Chapter 143 Fujii Itsuki's Weakness
A letter from Xiao Jiuhua?
Before officially checking the contents, Fujii Itsuki took a special look at Hiiragi Rinka.

The two are good friends, and judging from their expressions, Rinka knows about this matter.

Does Rinka know that Jiuhua likes her a little and even kissed her?
Most likely you don’t know.

Fujii Itsuki opened the envelope.

He took out the papers inside and found a ticket inside.

Fujii Itsuki held the ticket in front of him and examined it.

"Takarazuka Revue?"

Why is it a ticket for this place?

A handwritten letter with a girl's fragrance was tucked under the ticket.

The handwriting is beautiful and neat.

A girl's handwritten letter always makes people want to read it. Fujii Itsuki prepared to read it all in one go, but after opening it, there was only one eye-catching sentence -

[I will wait for you, uncle].

"."

wait for me?
Fujii Itsuki repeated these words in his heart.

Perhaps it was because Jiuhua's handwriting was so beautiful. Through the words "waiting for you", Fujii Itsuki imagined what she looked like when she wrote this letter.

Maybe it's anticipation, but also a little bit of fear.

She was afraid that she would forget her.
I don't miss her at all.

"Xiaoyue." Hiiragi Rinka shyly twisted her hands in front of her skirt, "Xiaoyue said that this is her first official performance after becoming the head of the Moon Group, and she hopes that Mr. Fujii can go to see her performance."

"See one of her performances?"

"Well if Fujii-sensei isn't going, there's no need to reply to Satsuki that she'll be keeping an eye on the audience seats on the ticket until the show officially starts."

"."

This scene makes people feel quite heavy when they think about it.

Fujii Itsuki put down the letter and ticket in his hand, and focused his eyes on Hiiragi Rinka's blushing face again, "Hiragi-san, have you met her?"

"No, no."

"Then this letter——"

"This letter was mailed by Xiaoyue. She also called me. I received and passed it on for her."

"What else did she say to you?"

"No, nothing else."

Hiiragi Rinka quickly shook her head. Fujii Itsuki thought that this child was a little afraid of him. What was she afraid of? He would not eat her.

"Well, then, Mr. Fujii! I'll take my leave now."

"Yeah, go ahead. Wait! How was ensemble practice today?"

“This.”

"Don't be afraid, Hiiragi-san, you have a good foundation, but you've been a little distracted lately, and you often make mistakes with the bass part. You should also concentrate when you practice, okay?"

Fujii Itsuki's voice was so gentle that a little girl like Hiiragi Rinka felt extremely embarrassed after hearing it.

In fact, like other girls in the class, she always thought that Mr. Fujii, who wore glasses, was handsome, intellectual and artistic.

His words were so gentle
Rinka Hiiragi felt her heart pounding, and she began to understand why Satsuki liked Teacher Fujii.

"Sorry! I-I'll take my leave now!"

The girl hurriedly bent down to apologize, and then hurriedly said goodbye.

This made Fujii Juku stand there in a daze for a long time.

You're not that scared of yourself, are you?

Fujii Itsuki shook his head, took Jiuhua's letter, and started walking towards the hotel restaurant. His attention was on the letter and ticket that Jiuhua gave him.

The tickets are undoubtedly tickets for the Takarazuka Opera House.

The address is in Takarazuka Grand Theater, Chiyoda Ward, where the wind orchestra had been before.

But didn’t he remember that Jiuhua hated performing on stage?

This trip back to Tokyo was just a temporary compromise with her parents in order to get Jiuhua Longyi to withdraw the lawsuit.
If that’s the case, why did Jiuhua invite me to watch her performance?
Still so formal.
What does Jiuhua want to do?
Or did she just miss me and simply wanted to see me?
Fujii Itsuki walked to the front of the dining hall without figuring out what Jiuhua was thinking.

At this moment, Yang Kui Chitose just happened to run over happily.

She was very happy today. When she saw me, she ran like a little girl, and had to jump over the threshold before coming to me.

"Be careful, or you might fall."

"Aho~ Shu-ge——Teacher Fujii! Good evening, Teacher Fujii!"

"Well, what's up? Why are you so happy today?"

"Hehe~ What do you think, Mr. Fujii?"

Fujii Itsuki put a fist to his mouth, "I don't understand what you are talking about, Yang Kui-san."

Yang Kui Chitose carefully looked around, and when she noticed that no one was around, she covered her mouth with her hand and whispered to Fujii Itsuki:

"Brother Shu is so hypocritical~"

".Where are my pants this morning?"

"I took it back and washed it~"

".Did you change it for me this morning?"

"Mmmmmmm!"

Yang Kui Chitose nodded like a rattle.

She was very happy, but also had the kind of shyness that was difficult to express like an ordinary high school girl.

But compared to other girls, Chitose is more lively.

Being lively also symbolizes a certain bravery and the ability to joke.

"Speaking of which, Brother Shu was so powerful this morning! Chitose was so scared when he saw him! He didn't dare to look at him at all!"

If he still had tea in his mouth, Fujii Itsuki would definitely spit it all over Chitose's face.

This girl, how dare she say this?

Fortunately, there was no one around at the moment, and the two of them stood next to a small bamboo forest in the hotel courtyard.

Fujii Itsuki didn't have the time to joke with this girl, so he just gave her a slap on the face.

"Oh, I was wrong! Wrong!"

".You still know you're wrong?"

"I'm thinking that I'll take care of Brother Tree like this in the future."

"There is no more chance."

"No next time? Ah?! No, no! Brother Shu, this is not okay! I don't want to!"

"No means no."

Fujii Itsuki spoke in a serious tone, and Yang Kui Chitose pouted.

She really liked the atmosphere last night
"What was Brother Shu thinking about just now?"

"Well," Fujii Itsuki looked around, feeling a little guilty, and lowered his voice to his sister, "Chitose, if you have anything to say, can we talk in private? There are so many people around right now, I can't say too much to you."

"Oh, I see. I'll go find Xinchun then!"

"Well, let's go."

Fujii Itsuki watched as Chitose Haruki's back disappeared in the courtyard at dusk.

When Chitose left, Fujii Itsuki felt a sense of relief.

Why do I have this kind of mentality?
"Chitose has been very happy today, what happened?"

Facing the dusk, Akai Muzi walked over.

"Maybe the kid feels like he got what he wanted?"

Akagi Muzi left and looked at Fujii Itsuki's face, a little bit unbelievable, ".You promised her?"

"That's it."

"." Akagi Muzi stared at Fujii Itsuki's profile and suddenly fell silent. She lowered her head and cast her eyes down.

Fujii Itsuki is not the kind of person who knows nothing.

He could feel that Muzi had changed significantly after he said this.

"Feeling sad?"

Akai Muzi smiled and said, "If I tell you that I'm really sad, will you feel sorry for me?"

"meeting."

"Is this true? You are so sentimental~"

"Yes, I will, but I can only do my best. I won't give you too much of what you want."

Akai Muzi smiled again: "It's better to have something than nothing. Let's go and eat first! I'm exhausted after a long day and I'm starving!"

"Well, let's eat."

Fujii Itsuki stared at the smile she maintained and responded to her.

Both are adults.

Muzi doesn't have the temper of a little girl at all.

Even though she knew she was rejected by herself, she still maintained the same mood as usual.

Muzi didn't do this to make things awkward between the two of them.

She was deliberately trying to adjust the atmosphere.

As for whether Muzi would be sad when she was alone because she promised Qiansui but he rejected her, it is unknown.

Today's buffet ingredients have changed to seafood and lobster.

Knowing that Fujii Itsuki couldn't eat too much food containing purine, Muzi took the initiative to bring some more vegetables and put them on the tray to grill.

Fujii Itsuki noticed this and brought some beef over, grilled it himself, and then put it into Akai Muko's bowl.

"Hmm?" Akagi Muzi stared at the meat in the bowl and looked up, "Ashu, is this an equal exchange for me?"

Fujii Itsuki: "What kind of exchange is this? Isn't this the care I just mentioned to you?"

Akai Muzi poked at the beef in the bowl and smiled with relief:
"Sometimes I really think you are despicable, Shu."

"mean?"

".It always reminds me of the way you protected me."

"that matter?."

"That time with Ishikawa."

"Oh, that time with Ishikawa." Fujii Itsuki remembered.

Akai Muzi lowered her voice and said while recalling:
"I accidentally offended Ishikawa's group that time, and they sent some boys they knew outside the school to harass me. Eight or nine of them blocked me against the wall. Of course, I was not afraid of them. When they came over and tried to pull off my clothes, I punched them in the face."

While eating the barbecue grilled by Fujii Itsuki for her, Akai Muzi's smile was filled with memories.

"The result was naturally that I was cornered and beaten, and threatened. I had planned to bow down to Ishikawa and the others from now on, but I didn't expect you, Shu, to come.

"Ashu, you were going home after finishing club activities at night, and when you saw me being bullied, you immediately threw your schoolbag at the other person's face, yelled - 'Asshole! Look at me!', and then rushed over."

They did rush forward, but after all, there were nearly ten people on the other side.

Fujii Itsuki: "Then we were both beaten up by those guys, but we saved our dignity. Later, you treated me to a barbecue, right?"

"Ashu, you remember it quite clearly!" Akai Muzi looked up.

Fujii Itsuki smiled and said, "Of course. This is the first time someone has invited me to eat barbecue. At least it lets me know that helping classmates is not without reward. My beating and help were not in vain."

Akai Muzi stirred the bowl with chopsticks:
"The clearest memory I have of this incident is that I invited you to eat barbecue, and you took the initiative to put a piece of meat in my bowl and said to me, 'You are a girl, eat more, your face cannot grow without nutrition'.
"Hey, Shu, do you know? I was bullied by that group of people for most of the day, and my face hurt for a long time. But you gave me a piece of meat and showed concern for me, saying that I was a 'girl'. I was so touched."

"Now that I think about it?"

“Still moved.”

"Is it?"

"Um"

The table for the two of them fell into silence again.

Fujii Shu knew that Muzi was telling him that she was reluctant to part with him through their memories.
That's how adults talk in a roundabout way.

But what can be done?

Fujii Itsuki did not agree to Mu Zi's reason for reconciliation. After all, he still had Chitose to get into his heart.

Fujii Itsuki took the initiative to change the subject.

"Jiuhua wrote to me."

".Your little friend wrote to you?"

"Ah."

Akai Muzi laughed, "What do you think of her?"

"Jiuhua, I feel bad."

"Because of her experience?"

"What makes me even more distressed is that there is no one around her to support her. Xinchun is quite suitable for this person, but the things between Jiuhua and the Matsumae family are too complicated for me to explain clearly."

Akai Muzi took a bite of vegetables and said, "It's hard to do it alone, right?"

"Yes," Fujii Itsuki replied, "Kuhua invited me to her performance in her letter. Do you think I should go?"

".What do you think?"

"I'll still go."

Akai Muzi: "Reason?"

"I have already stated the reason. I asked Muzi what you think, and I also want to ask you what you think about Jiuhua."

Since Muzi was not aware of Jiuhua's experience, Fujii Itsuki specifically told her Jiuhua's story.

"Shu, you said you felt sorry for Jiuhua, so that's why you felt you had to go see her performance?"

"Yes."

Fujii Itsuki thought that Akai could have an expression of understanding.

But unexpectedly, after hearing this story, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Muzi?"

Of course, this state only lasts for a moment.

Fujii Itsuki had no idea what Muzi was thinking at this moment, but he could see that Muzi no longer had the kind of heartfelt sadness he had before.

"Nothing, just figured out some things. As for why your little friend hated performing at Takarazuka so much but still invited you to see her, it's probably because she wanted you to get to know her better."

"." Fujii Itsuki put down his chopsticks and fell into deep thought.

"For Jiuhua, Takarazuka is her past, and it is also a past that she has to face. From the story you told, Shu is now Jiuhua's spiritual support. She hopes that you can understand her better. She also wants to know whether the acting skills she has practiced for so many years are really effective.
"Of course, this is just my personal guess, you can just use it as a reference."

What Akai Muzi said makes sense.

Jiuhua is a child that reveals loneliness everywhere.

Whether at school or at home
She will be extremely happy if you just share with her something she likes.

Fujii Itsuki still can't forget the way she secretly wiped away tears when I gave her a New Year's gift
Uncle, what do you want for breakfast?
Uncle, do you like the dinner I made today?
Uncle, am I useless? I lost to Chitose.
I don't want to go back to Tokyo.
All kinds of memories emerged, and Fujii Itsuki's heart was filled with emotion.

Akai Muzi saw Fujii Itsuki's dilemma and smiled:
"Are you planning on visiting your little friend tomorrow?"

Fujii Itsuki sighed: "I will definitely go. After all, I have already made the decision, but the wind band——"

"It's okay, I'll take care of the orchestra! Just go ahead and don't worry."

"Muzi?"

"Ok?"

“Why are you so supportive of me?”

"Haha, it's nothing, nothing, I just found a small weakness. I'm just very happy, that's all."

"weakness.?"

(End of this chapter)