Tokyo: The story begins with a confession.

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Chapter 110 What color do you want to be?

Uesugi Kenichi waved to Kato Megumi and left. The place wasn't close to the station, so he had to hurry. If he was any later, it would be troublesome during rush hour.

When he arrived at the station, it was only 5:30, a full half hour before the agreed time, which made Uesugi Kenichi breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked around the station, and when he didn't see the girl in the photo, he found a place to sit down.

He wasn't in a hurry; the girl was so strikingly beautiful that he could recognize her at a glance.

After waiting for half an hour, when it was already six o'clock, he stood up and looked around again.

Hasn't it arrived yet? Or is the train delayed? When he still hadn't seen it by 6:10, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "587."

Just as he was about to make a phone call, he felt an extremely strong gaze fixed on him.

He suddenly turned around and a stunningly beautiful girl came into view under the cherry blossom tree in the roadside flowerbed.

The girl had long, light yellow hair that cascaded down her back. She sat there quietly, her expression serene, as gentle as a breeze. Her features were delicate, and her narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes held a pair of light red pupils that exuded nobility.

Kenichi Uesugi froze, his hand holding the phone still, his heart rippled like a stone falling on a calm lake.

He had never seen such a special girl before. Just one glance was enough to make her impossible to ignore. Her aura was like a cloud floating in the sky, as if she didn't belong to this world at all.

Especially the look in those eyes, so pure and innocent, as if they held all the world's spiritual energy.

At this moment, Uesugi Kenichi ignored everything around him, focusing only on this elfin-like girl.

He looked away. That one glance had filled him with a sense of clean self-doubt, like darkness meeting sunlight. In those pure and innocent eyes, he felt ashamed of himself.

He was like an ordinary person, while the girl sitting there seemed to be standing in the heavens, a feeling of being detached from the world constantly spreading. The whole street became incredibly bright because of the girl's presence, as if even the wind and the air were dancing with joy.

Passersby slowed down as they walked past the girl, as if afraid of disturbing this elfin-like girl and letting her drift away in an instant.

Kenichi Uesugi avoided her gaze, but he could still feel the girl's eyes on him.

After a while, the gaze finally shifted away.

His gaze returned to the girl, who slightly raised her head and stared at the cherry blossom tree above. Although the cherry blossom season had passed, Uesugi Kenichi seemed to see countless cherry blossoms fluttering down and dancing around the girl.

Then the girl lowered her eyes, swung her legs, and lightly kicked them a few times, finding enjoyment in solitude.

The girl was so beautiful, yet no one approached her. She seemed to naturally exude a sense of distance, making people hesitant to get close despite her beauty.

Uesugi Kenichi seemed to remember something and took out the photo that Chihiro Sengoku had given him from his pocket to compare it. Even though he had memorized the girl's appearance in the photo, he still found it hard to believe and wanted to make a final confirmation.

Call ~

After comparing them several times, Kenichi Uesugi really wanted to call Chihiro Sengoku and complain to her.

No matter what, it's not right to bring out photos from who-knows-how-many years ago.

At this moment, he finally realized that the dazzling young woman in front of him was the one he was going to pick up.

Uesugi Kenichi walked straight up to the girl. From the girl's perspective, which was looking down, it suddenly seemed as if someone was standing in front of her.

The girl raised her head and looked at Uesugi Kenichi with her innocent eyes.

Just as Uesugi Kenichi was about to speak, he noticed the girl's gaze fixed on him. "Hey, if you could, what color would you like to be?"

His gaze fell upon the girl, whose eyes remained calm and serene, yet now held a hint of curiosity.

What do you want to know by asking this?

"Because I want to know, can you tell me?" The girl's voice was very calm, but it sounded exceptionally beautiful.

When asked about the girl's strange question, Uesugi Kenichi replied, "I think I'd like to turn black."

He thought about it for a moment. Although he didn't know the purpose of the question, he didn't want to give her a perfunctory answer.

"Black, I like it too, it's a very nice color."

"And what about you? What color would you like to be?"

"never thought about."

"So you didn't have the answer yourself?"

"If it were now, it would be white." The girl stared blankly at the white t-shirt that Uesugi Kenichi was wearing.

Uesugi Kenichi's lips twitched, and he didn't continue the topic. He took out the photo from his pocket and asked, "So, may I ask if you are Ms. Shiina Mashiro?"

Although he was fairly certain that the girl in front of him was the person Chihiro Sengoku had asked him to pick up, he still made a final confirmation just to be on the safe side.

"Yes." The girl nodded and then quietly watched Uesugi Kenichi, seemingly waiting for his explanation.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Uesugi Kenichi. I was asked by Chihiro Sengoku to come and pick you up. Do you need me to call and ask?" Uesugi Kenichi showed the girl the photo.

Shiina Mashiro shook her head 1.8 degrees and gently brushed the hair that had fallen across her forehead behind her ear. "Kenichi, is it okay for you to call me that? Kenichi is a very nice name, I like it very much."

Click.

The moment he heard the girl's words, it was as if something shattered in his heart, and the girl's words seemed to keep echoing in his ears.

woohoo~

The tram chased after the setting sun, its dreamlike colors falling on the delicate face of the girl in front of me.

"Then, Ms. Shiina, let's go."

"Mmm." The girl naturally took Uesugi Kenichi's sleeve, following behind him like a well-behaved and adorable pet.

Uesugi Kenichi opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he gave up.

Chapter 111 Shiina Mashiro (Please Subscribe)

He took the suitcase from Shiina Mashiro and led the way forward.

Countless eyes fell on them, their gazes filled with deep amazement yet also with a sense of it being perfectly natural.

Perhaps only a boy like this is worthy of a girl like this, and only a girl like this can stand beside a boy like this.

Just looking at it is like seeing a breathtakingly beautiful landscape painting.

As night deepened, at seven o'clock in the evening, Uesugi Kenichi led Shiina Mashiro to the gate of Sakura-sou.

Throughout the journey, Shiina Mashiro behaved very obediently, clinging tightly to Uesugi Kenichi's clothes and following behind him.

"Here we are, right here."

"Hmm." Shiina Mashiro nodded and looked at the room in front of her.

Ding dong, ding dong.

Kenichi Uesugi stepped forward, rang the doorbell, and then waited.

After a while and no one answered, he rang the doorbell again. "Mr. Sengoku, are you there?"

Two more minutes passed, and still no one answered.

Is nobody here? I was asked to pick someone up, but I'm not even here myself. That's just too much of a rip-off.

He frowned, and looking at Shiina Mashiro, who was staring blankly at the moon without any anxiety, he felt much calmer.

Kenichi Uesugi took out his phone and dialed the number. The call was answered quickly.

"Mosimoxi?"

"It's me, Uesugi Kenichi."

"Oh~ it's Uesugi-kun, hahaha, what's up?" Chihiro Sengoku's voice was slightly drunk.

Uesugi Kenichi was speechless when he heard the noise from the other side. He even asked me what was going on. What a terrible older sister he was.

"I have already picked up Ms. Shiina. She is currently at the entrance of Sakura-sou, but there is no one inside the house."

"Oh, I see. Didn't I say they all went home? It's normal that no one's here."

"So what?" Uesugi Kenichi was getting impatient when he heard that Sengoku Chihiro had stopped moving after saying that. If no one was around, why weren't you coming back? What were you thinking about?

"Glug." Chihiro Sengoku took another big gulp of beer. "Then could you please let Mashiro stay at your place tonight? I'm really too busy right now."

"What are you talking about? You just let me bring a girl, and she's your cousin, home like that? That's incredibly irresponsible of you," Uesugi Kenichi said irritably.

"Please, please, I really can't get through this right now, so I'm troubling you. I think Uesugi-kun is a good person and wouldn't do anything illegal, right?" Chihiro Sengoku's voice was teasing.

"I..." Uesugi Kenichi was about to say something when the voice on the other end of the phone continued, "Alright, I'll leave it to you. Of course, if you can bear to see such a beautiful young woman wandering the streets, then never mind what I said."

beep...

Uesugi Kenichi almost lost his composure when he heard the busy tone after the phone call was disconnected.

He turned his gaze to Shiina Mashiro, who seemed unconcerned about what had just happened. Noticing Uesugi Kenichi's gaze, she stared back at him blankly before giving him a smile.

"Qianyi, I'm hungry," the girl said, her expression completely unchanged.

What a carefree girl!

Kenichi Uesugi couldn't help but sigh, then looked at the time; it was indeed very late.

"Ms. Sengoku said she won't be back tonight, so do you have a problem with her staying at my place tonight?"

Although Chihiro Sengoku had already said so, he still planned to ask Mashiro Shiina's opinion. If she disagreed, he would dismantle the door and bring her inside.

“Okay.” Shiina Mashiro agreed without hesitation. “Kenichi, let’s go quickly, we’re starving.”

Sensing Shiina Mashiro's complete trust, Uesugi Kenichi smiled gently. "Let's go then. What would you like to eat tonight? How about steak?"

Since she's from country Y, let's prepare food according to their dietary habits.

"No, I want to eat Baumkuchen."

"No, you have to eat staple food for dinner."

"Qianyi is very assertive."

"..."

"Say what you will, eat the cake after you finish your meal."

The moonlight hung quietly high in the sky, stretching the shadows of the boys and girls on the ground longer and longer until they gradually overlapped.

……

The two chatted all the way and before they knew it, they had arrived at Uesugi Kenichi's house.

"Come in, this is the place."

Kenichi Uesugi went in first and lifted Shiina Mashiro's huge suitcase. It was hard to believe that this seemingly thin and frail girl had the strength to drag such a large suitcase.