Chapter 53 Chapter 53 (Second Update) Searching
"That's not like you, Yukimura."
"Are you also afraid of distance?"
His friends' words of persuasion lingered in his ears. Yukimura picked up his cell phone to check the time, then raised his hands to cover his eyes.
Today is the first day of the women's volleyball fall meet.
He picked up his phone again, and the chat message with Xiangcheng was still from half a month ago.
She said she was going to training camp.
He replied with an "OK".
Then came the fifteen days he spent alone.
Maybe even longer.
Clearly, more than half a year ago, he spent his time like this - training, attending classes, hanging out with friends, practicing at the club, painting, and taking care of plants.
Apart from the days when he was sick, he should be used to this kind of life.
But I felt lost instead.
Even Sanada could sense his absent-mindedness. Those who didn't know the truth thought he was rejected, or that he couldn't stand being apart for even fifteen days.
Until he asked Xiangcheng what if she wanted to transfer schools?
Everyone looked even more surprised than him.
Then everyone started talking at once, urging him to be more open-minded - only Yagyu thought for a moment before asking that question.
"Are you also afraid of distance?"
"If that's the case, shouldn't we seize this last chance?"
Yagyu looked at him quietly. "Because you know you'll probably never meet someone like this again. If you give up just like that... you'll regret it."
There is always something to be said for similar stories.
Yukimura then turned over and looked for something in the drawer. After finding it, he quickly tidied himself up.
Then he quickly said goodbye to his family and headed towards Tokyo with his extremely clear mind.
It's just a matter of modifying the original plan...just pay more attention to flights from Paris to Tokyo.
The opening ceremony was about to begin, and Yukimura finally arrived and successfully found the other members of the Rikkai University Women's Volleyball Club, as well as several of his teammates.
"We were betting on whether you would come." Rika smiled.
Abe Zhen sighed: "What a great sentiment this is - come on, pay up!"
A few girls sitting nearby smiled and handed over a few small coins.
The host introduced the organizers and participating teams. When the Kanagawa team came out, everyone looked carefully for them.
"Strange," Matsumoto Genon frowned, "Igarashi-senpai is on the team, but...Kaguya isn't."
Lixiang guessed: "Could it be that something is holding him back?"
The Kobayashi sisters looked at each other, and the elder sister, Kobayashi Megumi, said, "Will they think we're a hidden ace?"
"We'll find out once the games start." Matsumoto Genyin looked at the match schedule on his phone. "The first match will be at Field B, against the Okinawa team."
Everyone had to suppress their doubts and waited for half an hour before the field was prepared and players from both teams entered the field to warm up - still no oranges.
Matsumoto Genkion couldn't help but call out to Igarashi Kotomi. Igarashi looked at the coach's expression and shook his head, indicating that they would talk about it after the game.
Yukimura had never felt such an agonizing match. Kanagawa played very aggressively, and Fujino Yu's smashes were as good as her nickname "heavy artillery".
For him, the half-hour game, no matter how exciting it was, became boring without Xiangcheng.
After the match, he eagerly went to the players' tunnel. Matsumoto Genon and Sakurai Rika called out to Kotomi Igarashi for him, but she only knew that Kaoru had hurriedly left a few days ago, citing a serious illness in her family.
At this time, Fujino came over and said: "Yuhara's grandfather passed away. Our coach went to pay his respects yesterday."
Several people looked at Fujino in shock.
She frowned. "It's been four or five days. What a shame... She said her grandfather would come to the game."
Everyone fell silent.
Yukimura turned around and left the venue.
He tried hard to recall, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hailed a taxi.
"Please go to this address..."
Soon, he stood in front of a house with a sign that read "Tatsuno's House."
The smell of incense seemed to linger in the air.
He tried to knock on the door, then pulled his hand back.
Until a lazy and surprised voice came from behind: "Yukimura-kun?"
"Ah, it's Lone Claw-kun..."
Mo Mo looked at him, then looked at Xiang Cheng's yard. "Just call me Mo Mo. Do you need me to call Xiang Cheng out for you?"
Yukimura nodded: "Thank you very much." It was really rude of him to come here so suddenly - but after standing here, he thought of this problem.
Fortunately, Molu was a regular customer. He woke up the screen in front of the intercom and went in quickly.
Xiangcheng was home alone, sorting through her grandfather's photo albums that had not yet been organized in the living room.
Occasionally, when she saw this familiar face, she would rub her face for a few seconds and quickly put it in a new book before tears came.
Mo Mo stood at the door, looking at the densely packed photos on the ground. After a long moment, he said, "Um, Yukimura is outside the door."
Xiangcheng took a while to react, then raised her head and said, "Yukimura?"
"Yes," Mo Li touched his nose, "He seemed to have just heard about it and came to look for you, but he didn't dare to come in."
Xiangcheng stood up with the help of the sofa, carefully walked over the photos on the ground, and followed Mo Mo out of the yard in his slippers.
Seeing Yukimura's concerned eyes, she started crying again unconsciously.
He glanced at the two of them, then considerately closed the gate, leaving them in the yard.
He wanted to laugh, but stopped himself in time.
Xiangcheng took a few steps forward and said in a hoarse voice, "Why are you here?"
Yukimura didn't answer her question, but simply asked back, "Are you okay?"
"Not very good." Xiangcheng shook her head and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
Yukimura sighed and hugged her gently, "Now you're being honest."
Xiangcheng's body was also filled with the scent of smoke, making her look like a wilted orange.
At this moment, the inner entanglement and anxiety were gradually replaced by worry.
He would rather Xiang Cheng cried again, but she just leaned back for a moment and then raised her head: "Let's go, I still have a lot of photos to sort out." Yukimura hesitated, and Xiang Cheng said: "It's okay, I'm the only one at home, and they've gone to handle some documents, don't worry too much."
Yukimura then followed her and helped her pick out the photos according to the schedule.
When she had almost finished cleaning, Xiangcheng saw that the clock in the living room showed three o'clock.
"Oh my God!" She looked at Yukimura apologetically: "I'm going to starve you to death!"
"Wait a minute, I'll go cook..."
Yukimura held her back: "It's okay, I'll get some takeout, do you want anything to eat?"
Xiangcheng didn't feel hungry yet, so she said, "It's okay, I'll make some ramen and it will be ready in ten minutes."
Yukimura had no choice but to accompany her and go into the kitchen. On the one hand, he thought that this was too rude, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but follow her. He was frightened when he saw her picking up the kitchen knife.
Fortunately, Yuzu's simple ramen was indeed ready very quickly.
Surprisingly, it tasted really good.
Yukimura ate the oranges one by one, and slowed down to ask her what was wrong.
"I just don't feel very hungry lately...you should eat quickly." Xiangcheng simply put down his chopsticks.
Seeing that she really didn't want to eat, Yukimura stopped eating with boredom.
Just as they were about to say something, the door suddenly opened and the two looked towards the door - grandmother and Yuhara's parents looked at them in surprise, then quickly looked away.
After standing up, Xiang Cheng introduced her to the elders: "This is my friend Yukimura Seiichi. He was a little worried, so I came to check on him..."
A hint of joy appeared in the grandmother's tired expression: "Welcome, Yukimura... I remember we met before."
"Hello, uncle and aunt. Yes, I saw you at the last competition." Although a little nervous, Yukimura still handled the situation in front of him with perfect courtesy.
Yukihara Nagatomo and Mikiko exchanged a glance before speaking, "Thank you, Yukimura-san, for still thinking of us, Xiang Cheng. It's really troublesome for you."
"It's okay, uncle. It was my fault for coming so intrusively."
Yuhara Nagatomo asked him to sit down. "It's okay... To be honest, we've been worried about Xiangcheng these past few days, so it's better to have a friend here."
"Yes," Mikiko pulled Xiangcheng over and said, "Yukimura-san is from Kanagawa, right?"
"Yes..."
Mikiko embraced Xiangcheng and said, "That's great. I'll have to trouble you later to take Xiangcheng back to Kanagawa."
Xiangcheng glanced sideways: "Why?"
Mikiko patted her soothingly and said, "Can you go and help grandma clean up her room first? Once we've settled this place, we'll take grandma over."
Yukimura met her gaze and agreed.
Xiangcheng was still a little reluctant, so Mikiko had to use her trump card: "Did you forget that the cat is still in foster care at the pet store?"
"Um……"
Grandma came over with tea: "Look at us Xiangcheng, we even forgot to make tea for the guests."
Xiangcheng smiled apologetically.
Yukimura stood up and took it with both hands: "It's okay...Kazuki is just..."
The three adults nodded in understanding, and Yukimura took back his words.
After the two people left, grandma and the Jieyuan couple packed up the things in the house and packed many of the things left by grandpa into cardboard boxes.
They didn't dare to clean up when Xiangcheng was around. These past few days, they saw her carefully avoiding the places where her grandfather usually stayed, which made them feel sad.
But we cannot continue to be so negative. For those who are still alive, the world must continue to move forward.
"Take this notebook with you. It contains the training instructions your father left for Xiangcheng before he left," Grandma said, pulling out a cowhide notebook. "Leave it to Xiangcheng."
Mikiko took it and put it in her bag: "Xiangcheng is about to cry again."
"I cried every night and didn't eat well these past few days. Luckily my classmates came."
"Yeah, go back sooner, it should be better if you're not here."
After picking up the two cats, Xiangcheng and Yukimura each carried an airline box and walked towards Xiangcheng's home.
The house had been empty for a few days and there were even some noises. Fortunately, after the two cats came out of the airline box, they hesitated for a long time before finding their familiarity and started running around the house happily. It was obvious that they had been lacking exercise in the past few days.
Xiangcheng remembered her grandmother's instructions to make tea, but Yukimura pushed her down on the sofa and said, "No, you should get some rest."
"No need?" Xiangcheng began to feel sorry again: "I'm so sorry... for making you run around."
Yukimura smiled and said, "It's a good feeling to be needed by friends."
The two chatted for a few more sentences, and Xiangcheng rubbed his eyes and suddenly felt sleepy.
Yukimura said softly, "Go and rest."
Xiangcheng forced himself to say that it was okay and got up to add more food for the cats.
When I sat back down, I felt much more awake, so I simply invited Yukimura to play games for a while to divert my attention.
Yukimura had no objection, so he chose a classic two-player level-breaking game. As they walked, the green man couldn't catch up for a long time.
Yukimura looked back and saw that Kaoru had fallen asleep on the sofa, holding the controller.
He pinched Xiangcheng's face, wanting her to get up and go sleep upstairs, but she didn't respond.
He had no choice but to let her lie down more comfortably.
After picking up the two curious cats, Yukimura carefully left the Yuhara family.
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The author has something to say: I can’t write anymore [laughing and crying] It’s too hard for me, I’ll add some more exciting stuff tomorrow
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