The morning light shines through the window, shining gently on Aikawa Yusheng's distinct profile.
Feeling the change in brightness in front of his eyes, his eyelids moved slightly, keeping his eyes closed. Aikawa Yusheng straightened his upper body on the bed and stretched.
There was a crackling sound in the room as he moved his muscles.
He didn't have difficulty getting up, so he got out of bed without delay, preparing to make breakfast for himself, or maybe lunch? Thinking of this, Aikawa Yusheng looked at the mobile phone on the bedside. Fortunately, it was only after nine o'clock.
Today is July 10th, Sunday.
Walking to the living room with a messy chicken coop on his head, Aikawa Yusheng also went to take care of his new friend before preparing breakfast for himself.
"Yu Jin, it's time for breakfast. I'd rather starve myself first than starve you. I'll ask you if you're moved."
Picking up the fish food from the coffee table in the living room, Yusheng Aikawa whispered to the fish tank next to the TV, but naturally, the fish tank and the little guy inside showed no reaction at all.
As for the name of the goldfish, it is very much in the style of Aikawa Yusei, named Yujin.
That sounds great. Next time I meet Shang Yingkongfeng, I need to debate with her about my naming skills.
You can come up with onomatopoeic names like Gudong, tsk tsk tsk, I suggest you learn from yourself.
"...."
The fish food in Aikawa Yusheng's mouth fell from his hand, and the shelf holding the opening bounced away. The tiny fish food scattered all over the ground, making a small rolling noise.
Aikawa Yusheng swallowed his saliva. This probably wasn't true. There was something wrong with the way he saw it. He closed his eyes, counted three two one in his heart, and opened his eyes again.
"Yu Jin! Yu Jin! My Yu Jin!"
The picture did not change. Aikawa Yusheng looked at the picture in the fish tank: a white goldfish floating on the water, with soaked fish food floating around it.
Fortunately, there was only one goldfish in it. The rest of the goldfish were all given to Kamizakura Kongfeng under Aikawa Yusheng's strong persuasion.
Realizing that he had raised the only goldfish left to death, Aikawa Yusheng hugged the fish tank and began to cry "in tears".
In less than sixty hours, it chose to leave me. It was so cruel.
Fortunately, his previous pet was a stone. While crying, Aikawa Yusheng sighed at his own wit.
"Now is not the time to praise yourself!"
He quickly stopped praising himself, Aikawa Yusheng fished out the goldfish, carefully checked several times, and found that indeed there was no life left at all. He rubbed his temples in distress, filled some water with a bag, and threw the body away.
Got in.
Putting breakfast aside in advance, Aikawa Yusheng walked towards the door, thinking about what to say in his mind.
In fact, he doesn't care whether it's a fish or not. The problem is that this goldfish was given to him by Tianhe Xia Li.
I wonder if she has any way to save the goldfish.
Too lazy to tie his shoelaces, Aikawa Yusheng put on his slippers and opened the door.
The moment he pushed the door open, there seemed to be a knock on the door.
Then there was a real bang.
"Ugh!"
Feeling the resistance when opening the door, Aikawa Yusheng stuck his head out from the crack in the door.
Tianhe Xia Li, who was wearing a nightgown, was curled up and squatting at the door. Her white hands were covering her forehead, and she was whimpering softly.
"I... won't open the door and bump into you." Blinking, Aikawa Yusheng looked at the top of the girl's head. Even at this position, the hair was still thick. Considering what might happen, his tone
Said sarcastically.
"What do you say!" The squatting girl suddenly raised her head, the red mark on her forehead was clearly visible, the corners of her eyes were glistening, and the grievances in her eyes overflowed endlessly, which was particularly distressing.
"You can't blame me. You didn't tell me in advance on your phone when you came up this time. When you opened the door, you knocked on the door. Even a monster who has lived for a thousand years can't do anything about this."
Aikawa Yusheng's voice was cool.
If Tianhe Xia Li listened carefully to these words, he might be able to deduce a little bit about Aikawa Yusheng.
"Forget it, I have more important things to tell you." The girl obviously didn't. Her emotions came and went very quickly. After reaching out to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes, she lifted the bag in her hand:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Aikawa, this goldfish was raised to death by me, what should I do? Do you have a way to save him?" Although she still doesn't know the identity of Aikawa Yusheng, she firmly feels that he must not be a normal person, otherwise Ji
How could he plot evil against him?
Looking at the transparent plastic bag in front of her, the body lying on the ground was the goldfish that she randomly selected for her that day. The miserable condition was almost the same as the one in her hand.
The difference, apart from the color, is that there is no humane way to fill it with water in Tianhe Xia Li.
——Aikawa Yusheng’s idea is that if he can be saved, he can put it in this bag and carry it back.
"What should I do?" Seeing that Aikawa Yusheng was stunned, Tianhe Xia Li asked again in a much lower tone, as if he had made a big mistake. His head slowly lowered, almost buried in his chest, and he wrung his hands.
Together.
The slightly red eyes, the tears that had just been wiped away, secreted a few pearls in the blink of an eye, hanging in the corners of the eyes.
"sorry."
"Don't apologize yet!" Aikawa Yusheng said quickly, "Do you want to ask me what I originally planned to do when I opened the door?"
"It's not important anymore, the main thing is..." Tianhe Xia Li looked up and was stunned by her words. She saw the bag in Aikawa Yusheng's hand and the body of the goldfish.
The tears that were on the verge of falling in the corners of her eyes were gradually withdrawn as she kept blinking.
"As you can see, the most coincidental thing is that I also nursed it to death today. I originally planned to go downstairs and ask you if there was any way to save it."
"So," Aikawa Yusheng suddenly had a smile in his voice, and he continued, "I asked you not to apologize, because if you want to apologize, I must also respond. You just said it twice, right? Now I
Return to you: I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
"Resurrection from the dead, where is such a technique? If I had known it, I would have controlled Tokyo long ago." Tianhe Xia Li shook his head from side to side and looked around. Even though there was no one else, he still kept his voice low.
Low, "Then you can punch the miko sister and kick the whistleblower to report to the miko."
It was such a simple and unpretentious wish that Aikawa Yusheng burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"I've written it down and will tell Hu Yuejing later."
"No!" The voice suddenly became louder, and the grievances and apologies just now were no longer visible on her face. Tianhe Xia Li looked up at Aikawa Yusheng with her arms akimbo, "I believe what you said in front of you. I can't complain. When
It’s bad behavior to snitch on wood.”
"Then I'll let you go."
"Although it's too cruel to say this to the goldfish, I feel more relieved when I see that you also raised the goldfish to death." Aikawa Yusheng said with a smile.
"Me too." Tianhe Xia Li nodded, looked at the two corpses with some pity, and shook his head gently, "I didn't expect that our love token would end like this. It would be better to exchange dead objects next time.
"
"Then let's exchange dead goldfish now." Aikawa Yusheng suggested with a wink.
"Are you allergic to romance? Is exchanging dead objects equivalent to exchanging corpses?" Tianhe Xia Li gritted his teeth, his cheeks bulging like a hamster, and said angrily.
"Then in order to commemorate the apology and memory for the goldfish and to alleviate the guilt of not taking good care of it, why don't we go downstairs and bury it together?" Aikawa Yusheng saw the desired reaction, raised the corners of his mouth proudly, and then said.
"That's a good idea. It feels weird to just throw it in the trash can." Tianhe Xia Li thought for a few seconds and then nodded sharply, "Let's go down now."
"Make sure you don't change clothes first." Now that he has encountered this situation and even brought it up on his own initiative, Aikawa Yusheng has been able to handle it very calmly. He looked at the window at the stairway and pointed at his chest.
Location.
Summer is here, so of course I will choose to wear something cooler at home.
Thin, almost transparent frosted nightgown has become Tianhe Xia Li’s choice.
Therefore, this nightgown uses thick and multiple layers of gauze to protect almost only the key parts of the upper body, making it impossible to see clearly. The rest of the area can be seen at a glance.
After blinking, Tianhe Xia Li felt a sense of shame in her heart. She hugged her body tightly and let out a soft 'um'.
"Don't worry, I was only thinking about how to explain the goldfish thing to you before. I never noticed this. I just realized it."
"Okay, call me on the phone." Without waiting for the girl's response, after speaking sincerely, Aikawa Yusheng walked back to the room silently and closed the door.
Or is it the light purple lace one? Does she particularly like this one? Or is it actually a brand new one, just one style and one color, and Tianhe Xia Li bought many of them?
Aikawa Yusheng doesn't know.
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"Let's go, let's go." Tianhe Xia Li did not choose to contact him on his mobile phone, but knocked on the door directly.
She could always get used to various situations. Even if something like that just happened, she would still be full of energy when she opened the door again.
She put on a dress dotted with strawberry patterns, and her legs, as white as bamboo shoots, poked out from under the skirt.
The boring and monotonous stairwell became colorful and shiny because of her smile.
"Are you going to dig with your bare hands?" Looking at Tianhe Xia Li's empty hands, only holding the body of the goldfish, Aikawa Yusheng looked like this and asked with a smile.
"I've never buried anyone!" Tianhe Xia Li was stunned for a moment, then said confidently.
Aikawa Yusheng was speechless for a moment. He really couldn't refute. After all, he had buried many people, not only humans, but also many monsters.
"I'll go home and look for equipment." The girl turned around and started to go downstairs.
"No," Aikawa Yusheng called her, "I've already prepared it for you." Aikawa Yusheng waved a small shovel that was only half an arm's length in his hand. This was a gift when he bought scissors and other daily tools.
.
Although it's not big, it's definitely not a problem as the objects you're considering burying are just two goldfish.
"Is there only one handful?" Tianhe Xia Li asked.
"If you want to dig, I can cheer you on from the side." Aikawa Yusheng walked out of the room, and the two of them went downstairs side by side.
"You go ahead and dig it, I'll watch. I'm going to prepare a draft of my condolences right now." The girl, who was light-footed and as if she wanted to dance, said with a smile.
"But speaking of it, don't you think it's actually not our fault at all?" Aikawa Yusheng said suddenly.
"What?"
"We actually raised the goldfish to death at the same time. I think it's probably a problem with the goldfish. That person is actually a shady shop owner. His fish can't even survive long, so he sets up a stall to sell this!"
"Yes - that's absolutely the case! It's the problem of the shady store. The two of us are unable to turn back and can only accompany the goldfish on its last journey."
"really."
"The guilt in my heart is lessened."
"There is no need to feel guilty anymore, we are absolutely right!"
"Um!"
The stairwell, where the voices of conversation gradually faded away, returned to its former shabby monotony.
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"Just choose here?" Near the park downstairs, after the two people found a bush, Aikawa Yusheng felt the softness and hardness of the soil and then said.
"Okay." Tianhe Xia Li nodded, "But Mr. Aikawa."
"What's wrong?" Aikawa Yusheng asked as he threw the two goldfish aside and started digging.
"If they are goldfish, wouldn't it be better to bury them in water? Should we let them return to the sea?" The girl's view was a bit strange, but very reasonable.
"It makes sense," Aikawa Yusheng nodded, then looked up at Tianhe Xia Li: "But it doesn't make sense."
"Why?"
"Because goldfish are freshwater fish and cannot survive in the sea."
"Can you please stop catching me making mistakes in details!" Tianhe Xia Li pouted dissatisfiedly, "Then let's throw them into the river?"
"Do you think that when we were caught and fined by the Ministry of Water Resources Sheriff, he would believe that we dumped the body to bury the goldfish?" Aikawa Yuo asked with a smile without stopping the digging of the hole.
“Tokyo’s water quality is already bad enough, we’d better not continue to increase the burden.”
During the Tokyo Olympics, some athletes reported that the water in Tokyo Bay had an obvious odor and peculiar smell, which was similar to the smell of toilets.
The nose is quite sensitive - the sewers in Tokyo City lead directly to Tokyo Bay. Under normal circumstances, they will be discharged after treatment, but! If it is a rainy day, it will be discharged [directly].
There was also a scene like this during the competition: the first thing that the first runner who passed the finish line did after coming out of the water was not to celebrate his victory, but to spit out the water in his mouth because the dirty water he drank while swimming was still in his mouth.
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However, in fact, not only Tokyo Bay, but also the water quality of rivers within Tokyo also varies. The more famous Sumida River or Edogawa River are better taken care of, while the water quality of some relatively unknown rivers can only be described as indescribable.
If you want to evaluate river water by its melt-in-your-mouth quality, it would probably be your mouth that melts.
"Okay, let's listen to you." Tianhe Xia Li nodded obediently after hearing this, and squatted next to Aikawa Yusheng, "dig deeper, don't be washed out when it rains, think about it
It’s a little scary.”
However, Aikawa Yusheng turned his head as soon as the girl squatted down: "Are you wearing safety pants?"
"I'm wearing it, don't worry." A little embarrassed, but also a little funny, Tianhe Xari knocked Aikawa Yusheng on the head in a fit of laughter.
"That's good." Aikawa Yusheng turned his head.
"Then don't keep looking at my legs." The girl's hand, originally placed on her knee, silently moved to the position of her ankle.
"Sorry." The male monster's instinct took over, and Aikawa Yusheng looked away.
"Forget it, just look at it if you want, it's just the legs." Seeing this reaction, Tianhe Xia Li suddenly let go of his arms and said with a smile.
"I am a person with great perseverance and will not be tempted by such things." Aikawa Yusheng sneered disdainfully and faced the pit firmly.
It's just that squinting is a bit taxing on the eyes. If you look at it for a few seconds, you have to blink and moisten your eyes. If I had known better, I wouldn't have said what I just said.
"Tianhe, give me the goldfish." Aikawa Yusheng stretched out his hand and said.
"oh."
"Hey, where is the goldfish? Is it resurrected? Why is it missing?" the girl suddenly exclaimed.
"Huh? But there's not even water in the bag." After such outrageous news, Aikawa Yusheng raised his head and said.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a puppy holding something in its mouth, and he stepped forward bravely.
"Gudong!"
"Give me the goldfish back!"
"Dogs can't eat this!"
"Besides, there's a plastic bag on it. Even if the goldfish can eat it, don't eat it with the plastic bag!"