Chapter 344 Neighbor’s Child
"It seems that the Zeshan family's children will be back today."
"We haven't seen each other for so long, and I don't know how that child is doing now."
"He should have become a character as reliable as an adult. After all, he is studying at the University of Tokyo, and I heard from Ako that he has also started working recently. I can't believe that the child has changed so much."
In the living room, several aunts and uncles were sitting together chatting, but the content of the conversation made Miyuki Fujii, who was standing at the top of the stairs, a little concerned.
She was carrying a tub with dirty clothes, and she was supposed to send them to the washing machine in the bathroom on the first floor, but at this moment her feet seemed to be rooted, and they stayed at the top of the stairs without moving.
She also wanted to hear more from her aunts and uncles about Haruno Sawayama.
"Speaking of which, wasn't Eina planning to help Miyuki get engaged to that child?"
An aunt joked: "I told you to make a decision early. Now the child probably plans to live in Tokyo for a long time. Even if he comes back, there won't be much hope, right?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Fujii Eina said angrily: "I would like to, but when that child was in high school, my Miyuki was still in elementary school. I raised it with Ako several times, openly and secretly, but nothing came to an end."
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Fujii Miyuki, who was standing at the top of the stairs, hugged the wooden basin hard, biting her lips slightly to reveal a somewhat complicated expression.
Mom likes the person named Haruno Sawayama very much, she has known this since she was a child.
The Fujii family's old house is built like most rural houses in Sennan City. It is made of wooden apartments. They are almost thirty years old, and before she was born, the family had already prepared a Vacant room.
According to my cousin, my mother had just married my father at that time. Because the child of the neighbor Zeshan's family was born too early and was very smart since he was a child, my mother often took him to her house to eat and spend the night, and the room where he stayed was hers. The room where I sleep now.
After learning the truth, Fujii Miyuki felt a little disgusted in her heart. Although she was still in elementary school at the time, she already had an ignorant and vague sense of gender. She always felt that she would be uncomfortable if she lived in the room where another boy once lived. There's something indescribably awkward about it.
But fortunately, the awkwardness was not very strong, and she felt it didn't matter anymore.
What really made Fujii Miyuki care about the other party's important things was that her mother had mentioned things like booking a baby marriage, intentionally or unintentionally. It was also from here that she gradually developed a slight affection for the person named Haruno Sawayama. of curiosity.
The age difference between the two is several years, and they don't play together, but as long as they are in their hometown, whether at school or in front of the elders at home, they can hear Sawayama Haruno's name from time to time.
He has excellent academic performance, good looks, and was born in the Sawayama family, which is one of the local people. He has known everything like a reincarnated person since he was a child. He is able to understand everything. He is even the only one in their hometown who went to Tokyo to study in high school and can still A genius who was admitted to the University of Tokyo.
What? Such a perfect person is completely different from most children in the countryside. After graduating from junior high school, normal children worry about whether they will be able to be with their good friends in high school, or whether they will be able to have a romantic relationship after school starts. "Sakura-like love" is right.
But the other party made the most unexpected choice, which was also a "promising" choice in every sense.
Such a character is simply not too lethal to girls who are new to the world and long for big cities like Tokyo.
Even though Miyuki Fujii felt that she didn't actually have much interaction with the other person, she couldn't resist mentioning it every time her elders chatted with her. Over time, she developed an extremely vague liking for the person named Haruno Sawayama.
"Zeshan, Springfield"
Standing at the top of the stairs, Fujii Miyuki whispered the other person's name.
"Ah, little Miyuki? What are you doing standing here?"
Just when Miyuki Fujii wanted to further eavesdrop on the conversation in the living room, an aunt who had just come out of the bathroom found her standing at the top of the stairs.
Facing the surprised aunt, Fujii Miyuki opened her mouth, her face too embarrassed to say a word.
"Wash your clothes."
She held a tub full of dirty clothes and stammered: "These were changed yesterday, and I haven't had time to take them to the washing machine yet."
"Really, then you go."
The aunt didn't think much about it, just thinking that the little girl was embarrassed and ran downstairs with her clothes.
But after noticing the movement, Fujii Eina called her daughter over, obviously asking her to come and chat with several other aunts.
This is what Fujii Miyuki is most afraid of. She is not good at dealing with her elders. In this situation, she always feels uneasy.
What's more, her focus was all on Haruno Sawayama, and after Fujii Eina called her over, the discussion points of other aunts and aunts were of course also focused on herself, so she would miss out on Haruno Sawayama.
"I should have known better to hide higher up," Miyuki Fujii thought regretfully.
At this point, it was useless to think about anything. She could only chat with a few elders with a sad face.
When the topic changed from "Miyuki's performance in school" to "Does Miyuki have a boy she likes?", Fujii Miyuki's expression finally became a little unbearable.
Fortunately, the doorbell rang in time and rescued her from this embarrassing situation.
"Ding Dong——Ding Dong——"
"Hey, is there anyone else coming?"
Fujii Eina was a little strange. Just as she was about to stand up, Fujii Miyuki stopped her.
"I'll open the door. Mom can stay here with the aunts."
After saying that, she didn't give her mother any room to refuse. She seized the opportunity and quickly got up and ran towards the entrance.
After successfully escaping from the living room, which was called the "embarrassing scene for juniors", Fujii Miyuki breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
It's really great. I don't know what to say if we continue talking. Although I don't know who rang the doorbell yet, thank you in advance.
Miyuki Fujii opened the door without thinking while thanking the guests outside.
However, when the cold wind outside blew in, what came into the eyes of the ignorant girl was a handsome young man with a somewhat gentle and elegant temperament.
He was wearing a thick red and black plaid velvet jacket and black trousers. He looked clean and tidy and made people feel that he had an inexplicable affinity. His broken hair slightly covered his eyebrows, and a pair of brown-black pupils appeared in the white breath he exhaled. It was so profound that Miyuki Fujii knew who he was almost the moment they met his eyes.
There is no mistake. Although they have not seen each other for several years, Fujii Miyuki is extremely sure of his identity, not to mention that no one in this town has such an inexplicable temperament, except for this most commonly known "genius".
"I'm sorry." His voice was also extremely gentle, like the spring breeze that suddenly blew when the cold winter faded away. It was so warm that Miyuki Fujii couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.
"Yes!"
Fujii Miyuki subconsciously shouted loudly, like a student who was caught by the teacher and deserted in class.
Such an impassioned and powerful response even stunned the handsome young man for a moment.
"Well. I live in Zeshan next door."
After Sawayama Haruno hesitated for a moment, he decided to reveal the purpose of his trip.
He explained politely: "I don't have enough soy sauce at home, but the convenience store nearby is closed again, so I wanted to ask if you have some soy sauce at home. Can I borrow it?"
Worst excuse ever, but Haruno Sawayama means it.
He really ran out of soy sauce at home.
The closure of convenience stores is of course true. After all, there are no 24-hour convenience stores in small towns. In the snowy winter, store owners will start closing long in advance. Generally speaking, they will only open for half a day. About half a day, and now it is obviously beyond the so-called "half a day".
Forced by desperation, Sawayama Haruno had no choice but to help Sawayama Ako out and ask the neighbors to see if they could borrow some soy sauce.
"Huh?"
After listening to Sawayama Haruno's entire explanation, Fujii Miyuki was dumbfounded.
She froze in place, unable to believe what the other party said.
Most of the girls in the town have never seen the true appearance of Haruno Sawayama, but one thing that everyone is convinced of is that he is definitely tall and handsome, and he is also a top academic in the whole of Tokyo. No, in The entire island country is a rare type. After all, being able to be admitted to the University of Tokyo is the best proof.
Logically speaking, such a person should have already lived a relatively successful and happy life. Although he does not bring his female companion to attend various high-end places, it is certainly not his turn to lend him soy sauce, right? ?
I don’t know why the original tall image seems to be ruined.
"No?"
Seeing the dumbfounded expression of the other party, Sawayama Haruno became more and more embarrassed.
He regretted that he had promised his mother to come out to borrow soy sauce, but at this point, he had no other choice, so after a short silence, he politely apologized to the other party, and then prepared to go to the next house to ask again. ask.
"Wait!"
Fujii Miyuki was so anxious that she stopped her.
"That grocery store sells it."
She stammered: "It just so happens that I'm about to run out of what I have at home. If you want to buy it, would you like me to take you to another grocery store to buy it?"
This is a lie.
Miyuki Fujii's father happens to work in the demolition office of the local government. Although there are no demolition plans for this run-down place every year, it still does not affect their enjoyment of some small benefits from the government.
For example, every year, some of the daily necessities that the town district leaves behind for distribution to neighborhood committee members and residents attending meetings will be taken away by them, and soy sauce is one of them.
Although the soy sauce produced by Miyuki Fujii cannot be described as excessive, compared to the amount that ordinary people would store, it can be said that the soy sauce is free.
In other words, Miyuki Fujii is not trying to borrow soy sauce from the other party, she just wants to find a chance to be alone with the other party.
"Have you run out of yours too?"
Haruno Sawayama was a little surprised, but seeing how enthusiastic the other party was, he thought for a moment and felt that it was indeed more convenient to buy it at the grocery store than to ask someone to borrow it. After all, it could avoid embarrassing situations from happening again.
So he no longer thought about it, nodded and thanked him politely.
"I won't bother you."
"No, it won't."
Miyuki Fujii's heart was beating so fast that she even forgot to change into more suitable clothes. After hurriedly putting on her shoes, she took Haruno Sawayama towards another grocery store in the town.
Along the way, the junior high school girl's thoughts were mixed. She wanted to sneak a glance at the young man following her, but she was also afraid of being discovered by him. After walking almost hand in hand for a long time, Haruno Sawayama who couldn't stand it anymore finally finally spoke.
"Um, are you Aunt Fujii's daughter?"
Haruno Sawayama looked at Miyuki Fujii who was walking very stiffly with amusement.
"Speaking of which, although our two families are neighbors, we didn't see each other very often when we were children."
He paused and added: "My mother told me so I had a rough impression."
"Well, it's because I'm several years younger than you." Fujii Miyuki subconsciously clenched her fists and said with some anxiety, "But the school I'm currently studying in is the one you went to before."
Originally, she wanted to add an honorific, but when she was nervous, Fujii Miyuki accidentally bit her tongue. Now her face almost wrinkled up in pain, but she had to pretend to be calm.
"The school I went to before? It was Kinnanji National High School. The memory is so long ago that I almost forgot what that school looked like." Haruno Sawayama said casually.
Hearing what he said, Fujii Miyuki couldn't help but glance at it, and then asked cautiously: "Um, is it difficult to pass the exam in Tokyo schools?"
"Huh?"
Haruno Sawayama was a little surprised, but he explained truthfully: "It is not difficult to pass the exam for high school, but it will be a bit troublesome to take the exam from a local area to Tokyo. Either the score line is very high, or you have to apply after entering high school. School in Tokyo, and then transfer there.”
The changes in school status in the island country are somewhat similar to those in his previous life, but they are also a little different. When Haruno Sawayama was admitted to a high school in Tokyo, part of the reason was the help of the teachers in the school, and part of the reason was his grades. It's really excellent, so it's not a big problem to apply for Tokyo.
To put it simply, either he has a share or he has money. From this point of view, it is not much different from his previous life.
Of course, high school is one thing, and getting into college is another. High school is relatively better, but getting into college is much more difficult.
Most of the schools that you can buy with money are nominally run schools, the kind that will only stamp you with two stamps after graduation; or they are the kind of ordinary bad schools that are purely for the purpose of gold-plating a local Tokyo degree. .
It is undeniable that there are good schools that can be bought with money, but compared to the residents of this town, they are basically out of the scope of consideration.
(End of chapter)