Chapter 205 New Year in Iwate Prefecture: Home (2)

8:40, Yotsuya Station

Kiyono Rin, who was wearing a white windbreaker, shirt and jeans, was stunned when she saw Kujo Miki walking next to Watanabe Toru, and then immediately smiled as expected.

"Oh, what a coincidence." Kiyono Rin greeted with a smile.

"Is it a coincidence?" Kujo Miki didn't even look at her.

"Kujo-san, I knew you would come." She smiled confidently, "After all, you are such a beautiful girl. If it were me, I would definitely worry that my boyfriend couldn't control himself."

"Don't talk nonsense." Watanabe Toru couldn't stand these people's narcissism, "No matter how beautiful you are, I won't do anything to you."

"Kujo-kun, what Watanabe-kun said is true." Kiyono Rin said in a condescending tone.

After hearing what Toru Watanabe said, she didn't mind at all.

She had almost studied this man named Toru Watanabe thoroughly and knew what he was thinking.

"You don't seem to feel guilty about being caught cheating." Kujo Miki said sarcastically, "How dare you go to someone else's boyfriend's house with such a thick face?"

"We are all selfish people, so don't say such boring things." After saying that, Qing Ye Lin looked at Watanabe Toru and sighed, "It doesn't matter whether you go or not, but if you want to go, I must go with you and keep an eye on him."

"Look at me?" Watanabe Toru asked back, "Am I a child?"

Without answering his question, Qing Ye Lin said, seeing through everything:

"You must have suffered a lot just now when you told Kujo-san about my trip to Iwate Prefecture, right?"

"……A little bit."

"You seem very dissatisfied?" Miki Kujo crossed her arms and looked at Toru Watanabe.

"No matter what, using a gun is..."

"What? You brought other women back home, and as a girlfriend I can't be angry?"

"It's not that I can't have children..."

"Watanabe Toru," this was the first time that Kujo Miki called him by his full name, "If I really wanted to kill you, would I let you talk nonsense? I would just throw you out of the car."

During the homecoming season, the station is full of people.

The three of them were already attracting a lot of attention, and when they saw Watanabe Toru being scolded, even more people turned to watch the fun.

"Meiji, if you want to scold me, you'll be here later..."

Before Watanabe Toru finished his words, Kiyono Rin's chuckle was heard.

Her laughter was beautiful, even more beautiful than that of a nightingale, recognized as the most beautiful bird in the world.

But just as they are immune to Watanabe Toru's smile, Watanabe Toru is almost accustomed to the occasional charming charm of the two.

"Think about who caused me to be scolded? How can you laugh?"

Miki Kujo stepped on Toru Watanabe.

Because Watanabe Toru was imitating her tone in the meeting, saying, "Since it is our company's property and we owe you money, how can you laugh?"

Qingye Lin sighed lightly and suppressed his smile.

"Watanabe-san, you took the initiative to tell Kujo-san about my trip to Iwate Prefecture. I can see that you are a responsible person."

"Responsible?" Kujo Miki glanced at Watanabe Toru, "Just because you're afraid I'll find out later."

"Meiji, you are wrong. I am definitely not telling you this because I am afraid of being discovered by you. I can swear on Yotsuya Station." Watanabe Toru raised his right hand.

"It's true." Qingye Rin said again in a condescending tone.

"No one asked you to judge the truth." Kujo Miki said to her coldly, and then glared at Watanabe Toru, "You still have some conscience."

"Meiji," Watanabe Toru said helplessly, "I promised you, so I will definitely stay by your side."

Kujo Miki ignored him and said to Kiyono Rin:

"Did you hear that, Kiyono-san? He will always stay with me."

"That's true, but, Kujo-san, you don't think he did that because you're more attractive than me, or because you're a threat, do you?"

"What's the meaning?"

"My main opponent has never been you, but Watanabe-san's stubborn and wrong sense of responsibility."

"It's okay to be stubborn, but what does mistake mean?" Toru Watanabe said dissatisfiedly.

Qingye Rin showed a confident smile: "If your mind is not free and you can't see yourself clearly, how can you know whether the path you insist on is wrong or right."

"Freedom? What a joke!" Miki Kujo raised her voice and denied it.

"Do you think Watanabe-san is free?" asked Rin Kiyono.

Kujo Miki folded her arms and expressed her views on love in a firm tone:

"I just want to distort his life and make him have no freedom. From the moment he opens his eyes in the morning to the moment he lies in bed at night, whether he is resting or working, he only has me in his heart and only allows me to be in his heart."

“…”

Kiyono Rin was right. Kujo Miki was indeed the same type as her. Both were paranoids who carried out their personal principles to the end.

What does the worldly opinion mean to them?

Cruelty? Tyranny? Acting on whim? It's just the thorn on the rose.

She will bloom, more beautifully than anyone else.

Whether you like her or not, she doesn't care at all.

"Very good." Qingye Rin laughed again, this was a happy smile, "Only with such a firm will is it worth being defeated. Kujo-san, congratulations, from now on, you will also be the object of my long-term observation, I look forward to your expression after failure."

"Failure?" Miki Kujo sneered disdainfully.

"If people want to get along with each other for a long time, they rely on commonality and attraction, not oppression, bondage, and flattery. This is my belief. Watanabe-san, who do you think is right, me or Kujo-san?"

"Meiji."

“That’s a lie.”

"Miji, don't believe her," said Toru Watanabe, "beautiful women love to lie."

"What do you mean?" Miki Kujo narrowed her eyes.

"I'm not talking about you!"

"So you mean that I'm not beautiful?"

"No, I mean, you don't lie!"

"Doesn't that mean I'm not pretty?"

“…”

Women's psychology is really incomprehensible.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!"

Watanabe Toru's cell phone rang, and he didn't know which benefactor was calling.

"Um, let me take a call." Toru Watanabe took out his cell phone and pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Ah, mom? Uh-huh, nine o'clock, lunch? No need to wait, you guys eat first. OK, OK, I'll be careful, hanging up."

Watanabe Toru put away his phone.

"My dear ladies, my mother is urging us to do this. How about we put our plans on hold for now and then argue slowly when we get to my house?"

"Let's go." Kiyono Rin handed the azure suitcase to Watanabe Toru.

Watanabe Toru took it subconsciously.

Um?

etc!

"Qingye! You're plotting against me... Meiji, it hurts! If it doesn't work, try pulling someone else! My left and right ears are almost asymmetrical!"

During the homecoming season, Yotsuya Station is a scene of intrigue and quarrels among couples.

From Yotsuya Station to Tokyo Station, take the "Hayabusa" Shinkansen.

The three of them were in the green carriage, which had more spacious and comfortable seats, fewer people, and of course a more expensive ticket than in the ordinary carriage.

The two beautiful girls sat opposite each other, by the window, and Watanabe Toru sat next to Kujo Miki.

"Are you taking anything back?" With nothing to do, Kujo Miki asked Watanabe Toru.

"I didn't bring anything."

"No?"

"Yeah. Besides clothes, I only brought a copy of Nagai Kafu's "Sunny Day Clogs" to pass the time during the New Year."

When she heard "Sunny Day Clogs", Kiyono Rin, who was about to put on headphones to read, looked up at Watanabe Toru.

The last book she read was "Sunny Day Clogs" by Nagai Kafu.

Qingye Rin showed a satisfied expression, smiled, put on headphones, hummed softly, and opened the "Yudong Qitan" in her hand.

This is also a book by Nagai Kafu.

Miki Kujo glanced at her, not understanding why she suddenly started singing and was in such a good mood.

"Meiji, you got up early today, do you want to sleep in for a while?"

When Watanabe Tetsuichi said this, Kujo Miki immediately felt sleepy.

She had been working late these past few days and got up very early today, so her body had been lacking sleep.

She rested her head on Toru Watanabe's shoulder, yawned and prepared to take a nap.

"Wait a moment." Watanabe Toru stood up.

"What are you doing?" Kujo Miki asked dissatisfiedly.

Toru Watanabe took out a blanket from the travel bag on the shelf.

He covered Kujo Miki with a blanket and put her head on his shoulder.

"Okay, go to sleep. I'll call you when we get there."

"Troublesome." Kujo Miki complained.

Then she wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, adjusted her head to a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep.

The departure bell rang, and the train slowly accelerated, leaving Tokyo and heading towards Iwate Prefecture.

About two hours later, we arrived in Kamaishi City.

After that, he had to transfer, so Toru Watanabe bought a ticket at the ticket office.

They got on an old tram with only one car, and the three of them sat in a row. Toru Watanabe watched the luggage to prevent it from running around.

The tram waited for about ten minutes, but before the second wave of passengers arrived, it started to leave.

Heading north along the railway track, once you leave Kamaishi city, the scenery opens up.

"When I left, it was still spring, and the area was full of green wheat."

Hearing Watanabe Toru's voice, Kiyono Rin, who was reading a book, came back to his senses and looked out the window.

Farmlands and wastelands come into view.

The plastic shed on the snow reflects the winter sunshine and looks very warm.

"Are we almost there?" she asked.

"It's still early." Watanabe Toru replied.

Kiyono Rin stopped reading the book, closed the title page, and looked at the slowly receding scenery outside the window with Watanabe Toru.

After a while, the tram drove into a cedar forest.

The cedar trees are tall and straight, like slender towers rising from the ground.

The light was blocked, the inside of the tram became dark, and even the temperature seemed to drop.

Miki Kujo, who was sleeping on Toru Watanabe's shoulder, hugged his arms tightly as if seeking warmth.

Toru Watanabe helped her pull the blanket up to prevent the wind from entering her neck.

After finally leaving the cedar forest, the scenery opened up again.

In the distance, white smoke is rising, there must be a house there.

Just when Qingye Rin saw a corner of the sea and was about to see it clearly, the train drove into a forest.

The forest was unmaintained, and its branches had grown right up to the railroad tracks, sticking to the windows like windshield wipers when the trams passed.

There are also branches that are not very flexible and you can clearly see the signs of being broken by the tram.

“Almost there.”

As Watanabe Toru finished speaking, the train drove out of the woods and the light became brighter.

This is a basin.

There are mountains in the distance. On the ridges of the mountains stand wind power stations with huge white windmills turning slowly.

As your sight leaves the top of the mountain, you will see the forest below, and below the forest are layers of terraced fields.

"If it were spring, the terraces would be full of green rice," said Toru Watanabe.

"It must be very beautiful." Qingye Rin imagined the scene.

In the middle of the terraced fields, there are a few houses that look uninhabited, and a buffalo is eating grass.

Below the terraced fields is a flat rice field with no water. There is a man wearing a bamboo hat burning straw.

"Is your name Mizawamura?" asked Kiyono Rin.

"Um."

The tram stopped at a simple station without even a shelter, like an isolated island.

Toru Watanabe wakes up Miki Kujo.

"Are we finally here?" Miki Kujo stretched lazily.

"Thank you for your hard work." Watanabe Toru said with a smile.

"If I had known it would take so long, I would have taken a helicopter."

"It will scare the villagers."

The three of them walked out of the tram.

Compared to Tokyo, Mizawa Village in the basin is not cold at all.

Even with Kiyono Rin's physical condition, she only needs to wear a thin sweater and a coat.

"I like this place." Qingye Rin took a deep breath.

Even the air is cleaner .

"Just wait a couple of days and don't ask to go back to Tokyo."

"Am I such a person?" Qingye Rin gave him a dissatisfied look.

Toru Watanabe pulled the suitcase and walked down the platform - just a concrete platform.

Two beautiful girls followed him, looking around curiously.

"There are no entertainment facilities, no restaurants, no places to spend money, and only a snack shop besides vending machines."

During Watanabe's explanation, the two saw the house.

Just as Toru Watanabe said at the Christmas party, every household has firewood piled up in front of their door all the way to the eaves.

Stray dogs, which would never exist in Tokyo, can be seen from time to time.

They travel in groups of two or three, sometimes you chase me, sometimes I chase you.

When the three people passed by, they all stared at them as if they had pressed the pause button, even the dog that was pinned to the ground and bullied did the same.

"It won't bite, will it?" Kiyono Rin hid behind Watanabe Toru.

"Those who dared to bite have been killed. All those who survived are friends of mankind."

"It's a really cruel rule, but there's nothing we can do about it." Kiyono Rin quickly accepted Watanabe Toru's statement.

It seems that she doesn't like dogs.

After walking on the cement road for ten minutes, a bus rumbled past them.

There are drainage ditches on both sides of the road.

The water is so clear that you can see the bottom. Occasionally a fallen leaf floats by. Small fish swim upstream in the water, but after they are exhausted, they are washed back to their original place by the current.

Kujo Miki made a gesture of looking out and asked, "Where is your home?"

"Here." Watanabe Toru pointed to the distance, "We're here."

The two looked in the direction he pointed.

It was a small hill with two houses located at the foot of it, separated by a fence.

"You're about to meet my parents. Are you nervous?" Toru Watanabe asked the two with a smile.

"I've met the Prime Minister." Kujo Miki said nonchalantly.

Qingye Rin closed his eyes and took a slow, deep breath.

Kujo Miki looked at her and asked with disdain and confusion: "Why are you so nervous?"

Qing Ye Lin exhaled the air in his chest, opened his eyes, and answered nonchalantly:

"It was the first time I took the initiative to go to a classmate's house, and it was a male classmate."

Seeing how nervous she was, Toru Watanabe couldn't help but smile.

Kujo Miki turned her head and looked at him again: "What are you laughing at?"