Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 329 - 252: Perhaps the people at Dongda are a bit too eccentric

Chapter 329: Chapter 252: Perhaps the people at Dongda are a bit too eccentric

"Liking something is the most unreliable thing."

"Seisa, what are you mumbling about again?"

In the Tokyo University College of Arts lecture hall, Uesugi Sakura sat in the front row, summarizing the manuscript he needed to submit on the Apple computer Hanabi bought for him, when he overheard the conversation behind him.

"Todaka, do you have anything you particularly love?" The underclassman-like Seisa Takeshun asked, his appearance leaning towards delicate.

"I used to be especially into Higashino Keigo’s novels."

"And now?"

"I stopped reading them."

"And the reason?"

"The reason, hmm... on reflection, there really isn’t a special reason; I just suddenly couldn’t read them anymore."

"...So, as I said, liking something is the most unreliable thing."

"But what does it matter?"

A brief silence.

"Try to think, when you told Higashino Keigo, ’I love your novels so much and will always support you!’ how did he feel?"

"Happy, I’d think. Being told you’re liked is a happy feeling."

"But what’s your state now?"

"I’m not reading them anymore."

"To Higashino Keigo, your ’like’ and ’always’ are quite laughable, not even a joke."

"It doesn’t matter, love can disappear."

"Disappear... the one who disappears wouldn’t care, but the one being loved is left with a ridiculous promise and the emptiness of ’familiar people ultimately leaving them.’

"So what?"

"At least, the one who was once loved would feel very bad," Seisa Takeshun’s tone paused a bit compared to before.

Todaka Keichiro glanced around Umezu Nana to take a look at Seisa Takeshun and found him holding a book borrowed from the library.

The book was Higashino Keigo’s "Secret."

"Seisa, could it be you’re heartbroken? No, the lesson from history tells us that rather than languishing in despair when heartbroken, it’s better to plant another seed of hope in your heart. This ’Secret’ was also a result of Higashino Keigo coming out of the shadow of loss."

"...I haven’t been in a relationship."

"Haven’t been? Whew~ That’s good. You don’t know, being in a relationship can strangely destroy a man’s innocence and yearning for love."

While reviewing her notes, Umezu Nana pushed his arm away, "You’re blocking me. And don’t think you guys don’t ruin girls’ dreams of love either."

Seisa Takeshun asked, "Then can’t innocence and innocence be together?"

"The purer they are, the more they don’t dare to speak up. Two innocents, how can they make a pair? In any case, it ends up with them seeking elsewhere."

"Then... how can people in love be together?"

Todaka Keichiro pointed to Uesugi Sakura in front, "You could ask him."

Umezu Nana had never seen Uesugi Sakura’s fiancée but had heard these two talk about her. She was said to be a very beautiful person, so she asked:

"Uesugi, why haven’t we seen your girlfriend at Tokyo University?"

Uesugi Sakura focused on the screen, his fingers typing quickly on the keyboard. This manuscript was due this morning; otherwise, he wouldn’t have come to the lecture hall to slack off and attend the class.

"It’s very simple."

"What is it?" All three were somewhat curious.

"Because there’s no reason to come."

A brief silence.

"Don’t you... go on dates or something?" Umezu Nana asked.

"We do, but not on campus," Uesugi Sakura answered succinctly.

Umezu Nana found it hard to imagine what manner Uesugi Sakura, so serious and unemotional on regular days, would take when dating.

Just imagining his cold face making the gesture of covering his girlfriend with a coat was extraordinarily amusing.

After finishing typing the manuscript, Uesugi Sakura was ready to reread it again. Although it was something hastily put together, the sentences still needed to be smooth, or else he couldn’t face calling himself a student of Tokyo University College of Arts.

"Rather than focusing on me, why don’t we have a good discussion about what to sell at our class’s booth? Tomorrow is Saturday."

Todaka Keichiro laughed, "Aren’t we helping to solve Seisa’s heartbreak issue? Out of all of us... no, the whole class, only you’ve been in love and have a fiancée, with experience."

"...I’m not heartbroken." Seisa Takeshun mumbled quietly, knowing they were using him as an excuse.

They often suddenly tossed out their viewpoints for discussion and then veered off far, far away. Uesugi Sakura had grown accustomed to it:

"Didn’t you ask me how people in love can be together? I’m sorry I can’t answer that; I’m a failure in this aspect, just lucky."

Upon hearing the word "lucky," Todaka Keichiro asked, "Did the other person confess to you first?"

"No, ’lucky’ means we were together since childhood."

"Childhood sweethearts!" Umezu Nana heard the first bit of information about Uesugi Sakura’s fiancée.

"I’ve finished the manuscript. Should I hand it to the student council?" After quickly checking, Uesugi Sakura turned his head, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the figures of the three behind him.

Umezu Nana vaguely felt that he looked a bit... handsome when he turned back, "Just send it to me; I’ll submit them all together later."

"Thanks a lot."

"No problem."

The students in the lecture hall were leaving sparsely. Uesugi Sakura checked the time and saw it was already noon, closing the computer and preparing to head to the cafeteria.

"Let’s go eat."

At the Tokyo University cafeteria, you could see many professors sitting together.

Next to them were briefcases, and they were leisurely putting food into their mouths.

Perhaps at the beginning of October, there would be a few more Nobel Prize winners among this crowd of scholars.

Clearly, not long ago, the professor had been lecturing on stage, and suddenly news of their award was worldwide.

When it came to what to sell at tomorrow’s May Festival, the classmates each held different opinions.

Oden, taiyaki, takoyaki, egg omelette... all were options.

All the legends about the food were brought out to serve as a façade.

Perhaps people from the Literature Department are just this stubborn, fiercely defending their viewpoints.

Obviously, they couldn’t reach a consensus.

Uesugi Sakura recommended selling dumplings because other students in the department weren’t selling them.

It was said that a few international students chose to sell Chinese steamed buns.

At the May Festival, in addition to selling snacks, campus clubs would also invite people to visit.

The Railway Research Society was solely about railway models.

The Martial Arts Department invited high-ranking Fan Shi.

The Shogi Club invited the Dragon King.

The Love Research Association even invited a real AV actress...

Suddenly, the phone vibrated in Uesugi Sakura’s pocket. He took it out to glance at the screen’s note and then put it to his ear to listen: "Hello."

...

"Hmm...? Uesugi, are you leaving already?" Todaka Keichiro noticed his bowl wasn’t finished.

"No... I’m just stepping out for a bit."

With that said, Uesugi Sakura walked away around the semi-circle path of the Central Cafeteria.

Umezu Nana found it a bit strange, "Uesugi hasn’t even finished his meal."