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On the way home, Shinobu didn't say a word.Risako concentrated on driving wisely, but she still looked at Shinobu from the rearview mirror from time to time.

As soon as he got home, Shinobu went straight to his room and locked the door without saying hello to Yuo Takatsuki.Takatsuki Yuo followed upstairs, and after knocking on the door a few times, Risako persuaded him to go downstairs, and everything returned to calm.

He didn't turn on the light, and didn't change his clothes. Contrary to the quiet surroundings, Ren's heart was impatient, as if he was holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent it.

Shinobu still finds it difficult to accept Inoue's deception.It stands to reason that he is not a person who is short of money, and there is no need to work for Nosaka for money; even if Nosaka is elected, it has nothing to do with the Australian Inoue, not to mention that as he himself said, he has no contact with his relatives in China, no matter which side I can't explain it.

The phone vibrated, and Ren hesitated for a moment when he saw the name. Although he picked it up patiently, he didn't speak.

"...Hey...Takatsuki..."

Inoue's voice on the other end of the phone was a little hoarse, and he didn't speak after calling Shinobu's name, but he was obviously relieved, maybe he had the determination not to be answered from the beginning.

"You don't want to talk to me, I know, hehe..." Inoue cleared his throat with a smile, and made a strong nasal sound in his nose, "It's like this, if you want to take away what you left... it's not very Is it easy? It doesn’t matter, I took all the photos, and all of them are in your mailbox now.”

Somewhat surprised, Shinobu opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"What are you talking about now, you won't believe me anymore..." Inoue paused for a moment, breathing tremblingly, "Including... I like you."

"I know, oh, I know, it's shameless to make things like this, and then ask for an opportunity to explain."

"I know you're going to hate me...I thought of that from the beginning..."

"I'm so stupid, am I..."

Inoue spoke intermittently, but no one answered. It sounded like a person confessing in a dark room. He couldn't tell whether he was talking or crying, but he repeated a few words many times and for a long time.

"Takatsuki, I think I should thank you." After apologizing, Inoue seemed to regain some energy, "Thank you for your sincere treatment before, I will never forget it. It was the first time in my life that I fell in love with a boy. Maybe... no, I believe it's the last time."

"I will remember you, Takatsuki. Maybe in the future, I will still fall in love with someone else..." Inoue sighed, his voice was very soft and slow, "I will also get married and become someone's husband, father, I will grow old slowly, and I don't know if I will remember the words I said to you today after decades, hehe..."

【"I miss you, so when I see a ninja..."】

"So! So..." The "so" behind it was very soft, and the other end of the phone was suddenly silent.Shinobu took down the phone and glanced at it. The call was still going on, and the time was passing by.

"I really like you, I like the way you smile, I like you lying on your stomach when you fall asleep, I like you walking in front of me, I like the smell of your hair, I like your expressionless face complaining about me... .What should I do, I am really an idiot, am I..."

【"I really like someone, for a while. And, it's still someone I can't like."】

【"I fell in love with a lot of things because of the person I like."】

What kind of person is Inoue Ryuki?

What kind of expression would he have on his face when he was walking alone in the streets of Tokyo with his bag on his back?When he bought that shirt for himself, he must have smiled happily too, right?

"Takatsuki, I'm sorry, it's been so long..."

Inoue cried hoarsely, although Shinobu tried hard to suppress it, he could still hear it clearly.Thinking that he should be the same as me now, sitting in a room with no lights on, crying, and also not knowing what to do, my tears fell unconsciously.

"Goodbye... You, you must live a happy life in your own way... That's it."

The phone hangs up.

Shinobu looked at the screen of the phone, the call ended, and then the screen went back to black.

Suddenly, I don't feel any hatred anymore. For me and him, the friendship or whatever, all ended well with the disappearance of the colors on the screen.

Maybe, as he said, one day, everyone will move in their own direction; but there was such an intersection that was neither long nor short, and a fate that was neither deep nor shallow. Smiled lightly.

"Me too, I will never forget you." Holding the hot phone tightly, my heart warmed up.Shinobu wiped the tears from his face and smiled.

Returning the keys of the house to the store manager, Yong shook hands with him.The town was cloudy early in the morning, and this kind of weather made Yong feel better, because if the sun was shining high, the blue sky here might make him unable to make up his mind to leave.

"So where is the next stop?" The store manager hugged his newborn daughter. The little guy opened his eyes, and the little face was still red from the mother's womb.

"Now, I don't have a clue yet." Yong scratched his head, and when he dropped his hand, he rested on the handle of the box.

"No matter where you go, don't forget us." I don't know what touched the tear glands, the child cried, and the store manager's wife came out with a smile and hugged the child.

"Well, definitely." Yong grabbed the box, and when he walked out of the entrance, the store manager followed a few steps out on wooden clogs.

"Ryosuke...do you want that child to see you off?" The store manager pushed his glasses, "That child has always regarded you as an idol and admired you very much. You left so suddenly..."

"Still, don't let it go." Yong put on his hat, "Don't worry, Ryosuke and I have bid farewell."

"That's it," the store manager nodded, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, "I see. Then I wish you the best of luck, come on!"

"Thank you! Then I'm leaving." Yong didn't look back; some didn't dare to look back. Although the time was short, they had cultivated feelings after all, so they had to take more and more steps.

Looking at these old wooden houses again, the narrow and long alleys, the shops with wooden boards that have not yet opened, and the wild flowers that occasionally appear in the field of vision, they are obviously seen every day, but today they are different; Ryosuke, the store manager and his wife who squinted when they met, when the smiling faces of these people were superimposed in his mind, Yong's eyes quickly blurred.

"Meow......"

Of course, there is it.

"Shin, how are you doing recently?" Yong knelt down and picked up the cat in his arms.

"Uncle is leaving, you can't follow me this time, you should stay at home obediently."

"Meow——" the cat tilted its head to look at Yong, and made a "purr purr" sound when its chin was stroked.

Fate, he had said of himself and his affairs.

At that time, I didn't really believe it, but now it seems that not everything can be defined as "coincidence".Maybe I and him are a kind of bond that was arranged in the dark, and we must meet no matter what.

That's why he said those words, to a cat, a cat with the same name as him.

Yong put the cat back on the ground, and it jumped up to the wall and sat down.

"Goodbye." The cat didn't bark anymore, just sat quietly, looking at Yong with round eyes.

Pulling up the box, he stopped suddenly after walking a dozen steps, and Yong turned his head unwillingly.

Still couldn't help laughing at himself, Yong shook his head and continued walking.

When walking out of the alley, Yong looked back at the corner for the last time.

It was already too far away to see clearly, on the top of the wall connected with other houses, a small white spot still stood, and after Yong waved his hand again, it jumped under the wall and disappeared.