Chapter 42 Be your own dream maker

Jiuhuayue changed her clothes in no time, and walked down the stairs, stroking her blue hair.

She reached her hands behind her head and tied her long, dark hair into a ponytail. Then she took off the blue hair band that was holding her mouth and hung it high behind her head.

There are two tufts of hair hanging beside the girl's pretty face. She has bright eyes, a straight nose, and regular and soft facial features.

The girl was wearing a white trendy windbreaker, black overalls, and blue outdoor sports shoes.

In fact, Fujii Itsuki had seen Jiuhuayue dressed in a masculine style more than once, but none of them could compare to the temperament he saw this time.

She is tall. How should I describe this outfit?
Yes, very heroic.

If her outfit of red shawl and little white dress highlights her beauty and cuteness as a girl, then this outfit highlights her uniqueness and decisiveness as a young girl.

For the first time, Fujii Itsuki felt from her a different style of charm that was unique to a young girl.

".Uncle?"

"Jiuhua, do you often dress like this? In men's clothes?"

"Yes, I am also a model, so I have to try different styles of clothing. Men's clothing is also suitable for me," Jiu Huayue said here, and her voice suddenly became a little lower. "By the way, uncle, have you read VIVI in the bookstore?"

“I haven’t had a chance to see it yet.”

"All right."

How beautiful is Jiuhuayue?
Let’s just say that when Fujii Itsuki took her to take the bus, everyone, whether male or female, young or middle-aged, would subconsciously look at her.

Men don't mind her dressing like this, but women look at her the most. They can't take their eyes off her and even try to peek.

Among them, two girls of similar age got on the bus. After seeing her, their cheeks even turned red. Then they buried their heads in the canvas bags in their hands and whispered something to each other.

Fujii Itsuki roughly heard one of them comment "so handsome" and another one comment "so beautiful".

Although they all praised, there was no unanimous opinion.

Jiu Huayue does give people the temperament of a handsome guy, but her face and facial features make people recognize that she is a girl.

Fujii Itsuki didn't know where Jiuhuayue's heroic spirit came from, but today, like those two girls, he was a little unsure whether to praise Jiuhuayue as "handsome" or "beautiful".

Maybe "handsome" is a better word?

Next, go to the agreed location and meet Akai Muzi.

"Fujii, this person is——"

Akai Muzi saw Jiuhuayue following Fujii Itsuki.

She was just like the dozens of women on the bus just now. She was stunned.

It took a moment to come back to my senses.

As an experienced adult woman who had studied in the United States for seven years, she didn't believe in love at first sight. But the moment she saw Jiu Huayue, she clearly felt her heart and breathing, and they subconsciously stopped for two seconds.

Even though this feeling was fleeting in her heart, Akai Muzi still remembered her uniqueness in an instant.

This child is extremely beautiful.

Fujii Itsuki introduced the two to each other, "Akai, this is Jiuhua Yue, who is now my landlord and also my good friend. Jiuhua, this is Akai Muzi, my high school classmate, who just came back from studying in the United States. Like me, she officially joined Tachibana Kita today. We are both responsible for teaching first graders, and she will be your future English teachers."

After hearing Fujii Itsuki call her a good friend, Jiuhuayue smiled beautifully, "Hello, Mr. Akai."

do not!
Don't laugh!
Akai Muzi felt like she almost went back to high school, the age when she would be attracted to handsome boys.

She quickly put away the emotion.

"Hello, but if you call me Akai-sister when we're out in public, I'd be happier."

"Sister Akai." Jiuhuayue immediately changed her words.

"I was very interested when I saw you. I'd like to ask you a question. Jiuhua, how come your eyes are purple? Are you wearing colored contact lenses?"

"Well, it's innate. It's not inherited from my mother. My mother has normal eyes. The doctor said it's a recessive gene. My ancestors have foreign blood."

Akai couldn't help but sigh, "That's really rare, so beautiful."

"Thank you Akai-nee-san for saying that."

After a brief acquaintance, the few continued to take public transportation to the next destination.

On the bus, Akai Muzi secretly pulled Fujii Itsuki's clothes and asked him quietly:

"Hey, where did you get kidnapped from?"

"what?"

"No matter how you look at it, Jiuhua is unusually beautiful. I wanted to pick her up the first time I saw her. You said she is your landlord and your friend. Do you really treat her as your friend, your girlfriend?"

Fujii Itsuki rolled his eyes at his old classmate and said, "I don't know what you are thinking about. Friends are friends in the literal sense."

"You're friends with a girl who's 10 years younger than you?"

"Why, it can't be done?"

"Fujii, I don't think you would casually approach a child of this age, let alone someone of the opposite sex who is so pretty."

Fujii Itsuki sighed, "It was by chance that I met her. At first I didn't like her very much. She was stubborn and thorny. She could hurt anyone she spoke to. The only thing about her was that she was pretty."

"Now.?"

"Now I have a very good impression of her. She is indeed a good kid, but she is a little lonely inside. She just transferred to this school and doesn't have many friends at school. She is a little isolated by her classmates. She likes to share her favorite songs with me. I think it's quite interesting. There's nothing wrong with accompanying her and being her friend, so I agreed."

Akai Muzi nodded in agreement: "It is indeed easy for beautiful women to be isolated, let alone someone as unique as Jiuhua. But Fujii, don't be attracted to Jiuhua by mistake. I have been in the United States for so many years and have seen so many people, but this is the first time I use this word to evaluate a person's beauty."

"What word?"

"Terrifying!"

Fujii Itsuki carefully pondered the meaning of this word. What kind of beauty could be described as "terrible" or "scary"?

"Her outfit can only be regarded as a special attack on you women. It is not enough for me."

After looking at Jiuhuayue who was quietly gazing out of the car window, Akai Muzi withdrew her gaze. She really couldn't help it and told Fujii Itsuki what was in her heart.

"Fujii.! She's so beautiful!"

Fujii Itsuki recalled the first time he met Jiuhuayue and expressed his agreement, "I understand."

*
Jiuhuayue was curious about where Fujii Itsuki would take her next to move things.

But after taking the bus several times, we first arrived at this place - Otaru Central Unloading Market.

Unloading markets are also known as wholesale markets. These markets offer a wide variety of goods, from food to clothing to household items, etc., which are often much cheaper than general merchants.

Jiuhuayue originally wanted to ask Akai Muzi if she knew what they were doing here, but she seemed unsure about the situation.

"But... New Year's Day is coming soon, and I roughly understand what he is going to do." Akai Muzi looked at Fujii Itsuki's back in front of her, as if she was remembering the past.

".?"

Fujii Itsuki took the two of them into the market, first went to a snack store to wholesale a large amount of snacks, and then went to a toy store to buy dozens of building block toys, as well as coloring cards, puzzles, building blocks and other things suitable for school-age children.

Then there is the bookstore.

A large collection of fairy tale books, comic books, and children's encyclopedias.
Then comes school supplies.

Stationery, notebook, brushes, watercolor paints.
- Arts and crafts materials.

Colored paper, scissors, glue.
——Sports equipment.

Ball, basketball, baseball, skipping rope.
After four or five hours of shopping, I probably bought a whole small truck of things.

"Fujii, you bought a lot this time." Akai sighed.

"I did some statistics in advance and asked about their wishes and New Year's resolutions. I still have some spare money at the moment, so I'll give them as much as I can."

"There are too many things. Did you spend at least 100 million just now?"

"More than that. All together, the cost for more than 120 people is nearly million, not counting the clothes."

"Is it necessary to do all this?" Akai Muzi stared at his profile.

Fujii Itsuki held the cigarette between his fingers and lowered his eyes. "Someone has to do it, right? I always hoped that someone would give me a Kamen Rider, even if it was a broken one."

There was a hint of heartache in Akai Muzi's eyes, "You are still the same as before."

"Just be your own dream maker."

Jiu Huayue followed the two of them the whole time. As she walked along, even the dumbest person could understand who these things were for.

Did you grow up in an orphanage?

The girl stared at Fujii Itsuki's back, and on the one hand, she was touched by what he had just said about Kamen Rider.

On the other hand, she didn't expect the uncle to be so caring.

Finally, of course, it’s new clothes.

"Nine flowers."

"Ah? Yes."

"I have to ask for your opinion on buying clothes. Try to buy something prettier. There are more than 30 children of different ages. You can choose styles for both boys and girls. I have a recent photo of the children and their height information. I'll send it to you via LINE right away. Please help me look at their appearance and try to choose the right ones for them. They will grow faster if they need a larger size. Sorry for the trouble."

"Okay." Jiu Huayue nodded blankly in response to his request.

Shopping for clothes took another hour and a half.

After buying everything, Fujii Itsuki hired a small truck at the market, and together with the two people, the merchant and the driver, moved all the purchased items into the truck, which was then delivered to the Xingyuan Welfare Home by the driver.

After another half an hour of work, the truck driver started the engine and disappeared into the night. Jiu Huayue suddenly felt a sense of wonder. What was loaded in the truck was not goods, but small wishes that were ignored by the whole society and stayed in the corner, right?

How much did the uncle spend?
Including the clothes, it would be at least 150 million.
He grew up in an orphanage. When he grows up, will he still remember the orphanage?
It turns out that what the dean said is true.
Jiuhuayue noticed the love that she didn't see on Fujii Itsuki's face, and thought he was very loyal and grateful.

As a Kyoto University graduate, a teacher, and the orchestra leader during college, Jiu Huayue found herself becoming more and more curious about this good friend.

What kind of person is he?

"Thank you for your hard work, we have to go to the welfare home to unload the goods next."

Fujii Itsuki wanted to give some money to the two who helped him, but Akai Muzi shook her head and refused, "I don't think I'm as great as you, Fujii, but I don't need this. I said I'm here to help you, so I won't accept it."

Jiu Huayue also shook her head, "I don't want it either."

"If you don't want to take it, I'd be embarrassed to have to help me all afternoon. You have to accompany me to the welfare home to unload the goods later. You'll be busy all the time, and you'll have to be there at least by 10 or 11 o'clock."

Akai Muzi smiled and said, "If you feel guilty, then why not just think of it as a favor you owe us. Anyway, we have plenty of time to spend together in the future, and you will have to pay it back sooner or later."

"That's right." Fujii Itsuki took the money and said, "Just consider it as a favor to you. How about we go eat something first? No one has eaten yet."

"No need. Just buy some bread, rice balls or something to fill your stomach. Don't we have to rush back to unload the goods?"

"Then let's do this," Fujii Itsuki looked at Akai, then at Jiuhua, "If you're hungry, buy some bread first, then go to the welfare home and I'll make you a meal. After we're all done, we can have a meal together."

"That's a good idea."

"Do we still want to go to the convenience store?" Fujii asked.

"I don't need to." Akai said.

"Well." Jiu Huayue raised her hand a little embarrassedly, "I still want to buy some bread to eat first. I'm a little hungry."

Fujii Itsuki immediately laughed and said, "I almost forgot, Jiuhua, you have a big appetite."

"Don't say that to me."

The three of them arrived at the Xingyuan Welfare Home at around 9:30.

At this time, the driver had just arrived at the welfare home and had just driven in, but had not yet started unloading the goods.

"Brother Tree!"

Chitose Yangkui, who had been waiting in the welfare home and had agreed to help in advance, smiled happily when she saw Fujii Itsuki approaching the gate.

However, the girl's happiness was short-lived because she discovered that Fujii Itsuki was not alone.

My brother Shu is accompanied by the Nine-flowered Fox and that damn woman!
Why do I see you two everywhere?

When the three people approached, the smile and happiness on Chitose Yangkui's face still did not disappear, and she trotted to Fujii Itsuki.

"Brother Tree!"

"Well, Mr. Nagano agreed to let you come out this time."

"Yes! But he asked Brother Shu to take me home. He was worried that I might run into trouble on the way at night. Are you willing to take me home?"

"Of course, Mr. Nagano's request is correct. You'd better be careful as a girl at night. I'm afraid someone will come and kidnap you, and I will suddenly lose a lovely sister."

"Hehe~ I just like to hear Brother Shu praise me."

Chitose Yangkui smiled, and at the same time, while maintaining her smile, she turned her gaze to the two people behind Fujii Itsuki.

"Jiuka-san, why are Sister Muzi here too?"

"They came to help me and stayed with me the whole afternoon."

"Hey, you spent the whole afternoon with Brother Shu, right? Jiuhua and Muzi have worked so hard!"

The driver opened the cargo hold. At this time, the director came out of the welfare home and saw the huge truck full of goods.

She sighed and faced Fujii Itsuki: "You've been wasting money again, Itsuki. You asked Maejima to come over to help a while ago."

Maejima is the nurse hired by Fujii Itsuki for the welfare home. With the addition of this nurse, the workload of the director and Aunt Keiko is obviously much less.

"That's right, Dean. It's as it should be."

"How's work going?"

"I just joined Tachibana Kita as a formal teacher."

"Jubei, that's great. That place is hard to get into."

"Oh, by the way, Akai is back from America and is also a teacher in Tachibana Kita."

"Akai is back?!" Fujii Hanayo's eyes seemed to light up, "Where is he?"

Akai Muzi then came over to greet Fujii Hanayo, "Dean Hanayo!"

"Come here."

Akai Muzi came closer.

Fujii Hanayo looked at Akai Muzi, nodded, and took her hand, "Well, you've grown up. Why did you come back from America?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I couldn't make it in the United States, so I fled back here."

"Nothing. Didn't Shu come back from Tokyo too? Did you two join Tachibana Kita together?"

"Yes," Akai Muzi nodded, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you on the same day as the interview."

“This is called fate.”

"I think so too."

"Have you ever dated a foreign boyfriend in the United States?"

"No, no," Akai denied hastily, "I'm not interested in these. I'm going there to study abroad, and I don't have time to care about these things."

"Never talked about it once?"

"Yes, there is not much time."

"Then please be more tolerant of my family, Shu. You are from the same hometown and are classmates."

"Dean, Fujii is more mature than me."

"Then we have to support each other. Two people are always better than one, right?"

Akai Muzi smiled, "Haha."

Fujii Itsuki was quite embarrassed. He could clearly understand what the dean meant when he said this to Akai.

Come to think of it, I brought Akai here myself that year and introduced her to the dean as my girlfriend.

The dean also knew that it was she who confessed her love to him.

The dean likes Akai very much, because she doesn't care about Fujii Itsuki's identity as an orphan. The dean always tells her that she is a good girl, hardworking and serious. She also says that many people can't see the shining points in you, but she can.

When I told the dean that I had broken up with her, the dean seemed quite sad for me and comforted me to look forward.

Jiu Huayue didn't hear much from this conversation, she just knew that everyone knew each other in the past.

It seems that Akai knows the uncle very well. Did they have a good relationship in the past?
Jiuhuayue wanted to know more about her good friend, so she was thinking whether she should ask Sister Akai alone about the uncle's past and experiences. It would be best if it was things from high school, and his other hobbies and habits besides coffee and flowers.

Well, that's what we should do.

While thinking this, Jiuhuayue stood behind Yang Kui Qiansui. Why did she seem to see her right hand clenched into a fist? And was she still shaking?

The lights in the main building of the welfare home were dim, and it was a bit blurry and hard to see clearly. Jiu Huayue looked over again later.
Chitose Yangkui's right hand is stretched out.

Sure enough, it was just her illusion just now, she saw it wrong.

*
Then it’s time to unload.

It is not easy to unload a large truck of goods. The aunts are all resting, and Fujii Itsuki cannot ask the dean to help.

So there were only him, Chitose, Kyuuka, Akai, and the driver, a total of five people who unloaded the goods and moved all the things into the classroom in the welfare home.

Jiuhuayue felt that just a cardboard box containing toys was too heavy, and Yang Kui Chitose was amazing——

It was clearly a large cardboard box of books, much heavier than hers, but Yang Kui picked it up as easily as a high school boy picking up a basketball, then walked quickly, running back and forth between the welfare home classroom and the truck.

The driver handed the box to other people, and everyone else, including Fujii Itsuki, had to sink it first and then lift it up.

The only one who did not do that was Yang Kui. She just lifted it up and turned around and left.

It took five people just over half an hour to deliver a truckload of stuff.

"Brother Shu! I've finished carrying all the things!"

"Yeah, that's great! All thanks to Chitose."

"No, no, everyone contributed. Brother Shu, have you eaten yet?"

"No, no one ate it either."

"Thank you for your hard work," Fujii Hanayo said to everyone at this time, "There are still a lot of vegetables and meat in the kitchen, and there is also a live chicken given to us by the villagers. You helped the welfare home move so many goods, I will go and make dinner for you."

"Don't bother the dean!" Yang Kui Qiansui immediately raised her hand, "I'll do this, I'm good at it!"

Akai Muzi followed up and said, "I'm free anyway, so I'll go help in the kitchen."

When Jiuhua Yue heard that Akai Muzi was also going, she knew this was a good opportunity to ask her good friend about the past alone, so she said:

"I'll go as well."

(End of this chapter)