Chapter 129 Jiuhua Longyi's Abacus

Fujii Itsuki couldn't sleep at night. Around three or four o'clock, he would close his eyes for a while and then start tossing and turning.

He also had nightmares.

I dreamed that I lost my job, that Jiuhua was taken back to Tokyo by her parents, that Xinchun no longer contacted me, that Chitose didn't love me, that the director had a sudden high blood pressure, and that the welfare home closed down.
It was like... everything was gone in an instant.

After being awakened once or twice in the middle of the night, Fujii Itsuki lost all desire to sleep.

"What are these dreams?"

He propped himself up, got off the bed, and opened the window of the ward.

The wind blew in.

Otaru is a coastal city close to the sea.

The municipal hospital is also near Linhai.

Fortunately, the night wind was still quite fresh. After standing by the window for a while, Fujii Itsuki felt much better.

He was thinking about the nightmare he just had.

Do these things represent things that you don’t want to happen deep down in your heart?

Perhaps life after returning to Otaru is too fulfilling.

Fujii Itsuki had somewhat forgotten what it was like to be in Tokyo.

A cramped rental house.

The work of oppression.

A life with no end in sight.

Apart from sending some money to the welfare home every month, he didn't know what to look forward to in life.

When I am busy and tired every day, my favorite thing to do is to light a cigarette by the window, and look at the bustling streets of Tokyo through the window which is less than 30 centimeters wide, and the bright lights and endless stream of people and vehicles in the city of Tokyo.

Even though I know that I don't like being alone and want someone to talk to me, watch movies with me, and eat delicious food with me, it is still difficult to move forward, and I keep feeling uncomfortable.

Until I left Tokyo and returned to Otaru and met everyone.

Jiuhuayue: [Uncle, I can’t sleep.]
Perhaps it was a telepathic connection, or perhaps it was a coincidence, Jiu Huayue sent him a text message at this time.

Fujii Itsuki smiled, picked up the phone and replied: "What's wrong?"

Jiuhuayue: [Uncle, you are still awake? It’s already four in the morning!]
Fujii Itsuki: "No. I know you type slowly, why don't you use voice and we can talk slowly."

Jiuhuayue: [voice].

After seeing the new message, Fujii Itsuki turned up the volume on his phone and clicked on Xiao Jiuhua's voice message.

Her voice is very nice, like a bird's.

I don’t know if she was suffocating in the quilt or was too sleepy to have any energy, but her voice was still a little delicate.

Jiuhuayue: [I want to find you.]
This is too ambiguous.

Fujii Itsuki: "You are at home now, right? Your parents are watching you, so it's not appropriate for you to come out."

Jiuhuayue: [I'm in a hotel outside, I can come out anytime.]
Jiu Huayue: [I don’t want to go back to that house where they are. Uncle, if you are not here, I don’t want to go back to that house]
this
Even through the phone screen, Fujii Itsuki could see that Xiao Jiuhua was becoming more and more dependent on him.

Fujii Itsuki: "Girl, don't take me too seriously."

Jiuhuayue: [Who else can I look up to?]
Fujii Itsuki: "Yourself."

Jiuhuayue: [Not at all.]
Fujii Itsuki: "I'm serious, Kouka-chan."

Jiuhuayue: [But after I came to Otaru, I always valued my own ideas and always followed my own ideas, but no one supported me, and no one agreed with my ideas. I felt very uncomfortable.]
Fujii Itsuki: "I am not supporting you?"

Jiu Huayue: [So, why can't I take you seriously, uncle?]
Fujii Itsuki: “.”

I've been tricked.

Jiuhuayue actually got around to come back.

Is she too smart and doing it on purpose, or is this her true feeling?

Jiuhuayue: [I really want to ask you a question. Can you answer me?]
Fujii Itsuki: “Ask.”

Jiuhuayue: [Uncle, I left Otaru. Will you miss me?]
This is really a——

Heavy question.

Fujii Itsuki didn't know how to answer for a moment.

If I answered her this question, does it mean that I gave her an unrealistic expectation?

But if I don't answer her.

How will she face her life in Tokyo in the future?

Through the screen, Fujii Itsuki couldn't see Jiuhua's expression.

But through Xiao Jiuhua's question, he could imagine what Jiuhua's situation was like on the other side——

A little girl, huddled in an unfamiliar hotel room, holding her cell phone, typed the most serious words at a slow pace, sending this message to herself with the most expectant eyes, the most fearful and nervous mind.

How should I reply to her?
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Fujii Itsuki pondered for a moment and figured it out.

Hesitation is a sign of irresponsibility.

I have done so much for Xiao Jiuhua, and she has done so much for me. She regards me as her best friend, so why can't I live up to her expectations?
Fujii Itsuki was about to reply, but he didn't expect Jiuhuayue to send another message.

[I think I’m a little too anxious! I’ll answer you later!]
The conversation ends here.

Jiuhuayue never sent another message.

Fujii Itsuki also put down his phone.

He suddenly realized that there was still a small gap between him and Jiuhuayue.
This gap puts him and her in a state of being close but not yet close.

The feeling is different from Tongxinchun.

It is somewhat similar to Qiansui.

But Qiansui still wants to be closer to me.

At least Qiansui can curl up in his arms without restraint and call Shu brother.

Whenever she is sad, she will come to me and ask me to hug her.

Jiuhua is not like this.

Fujii Itsuki probably knew what this feeling was.

It was the same feeling as before I eloped with Chitose to Tokyo.

They are not prepared to bear the other person's emotions.

Around seven in the morning, Fujii Itsuki got up, signed at the hospital counter, and completed the discharge procedures around seven-forty.

I made a phone call to Jiu Huayue and they agreed to meet at the station.

Jiuhua Longyi wants to talk to him today.

On the bus.

When Fujii Itsuki saw the gauze on Jiuhuayue's face, he felt both distressed and a little funny.

"What are you laughing at!" Jiu Huayue pouted, "Uncle, you too!"

"It's okay. I'm just a little curious. What can your father say to me? Jiuhua, do you know?"

"I don't know."

"Nine flowers."

"Yeah! I'm not sad. And uncle, won't you feel sad if I leave?"

"Not sad."

"." Jiuhuayue lowered her head and held the handrail of the bus tightly.

"It's just a joke, Xiao Jiuhua, do you want to hear my answer to your question?"

Jiuhuayue looked at Fujii Itsuki. She obviously wanted to listen, but then she lowered her head and said weakly, "No, let's not do that."

"Fear?"

"Yeah, so scary."

"Isn't Jiuhuayue fearless?"

Jiuhua Yue only looked at Fujii Itsuki's face for a second or two, then turned around and lowered her head. "But what if I say that I have always been standing in your shoes and will answer what you want to hear?"

Jiuhuayue raised her face instantly and looked at Fujii Itsuki again.

Fujii Itsuki smiled.

"Uncle, are you really——"

Jiu Huayue's words were interrupted, and the bus happened to arrive at the station and the door opened.

"Well, forget it. I'll answer you later."

Fujii Itsuki got out of the car and Jiuhuayue hurriedly followed him.

"Uncle!" she was very anxious.

"Don't be impatient, Jiuhua, didn't you say that I can answer you later?"

"But uncle, what you said just now——!"

"Go talk to your father first and see what he has to say."

Because Jiuhuayue called Jiuhua Longyi in advance, he and Jiuhuayue went straight into the house.

Jiuhua Longyi was in the study, and Jiuhua Yue was pulled aside by her mother.

Fujii Itsuki meets with Kuka Ryuichi alone.

As soon as he saw Jiuhua Ryuichi, Fujii Itsuki felt that he was so pitiful.

His originally serious and handsome face was now covered in bruises and swollen like a bear. His hand was hanging on his chest, as if he had a broken bone and was in a cast.

This guy was obviously still sulking, with his brows drooped and his eyes closed.

"Laugh if you want to. It's up to you."

"Oh, I'm not that stingy."

Fujii Itsuki pulled over the study bench and sat down.

"Tell me what you want to talk about."

Seeing Fujii Tree's decisiveness, Jiuhua Long didn't waste any words and said directly: "I pulled you here this time mainly to talk to you about Xiaoyue's matter."

"What's there to say?"

Jiuhua Longyi ignored him and continued to speak:

"I had already planned to put you in jail for a year, but Xiaoyue suddenly came back to find us and said she was willing to go back to Tokyo with us. Do you know what this means?"

"." Fujii Itsuki waited and watched for a while without replying.

"This means that in this girl's heart, your position is very important, even more important than us as parents."

Fujii Shu couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Jiuhua, where do you think your problem lies?"

"I don't think it was wrong for me to hit her. You are her teacher, and you hit her when she was being beaten. It's just the drawbridge effect."

"If you still think so, then I can only agree!"

Jiuhua Longyi shook his head: "Jiuhua Family is Jiuhua Family. Although it has declined much more than before, it is still Jiuhua Family. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Old stubborn!" Fujii Itsuki cursed directly, "Why don't you shrink back to your Edo period!"

"Whatever you say," Jiuhua Longyi didn't care, "The inheritance of family glory needs to be guaranteed, and to guarantee this requires strength as a foundation. Xiaoyue is our hope."

"Don't you think it's despicable for you to do this? Let a little girl bear your dreams?"

"Who made her the daughter of the Jiuhua family?"

"Tsk" Fujii Itsuki had nothing to say and didn't want to persuade him anymore.

"For me, getting Xiaoyue back is a victory. Everything else doesn't matter. At the same time, I don't want to provoke her rebellious psychology too much, so I will make certain compromises and let her continue to study in high school in Otaru."

"What about the time? How do you plan it? You don't seem to be worried about her staying here for too long."

"Worry?"

Jiuhua Longyi sneered, "What are you worried about? Having seen better things and enjoyed better things, you naturally can't leave better things."

Fujii Itsuki agreed with this point.

It is often said that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

If you have experienced good things, it will be difficult to accept worse conditions.

Fujii Itsuki only hopes that Jiuhua will not be kidnapped by her parents and can live everything she wants.

"When Jiuhua becomes more experienced, her connections and status will increase as she stays in the Takarazuka. She will naturally understand everything her mother and I have done for her."

"I hope so, but I don't think she'll ever forget the sight of you beating her."

"Who hasn't been scolded by their parents in the past?"

When Fujii Itsuki heard this, he shook his head secretly.

"This month, Xiaoyue will stay in Tokyo. If it happens to be the rehearsal period for Takarazuka, she has promised to return to Tokyo."

Fujii Itsuki: "So, Mr. Jiuhua, you came to talk to me alone just for this?"

"It's just for these. I don't want to offend you."

"Because of Matsumae?"

Jiuhua Longyi didn't say anything.

"It seems so. But you don't have to worry about it. The relationship between me and the Matsumae family is just like that."

It's obvious that this guy is telling lies.

This young teacher named Fujii has a close relationship with the Matsumae family.

The old guy Nagayama Sakura even came to find me and talked to me.

This guy was just noticed by Yoshiko Matsumae and a bunch of old guys from the Matsumae family a while ago.

This is the Matsumae family!

If I had not failed in my attempt to get close to them, I would not have gone to Tokyo to develop.

It seems that this guy was chosen to be Matsumae Shinharu's son-in-law.

It is said that the fate is compatible and can bring great wealth to the Matsumae family.

Jiuhua Longyi even thought about it.

Why not just let your daughter stay with him, and learn from Matsumae and Jiuhua before, and let Xiaoyue be this guy's concubine.
In this way, the Jiuhua family will be able to find a way to reconnect Jiuhua and Matsumae after the death of Matsumae Kitahiro - that is, after the death of her brother-in-law.
Anyway, Xiaoyue is very beautiful.

To use the old saying, it was stunningly beautiful.

As long as Xiaoyue keeps whispering in this guy's ear, nothing will be impossible for him as the head of the Matsumae family in the future.

Given the past relationship between Matsumae Shinharu and her daughter, it is highly likely that Matsumae Shinharu will not say anything.

but
It's a good idea to do this, but no one would put all their eggs in one nest.

We also need to keep up with the pace in Tokyo Takarazuka.

Maybe Xiaoyue's opportunity will come to her accidentally?

Moreover, in modern times, things like having a concubine cannot be spoken of openly.

It would be nice to let Xiaoyue go back to Tokyo and continue rehearsing and performing at Takarazuka for a while.

Of course, the prerequisite is that this guy must not discover our purpose.

But there is no need to worry too much. This guy who is said to have received modern education would never think that he would agree to let his daughter become his concubine.

Not to mention that I still have conflicts with him and I have to take Xiaoyue away.
"I can continue to let you rent this house for free."

"Mr. Jiuhua, you're not going to do that? You just want to rely on the Matsumae family. I beat you up, and you're just going to let it go?"

"I'm always straightforward, it's that simple. As for you beating me up, you're not much better. It's a give and take, so how can you say you're at a disadvantage?"

Fujii Itsuki was thinking, but he couldn't figure out the deep meaning of Jiuhua Longyi's gesture. "Then I have to make it clear in advance. Don't expect me to communicate with the Matsumae family on your behalf."

Jiuhua Longyi: "It's okay."

This guy--!
It's really strange!
After all, this middle-aged man is the head of the Jiuhua family.

After all, they were a famous family in the past. How come they are not angry after being beaten by me?

(End of this chapter)