bayedsolid Chapter 488: 9 Years of Life
Chapter 488: 9 Years of Life
"You seem to still be in college, this year... are you 19 years old?" 'Suguru Jie' asked me.
"Yes." I nodded, then looked at the two of them and asked tentatively, "You two... seem to be similar to me."
"We?" Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows, turned around and looked at Geto Suguru, and asked in a slightly complicated tone, "How about you guess how old do you think we are?"
"Emm......."
I glanced up and down, looked at the two of them, and began to think.
He said he was on a business trip, which meant he had a job. He had money, but he had to come to Hokkaido at this time on New Year's Eve, so it couldn't be a part-time job. Although he looked young, his way of speaking and his posture didn't sound like a student, so he couldn't be in college.
"Twenty-five... no, twenty-four?"
"Pfft." 'Sugaru Jie' couldn't help but laugh, "You think we are too young."
"Eh?"
"As for me, I'm already 27 years old," he replied. "As for Wu, he will be 29 after the Chinese New Year, and will soon be ."
"You must be kidding..." I was really shocked this time. I couldn't help looking at their faces. "You are actually almost ten years older than me?"
He is already old enough to be called an uncle, so his face must be in great good condition.
I'm wondering what skin care products you use.
When they were talking, I didn't feel any generation gap at all. It seems that their mentality is indeed very young.
"Uh... that's not wrong." 'Sugaru Jie' touched his nose and couldn't help but correct him, "But, there shouldn't be such a big gap between us."
"Of course not!" I hastily said, "Age and the like are not important at all. What's more important is how old you look. You two look exactly like my age! Same age!"
"Is that so?" As soon as Gojo Satoru heard me say that, he immediately wiped away his disappointed expression and became happy. If he were a cat, I guess his tail would have been wagging behind him. "When we go out, people will ask if we are students."
We walked and talked, and finally arrived at the entrance of the hot spring park.
This park does not provide mixed bathing services for men and women. The men's and women's baths are separate.
It is said that from that perspective, you can see the deep blue sky, the moon hanging in the corner of the sky, and in the distance are continuous mountains, with snow falling on the top of the mountain and in the forest not far away.
Regardless of whether I saw it or not, the scene described by the tour guide I consulted before was so beautiful, so... not wanting to be disturbed, I booked a more expensive single room.
At this moment, the sky finally darkened completely. The moon emerged from behind the clouds, casting a light light on the ground, making the pear blossom-like snow on the roadside trees even whiter, and also reflecting two handsome faces like paintings.
It's so beautiful... just like something out of the movies shot by Shunji Iwai in the last century... I kicked the snow piled on the flower beds by the roadside, lifted up a branch of a small shrub that was bent, and couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
"Well then." After brushing off all the snowflakes, I looked up and said to the two of them, "We are almost going to part ways here."
"Goodbye."
"…Wait a minute, Lily."
"What?" I had already taken several steps forward when I suddenly heard 'Suguru Geto' calling my name from behind.
I turned around and saw that the two people who called me were still standing there. Because of the height difference, I could see into their eyes at a glance.
His brows were slightly furrowed, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and there was a strange emotion in his eyes.
Is it hesitation? Regret? Reluctance? Unwillingness? Or...guilt?
"You..." 'Sugaru Jie' clenched his fists, restrained his emotions, and said hesitantly, "You really have nothing to say to us?"
"Anything."
"........" About half a minute passed in silent silence, and I kept watching them quietly.
Although it wasn't that cold outside near the hot spring park, it was still windy so I put both my hands in my pockets.
But I was about to say something impolite, so to show respect, I took out all my hands, clasped them in front of me, and said calmly, "I do have something to say."
"What?" He raised his head slightly, as if expecting something.
"Because they are strangers who met by chance." I lowered my eyes and watched the white air I exhaled dissipate into the air. The two shadows on the ground were elongated by the street lights. I said, "It can be seen that both of them are very dedicated teachers."
"I am very grateful that you took the time to pose for photos with me without any compensation, and even fulfilled my inexplicable wishes."
"I didn't intend to say it. But, I wanted to ask it from a while ago." I turned my gaze back to them, "Why do you two keep staring at me like that?"
"Not Miss Suzuki, not Suzuki Yuri, but Yuri-chan in a very natural and familiar way. As if I am someone you know very well, very familiar with, and have known for a long time."
"Isn't today the first day we met?"
“.......Ha.” Even without looking closely, I could still clearly feel the sadness emanating from the person in front of me.
The moonlight shone into the purple pupils of 'Suguru Geto', like ripples on the surface of a lake, reflecting the reflected light like tears.
He raised the corners of his lips, laughed at himself, and suddenly raised his hands to his eyes, half covering his face, and said as if talking to himself: "So, this is what you had to go through when you stood in front of me."
"Over and over again, watching me who knows nothing... This is how I feel..."
"...?"
Who are you talking to again?
"Excuse me, teacher." I tilted my head. "Excuse me, did you hear my question?"
"He was just remembering some past events."
Gojo Satoru took two steps forward, covering the still-stammering lips of Geto Suguru and his expression as he looked at me. His Adam's apple slid up and down, and he curled his lips several times before he finally managed to smile. He then said to me calmly, "No, we didn't participate in your previous 19 years of life."
"During that time, we... probably haven't met each other."