Chapter 8 chapter eight
Another three days have passed since the night of the rare wedding banquet held by the big boss of the tube house.
It rained once in three days, and the rain turned into hail again. Only one day was sunny. On that sunny night, Ah Ling saw a shooting star.
For everyone in the stern, the past three days have been unhappy.A long time ago, in the post station of Shinagawa Station, there was a messenger who ran faster than wild wolves, and was very famous in the city.But the bad news from Shenchuan Boat House was faster than the messenger, and he was very diligent.The strange story of the Tsutsuya Banquet night spread throughout the towns of Fukagawa within a day.Now even the ten households next to the innermost toilet in the adjoining courtyard know about this.
After the rumors spread, in the first week, people's rumors were probably 80% true; in the second week, the content was added and added, and in the third week, it had completely become another strange story, which made people feel at a loss.At some point, the sword flying around the tatami room turned into the famous demon sword Muramasa, and the troublemaker was a ghost of an ancient warrior wearing a red belt and iron armor. Boss, even someone went to the tube house to express their condolences.It was unbearable.
In three days, Kakusuke, the young boss of the Tsutsuya, visited the Funaya four times.Every time, he and Taiichiro would hold their heads together, frowning and discussing things.At first Kakusuke just comforted Taiichiro who apologized frequently, then the two started to hold their heads at the same time, and every time they discussed, their faces became more gloomy than before.
It was quite late that Takadaya Shichibei finally came to visit Taiichiro until today.Of course, Shichihei also paid close attention to how the banquet of the first group of guests in the boat house was going, so he knew everything the next day after the commotion.But he deliberately did not show up at the houseboat.
There is no need to say more.Opening a restaurant was not Taiichiro's wish, but Shichibei's dream.According to the fact that Funaya encountered bad luck this time, Shichibei should have suffered more than Taiichiro.At most, Taiichiro lost face, but at Shichibei's age, he had to watch his long-term dreams shatter in the waves.
However, Shichihei did not move. He has been staying in Aioi Town, the main office, to observe how Taiichiro and Tae will solve the problem.Later, seeing that the young couple seemed to be at a loss what to do, they walked to the door with their shoes in a calm manner.
The first sentence Qibei opened his mouth was: "You can use it as a houseboat to gain an extra selling point."
Ah Ling saw Grandpa Qibingwei, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and wanted to pester him to talk about her thoughts, but both her father and mother were kneeling in front of him and listening to his teachings, so she couldn't intervene, so she had to squeeze in with Aunt Ateng Corridor, eavesdropping on the paper door.Because they couldn't see the expressions of the three of them, they could only judge the content of the conversation from the tone of their voices.Grandpa Shichihei's voice seemed particularly cheerful, and he laughed frequently.
"Boss, how can such a dangerous thing be used as a selling point?" Taiichiro's voice was exhausted, "I heard that the boss of the Tsutsuya has been ill in bed. Although he is not dead as rumored, but we did ruin their special event. The ancient and rare wedding banquet."
"That's because everyone was not mentally prepared." Qibei said boldly.
"Not mentally prepared?"
"Yeah, I thought there would be no ghosts, but when they did, I was so scared that I couldn't get up."
"Anyone who sees a ghost will be too scared to get up." Duo Hui said weakly.Ah Ling seemed to be able to see Ah Mu massaging her neck.Since the incident happened, Ah Ling also noticed that Ah Mu's hair was falling out badly.
"But, Duohui, on the other hand, there are quite a few good-natured people, and they also want to taste the feeling of being too scared to get up, even once."
"Want to see a ghost?"
"um, yes."
"So, boss, do you want the houseboat to use 'a restaurant where ghosts appear' as a call?"
"Yes. Haven't I been talking about this since just now? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which is the so-called 'turning disaster into blessing'. No matter how long a person lives, it is rare to meet a person who can prove it in his life. As for the proverb, this is also the first time for me.”
"The boss said it so easily..."
"Relax, it's useless to worry about it any longer. Besides, that ghost wielding a long knife or something else may not appear again, maybe it will never appear again. Maybe the ghost didn't come out of the houseboat, It's about being possessed by the big boss of the tube house. You probably never thought about it that way, right?"
Both Taiichiro and Tae were silent, and Ateng, who was eavesdropping in the corridor, widened his eyes at this opinion.Ah Ling found it funny.
"Well, I really didn't think about it that way. It would be great if it was true."
Shichihei said sternly: "Not good. This is where you haven't thought far enough. Listen carefully, even if the ghost doesn't appear again, there will still be rumors of that restaurant being haunted. The rumors will always be there, Maybe after you die, the rumors will still be there. As long as this kind of thing happens once, it will never be erased."
"Then there is no way out!"
"That's why I told you to take advantage of this."
Taiichiro's voice became excited: "But boss, I hate doing such shameful things! I want to make the house famous in Edo with my cooking skills, and I don't want to do shameless things like being famous with ghosts! The boss should also understand my intentions. ?”
In the room came the exhalation of Grandpa Qibingwei, whom Ah Ling was familiar with.He must have opened his nostrils and widened his eyes, exhaling with a speechless expression.
"you are too naive."
Taiichiro lowered his face and said, "Where am I naive? How can I be so naive? Didn't the boss entrust this dream to me?"
Shichihei replied irrelevantly and said, "Do you still remember the Polaris?"
Taiichiro didn't answer right away, but Ah Ling remembered.
The Polaris hangs over the north sky all year round and is the brightest silver star.Shichibei once pointed to the star and told Ah Ling: that star always shines in the north, if you get lost or go wrong, you can know the direction as long as you find that star, you must remember it.
"What happened to Polaris?" Taiichiro asked angrily.
"The Polaris is due north. When you want to go north, you can never go wrong if you just go towards it. But, Taiichiro, even though you say that, you can't reach the Polaris by going straight north. The Polaris is in the sky thousands of miles away. And the ground you walk through is not only valleys but also swamps, and you have to go through hard work to go down. Do you understand?"
Taichiro remained silent.But through the paper door, Ah Ling could feel her father's presence even more than before.When people are angry, their sense of presence is stronger.
"I'm not telling you to use 'ghost restaurant' as a call all the time." Qibei laughed a little timidly, and said, "The rumors don't last long. Just use ghosts as a selling point during this period. I want you Be greedy, if you don't have the perseverance to get back the benefits when you encounter any troubles, you can't do a luxury business like a grocery store."
Ah Ling suddenly felt lonely, and left quietly before Shichibei and his parents finished talking.She walked out of the shop to the river, and sat down on the ground.The wind with the smell of river water blows, messing Ah Ling's hair.Unfortunately, today is a cloudy day. Cotton shops are doing business all over the sky, and what they sell is not smooth silk floss, but gray old cotton. Maybe someone is re-stripping the cotton for the gods.
The lovely comfrey flowers were swaying beside A-Ling's toes with the wind blowing over the water, and A-Ling stretched out her hand to caress the flowers.When Grandma arranged flowers in the big tatami room for the banquet, she told Ah Ling that flowers also have two sides, and the flower in front of Ah Ling not only has a surface, it even looks like it has a face.At this moment, that face seemed to be comforting Ah Ling.
Ah Ling stared at the water for a while, when suddenly there was the rustling sound of stepping on the grass.She looked up, and it turned out that Grandpa Qibingwei was walking towards her.He seemed to be full of energy when he was walking, A-Ling thought that Grandpa had complained about his back pain and wondered if it was a problem, before he could ask, Shichibei had already lifted his hem and tucked it into his belt and sat beside A-Ling.
"What do you think, Ah Ling? Have you gotten used to the life here?"
Ah Ling's answer was more hesitant than she imagined.Although he answered, he couldn't even hear what he said.
"You don't seem very happy, huh?" Shichihei said openly, "You fell into a serious illness just after moving here, and this time the ghost appeared again. No wonder you are unhappy. Do you want to go back to Takadaya?"
Ah Ling shook her head resolutely: "Grandpa, I miss Takadaya very much, but I can't go back alone."
Shichihei suppressed the smile that had been floating on the corner of his mouth, and nodded solemnly: "Yes, you are so sensible. No, it should be said that you are old enough to say such things."
After Shichihei finished speaking, he nodded as if agreeing with the words.Ah Ling felt that the distance between Grandpa Qibei and Qibingwei had become farther.When living in Takadaya, Ah Ling saw her grandfather scolding her father and mother several times, but she didn't feel the way she does now. Why?
"Is the demon knife flying around the tatami room scary?"
"Well, Grandpa, I was taken aback."
"Are you afraid you'll wet the bed at night?"
"If only I were younger."
Ah Ling felt that many words welled up in her throat.
Grandpa, not only are knives flying around, but I also saw a shaggy-haired warrior.There are also several ghosts.The ghosts massaged me, comforted me, and made faces at me.I heard that the history of this house is terrible. Although the neighbors don't tell it, everyone knows it clearly.
But Ah Ling didn't say anything.She knew that she didn't intend to say it at the beginning, and the words that rushed into her throat also knew that they could not overflow Ah Ling's throat.
"It seems that a lot of unlucky things have happened to this house." Shichihei touched his chin and said, "I wanted to ask the landlord what happened, but I couldn't find anyone after searching for a long time. It seems to be a step late. That cunning old man heard After talking about the turmoil, he immediately ran to the relatives’ house in the prince area. Forget it, he should come back after the turmoil passes.”
At this time, Ah Ling felt the movement of someone beside her.
Although she couldn't see shadows, hear footsteps, and couldn't feel body temperature, there was indeed someone by her side, and Ah Ling could roughly guess who would appear in this way.
"It's quicker to ask the neighbors."
Hearing Ah Ling say this, Qibingwei said with a smile: "No, no, who would tell the truth? They know they will be scolded if they say it, why didn't they tell us earlier."
"But it's useless to be angry, isn't it?"
"Well, it's useless."
Ah Ling originally wanted to say: I agree with what Grandpa said to Abba just now.Since those rumors cannot be avoided, simply attracting guests who want to see ghosts will be more helpful for business.It is better to live happily than to be unhappy.Besides, Ah Ling knew that not all the ghosts living in the houseboat were good at playing tricks, so she agreed even more.
But she still didn't say it out, she thought it would make Papa feel sorry if she said it out.Between the children and the hard-headed adults was a ditch, narrow but deep, deeper than the pale green river before us.
"A-Ling, don't worry too much." Qibingwei patted A-Ling's head, stood up and said, "Grandpa, Abba, and Aunt are all by your side, and ghosts will not scare A-Ling anymore. The adults will watch carefully , don’t let this happen again.”
Ah Ling nodded her head and said "Yes", Shichibei smiled boldly and said, "That's good, that's good." Then he walked back to the boathouse along the river with the same vigor as when he came.
Ah Ling kept watching Qibei, while moving her body quietly, secretly following him to a far corner of the house.When Shichibei walked to a place where he thought Ah Ling could no longer see, his walking posture suddenly lost his energy, his back was hunched, and his shoulders drooped.
Ah Ling thought to herself, it really is so.
Grandpa came to cheer up Ah Ling, so he pretended not to care.In fact, the one who was hit the hardest this time was Grandpa Shichihei, who entrusted his dream to Abba.
Ah Ling returned to the side of the river, and Gennosuke was indeed sitting at the place where Qibei was sitting just now.He showed two calves, and his sitting posture was really irregular.A Ling approached him, Gennosuke said with a smile:
"That's Grandpa Takadaya?"
Ah Ling put her hands on her hips and asked, "Have you been avoiding me?"
"Oh, Ah Ling has learned to scold a man who hasn't shown up for a long time?"
Gennosuke shrank his neck.Ah Ling walked to him, picked up the pebbles at her feet and threw them into the water.
"Actually, I also felt ashamed to see Ah Ling, so I never showed up."
"You clearly said that the ghosts here won't do bad things." A-Ling pouted and said, "Nonsense."
"It's not all nonsense." Gennosuke raised his translucent hand and scratched his translucent head.Through his right calf, the comfrey flower Ah Ling touched just now swayed.
"That was a poor man."
"The shaggy-haired man?"
"um, yes."
"That person is also buried in the cemetery here?"
Xuanzhisuke shook his head and said, "If I had been buried properly, I wouldn't still be lost in this world. I am the same."
There was a thud at Ah Ling's feet.At first glance, there was a one-inch ripple on the surface of the water.
"Is there a big fish in the river?"
"Well, of course." Gennosuke leaned out, "There are carps over eight inches, as well as eels and loaches."
"I do not even know."
"Oka, the river is very deep, and besides, the nearby river course prohibits shops from fishing or fishing without authorization." Xuanzhisuke turned to Ah Ling with a smile, and said, "To be honest, Ah Ling, I have been hiding for three days, racking my brains to figure out what to do. Compensate your family. I just showed up today because I wanted to discuss something with you, are you willing to listen?"
Ah Ling squatted beside him.
"Have you ever visited Benten in Ueno?"
Ah Ling shook her head and replied, "Mum hates that kind of lively place."
"Really? It should be. Your parents seem to be decent people, and they probably never went to the teahouse over there for a tryst."
Like Grandpa Shichihei, Gennosuke always asks and answers by himself.
"But you should know that there is a big pond called Unbearable Pond over there, right? There are many lotus flowers blooming in the pond, it is very beautiful."
"I've seen the paintings."
"Really? It turns out that Shichibei didn't take you to eat lotus leaf rice. There are many restaurants around Ikenohata that can't bear the steamed lotus leaf rice. It's delicious. I used to love it."
Is that so—A Ling looked at Gennosuke's pointed chin.
"To support the houseboat, you must first make a signature dish. How about asking your father to use eels or loach from this river to make dishes? Of course, eels and loach can be eaten in other places, but the fish here do not cost money and can be sold cheap A little. Is that a good idea?"
"But you just said that fishing is prohibited here..."
"Large-scale fishing, of course, but you won't get caught if you secretly catch some and feed them to the houseboat guests."
Ah Ling looked around the quiet river and asked, "Are the fish here delicious?"
"It's delicious, I can guarantee it."
"Have you eaten?"
"Well, a long time ago."
In other words, Gennosuke lived nearby during his lifetime.
"Your father seems to be a well-behaved and decent man. If it is compared to clothes, it is a pity that his seams are too narrow and he does things too rigidly. I am a man who is not good at fabrics and seams, but the seams are very good. Wide, I can't be mistaken. Your papa is always stretched like that, and he probably will unravel quickly. Don't keep thinking about how to save the houseboat from the haunted rumors, better hurry up and use his chef's brain to do things Wouldn't it be a good idea to let him think about how to cook the eels?"
Ah Ling's little head also thought it was a good idea.If you keep worrying about ghosts, Papa and Mama will fall ill sooner or later.It is indeed a good idea to divert their attention.
"In the beginning, like Shichibei said, they were all guests who wanted to see ghosts. Anyway, this is a business. However, if the eel and loach dishes are cheap and delicious, there will definitely be customers who come here. It's getting better and better, and one day, everyone should forget about the ghost."
"……should?"
Gennosuke scratched his cheek with a finger and said, "Yes."
"That's right." Ah Ling sighed and stretched out her feet, "I can only do this now, but the difficult thing is how to tell Dad about this idea. Even if I say it, Dad probably won't listen to it. At most, they would scold me for being so arrogant even though I am a child."
"Children are not as naive as parents think, but parents often don't know it."
After Gennosuke finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes as if thinking about something.Ah Ling thought, his expression now looks like a person, where has he seen it before, who does he look like?It's a bit like the young man who worked at Takadaya a few years ago.He works in the sink, and Aunt Ateng loved him like a younger brother for a while, but once he was severely reprimanded by Grandpa Shichihei for something, he left Takadaya.At that time, grandpa said: That kind of considerate man is not reliable.
"Is this good?" Xuanzhisuke said after some deliberation, "Let's say that the god appeared in A Ling's dream and enlightened A Ling, so that it will be easier to make up stories and say it out loud, right?"
"What god?"
"Any god is fine, as long as it is the god your parents worship."
"Is Inari God okay? There is an Inari Shrine behind Takadaya, and my father and mother used to go to worship."
"It's possible... But, as long as good men and women worship Inari God regularly, anyone can get help, right? So it's better to be a rarer god. Anyway, it's a story, it's better to be a god that can easily impress your parents."
Ah Ling thought to herself, this is really a blasphemous idea, but Gennosuke is a ghost, so there is no way around it.
"Anyway, it's God's revelation in a dream. There's no need to make it too complicated. You just need to tell them that God appeared in the dream and gave instructions. Tell your parents as soon as you wake up tomorrow morning. No, wait, that's good , you got up earlier than usual, ran to wake them up, and said that you dreamed of a strange revelation, understand?"
Recently, her parents have been very busy with major and minor matters, and Ah Ling always sleeps alone.
"Am I going to get up earlier than Mom and Dad?"
"Yeah, and then ran to the pillows of the two of them and said. It's only realistic."
Ah Ling is not confident.She always gets up later in the morning than everyone else, and her mother Duo Hui often scolds her for it.
"No way, then I'll go and wake you up. It's easier for me to come out before dawn. But, Ah Ling, don't tell me about me when you're sleepy. You must remember the story you're making up now." .”
"I know."
"If your parents find it strange and want to ask carefully, you can say that you don't remember clearly what happened in the dream, that you didn't read it very carefully, and pretend to be innocent. This is more realistic. You just need to emphasize that it is a grateful, A dream where tears are about to flow."
"It seems a little casual..."
"That's good, anyway, it's just nonsense."
Ah Ling laughed.At this time, she suddenly thought of an important thing.
"Master Gennosuke."
"What's wrong? His expression suddenly became so docile."
"Why is it that only I can see the ghost of the houseboat?"
Gennosuke's soft expression immediately tightened.Much like vinegar marinated mackerel.
"This incident made me understand one thing, that is, other people can't see the ghost at all. It was the same before, Amei, Ami, the laughing monk and the shaggy-haired samurai who made faces, and Xuan who is talking to me now. Nosuke-sama, other than me, no one else can see it. Why? Are people who see it weirder, or people who can’t see it weirder?"
Gennosuke folded his arms, his expression was so serious that Ah Ling was a little surprised.
"Both parties are not surprised, Ah Ling." His tone was very serious.
"real?"
"Well, really." Gennosuke buried his chin in his collar, stared at the pale green water of the river, and continued, "Because of the commotion at the Tsutsuya feast, our conversation was interrupted. Do you remember?"
At that time, it was said that this place was a large courtyard before the house was built.
"Yes, of course I remember."
"Just as you guessed, the courtyard is always haunted by ghosts, but no one is willing to rent a house. This house was built after the courtyard was demolished, but it was still haunted, and this house became empty. Later, you moved to the houseboat. This It’s just what happened.”
Xuanzhisuke looked at Ah Ling and continued:
"In other words, in the years so far, many people have seen us or felt our movement, otherwise there would be no rumors of ghosts, right? Isn't it? Ah Ling is not the only one who can see it."
I see.
"But why am I the only one who can see it now?"
"Well..." Xuanzhisuke tilted his head and said, "Probably the adults around you are honest and honest people, or they just don't have extra effort."
Ah Ling couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
"Anyway, we'll understand after a while. Maybe there are people besides Ah Ling who can see us."
"You mean, as soon as people get more used to houseboats, they'll see you?"
"Well, it should be like this."
Gennosuke crossed his arms and looked up at the sky, opening and closing his mouth as if rinsing his mouth, and said, "So it's not surprising that Ah Ling can see us, it's just that compared with other people, you are indeed different."
Ah Ling was taken aback, and asked, "Where is it?"
"You can see me."
"yes."
"I can also see Ami."
"yes."
"You can see the smiling monk."
"Not only did he see it, he also gave me massage therapy."
"And then there's Ah Mui, you can even see that messy shaggy hair."
There are five people in total.
"That's weird." Gennosuke pouted in puzzlement.
"Why? Everyone is a ghost living in a houseboat, right? Isn't it good to see them all?"
"It's not bad, but no one has been able to see all of them so far."
Those who can see Ami cannot see Gennosuke, but those who can see Gennosuke cannot see Amei.In particular, there are very few people who can see the fluffy hair or feel his movements. On the contrary, the laughing monk is the easiest to be seen among the five.
"But I know why the laughing monk is the easiest to be seen by people. The reason probably lies in the old man. He has some tricks."
"Trick?"
"Monk Laughing is different from us. The old man can touch A-Ling, and A-Ling can also feel the old man's touch. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to give a massage."
Ah Ling screamed and pressed her mouth.After what he said, it is indeed the case.
"The old man Laughing Monk is like this in the old courtyard and the cooking shop before the stern. He is not an ordinary ghost. He can touch people and be touched. It is a special case."
"Why is only Grandpa Laughing Monk like this?"
Xuanzhisuke laughed happily and said, "The old man's massage skills are very good, and Ah Ling will get better soon, right?"
"Ok!"
"Monk Laughing is very proud of his abilities. As long as he sees people who are in poor health, he wants to heal them, and people who are in poor health also want to get well soon. These two kinds of intentions are in harmony. Only then can Monk Laughing surpass the obstacles of ghosts and become a first-class technology masseur."
Xuanzhisuke said firmly: "What's more, for that old man, the sense of touch is equal to vision, and this also played a big role."
"Besides, many people suffer from physical illnesses. Everyone wants to live a healthy life, but they can't do so. Moreover, the adults are all tired. Therefore, the existence of the laughing monk has more value to be noticed by living people."
This explanation is a bit difficult, and there are contradictions in the statement.
"But, if you say this, doesn't it mean that if there is no value of being noticed, ghosts can't stay here?"
Gennosuke didn't answer right away.He was still looking up at the sky, puffing up one cheek, as if he had something on his mind.
"Master Gennosuke?"
Gennosuke puffed up the other cheek again, let out a breath, looked at Ah Ling with a smile and said:
"Is Ah Ling a bit lonely after moving to the houseboat?"
Gennosuke suddenly changed the subject.Ah Ling stammered and replied: "Lonely?"
"You are separated from your friends and classmates from the private school. Grandpa Shichihei seldom comes around. Parents are very busy with business, but Ah Ling has nothing to do. Isn't it?"
"……Ok."
"Maybe that's why Ah Ling can see us."
Chatting with Gennosuke is really interesting, and Ah Ling also likes the gentle Ami, but Amei can only make funny faces, it seems that she can't make friends with her, and the shaggy hair is even more scary.
"In short, the five of us are all ghosts who can't ascend to heaven and get lost in the world." Xuanzhisuke said firmly.
"What ghosts are you talking about, please don't say that."
"You don't like it?"
"It sounds weird, because you don't look like ghosts at all. Ghosts should be more terrifying, as Grandpa Qibingwei said."
Xuanzhisuke stared at him exaggeratedly and said, "Maybe we are scary too."
Ah Ling burst into laughter, and Gennosuke also laughed.
"A-Ling is very considerate and a good boy. It's a pity that I can't touch your head."
Gennosuke looked down at his translucent hands with deep emotion, and continued:
"Hey, Ah Ling."
"What's up?"
"The five of us have been here. I told you we've been here, but that's not quite the truth."
Ah Ling looked at Gennosuke.Through the tip of his straight nose he could see the sky.
"We do stay here all the time, but it doesn't feel like we're really here all the time."
Ah Ling put her hand on her chest and asked, "You mean, it feels like... Is she there?"
"Well, yes. We can only feel our presence when living people are around and aware of our presence. I don't know how I lived when this was an empty house. What did I do then What? I'm here, but I'm just floating around. Of course, we're dead long ago, and we shouldn't be here."
Although Ah Ling was well aware of this, but Gennosuke said it so directly, it still made her feel a little sentimental.
"We also know that it's better for the houseboat if we leave, because of us, your parents are in unnecessary trouble. I'm sorry, Ah Ling."
How should the other party respond when the other party apologizes in this way?
"What should we do to cross the River Styx smoothly?" Xuanzhisuke tilted his head, his chin tilted to one side, and said, "Is there something we are missing? What are we obsessed with to stay here?"
"Don't you know it yourself?"
Xuan Zhijie tilted his head even more, and he said, "This... I can't remember. I know what I lost in my memory, but I don't know where it was lost."
Can you ascend to heaven if you know it?
"Shall I help you?"
After Ah Ling said it, she was also taken aback, and Gennosuke was also dumbfounded.But once she said it, Ah Ling felt that it was a matter of course.
"Just find out why Gennosuke-sama and the others are staying in this world, and then solve the problem, right? If that's the case, I'll give it a try."
Gennosuke closed his lips tightly, nodded frequently with "um, um", and said with a smile:
"Yeah, maybe Ah Ling can do it. After all, you can see the five of us at the same time. We won't ask for too much, and we won't ask you to hold our hand and take us to the River Styx. Then you will get lost, and I'm afraid you will go back to the river." Not until Yang Shilai."
Ah Ling also smiled. At this moment, something flashed through her mind.Styx river beach, pebbles, getting lost.I seem to have said something like this before—no, it feels like I have had such a dream.
(really weird.)
The flash disappeared immediately.Is it really my own overthinking?
"But things are getting more and more interesting."
Gennosuke ignored Ah Ling's confusion, and vigorously moved his shoulders as if he was steering the helm, and said this, which sounded like he was trying to be brave.He added:
"I must at least tell Ami and Monk Xiao about this matter, can you?"
"Yes, of course."
"Really?" Xuanzhisuke smiled slightly.Ah Ling thought, why does that smile look a little sad, could it be that she is supercilious?
"In that case, let's do it like this." Gennosuke shook his shoulder vigorously like a boatman sailing upstream.He said, "But before that, Ah Ling, you have to put on a good show tomorrow morning. After we leave, if the houseboat still doesn't have any signature dishes, we'll just have to close down...that's not okay."
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