warm winter school uniforms, he did not continue to lie down in the kotatsu to keep warm, but opened the door and went downstairs to do stretching exercises.

After playing some snacks to clear his energy last night, he felt sick immediately after reading the script.

My goodness, any mistake in this plot is NG, and a group of people are NGing with me.

Up to now, all of the man's NGs were in his scenes with Sakurajima Mai. There was nothing he could do. Facing a senior who debuted as a child star and whose every word was full of acting skills, he had no power to fight back.

After stretching his limbs until his whole body was warm, Kaede Sakakibara went back upstairs and started eating his lunch box.

After checking Twitter for a while, he now ranks second on the TV drama popularity list - since that night's show, his popularity has completely surpassed that of Yu Kashima, who was originally in second place, leaving her far behind.

Last Friday's exaggerated acting, the breaking of Nishida Orange's mask, and Kitahara Hiroshi's reappearance generated a lot of comments under the agency's weekly routine of sharing TV dramas.

Kitahara Hiroshi's performance and sincere expression of his feelings have gained him thousands of fans again.

Overall, the TV series has received more and more positive reviews, and the much-anticipated climax of the plot is coming this week.

Many netizens have already pleaded with him to reveal a few words under his last post about reading a book in a cafe, otherwise they can only imagine the plot of this week for a day.

Looking at this group of lovely people, the boy finished the last bite of his meal and went out, feeling the happiness of being full.

Speaking of filling, it's common for Japanese people to eat rice for breakfast, usually accompanied by miso soup and a simple side dish, grilled fish, pickles, nori sheets and omelettes.

But compared to the breakfast in Neon, the boy really wanted to eat some steamed buns, pot stickers and siu mai - he checked the map and found such restaurants in Chiba Prefecture, but they were too far from his home. Now he could only hope to rent a house near a few Chinese restaurants in Tokyo, so that he could not only work part-time but also satisfy his appetite.

Thinking about food, the boy closed his eyes and rested on the subway, and unexpectedly arrived at the Private Toyosaki Academy ahead of time.

"Oh, there are so many people."

Sakakibara Kaede saw many students gathered in front of the school gate, as well as some young people wearing the uniform of the crew.

From their temperament, conversation and actions, the boy could tell that the latter were the extras invited by STARS agency this time.

"Sakakibara-san, you're here really early."

Higuchi Madoka arrived early as well and she greeted the boy.

"Good morning, Higuchi-san." The boy came to stand not far from Higuchi Yuanxiang, "What's wrong with these students?"

"I heard that these students have excellent grades and voluntarily signed up to participate in this scene shooting." Higuchi Yuanxiang arrived early and heard some information from those students. "This time, the shooting is a large scene, and the number of students required is also different from the past."

"Ah, after all, it is... a sports meet."

Kaede Sakakibara took over the conversation. He looked into the campus through the iron fence. The staff hired by STARS agency had cleared the snow near the playground over the weekend, and in a while, a thousand people would be there.

Fortunately, it didn’t snow in the past two days, otherwise today’s scene would have to be postponed.

"The sports meet in December..."

"In the TV series, it's May."

"No wonder we have to sweep the snow away. How can there be snow in May?"

Just as the two were chatting about the topic, most of the crew had arrived. Qingshan Yang took two rosters in his hands and began to check the number of people.

Today, the private Toyonosaki Academy lent the gymnasium and playground to the crew. The boy chatted with a few acquaintances, then followed Sakurajima Mai and slowly lined up to enter the gymnasium.

This was his first time experiencing a scene with so many people.

He needs to get used to it quickly. Among the action scenes he has been longing for, maybe there will be scenes of two armies fighting each other.

It was obvious that Aoyama Hiroshi could not manage nearly a thousand people alone. Assistant Director Nakagawa and several supervisors kept shuttling back and forth. They organized teams for different groups of people, and each team had different tasks.

In the class, the main actors and extras belonging to the same family gathered together to finalize the parts that needed to be filmed for today's sports meet.

There are many sports events in Neon High School, and there is competition between different classes. The school will also combine different classes into groups of different colors.

For example, the leading actors’ class was the Red Group, and one of the props distributed was a red ribbon, which they needed to tie on their heads during filming.

"First is the cheerleading dance, followed by the three-legged race and tug-of-war events." Mai Sakurajima whispered about today's filming tasks.

"Both projects are under the charge of the Sports Department." Sakurajima Mai looked at the second male lead, Takeda Hiroshi, and he nodded seriously.

"The afternoon event is the most important... the relay race."

At this point, several leading actors looked up at the boy who was holding his chin in his hand and keeping silent.

The boy looked up and found that his companions in the crew were all looking at him. For some reason, he felt a faint warmth in his heart.

After walking step by step until now and laying the long foundation, it is finally his time to blossom.

"Don't worry. I read the manuscript dozens of times last night. Just leave the plot of the relay race to me."

The boy looked at the faces of each actor and what he saw were young boys and girls full of vigor and running in their youth.

"I will let the audience see it, let them see Kitahara Hiroshi's transformation, the image of a young man who enjoys his youth and leaves no regrets."

Recommend a friend’s book

I, Jeston, Vice President of Rhine

I, Jeston Williams, an emotionless elite monster, will be crushed to pieces by Saria with three punches more than a decade later, and will become a laughing stock and the target of long-term bullying by a certain BUG master.

I am now in a panic, and although I want to avoid this outcome, I have already joined an illegal organization and therefore cannot extricate myself.

The organization asked me to find a big company to be the sixth boss, trying to use the contract to blackmail and find some shady spots to make black money. That's what we do.

What? Why join a small startup that just started and doesn't even have an office?

You don’t understand Rhine Life, and you understand Lao Liu even less.

He tried his best not to become a laughing stock anymore.

Ten years later, Jeston was sitting in the director's office of Rhine Life Affairs Department. He heard the news that one of the main creators, Saria, had submitted her resignation. He was shaking his red wine glass leisurely and thought, "I'm already sitting here. It's impossible for her to beat me to pieces with three punches, right?"

Starting from scratch, Rhine Life was built into the strongest capital complex in all of Terra, with tens of thousands of medical stations and an army capable of fighting against the country. Probably no one could send Jason to prison anymore.

"It seems a bit too much. Is the Rhineland in the original work so large?"

Jeston fell into deep thought.

Chapter 5: Run! Boy! (k)

"Kitahara, why are you sitting here alone?"

"Ah... it's Yuan Teng-san, what happened?"

The boy rubbed his sleepy eyes, hurriedly sorted out the messy notebooks on the table, and put the unfinished exercises into the desk.

"Today is the sports day, and you've made a lot of efforts for it. Everyone is celebrating the opening ceremony on the playground." Takeda Hiroshi grinned brightly, "You are an indispensable member of the class. How can you miss such an important event?"

Kaede Sakakibara stood up and looked out the window. On the playground, students wearing red, blue and white ribbons were participating in the events in order.

"Tug of war, it's about to start."

The boy said meaningfully that this was the event that Takeda participated in. As the main player of the sports department, during the mobilization period for the sports meet, Takeda Hiroshi was like a stabilizing force in the class.

Kaede Sakakibara closed the pen cap that had not yet been closed. He straightened the collar of his school uniform that was made crooked by dozing off, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

You don't have to care about people like me.

男孩在班级里是透明人，只南锦外/*-群/5*-/1*-/7*-/8*-/8*0/-761是因为参加了读书部与班级里人员最好的南部进成为了朋友。

He helped Nishida Orange draw promotional posters, just wanting to share some of the burden with his childhood sweetheart, but this helpful behavior was greatly appreciated by Yuan Teng Yuanji from the sports club.

Without the boy realizing it, fate, or the bond between people, had quietly connected him.