Chapter14

Kuki and Kaneki were lucky to catch up with the dolphin show as soon as they entered the door. The passionate soundtrack and the hostess's eloquent commentary paired with the lively and smart dolphins can be said to be quite shocking.

Kaneki seems to have a system for attracting small animals, whether it is a sea lion that can be stroked, a penguin standing on the ice in a daze, or even a turtle in a large tank, they all like to come close to him and try to attack him.

After he was almost pushed into the water by a sea lion, he was pecked by a penguin through the glass. When he reached the large tank with a large number of fish, there was a sea turtle staring at him, and it followed Jinmu wherever he went. A posture that would have stuck to his face if it wasn't for this layer of glass.

Jiu Ji thinks that probably because Kaneki's aura is too harmless, so both meat eaters and vegetarians want to bully him.

Kaneki refused to accept.

Just when they walked to the shark hall, Jiuji was about to take a photo of the great white shark eating, one of the great white sharks, which should be the leader, suddenly raised his eyes and met his eyes, and it had a mouth full of meat foam The fangs look very vicious.

Obviously knowing that there is no danger with the glass, but the bewildering stare of one person and one shark still made Kaneki and other tourists nervous, and soon attracted the attention of the shark house keeper.

The breeder came over with a smile and said softly: "Please don't be afraid, the facilities in our museum are—"

Before he could finish speaking, the six-meter-long great white shark seemed to have seen something terrible. He didn't eat, turned his head and swam away quickly, and didn't dare to approach here again.

Breeder: "..."

Kaneki: "..."

Jiu Ji: "This is called aura."

Afterwards, they went to see giant salamanders and jellyfish. Jiuji liked jellyfish so much that he always wanted to squeeze them into his hands and rub them. Anyway, the jellyfish's soft balls didn't look bad.

"How much does a fried egg jellyfish cost?" Jiuji asked seriously, pointing to a white and yellow jellyfish that looked like a poached egg.

"...Give up, the aquarium will not sell you."

"Even if I pay ten times the money?"

Kaneki didn't want to talk to the inhuman young master.

You can't buy omelette jellyfish, but you can buy jellyfish toys.

Jiuji spent a long time in the souvenir shop, bought a jellyfish-shaped backpack and pillow, discussed with Kaneki, and chose a nano-turtle cushion for Yongjin, hoping that he would stop growing nails on his buttocks when he was studying. disturbance.

When paying the bill, Jiuji saw another penguin puppet glove. He bought one funny, and put it on his hand after leaving the store. He manipulated the mouth to open and close with his fingers. He squeezed his throat and said: " Jin Mu-jun, Jin Mu-jun, look at me quickly."

Kaneki turned his face amusedly, and Kuji touched the tip of his nose with the penguin's beak.

Jiu Ji was so happy that he couldn't see his face: "Let's just fulfill that penguin's long-cherished wish and peck your nose."

Jin Mu froze for a moment, then laughed.He took off the penguin gloves and put them on his hands, Jiuji immediately covered his nose when he saw this.His voice also became muffled: "Don't even think about it, I'm a man who can scare off sharks with my eyes."

He defended very tightly. Kaneki looked left and right and couldn't find any flaws. Just when Jiuji was about to be proud, he saw a smile on Kaneki's face. The next second, he touched his own with the penguin's sharp beak. lips.

"Well, it's amazing, reward the man who can scare off sharks with his eyes."

Jiuji almost didn't jump up, he immediately wanted to grab his gloves back, but Kaneki was taller than him even though he was not tall, at this time he stretched his arms mischievously, so that Jiuji didn't even have any hair on his gloves came across one.

"Kaneki Ken!!" Jiuji felt that the appearance of jumping up to grab the gloves was too stupid, so he grabbed his shoulders and almost hung on him to reach.

A boy's weight weighed on him, and Kaneki almost fell on the back of his head.He quickly grabbed the side railing with his ungloved hand, and after he stood still, he put his arms around his waist to prevent him from falling under him.

It took Jiuji a lot of effort to get back his gloves, but he felt that he was not well.

Kaneki, who can be held down with one hand, makes him so passive just because of the height difference of less than three centimeters!Is this the original meaning of the phrase "one tall hides one hundred ugliness"? ?Where has all the milk he drank for so many years gone? ?

Jiu Ji felt that he had been so humiliated that he couldn't help but feel windy when he walked.

Jin Mu followed behind him, rubbing his fingers, feeling a little distracted: Just that feeling just now... Who would have thought that this thin and soft waist belonged to a boy?Or a pure man (self-proclaimed) who can tear ghouls apart with his bare hands?

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This year's high school sophomores' study tour is destined to be recorded in school history.The students also escaped various composition assignments such as after-views. Only Sato and Shimizu wrote tens of thousands of words for the inspection, and they were suspended from class and went home to reflect. At the funeral of Mr. Shibazaki, they mixed with the students who came to express their condolences spontaneously. However, Mr. Shibazaki's wife and daughter picked him out, almost scratching his face.

The school can be regarded as causing trouble, after all, they are the ones who decided to let the students go out to find someone.It took Qingsi a lot of effort to completely suppress the matter, but it will take a long time to completely eliminate the negative effects.

The sad atmosphere continued throughout the second half of the school year.

Qingsi is arranged according to his grades, especially when he was in the second year of high school and promoted to the third year of high school. In order not to be kicked out, Jiuji recited ancient prose desperately. At the end of the day, the moved teacher burst into tears.

Yongjin and Kaneki hit it off and decided to apply for Shangjing University. The two were soft-spoken and Qiushi talked behind him, and Jiuji finally chose Shangjing.During the spring break, they went to Shangjing for a tour, consulted professional issues, and each had a rough plan for the future.

After spring break, everyone is promoted to senior year.

The teachers tried their best, wishing to break 1 minute into 2 minutes. During class breaks, students were being forced to do the questions. If possible, they wanted to slap the students' skulls open and stuff all the knowledge into them before sewing them back on.All student club activities are forcibly stopped, and there are endless homework and endless nagging every day.They have to put all their energy on their studies.

In the third year of high school, everyone passed on their backs, even Kaneki was no exception. Hanajian’s shift schedule was reduced by half. After the summer vacation, he resigned directly and devoted himself to studying hard. Every day at school, he went from classroom to library. , Going home is either a bedroom or a study, which silently puts great pressure on Jiuji and Yongjin.

Yongjin's mother seems to believe in the sea of ​​questions strategy. She bought the exercise books back in units of "bundles", and she was so worried that she always lost her hair.Jiuji is also worried. Although Qiushi said that he can invest in Shangjing and become a school director so that Jiuji can be admitted directly, he never wants his younger brother to be dismissed because of poor grades in his studies, so he especially told Sutanigawa to supervise Jiuji study.

Jiuji sometimes doesn't know what happened to him. He once thought about how he will live in the future. He has 19% of the shares of New Drug, 15% of Yaozhiwei and 15% of Yaosheng. He can eat and drink for free for a lifetime if he doesn't do it. He also has investments and stocks, so he just has a high school diploma and a part-time job in the company to live leisurely.

But now he has a headache because he has to take the university entrance exam.

He didn't know when it started, but his thoughts of fooling around disappeared.

And now Jiuji can only accept this change helplessly, and has a serious talk with his two brothers about professional issues.Since he is not fooling around, he has to think about his future job first, and then choose a major.

Qiu Shi said that it doesn’t matter, the company’s management is the same with him or without him (Jiu Ji: blah blah), the busy Dong Shi said that you might as well just take over my job and let me go back to the laboratory to be my science and engineering man ?

Kuji refused without saying a word.

He has made it clear what he wants to do in the future.

The food company Yaozhiwei in Yaoshi Temple mainly makes snacks. After the new medicine kicked down from the core position of the chaebol, the past few years have been neither salty nor bland.It is said to be the top three companies in Japan, but it will be squeezed out in recent years.

And Xinyao is a multinational company that spreads all over the world, with an annual turnover of tens of billions of dollars. The two brothers and the people from Yaoshisi's branch are struggling just to manage the new medicine.Compared with new medicines, the taste of medicine inevitably seems a bit petty.The two elder brothers and the elders of the separated family have tried their best to manage the new medicine, and the taste of the medicine will inevitably be put on hold. At present, only one elder of the separated family is managing it.

Jiuji is a qualified pharmacist temple. He has also read and studied his brother's books. At the same time, he himself has a talent for business. He invests in stocks, although he loses money, he earns more.But systematic learning is still needed.He plans to apply for Shangjing's Graduate School of Business, and will share the pressure for his brother in the future.

Graduate School of Business is one of Uekai's trump card subjects, and the degree of difficulty can be imagined.

Jiu Ji never thought that one day he would be as obsessed with studying as Kaneki, get up early every day to memorize ancient Chinese, listen carefully to lectures and copy notes after class, not only do homework but also do more exercises... He feels that he has stolen the past 17 years. He was so lazy, when he sorted out the used materials after the exam, he found that they were all piled up almost as high as him.

The two semesters have passed quickly, the school courses have all ended, and everyone has ushered in the winter vacation that includes Christmas and the first month holiday.

At this time next year, everyone will go their separate ways, and the graduation exam is just around the corner, and some universities have already started to conduct entrance examinations, so this year the Christmas class leader organized everyone to sing K together, and it is compulsory to participate.

Jiuji, who is born with tone deafness, and Kaneki, who is the worst at dealing with group activities, are like two hamsters, trying to weaken their sense of existence, holding snacks and posing as if they want to eat from beginning to end.Yong Jin, who was kicked off the stage after howling two songs over there, came to pull Jinmu to sing, but Jinmu dropped his words. When he got the microphone today, it was the day when the boat of friendship with him capsized.

Forever receded.

Ten minutes later, Yongyuan, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the girls, came back out of the arena, and his target changed from Kaneki to Jiuji.It happened that the waiter brought some ice creams ordered by the girls, and he stole one, but was cut off by Kaneki before it reached Jiuji, "He has already eaten one."

"I can eat another one." Jiuji looked pitifully at the cold drink cut off by Jinmu.

Jin Muli ignored him and stuffed the ice cream back into Yong Jin's hand. "Ying, don't spoil him too much. Last month at the barbecue meeting, I went to the bathroom, and you grilled him a pile of fatty pork belly, and he vomited as soon as he got home, you know? ?”

Yongjin: "..."

Probably because Yongjin's gaze was too pitiful, Jiuji felt that he had to shake up the landlord gang.He raised his eyebrows, and was about to go mad, Kaneki took out half a bag of butter toffee from his school uniform pocket like magic, quickly peeled off a piece, and stuffed it into Jiuji's mouth with a raised hand.

After eating the candy, Jiuji immediately smiled, his cheeks puffed up, and he ate the candy quietly.

Yong Jin felt that Jin Mu really looked more and more like Jiu Ji's wife.

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Not long after Christmas comes New Years, the most important holiday in Japan.

Before the first month, Jiuji went to visit the tomb with Kaneki, and then prepared to return to the main residence for the New Year just like last year.

It's just that the plan is not as fast as the change.

Qiushi had already made an appointment with his fiancée to go to her house for the New Year, but his mother still had no news. He thought he would go back to have a New Year’s Eve dinner with Dongshi this year, but Dongshi also had something to do: it’s not the first month of the year abroad, and he happened to meet A somewhat thorny operational problem, Dongshi couldn't get away from it at all.

In summary, Jiu Ji was left behind.

Jiuji didn't think there was anything wrong, anyway, this wasn't the first time, after all, their family was not an ordinary wealthy family, even if they didn't take the initiative to visit others in the first month, they would still come to them.Whether you like it or not, it is very difficult for a family to celebrate the New Year in peace. It is normal to not have enough people, but this year it is even more uneven.

Seeing this, Kyuki didn't go back to Kyoto, and simply spent New Year's Eve with Kaneki who was also alone in Tokyo.Last year he felt guilty for having to leave Kaneki and go back to Kyoto.This year, the family couldn't gather together, but it gave him a reason to stay in Tokyo openly.

Jiuji gave all the servants annual leave. Although Aunt Wen went back to her hometown for the New Year with Suyagawa and the others, she still left a lot of unfinished products. I believe Kaneki can take good care of their young master who is too lazy to take care of himself.As a result, Kuji suddenly wanted to try cooking, and he had to do it himself from scratch.After throwing the whole frozen chicken directly into the hot oil pan and putting the raw egg into the microwave oven, Kaneki angrily kicked him out, but before going out, Kuji saw the pan caught fire, and immediately splashed a ladleful of water ...

Although the kitchen was not fried, it was burned. Not only the kitchen utensils could no longer be used, but also the semi-finished products left by Aunt Wen were gone.

Finally, Jiuji thought of some dead branches in the yard that Aunt Wen planned to use for cooking rice in the cellar in autumn.Kaneki found bricks and mud for repairing the flower beds, searched the Internet for a long time, and tried for a long time before he piled up a barely usable earthen stove.

So there was a lot of people, bright lights everywhere, and the annual New Year's Eve with beautiful fireworks blooming all over the sky. Kaneki and Kuki squatted in the yard facing each other, wrapped in cotton jackets and surrounded by a simple earthen stove and a small pot, sucking neither salty nor light. hollow noodles.

Whether it's Kaneki or Hisaki, this is the worst year they've ever had - materially.In terms of spirit, they are very satisfied. Even if the noodles used to pray for health and longevity in the new year are only put in a handful of salt and a few surviving vegetables, they can't stop eating. Who fought with chopsticks.

After eating and drinking enough, the two went to the shrine to pay homage together.As candidates, they naturally chose Yushima Tenmangu.Yongjin said that he would come here with his parents, but there are too many people who come to the shrine for New Year's Eve. In addition to the locals, there are even foreign tourists who come here to feel the atmosphere. Hands can be separated by the vast sea of ​​people in the blink of an eye, and the stage is deep and rainy.

Under such circumstances, Jiu Ji decisively gave up looking for Yong Jin.With the other hand, he tapped his cell phone to send a message to Yongjin: "It's up to you whether you see it or not." After typing, he immediately retracted his hand into the sleeve of his kimono.

It's really cold today. It snowed the day before yesterday and yesterday, and the snow on the roadside was covered with a new layer before it melted.Now Jiu Ji just typed a few words and he felt that the temperature of his whole body was about to leak from his hands.

Kaneki stretched out his free left hand, and Kuji immediately stuffed it into his palm. "It's freezing."

"That's why I told you not to wear a kimono." Kaneki looked at Jiuji's wine-red kimono.Such a flamboyant color suits him just right.Compared with the appearance of the boy when he first returned to Japan three years ago, the change is not too big. He has not suffered the tragedy of the beautiful boy becoming disabled, but he has grown ten centimeters taller.

His hair grew a bit longer, and now he tied a ponytail loosely with a ribbon and put it on his shoulders——Before going out, in order to facilitate Yongjin’s identification, he sent a full-body photo of himself and Jin Mu to Yongjin , but the other party said that your hairstyle is simply a death flag flowing in the wind, and Jiuji was so angry that he almost crushed his phone.

Jiuji said helplessly, "I don't want to either."

The temperature in Tokyo has dropped severely, and the haori and scarves that go with the kimono are purely for decoration.But it was prepared for him by his future sister-in-law. Qiushi said that if he didn't wear it, he would freeze Jiuji's bank card—Jiuji thought that this man who had already preferred to go to the Thames before he married a wife was more suitable for marriage. .

Kaneki didn't say anything, and bent his index finger habitually, using his fingertips to scratch the back of his hand that was gradually stained with his own temperature. "Are you going to draw a lottery?"

"What if getting a bad lottery affects your mood?" Jiuji frowned, but still followed Kaneki and walked in the direction of the lady witch who issued the lottery.

Jinmu drew Xiaoji, and the prophecy in the signature was not bad, but in terms of health, he was reminded not to walk at night, as it is easy to encounter danger.Kaneki frowned. At the moment of the big exam, he still didn't pay much attention to the information other than the luck of the exam.He folded the lottery and put it in his pocket, then turned to look at Jiuji's lottery.

Jiuji's lottery luck has always been good and bad. This time he got Zhongji, and the commentary in all aspects was not bad, but there was one sentence that puzzled him: be careful of black-haired men.

Jiuji unfolded the lottery, flattened it, and slapped Jinmu on the forehead pretendingly. "A man with dark hair can easily find someone who needs attention."

Kaneki took the stick out of his face, took a look, and laughed happily, without saying anything, just stuffed the stack of sticks into Jiuji's sleeve.

"Aren't you tied to a tree?"

"Let's write an ema." Kaneki didn't answer his question, took Jiu Ji's hand again, and led him into the shrine.

After writing Ema, Kuji also bought two exam pencils with the protection of the gods.

Kaneki told him rationally that this was just psychological comfort, if you slack off your studies because of this, the only way to go is to fail.

Kyuki almost jammed him into the clock.

I went to another place to go around again, and after killing some time, finally, it was midnight, and people who had stopped in place ten seconds ago and counted down loudly clasped their hands and prayed.The 108 bells of the temple, which symbolizes the exorcism of 108 devils and troubles, sounded melodiously from a distance. Everyone closed their eyes and clapped their hands together, listening to the clear and long bells quietly, praying for a safe and happy new year.

The bells stopped and the new year came.

Afterwards, the crowd moved towards the night stall in unison, and the lively night stall became even more crowded.

Appetite overcame his aversion to the crowd, Jiuji looked at the starry eyes of the small desserts such as chocolate bananas and apple candies that are necessary for night stalls, but before he could take a step, he was pulled back by Kaneki.

Kuji blinked and looked at Kaneki pitifully.Kaneki looked back at him disapprovingly, saying that eating in the middle of the night was not easy to digest.Kuji could only flatten his mouth in grievance, and in the end Kaneki couldn't bear Jiuji's crying, making troubles and hanging himself, and allowed him to buy a crepe to eat.

Jiuji cherished this only snack, and gnawed it in small bites.After a while, Yongjin called, and they met near Temizuya at the entrance of the shrine. Kaneki and Hisaki greeted their uncle and aunt, and each received lucky money from their uncle.

Yongjin is going to buy Jiahu pencils (Jinmu: Why do you all believe this...), his sister has been urging him to hurry up, worried that they will be sold out late, so Yongjin can only bid farewell to the two of them in a hurry. One day I went to Kuji's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Kuki just stuffed the last bite of crepe into his mouth and was chewing hard. His good upbringing prevented him from talking while eating, let alone the crepe he was eating. When he opened his mouth, he probably would not only squirt There are crumbs of pancakes, and a mouthful of teeth covered with strawberry juice and cream... I can't bear to look directly at it.

Seeing that Jiuji couldn't speak, Kaneki discussed with Yongjin on his behalf: "Kuji has nothing to do this first month, so he will go to Ginza once on the [-]th, and see the agent of the Yaozhiwei branch in Tokyo on the [-]th, and the rest of the time You are welcome to come anytime."

After saying goodbye, Yongyuan held down his younger sister, stared at their backs for a long time, and then led her back into the crowd before the younger sister bit someone.On the way slowly moving towards the entrance of the shrine, he stroked his chin and muttered thoughtfully: "I used to think Kaneki looked like Hisaki's mother, but now he looks more like the mistress of the Yakushiji family..."

TBC

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