chsdbacks Chapter 105 Cang Jie And Li Yi
Chapter 105 Cang Jie And Li Yi
In the evening, on the streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo, there is an inconspicuous ramen shop.
There was only a middle-aged couple in the store, looking sadly at the heavy rain outside. .
The location of this store is not a good one. It is in the corner of the street. You can't notice it unless you look carefully. The size and signboard of the store are also very simple. There is only room for seven or eight diners to eat at the same time. It's raining heavily, so the dinner business will definitely not be good.
In the alley, two middle-aged men held black umbrellas and walked over one after another.
The boss, who was holding his head on his hands and complaining about the weather, saw the two of them through the glass window. They were just passing by. After all, with their dress, status and temperament, they would definitely not patronize a small shop like his.
The man in Chinese tunic suit and the tall man in casual clothes hid in the awning outside the store and put away their umbrellas outside.
Fujiwara Chiba held a banquet on the top floor of Fujiwara Building. Principal Long took Li Yi in and walked out immediately. He left with the words "I don't like kneeling to eat" and took Li Yi away.
"Li Yi, is this what you call Tokyo delicacy?" Principal Long looked through the curtain in the room and saw that there was not a single customer who ordered this.
Li Yi nodded, looked at the sign at the door nostalgically and said: "I studied in Japan... exchanged swordsmanship for two years. You know my family background, principal. I didn't have much money in my pocket at that time. Hanyu Kura, the son of the Hanyu family The warehouse manager took good care of me. I wanted to save face and didn’t want people to see that I was short of money. I always had to pay for the invitation after eating so many meals. So I saved up a month or two and asked to hire the warehouse manager. He can choose a place to eat."
Speaking of this, Li Yi smiled mockingly: "Even so, I still felt weak when I touched the money in my pocket when he was choosing a restaurant. At that time, the Hanyu family's Shinto Muken-ryu was the most famous swordsmanship hall in Japan, and the Kura Suke is the only son of Juro Hanyu and the young master of the sword hall. He is very generous in his behavior. In addition, he has no intention of practicing swordsmanship and is only interested in doing business. He has made a lot of money at a young age and has luxurious food, clothing, housing and transportation. , who knows if my little money is enough."
Principal Long frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the fact that the college's geniuses were worrying about money in Japan, and said: "I remember that you were sent to Japan by the college for kendo exchanges. Logically speaking, you have funding from the college. If it doesn't go that far, let's talk about Lin Tiannan..."
Li Yi quickly interrupted and said with a smile: "This matter has nothing to do with Vice President Lin. I was young and energetic at the time, and I didn't have much money to spend by myself, so..."
Principal Long interrupted: "So I spent the money on a Japanese woman. As a man, when you are young and you have enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry, you will naturally not feel poor. You will only feel poor when you meet a woman you like. Only then will you regret that you don’t have enough money in your pocket.”
When the past events were mentioned, Li Yi laughed awkwardly.
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the teacher."
Principal Long put the umbrella away by the door and said, "Whose idea do you think it was to send you to Japan to study?"
The shock on Li Yi's face flashed across his face. He was obsessed with kendo back then and vowed to travel around the world and master the swordsmanship of various countries to prove that China's kendo was the strongest. He only had trouble in Japan because the whole school knew about it. Principal Long hates Japan the most. If he knows that one of his students wants to study in Japan, shouldn't he break his legs?
So Li Yi kept the matter hidden in his mind. Suddenly one day, Vice Principal Lin, who was still the director at the time, found him and said that there was an opportunity to go to Japan to exchange kendo.
"I'm not as old-fashioned as you think. I still understand the principle of learning from the foreigners and gaining skills to defeat the foreigners. Of course, it doesn't mean that Japan's swordsmanship is better than ours." Principal Long stood under the shop shed and lit a cigarette, "I I sent you because you are good enough. The Japanese gods were proud of their swordsmanship at that time, and I believe you can defeat them."
"Go and order. I'm a little hungry. Just order the same thing as you." Principal Long looked into the distance quietly.
Li Yi opened the door curtain and said to the boss who was standing aside: "Boss, two bowls of signature ramen, one bowl with more chili sauce, one bowl less spicy."
Although he has lived in Japan for two years, it was more than 20 years ago after all. Now his spoken English is unfamiliar and he stumbles when speaking.
"Okay, please sit down and wait." After saying that, the boss shouted to the kitchen in Japanese to inform his wife that he was doing business, while he was chopping and arranging the ingredients with clean hands.
Behind the L-shaped dining table is the boss's workstation. Hot steam comes out of the kitchen, and the aroma of fish soup fills the small shop.
Li Yi looked at the environment in the store with nostalgia and sat in the innermost position against the wall.
More than twenty years later, he finally came to this place again and sat in this familiar position.
"You haven't finished telling the story just now." Principal Long lifted the curtain and walked in, sitting next to Li Yi.
Li Yi continued: "I was worried that based on Kurasuke's standards for restaurants, the place he chose might not even have enough money for me to save, but in the end he brought me to this ramen shop."
"Then what?" Principal Long fiddled with the tableware on the table in front of him.
Before Li Yi could speak hastily, a man's voice came from outside the door.
"Then he didn't appreciate it and angrily scolded me for looking down on him."
The man in a suit walked to the table of Li Yi and Principal Long as he spoke, with a bright expression on his face and just the right wrinkles that showed his charm as a mature man.
"Mr. Hanyu."
Seeing the man arriving, the noodle shop owner bowed respectfully and greeted him. It was obvious that this distinguished guest had been visiting the restaurant frequently over the years.
"Kurasuke!" Li Yi reunited with his old friend in the story, with a complicated expression on his face.
"You didn't notify me when you came to Tokyo, Ayi, I'm very unhappy." Having said that, Hanyu Kusuke couldn't hide the smile on his face. After saying that, he looked at Principal Long and bowed respectfully.
"Kansuke Hanyu, I've met Principal Long."
"Your son has been well-educated." Principal Long looked at Hanyu Kusuke and said slowly.
Hearing this, the smile on Hanyu Kamsuke's face gradually disappeared.
"The principal is so complimentary. I know very well the virtues of my boy. If he offended the principal, I, as a father, will apologize on his behalf."
Japanese people will inevitably have an accent when speaking Chinese, but Hanyu Kusuke's Chinese has a southern accent. It's not surprising when you think about it. After all, Li Yi is from the south.
"He is indeed very good, and he has greatly changed my view of the Japanese." Principal Long said with a smile, "You old friends are reunited, so I won't be in the way."
As he said that, Principal Long moved to the side.
Hanyu Kurasuke generously sat between the two of them and ordered pork cutlet ramen from the boss.
The owner of the noodle shop naturally knew who the man in the suit was. Many years ago, when he was the young master of the nearby Hanyu Kenkan, he would often bring a large number of friends to the shop to eat noodles, and the shop would be packed to the brim. After being lonely, the man didn't come back for a long time. When we saw him again, he was no longer the young boy he once was, but a decent man in a suit and leather suit with a Rolls-Royce, a beautiful secretary and a beautiful secretary. I heard that he bought this house. A piece of land and buildings. Occasionally at night, I would go to the store before closing time, order a bowl of pork chop noodles, and sit quietly in a daze.
"How long has it been since we last met?" Kurasuke said quietly, looking at the men and women working in the kitchen.
"It's been more than twenty years," Li Yi said.
"Hezi passed away two years after you left." Hamsuke fiddled with the soy sauce bottle in front of him.
"I know. I received your letter." Li Yi looked sad.
"Oh?" Hamsuke turned around and stared at Li Yi, "Which letter did you receive? The one where I said she was seriously ill? Or the one where I asked you to come and see her for the last time? Or me The one that told you she was dead and buried!”
His tone became more and more serious, until he finally shouted out. The couple working in the kitchen were frightened so that they didn't dare to speak anymore. The female secretary guarding the door was also surprised and looked over to check the situation. In her impression, her boss always looked calm and smiling. There seemed to be no problem in the world that he couldn't solve, and there was nothing worth getting angry about, except when it came to his son who kept talking. She will have a headache. This is the first time she has seen her boss lose his temper and become angry.
"You were already married at that time, I shouldn't..." Li Yi, known as the contemporary swordsman, who was so angry that he picked on eleven Japanese swordsman masters when he was young, showed a rare sign of weakness.
"So you're blaming her? Are you blaming me? Blame her for marrying me, blaming me for marrying her! That's why you don't even want to see her for the last time!" Kurasuke sneered.
Over the years, he had many puzzles and questions, especially when he saw the regretful look in his wife's eyes before she died. He really wanted to beat Li Yi by his collar and ask him why he ran away and why he didn't come back.
But when they really saw him, the two of them were no longer the young people they were back then, and those problems were no longer important.
"I'm sorry for you." Li Yi lowered his head.
"The person you're most sorry for is yourself." Hamsuke took two bottles of soju from the table in front of him and handed them to Li Yi.
"You don't want to walk out standing tonight."
Li Yi drank two bottles of soju in one go, and he was already swaying. When the boss brought the ramen to the table, he was already lying on the table.
Kurasuke couldn't help but smile on his face. Although Li Yi had a good bloodline, he was not good at drinking. When he was young, he was always the first to get down when drinking at parties. The alcohol content of Japanese shochu is so low that this store purchased it to save costs. The low-quality soju mixed with industrial alcohol made Li Yi sleep for a long time with his drinking capacity.
"The evil ghosts were trying to make moves along the way several times but were stopped by Li Yi. You can do well and knock my guards down with just a few words and two bottles of soju." Principal Long took a sip of ramen and wrinkled. Frowning, I added several more spoonfuls of hot sauce before I was satisfied.
Hanyu Kusuke said calmly: "This noodle soup is made with fish soup. If the principal eats it like this, it will lose its original flavor."
"As I get older, my sense of taste deteriorates and my mouth is always tasteless. I am a Hunanese who loves spicy food." The principal looked really hungry and finished the entire bowl of noodles in just a few bites.
Principal Long took out a tissue and wiped his mouth.
"It tastes really bad. I really don't know why Li Yi likes to eat this. It's no wonder that he, a southerner, likes to eat bland food."
Kurasuke smiled and said, "It's quite unpalatable. When I first came to this store, the owner and the wife were a newly married couple. After so many years, their skills have not improved."
The boss looked expectantly at the two people in the kitchen. He couldn't understand Chinese, but it seemed that the two distinguished guests were discussing the taste of ramen.
"It's delicious as always." Hanyu Kurasuke gave the boss a thumbs up and said in Japanese.
"Tell me, if you come here to get Li Yi down, it's not just as simple as eating a bowl of ramen." Principal Long lit a cigarette.
Hanyu Kusuke snapped his fingers, and the female secretary outside came in with a question.
"Invite the people in the store out." Hanyu Kusuke said and patted the sleeping Li Yi, "Send this sword master to the hotel."
A group of men in black came in, politely invited the boss and his wife out, and then carefully helped Li Yi out.
Principal Long just sat quietly, not worried at all that he was on someone else's territory. His only bodyguard was transported to an unknown hotel.
Only Kurusuke Hanyu and Principal Ryu were left in the store.
"My son, you met today." Hanyu Kusuke finally spoke.
"As I said, he's a very nice young man."
"He has nothing to do with the past. He only joined the evil ghosts to revitalize the family's swordsmanship. I implore the principal not to include my son in your revenge plan."
"What do you think I am? A murderer?" Principal Long coughed heavily for a while as if he was choked by smoke. "As long as he doesn't block my way, nothing will happen."
"I hope the principal will remember what he said today." Hanyu Kusuke said.
"It seems you still have to listen to the doctor's words." Principal Long put out his cigarette, "How is the situation going?"
"Among the three noble sons, Amaterasu is staying with the people you sent, Susana is at the Samurai God Society, and only Tsukuyomi..."
"You don't have to worry about Tsukuyomi." Principal Long interrupted Hanyu Kusuke with a wave of his hand, "My three outstanding students will find her."
"Principal, the only guilty one among the three nobles is Susana. Why did you spend so much time looking for Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi? When the war happened, they had not yet recovered."
"I said that anyone who doesn't block my way will not die. What I want is to kill Susana completely, rather than letting him parasitize and wait for resurrection again and again." Principal Long frowned, "Talk about it Next thing.”
Kusuke Hanyu clapped his hands, and the female secretary walked in from the door holding a long wooden box. Kusuke Hanyu took the wooden box, and the female secretary stepped out wisely.
He opened the wooden box and found a long sword lying quietly inside.
"Tian Cong Yun Sword."
Principal Long nodded, but did not take it.
"When the time is right, give it to Amaterasu."
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Principal Long and Kurasuke Hanyu walked out of the store.
"The driver will take you to the hotel. Li Yi is also there. The evil spirits in this area cannot get in, so the principal has a good rest." Hanyu Kusuke sent the principal to the car.
"Kurasuke." Principal Long lowered the window.
"Principal, please speak." Hanyu Kusuke bent down.
"I won't go back on what I promised you, but I don't want you to hide anything from me either."
"Of course not."
The Rolls-Royce exited the alley and turned onto the avenue.
Hanyu Kusuke looked at the car that had disappeared at the intersection with a solemn expression.
"Where is Taki now?" he asked.
"Master Taki is at the nearby kendo gym." the female secretary replied.
"Keep an eye on them and report every move to me." After saying that, Hanyu Kurasuke hurried towards the kendo gym where he grew up.