Chapter 127 Before the Cultural Festival (2)
After a few days of sunny weather, it suddenly started to rain.
Toru Watanabe woke up to the noisy sound of wind and rain, rubbed his bangs, and sweated a little because of the heat.
The air pressure in the narrow rental house is very low, and there is a slight feeling of chest tightness when breathing.
Watanabe Toru opened the window, and the strong wind brought rain in, and the dry windowsill became wet at a speed visible to the naked eye.
With a "click", before the rain wet his clothes, Toru Watanabe closed the window again, turned around and picked up the mobile phone on the table.
The time was 5:46, and there was a text message from the Meteorological Bureau.
"The strong typhoon No. 14 moved northward from the East China Sea and gradually turned eastward. Tokyo entered the typhoon area early this morning. Citizens are requested to reduce going out as much as possible and those working must be careful."
As for the existence of typhoons, Toru Watanabe suspected that it was deliberately going against the students.
If it is from Monday to Friday, it will always fail to give students a holiday, either by going to other areas or coming in the evening and leaving at night. In short, it does not give students a chance to have a holiday.
Or just take it on Saturdays and Sundays when you can rest.
However, judging from the filming progress of the Human Observation Department, this is the best arrangement.
I hope that classes and clubs that are counting on Saturday and Sunday to prepare for the cultural festival will stay home and not rush to school in the storm.
"Is this also the will of the Qingye God?"
"But even if you can't go out and have to stay at home to edit the movie, there's no need to ask the entire Tokyo population to accompany you, Kiyono-san."
Toru Watanabe looked at the high-end apartment in the distance in the wind and rain, and prayed silently in his heart that the weather would clear up.
The storm continued, and it looked like the Goddess of Kiyono was not going to grant the wish of her only believer.
In this case, Toru Watanabe had to change his morning exercises to doing push-ups at home, while memorizing Spanish vocabulary in his mind to deepen his memory.
After finishing my morning exercise and taking a shower, I received a call from my hometown.
My mother said that her hometown has not been affected yet, but according to the Meteorological Agency, the typhoon will continue to move towards the northeast region, and Iwate Prefecture is expected to experience heavy rain in the evening.
There was no food in the rental house, so Watanabe Toru basically ate at school or outside.
He read at home until noon and was so hungry that he decided to go to the convenience store in the rain.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, the sound of rain suddenly became louder, as if it was falling from the sky. The broken umbrella that Toru Watanabe bought from a convenience store didn't last more than three seconds before it died.
Watanabe Toru, who was drenched by the heavy rain, looked at the bare umbrella frame in his hand and started singing in the deserted alley.
“Love is like the blue sky and white clouds, the sky is clear and suddenly there is a storm… ugh!”
He spat out the rain water from his mouth, wiped his face, and continued walking towards the convenience store.
Having paid such a heavy price, it would be foolish not to go to the convenience store to stock up on food.
Anyway, it’s not the first time I’ve been caught in the rain.
"Sudden storms with nowhere to hide always catch people by surprise."
"Here is a simple question: what is love?"
“Whether it is a taste or gravity, from the day I first fell in love, it was sweet at first, and then there would be storms.”
As he sang, Toru Watanabe had a bad feeling.
Along the way, I saw that the windows of many shops were covered with tape to prevent them from suddenly breaking and injuring people.
It doesn’t matter, what’s most terrible is that all these stores are closed.
"Will the convenience store also be closed?" Watanabe Toru couldn't sing any more.
It’s okay to have a storm in the real sense, but is it possible to encounter a storm on the way to eating?
When he arrived at the convenience store he often went to, the 24-hour convenience store that remained open even during a magnitude 5 earthquake, it was closed.
Toru Watanabe went hungry all day.
Since September, he has been busy preparing for the cultural festival and has no time to watch the news. He even rarely chats with Kunii Osamu and others.
Otherwise, we would definitely be able to learn about the typhoon in advance and stock up some goods!
At night, various TV stations issued warnings in succession, except for Tokyo TV, which was broadcasting "Delicious Chinese Cold Noodle Recipe".
Watanabe Toru was so hungry that he didn't know whether he was quenching his thirst by looking at the plums or exercising his willpower. Anyway, he watched the whole show.
The first thing Toru Watanabe did when he woke up early on Sunday morning was to open the curtains.
The sky was dark, and a thick layer of rain clouds had gathered over Tokyo. Fine raindrops kept falling from the clouds, and strong winds bent the trees on both sides of the road.
"hateful!"
Toru Watanabe stopped doing morning exercises and continued to sleep.
During the day: reading, observing the rain, watching TV, observing the rain, sleeping, observing the rain... At nine o'clock in the evening, the rain finally stopped.
A light rain that was okay even without an umbrella covered Tokyo like fog.
Having been hungry for nearly two days, this was undoubtedly a super typhoon for a sixteen-year-old who insisted on exercising.
When Watanabe Toru went to the convenience store, his steps were a little unsteady.
The streets were brightly lit, and although not all shops were open, quite a few had started business.
Seeing the lights of the convenience store from afar, Toru Watanabe felt that the insects attracted to the light source became cute.
The convenience store was empty...
"Why are you here?" Toru Watanabe looked at the beautiful girl in a hat dressed as a detective in front of him.
The girl paused while putting two boxes of lunch into the shopping cart, then put one box back as if nothing had happened, pressed down the brim of her hat, and turned to walk towards the checkout machine.
"Hello."
"What are you doing?" Qing Ye Lin turned around dissatisfiedly and said in a thorny tone, "Can't you see that I don't want to say hello to you now?"
Toru Watanabe looked her up and down.
Qingye Rin turned around and guarded the shopping basket vigilantly.
Who would grab something like that? They didn't even pay for it.
"Were you so busy that you didn't even notice the typhoon? And then you were hungry for two days?" Watanabe Toru guessed.
"Do you think I am you?"
"Then why did you take two boxes of feces..." Because the girl's eyes conveyed a cold look of 'I'll kill you if you say that again', Watanabe Toru chose to stop.
He changed the subject: "So you knew there was a typhoon? Why didn't you tell me? I was starving for two days."
"I don't know." Qingye Rin said in a self-blaming tone.
"So what did you just say 'you thought I was you'?"
"I mean, instead of being starving like someone for two days, I at least ate some fruit. "
"…You bought the fruit by chance, right? In other words, you didn't prepare any supplies for the typhoon. In that case, I don't understand why you are acting so great."
"Goodbye." Qingye Rin turned around and prepared to pay the bill.
"It's okay to take another box. I won't tell anyone and I won't laugh at you." Although Watanabe Toru said this, the girl still did not stop.
However, she turned and went to the snack area.
Girls are so cunning. They can obviously eat a lot, but they say snacks and desserts are in another stomach. Boys who are fooled by such cute statements are all fools!
Although he claims to have seen through the nature of girls, Toru Watanabe still chooses to keep silent.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is not cowardice, but a matter of assessing the situation.
This is a necessary skill whether you are working as a secretary now or as a prime minister in the future.
While he was daydreaming, Toru Watanabe had already chosen two bento boxes, fried pork cutlet and eel rice, and then bought barley tea and rice balls.
When it came time to pay the bill, Kiyono Rin was right in front of him.
Kiyono Rinichi put the barcode of the product under the machine and accidentally noticed that there were only two bento boxes in Watanabe Toru's basket. Her movements suddenly froze.
Watanabe Toru, who hadn't noticed, asked about the cultural festival: "Is the film editing finished?"
Qingye Rin remained silent.
Watanabe Toru thought she was just mad about what happened just now, and said disapprovingly: "If you're done, send it to me tonight."
Rin Qingye paid the bill and got out of the way.
Toru Watanabe stood in front of the machine, scanned the codes one by one, and stuffed a 10,000 yen bill into the box. When the change fell out, he grabbed it and stuffed it into a plastic bag.
After leaving the convenience store, the weather, which was hot a few days ago, has become cooler. The wind is so strong that it can mess up my hair. It’s a bit cold without a coat.
Watanabe Toru looked at Qing Ye Lin standing at the door and asked doubtfully: "Wait for me?"
Qingye Rin hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Is there anything wrong?" Watanabe Toru took out a rice ball from a plastic bag and started eating it.
Qingye Rin glanced at the rice ball in his hand and said, "It may be too late for the movie."
"Ah, it's a storm in every sense of the word." Toru Watanabe took another bite of the rice ball.
Although she was a little concerned about why a boy could bite so much at a time, Qingye Rin asked in surprise: "Aren't you angry?"
"You did your best."
Watanabe Toru put the rest into his mouth, crumpled the packaging into a ball, put it in a plastic bag, and took out the barley tea.
While unscrewing the bottle cap, he continued, "It was me who originally proposed making the movie, but the most important task was thrown to you. How can I say anything about you?"
"There is one thing I must explain clearly," Qing Ye Lin's eyes lingered on his Adam's apple that was rolling up and down, "If it weren't for the lack of food in time, I would have already edited the movie."
"I can't do anything without eating. I didn't exercise today." Watanabe Toru screwed the bottle cap on. "Then please let me help you. "
Qingye Rin looked at him in surprise.
She stayed to ask Watanabe Toru for help.
But she is used to doing everything by herself, and it takes some courage to ask others for help when she has already said that she can handle it.
"I didn't expect you to be so gentle. I thought you would take the opportunity to laugh at me." Qingye Rin subconsciously lifted her hair, and when she raised her hand, she realized that she had stuffed all her hair into her hat today.
"No, not at all. I only do this to you, Kiyono-san."
"Student Council President, what's going on with the aquarium?"
"Well...well, actually I'm very gentle." Watanabe Toru could only admit it.
There's nothing we can do about it, since he's the male protagonist, even though "400 km from Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo" is not a light novel.
Qingye Rin stroked the corner of her mouth and smiled: "I don't hate this side of you."
"Are you in love with me?"
"That's what I hate about you."
"Let's talk about the movie."
Qingye Rin thought for a moment and said, "Come with me."
The two walked towards Qingye Rin's high-end apartment in the misty drizzle. The puddles on the road reflected the colorful neon lights.
The typhoon has stopped and the streets are quiet.
When he arrived at Kiyono Rin's apartment, Watanabe Toru felt that the air had become better.
His own rental house was stuffy and smelled of rain; the air outside on the street was not as good as the air that rich people breathed after it was purified by advanced purifiers.
What's more, there are 9 bits of life of charming girls in it.
Kiyono Rin took off her hat, and her black hair was tied up with a milky white hairband. She also took off her long coat that looked like a detective suit, revealing the white short-sleeved shirt underneath.
Before working, the two decided to eat first.
"How much have you made?" Toru Watanabe asked while eating the delicious eel.
"Half." Qingye Rin also ate her lunch box in small bites.
"That's pretty quick. It was supposed to be all done in two days, and now there's only half left. Between the two of us, we can definitely finish it tonight."
"I was able to achieve this speed because I have been reading relevant books since the beginning. This is because the movie we made does not require special effects."
"You've done your best. Who could have expected something like a typhoon?" Watanabe Toru comforted him.
"Thank you." Qingye Rin nodded, "But now is not the time to make excuses for failure. We must find a way to solve the problem."
"At times like this, you just need to have a good sleep and then ask aliens, people from the future or people with super powers for help. When you wake up tomorrow morning, you will find that the movie is not only well edited, but also has its own special effects."
Qing Ye Lin glanced at him with dissatisfaction: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Have you figured out a solution?"
"That's why I called you here - to ask you to help with some editing. I will give you the storyboard, and you will edit the shots I want from a large number of shots based on the storyboard."
"I don't understand anything."
"Don't worry, I'm just here to be on the safe side. I'll edit my copy as quickly as possible, and then re-edit yours."
"Actually, you're still planning to do it all by yourself, right? You're just worried that if you don't make it in time, you'll only have enough time to edit your own copy. By then, even if my editing is terrible, it'll still be better than nothing."
Qingye Rin nodded: "That's right."
"At least I can refute the part about 'no matter how bad the editing is'. Even if Minister Meiren only gives me verbal encouragement, I will be willing to work late at night without any compensation."
"As for the reward, it's already been prepared for you." Qingye Rin packed up the lunch box, stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "What kind of coffee would you like?"
"... Kiyono-san, you are just like a breeder feeding pigs."
"Oh, don't worry, at least I won't sell your meat, and of course I won't eat it either."
"That's not important. Please explain the part you killed, otherwise I won't dare to accept your reward casually."
"Black coffee?" Qingye Lin stood on tiptoe and searched in the cupboard. "I recommend this. It has the best refreshing effect and the sugar content is not high."
"...It's up to you."
Watanabe Toru glanced at her snow-white soles. There was no trace of calluses. There was a reason why her physical strength was only 3.
While drinking coffee, Kiyono Rin explained the storyboard to Watanabe Toru, and then ignored him and concentrated on her own work.
She decided to do all the work herself and gave up hope on Watanabe.
Late at night, the rain started to fall heavily again, and the heavy sound of rain could be clearly heard through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The whistling wind mixed with the sound of rain.
Watanabe Toru raised his head and found that Kiyono Rin had fallen asleep with her hands on her cheeks.
I have to work at 3 o'clock in the morning and haven't eaten for two days. In such a situation, I still insist on working. I must have slept less than four hours last night.
Watanabe Toru stretched lazily.
There were only two people in the room, the girl was still asleep, and it was storming outside. As a boy, it was time to do that.
…
"Kiyo-kun? Miss Kiyono? Kiyono? Rin? Rin-chan?"
When the last name was spoken, Qingye Rin moved.
"Rin-chan, wake up."
"What did you say?" Qingye Rin opened his eyes. It was hard to tell whether he was in a bad mood because he just woke up or something else, but he was in a bad mood.
Watanabe Toru quickly distanced himself: "Nothing. I want to go back."
Qingye Rin suddenly woke up, sat up straight and looked towards the floor-to-ceiling window.
The typhoon had probably reached Iwate Prefecture, 400 kilometers away. The sun was rising, and the glass of the tall buildings reflected beautiful light.
She rubbed her brows with a headache and sighed deeply: "You should wake me up."
"Didn't I wake you up?"
"Now is not the time to joke." Qingye Rin's tone was full of helplessness.
"Don't ruin your good mood this morning. Today is a cultural festival. Be happy."
Kiyono Rin said nothing, and with the mentality of doing as much as she could, she woke up the dormant laptop.
Then……
"What's going on?" She watched in shock as "Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo, 400 km" played smoothly, with every scene being very beautiful.
"Didn't I tell you that for things like this, you just need to get some good sleep, and people from the future, aliens, or people with super powers will come to help you."
Qingye Rin glanced at the grinning Watanabe Toru and asked, "Are you from the future? Or an alien or someone with super powers?"
"Neither. Please allow me to introduce myself: Watanabe Toru, sixteen years old, unmarried, a villager of Mizawa Village in Iwate Prefecture, the only believer of Kiyono God, and in order not to disappoint God, I have paid a heavy price many times."
"A heavy price?"
"Stop talking." Watanabe Toru sighed, "Kiyono-san, if you ever do anything to let me down, I might kill you."
"Didn't you suggest the movie? I paid a heavy price for you, didn't I? You'd better not do anything to let me down, or I will definitely kill you."
“…”
Qingye Rin was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Are you scared?"
“I’m scared.”
"Let's go."
"Are you sending me away now?"
"I'm going to take a shower, do you want to stay with me?" Qingye Rin stood up and stretched.
“It’s not impossible.”
"Come on, if you don't dare, Watanabe Toru is a puppy."
Watanabe Toru was so stupid that he fell for it, and he picked up the leftover garbage from last night and ran away.
Kiyono Rin stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and waited for a while, until she saw Watanabe Toru yawning and starting to run, then she turned and went into the bathroom.
