The premise of breaking up in Tokyo

Even with the sun shining on his face, Katsuhiko couldn't fall into a deep sleep; it was equivalent to an hour of meditation.

Little Lily, resting her head on my lap, turned her head slightly. A small hole had appeared in the flyer that was covering her eyes.

Katsuhiko flipped open the flyer, and her bloodshot eyes, wide open, were staring at Katsuhiko's face.

His eyes were vacant, as if he were lost in thought, and he had a kind of dazed look about him.

This state usually only appears in people who are just beginning to experience romantic feelings... it's when they stare blankly at the person they like, their minds completely blank.

Katsuhiko asked, "Aren't you asleep?"

"Huh?" Sayuri's pupils focused sharply, her eyes quickly darting away as she whispered, "I...I can't sleep..."

At 9:30 a.m., the restaurant employees who had been handing out flyers on the roadside had already entered the store.

The restaurant's glass doors were open, and three or four women dressed as kitchen helpers were walking into the restaurant.

Katsuhiko helped Sayuri sit up and pointed to the restaurant entrance, saying, "Look over there."

As soon as Little Lily poked her head out, one of the aunties seemed to sense something and casually turned her head.

"Hiss—!" Sayuri gasped, then covered her face and leaned back, falling onto Katsuhiko's lap. She turned to face Katsuhiko's waist, muttering softly, "You can't see me...you can't see me..."

The woman seemed to pause for a moment, but she didn't stop. Instead, she looked around as she walked into the shop.

When Sheng Yan noticed that she seemed to be looking him up and down, he immediately smiled, waved to her, and then pointed to Xiao Baihe, who was hiding with her face covered.

The woman blinked, as if she had realized something, then nodded to Sheng Yan, smiled, and went into the store, turning back every few steps.

He seemed very curious, with a hint of gossip in his expression.

She looked to be around forty-five or forty-six years old, with a face shape similar to Xiaobaihe's. She was somewhat thin, and the skin on her hands had a whitish tinge from being submerged in water for a long time, along with some faded frostbite marks.

It was a pair of hands that had been wearing plastic gloves for a long time while washing dishes.

"Did they leave?" Sayuri asked softly, covering her face and tilting her head.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Sayuri had to go to the convenience store to take over the shift from Mikoto, the store manager.

"Let's go," Sheng Yan said, considering she hadn't slept last night and probably wouldn't be able to stay awake. He then took out his keys and continued, "Let's go back to my apartment and catch up on some sleep..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiaobaihe jumped up and ran headlong towards the restaurant. "I'm not going, I'm not going! Mom already saw me. I'll rest here..."

She probably wants to have a private conversation with her mother, right?

Strolling through Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, although the season for Tokyo's cherry blossoms to bloom has passed, there are still late-blooming cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Today is the first day of the Golden Week holiday.

On the grass under the double cherry blossoms, many parents with their children were having a picnic on blue plastic sheets.

Even though the economy is sluggish, we still have to have fun and enjoy ourselves; we can't lack spiritual sustenance.

Economy is relative to material things, and culture is relative to spiritual things.

When material needs cannot be met, people naturally turn to spiritual fulfillment. The economic downturn of the next decade also ushered in a golden decade for Japan's entertainment and cultural industry.

I arrived at 10:30.

Kenta's wedding ceremony was held at a hotel near his home.

There were about thirty or forty guests, and the venue was fairly standard.

There was a small table specifically for collecting monetary gifts. A woman, not yet thirty, with light makeup, a stern face, and no smiles, was sitting there registering guests.

Usually, it's relatives who register. Katsuhiko rummaged through his memory and remembered that Kenta had a divorced older sister who had returned home. What was her name again? He forgot… Oh, on the left side of her prominent breasts, there was a name: Watanabe Eiyo…

Just as Katsuhiko walked to the registration table, music suddenly started playing.

The wedding ceremony began.

As Sheng Yan took out a red envelope and handed it to the table, he glanced back at the table...

The newlyweds walked in arm in arm.

Kenta, with his square face, was wearing a black suit and grinned, revealing a set of buck teeth.

Kotoha Takahashi, dressed in a strapless white wedding gown, stood tall and slender, with a reserved smile on her face.

"Um?!?"

Katsuhiko was stunned the moment he saw Kotoha.

He noticed the words "Kotohashi Takahashi" appearing before his eyes, along with a 7-day countdown, which was counting down in seconds.

He thought his eyes were damaged from staying up late, so he subconsciously raised his left hand and waved it in front of his eyes twice. Was it still there?

Whether you blink or rub your eyes, those words seem to be etched into your lens.

What's going on? Is this the real cheat code?

At that moment, the red envelope in his right hand was suddenly snatched away.

It was like robbing someone... Sheng Yan turned around in surprise.

With a stern face, Yingdai opened the red envelope, picked up a pen, and with her head down, copied the name "Takenaka Katsuhiko" written on the envelope into the register.

The name "Kotoha Takahashi" and the countdown numbers in Katsuhiko's field of vision suddenly disappeared. He subconsciously turned around and saw Kotoha Takahashi reappear the moment he looked back.

She only appears when I look for her? What does the countdown mean? Does she have seven days left to live?

"Alright, let's go in!"

Eiyo's cold tone interrupted Katsuhiko's train of thought once again.

Having his train of thought interrupted twice in a row, Katsuhiko lost his good mood. As for the anomalies in his field of vision, they would disappear as long as he didn't look at Kotoha, so he could completely ignore them.

After all, it's impossible for us to have any relationship in the future.

"On your brother's big day, who are you trying to impress with that sour face?" Sheng Yan mimicked her expression, his face contorted as he said in a low voice, "You're not young anymore, don't you have any manners?"

Ying Dai rolled her eyes, lowered her eyelids, and didn't respond.

"Tell Kenta I have something urgent to attend to and I have to go."

Sheng Yan was too lazy to argue with her. After saying that, he walked out, but after taking only two steps, he felt uncomfortable and immediately turned around and sneered, "Ha! Big boobs, no brains."

Yingdai's face instantly turned ugly. She abruptly looked up, slammed her hand on the table, stood up, and shouted, "Stop right there!"

Her voice was just drowned out by Kenta's shouts from the speakers: "Katsuhiko-kun, is Katsuhiko-kun there? Didn't you have something to say to me?"

What he was talking about was the speech prepared by "the one who disappeared".

Katsuhiko initially wanted to pretend he hadn't heard.

Eiyo pointed to the door and shouted, "Mr. Takenaka Katsuhiko, where are you going?"

All eyes were drawn to the entrance.

Katsuhiko didn't hesitate and immediately turned back, making up an excuse about "going to the toilet or something," but "it's not important, I can bear it," and walked straight through the crowd toward Kenta.

After all, they've already been in the public eye, and simply walking away like this would put Kenta in an awkward position.

On the high platform, Kenta, holding the microphone, stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

Kotoha Takahashi, who was holding his arm, also looked quite surprised.

After all, the newlyweds were good friends with "the one who disappeared"...

Aside from his face, Sheng Yan's body shape is very different from "the one who disappeared". Now he has short hair and no longer wears black-rimmed glasses.

It's inevitable that their first reaction upon seeing Katsuhiko would be to harbor suspicions similar to those of Mikoto and Sayuri.

However, since "the one who disappeared" and Kenta hadn't seen each other for more than half a month, Katsuhiko continued to make up excuses such as "quick-fix fitness", "devilish fitness", and "crazy fitness".

Kenta nodded blankly, but he still looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. Katsuhiko quickly grabbed the microphone and got to the point.

It was definitely not from the prepared speech. He combined his memories of living in the same dormitory with Kenta, focusing on "brotherly friendship," and used a simple, emotional approach to narrate it. It was pretty standard.

Kenta's eyes were red and filled with tears as he patted Katsuhiko's arm hard.

When Takahashi Kotoha was mentioned, Katsuhiko couldn't help but look at her again.

The countdown timer in the viewport reappeared, and it had changed. Below the countdown, a number appeared that increased every second, seemingly faster the closer you were to the countdown.

What is this thing? But it doesn't matter.

If Katsuhiko can't figure out something that's obviously mystical or nonsensical, he usually won't dwell on it too much.

Afterwards, a rather conventional speech was given to Kotohashi, and finally, as the groom's best friend, he offered his heartfelt blessings...

"Katsuhiko-kun, you've changed so much..."

The banquet was about to begin, and Kenta still looked shocked and moved.

Katsuhiko didn't want to stay there any longer. The numbers were greatly affecting his thinking. He exchanged a few polite words with Kenta, drank a glass of the wedding wine offered to him by the two of them, and then made an excuse that he had "just gotten a girlfriend and was going on a date" to say goodbye and leave.