Natsume-kun just wants to live

Chapter 24 The Home Is Gone (3000 words)
By the river, by the trees.

Looking into the distance, Natsume Zeping saw a ray of incense burning on the hillside.

If I remember correctly, that's where Sayuri lives.

The person who burned the incense was probably a girl. She stood in front of the big tree and threw the yellow paper into the fire.Because of the rainy weather, the incense sticks were gray and swirled little by little with the rain.

Natsume Zehei didn't say anything, but his mind wandered.

'Set fire to the mountain, and sit in prison', 'There is fire in the mountain, and I am in the prison'.

After burning the yellow paper, the girl left.

Looking at her back, Natsume Zehei felt familiar, probably a girl he had seen before.

After waiting for a while, Sayuri floated down from the hillside, dazed and confused.

"Natsume, someone set my house on fire."

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Natsume Zeping pursed his lips and held back his smile.

The ghost sits at home, and the pot comes from the sky. Sure enough, no one who set the fire was a good person.

Sayuri had no expression on her face and stared at him without blinking.

She swore that if Natsume Zehei laughed, she would never speak to him again.

"What now?"

"I don't know." Said Baihe sat down, staring blankly.

She has lost hope in life, and she is already a homeless female ghost.

"Don't be sad, I'll make you another one." He tried to comfort.

"really?"

Sayuri looked over with hopeful eyes.

Natsume Zehei nodded, and didn't find it difficult. If you find someone to order, it will save time and effort.

"I want to be the same as before."

Sayuri gestured, "However, newer ones are fine, I won't pick them."

The long-winded female ghost talked a little more than usual.

After listening for about 10 minutes, Natsume Zehei understood her needs.

"How about the pear tree?"

"Is that red?"

"Red, and very fragrant."

"That's it. If possible, add a few more rooms." Sayuri gestured and drew a schematic diagram.

One person and one ghost, whispering, constantly drawing something on the white paper.

After a while, it started to rain, and Sayuri looked up in a daze, but after a while, she noticed Natsume Zehei's concerned eyes and smiled.

"I am fine."

"I didn't care about you, so don't think too much." Natsume Zeping turned his head.

Sayuri poked his face, "Duplicity."

"Crap."

"Natsume is the one who is long-winded." She squeezed a smile, but her eyes were not as hot as before.

Natsume Zeping suspected that there was something wrong with his brain, why did the female ghost look so handsome.

However, this female ghost has no mind. In her words, "like" means "like", and "dislike" means "hate".

After finalizing the details, Natsume Zehei reached out his hand: "Money."

"What money?" Sayuri tilted her head.

"The money to build a house." Natsume Zehei said again, "If you don't have money, you can't build a house."

"Isn't there Natsume?"

"If there is, I won't ask you for it." Natsume Zehei said, feeling a little helpless.

His savings are only enough to live for one semester.

In the days that followed, I had to work part-time and study part-time to barely survive.

Sayuri pulled out her chest, took out a ten-yen coin, and put it in Natsume Zeheira's hand.

"Are these enough?"

"...not enough." Natsume Zehei glanced at it, a little suspicious that it was the one Sayuri threw last time.

She plucked from her chest for a while, and took out two pieces of chocolate, one for Natsume and one for herself.

"Is that enough?"

".not enough."

Sayuri thought for a while, then pushed the chocolate in her hand to him.

"And that's all."

"It's still close to [-] million points."

"Then what should we do?" Sayuri felt distressed.

"Part-time job." Natsume Zehei said, "Part-time job can make money, and can earn a house."

Sayuri remained motionless, a little confused: "Where do I go to work?"

"In temples and other places, there will be a pool of merit, and there will be many coins at the bottom of the pool. These are given to you by people as filial piety." Natsume Zehei said.

"Give it to me?" Sayuri asked suspiciously.

Natsume Zeping smiled, this is of course a matter of honoring scholars, how can you use stealing?

"It's for you." He nodded, "Take it with peace of mind. When others see that the coins are gone, they may think that the gods have appeared."

Sayuri nodded, just about to float away, but remembered that her home was gone, and felt helpless for a while.

"Come back with me first." Natsume Zehei said, "Come back tomorrow."

"it is good."

Sayuri called Natsume Zeping for a while, and began to search in the grass.He almost turned over the ground, jumped into the river again, and checked the river again, only then was he satisfied.

"Where's the iron box?" Natsume Zehei looked around.

"I won't tell you." She touched her chest.

Natsume Zehei showed a clear look.

Sayuri took two steps back, but she still didn't run away, with a righteous look on her face.

"Go home." Natsume Zehei said.

"go home."

Sayuri tasted it, but felt that the word wasn't that bad.

"Go back to Natsume's house?"

"It's your home too."

Natsume Zehei said, "If you want to live, you can live, if you don't want to live, you can come back."

"That's good." Sayuri nodded, "If I miss Natsume in the future, I'll go find you."

"Don't come at night."

"it is good."

One person and one ghost left with a big black umbrella.

"What's Natsume's house like?"

“Very shabby,”

"Can ghosts live?"

"Can live."

"Will it catch fire?"

"will not."

"Won't it catch fire?"

"will not."

"That's good."

Before dark, one person and one ghost returned home.

Sayuri stared at the house in front of her, feeling satisfied from the bottom of her heart.

The house looks a bit dilapidated, but it should last for decades, regardless of the problem of water leakage, it is absolutely comfortable to live in.

The courtyard is very clean, with no weeds or fallen leaves. It can be seen that the owner's house is often cleaned.

In the corner of the courtyard, there are a few unnamed plants that are blooming luxuriantly.

Saiduri opened the door ahead of Natsume, and looked inside with a scrutinizing gaze.

Going in from the hallway is the kitchen. Perhaps because of the rainy season, the floor is a bit faded and there is a smell of rain, but this smell dissipates as soon as it enters the living room-it is mostly a smell of toilet water.

Sayuri stared at the TV and pointed at it: "Is there something in it?"

"Yes, can you go in?" Natsume Zehei's eyes lit up.

If Sayuri can kill the one inside, she won't have to worry about her lifespan.

"I can't get in." Sayuri floated near the TV, knocked and pushed, but the TV didn't move at all.

"Is that so?"

Natsume Zehei was a little disappointed, but didn't say anything.

"Sit down for a while, do you want to eat dinner?" Natsume Zehei asked her, "I am still very confident in the egg fried rice I made."

"You can eat it, but you won't be full." Sayuri said, "I can taste it."

Natsume Zeping was very curious about whether ghosts could digest food, but he still didn't ask her.

"It's good to taste." Natsume Zeping walked into the kitchen and took out eggs, ham, and natto just bought today from the refrigerator.Kaizao fried eggs and cold rice, sprinkled diced ham, and finally finished with natto.

Sayuri stared blankly at Natsume, the warm yellow light in the kitchen shone on the side of the boy's face, she had the illusion that the boy was glowing for a moment.

"Don't be dazed, let's eat." Natsume Zeping turned off the gas stove, loaded the plates and carried them to the living room, and finally collected and sorted the garbage.

Sayuri took a sip and stopped for a long time without speaking.

"Hot?" Natsume Zehei asked.

"No." Sayuri shook her head, "It's delicious, it smells like the past."

The person sitting opposite was a little uncertain about what the past smelled like.

"About tomorrow's part-time job, we still need to discuss it."

Natsume Zehei's tone was a bit tactful, "How many coins can you hide in your clothes?"

"What?" Sayuri looked at him, but she didn't stop talking, the spoon kept moving.

"That." Natsume Zehei pointed to her chest.

Sayuri held out a finger.

"One?" Natsume Zepping was disappointed.

"No."

"A pair?"

"Not at all."

"How much is that?" Natsume Zehei asked curiously.

"A house." Sayuri pointed to his house.

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Natsume Zehei wanted to take off her clothes and look inside to see what was there.

Sayuri looked at the dazed Natsume Zehei strangely, "Natsume, what's wrong with you?"

"fine."

Natsume Zehei shook his head, took the bowls to the kitchen to wash, and put away his clothes.

A little later, he put the hot water on and was about to go into the bathroom to take a shower.

Just after taking off her clothes, Sayuri leaned in from the wall and looked at him curiously.

"Natsume, what are you doing?"

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Natsume Zeping held the scarf to cover himself expressionlessly, "I'm taking a shower."

Sayuri snorted, and asked again, "Do you want me to help?"

Natsume Zehei leaned back, taking advantage of the rising heat to block Sayuri's sight.

Others are fine, this is really unnecessary!
"no need."

"Is it really not necessary? When I read the manga just now, I saw this scene. The girl helped the boy undress in the bathroom, and then did some strange things." Said Sayuri, gestured again.

"Where did you get the manga from?" Natsume Zehei's expression was a little pale.

"It's in your closet." Sayuri said.

"." Natsume Zehei was determined to throw away these books, "I can wash them by myself, so go out."

"Oh."

The words were said, but Sayuri still didn't leave, just floating in the air, Natsume Zehei noticed that the other party was floating in the air and looked at him secretly from the corner of his eye, as if hesitating for something.

Sure enough, after a while, Sayuri seemed to muster up her courage and said:

"Natsume, yours is bigger than the one in the manga."

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His face was almost black, "Thank you for the compliment, but can I ask you to go out?"

"Okay." Sayuri dawdled, and finally left.

(End of this chapter)