"So? You came to Tokyo all by yourself?"
Suguru Geto looked at the new can of coke in his hand, then at Zenin Kiyoshi in front of him, nodded, and said with a smile:
"Yes, my parents are in the countryside, but they love me very much. They said they didn't want me to stay in a small place for the rest of my life like them. They want me to see the sun outside."
When Suguru Geto said these words, he subconsciously used his hand to cover the patch on his pants. This was not because he thought these pants were shameful, but because he was worried that Zenin Kiyoshi would be unwilling to be friends with him for this reason.
This kind of thing was not the first time it had happened in Tokyo. The people who lived in this concrete jungle always seemed to have something different from those who grew up in the mud.
They wouldn't discuss those things in front of Suguru Geto. The students' upbringing was very good, but that invisible barrier was the most powerless thing.
However, Suguru Geto didn't really care about what those people thought. He knew that he and they would not be on the same path. But Zenin Kiyoshi was different. He was a person who was truly walking on the same path as him.
And this path was destined to be lonely and difficult, but Suguru Geto knew that he had to walk on. Even if he was the only one left, he would definitely walk on.
Because his parents had once taught him that the appearance of the strong must be to protect something. The stronger a person is, the more things they need to protect.
Suguru Geto had always firmly believed in this sentence and was prepared to fight for it.
But if there could be some like-minded people on this lonely road, then it would probably be much easier to walk.
So Suguru Geto didn't want the patch on his clothes to be seen by Zenin Kiyoshi. He hoped to make a friend.
But he had searched his entire wardrobe, and only this one piece of clothing was the cleanest and tidiest.
Zenin Kiyoshi naturally also saw Suguru Geto's small actions. He already had a rough idea of the prices in this world. According to Suguru Geto's family situation, sending him to Tokyo to study, the tuition and living expenses alone would probably be an extremely heavy burden.
Needless to say about public schools, you can't get in without a school district house. So the only place Suguru Geto can go is a private school with more expensive fees. In that kind of school, various fees are endless, plus commuting and various extracurricular activities. His parents must have tried their best to send him here.
And it is precisely because of this that Suguru Geto's living standard will inevitably not be too good. Zenin Kiyoshi actually had some guesses in his heart when he first saw Suguru Geto.
And Suguru Geto's current actions only confirmed Zenin Kiyoshi's guess.
But he didn't care about these things at all.
Before he transmigrated, he himself was just an ordinary worker earning a few thousand yuan a month. The matter of survival is something that most people in this world have to do with all their might.
As long as they are people who work hard with their own hands to survive, then no one has the right to laugh at them.
He took the Pocari Sweat handed to him by Suguru Geto, smiled, and then said:
"I'm moving next week, just nearby. That building, do you see it? The fifth floor of that building."
Hearing Zenin Kiyoshi's words, a look of surprise and joy appeared on Suguru Geto's face. He looked at that building and subconsciously said:
"My house is also nearby. Does that mean we can..."
Halfway through his words, Suguru Geto seemed to have suddenly remembered something and closed his mouth, letting the half-finished topic come to an abrupt end.
His lips trembled slightly, and the light in his eyes quickly dimmed. The sound that was about to burst out of his throat was forcibly suppressed.
Should he invite the other party to such a cramped basement?
Let the other party smell the musty smell of the floor with him?
Should he let the other party feel the furniture that seemed to have never been dry?
Not good.
He forcibly suppressed the feelings that burst out in his heart. At this time, Suguru Geto was only 12 years old, an age where he didn't even fully know joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but he was already used to suppressing all kinds of emotions in his heart.
Zenin Kiyoshi looked at the hesitant Suguru Geto, and combined with the other party's character in the original story, he probably already knew what the other party's concerns were.
Zenin Kiyoshi had always had a very fond evaluation of Suguru Geto.
Suguru Geto is a person who is very good at enduring, but often such people do not end up well.
Because endurance will make most people who don't love you, and people who love you, ignore your emotions together.
But should he change it now?
There's no hurry. Material changes can be completed in a day, but emotional barrenness cannot be repaired in a short while.
Zenin Kiyoshi did not choose to let the topic drop. As a person from China in his previous life, he did not like the overly euphemistic way of speaking in Japan.
No matter where you are, being direct is always the ultimate skill.
No matter where you are, don't let the topic fall to the ground.
So, Zenin Kiyoshi patted Suguru Geto on the shoulder, smiled, and then said:
"Then we can visit each other's homes in the future. But I don't live alone. There's also a颓废 uncle and a very gentle Cursed Spirit sister."
When he heard the first half of the sentence, Suguru Geto's mood was rising, because the words he couldn't say were said by Zenin Kiyoshi. Being direct makes people very comfortable.
When he heard the middle half of the sentence, Suguru Geto's mood was nervous, because there was also a parent in Zenin Kiyoshi's family. Children don't care about money, but adults may not. What if after Zenin Kiyoshi's parents see him, they ask Zenin Kiyoshi to keep a distance from him?!
But when he heard the second half of the sentence, Suguru Geto's mood was dumbfounded. He didn't understand. What did he mean by a gentle Cursed Spirit sister?
Cursed Spirits have self-awareness? Cursed Spirits have personalities? Cursed Spirits have genders?!
No! Cursed Spirits can live with people?!
Looking at Suguru Geto's face that changed four times in one second, Zenin Kiyoshi felt a little like laughing in his heart. He knew that these things would be very shocking to Suguru Geto, who had not yet fully entered the jujutsu world. No, perhaps even people in the jujutsu world would be severely shocked if they saw this scene.
However, it doesn't matter. Since he has come to this world, he has to try to change some things on the basis of protecting his own life.
It is certainly cool to read the life of a selfish protagonist in a novel, but the joy in a person's heart is ultimately a protagonist who can still maintain kindness in the dark.
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