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"Hey buddy, you must be tourists. Horse meat sashimi is a specialty of Kumamoto."
"Xi, let's go, let's go look at other places."
Xiangzi looked somewhat unhappy, mainly because her family also kept a mare.
Why would you eat a horse when horses are so cute?
Actually, I don't necessarily have to eat it; I just find it novel and I'm curious about it.
"Hey buddy, let me tell you, raw horse meat has those kinds of effects, you know?" the shop owner, wearing a towel tied around his neck, said mysteriously.
"That...that kind of effect?!" Could it be the kind of effect he was thinking of?
"That's exactly the effect!" the boss said with certainty.
"Boss, please give me a serving of horse meat sashimi." I absolutely have to have it now.
"Hanami!!!" Xiangzi couldn't stand this guy anymore.
In particular, this guy was looking at her with a malicious smile while he was eating.
You want to eat horse meat, right? Or do you want to eat me?
Finally, before Banami could ask for another serving of horse meat sashimi, he was dragged away by Shoko.
"Xiao Xiang, I feel like I'm full of energy right now," Banami exclaimed.
"That's horse meat, not... cough cough, I'm going to get angry if you keep making jokes like that," Xiangzi couldn't help but shout.
Banami curled her lip slightly, "Hmph, tonight I'll show Cricket Xiaoxiang how amazing horse meat sashimi is."
Just then, the loudspeaker announced that the fireworks display was about to begin. They gradually moved to the grassy area not far away, where the view was unobstructed and perfect for watching the fireworks.
Xiangzi looked at the still pitch-black sky, took the boy's hand beside him, and said, "Xi."
With a bang, the iron tree burst into a shower of silver flowers in the air, reflecting on Xiangzi's face on the grass.
"Are you happy? I am very happy right now," Xiangzi said in a gentle voice.
“Then I’ll be twice as happy as you,” Banai said with a smile.
"How could that be? I'm definitely going to be happier than you, so I'm twice as happy."
"Then I'll do it five times."
"One hundred times."
"No, you're not playing by the script!"
"A thousand times, ten thousand times, a hundred million times, countless times!" As if to shut up Banami, Xiangzi shouted loudly amidst the booming fireworks.
At this moment, Banami didn't know how to describe his feelings. All he could see was the girl's eyes reflecting the fireworks.
"I……"
But the next moment, before Banai could speak, the crowd abruptly separated the two.
Because of the start of the fireworks display, a large number of people suddenly flooded into the venue, especially the grassy area originally used for watching fireworks. The influx of people caused them to be carried in different directions by the crowd.
"evening!"
"Xiangzi!"
The two called out each other's names, but the immense inertia of the crowd pushed them further and further apart. Banami raised her hand and made a "six" shape. Xiangzi immediately understood that they should contact each other by phone after the crowd dispersed.
After a while, the crowd finally thinned out, and Xiangzi hurriedly tried to call the other person, but the signal base station was completely blocked, and there was no network at all. Even though he knew that the two of them would meet sooner or later, Xiangzi was still a little anxious.
Just then, someone gently patted her shoulder.
Xiangzi instinctively turned his head and called out, "Xi!"
But what was reflected in front of her was a yukata just like hers.
Chapter Forty: The Encounter (Part Two)
Rewind a little, and in another corner of the grass, besides a certain silly couple, a pair of beautiful sisters are also watching the first firework explode brilliantly in the sky.
Miao Meng overheard the couple next to her saying, "I heard that if you think of someone when the first firework explodes at the fireworks festival, you will find happiness with them."
Hearing such unreliable words, Miao Meng's lips curled up unconsciously again, wanting to ridicule these nonsensical rumors as nothing more than a clumsy tactic used by the fireworks festival organizers to attract tourists.
Miao Meng, who considered herself worldly-wise, would never believe such words, but the image of a certain boy still lingered in her mind.
She clenched her fists slightly, looking somewhat annoyed at her own incompetence. It was ridiculous that she couldn't forget someone who had already run off with Toyokawa Shoko.
Therefore, she said to her sister in a slightly teasing tone, "Did you hear that, Sui? When the first firework exploded, were you still thinking about that boy?"
Miao Meng thought to herself, "These two sisters are really similar. They both like guys who are already taken."
But Ruo Sui gently shook her head and said, "I... I was thinking about him and his lover. I hope they can be happy."
Miao Meng looked slightly surprised, but Ruo Sui was serious.
She wasn't only thinking about the boy, but also about "Yukino".
She hoped that the two of them could grow old together, so that she could be happy and have no regrets.
She also knew that her inexplicable thoughts were strange.
Miao Meng snorted and said, "If it were me, I would wish him to break up with his girlfriend!"
Ruo Sui couldn't help but laugh, knowing that these were her sister's angry words spoken on her behalf. But just as she was about to say something, a sudden surge of people forcibly separated the two of them.
"ear!"
"elder sister!"
The two couldn't help but shout, but due to the powerful inertia, they were getting further and further apart.
***
Finally, the crowd began to disperse somewhat, and the officials seemed to realize this, so they hurriedly started to direct the flow of people over the loudspeaker and stopped the fireworks from going up into the sky.
Banami stood on the stone path where the stall used to be, anxiously calling Xiangzi, but there were probably several thousand people at the scene, which completely overloaded the base station, and there was no signal at all.
Banami clearly saw Shoko being pushed in the opposite direction by the crowd.
Even though he knew there was a high probability that everything would be alright, he couldn't relax until he saw Xiao Xiang.
Just as he was racking his brains, someone gently patted his shoulder.
Banai immediately turned around and instinctively called out, "Xiao Xiang!"
But the other person shouted, "Isn't that Yukino? You haven't hooked up with another girl, have you?"
Slightly surprised, Banai asked, "Uncle, what are you doing here?"
Standing before him was none other than his temporary boss and landlord, Uncle Kumamoto.
The man retorted, "Do you think it's appropriate for you to stand in front of my stall and ask me why I'm here?"
At this moment, Hanami was surprised to find that behind him was a craft beer stall, also called "Kuma and Mushroom".
I didn't notice it when I was shopping with Xiao Xiang earlier, and I was in such a hurry that I didn't pay attention to such a small thing at all.
The man from Kumamoto asked, "Did you get separated from your girlfriend?"
His face was very serious, and he seemed a little anxious. Banami nodded quickly: "I can't get through to her on her phone either. I'm a little worried about her, after all, there are so many people around."
Actually, with Xiao Xiang's innate physical constitution, even if Banami were pushed and knocked to the ground by the crowd, Xiao Xiang would be fine. But worry is like depression; you can't just stop thinking about it.
Uncle Kumamoto said, "Actually, my daughter also came to the fireworks festival. I only found out from her mother. Now I guess I'm also caught in the crowd."
Banami didn't notice the strange thing about "their" mother. The two men just stared at each other, each with someone they cared about in the venue.
Just then, Banami noticed an electric guitar placed next to the stall.
He suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted, "Uncle, lend me your electric guitar, and turn the speakers up to the maximum!"
Suddenly, Uncle Kumamoto understood something. As long as the boy started singing, his girlfriend would be able to locate him, and... Wakaho had also heard his songs, so she was very likely to be attracted to him.
Ruomai, who was with Ruohui, was naturally able to arrive safely.
Uncle Kumamoto immediately got to work.
Banami immediately stood on the table at the stall, looking at the uneasy and fearful crowd. Among this crowd was probably the person he loved most, but everyone's fear must be the same.
He felt he could do more.
"All done!" Uncle Kumamoto shouted after setting up the power supply.
Banami pulled the string hard, and a powerful electronic sound rang out through the loudspeakers in the fireworks display.
The men, women, and children nearby were all drawn to the powerful sound.
Then they saw a boy standing on a table, pointing his finger to the sky with a dazzling smile, shouting, "Everyone, listen to my song!"
***
After separating from her sister, Ruo Sui felt very flustered, since there were no strangers around. However, in the crowd, she saw someone wearing the same yukata as her, and... that familiar light blue hair.
Ruo Sui immediately tried her best to get closer to the other person. With great difficulty, she reached the other person from behind, her forehead covered in sweat, and gently patted her shoulder.
"Yuu?!" Upon hearing Yukino call out an unfamiliar name, Wakaho's eyes widened slightly.
When the other person saw her, their surprised look was followed by a hint of disappointment and fear in their eyes.
That was the uneasy look in the eyes of a child who had lost their parents and had lost their support.
"Yu... is that the real name of the guitar hero?" Ruo Sui asked subconsciously.
“Miss Xiaosui… what’s wrong with you…” Xiangzi finally came to his senses.
Ruo Sui wanted to say that her name wasn't Xiao Sui, but that question was obviously meaningless now.
“I came with my family, but we got separated. There are just too many people here,” Ruo Sui said softly.
Xiangzi nodded slightly, but his mood remained low: "Xiye and I... got separated."
Although he didn't answer, "Xi" is probably his real name.
Ruo Sui felt a little strange; she actually only learned his name after she had "broken up" with him.
Is "夕" the same as "夕阳" (sunset)?
This name sounds familiar, but Ruosui couldn't quite place where she had heard it before.
But when she saw Ms. Yukino—well, that's probably a fake name too—and saw her uneasy expression, the usually timid girl inexplicably felt a surge of courage.
"Well, I'll take you to find 'Xi'-kun. Don't worry, I'll definitely hand you over to him!"
Because your happiness is my happiness.
A brave young girl is doing everything she can to defend her happiness.
Chapter 41. Only after meeting you was I born under this starry sky.
Yutenji Wakame was pushed forward by the crowd, and she was separated from her sister, which made her feel a little scared and uneasy.
Not only was she worried about her sister's safety, but she was also concerned that something might happen to her, since stampedes caused by large crowds are not uncommon in China.
It wasn't just her; panic was spreading through the crowd. Miao Meng heard children crying, as well as complaints and anxious voices, which only exacerbated the panic among the crowd.
Although she knew she shouldn't, Miao Meng suddenly missed that boy.
I miss Banami Yu so much.
They want the other person to guide them and protect them.
She subconsciously took out the ring with the word 'SAKI' written on it from her pocket and put it on her hand.
It's like being yourself in that fan-made creation.
In that hopeless and boring life, it was his appearance that saved me.
Even though she was like a moth drawn to a flame, she never gave up on him.
But he is not the same person in the fanfiction, and she is not the same Ruomai in the fanfiction either. She is not as good as him; she simply does not have that kind of courage to fight.
"evening……"
She called out softly, her voice slightly choked with emotion.
*In the days when I fell in love with God. (Ka mi sa ma ni, ko i wo shite ta ko ro wa Kon na wa ka re ga)
I never expected to face this kind of farewell.
"It's singing..."
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