Awakening - Chapter 231

Chapter 231: War of the playboys

The next morning, Just as Lei Yin pushed open the door to the room and went in, a soft body rushed over and hugged him tightly.

Lei Yin put the tray in his hand on the table next to him and then placed his arms around her waist and said, “Awake? I was afraid I'd have to wake you up when I got up to get us breakfast”

“I … I didn't see you after I got up, I was so scared.” Naoko whispered like a child who was about to be punished for her wrong doing.

“Foolish girl.., let's have breakfast, have you had your bath yet?

“Oh, I’m sorry, I have not, I haven't even brushed my teeth, hold on for me!!.” Naoko in panic ran into the bathroom.

Lei smiled faintly, he put the tray down on the table.

Cleaned up, Naoko's face slightly red from shame sat on the other side of the table as she looked at Lei yin opposite her.
Naoko absentmindedly moved her chopsticks randomly as she played with her breakfast, but she would randomly sneak a peek at Lei Yin who was eating.

“What’s wrong, the food isn't to your taste?” Lei Yin looked at her strangely and asked.

“No, no, nothing.” Naoko hurriedly lowered her head to eat.

"Good, good… his attitude towards me has not changed”.

Drops of crystalline liquid quietly fell from Naoko's face into her soup bowl. Her lowered head prevented lei yin from noticing this.

After they finished breakfast, Lei Yin while watching TV news said to her: “A lot has happening lately. So, since we are here we might as well take some time to play around. How about we visit some places.  Yes!! I remember you went to Nagoya Primary school, junior high school and high school, take me to your previous school to visit. How about it?

Naoko eyes lit up, her face immediately revealed an excited expression, “Really!!?"

Lei Yin nodded with a smile.

Naoko joyfully held Lei Yin's arm. Naoko was delighted a big difference from her previously cautious and solemn mood.

When lei Yin and Naoko left the hotel, they did not go to Nagoya city famous tourist attractions as other tourists did, but they boarded various city commune buses leisurely wandering around and admiring a few eye catching side attractions. When they saw some wonderful side attractions or antique shops, they would get off the bus to visit, after which they check them out and tour its vicinity on foot and later take another bus to continue their wandering. They were very relaxed and carefree.

Although Naoko studied in Nagoya for so many years, but because of her frequent illness during her childhood, she mostly lingered around the vicinity of her school and  the home of her  grandmother.  She had yet to actually visit most of the places in Nagoya city. When Lei Yin asked her the direction to several places she could not answer, She sulkily gave up being a guide and bought herself a map. Naoko sulked for a long time because of this.

Although their journey was so multi directional and aimless, but they also stopped to visit the Japanese temple, the Shrine, Osu Street market and other tourist attractions. Among all the places they visited, they stayed the longest Osu Street market.

The shopping street had a long history, and still retained its rich “Down Town (Market)” style, in which almost everything could be found here. It had large malls with electrical stores, electronic and digital stores; there were also many clothing stores which included some traditional clothes kiosks and so on. As a result of the abundant and myriad variety of goods available, their prices were relatively cheaper. This made the shopping market very lively and during the holidays there were even more customers.

Here Naoko was very excited as she admired the small kiosks that sold ingeniously prepared special indigenous snacks and some unique hand crafted objects which where usually not seen in the big cities Later, they stopped to eat sushi at nearby antique sushi restaurant, which was said to have been in operation for sixty to seventy years, its ancientness could be seen in its surrounding right down to its exterior and interior decorations and even the table wares. Lei Yin did not like Japanese sushi (TLN: the first sushi racist I have met) this didn't mean it wasn't tasty. However in that shop, Lei Yin was very interested in the store’s signature dish “eel rice.” This eel rice was not sushi and should not have appeared in a sushi restaurant. But no matter what, it was just too delicious; so no one cared about it being out of place in a sushi restaurant.

Chapter 232:  Nagoya High school

In the middle of the night, Naoko was initially asleep, woke up abruptly due to an endless stream of crying.

As she was partially awake, she thought she was hallucinating, but realized slowly that she wasn't.

As Naoko slowly sat up, she looked down at the sleeping Lei Yin and could not help but reveal a gentle smile.

After putting on her silk thin dressing gown, Naoko slowly stood up and gracefully went out of the room.

She walked past the wooden corridor and went outside. Under the silver bright rays of the moon, Naoko walked over to the cherry tree in the middle of the back garden. A little girl in a kimono sat there with her head buried between her knees and wept with great sadness.

Naoko saw this and she was touched, she felt the same way a mother would when she saw her child in pain.

Naoko as a child was prohibited from playing outside the family house because of her heart condition.

Although she could not enjoy the fun of playing around like other children, Naoko did not feel too lonely because of her siblings.

However, after her siblings left for school one after the other, Naoko started feeling more alone than she usually did before. Although her mum looked after her and accompanied her at home, children like her needed playmates around her age, rather than playing around with old people.

The situation continued until a few years later, her body gradually stabilized and she was able to attend school like the others.

At this moment, as she looked at the little girl sitting alone under the cherry tree crying, Naoko felt a strange feeling well up in her.  All she wanted to do was comfort this child.

So, Naoko slowly walked up to her.

"Naoko…" when she was about to walk in front of the little girl, Lei's deep voice sounded.

Naoko looked back, she saw Lei Yin walking up to her in their matching dress robes, his hand clutching his overall as he walked over.

"I'm sorry i woke you up." Naoko replied apologetically.

"It's not a problem," said Lei Yin, covering her with the overall.

After helping her, Lei softly said: "it's a bit cold out tonight, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Lei …" Naoko very hugged his waist, her body tightly nestled in his arms.

Gently stroking her hair, Lei Yin said: "Let's go back to the room."

Naoko was about to agree. Suddenly, she remembered the crying little girl and said to him: "Lei, this little girl has been crying here, and I want to know why she is crying."

"What little girl?" Lei Yin asked.

Naoko looked back and said: "It's the little girl that was sitting under this tree crying. W..Where has she gone to?!"

"She was just here, a moment ago." Naoko looked around the garden, her eyes searching. She was certain that there had been a weeping little girl here

"Oh.. Maybe its the hotel manager's kid, it's no use looking for her, let's go back."

"Ok." Naoko took a look around once more and nodded.

Lei Yin bowed low kissed her face and held back into their room.
Naoko lay in Lei Yin's arms; she gazed upon his face intently, her expression revealing her overwhelming emotions.