In this life, we will meet again

Chapter 74 73. In Iwate Prefecture, with a strange girl (4)

It was already nine o'clock in the evening when the train arrived at the small platform of Ichinoseki Station.

Stepping out of the station, the sleeves of the coat were fluttering lightly in the wind. Looking around, the farmland that should have looked like a mirror on the water was stained with a dull black color.

The visibility is terrible, there are not even cold white street lights.

Baiyuan Immortal Tree couldn't help but shiver. He had never been to Ichinoseki City before. In this unfamiliar area, he felt an inexplicable sense of helplessness in his heart.

Because he didn't know how many welfare homes there were in Ichinoseki City and where they were located. He only knew from Mai's mouth that Ichinoseki City was very small, so small that the tram lines that passed through the city were less than two kilometers apart.

The wind became stronger, and the Baiyuan Fairy Tree walked on the road at night with a gloomy mood.

After walking a short distance from the station, you can see rows of old houses with brick roofs. Basically every house has a small courtyard in front of it.

Some planted pine trees with tall trunks, and some planted welcoming pines and longevity flowers in large earthen pots.

At the door of one of the houses, a thin old woman sat in the yard. She did nothing but kept looking at the grass and flowers in the potted plants.

When the Baiyuan Immortal Tree stepped into the courtyard, the old woman stared at it and immediately stood up and walked over.

"Who is it?" she asked slowly.

The Baiyuan Immortal Tree was completely unafraid of life, but at this moment it became a little incoherent.

"Well, um... I just wanted to ask if there is any welfare home nearby? I'll take care of some things."

She stared straight at the face of Baiyuan Immortal Tree, and asked dubiously: "What are you doing here?"

"Uh, find someone."

"Are you a high school student? How old are you now? Where did you come from?"

"He's a high school student. He's fifteen this year. He came from Fujisawa."

"Where is Fujisawa?"

". Kanagawa."

Baiyuan Xianshu was afraid that it would be bad if she continued to ask questions all over again, since he was obviously the one asking.

He immediately went on to say: "Because my uncle is here, he happened to be a volunteer at the welfare home recently when he had time, but I don't know where the welfare home is. My uncle asked me to ask the locals."

"Oh" the old woman's face suddenly brightened up, she pointed her finger in the air and said, "W-what is a volunteer?"

Baiyuan Xianshu smiled apologetically and said, "I just work for the orphanage for free and play with the children."

"Okay, this is good, let's play with the children." The old woman stretched out her hand and pinched the arm of Baiyuan Fairy Tree and said, "Oh, the orphanage was demolished the year before last."

"Huh?" Baiyuan Immortal Tree was stunned.

dismantled?
"It was originally in Diaoshan Park, but it was suddenly demolished the year before last."

"Then, there are no welfare homes in Ichinoseki City anymore?"

If the local orphanage where she might be was gone, where else could she find one?
"Of course, they built another one in Machiura Park. It's very big and very good! It's much better than the previous one!"

The old woman suddenly continued speaking lively, waving her hands meaninglessly in the air.

"There is a place for children to play basketball, and the food in the cafeteria is much better. The place is quite big. The congressman also came over that day——"

Baiyuan Xianshu smiled bitterly. Now that he knew the location of the orphanage, he didn't want to stay any longer. After asking her about the general direction, he hurried to Machura Park.

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The passing houses are like shining pearls in the darkness, winding away and huddled in a dark corner.

The fragrance of the night filled the air, weaving into a soft web that enveloped everything.

When he met someone on the Fairy Tree Road in Baiyuan, he asked where the local welfare home was. The passers-by didn't find him annoying. Instead, they squatted down with small stones and click-clicked a map on the asphalt road——

"We are here now. This is the orphanage. You walk from here, walk about 100 meters, and turn left."

"You can see a scrap iron station here, and if you go straight from the gate, you can see two large rocks stacked on top of each other."

"Then you have to go like this, and then go like this."

Baiyuan Xianshu kept in mind the "route and words" of enthusiastic passers-by, and with the reminder of the road signs, he walked faster.

Finally, he saw two large rocks stacked on top of each other, and in front of him was a large welfare home.

In the courtyard surrounded by low walls, there stood a four-story orphanage with bright lights within sight.

It was now ten o'clock in the evening, and it was probably bedtime. Baiyuan Immortal Tree did not hear the children's voices, and could only hear the friction of his own shoes on the gravel.

He secretly peeked at the orphanage. The lights in the building were like flickering Tetris, one going off and the other on.

"Hurry up, Xiaoliu! If you go back late, you will be taught a lesson by Auntie Haomei again!"

"It's over! The wooden shelf I hid here is gone!"

"Then what to do!"

Suddenly, several childish conversations came to my ears, and the voices sounded like a man and a woman.

Baiyuan Fairy Tree followed the source of the sound and found two children standing close to the wall on a slightly raised area.

The girl was holding bags of various sizes in her hands, while the boy was rubbing his head anxiously. They looked about nine years old.

When the wind blew over, Baiyuan Fairy Tree smelled a very fragrant smell, which seemed to be fried noodles and oden.

Seeing their anxious looks, Baiyuan Immortal Tree couldn't help but smile.

"What are you doing here?" he called, as softly as possible, as he walked over.

Perhaps because they were too gentle like the sister in the orphanage, their bodies trembled subconsciously, and then they lowered their heads cautiously, looking cute as if they had done something wrong and were ready to be punished.

The light was not very bright, so he might have been mistaken for someone from an orphanage.

Baiyuan Immortal Tree squatted down, looked at their faces and asked, "What are you doing out here so late?"

"Buy something to eat."

The girl was bolder and took the initiative to speak. When she noticed that the person in front of her was not someone she knew, she immediately puffed up her chest.

"Aren't the things in the welfare home good?" Baiyuan Immortal Tree asked pretending to be confused.

The child in front of her has healthy and slender limbs. The girl's black hair blends into the night. Her clothes are particularly elegant. To be honest, she is very cute and her nutrition is good.

"Xiao Liu, you carry it."

The girl directly handed the bag in her hand to the silent boy next to her, and then fiddled with Liuhai with her little hands.

"It's good, but there are no delicious fried noodles, apple candies and oden. I can't talk at night, and I can't eat anything with strong flavor."

"So you sneaked out to buy something to eat?"

Baiyuan Immortal Tree couldn't help but laugh out loud. He could understand this gluttonous feeling very well.

"This is part of it." When the little girl saw the smile on Baiyuan Immortal Tree's face, she immediately frowned and said disdainfully, "It's nothing funny. You must be like this too, because you also grew up as a child."

Baiyuan Immortal Tree raised his hand slightly and asked: "What is the other part?"

At this time, the little boy suddenly interrupted and said: "Sister Mai is in a bad mood. We want to go out and buy good things for her to eat, because eating good things will make her mood better. That's how I am."

"Xiao Liu! A dog's brain is better than yours!" The little girl glared at him mercilessly, looking completely unlike a child. "Didn't I say before that I can't talk about Sister Mai to outsiders? What do you think? Let us be surrounded by disgusting men all day long?"

The boy named Xiaoliu blushed in shame and lowered his head: "Liu Li, I'm sorry."

A look of astonishment flashed across Baiyuan Immortal Tree's face, and it immediately brightened.

"You said Mai is here? Is it Mai Kiyoaki?" he asked hurriedly, the expectation on his face not concealed at all.

"Look! It's all your fault! I won't go out with you next time!" Liuli frowned and kicked Xiaoliu's calf hard with her toes.

Xiaoliu could only squat down in frustration and rub his kicked calf without saying a word. "Stand up! Really, he's obviously a boy!" Liuli stamped her feet dissatisfied and walked straight towards the door.

"Liuli, where are you going?" Xiaoliu was afraid of being heard, so he could only whisper towards her back.

Liuli's tone was very contemptuous of him, with a serious expression on her young face: "Of course you go in through the front door, because your shelf is missing!"

Xiaoliu sighed with a "I made a big mistake" look on his face.

"Shall I help you go in?" Baiyuan Xianshu endured the excitement of Qingqiu Mai inside, and said to the angry Liuli.

After he spoke, Liuli glanced at him.

"You don't look like an adult at all, you're just a powerful and disgusting star chaser."

Baiyuan Immortal Tree naturally did not take these words to heart, and said with a gentle smile: "This wall is not high, I can find a shelf to let you pass."

"Can you find the shelf?" Liuli asked, frowning in disbelief.

"Okay, wait for me for a few minutes."

After Baiyuan Fairy Tree finished speaking, he walked towards the intersection. There was a scrap shop there, and the hydraulic press inside was turning on its power to crush scrap iron cubes.

He bought an aluminum frame from a scrap metal yard owner.

"Where did you pick up the shelf?" Xiao Liu asked with a surprised look on his face.

Baiyuan Fairy Tree smiled and said: "I didn't pick it up, I bought it."

Liuli paused for a moment and said in disbelief: "Buy? You bought an aluminum shelf just to help us climb over the wall? What do you think?"

"I want to give me some oden the next time we meet."

Baiyuan Xianshu leaned the shelf against the wall.

"Next time we meet? Are you coming to spy again? Your family will not be ashamed if you are so star-chasing?"

"Okay, instead of talking about me here, why not hurry over." Baiyuan Immortal Tree stretched out his hands to the two of them and said, "There is still a little distance. Come, I will carry you up."

Xiaoliu responded and went up first. Baiyuan Immortal Tree held his armpits with both hands and put him on the wall with a strong force.

"I'm sorry, brother. Liuli usually likes to read books about women with bad tempers. She's actually not a bad person." said the boy sitting astride the wall.

Baiyuan Immortal Tree patted his thigh and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm used to it."

Then, he lowered his head and looked at Liuli.

"Come on, come up."

"I don't want to be hugged by a strange boy." Liuli's small lips twisted, and her watery eyes were full of reluctance.

"Liuli, come up quickly, the lights on the first floor are all on!" Xiaoliu urged from above.

"I don't want it! You can go in by yourself." Liuli shook her head, her dark hair dancing in the moonlight.

Baiyuan Xianshu smiled lightly at her:
"Liu Li, I don't really want to touch you, but fried noodles and Oden are best when they are hot and will get cold over time. Miss Mai may get upset if she eats them cold. I am a star-chasing pervert, but I don't want to see that My star is not feeling well, if you don’t mind, give me the bag in your hand, I want Miss Mai to have warm oden.”

Upon hearing Baiyuan Immortal Tree's words, Liuli's entire face turned red, and her thin chest rose and fell slightly.

"Hey! It's ready for you!" She stood on tiptoes and handed the bag out with dissatisfaction for some reason.

"Thank you."

Baiyuan Xianshu took the bag and handed it to Xiaoliu.

"Xiao Liu! I will never go out with you next time!" Her complaining voice was as smooth as a glass ball, and her back turned and walked toward the door was particularly eye-catching.

"Oh!" Xiaoliu was nervous and didn't know what to do.

Baiyuan Immortal Tree quickly stepped down from the shelf and caught up to stop her.

"What?" Liuli raised her eyes and stared at him very bluntly.

"What are the consequences for you?"

"The worst case scenario is that I'll be forced to stand and preach for an hour."

"That means that within this hour, Miss Mai will definitely lose her appetite for oden after being punished because of you."

".What do you mean?"

Baiyuan Immortal Tree squatted down, and the smile he showed was like spring rain dripping into a puddle, causing ripples.

"Mai will definitely be unhappy if she sees you being punished because of her, so please don't make Mai unhappy."

Liuli stared at the smile of the young man in front of her, completely forgetting to even blink, and just stared at him blankly and dully.

——He really looks like the handsome male protagonist in the book!Is this handsome boy also a fan of Sister Mai?

"Okay? If you don't make a decision, it might be too late." Baiyuan Immortal Tree said.

".it is good."

Liuli's response came out of her mouth without even thinking about it.

Baiyuan Xianshu subconsciously wanted to hold her hand, but suddenly remembered her character, so he retracted his outstretched hand.

"Let's go then."

Liuli was stunned, and immediately retracted her hand that had already stretched out, her face turned red.

——Did I just want to hold his hand?

Tormented by inner shame and disgust, she walked back to the shelf. The stream on the wall had disappeared.

"Coward! Leave me alone and go away!" Liuli looked at the wall where no one was seen, showing a fierce and cute expression.

"I'll carry you up."

"Ah."

Baiyuan Immortal Tree stretched out his hands to hold Liuli's armpits. The moment her bodies touched, her body trembled suddenly, but she still didn't say anything more.

Liuli's weight was lighter than Baiyuan Xianshu thought, and he carried her up the wall without using any strength.

"Okay, let's go back quickly."

Liuli touched her armpits with her little hands, her little face blushed slightly, and her gaze wandered around involuntarily.

".Thank you."

"fine."

Bai Yuanxian would naturally not have any thoughts about a little girl.

"I advise you to not chase stars too much. It's best to have your own life!" Liuli said suddenly.

"What books do you usually read? I feel much more mature than the average child."

"You're not that big, right! Really! You're still here in the middle of the night! If you don't restrain yourself, you're going to commit a crime!"

Liuli's panicked breath came over her, she pouted slightly and jumped directly into the wall.

There seemed to be some soft cushions, and the Baiyuan Immortal Tree did not hear the sound of falling to the ground.

“Find a homestay”

Baiyuan Xianshu didn't want to go in now, otherwise they wouldn't be able to eat their oden.

He decided to come early tomorrow.

Before leaving, he gave the aluminum ladder to the security guard at the entrance of the welfare home. The security guard asked him to write the donated items and his name on the donation form, but he didn't write it down and ran away.

(End of this chapter)