When the clock strikes four, everything in the world stops for tea.
Since the beginning of the 17th century, when tea from the East entered Europe along the new sea routes, this proverb has become popular in Britain.
This expresses the importance of afternoon tea.
The warm Darjeeling black tea is fragrant and refreshing; the exquisite tea set is as smooth as a young girl who has just taken a milk bath; the delicious snacks and melodious music...
As the eldest daughter who received orthodox Western aristocratic etiquette education, Suzuki Ayako showed extraordinary self-restraint at this moment.
After the silver teaspoon slowly stirred in the cup, it tapped the edge of the cup twice, and a "ding ding" sound was heard.
With her little finger raised, she quietly takes a sip of fragrant tea, looking dignified and relaxed, showing her elegance.
She is indeed a lady from a noble family.
Sakaki Makoto nodded slightly.
Ever since the Black Ship Incident, Japan has been yearning for Europe and even trying to imitate and learn from it.
In their imagination, Europe is a wonderful place like heaven, where people are noble, gentlemanly, generous and polite...
Then,
A mental illness called Paris Syndrome arose.
As the name suggests, the disease mainly affects Japanese people. It is caused by the fact that when Japanese people travel to Europe, Paris and other places, they find that the real Paris is too different from what they have imagined, which leads to a psychological disease.
Symptoms include: nausea, insomnia, convulsions, indescribable fear, inferiority, shame, doubt about life...
In severe cases, there may be suicidal tendencies.
This is caused by a huge psychological gap.
To put it bluntly, it is the shattered dream.
The tea is still very fragrant.
It has a refreshing and slightly bitter taste, and when paired with snacks, it can bring out the smoothness of the black tea to the greatest extent.
Sakaki Makoto put down his teacup and looked at everyone who had an unnatural expression.
The long-haired handsome guy Ota Masaru had a jealous look on his face and was very resentful.
The square-faced photographer Hiroki Kadoya, holding a camera with the lens pointed at him, was as focused as if he was in the middle of an interview.
Ryoichi Takahashi with curly hair and chubby face...
He kept his head down, counting the microorganisms in the teacup, so that no one could see his expression.
The most interesting one is Chikako Ikeda, who is wearing extreme Barbie pink.
She held the teacup, her eyes always wandering on Sakaki Makoto, occasionally licking the corner of her mouth with a seductive look.
Sakaki Makoto remained indifferent to this.
He was obviously just a guest, but everyone was waiting for him to speak.
"Ms. Ayako, I heard you are in a film club?"
Sakaki Makoto finally spoke to break the deadlock.
"yes."
Suzuki Ayako smiled and said:
"Because of our good relationship, a few of us get together like this every two years."
“I made a lot of short films when I was in college!”
"hiss...."
Sakaki Makoto almost got the wrong idea.
"Speaking of movies, Ms. Ikeda is the screenwriter of the currently popular movie, Cyan Kingdom!"
Suzuki Sonoko said.
As soon as these words were spoken, Sakaki Makoto discovered that the atmosphere at the table had changed again.
Chikako Ikeda raised her head with pride, a sly smile on her face, and the other three...
Then he looked disdainful.
This made Sakaki Makoto a little curious.
There are more than 40 muscles in the human face that are responsible for facial movements.
Most muscles are not under your control.
This means that people will involuntarily reveal many of their true thoughts, even if they try their best to hide them.
The expressions of Ota Katsuki and his companions after hearing about the Blue Kingdom were very intriguing...
It's not jealousy, it's...
What other factors are there.
“That’s really not easy.”
Sakaki Makoto gave a tentative compliment.
Sure enough, the expression of Ota Katsumi and his companions appeared again.
At this point, Sakaki Makoto has been able to confirm that the internal situation of this film club is by no means as harmonious as Suzuki Ayako said.
But he didn't mind his own business.
People are here for a party. No matter what they think secretly, at least everyone appears to be friendly on the surface, and that's enough.
"Mr. Sakaki, do you want to act in a movie?"
Chikako Ikeda raised her lips and said confidently:
"I can arrange a role for you."
Swish!
Four pairs of eyes suddenly looked over, three parts stern, seven parts dissatisfied, in short, very unfriendly.
"Movie?"
Facing the fiery gaze, Sakaki Makoto laughed dryly:
"Forget it."
“I don’t want to be a star.”
"But you're a star now."
Chikako Ikeda said reluctantly:
"If Mr. Makoto Sakaki can star in my movie, I believe it will be a big hit at the box office."
"I have no plans to participate in the show, not now and not in the future."
Sakaki Makoto's face was calm:
"If Ms. Ikeda's film is short of talent, why not give the opportunity to you old friends?"
Her expression froze, her mood suddenly turned bad, and Ikeda Chikako stood up:
"I'm going to go for a walk."
"Hello!"
Photographer Hiroki Kakutani caught up:
"It's going to rain outside....right!"
He suddenly stopped, turned around and said:
"The roof seems to be broken, Takahashi, could you please fix it?"
"Leave it to me."
Takahashi Ryoichi, with a chubby face, agreed readily.
There was a faint sound of thunder from the sky. With the three people gone, the atmosphere at the table became harmonious.
"Then I should probably go get ready for dinner."
Suzuki Ayako walked towards the kitchen with a smile.
At this moment, a raindrop hit the window, followed by the sound of heavy rain.
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