Chapter 73 Qian Sui's Eloping Journey (Part )
“So big.”

Holding Chitose's slightly trembling hand, Fujii Itsuki could feel the nervousness of his sister beside him.

There are three ways of transportation from Otaru to Tokyo. One is to transfer to Hakodate in Sapporo, take the Hokkaido Shinkansen at Shin-Hakodate Hokuto Station and transfer to the Saikyo Line.

The second option is to take a ferry from Hakodate to Aomori, and then transfer to the Tohoku Shinkansen in Aomori to reach Tokyo.

The third and fastest way is to take a flight from Sapporo's New Chitose Airport directly to Tokyo's Narita International Airport.

Chitose had never been on a plane, and had never even been to Sapporo and seen an airport.

This was the first time she had seen an airplane so close.

"It's such a big place. Is that where the planes take off from? It's so wide. The planes are so big. I don't dare to take one."

"Why not sit here?"

Fujii Itsuki came to her side and placed his hands on her bare shoulders, signaling her to be at ease.

Outside the terminal, another international flight took off with a roar.

It penetrated deep into the sky, splitting the blue sky into two halves. Suddenly, the sun hiding behind the white clouds also emerged.

The bright sunlight shone through the clouds, piercing through the haze in the terminal building layer by layer as it moved forward.

The bustling crowd behind him subconsciously closed his eyes.

Fujii Itsuki was the same. Only Chitose, she was the only one who looked straight ahead with eyes full of longing and sparkling.

"Brother Tree is so beautiful"

"Chitose likes airplanes?"

"Well," Yang Kui Qiansui stretched out his palm towards the sky, "Don't you think flying in the sky is very free, brother Shu?"

'free.'

Fujii Itsuki murmured the word again in his mind, and couldn't help but wonder, does Chitose yearn for freedom so much at this age?
He seemed to have vaguely caught a line.

This is the line that connects him to the girl in front.

"But I still worry about what would happen if I fell down."

"Chitose is afraid of departing from Chitose Airport?" Fujii Itsuki teased.

"This is New Chitose Airport!" the girl replied, "I'm afraid if I fall down, I'll really become New Chitose."

"There's nothing I can do. Pursuing freedom always requires paying something. Besides, even if I fall and turn into mud, isn't it still eloping?"

The word "elopement" seemed to have touched something in the girl's heart. She turned around and looked at Fujii Itsuki stupidly, then laughed:
"Yes! That would make it a story of eloping and committing suicide for love, hehe. It sounds even more romantic this way! Brother Shu is really good at comforting people."

Fujii Itsuki found it interesting, "Chitose, are you saying this in a positive or negative way?"

"It's a compliment! When I heard Brother Shu say the word 'elopement' to me, I felt warm and itchy inside."

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It seems like Chitose has always been like this, right?
Just because I came to see her, she was moved to tears; just because I came to see her, she could swallow all her unhappiness and then smile to herself.

This time I eloped with Chitose, not just because I felt sorry for her.

Fujii Itsuki also wanted to explore some of his inner emotions.

How does the famous saying go?

[The hardest thing to understand in this world is yourself]
"Brother Shu, you may be happy, but I am actually a little scared to follow you out."

"afraid of what?"

“I’m afraid to leave Otaru.”

Chitose Yang Kui rested her right hand on the glass, leaned forward, looked up, and looked at the civilian plane taking off from the airport and splitting the blue sky into two halves.

".Even though Chitose missed me very much, she didn't come to Kyoto or Tokyo to see me during the holidays. Was it because of this?"

"Um"

Is this Chitose's first time in this environment?
She was abandoned in Otaru by her parents when she was young. For the next sixteen years, she seemed to be tied to Otaru and had never been anywhere else.

She has never been out of Hokkaido, and she rarely even goes to Sapporo.

Chitose likes airplanes flying in the sky. I wonder if she was so excited to agree to elope with me because she also had a feeling of wanting to break free from the shackles?

Yearning for the big city.

Longing for scenes that have never been seen.

Someone could accompany her.

"Well now I have a task for Chitose."

"Brother Shu, please tell me!" Yang Kui Qiansui turned around, squinted her eyes and smiled happily.

Fujii Itsuki handed her the phone and said, "I bought two tickets on Spring before. They are about to take off. How about Chitose using this information to pick up the tickets from the check-in counter over there?"

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"Why, are you still scared?"

"Who is scared? I'll go right away."

Chitose Yang Kui ran to the nearby B2 check-in gate with her cell phone and queued up for her ticket.

Because it is an international airport, there are many tourists or people in transit from all over the world.

There were two blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners standing in front of her.

Qiansui was behind them, one or two people away, and didn't dare to get close to them at all.

“Here, here.”

When Qiansui came back, her face was red with embarrassment.

After handing the phone and two plane tickets to Fujii Itsuki, she came to his side without thinking and held his hand.

"Are you still afraid of strangers? Aren't you the most popular person in school? You and Matsumae have become good friends after just two days of knowing each other."

“What? These are all different.”

Chitose Yang Kui stayed beside Fujii Itsuki weakly, holding his hand even tighter.

"Chitose seems to have gone back in time."

Yang Kui Chitose knew what he was talking about, and pinched his index finger with her right palm as if to play a trick, "Then Brother Shu, please take a bath with me today."

"Okay, I'll help you wash it."

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Yang Kui Qiansui's face turned red all of a sudden, but in her heart, she didn't want to give up this opportunity, "Is this true, Brother Shu, don't lie to me."

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"Brother Tree?"

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Fujii Itsuki just smiled, didn't look at her again, and didn't answer.

Yang Kui Chitose was too embarrassed to continue asking, so she just hid herself with her ears reddened and muttered "How annoying!"

The terminal, the airplane, the boarding bridge, the flight attendants, these were all new things that Chitose had never seen before.

An interesting thing happened when I got on the plane.

When entering the cabin, the flight attendant would usually smile and nod to say hello. Most people would go straight into the cabin, but she was so nervous that she gave the flight attendant a big salute in return.

This confused the flight attendant and made the passengers in the aisle laugh.

The silly Qiansui took a few seconds to react. She instantly felt like a child who had never seen the world. She was so embarrassed that she lowered her head and could not raise it again.

“Will everyone think I’m from the countryside?”

"Does Qiansui feel that he is unsophisticated?"

"About?"

"I also came to Tokyo from the countryside. Don't worry Chitose, everyone just thinks you are polite and cute, no one will look down on you. Even if there are such people, isn't my brother by your side?"

“That’s right.”

Yang Kui Chitose glanced at him secretly, wanting him to touch her head.

At 2pm, the plane officially took off. The wheels left the ground, and suddenly a strong upward force pressed Chitose tightly. Amid the roar of the plane engine, she looked out the window, the clouds were getting closer and closer, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and those buildings, the whole of Sapporo, were gradually getting smaller and smaller in her sight.
Only then did she truly feel that she was flying into the sky.

At this moment, her expression and her eyes were filled with sparkling excitement.

“Ah! Is this what it feels like to be in heaven?!”

So high, so vast, so blue.
"Brother Shu! Look, look! It's Otaru! It's so small."

"After all, it's a small city with only 10 people."

“How many people are there in Tokyo?”

"Chitose, you didn't pay attention to the geography teacher's lesson, did you?"

"Hehe! I just listen to Brother Shu carefully. I write down every word he says."

Fujii Itsuki really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "As of the fourth year of Reiwa, 3727 million people, the most populous metropolitan area in the world."

"That's 370 times more! That's going to be so crowded that people will die!"

"It's more than crowded, it's stuffy."

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Fujii Itsuki took a nap on the plane, but Chitose was so excited that she remained energetic and kept taking photos and videos through the small window of the plane.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the two arrived at Narita Airport.

The airport in Hokkaido is not as good as the airports around Tokyo. As soon as she got off the plane, Chitose Yang Aoi was shocked by the flowing crowd.

“So many people!”

The girl sighed, and Fujii Itsuki smiled and said, "We have only just arrived. Let's go to the city. It's still an hour's drive away."

Came to the place where you take a taxi.

When you take the bus in this place, one side of the license plate is green and the other side is white.

As Fujii Itsuki and Chitose approached, the driver of the car with the white license plate rolled down the window and asked him in authentic Chinese: "Tourists? Are you taking the bus?"

Fujii Itsuki replied in Chinese familiarly: "How much is it to Tokyo Station?"

"Thirty thousand."

"How much is it to Tokyo Station?" This time it was in Japanese.

The driver looked at him again and asked the question again in Chinese, "Do you know the rules?"

"Of course, we are friends."

"Thirteen thousand."

Fujii Itsuki pulled Chitose Yangkui into the car.

In the car, Chitose was very curious and asked Fujii Itsuki quietly in the back:

"Brother Shu, aren't those green license plates the taxis from Tokyo? Why did you come here specifically to take this Chinese guy's car?"

Stupid Chitose, if you come to Tokyo alone, I'm afraid that in just two days, all the pocket money you worked so hard to earn would be spent.

"That one is 50,000, this one is 13,000. They're the same distance, but this car is better. Which one do you want to take?"

"Ah? So expensive. Why is there such a big difference?"

“Because it is an illegally operated black car.”

"No, it's okay, right? There won't be any bad guys."

"Black taxis are relative to the government, but for ordinary people, this is the choice of the market. Who said it is five times cheaper? Only those who are stupid would take a taxi. Don't blame us."

The vehicle started, and before leaving, Yang Kui Chitose accidentally caught a glimpse of the eyes of the row of drivers with green license plates.

The eyes of the group of Japanese drivers clearly revealed one emotion - hatred.

".There are so many things to do when taking a bus to Tokyo."

"This is Tokyo, Chitose."

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An hour later, the two got off the train at Tokyo Station.

Along the way, there are verdant paddy fields and small hills rising and falling around the small bungalows, presenting a green rural scenery.

The sky is clear.

Yang Kui Chitose leaned on the car window and watched with great interest.

Her face faces the bright sun and the fresh breeze.

The girl's hair and side bun fluttered in the wind.

As the vehicle passes over the Edogawa River and across the bridge, the tall buildings in the city begin to appear and gradually enter the urban area of ​​Tokyo.

From here, skyscrapers appear one after another in the steel forest, and cars pass through the intricate overpasses.
Chitose was stunned and excited like a country girl who had never seen the world. She shouted Fujii Itsuki and pointed at the towering buildings.

"Brother Shu, look! There are so many buildings! So tall!!"

"I know, I know."

Fujii Itsuki laughed, and the driver in front also laughed.

Everyone will be infected by the vitality of a young girl like Chitose.

What those glass curtain walls seem to reflect is not only the sun's brilliance, but also the prosperity and well-being of the entire city.

Yang Kui Chitose was amazed at the hustle and bustle of traffic on the street under the overpass and the pedestrians surging like a tide.

People meet and interact with each other, creating a busy scene.

As you drive along, you can see shops, restaurants and cafes everywhere, and colorful billboards and giant screens occupy every corner of the commercial street.

Yang Kui Chitose leaned on the car window with both hands, her eyes sparkling:

“Is this Tokyo?”

"It looks good."

"It's nice. Just like in Your Name. There are so many ads, cars, and people."

Chitose Yangkui held her face in her hands and admired it, as if she was dazzled by the prosperity of the metropolis.

Fujii Itsuki looked at her short hair swaying in the wind and remembered how he looked when he first came to Tokyo.

In fact, a long time ago, I couldn’t believe that there were buildings with more than two hundred floors.

After knowing it, I only perceived it in writing.

Only when you really step into Tokyo, really enter this prosperous city, and really set foot on a modern street full of high-rise buildings, can you understand how prosperous Japan's first city is.

At that time, I was also like Chitose, full of longing for this beautiful city, right?

I want to achieve great things here and realize my dream of teaching and educating people.

Of course, the unpleasantness of the metropolis soon became apparent.

There are too many cars on weekends, and there is a traffic jam as soon as you enter the city.

The flight was at 2pm and arrived at Narita Airport at around 4pm. It took an hour to get to the city by car, and now I've been stuck in traffic for another half an hour. It's almost 6pm.

It's getting darker.

Chitose Yangkui looked left and right in the car, seeming very anxious.

She seemed eager to set foot on the ground of this city.

Seeing that the driver was also very anxious because of the traffic jam, Fujii Itsuki paid the fare and got off the car.

It was her first time in Tokyo and Chitose Yangkui was very happy, but she was also a little scared because there were so many people and cars.

She got out of the car in fear and ran to the side of the street to look around.

After adapting for a while, the girl was already extremely excited.

She was very curious that all the shops here were still open at 6pm on weekends!
So bright, so many lights!

You should know that in Otaru, most of the stores are still closed during the day!
"Brother Shu! Tokyo is so awesome!" Chitose looked up and exclaimed.

"Indeed. It's quite impressive."

Fujii Itsuki really hated Tokyo, but when he saw how much Chitose liked it, he couldn't help but start to like this city again.

(End of this chapter)