Chapter 118 Threat
Picking up the phone, Jiu Huayue saw the contact name displayed on the screen and felt quite annoyed.

She hesitated again and again, but considering the past affection and the grace of raising her, she finally chose to answer the call.

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Jiu Huayue remained silent, and the mother on the other end of the phone also remained silent. In this silent stalemate, it was the mother who spoke first:

[Yue, don't you want to go home yet?]
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[Yue, I know you are listening, don't be willful, your father said that to you before because he has high expectations for you.]
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Jiu Huayue lay on the dressing table in her bedroom with her hands folded. She stared at the phone propped up by the skin care bottle in front of her, waiting for her mother to continue talking.

[Ayue, it was indeed wrong for your father to say that to you, but you also know the pressure he faces and how intensive his work is. You said he came home tired after a day of get off work, and saw you being so willful and disobedient, how could he not be angry?

[As a family, as members of the Jiuhua family, what we need to do is naturally to be considerate of each other.

[Can you please listen to what your parents say?]
'cannot. '

Jiu Huayue thought to herself, sneering at her mother's words. The girl's purple eyes turned away from the phone screen in disdain.

She reached out to hang up the phone and was about to get up and leave, but she didn't expect that her mother called again a few seconds after she got up.

She answered it and leaned over the dressing table again.

"Why are you calling again? I don't want to talk."

[Yue, you have no money left in Otaru.]
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[Speak up, Yue, you can’t always keep your mother waiting for you.]
"Thank you, mother, for your concern! If you hadn't put all the money I earned in your hands, I wouldn't be in such a difficult situation now!" Jiu Huayue said unhappily to the phone.

[Ayue, if you run out of money, just go back to Tokyo. Mom is still waiting for you here.]
wait for me?
Jiuhua Yuebin's purple eyes trembled slightly.

But then she understood what her mother meant by "wait for you".

She was very disappointed, and her tone was much lower:
". Could it be me you are waiting for?"

[? ]
[I don't understand what you are talking about, Ah Yue. Your father and I are not waiting for you. Who are we waiting for?]
"Don't worry about me! I'm living very well in Otaru!"

She immediately reached out to hang up the phone.

Unexpectedly, the phone rang again before she even walked out of the bedroom door.

Jiu Huayue hung up again, and a few seconds later, the phone rang again.

Hang up again and call again.

Jiu Huayue chose to add him to the blacklist, but she didn't expect that the person who called this time was her father.

She still chose to block the call, but a few minutes later, a strange number called her phone again.

"Are you bothered?"

[Ayuki, now is not the time for you to be willful. Do you know that your teacher Yachiyo has been waiting for you at the theater? If you don't go back to Tokyo, your teacher won't be able to give you the last chance.]
"I do not care."

[You are the chief, the chief male role at the age of 16! Ayue, you have been studying in Takarazuka for so long, and you don’t know what this identity means?
[Don’t you know how important this identity is?!]
The mother's voice became more intense towards the end.

"I just know it, but I don't care."

[Yue, didn’t you tell mom that you like the feeling of being the center of attention? Didn’t you say that you want to be a ‘unique’ person?
[Why are you giving up after having come this far?
[Mom doesn't think you'd be the kind of person who gives up halfway.]
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Jiu Huayue was silent at first, and then she politely answered the phone, "Thank you for your concern, but you don't need to worry about it now. I have found another way to realize my idea!"

[Ayue, why can't I explain this to you? You know——]
[Enough! Give me your phone!]
The noise on the phone suddenly became noisy, and the mother's originally gentle voice immediately turned into a stern and serious man's voice.

[Jiu Huayue! I tell you, if you don’t obey and come home, I will go find you directly. I will not bother to say anything to you like your mother did, and I will punish you according to the family rules!]
When her father scolded her, Jiu Huayue was not afraid, but angry. She also shouted:
"Then come on! You can come as you please! If I were still afraid of you, I wouldn't have sneaked back from Tokyo again! Don't think I didn't know what you wanted to do in the first place! You wanted to keep me trapped in that room forever!"

[good very good--!]
Jiuhua Longyi yelled twice on the phone and said yes repeatedly in anger.

[You said this, Jiuhuayue, don't blame me for not reminding you. I know that the little money you brought is not enough to live until now, and someone must have lent you money to cover your expenses. Your mother said that you live under the same roof with a teacher who came from an orphanage, so it must be this guy who gave you the money.

[It’s fine if you’re ignorant, but your mother is also ignorant. A girl actually lives in the same room with a man with no status. Don’t talk to me about trust or not! He shouldn’t do this as a teacher. When I get to Otaru, I will not only deal with you, but also this guy! Is this guy qualified to be a teacher?! ]
"What are you going to do?" Jiuhuayue had a bad feeling.

[Of course I'll send that guy to jail and bring you back to Tokyo!
[This is really outrageous!]
[How could such a ridiculous thing happen! You must have been fooled by that guy! You gave up your good career and went back to Otaru to study in high school. What's the point of studying there? Can you make money in Takarazuka? Can you be famous in Takarazuka?

[Do you know that if you continue to stay in Takarazuka, you will have many opportunities and choices to choose from in the future? You have such a good thing but you don't do it, and you run to Otaru. Do you know how annoying it is for you to be so willful?
[Jiuhuayue, do you know how hard your mother and I worked to raise you, how much money we spent on you, and how tired we are on a daily basis?

[Do you understand what is going on?!

[Just wait there for me!]
"you--!"

When Jiuhuayue heard her father threatening her and also threatening Fujii Itsuki, she immediately became anxious and wanted to speak up to refute him.

She wanted to say something in a hurry, but the other party hung up the phone directly.

Toot. Toot. Toot.
Busy tone is displayed all the time.

She called again, but anxiously, the call showed no one was answering.

Jiuhuayue was angry and scared.

She herself didn't care. Even if her parents came with her, she would not choose to go back with them.

But what if my father comes and threatens my uncle?
My father just said that he would take care of the uncle as well.
What to do? !

What if it causes the uncle to lose his job?
Jiu Huayue squatted in the corner of the second floor and tried to call her mother and father again, but no matter how hard she called, she couldn't get through.

She was so anxious.

So annoying
Deep down I hate this feeling of being threatened.

Not to mention that the person being threatened is his own father.

Jiu Huayue squatted in the corner holding her cell phone. The more she thought about it, the angrier and more scared she became. Tears fell uncontrollably.

She couldn't help but wonder why her life was like this?

Since childhood, I have been bound by my parents' ideas.

After finally finding an opportunity to escape from that place, I was threatened and dragged back.
Why can't I have my own ideas?

Why can other people’s parents respect their children’s choices?

Why would my own father threaten me?
Jiu Huayue rubbed her slightly misty eyes with her palms, and suddenly remembered the day of the tripartite talks, when the father and daughter went home together from school.
I also remembered the same day when the uncle switched roles between parent and father to get my forgiveness and apologized to me sincerely.
Jiuhuayue once again thought of the threat to her father
Why is the difference so big?

Jiuhuayue was sad alone in the corner for a while, but finally wiped away her tears.

She didn't know what to do, but she still had her uncle.

Can't you just go downstairs and ask the uncle?
He is an adult and knows more than me.
Jiuhuayue calmed down and went downstairs immediately.

It's breakfast time now. Normally, the uncle would take some time out on weekends to grind coffee using the equipment I gave him.

But the uncle doesn't seem to be in the kitchen today.

"Uncle.?"

Jiu Huayue came to the door of his room and knocked, but got no response.

She pushed the door open carefully and saw that the uncle was not in the bedroom at all.

There was no one in the bathroom, toilet and yard.

Only then did she remember that her uncle did not come home last night.

She called, but the uncle didn't answer.

Jiuhuayue, who couldn't find any support, became a little panicked again.

She squatted down with her back against the sofa in the living room, taking deep breaths over and over again.

She used the method the uncle taught her and used psychological suggestion to force herself to calm down.

there is always a solution to a problem.

there is always a solution to a problem
Why should I be afraid of Jiuhua Longyi?

If I were afraid, I wouldn't have slipped away from Tokyo again and again.

If you continue to be afraid of him, you will never succeed in your life.

As for the uncle
There was nothing wrong between me and the uncle. Even if I did like him, he had never done anything to me. What was there to be afraid of?
Even if my father found the school, it would still be slander!

Talking without proof!

What are you afraid of?
There is no need to be afraid!
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Jiuhuayue breathed slowly and forced herself to calm down.

是 的
Jiuhuayue, you have to be strong.

Only if you are strong can you be prepared to face everything.

After realizing all this, Jiuhuayue gradually calmed down.

But, I am calm.

She looked at the empty living room in front of her, and felt lonely. The uncle didn't come home last night.
I waited for him all night, but he didn't come back.

I've had this feeling before.

After living alone for a long time, it seems that you are the only one in the world who truly cares about and notices you.

Life doesn't feel real.

The spirit has no support.

She also knew how to relieve this emotion.

That's finding someone to chat with.
But in the past, she had almost no classmates at school who could communicate with her.

Uncle is not at home either.
In fact, when she first came to Otaru from Tokyo, she couldn't find any friends at all.

The reason why everyone distanced themselves from her was very simple.

She is too tall, too pretty, and a transfer student.
Most importantly, Jiu Huayue herself discovered that she had no common topics with everyone and she had no idea what they were talking about.

Even for computers and smartphones that everyone can use, she still had to learn how to use them and how to type.

But even after she learned it, she still couldn't find any common topics with everyone.

She had heard classmates talking about her—

"Jiuhuayue? Ah, the new transfer student, right? I can tell at first glance that she's not the type to talk to. We're not targeting her, but I just feel like we're not the same type of people at all, haha~ We can't really talk to each other, right?"

If you say something like this, you will get the approval of countless people in the class.

Over time, everyone thought so, and Jiuhuayue herself no longer had any desire to make friends.

She had to go home after school and stay alone in this big, dull house where all the furniture was covered with white cloth. She watched TV alone, listened to music alone, or lay on the sofa, wrapped in a quilt and entertained herself with music.

At the same time, she has to face the pressure from her family.

If we were to say when this mood took a turn for the better, it would be when the sloppy uncle moved into his house, right?

Someone to talk to.

Although the uncle's words were annoying at the beginning, and he caught a cold for no apparent reason and I had to take care of him myself. But later on -

As Jiuhuayue thought about the past, she began to miss her uncle a little.

She took out her cell phone, opened Line, found Fujii Itsuki's username among her contacts, which numbered only "2", and typed a message to him word by word.

[Is the uncle awake?]
[Why didn’t you go home yesterday? Are you okay?]
[You were not here tonight. I missed you a lot. Yesterday I cooked two meals, waiting for you to come back. But you didn’t come home even after waiting for a long time. So I had dinner alone.]
Jiuhuayue typed slowly, one word at a time, and typed out a long string of words.

[How about you reply to this message if you see it?]
Unfortunately
Even though I squatted in the corner and stared at the screen for more than ten minutes, the uncle still didn't reply.
Jiu Huayue held her cell phone, looked up, and gazed at the azure blue sky outside through the window glass that they had wiped when they did the spring cleaning together.

The plane departing from New Chitose Airport split the blue sky in two. A long plane cloud was straight in the sky.

She stretched her palm upwards and spread her five fingers. The sunlight shone through the gaps between her fingers, which was very dazzling.

It’s so strange, Jiuhuayue feels that her life at this moment is just like that plane.

Although you are moving towards freedom, you still need something to maintain your motivation.

What the plane needs is oil, what I need is love.

The plane always has fuel, but when will the uncle fall in love with me?
I want to be loved.

Of course, I will also give him more love.

Be good to him.

After being depressed for a while, Jiuhuayue realized that her words were useless.

Jiu Huayue thought that she still had to take action.

After waiting for a few minutes and still not receiving a reply from the uncle, Jiu Huayue encouraged herself and cheered herself up. She changed into clothes for going out, took the bus, and rushed to the supermarket near the commercial street.

As soon as I got off the bus and walked into the city, I suddenly received a message from Line.

Jiu Huayue originally thought it was an uncle and was somewhat happy.

Unexpectedly, when I took it out, I found that it was Rinka Hiiragi who was asking me about my meeting with Jujube Sawa yesterday.

[Yue-chan, You said her sister agreed to help!]
Do you agree to help?

Jiuhuayue felt relieved. Having a senior who could play the trumpet to guide her proved that she was one step closer to returning to the trumpet-playing team.

This is a good thing.

Jiuhuayue replied slowly, word by word, in agreement.

"Thank you, Jushizawa-san, for me. If I meet her in person, I'll say thank you too."

Hiiragi Rinka: [It’s okay, it’s okay! Didn’t Yuzu say she wanted to help Yue-chan when we met yesterday afternoon? She doesn’t object to you liking Mr. Fujii, on the contrary, she approves of it! ]
"Well, but it's okay to just tell Shiroizawa-san about this, right?" Jiuhuayue asked doubtfully.

Hiiragi Rinka: [It's okay. Although Yuzu likes interesting things, likes to play, and is a bit free-spirited, she won't talk nonsense.]
Whatever you want?
When Jiu Huayue saw this word, she couldn't help but think, it would be great if she could do the same.

Not constrained by family members, not threatened by family members.
She typed back slowly again:

"understood."

[Yuzu's sister will ask Xiaoyue to practice together when she has time. The time will probably be next week. Will Xiaoyue be free by then?]
"It's likely to be in the afternoon."

[That’s good. I won’t bother you today, Yue-chan. We can talk again when we have time~]
"Well, let's talk later."

After replying, Jiu Huayue put away her phone and continued walking along the street.

She received a call from her parents today, and her father said some harsh words to her, which made her quite unhappy.

But the good news right now helped her to regain her composure.

She, Jiuhuayue, is not the kind of person who would be easily defeated by difficulties.

She is moving forward with goals and beliefs!

She fully understood that if she just relied on the uncle and used the money he lent her, she would not be liked at all.

To be worthy of being liked and loved, you must first be independent.

Financial independence is the first key.

For this reason, she specifically found a job outside, hoping to earn money on her own and have the material conditions for living on her own.

When I have a chance to make a lot of money in the future, I will have the chance to give it to my uncle to spend.
The uncle has to take care of the welfare home and needs money during the holidays.

He has no savings at all.

If I get sick in the future, the cost of treatment will be a problem.

Um.
Only if I help him save this money, his life will be secure and happy in the future.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Jiuhuayue arrived at a large chain supermarket near Otaru shopping street.

This is where she found her job.

The job description was what she had told the uncle about that night: being a salesperson, selling shredded squid.

When she arrived here, she first went to the staff room and changed into her work uniform.

The supervisor is a very strict middle-aged man. The first thing supermarket employees do when they get to work is to recite various regulations about the supermarket and the rules that strictly prohibit employees from stealing or taking anything.

"When it comes to sales, you need to show your passion for sales! Do you understand?!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Jiu Huayue also stood up straight in the team and agreed in a slightly childish voice. However, compared to these people, she was the tallest in the team.

Most of Jiu Huayue’s fellow salespeople are older young men, college students, and a few housewives.

Although everyone is a salesperson, they are responsible for different areas and sell different items.

Today is the weekend, so there are a lot of customers.

After giving orders to other colleagues, the supervisor came to Jiu Huayue, closed his eyes, and ordered:
"As for you, Jiuhua, right? Today's mission is to sell 200 items. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"You are a high school student. It's not easy to work, so I won't make it difficult for you. But you also have to understand that the more you sell, the more commission you get. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"Well, remember to smile when facing the guests. Even if you can't smile, you have to force a smile for me!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)