Natsume Takashi's Youth Love Song

Looking at the big bowl of rice, Natsume quickly shook his head.

"Snapped!"

As a result, he was slapped hard on the back by Boss Li.

"Don't be polite with me. You are in the growth stage now. If you don't have nutrition and don't eat enough now, how can you grow taller in the future? Do you want to be 1.6 meters tall forever?"

Boss Li looked at Natsume very seriously and said, "Besides, only when you are full can you manage the store properly at night."

After saying that, without giving Natsume a chance to refuse, he put the rice on the table and turned to leave the store.

"……Thanks."

Looking at Boss Li's leaving back, Natsume felt a little touched.

After the boss left, Natsume hurried forward and closed the door. After making sure that there was no problem, he returned to the table and began to eat voraciously.

"It's so delicious."

Tears kept falling.

After finishing his meal and washing the dishes, Natsume did not go to rest directly. Instead, he took the initiative to find some work to do, such as washing the ingredients needed for tomorrow. He then rested in the lounge at around eleven o'clock.

"everything will get better."

Lying on this small single bed, such a thought flashed through Natsume's mind.

Close your eyes and say good night to yourself, sweet dreams.

……Dividing line……

While Natsume was sleeping on the same small single bed, Reiko was suffering from insomnia.

This was simply unbelievable to Lingzi. After all, given her heartlessness, it was really difficult to make her lose sleep.

But now, it actually happened.

In Reiko's heart, she was thinking about Natsume whom she met tonight, and how he was working hard for his future... She was really a little envious of him.

"They're all Natsume... why is there such a big difference?"

Reiko sighed.

She also wanted to fight for the future, to have friends, and to play with friends...but she was more worried about bringing disaster to her friends.

"Why am I the only one who can see monsters?"

In the dark night, there was no answer.

A night of silence.

At six o'clock the next morning, Natsume got up on time and took two half-price rice balls bought last night as breakfast.

Then at half past six, when Boss Li came to the restaurant, he opened the door of the restaurant on time, said hello to Boss Li, left the restaurant, and started his part-time job of delivering newspapers.

Boss Li, who was originally preparing to wash vegetables and prepare ingredients, was stunned when he opened the refrigerator and saw the ingredients that had been washed and neatly placed together.

Then, I thought of Natsume.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"He's really a good kid."

The restaurant owner, who already liked Natsume very much, liked him even more at this moment.

At this time, after delivering the newspapers, Natsume suddenly found that he seemed to have nothing to do before his next part-time job?

"There are still four hours until the next part-time job starts... Maybe I can go check out a place first."

Thinking of this, Natsume changed out of his newspaper delivery uniform and started to take action.

Walk towards the place in memory.

I hope it remains the same as he remembers it.

Chapter 9: Natsume's House

Following the memory in his mind, after taking the wrong path several times, Natsume finally arrived at his destination this time.

The home that belonged to him when he was a child.

Of course, now this is just a wasteland, a wasteland overgrown with weeds.

"This is it."

When Natsume came here, although he saw a desolate place, he could still remember that this would be the location of his home in the future.

Although it is just an abandoned lot now, many years later, a man will come here and build a cabin here.

That is Natsume's house.

"Now... let me build a home of my own here."

Looking at the empty space, Natsume made this decision in his heart.

Then, Natsume began to act.

After spending some time clearing all the weeds here, Natsume began to think about how he should build a small house where he could live.

You know, he doesn't have much money.

Therefore, this meant that he had to rely on his own efforts, obtain materials from the forest, and then build his own hut.

As for local policies not allowing it?

Sorry, this doesn’t matter to Natsume at all. His situation can’t get any worse than this anyway, so even if he is discovered, so what?

Of course, if possible, Natsume still didn't want to be discovered.

But fortunately, this place is a remote place and close to the forest, so no one will come here easily.

After dealing with the weeds and leveling the land, Natsume began to think about how he should build a small house.

"Why don't we go see if there's any explanation in the book?"

In the end, Natsume had no choice but to read.

I guess there should be a solution in the book, right?

If it really doesn't work, Natsume decided to learn from a carpenter, there is always a way.

Then, using the remaining hour, Natsume went to the library and found a book about architecture.

Unfortunately, wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Natsume suddenly realized that the book on architecture was too complicated for him. It was not suitable for him at all.

Although it was a pity, since it was almost time to go to work, Natsume had no choice but to put down the book in his hand and rush to work.

In the next few days, Natsume spent all his time in the library whenever he had time.

Hard work pays off. After spending three days, Natsume finally found the method of building a bamboo house in a book on survival in the wild.

Although it was a bit simple, it was in the wild. For Natsume who was in the city, there was naturally a way to reinforce the simple bamboo house so that it would be large enough for him to live and survive.

Sunday.

Even working people need to rest, and it was during this day's rest time that Natsume took a small set of tools he had borrowed and walked into the forest.

Yes, that's right, Natsume is ready to take action. As long as he can find bamboo in the forest, he will start his own construction journey.

After spending an hour, Natsume finally found the wild bamboo forest he wanted, and then began his own felling project.

Of course, in order to avoid being discovered, Natsume was very careful and only cut down one tenth of the bamboo forest and then replaced it with a new one.

Anyway, there are still quite a lot of bamboos in the forest.

In this way, the possibility of Natsume being discovered is much less.

When Natsume was cutting bamboo, he would inevitably discover the specialties of the forest.

What specialty?

Of course it’s a monster.

There may not be many other things in the forest, but you can encounter quite a few monsters.

Perhaps at the beginning, no monsters noticed Natsume's logging behavior, but soon, some small monsters noticed it.

I saw little monsters gathered here in twos and threes, then hid aside and watched Natsume's actions.

"What on earth is this human doing? Cutting down bamboo in the forest?"

"Who knows? But should we stop the other party?"

"Stop it? How can we stop it when it's so big? I'm afraid we are no match for it, right?"

A little rabbit-like monster was obviously feeling guilty.

After all, they are just the lowest-level little monsters. They just hang around in the monster circle and make a living. Should we really let them fight?

Sorry, I have to leave now.

"Are you stupid?"

However, the little rabbit monster's friend couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression after hearing what his friend said.

"We are monsters, monsters!!! And the other party? He is just an ordinary human. You actually use us to scare him. Does he know it is us? No, he can't even see us, okay? So, what are you worried about?"

"This……"

After hearing this, the little rabbit monster couldn't help but nodded in a silly way, as if this was indeed the truth.

"So...we're going to do it now?"

"Of course I will!"

The two little monsters nodded, looked at Natsume who had already cut down several bamboos and was ready to take them away, and walked over.

Natsume cut ten bamboos in total and was about to take them away one by one. When he turned around, he saw two little monsters quietly walking towards him.

"???"

Natsume was also confused by the actions of the two little monsters. What are these little guys doing?

Because of curiosity, Natsume pretended not to see the other person.

The two little guys came in front of Natsume, stretched out their hands, grabbed Natsume's pants, and pulled them hard.

"Ok?"

Natsume's eyes became more and more confused as he looked at the little monster who was just pulling up his pants.

So, what is this for?

"Mate, do you think it will really work if we do this?"

The little monster that looked like a rabbit couldn't help but ask his companion.

"of course."

The other party showed a confident expression, "This human can't see us, so he probably thought he encountered a supernatural event?"

Chapter 10 Reiko Saw It

"Don't worry, buddy. This human can't see us, so even if we pull his pants, he still can't see anything. Soon he will start to doubt his life and think he has encountered a supernatural event. Then he will drop these bamboos and run away in a hurry."

The rabbit monster's friend patted his chest and assured confidently.

"Mate, you are awesome!!!"

The rabbit monster blinked his big eyes, not hiding his admiration.

"Hahahahahaha, these are all the experiences of the demons."