Chapter 112 My Sweet Wife Xiao Jiuhua

"Watch your moves! One, two, three, four."

As Akai Muzi scolded, the girls in the wind band raised their thighs high at the same time. They remained upright, holding their instruments. In the sunlight, their foreheads were covered with sweat-soaked hair.

Many boys gathered around the playground to watch.

Most of the boys were secretly looking at the girls' legs under their skirts.

Pairs of them were intertwined under sailor uniforms and pleated skirts.

This made the girls in the wind band blush, and they had to try hard to maintain their walking posture.

Fujii Itsuki walked over and drove away the boys who were still lingering around the school one by one.

When he went back, many girls looked at him with gratitude.

"Be careful not to let the formation get distorted! You have to remember that when you start moving, the position of the air you blow will change and the breath will become disordered! Rhythm is a must when playing on foot!"

Akai Muzi scolded and clapped her hands.

Fujii Itsuki noticed that many girls had determined expressions. They were gritting their teeth and persevering in such hard training.

He could see that many female classmates, especially some third-year members, wanted to use this unique opportunity to show off their grace to the best of their ability at the Nakajima Festival.

"one two three four!"

Fujii Itsuki was also thinking about why they chose to persevere.

After thinking about it, it’s actually just a few key points.

——I want to step onto a better stage.

——I want to be seen by more people.

——I want to be recognized by more people.

So, even though he was exhausted and sweating profusely, he had no complaints at all.

Everyone wants to fight once, and they choose to believe in themselves.

Believe in the dream you told them—"to step onto the stage of the national competition."

This sense of responsibility is quite heavy.

"Today's training camp ends here. We will go to Nakajima to participate in the competition the day after tomorrow. Everyone remember to get more rest when you go back."

"Yes!"

The girls' unanimous responses echoed throughout the playground.

Fujii Itsuki looked around and saw the sweat on the girls' faces shining brightly.

They were holding their own musical instruments, wearing light summer sailor suits and short pleated skirts, with serious and focused expressions on their faces.

Although the cherry blossoms in front of the school gate had already faded, Fujii Itsuki could still smell a faint fragrance at this moment.

Lasts forever.

Is this the breath of youth?
"It seems like everyone is looking forward to the game the day after tomorrow." Akai Muzi smiled.

"Of course!" a girl shouted, "Teacher Akai! We have been training for so long just to perform well in the Nakajima Festival!"

"Correct!"

"It would be fine if I didn't work hard! But now that it has come to this, I have to be serious no matter what!"

"Right! We in Tachibana Kita will never admit defeat! After all, we used to be the best high school in Hokkaido!"

"That's right! We in Jubei have always been number one in the past!"

"Jubei! First!"

"Jubei! First!"

"Jubei! First!"

One girl took the lead, and the other girls followed suit. Everyone was sweating, but they were cheering happily.

Akai Muzi smiled and said:

"Teacher Akai can understand your feelings. I also trained day and night like this. I was so tired that I just wanted to lie down on the bed and sleep when I got home. I just wanted to be in the best condition on the day of the competition."

"Did Akai-sensei and Fujii-sensei also train together like this?"

A boy asked boldly, and the girls covered their faces and laughed.

Akai Muzi smiled nonchalantly and responded: "Of course."

"Why hasn't Akai-sensei confessed his feelings to Fujii-sensei yet? Everyone is privately saying that Fujii-sensei is still single! Fujii-sensei is waiting for you impatiently!"

What the hell?

Fujii Itsuki was very upset.

"Confession!"

"Confession!"

"Confession!"

The students started to make noise again.

"Okay, I'll confess my feelings right then and there."

"Wow~~!"

Akagi Muzi turned around: "Ahem, Fujii, I like you."

"reject."

"Look!"

"what--!"

The girls began to complain, saying things like "Why didn't Mr. Fujii accept it?", "Mr. Akai is great!", "Mr. Akai is an international student in the United States!".

Do these little girls really like to match me and Akai?

You dare to make fun of yourself.

When you come for training tomorrow, I will let you run ten laps first.

Fujii Itsuki noticed the gloomy expression on Chitose Haruki's face and immediately became serious, interrupting the girls' jokes.

"Alright, alright, joking aside, now that the training is over, let's all go. I see you're all tired, so hurry up and go home and rest."

"What? You don't want to go home yet?"

"Teacher Fujii, the competition will be the day after tomorrow!"

"Yeah, didn't I just say that?"

"So, can you let us stay and train for a while longer?"

Fujii Itsuki glanced at Akai Muzi, who stretched out her hand, signaling him to make the decision.

He looked around at the girls and walked forward.

"Since everyone still has energy to train, let's walk around the playground ten more times!"

He thought that this would be enough to intimidate the group of girls who would complain every time they ran a few steps, but he didn't expect that this time, they responded with full energy:

"Yes!"

The task of shouting commands was given to the president, Aoyama Shoko. Fujii Itsuki saw Akai Muko walking towards him in the sunset.

She stood next to Fujii Itsuki.

"Akai, your idea is good. Let the first-year students and 11 substitute members serve as the guard of honor in the front, and let Jiuhua lead the way."

"Isn't this basic operation? Anyway, the limit on the number of people is for the official competition, not the parade of the Nakajima Festival. Jiuhua is such a beautiful girl, no one is more suitable than her to be the captain of the honor guard."

Talking about Jiuhua, the two were quiet for a while.

"How is Jiuhua these days?"

"Fortunately."

Akai Muzi put one hand on her waist and looked at Jiuhuayue who was walking in the front. "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that she looks a bit like Qiansui."

"Like Chitose?"

“The level of effort.”

"She is looking forward to you."

"What? Me?"

Fujii Itsuki sat on the back of the bench and explained, "After you told her about your and my high school experience, she always wanted to be good friends with me. You heard it, didn't you?"

"Good friends?" Akai Muzi remembered the words Jiuhuayue often said.

"Yeah. Good friend."

"." Akagi Muzi pondered for a moment, and roughly figured out the reason, "Unfortunately, this dream of 'good friends' has been shattered by you, Fujii."

".I just made the choice based on my level. Besides, Qiansui has placed her dream on me. She has waited for me for so many years, and I must take her forward."

"Aren't there other girls in the trumpet section? If you show favoritism, Jiuhua will only lose the position of soloist."

"What are you talking about, Akai? Those girls are already in their third year. This is their last hope. They are the most determined people in the club, and they are all for the national competition. I can't successfully promote the goal of the national competition in the club, but I can't force them to do so without them raising their hands."

"If you don't force it, the school will."

"I know"

"Let's talk about Jiuhua. How is she doing recently? I noticed her expression the other day."

"It's okay." Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes.

"fine?"

"Yes, it's nothing. It's like what happened that day didn't affect her at all. Even though she was eliminated, she still trains as usual every night."

"Or the previous training volume?"

"Yes. It feels even more serious."

After hearing this, Akai Muzi had a strange expression on her face, "I suddenly don't understand. Doesn't she take this matter very seriously?"

"I don't understand it either, but it's the truth."

"I think Jiuhua is holding something in her heart, Fujii, you should pay more attention."

"Is it.?"

Fujii Itsuki couldn't help but take a closer look at Jiuhuayue who was walking at the front of the queue.

He also couldn't figure out what this child wanted to do.

*
After completing the training and moving the musical instruments back, Fujii Itsuki said goodbye to Akai Muko and ended his work for the day.

He followed his daily routine, first going to the supermarket to buy groceries and then going home.

When I got home, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

As soon as I reached the door, I smelled the aroma of food coming from inside.

When he entered the room, he saw that it was indeed Xiao Jiuhua who was cooking. The girl was wearing an apron and had a neat high ponytail.

Three dishes were already placed on the table.

The dishes this time are much more serious.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised tofu, and curry rice.

At least it looks good.

Jiuhuayue heard the sound of the door opening and smiled:
"I'm home?"

"Huh? Hmm"

"Uncle, come sit down now. I'm cooking. It will be ready soon. You sit on the sofa and watch TV for a while."

Jiu Huayue walked towards him, took his briefcase, and also picked up the suit he had draped over his arm.

Fujii Itsuki was not used to being treated so kindly.

Very virtuous.
He also helped him take off his suit and hung it on the wooden rack.

Fujii Itsuki was a little confused. He wondered if he had entered a science fiction world.
Who are you?

Who is in front of you?

Who are these dishes on the table made for?
Fujii Itsuki was in a mess for a long time, looking at Jiuhuayue who was wearing a ponytail in the open kitchen.

"Did you make the dishes on the table, Jiuhua?"

"Of course!"

Jiu Huayue answered, puffing up her cheeks. She said unhappily, "Uncle, you won't think I bought it from a restaurant outside, right?"

"It's very likely." Fujii Shuji nodded immediately. "Too much! No way, I did it all by myself!" Jiuhuayue said in a light tone, with a little pride.

Fujii Itsuki put the three normal dishes on the table, then stood up and walked to her side to look at the shredded meat and cabbage in her pan.

".Jiuhua. You. did it?"

He paused twice to express his doubts.

".Please don't use that suspicious tone, I really did it myself."

"I'm sorry, Jiuhua, it's not that I don't believe it. It's just that——"

“I studied hard!”

"Where? With whom? Don't even mention it's online. Last time you brought a dish you learned to cook online to school, the home economics teacher gossiped about it for a long time among the female teachers. Now the whole school knows that there's a girl in my class who can make scrambled eggs with strawberries."

"."

Jiu Huayue pouted and stopped talking. She was really unhappy.
How could the uncle say that about himself?

She was obviously working very hard.
Fujii Itsuki smiled and looked at the minced meat and cabbage in her pan: "Just a joke. After all, it's Jiuhua's dish that you made carefully, so I have to eat it even if it tastes bad."

".You still don't believe me"

"It's not that I don't believe it, uncle, but I have a previous experience. Can I try your pot?"

"Then I'll give you a taste."

Jiuhuayue agreed without thinking.

She took out a pair of chopsticks and picked up a piece of cabbage leaf from the pan.

Jiuhuayue picked it up with chopsticks and held it with her other hand. She blew lightly twice on her lips and then passed it to Fujii Itsuki.

"promise."

".How about I do it myself?"

Feed yourself?
This scene is too ambiguous.

"Uncle, stop talking nonsense! Just eat it, I don't care!"

"."

"eat!"

OK.
Just feed it.

Anyway, it’s okay to feed each other food between good friends.

Fujii Itsuki opened his mouth and Jiuhuayue put the cabbage into his mouth.

This taste.
"How is it?" The girl's eyes lit up.

"strangeness."

"Strange? Is it still unpalatable?" The girl said with a disappointed tone.

"The weird thing is, it's actually pretty good, the taste is just right."

Jiu Huayue smiled brightly, "I followed the proportions and threw the grams into the pot!"

Fujii Itsuki saw that there was a small electronic scale next to her, "No wonder."

"Uncle, do you want to eat more?"

".You still want to feed me?"

"Eat. I don't care. I'll feed you."

This tone.
It seems like she is acting coquettishly.

Fujii Itsuki couldn't stand this cold and beautiful girl saying such words to him.

It sounds like a coquettish act, but also like an order.

Jiuhuayue picked up another piece of shredded meat and cabbage with her chopsticks and put it to his mouth.

"eat."

"."

Fujii Itsuki kept silent and just watched.

Jiu Huayue was unhappy, "Uncle, do you want to eat?"

Look at it, she forced herself to do this!
If something happens suddenly.

I don't take responsibility.

I am the one being forced.

"Open up!"

"."

"Zhang Kai!"

"what"

Fujii Itsuki opened his mouth reluctantly, and Jiuhuayue fed him another chopstick of cabbage.

He was eating the cabbage, and the beautiful girl smiled at him after taking back her chopsticks.

"That's right, that's what a good kid is!"

Who is the child after all?

It’s really no big or small.

But this feeling.
how to say.

Is this happiness?

Being fed vegetables by a beautiful girl with a smile.

Every time he took a bite, he would move his head towards her.

"How about another chopstick?"

"You're still feeding me?"

"otherwise?"

"Ahem. How can this be possible?" Fujii Itsuki deliberately became serious and glanced at her from time to time.

Jiuhuayue was quite understanding. She picked up the shredded meat and cabbage and put it near Fujii Itsuki's mouth.

"Well, eat it."

"."

"Don't ask me to coax you into opening your mouth."

"."

What a word!

Fujii Itsuki was so angry that he ate it in one gulp.

".Would you like to eat more?"

"."

"Hey me!"

Does this count as falling into the gentle temptation of a beautiful girl?

Anyway, when Fujii Itsuki reacted, he saw that he had already eaten most of it.

I’m really too embarrassed to see anyone!
Fujii Juichi felt so embarrassed when he thought about how Xiao Jiuhua had just fed him half a pot of food.

Fortunately, Jiu Huayue had no intention of laughing at him at all.

The girl replaced the remaining minced meat and cabbage and called him over to eat.

The two sat opposite each other at a table.

They ate in silence, and for some reason, Fujii Itsuki felt like he was living with her.

This is a feeling I have never had before.

The most outrageous thing is that when she was eating, she would actually pick up two pieces of food for herself with her chopsticks!

She gave herself the two best pieces of meat and said, "Uncle, you should eat better."
Damn it.

what is it today?
Is this a case of Jiuhua Yue and Matsumae Shinchun swapping souls, or is it that Jiuhua was so devastated that she became unconscious and simply changed her personality?
Why is she so nice to me?

Didn't I just eliminate her?

I can't figure it out at all.

"You want to go work?"

Halfway through the meal, Fujii Itsuki suddenly heard Jiuhuayue say this.

"Yes. There is no rule that students cannot work part-time, right?"

".There is no such rule in the regulations, but doesn't this mean that Jiuhua will have to quit the wind band? Besides, you are still a student, so your work is limited."

“I’m not quitting the wind band.”

"."

The girl ate her meal in a serious tone.

This was beyond Fujii Itsuki's expectations. He originally thought that Jiuhuayue would be depressed for at least a while after being eliminated.

But now, not only is she not depressed, but she is full of fighting spirit.

I also practiced cooking.

Jiu Huayue put down her chopsticks and continued, "As for a job, I've already found one. It's in a supermarket not far from the school. I start work at six o'clock every day and work until ten o'clock in the evening. The weekend is from ten o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening."

"What's the job?"

“Selling shredded squid.”

"."

Fujii Itsuki choked for a long while.

Did you hear it correctly?

Xiao Jiuhua is going to the supermarket to sell squid shreds?

Jiuhua goes to sell squid strips?
Come on, you're a national-level performer at the Takarazuka Revue!
After all, she is a genuine noble lady of the Jiuhua family.

"Is it not possible?" Jiuhuayue looked at him sincerely with purple eyes, trembling slightly, "This job is easy. The staff at the supermarket said that I just need to put on my work clothes and stand there with a sign."

"This is not a question of whether the work is easy or not. You have to deal with schoolwork, band activities, and a part-time job. Do you have enough time, Jiuhua?"

"I'm used to being tired. I'm not afraid of being tired."

This kid, why did he suddenly come up with this idea?

Maybe it was because her grandfather came and robbed her of 200,000 yuan that day that she felt psychologically pressured and felt it would be bad not to pay her back.

"Uncle, do you agree?"

".Me? Why should I agree or disagree? The school doesn't forbid it, so I have no reason to refuse. I don't have the right to decide whether you go or not."

Jiu Huayue nodded, closed her eyes and frowned: "That's good."

As she ate, the girl lowered her head and whispered quietly, "I will support you in the future."

"What?" Fujii Itsuki didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing, just talking about my work."

"."

Fujii Itsuki didn't dare to speak.

If he heard correctly, she said she wanted to support herself
Selling squid strips to support yourself?

Fujii Itsuki tried to imagine the scene.

A young wife who is ten years younger than her husband works day and night selling squid strips in a supermarket just to support a decadent uncle who is married to her.
No, no.

The style of this painting is off!

Fujii Itsuki quickly rejected it in his mind.

I must have heard it wrong.

absolute.

(End of this chapter)