tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 72 Progressive

After nightfall, it began to rain lightly in Tokyo.

The pattering cold rain is like a clear line between the Chu River and the Han Dynasty, separating the day and night. Beside the city roads, the signboards of izakaya quietly light up in the night, and the cool rain is attached to the surface of the signboards. The bright color of the light makes it more hazy, and occasionally vehicles pass by, and the sound of tires rolling over the ground is very clear.

In a membership-only sake bar in Shibuya District, Kashiwagen Shiori sat in a window seat on the second floor, raised her eyebrows sideways, and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Under the warm light of the street lights, passers-by holding umbrellas are walking leisurely in the shallow water of Taipa. In the distance, there are bustling areas of the city with giant advertising signs flashing in neon. Various lights almost illuminate the entire night. .

Withdrawing her gaze, Shiori Baiyuan propped her chin with her left hand, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Risa Takeda who was sitting opposite her. A glass of sparkling water that had nothing to do with a bar was placed in front of them.

The melodious saxophone sound is not too loud, and it will not affect the whispered chats of the guests in the bar too much.

"Mr. Baizhi, I read the email you sent me that day."

Risa Takeda thought for a while, and broke the silence between the two with a not-so-good opening remark.

The reason why they made an appointment to meet at this place was, firstly, because it was too late, and secondly, because Baiyuan Shizhi said she wanted to go to a bar, but she had not been there yet. After repeated hesitation, she led him Came to this exceptionally quiet sake bar.

Hearing this address, Bai Yuan Shizhi frowned subconsciously, "This is in private, Sister Lisha, don't use this address, it's fine as usual."

"Shiori?"

"uh-huh."

"Then, let's continue." Takeda Risa paused, considered the words for a moment, and expressed her true thoughts as an editor, "There is not much problem with the overall story, but there is a part of the plot, as Personally, I’m a little curious.”

"Are you talking about the part where the hero fights righteously?"

Bai Yuan Shizhi turned his head and asked.

"Yes, but it's not just that one, it also includes the follow-up scene where other female characters confess to the male lead, and what you mentioned a little bit, the female lead will send a bouquet to the male lead performing on stage at the party." Flowers." Risa Takeda coughed lightly and lowered her voice, "I know Shiori is very popular in school, but your description is too accurate.

"The scene of being confessed is as if you stood aside as a bystander and watched the whole scene quietly.

"Furthermore, the scene where the hero rescued the heroine in the alley also gave me a sense of dislocation that you were one of the people who experienced the incident." Risa Takeda paused, half joking and half serious. He joked, "Don't tell me that you really went through this."

"Well, I have indeed experienced it."

Baiyuan Shizhi nodded and admitted openly.

"..." Risa Takeda fell silent, took a sip of sparkling water, and the slightly cool water made her thoughts a little clearer, she put down the glass, and said with emotion, "Then your school life during this period It was wonderful."

"It's wonderful."

Bai Yuan Shizhi nodded. Ever since she got to know Bei Chuan Che, her campus life has inexplicably become turbulent. Whether she occasionally goes to the classroom to chat with him, or silently observes his life as a bystander, she always It gave her an indescribable sense of expectation.

"So, are you really going to write about this subject?"

"The beginning is already grinding."

Bai Yuan Shizhi gave an affirmative answer. What she saw and heard during this period, plus she wanted to write about this subject before, and now with the blessing of these personal experiences, if she didn’t write, she would regret.

Takeda Risa held the oval cup of sparkling water in front of her with both hands, and unconsciously rubbed it lightly. The frosted touch made her mood fluctuate inexplicably.

"If you really want to choose this theme, it may not sell well. You have to be mentally prepared for this in advance."

After hesitating again and again, Takeda Risa still said this sentence.

As an editor in the industry, at least in her opinion, the subject matter Bai Yuan Shizhi chose belongs to the kind that has the most people writing about it, but it is not the kind that is mainstream in the market. It is laborious and unflattering.

"I understand."

Bai Yuan Shizhi nodded. She has been in the industry for a while, so she naturally knows where the path she chooses will lead to.

"If that's the case, just let it go and do it."

Takeda Risa showed a smile and looked at Baiyuan Shiori's elegant face through the light in the bar.

Is that right...

This person's character is absolutely incompatible with literary style.

Shaking her head, Risa Takeda withdrew her gaze. Just as she was about to chat with Shiori Baiyuan about the interesting things in the other party's school, the melodious saxophone stopped abruptly and was delayed for a few seconds. There were whispers in the bar. The conversation also stopped, and many people made slightly puzzled "Huh?" voices.

And as if responding to the doubts of the guests, the melodious music sounded again.

Then, the conversation started again.

However, this time the music is not soothing pure music or a pure saxophone version of popular songs, but a complete song.

"It's kind of rare."

A look of interest flashed across Takeda Risa's eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Bai Yuan Shizhi was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what his editor meant by this inexplicable sentence.

"Basically, this store doesn't play songs with vocals, but there are occasional exceptions, either because the song is too popular and the quality is really good, or it's out of the boss's own selfishness, he knows that The song is very small, but he thinks it sounds good, so he also wants to try to help promote it.”

Takeda Risa explained.

I just don't know if this song belongs to the former or the latter.

But, after listening to this prelude, she looked forward to it. This is obviously the prelude to popular songs. Compared with the more classical music shared by the shop owner, she still prefers this kind of fast-paced pop music.

"Will there be any guests who don't like it?"

Bai Yuan Shizhi asked subconsciously.

"Many people come here for this, and the owner of this store probably has no shortage of money, and he opened the store purely out of interest."

Takeda Risa blinked in response.

"No wonder."

Bai Yuan Shizhi nodded as if suddenly realized.

The prelude of the song also just ended, and the clear male voice sounded.

Bai Yuan Shizhi closed her mouth, pricked up her ears, and listened carefully.

【May rain is green】

green rain in may
[Sorrowful and sad, one person’s afternoon]

Teach people to fall into sadness
【设かぬ想いを暖めていた】

Warming the fruitless thoughts
I don’t know why, maybe it was out of emotion, or maybe it was the clear but emotional male voice that seemed to be narrating a past event that touched her heartstrings, Bai Yuan Shizhi suddenly remembered her once A campus love movie that ended in tragedy.

The teaching building where the setting sun is scattered, the boy who secretly looks at the girl, the heart is full of longing, the two people who are within reach but separated by heaven and earth.

After the school festival, the boy mustered up the courage to confess to the girl he likes, and the girl accepted.

But soon, with the passage of time, some things that the two had to face came before them. On one side was the girl who was going to study abroad, and on the other side was the boy who planned to go straight to work. Life straddled them in front of them.

And so, the setting sun fell completely like that.

There is no heroic effort to turn the tide, only the helplessness of realism, and the distance between two hearts gradually distances.

Which one is more uncomfortable: ending without a problem or starting without a good ending?

This was the question she left after watching the movie at that time.

The song flows slowly and the story gradually moves forward.

Listening to the narration in the song, she seems to have the answer to the questions she once had.

Perhaps it is just in response to that sentence - youth will always have regrets, but I hope there will not be too many regrets.

【ふりこ料工の心】

First love is like a heart that hesitates to speak

【风に舞った花びらが】

Petals fluttering in the wind

【Water surface を chaos すように】

seems to disturb the calm waters

【爱という字书いてみては】

write the word love
【ふるえてたあのhectare】

to tremble

Baiyuan Shizhi took out her mobile phone, opened the music network APP, listened to songs, found songs, collected them, and purchased them all in one go.

The same scene also happened in other decks.

Good songs always resonate with people.

At night, it just happens to make the sensual madness spread.

In the collision and shaking of the golden wine, there is a period of youth that cannot be returned no matter how much we recall it. But at least at this moment, when the wine glasses collide, the soothing nerves can indulge the rationality of the day, riding the wave of drunkenness. The boat, pushed by the emotional tide, once again returned to that memory.

In the bar, the conversation of human voices quieted down, and the sound of beer glasses colliding became louder.

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　　There is another chapter in the afternoon. I will adjust my schedule as soon as possible and fix the update time.

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