Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 789 - 470: The Unattainable Is Always Restless_2

Chapter 789: Chapter 470: The Unattainable Is Always Restless_2

Uesugi Sakura didn’t understand his thought: "So, are you planning to confess in the cinema?"

"No," Todaka Keichiro shook his head and said, "Uesugi, you forgot what I said yesterday. Rikai and I aren’t ready yet. Today’s invitation was to get to know each other better, the main goal is to enhance our comfort level, not to confess."

"Alright... I guess." Uesugi Sakura reluctantly agreed to his explanation, "So what movie ticket did you buy?"

At this point, Todaka Keichiro put the movie tickets away, smiled mysteriously, and said to him, "Let’s wander around a bit first, then you’ll know."

"Still keeping secrets." Uesugi Sakura shook his head.

...

While accompanying the two girls halfway through shopping on the commercial street, Hanabi, Todaka Keichiro received a text message, and he took out his phone to check.

[Remember! Our goal is to get Uesugi to realize indirectly, not to tell him directly! (red crosses) Got it?]

Todaka Keichiro’s fingers hovered over the screen, quickly typing an emoticon: [ok]

Then he put away the phone and continued shopping with the others.

...

Stopping and starting again, they arrived at the cinema.

Kobashi Rikai originally didn’t feel like going out today, but hearing that Todaka Keichiro had called Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanabi, something subconsciously compelled her to accept the invitation. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

She really wanted to get to know Hanamaru Hanabi, but she never had a chance.

Now walking together with her, she had the opportunity but didn’t know what topic to start with for a conversation.

She always knew her inability to communicate was a weakness, and Hanamaru Hanabi was an even more outstanding girl than herself, which made her too nervous to initiate a conversation.

"Would you like some popcorn?" Hanamaru Hanabi stood in front of the counter and turned back to ask her.

Kobashi Rikai was visibly stunned for a second, then replied, "Yes, please. Thank you."

"Alright."

Hanamaru Hanabi turned back to order four large popcorns from the staff and prepared to pay for them.

Kobashi Rikai saw and immediately said, "Let me pay for my own, please don’t go through the trouble."

"No problem, just a small amount of money." Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t mind at all, pulled out a ten thousand yen bill, handed it to the staff, and received the change and receipt back.

Hanamaru is indeed wealthy, thought Kobashi Rikai.

As the popcorn was being made, Hanamaru Hanabi proactively asked Kobashi Rikai, "Kobashi-san, you’re in the oil painting department, right?"

"Ah, yes, started in Reiwa 3."

"Then we’re in the same academic year." Hanamaru Hanabi smiled.

Kobashi Rikai felt a bit embarrassed, her movements rather reserved: "Hanamaru-san should be a senior."

"Not a senior, we’re in the same year, both Reiwa 3." Hanamaru Hanabi said, observing her, "Why do I feel like Kobashi-san is... being overly polite."

Kobashi Rikai didn’t understand why she felt pressured around Hanamaru Hanabi, yet she didn’t feel this way around Hanamaru Hanami, who looked exactly the same.

Clearly, the other person’s voice and demeanor were quite friendly.

So strange.

Kobashi Rikai tried to calm her mind and said, "I don’t go out much... that might be why."

Hanamaru Hanabi nodded and said:

"I see, actually, Hanabi used to be the same as you, not liking to go out and unsure of how to talk to many people, but if you really take the initiative to speak, people will likely respond politely, so don’t worry too much, just approach it with a mindset of chatting casually."

"Okay." Kobashi Rikai nodded in front of Hanamaru Hanabi.

At this point, Uesugi and Todaka Keichiro returned from the restroom.

"Why haven’t you gone in yet?" Uesugi Sakura asked the two girls.

"Waiting for the popcorn." Hanamaru Hanabi looked back at the popcorn bucket held by the staff.

"Alright then."

Before long, the four of them, each with a popcorn bucket and a soda, entered the theater.

At the ticket gate, Uesugi Sakura saw the name of the movie.

"Flower Bridge"

On the movie poster, a man and a woman stood back to back in a field of flowers.

Beside them were the words, "Is love, after all, right?"

Art film?

It should be a romantic art film.

Uesugi Sakura speculated.

Probably a story about love and parting between a man and a woman, eventually forced apart by life.

Not bad.

Love and parting have always been popular themes, blending them together makes for a thought-provoking experience.

The four sat inside the dark theater, which was quite full, with many people visible in front of them.

Uesugi Sakura sat with Hanamaru Hanabi, while Rikai and Todaka sat on the other side.

Before the movie started, Hanamaru Hanabi began popping popcorn into her mouth, one after another.

What a glutton.

Uesugi Sakura smiled at her.

After waiting five minutes, the movie began.

It can be described as a shocking start.

The scene showed a foreign couple by a river confessing their feelings, gazing into each other’s eyes with smiles, extremely sweet.

Then, the male lead pinned the female lead against a tree and leaned in for a kiss.

The female lead resisted but eventually succumbed to the passionate kiss.

So far, it was pleasing to watch, not too explicit, just a sweet moment of affection.

Uesugi Sakura deliberately glanced at Hanamaru Hanabi, only to find her focused solely on eating popcorn as she watched the screen.

She wasn’t blushing at the intimate scenes.

Was she too focused on eating and didn’t notice the intimate scene?

Uesugi Sakura turned back and continued watching the movie.

The screen went dark, then transitioned to a daily life scene.

The male lead picked up the female lead from work, and they passionately kissed through the car window before she got into his car. They chatted intimately all the way to a house, where she got out, and they bade farewell.

Uesugi Sakura was puzzled about why such an intimate woman would get off halfway, but when the male lead parked and returned to the house, he understood what kind of film this was.

Inside, a woman who looked very similar to the female lead appeared, and they kissed.

Just as Uesugi Sakura was wondering why Europeans kiss as a greeting,

they gently called each other "darling" and, through some details in the scene and wedding photos, revealed their identities:

Husband and wife.

And the female lead from the beginning was in the family photo with the male lead’s wife.

She was the male lead’s wife’s sister, the sister-in-law.

In other words, this was a film... about the affair with the sister-in-law.

Watching further, Uesugi Sakura saw the male lead struggling with desire, his greed under the pressure of family and society, his past love for his wife.

The burning love inspired the male lead with creativity and passion, but after marriage, boredom came along.

He fell for his wife’s sister, who was younger and prettier.

And the sister-in-law admired her young, accomplished, and extraordinarily handsome brother-in-law.

They engaged in a clandestine affair, breaking up and reuniting repeatedly, making numerous promises to the family, but minor touches would inadvertently reignite the taboo, and they would entangle again.

As the saying goes, "what you can’t have is always alluring."

...

Uesugi Sakura looked speechlessly at the protagonists making out in an affair.

[So, Uesugi, do you feel guilty yet?]

Todaka Keichiro glanced at his phone, seeing Towa Rina’s message, and replied by tapping on the screen: [The cinema lights are too dim, I can’t see his expression, but he isn’t getting up, he’s very quiet; also, the major plot twist hasn’t happened yet, don’t rush.]

[That’s good, keep an eye on him.]

[It’s good you’re not here; how should I explain this movie later?]

[Oh, just say you mistakenly thought it was a sweet romance movie.]