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Kitagawa Ryoya responded casually. He raised his head and looked at the haze on the horizon and said:

"I have something to do next Friday, so I won't come over."

"Well, what's wrong?"

Facing Shiina Hiyori's question, Kitagawa Ryo smiled at her:

"Because I also plan to secretly go to a far away place to meet her like the hero in "Five Centimeters per Second."

He cast his gaze to the end of the horizon, where a bloody sunset was slowly sinking among the tall buildings in the city, huge and peaceful:

"But the hero in the story is just a guy who takes the train from Tokyo to Kanto. This time, I secretly ran to Tokyo from London, England."

Kitagawa Ryo squeezed the letter in his hand a little tighter, and seemed to be saying to Shiina Hiyori, and seemed to be saying to himself:

"Just because of this sincerity, no unscrupulous script writer would arrange a worse ending for us."

Shiina Hiyori clicked on the calendar on her mobile phone, called up the schedule for next Friday, and changed the already written "recommend a novel to Kitagawa-kun" to "read a book alone". Next Friday's schedule The date read August 9th, and she was already thinking about skipping this day in advance.

She pinched the backpack behind her. Shiina Hiyori had a habit of putting books she wanted to recommend to others in her bag, so that she could lend them to them directly after recommending them. However, since Kitagawa Ryo had already made plans, Then she could only smile and say:

"We will definitely be together."

"But what kind of person is Kitagawa-kun's childhood sweetheart?"

"Hui?"

Shiina Hiyori's question brought back memories, and Kitagawa Ryo also took advantage of the excitement and introduced her:

"Megumi is a girl who is weak and strong at the same time. She may make people feel very pitiful and unfulfilled."

"That sounds contradictory."

"Because people are inherently contradictory creatures, and no one's personality can be defined by a label. It can even be said that each moment he or she is actually different. This is the uniqueness of a person. "

Kitagawa Ryo casually found a bench by the road and sat down:

"I hope I can correct Hui's bad character, but this idea is too presumptuous."

"So, all I can do is stay with her and watch her grow."

As if he thought of something bad, Kitagawa Ryo's eyes also showed a bit of anger, but then he said calmly:

"In fact, growing up is very strange. Everyone says that pain and suffering when growing up are necessary. They will even attribute their success to suffering when they grow up, and they will also thank the suffering for tempering themselves. This is simply Too strange."

"Does it mean that after a person has experienced school bullying and domestic violence since childhood, and still grows up to be a mentally sound adult, he still has to forgive and acknowledge the person who once domestically abused him or bullied him?"

Kitagawa Ryo turned his gaze to the east, slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, a familiar smile appeared on his face:

"Suffering will make people grow, but growth does not necessarily require suffering, let alone being grateful for suffering."

"I just hope that the people I care about can grow up with me safely and healthily. If any unreasonable suffering comes to my door, I will beat them down."

"If Kei can't do it, let me do it."

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The Autumn Lies of Megumi Karuizawa: Chapter 7: The Difference between Suzune Horikita and Megumi Karuizawa

[Day 1: Without telling your parents, you got help from your housekeeper, Mr. Isaki, and finally found a time when the two of them were unable to take care of themselves due to their busy work. Mr. Isaki took you on a flight from the UK from London to Tokyo.

You look out of the airplane window and see thick clouds floating in the sky, one after another, but not clearly formed. It changes every moment and never stays in the same place. Its outline blends ambiguously with the blue background.

The child sitting next to you, who is probably only six or seven years old, is lying by the window string and saying excitedly to his mother:

"This one looks like a flower, this one looks like a puppy at home, this one looks like a broom..."

Although you can't see any fixed shape in the cloud the other person points to, it may be this uncertain existence that reminds people of something.

People just project their emotions onto these tiny polymers of water vapor. After realizing this, and then looking at these clouds, you will naturally think of those fluffy marshmallows, and think of you reaching out to caress them at the night of the fireworks display. Sugar strands on the girl's lips.

You held your head and looked at the clouds, smiling little by little.

In the formless form, using tangible will to draw shapes, placing one's own vision on them, whether it is clouds or starry sky, creating them into objects or constellations, this is the unique imagination of human beings, or , is a lie I told myself.

The plane arrived in Tokyo on the morning of August 9th. ]

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"So, my parents already knew that I secretly came to Tokyo with Grandpa Isaki?"

Amid the crowds at the international airport, Kitagawa Ryo pushed his suitcase in front of him, stuffed all his important documents and credit cards into the innermost pocket of the lining, and asked helplessly to the man in his fifties next to him. .

"Of course, otherwise the young master wouldn't think that I really have that much respect to take you abroad secretly."

Mr. Isaki touched Kitagawa Ryo's head. In the past thirteen or four years, he basically raised Kitagawa Ryo alone. Although Izaki himself was entrusted by the Kitagawa family, during the more than ten years of getting along day and night, He and Kitagawa Ryoya had a family relationship for a long time. Even before Kitagawa Ryo met his parents, he always called Mr. Izaki directly as "Grandpa" without adding a surname.

"...Does Grandpa Izaki know why they did this?"

"Maybe it's to compensate the young master. I don't know the details. Maybe there will be other things that the young master needs to do."

Mr. Isaki wanted to bring the topic to a close with some vague words:

"But isn't it that the young master came to Tokyo this time to find Karuizawa's family?"

"Yeah! I'm just here to see Hui."

After hearing the surname Karuizawa, Kitagawa Ryoya suddenly became excited:

"Has Grandpa Izaki found out where their family moved to?"

"It's still in progress, but there should be news soon, in two hours?"

Mr. Izaki glanced at his phone and estimated the time:

"Let's put our luggage away first and find a restaurant to eat."

Kitagawa Ryo also knew that there was no use in being anxious now, so he nodded and agreed to the other party:

"It just so happens that I was asked to do something by the school, so let's wait here for now."

"Would you like to learn from Horikita?"

Mr. Isaki thought of this steady boy who often came to visit his home:

"It seems that the young master has a very good relationship with him, but the other person's character and ability are indeed excellent, and he is a friend worth making."

"Although Gakushu is only two years older than me, he is really good. And it is said that he will be promoted to Tokyo Advanced High School next year."

Kitagawa Ryo frankly admitted what Mr. Izaki said.

"However, he himself also has a headache problem. It can even be said that it is because of this problem that he chose to go abroad during junior high school and go to a highly developed high school with closed management during high school."

"Is it related to what he entrusted you to the young master?"

"Um."

Kitagawa Ryo and Mr. Izaki dragged their suitcases and finally walked out of the airport. The temperature in Tokyo in early August was still relatively high. Kitagawa Ryo unzipped his jacket. The two of them chatted while looking for the pick-up driver they had contacted early:

"I have a troublesome sister who seems to be the same age as me. Since I haven't seen her for a long time, I hope that I can go on his behalf to see if she is still the same as before."

"Before...the same? What do you mean?"

"He didn't make it clear to me himself. Anyway, he told me to just take a look at her from a distance, get to know her living conditions, and then send it to him."

"Really? Do we need to check the other party's specific information?"

"No need, Xue has already given me her name, school address."

After finding the driver who picked him up, he moved his luggage into the trunk of the car. After sitting in the back seat, Kitagawa Ryo took out a photo of a girl from his bag and handed it to Mr. Izaki:

"Horikita Suzune."

He pronounced the girl's name.

"Let's go to this restaurant. If the information I learned is correct, Horikita should be eating at this restaurant around this time."

"OK."

Mr. Izaki didn't ask any more questions about this, so the car drove to an ordinary family restaurant according to the map navigation instructions.

After almost half an hour, Kitagawa Ryo and Mr. Izaki arrived at their destination. As for their luggage, they asked the driver to take them to the hotel they had booked in advance.

"It feels very ordinary."

"It's really nothing special."

Just looking at the signboard, there was only a flag that simply said "Japanese food" hanging on the window string. Kitagawa Ryo and Mr. Izaki observed it for a while and found that there were not many people inside, so they opened the door and walked in. .

After looking around the store, he couldn't find a girl who matched the photo. Kitagawa Ryo thought it might be because the time hadn't arrived yet, so he found a table and sat down with Mr. Izaki. After a while, a waiter came to greet him. Someone handed me ice water and a menu.

"It's a classic family restaurant, even the dishes are familiar."

Although Kitagawa Ryo has been in the UK for half a year, he spent most of his childhood in Tokyo. He has been to this kind of discounted family restaurant many times. Then he saw the flag on the menu, which consisted of hamburger meat and potatoes. The children's set meal consisting of strips and salad can't help but feel nostalgic.

After ordering two pork chop set meals, Kitagawa Ryo cast his gaze out the window, making circles in the water glass with the straw in his hand.

There are still people coming and going outside the house. Even at noon in the sweltering heat, as a bustling metropolis, the number of people passing by has not decreased at all, but the house is much quieter. A few tables of guests are having lunch quietly. .

The light yellow light shone down, and Kitagawa Ryo felt a sense of comfort and peace of mind in his eyes, with a comfortable smile on his face.

[Coming back this time should be a surprise for Hui, right? ]

About ten minutes later, as two large sets of pork chops were served in front of Kitagawa Ryo, a girl with long black hair opened the door of the restaurant.

"Oh, it must be her."

Kitagawa Ryo stuffed a large piece of pork chop into his mouth. He had no intention of looking for the other party. Originally, Horikita Manabu asked him to take a look. Since the other party appeared in front of him completely, he should The task has been completed.

Mr. Isaki drank a sip of the soup in a gentle manner. Even though he was in an ordinary family restaurant on the roadside, he tasted the high-end taste. Kitagawa Ryo always thought that his butler should be a super handsome guy when he was young, but now He is almost sixty years old and seems to be still single.

"It seems like he is a regular customer."

The girl seemed to have a fixed position and dining habits. Kitagawa Ryo and Izaki didn't even see her acting oddly, but not long after, the waiter had already passed by with a lunch. By the way, while waiting, During the meal, the girl kept holding a book in her hand, lowering her head and looking at it very seriously.

"It's Agatha Christie's novel 'None Survived'."

It's not that Kitagawa Ryo's eyesight is very good. For a mystery novel lover, both Agatha Christie herself and this mystery masterpiece that has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide should be very familiar, so just By glancing at the cover from a distance, he determined the book the other person was reading.

As if aware of Kitagawa Ryo's lingering gaze, Horikita Suzune also glanced this way, but put down her book and started eating lunch without paying attention.

"So far, she looks pretty normal, and whether it's her appearance or her posture when eating, she's quite standard and excellent. Should I say she's worthy of being Horikita Manabu's younger sister?"

Mr. Izaki had already finished the food on his plate, and followed Kitagawa Ryo's gaze as he looked at him with interest.

"If Horikita can hear your praise, maybe she will rush up to pay for it for you."

Kitagawa Ryo didn't move slowly. He finished his lunch immediately, wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue and said:

"After all, judging from the information I learned, Suzune Horikita is probably a bad imitator."

"Yeah?"

"As you can see, she will eat and read alone. In fact, not only that, she is always alone when doing other things. She is unwilling to contact others and cooperate in a team. And she has not felt that she is What's wrong with doing it."

Kitagawa Ryo thought of Horikita Manabu, who was commenting on his sister with some headache in front of him, and said with some humor:

"I sometimes think that if Hui had such mental quality and adaptability, she wouldn't have been bullied in elementary school."

"Master, do you think this lifestyle is advisable?"

"No."

Beichuan Liang shook his head and said:

"It's just because everyone actually has qualities worthy of recognition. I just think that simply in this aspect, Horikita is doing okay."

"Even if you say she was running on the wrong road, at least she was running pretty fast."

After saying this, Kitagawa Ryo no longer wanted to read any more:

"Have you found the specific address and contact information of the Karuizawa family?"

"Well, their family moved to the N Island area. The specific address and contact information are here."

Mr. Izaki showed the page on his mobile phone to Kitagawa Ryo:

"Then shall we go there now?"