Chapter 226: In the past, people who were not bound by the world

April 7, 23: pm.

You Minglu looked down at his cell phone and walked slowly on the noisy Yandai Commercial Street.

The sound of horns and shouting squeezed my ears. The electronic screen on the building's surface was showing the latest mobile phone advertisement, the spokesperson was the superhero General Winter, and to fit his image, the phone case was designed in a cold tone.

In the summer, which is fragmented by dense electrical wires and electronic signs, the bustling flow of people is like ants trapped in a steamer with nowhere to escape.

There were people handing out flyers and soliciting customers on the street. When tourists saw them, they tried to avoid them as if they were zombies, fearing to be exposed to the scorching sun for even a second longer.

At this moment, seeing the two people leading the way in front stopped, You Minglu belatedly raised his eyes from the mobile phone screen, curious about what wonderful place these young ladies had brought her to.

So she looked around, took a look at the shit-yellow "M" sign, the picture of the McChicken meal printed on the sign erected at the door of the store, and finally looked at the red-nosed clown logo on the side.

After staring at Uncle McDonald for a long while, she dared to confirm, this is really McDonald's?

She was slightly startled. She thought that Amamiya Sakura, a lady and Japan's top magical girl, would take her to some extravagant upper-class restaurant for a good meal, at least a steak Wellington. Unexpectedly, Amamiya Sakura and Kawamoto Ryukako walked in front, looking at the map on their phones while talking, their slender white legs rising and falling under their skirts, and finally stopped in front of a McDonald's.

You Minglu's mood was quite complicated.

This is like an ancient princess wandering on the street with her attendants, and taking a little untouchable who picks up garbage with her. The untouchable thought that they were going to take him to eat some delicacies from the mountains and the sea and experience the life of an aristocrat, but they turned around and took him to a steamed bun shop where he was almost sick of eating.

"Little Red Riding Hood, let's have lunch here." Amemiya Sakura turned her head and said to You Minglu.

"Forget it, McDonald's is McDonald's."

You Minglu thought about it and said, "I don't mind. Also, when you speak Chinese, can you please not use the Japanese accent? No one in China speaks like that."

After saying that, he followed the two of them into this McDonald's.

Amamiya Sakura did not use her phone to order, but walked to the front desk with a menu and talked to the staff with a smile on her face. She did not act like a big lady when she went out, and her behavior was no different from that of an ordinary young girl.

Kawamoto Ryukako didn't seem like her attendant either. The two of them got along like childhood sweethearts, fighting and arguing at every turn.

And their Chinese is incredibly strong, as if they were born and raised in China. However, You Minglu heard from Huijin that there is a card in the magic card library that can understand and use language without any obstacles. Most likely, Amamiya Sakura and Kawamoto Ryukako used this card to be able to communicate so smoothly.

Waiters in maroon uniforms came and went, and a few little kids were having a blast in the crude children's playground nearby, sliding up and down on the slide with noisy shouts.

You Minglu walked forward silently, then found a table and sat down.

After the two of them finished ordering, they looked back at You Minglu, then walked over and sat opposite her.

"Little-known fact: you can place an order using your mobile phone." You Minglu said suddenly.

"It's very interesting and enjoyable. We don't come to China very often, so communicating with people in Chinese is a very novel and enjoyable thing."

Amamiya Sakura said as she put the menu on the table.

You Minglu said calmly: "Trivia, I can speak Chinese. You can have a 'novel and enjoyable' conversation with me instead of inviting me out and then leaving me aside."

Amamiya Sakura said calmly: "Hot knowledge, we can communicate now. Just now we didn't know the way and were busy looking at the map, so we couldn't spare the time to communicate with you."

"Oh, so you guys are directionally challenged?"

"That's true. Ryukako and I are both bad at finding our way." Amemiya Sakura replied.

You Minglu asked expressionlessly, "So, can you two who are directionally challenged leave me alone in the sun with your umbrellas open and your map out, please lend me an umbrella, or ask me how to get to McDonald's?"

"So this is what you're angry about." Amamiya Sakura smiled, "I'm so sorry."

"Not only that. I already want to go home. A stingy guy like Huijin-senpai wouldn't even treat me to McDonald's when he takes me out to eat."

You Minglu raised his hand to support his chin and spoke casually.

"Isn't McDonald's good?" Sakura Amamiya tilted her head.

"The young lady often ordered McDonald's when she was in Japan," said Kawamoto Ryukako. "It's not like they treat you any differently."

"She doesn't quite fit my stereotype of a rich lady," said You Minglu.

"You said it's a 'stereotype', so can you not be so stereotypical?" said Sakura Amamiya.

"Okay, let me make it clear first. I'll leave after I finish my meal." You Minglu said, "So please get straight to the point and finish what you want to say before I finish eating, okay?"

"Can you be more respectful?" Liu Huazi looked up at You Minglu, "Do you know who is talking to you?"

Amemiya Sakura disagreed, "Ryukako, you should be more respectful. We are the ones who invited them to dinner with us."

"Miss, you've spoiled her too much." Ryukako said, "You're the eldest daughter of the Amemiya family, and you're also the most famous magical girl in Japan. Who is she?"

"Me?" You Minglu said, "I am Little Red Riding Hood who grew up picking up trash. As expected, a little girl who grew up with trash in her mouth is not worthy of playing with a little girl who has a golden spoon in her mouth. Goodbye."

After speaking very quickly, You Minglu quickly stood up from the table.

Under the stunned gazes of Amemiya Sakura and Ryukako, she turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment Amemiya Sakura quickly reached out and grabbed her elbow.

"Excuse me, what else do you want to do?" You Minglu turned his head and said calmly, "Is it so fun for you young lady to humiliate a little country homeless girl who grew up picking up garbage?"

"Don't be so angry, okay?" Amamiya Sakura said, "It's my fault. I apologize. Also, it was Ryukako who said that just now, not me."

After Amemiya Sakura achieved justice with these words, Ryukako beside her also realized that she had made a mistake, so she lowered her head and read the light novel she carried with her without saying anything else.

"She means no harm, she just speaks like that normally," Amamiya Sakura added.

Seeing this, You Minglu slowly sat back and said, "Let go."

"OK."

Amamiya Sakura said, releasing her elbow.

The three of them were silent for a while, and the laughter of children playing in the children's playground reached their ears.

"Miss, I'm going to the bathroom." Ryukako lowered her eyes and read the light novel for a while, then said.

"Go."

Hearing this, Ryukako put the light novel on the table, then stood up, turned around and walked towards the McDonald's bathroom with an expressionless face.

Amemiya Sakura turned her head and glanced at Ryukako's back, and suddenly whispered: "...She's going to cry."

"...Ah?" You Minglu was stunned for a moment, watching Liu Huazi walk into the bathroom, "Oh."

She thought to herself, what kind of character is this, high attack and low defense? He hid in the bathroom and cried after the eldest lady said a few words to him?
"So, what do you want me to do?" You Minglu asked Amamiya Sakura while the annoying henchman was away, "Can you answer me now?"

Amemiya Sakura took the plate of fries handed over by the waiter, put it on the table, picked up a fries and put it in her mouth: "Actually, I just want to make friends with you, and... chat about Teacher Huijin." "If you really just want to make friends with me, then you can completely remove the last sentence." You Minglu paused, "It's a pity you didn't."

Amamiya Sakura sighed, "Okay, you found out. I just wanted to ask you something."

"What do you want me to ask you?"

"How did you manage to get so close to Mr. Huijin?"

First of all, you have to have the same eyes as Ke Mingye.

Secondly, you have to be a garbage collector like me, so that the other person can pity you.

I think you are not very good at both of these points, especially the first one.

Little Red Riding Hood complained silently in her heart.

She was silent for a while, then said, "So you went through so much trouble just to ask this."

"What else?" Amamiya Sakura said softly, "To be honest, I didn't expect that you look innocent, but you are so sensitive, so I think it's better for me to be frank and direct."

"It's not that I'm sensitive, but you're too perfunctory to me."

"Okay, I've already apologized." Amamiya Sakura gave an apologetic smile, "So can you answer my question? I'll treat you to something delicious tomorrow."

"I'm nothing special. Senior Huijin and I just got along well, so we became friends."

"Then how can we get along with her?" asked Sakura Amamiya.

You Minglu was silent for a while: "Why are you so obsessed with her?"

"Do you want to know?"

"Before asking someone a question, it's basic etiquette to reveal your intentions first, right?"

Amamiya Sakura raised her lips, "Well, to put it simply, I admire Teacher Huijin very much. She is my idol."

"I see... This is the first time I've seen someone call her 'teacher'." You Minglu said, "But I want to know, what is it about her that makes you admire her so much?"

"Hmm..." Amamiya Sakura lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "It's a long story, do you want to hear it?"

"Why do you think I followed you here? Is your plan so hard to guess?"

"You are really eloquent, comparable to my Ryukako." Amemiya Sakura said lightly.

"You need to treat different people with different attitudes. This is what Senior Hui Jin taught me."

"That's great, she's willing to teach you these things." Amamiya Sakura said, "You know I was born into the Amamiya family, a Japanese mafia family, and also a family of sorcerers."

"Of course I know. Just search for 'Magical Girl Kokonoe Sakura' and you'll see these results."

"Yeah, it's like being forced to be connected. I actually hate my family."

"why?"

"Because since I was young, I was tested to have no talent to be a sorcerer. To the people in the family, I am just a useless chess piece, far less useful than my three brothers, and there is no need for me to be born. You know, I could feel from a very young age that I was like a 'transparent person' in this family. Although the servants called me 'Miss' and 'Miss', and although my father would occasionally show me some care and concern out of pity, I knew that they never really paid attention to me. No matter where I was, I was like a transparent person, used to set off my three brothers."

Amamiya Sakura said nonchalantly, "If you just grow up like that, one day you will be treated as a sacrifice and married into another family, becoming a 'truce' that doesn't need to have emotions or thoughts."

She paused and said, "Then I started to wonder... Is it because I have no talent and was born into this family that I am destined to not have my own life?"

"I thought about rebelling against my fate. But I couldn't do that: if I maintained the status quo, I would at best be a 'transparent person'. But after rebelling, in the eyes of my father and my family, I would be just a 'dead person', which is much scarier than being a transparent person."

“So, I never resisted.”

"There was a day when I thought about finding a sea and jumping into it. But then, I saw the figure of Magical Girl Ash on TV."

You Minglu listened silently and took a sip of Coke through a straw.

Sakura Amamiya continued, "Senior Ash is really different from other magical girls. She does what she wants. She caused a lot of discussion soon after she appeared. Many people hated her and slandered her. They said some bad things as if they wanted her to disappear from the world. But she never changed herself. It's as if she lives according to her own ideas wholeheartedly."

"At that time, I admired her for not being bound by the world and the gazes of others. Then I wondered if I could become like her. I could also try to resist once."

Hearing this, You Minglu was slightly stunned.

She thought to herself, Big sister, guess how old she was when you first watched Magical Girl Ash on TV... Could she have been in the sixth grade? You are amazing to treat an elementary school student as your life mentor.

Although she thought about it, she didn't dare to say it, so she just asked tentatively.

"So...you became a magical girl?"

Sakura Amamiya said: "Yes, I became a magical girl. During that time, my greatest pleasure every day was to open my phone and check if there was any news about Mr. Huijin. Then one night, the comet fragment in my body suddenly awakened. At that time, I didn't think that being a magical girl would be so tiring, so I was so happy that I didn't sleep all night."

At this point, she sighed self-deprecatingly: "Speaking of which, it was really tough at the beginning: I had to go to school every day, receive family training, and attend social events. Only when it was late at night could I transform and sneak out of the window of my room to take a breath."

As she spoke, Amamiya Sakura lifted her chin, thoughts flowing through her eyes.

"At that time, I often went to the Tokyo Tower to play. I liked flying under the colorful night sky dyed by neon lights and watching the tourists standing in the exhibition booths pointing at me and shouting. This made me feel 'seen' for the first time... I was no longer a 'transparent person', I was seen.

"Later, I followed Teacher Huijin's example, concealed my identity, and joined the Magical Girls' Association in Tokyo. I went to school during the day and went out to fight criminals at night...

"Later, I discovered that I was unexpectedly talented, and I became a magical girl smoothly, so I gained some fame in the Magical Girls League in Japan.

"As you can see, I became such a representative figure. After that, I officially revealed my identity to the family members. They were shocked at first, but then they gradually began to pay attention to me."

She suddenly raised her lips and said, "So... in a sense, Teacher Huijin changed the trajectory of my life. If it weren't for her, I would never have taken that first step."

After the words were spoken, silence briefly fell between the two of them.

Amemiya Sakura took a sip of Coke and didn't say anything else.

"So that's how it is." You Minglu broke the silence and pondered thoughtfully, "I'm sorry, I had some misunderstandings about you before. It was my fault."

"It's okay. I understand what you think of me. Many people think that I became the spokesperson for the Japan Alliance because of the power of the Amemiya family, but in fact, I have never relied on the power of my family."

As Amamiya Sakura was talking, she suddenly smiled and clapped her hands, then changed the subject: "So, can you ask Teacher Huijin to come out so that I can talk to her?"

You Minglu was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, I really was fooled by you, a woman.

She shrugged her shoulders, knowing it was a trap, but said nonchalantly: "It just so happens that she is looking for me."

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