tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 207 The Covenant
After nightfall, Tokyo is divided into two distinct parts by the streets.

On this side of the night is a quiet residential area with only street lights on, and on the other side is a red light district with flashing neon lights and dazzling lights.

After dinner, the person in charge of washing the dishes was changed from Rina Tashisei to Shiori Kashiwahara, and while the latter was washing the dishes, Kitagawa Che pulled Rina Tashisei out of the door.

His reason was that he was going to the supermarket and needed help carrying his groceries.

At first, Toshiro Sei Rina expressed her refusal. In her words, it would be more appropriate for Kitagawa Rinne or Ejima Mya to do this. However, Kitagawa Cheru's attitude was tough. On the premise that she could not defeat him, she So I could only reluctantly go out with him.

"So...that excuse just now was really bad."

After coming out of the house and walking a short distance towards the nearest supermarket, Rina Toshima sighed and took the initiative to start a conversation between the two of them.

"It doesn't matter whether the excuse is bad or not, the key is whether it works well or not."

Bei Chuan Che shrugged, for such a 'complaint', his mood would not have any ups and downs at all.

At the dinner table just now, he had basically confirmed that Tsugumi Rina seemed to have made a 'decision' about the problem she was facing.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that she, the client, is actually not as firm as she imagined for this decision, and it is more like a choice when there is no choice.

If it were him before the time travel, for Rina Tashigi's decision, he might just wish the female neighbor good luck from the bottom of his heart, respect her choice, and then continue to live his own life, but now after time travel, His thoughts have changed drastically.

It may be regarded as a response to the old saying, if you are rich, you will benefit the world, and if you are poor, you will be alone.

Although he can't talk about "Da" now, with his current ability, it's no problem to help his friends around him.

"According to your thinking, in terms of results, this excuse is indeed very useful."

Rina Toshima slowed down her pace, and put her hands behind her back unconsciously. She grabbed the wrist of her right hand with her left hand. The face that used to always be full of smiles became a little more indescribable complexity.

In fact, she knew clearly in her heart the reason why Bei Chuan Che forced herself to come out.

Unknowingly, the two had come to the intersection of the residential area.

But today the two of them were lucky, the crosswalk was not a red light, but a green light.

"That's it."

Beichuan Che chuckled, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on the road not far away.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and there were not many vehicles passing by in the driveway of the residential area, and there were few pedestrians, only a few here and there.

The two sides of the street are empty, and the white street lamp light shines on the ground through the lampshade, leaving trails of cold light.

The footsteps of the two people were extremely clear.

"...Are you trying to persuade me?"

After hesitating for a moment, Tsugumi Makoto Rina still asked this sentence.

Compared with going around in circles for a long time, she still prefers to be straightforward, which is why she resolutely chose the profession of teacher instead of getting involved in the family club.

Compared with the intrigue in the workplace, she still prefers to be simple, just dealing with students and teachers who are the same age.

Later, although I have seen all the wonders of the world, compared with the more competitive workplace, the school environment is relatively much better.

"Why are you so sure?"

Bei Chuan Che took up the conversation naturally, and there was no surprise on his face.

He and Makoto Rina have known each other for more than half a year.

They have been under the same roof for a long time and have eaten at the same dining table. It is quite normal for them to understand each other.

"Because... your character?"

Tsugumi Rina thought for a while, and came up with an explanation that she thought was plausible.

"My character?"

Beichuan Che froze for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, and looked towards the end of the street.

Farther away, you can see the advertising light boards in the downtown area, as well as the neon lights that radiate brilliance in the night.

This bustling steel forest seems to never really sink into the night.

Even from a long distance away, it seems that you can hear the restless music on the other side of the flashing lights.

"Uh-huh." Rina Toshima smiled and nodded, and said something meaningful, "After all, you are a warm-hearted person."

This is not a good person card with a pun, but a heartfelt emotion and praise.

Thinking forward, if Bei Chuan Che hadn't pushed open her half-closed door that day and helped her back home when she was drunk, then the relationship between them would never have begun, let alone develop to the current stage.

"Is that a compliment?"

Kitagawa Che retracted his gaze, turned his eyebrows away, and looked at Tsugumi Rina's side face by the light of the street lamp.

"Forget it, for sure." Tsugumi Rina nodded, and gave an affirmative answer, "But..." She changed the subject, met Beichuan Che's eyes, and asked curiously, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

In her impression, Beichuan Che was not like someone who would get entangled in such a place.

"I thought it was some kind of new kind card."

Kitagawa Che shrugged and expressed his thoughts bluntly.

"Pfft."

Rina Tsugumi's steps froze in the air, and then she couldn't help laughing out loud.

She really didn't expect that Beichuan Che would still care about this.

However, she still knew how to restrain herself, and she didn't laugh too presumptuously.

After all, she knows very well that if she laughs too presumptuously at the moment, maybe in a few days, a new urban legend will be heard in the residential area. Every night at a certain time, she will hear the woman's Laughing blah blah blah blah.

But then again...

After suppressing her smile, Rina Toshima put down her hand covering her mouth and explained in a low voice, "Girls won't give out good guy cards like this."

"Thank you, I learned."

Beichuan Che nodded cooperatively, and put on an appearance of being educated.

"Come on."

Tsugumi Rina glared at this guy angrily, and she relaxed a little from the heavy heart she had been eating before.

She didn't know if it was her own illusion. Anyway, she felt that when she was with someone, she felt very comfortable, and even the most uncomfortable things would become less difficult to face.

"However, there is one thing that I would like to ask you." The female neighbor coughed lightly, and subconsciously tightened her hands clasped behind her back, "The two dishes I made tonight are delicious. How about it?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or the lie?"

Kitagawa Che slowed down, and gave Tsugumi Rina a questioning look.

"Can there be truth and lies in such a question?"

Tsugumi Makoto pursed her lips and muttered.

"Sure." Bei Chuanche nodded as he should, "Truth is always not so pleasant, is it a lie... just feel it yourself."

"Then, I want to hear the truth."

Tsugumi Makoto Rina made a choice without even thinking about it.

In such matters, she is a person who hates lies very much.

"The truth is, it's so-so." Beichuan Che smiled, "Compared to the time when he studied hard and practiced hard, it's worse, but it's not much worse."

"So, seventy points?"

Rina Toshima looked at Kitagawa Che's side face and asked in a low voice.

Maybe she didn't realize it herself, but there was a bit of anticipation in her tone.

As a taster, Che Kitagawa has been quite tolerant since she started practicing cooking.

When her three dishes were done reasonably well, he always gave them [-] points, which was the highest among the many judges of the Beichuan family.

Therefore, instinctively, she has some obsession with this score.

"No, I can only give sixty points this time."

Beichuan Che shook his head.

"why?"

Hearing this, Tsugumi Rina stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and fixed her eyes on his face.

"It's said to be so-so, but it gives people the feeling of being absent-minded. This has nothing to do with being unfamiliar!" Kitagawa Che met Rina Tsugumi's sight without dodging, "Compared with you before, The cooking this time, in terms of seriousness, can be said to be the difference between clouds and mud."

"I……"

Tsugumi Makoto Rina instinctively wanted to defend herself.

But those words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

In the process of cooking, she was really serious, but in the middle, she was really absent-minded. When the cooking was out of the pan, she also tasted it, and the conclusion was that it was indeed worse than what she used to cook, but overall Speaking of which, the gap is actually not that big.

only……

What you do, you must be clear in your heart.

Now being pointed out by Beichuan Che, he must be weaker in momentum.

"What happens when you do things half-heartedly?"

Kitagawa Che imitated Tsugumi Rina's tone in class and asked a question.

"...can't do anything well."

Tsugumi Rina pursed her lips, and said the second half of the sentence she often asked herself.

"That's how you've made me feel all this time."

Beichuan Che sighed.

During this period of time, whether it was in class or in private after school, Makoto Tsugumi's mind-wandering was obvious.

But this person still thinks that he hides it very well.

The most important thing is that she has changed her previous habits. When eating, she will take the initiative to use less chopsticks for her favorite dishes and give the dishes to others on the table. When washing dishes, she will not If she didn't block the sink and let the water flow, she would deliberately control her emotions when talking to Miao so that she didn't look so 'childish'.

Everyone in Beichuan's family can see her changes one by one.

But everyone didn't point it out and chose to remain silent.

Everyone understands that Tsugumi Rina is an independent person, and she can handle her own affairs well.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is obvious that everyone has overestimated her.

"..."

Rina Tsugumi lowered her eyebrows and fell silent.

In this way, the white light of the street lamp shone on the two of them, making their shadows longer.

In the middle of the night, the taxi passed by the two of them and subconsciously slowed down. The rustling sound of the tires running over the ground was so clearly audible at this moment.

"People often say that when most people really leave, the door closes very softly." Beichuan Che paused, "I don't know what you are thinking. But the feeling you give me, let alone make up your mind Determined, you're not even really 'ready'."

In his opinion, Toshimaru Rina's so-called 'decision' was nonsense.

It is a model of thunder but little rain.

Did she really have that consciousness?
No.

A person who has really made a decision and firmly believes that he will do it, in private, the inadvertently confident eyes will not be deceiving.

But in Tsugumi Makoto Rina, he only saw the so-called confusion and fragility.

She was very different from her usual self.

Of course, he didn't mean it was bad.

On the contrary, most people have this side, including him.

But it is also because of this that he can't stand it.

"Feel sorry."

Rina Toshima buried her head even lower.

"Apologizing can't solve any problems." Kitagawa Che sighed, "And you shouldn't be apologizing to me. To put it bluntly, the decision you are making now is related to your own life, Sister Rina! You should apologize The target is yourself."

"……I."

Tsugumi Rina raised her head, met Kitagawa Che's gaze, and hesitated to speak.

"When you encounter a problem that you can't solve by all means, your first reaction should not be to bite the bullet and try again, but to seek help selectively, especially if there are people around you who can help you .”

Kitagawa Che sighed and looked back at Rina Toshimaru.

The eyes of the two met in the air.

He considered his words and said, "Sometimes, making a decision requires a lot of courage. This courage may not be fully possessed by oneself.

"However, we can draw part of our 'strength' from the people around us."

After the words fell, Tsugumi Rina's eyes flashed a bit complicated, but she still didn't speak.

call.

Seeing her like this, Kitagawa Che took a deep breath, frowned slightly, took a step forward, put his hands on Rina Toshima's shoulders, and asked quite seriously, "Now, I don't want to hear those things anymore. There are some perfunctory words, but I just want to ask you, you, Rina Toshima, are you willing to face the problems you need to face alone."

"I……"

Rina Toshima's chest rose and fell violently several times. She glanced at Kitagawa Che, and subconsciously wanted to avoid his sight, but the two hands on her shoulders only exerted a little force. "Escape" is nothing but passing smoke.

After hesitating again and again, she still said what was in her heart.

"I don't want to."

Hearing this, Beichuan Che heaved a sigh of relief and showed a relaxed smile.

If Tsugumi Makoto Rina really wants to continue to be stubborn, he really has nothing to do.

Fortunately, she relented.

This time, he had won the game.

"so……"

Tsugumi Rina's voice was softer again, she could feel her heart beating, nervous but also so expectant.

"so?"

Beichuan Che repeated her words.

"Che, I..." Rina Toshima was silent for a moment, "Let's make an agreement."

"What agreement?"

"As you said before, you will help me, right?"

There was a little more confidence in Rina Tsugumi's voice.

"Yes."

Beichuan Che nodded.

If he didn't want to help, he wouldn't have dragged her out from the beginning.

"Then, if, I mean if..." Rina Tsugumi looked at Che Beichuan cautiously, as if a person who fell into the water finally found a floating board, "After that, I encountered something that I couldn't solve. Question, can you please help me once?"

The story of the princess and the dragon is reversed again at this moment.

The princess who guards the dragon, this time, needs the dragon to protect her.

Hearing this, Beichuan Che smiled sassyly.

"of course."

He had planned to do so.

　Two in one pinch.

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