Chapter Thirty-Eight: 'One thousand years of Solitude'
I sighed, it's not good to live too close, and I can't hide like this.
Pretending to be dead was not an option, so Aikawa Yusheng opened the door.
The light in the entrance hall has not yet been turned on, and it is still dark and black inside. As the door opens, the light pours out, revealing Aikawa Yusheng's lower body.
The face hidden in the darkness looked at Tianhe Xia Li and asked:
"Why did you come directly to the door?"
Tianhe Xari very skillfully crossed Aikawa Yusheng, took off his shoes, and put on slippers - a brand new pair.
"Go in and talk." The girl jumped in and went in.
"...."
Sitting on the carpet next to the coffee table, Aikawa Yusheng opened the lunch box, poured miso soup, took a mouthful of rice, took a piece of meat, and started chewing.
The fresh meat juice burst out. Aikawa Yusheng looked at the girl who was staring at him while eating, and his eyes signaled her to speak.
"If you don't have an appointment with the miko-sama on the weekend, just go with me!" The girl knelt down and moved her body closer to Aikawa Yusheng on her knees, her unique lily fragrance lingering around him.
Her beautiful and bright eyes looked at him with prayer.
Seeing that Tianhe Xia Li was about to hug his arm, although he occasionally had a small thought in his heart to feel the majesty there, Aikawa Yusheng restrained such thoughts and retracted his hand.
"Why are you going to Qingming Shrine? Do you want to see Arc Moon Mirror so much?"
"What the hell was I thinking! I didn't even have time to hide from the miko sister, how could I take the initiative to see her! I was forced." Tianhe Xia Li said with a sad expression on her face.
"It's a rule of the shrine. We monsters living in Tokyo must go to the shrine to register and leave a [fate card]. What can I do?
I forgot to go last week, and the people from the shrine came to urge me again. I must go this week.
You see, Yusei-kun, I am a yokai who is new to life in Tokyo. I only know you as a good friend, but I have to go to the shrine alone on weekends as a yokai, a place that all yokai are afraid of. How pitiful.
What should I do if I am so good-looking but I am bullied, locked up, or even killed?"
"Don't worry about this. She is a fair-minded miko at first glance. She will definitely not let anyone bully you. Please help me get the hot sauce from the refrigerator. Thank you."
The dishes in today’s bento are a bit lacking and not very filling.
"Oh~" Tianhe Xia Li stood up, walked to the refrigerator and gave him the hot sauce that Kamizakura Kongfeng gave to Aikawa Yusheng, and then continued to kneel down and pray:
"But the reporter told the witch that she will not always be with me. There must be many monsters and magicians in the shrine, and I will definitely be tied up in a corner."
"Then I'll let Hu Yuejing distract you and keep an eye on you to protect you."
"...It's better not to use this," Tianhe Xia Li smiled awkwardly, "Miko sister has so many things to do, how can she waste her time on a little monster like me."
Seeing Aikawa Yusheng, he just raised his eyebrows in an understatement and took out a spoonful of hot sauce from the glass jar. He didn't mean to say anything else at all. Tianhe Xia Li's silver teeth were almost broken.
"Damn it, why don't you come with me to play, otherwise what are you doing on the weekend? Are you going to work again?" The girl's thoughts, which had been exposed for a long time, were no longer concealed at this moment.
"One day of working, another day of arranging flowers, painting, cooking and meditating, and by the way, watching some anime." This is the plan of the single boy for this week.
"Then can I threaten you with the fact that you are staring at my breasts without underwear? If it is possible, I will threaten you. If not, I will think of another way."
Somewhat dejected, Tianhe Xia Li collapsed directly on the carpet, looked at the dust-free ceiling, and murmured softly.
The soft and lost tone, threatening words, a strange combination.
After hearing this content, Aikawa Yusheng's first reaction was to turn his head and look there again, but this time his brain activated in time, and his head that had been slightly turned away was quickly turned back to its original position.
"It doesn't matter if you're wearing underwear today." Tianhe Xia Li added.
So, let's take a look...look at your size.
Feeling contemptuous of his own failure, Aikawa Yusheng said:
"These accidents can't be entirely blamed on me, right? Besides, I don't like being threatened."
"How could there be such a stinky man who doesn't know how to live well? I'm so annoyed!" Tianhe Xia Li turned over angrily and looked at Aikawa Yusheng's waist.
"Well, I can go with you, just treat it as a way to visit Arc Moon Mirror." Aikawa Yusheng thought for a while and said, "But there are conditions."
"Never mention the thing about looking at my breasts again? There's no problem at all. There's no problem in showing it to you again." Hearing that there was a turn of events, Tianhe Xia Li stood up as if he was resurrected and looked at Aikawa Yusheng hopefully.
"Let me correct you, it was looking at your breasts with clothes on. There is a fundamental difference between the two!"
Just now, he was unprepared, and his hand was directly hugged by Tianhe Xia Li. The warm and jade-like touch could be clearly felt on his arm even through his coat and shirt.
Aikawa Yusheng took out his arm and stated the conditions:
"What you just said is just one of the conditions. The most important condition is that, please, Tianhe, please don't show too much affection to me in school. This bothers me a little.
For example, last time I was chatting with Xiaoyan Shengren and the others during class, you showed up and pestered me, causing them to leave 'knowingly'. I don't like this kind of thing."
The fundamental problem is that this affects your [life] to some extent.
"It's to the extent that we can be better classmates. You know, I haven't fallen in love with you yet, so it can only go as far as this.
Seriously, you can consider not liking me."
"...It's really cruel to say such things to a girl who likes you."
After listening quietly to Aikawa Yusheng's words, Tianhe Xia Li twisted his hands together, his head drooped, his long hair as beautiful as the night also hung sadly by his ears, and the girl's voice was even lower.
"And it's up to me to decide whether I like it or not."
"Sorry." It's rare to see Tianhe Xia Li like this. The sadness seems to be contagious, and Aikawa Yusheng can only respond gently.
There was silence for a few seconds, and the sound of cars passing by downstairs was extremely clear.
"But who am I? I am Tianhe Xia Li!" Tianhe Xia Li looked up again, with a bright smile, and his eyebrows were full of confidence, "I will not dislike you, and I will make you like me!"
"Okay, that's it, it's settled, you go with me on the weekends, and I'll try to restrain my love for you in school from now on, but it's just in school, I usually won't restrain myself at all!"
"Can I increase the condition range now?" Aikawa Yusheng asked with a chuckle.
"Of course not!"
"That's up to you."
"Then give me a hug~" Tianhe Xia Li rushed towards him, Aikawa Yusheng quickly got up to avoid him, the girl looked at his embarrassed look and laughed happily.
The sound is exceptionally melodious and pleasant.
"What day do you work on the weekend?"
"Sunday."
"Then let's go on Saturday."
"good."
"Go back and take off your underwear to sleep~" Tianhe Xia Li stood up, put on his slippers and walked towards the entrance with a relaxed pace.
"You don't have to explain it to me when you're taking off your underwear." Aikawa Yusheng, who was leaning against the wall, said helplessly.
"Slightly~"
The door closed and the living room fell into silence again.
Shaking his head and chuckling, Aikawa Yusheng took off his school uniform and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
During the study period before going to bed, I suddenly remembered that I still didn’t know a word.
"solitude: n. Alone; alone; lonely; remote; desolate; secluded; a remote place; a desolate place; a secluded place."
"One Hundred Years of Solitude", that is "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
Lonely?
Only a hundred years.
Maybe it's not interesting as Amamiya Chiran said.
Chapter completed!