Chapter 14 Section 5

Entering the company's vacation at the end of the year, the people in the dormitory disappeared one by one, and only Naoki remained there.Fortunately, the cafeteria and bathrooms are not closed. Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day are all spent by him alone.This is almost the same as last year, but the mood is completely different, he has a new goal.In order to achieve this goal, as long as I have time to spend on study, reading books and newspapers, I am already a college student in my heart. There is one more difference.Christmas gets greeting cards and New Years gets New Year's cards.They were all sent by the same person, Shiraishi Yushiko.The moment I saw the greeting card, I didn't know who it was, but when I saw the round font written by a young woman, I immediately remembered that it was the girl I often met on the bus and gave him apples .

I haven't met her recently, because I didn't meet her when I took the bus, and I didn't see her during the lunch break.How did it happen?He thought when he received the Christmas card. A Christmas card with Santa Claus and reindeer is written "Merry Christmas! Where have you been?" Then, a card with round rice cakes is written "Happy New Year! May the new year be a good one! Let's all work hard!" That's all.Both cards had her address on them, but Naoki did not reply.He didn't know anything about her situation, and he didn't want to be particularly close to her.

But how on earth did she know her address?Naoki doesn't understand. In order to get a report card or something, Zhigui went to high school a few times, and had time to visit his former classmates.They all failed to get into college and repeated their studies in school.Some of them greeted him, but most of the time they avoided him.Zhigui understands that it's not that they hate themselves. For them, now is a very important moment, even if it is a person who will cause them a little trouble, it may be right not to approach them. After February, the entrance examinations for various universities officially began.Zhigui often sees reports and news related to the college entrance examination, but this year his mood is relatively stable, without the feeling of loss or emptiness.I even want to go to school when I have time to see how the students who repeat the exam are doing.

Shiraishi Yumiko appeared in front of him when he was walking to the bus stop after get off work.She came after him and slammed him on the back. "Have you received the New Year's card?" She still asked with her Kansai accent.There is an extra pimple on Yuanyuan's face. "Ah! Received, thank you!" Just thinking about how to explain why she didn't reply, she grabbed his arm. "Come here, come here, come here!" She pulled him and said. Go to the path and pull him behind the pole again. "What's the matter? What the hell." When Zhigui asked, she stretched out her hand from under the duffel coat, holding a blue paper bag with pink tape on the mouth.

"Here, this." She stuffed the paper bag into Zhigui's hand. What's going on is clear at once.It's Valentine's Day, and it's been on TV all day long.Because I felt that it had nothing to do with me, I didn't think about it, and I forgot Shiraishi Yuko. "For me?" "Yeah." She nodded affectionately, then said, "Goodbye!" and walked away. "Hey! Wait a minute, how do you know my address?" She turned around abruptly and smiled sweetly: "You said before that you lived in the dormitory for temporary workers."

"Yes, but I didn't even tell you the room number!" So she tilted her head. "Okay! How did you know, think about it first, and talk about it next time we meet." "Bye!" She said, waved her hand, and walked again.Zhigui looked at her back and thought to himself, could it be that she was following me, or asked the dormitory administrator? Anyway, it's a little troublesome!He thought, and his eyes fell on the paper tape again. After returning to the dormitory, I opened the paper bag, and there was a pair of hand-woven gloves and chocolates inside.There was also a card that said: "Wear this, when you touch the doorknob again, you won't be slapped." Zhigui suddenly woke up.In winter, every time you touch the metal handle, you will be shocked by static electricity.She knew about this, which meant that she followed her to the vicinity of this room.

The gloves were knitted with sky blue wool, probably her favorite color.When I put it on, it fit my hand very well, and the weaving was beautiful. I think it's a good thing, but I still feel a little troublesome. In high school, there was only one experience with a girl.It was the second year of high school, and the other party was a classmate.She was a very fair little girl.She doesn't seem to be very strong, and she always reads books in the classroom.The reason for his association with her was to borrow books from her.It was a grim American novel with a female detective as the main character.She is quiet by nature and is easily attracted by such novels.Speaking of the heroine, there is a light shining in her faint pupils, only this time she is very eloquent.

It's not a big deal when it comes to dating, it's just that they walk together after school, or go to the library together or something.Probably her family is not very well-off, and she never said that she needed to spend money to play in the past. The first time I kissed was when I came back from the library and went to the park on the way.It was a cold wind howling evening, she leaned her body closer, Zhigui hugged her, and put his lips together, he didn't make any resistance. There has been no development since.Of course Naoki still has some ideas, but there is no opportunity to develop them, and there is always an atmosphere around her that makes it difficult for him to get in touch with her deeply.

When they were re-divided into classes in the third year of high school, the relationship between the two naturally disappeared.It's just that sometimes we meet in the corridor and say hello to each other with a smile.I don't know if she started dating other boys. She must also know about Gangzhi's incident.What would she think when she heard this?Will she feel that Zhigui is pitiful?I'm afraid she won't have any reaction, right? Maybe she felt lucky that she didn't continue the relationship, and was relieved?Naoki thought at the time.For the first time after the incident, he thought about such a thing.

More than ten days later, I met Yumi Shiraishi again in the factory cafeteria.Just like last time, she took the initiative to talk to her. "Why don't you wear gloves?" she asked. "I can't wear them in the company, and I have to wear white line gloves when I work." She shook her head: "You can wear it on the way back and forth! It was specially given to you." She seemed to have seen Zhigui on the road. "I'll wear it on a cold day next time." "Nonsense! You don't want to wear it?" Yushiko said, glaring at him, and then smiled again, "Hey! Can we go to the movies together next time? There's a movie I want to see."

Zhigui finished the last bite of curry rice and put the spoon on the plate. "Sorry, I don't have time to play. I don't have parents, so I have to do many things by myself." "Really! Me too. Although my parents are still there, I have been separated from them and don't care about me." "And," Naoki took a breath, and said again, "my brother is in prison." In an instant, the smile on Yushiko's face disappeared. Originally, he didn't want to tell her, but Zhigui felt that it was better to tell her first.I don't know where I like her, but she obviously wants to get closer to him.This incident itself is not annoying, but her innocence makes Zhigui feel distressed.She must think that she is an ordinary boy, that's why she is so close to herself. "It's not a lie." He stared at the calm face of Yumiko and continued, "Arrested for homicide, robbery and murder. Killed as an old lady." Once you say it all, it's like pressing a sore tooth on purpose, it's a pleasure.And at the same time, there was a feeling of self-loathing, why did I tell this girl these things? Yumiko seemed unable to find an answer, just staring at his chest.Naoki stood up holding the tray with the used tableware in both hands, and walked towards the place where the tableware was returned, but she didn't feel that she had any intention of catching up. In this way, she will never come back to talk to me again, right? However, thinking of this, I feel somewhat lonely. At the end of March, he sent the necessary application procedures to the Correspondence Education Department of Imperial University, and then waited for the result.There was nothing touching on Tsuyoshi in the procedural documents sent.Even so, I still worry about how the university knew about it and regarded it as a problem. The result is unfounded.One day in April, I received the admission notice.Zhigui remitted the admission fee and other expenses on the same day, which was money saved for several months.Coming out of the bank, Naoki felt as if all the strength in his body had been exhausted. Soon, the university sent textbooks and other materials, which made him feel a sense of happiness that he hadn't experienced for a long time.I don’t know how many times I have read the student ID card with my photo on it. I told the company about going to university in March, and I made up my mind that if the company has any opinions, I will go through the resignation procedure.Unexpectedly, President Fukumoto immediately agreed. "Isn't it good to make such a determination? It's impossible to take special care of you, but if I need to provide any convenience, I will try my best to do it." Then, he added, "If you start doing it, you can't escape Drop it! Think about it carefully, why is there no entrance examination for correspondence education? It’s because anyone can enter, but not everyone can graduate. If you play like ordinary students all day, you will definitely not pass.” "I know," Naoki replied. University life officially started in mid-April.After get off work, do homework in the dorm and send it to the university.On the day when the revised results are sent back, reviewing should be done until midnight.The joy of finally being able to continue studying and the joy of being well-received for the learning results seemed to be experienced for the first time in my life. What made Zhigui even more excited was the face-to-face teaching time in the evening.Going to college a few times a week for real lectures.The slender desks in the lecture theater are so fresh in his eyes, and the atmosphere is completely different from that of junior high school and high school.The sound of the teacher writing with chalk on the blackboard aroused his nostalgia, no matter what was written, it made him feel precious. There were all kinds of people participating in the face-to-face lectures, some were young people who looked like ordinary students, there were also people in suits who looked like company employees, and there were also middle-aged women who looked like housewives.Naoki doesn't know what he looks like. Yusuke Terao wears his long hair tied back and always wears black clothes and sometimes sunglasses.The face without the sunglasses looks very straight.Is it an actor or a model?Most Gui imagined that, no matter what, he was a person who had nothing to do with him, and he didn't seem to be approachable, and he couldn't see who he had talked with.However, the girl saw him and murmured that he was handsome before. Therefore, Terao Yusuke was taken aback when he took the initiative to talk to himself.He hesitated for a moment before realizing he was talking to himself. Yusuke Terao was sitting behind him at that time, he was asking how to choose the course, and there was no one else nearby except Naotaka. "Hey, you ask me?" Zhigui turned his head and pointed his thumb at his chest. "Yeah, I'm asking you. Is it inappropriate?" The tone was very steady, Yusuke Terao was also wearing sunglasses at this time, and his expression could not be seen. "No, nothing..., what are you asking?" Terao Yusuke asked again.It's not difficult, and you can understand the content if you read the pamphlet introducing face-to-face classes carefully.It seems Terao Yusuke is not such a dedicated student. After that, Naoki asked Terao Yusuke once, why did he ask himself then?Terao Yusuke answered straightforwardly: "Because I looked around at the people in the classroom and thought you had the best brain." Probably because the subjects chosen are relatively similar, and I often meet him during face-to-face lectures.We can meet each other after that.It's not accidental, but Terao felt that it was too troublesome to choose and arrange courses, so he just copied the ones you chose to attend the lectures.After entering June, there is physical education class every Sunday, and Terao still participates together. Terao is the son of an ordinary company employee. It is said that he entered the correspondence education department because he did not want to repeat his studies for a year after repeating his studies.That is to say, after repeating the study for a year, he still failed to pass the university entrance examination. "However, I didn't feel like a failure, nor did I feel regretful. I didn't want to go to college." One day, he said, "But, my parents kept talking, so I made it here no matter what. But I There are other things I want to do!" "That's music," he said. "We have a band. Takeshima, come and watch the live performance!" "Live playing..." Zhigui had no contact with music until then, at most he knew some popular songs from watching TV, but he didn't care too much.There is no stereo at home, and the only musical instruments I have played with are recorders, castanets and other things used in school education.Haven't even been to karaoke.He had the impression that music was a hobby that cost money. When he said this to Terao, he snorted as if he didn't care about it at all: "Music is not something that you need to learn and study specially, just listen to it in the way you like when you like it. No matter what Come on, you'll understand when you hear it." Terao slapped Naoki on the shoulder, who was still hesitating, and said, "Come on!" Passed the ticket to him. On a gloomy day in the rainy season, Naoki went to a concert hall in Shinjuku.It was the first time in his life that he came to such a place, and he was somewhat nervous.The scene was a little dark, about the size of a primary school classroom.There is a drink counter on one side, where Naoki took a Coke.There are no chairs, only four tables placed in the room. There were already quite a few guests in the room, similar to a slightly crowded tram.But whether this is considered a full house, of course Naoki doesn't know.There were a lot of young girls, some of whom seemed to have been seen in face-to-face classrooms, Naoki felt a little surprised.It seems that Terao became acquainted with them without Naoki knowing it, and also gave them tickets. Soon Terao and the others appeared on the stage as a four-member band.The band seemed to have established fans, and someone was cheering loudly. For an hour or so after that, it was a world away from reality for Naoki.Whether Terao and the others played well or not, he couldn't make a judgment.However, through music, the hearts of many young people have become a heart, and such a feeling does exist.He felt that something in his body was released and gradually merged with everyone.