It is now the end of March, and it is the cherry blossom season in Japan.
Luke changed trains and got off at Shinjuku Gyoen and walked in leisurely.
The weather is bad today. In this gloomy and rainy day, the cherry blossoms do not have that pink and translucent, steaming-like-cloud feeling that they would have under the bright morning sun.
The good thing is that there are fewer people watching the cherry blossoms.
There are no more uncles and aunts who roll up their sleeves because they are hot from shopping. Everyone is wrapped in long coats and walking under the cherry trees in the rain, holding umbrellas.
Of course, people taking photos can still be seen everywhere.
The cherry blossoms in the rain also have a sad and beautiful temperament, which is no less brilliant than those in the sun.
Luke enjoyed this kind of environment very much. He had never seen such a wonderful sight of a large area of cherry blossoms in full bloom in his two lifetimes. It was worth his careful appreciation.
The rain was neither too heavy nor too light, and there were neither too many nor too few people. The pink, white and light red flower rain fell down like a quiet painting.
He strolled along the cherry blossom-covered path and soon met some enthusiastic people.
Two girls in their early twenties were taking pictures of each other on the path. One of them saw him slowly walking out of the cherry blossom rain and was stunned.
"Sweetheart, are you Peggy? Are you okay? My waist can't take it anymore!" The girl in front of her who was doing a difficult pose shouted angrily.
The girl holding the camera, Xiao Tiantian, came to her senses and decisively turned the camera slightly to aim at her best friend... Luke, who was standing behind her, started taking pictures.
The girl in the pose was surprised: "Hey, hey, hey, I'm talking, what weird thing did you make me look like?"
She stopped posing and hopped over to the digital camera's LCD screen. She couldn't help but say, "Fuck, where did this handsome guy come from?"
While she habitually exclaimed "What a lack of culture", her eyes involuntarily looked towards the camera.
Luke was seen walking leisurely along the path, not in a hurry, but looking around with interest as he went along.
Unlike most tourists who moved their heads back and forth quickly, his leisurely pace gave him plenty of time to slowly enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Anyone can tell from his appearance, temperament and behavior that this guy... well, he has money and free time, and is a typical pretentious person.
Luke didn't think he was pretending to be cool.
If possible, he would like to bury death and blood in the darkness of Tokyo, and leave cherry blossoms and drizzle in the daytime of Tokyo.
So he is very relaxed now and doesn't care much about other people's attention.
For example, he pretended not to hear the sounds of the two girls taking photos and whispering to each other not far away.
However, the bigger reason was that the familiar word "Fuck" brought him too many memories.
It’s been a long time since I heard such authentic Chinese Internet slang. It feels so familiar.
Why was he sure it was an Internet term? Because when the girl said this word, it was pronounced as "wocao".
Primary sound waves can't make a mistake about this.
In this time and space, those boy bands in Europe and America that are so handsome that they make girls lose their minds are still almost at the tail end of their popularity.
However, the Asian masses are becoming crazy "addicted" to this kind of handsome boy band.
This time when Luke came to Tokyo for a trip, he didn't dress up as a bearded uncle. Instead, he got a new alias that was 80% similar to 20-year-old Keanu Reeves.
Just with this face, he can make girls smile from ear to ear without adding TV soft light effects like those boy bands.
He walked past the two girls with an indifferent expression.
I thought that it was just an occasional meeting of two old folks from my previous life, and that would be over.
But the sound of footsteps came from behind again.
The one called Xiao Tiantian, who was the first to secretly take photos of him, caught up with him and said, "Wait, wait a minute."
This was said in English.
After all, judging from Luke's current face, it would be difficult for others to mistake him for a Japanese. He did not choose his previous life's face this time because he did not want to have such trouble.
He turned his head: "Huh?"
Xiao Tiantian looked at his calm expression and stopped in fear, but after a moment of hesitation, she handed him the umbrella in her hand: "Here, if you get caught in too much rain, you might get...bugs on your head?"
Her English had a distinct Chinese flavor, but was much better than Luke's plastic English in his previous life, but she seemed to have forgotten how to say "lice".
Luke smiled, but still took the umbrella from her: "Thank you."
Xiao Tiantian seemed to be encouraged and became a lot bolder. She rubbed the digital camera with both hands: "Well, can I, can I..."
The girl following behind her was even more nervous than her. Not only did she not say a word, she also kept pulling the back of Xiao Tiantian's clothes from behind.
Whether it is urging or stopping, only God knows.
Luke leaned forward a little, as if to listen.
Xiao Tiantian finally asked, "Can we take a photo together?"
"Okay." Luke nodded: "But let's do it here."
Xiao Tiantian: "Is it okay? Just one... Well, you agree!"
Luke smiled, a smile that was much colder than his original smile.
After all, Keanu has never been a warm-hearted guy.
As an actor, Luke always uses the characteristics of a movie role in his previous life to challenge himself to avoid being repetitive.
Anyway, they all look handsome in vests, and their temperaments are too similar. Isn’t this a waste of his acting talent
In less than a minute, Luke left with the umbrella given by Xiao Tiantian, leaving the two girls to share the umbrella and watch his back disappear in the dotted cherry blossom rain.
Just one, one at a time.
Xiao Tiantian and her bestie each got one, plus one for the two of them together. Without going against his own words, Luke gave his two fellow villagers more food without raising the price.
Speaking of sending an umbrella, he couldn't help but think of White Snake, and then thought of himself as an American superhero now.
So the new Batman v Superman co-produced by China and the United States... Ugh, what the hell was I thinking! He shook his head slightly, with a faint smile on his face, wandering in the park.
Wearing a cool black trench coat, a pair of light orange sunglasses, a round transparent umbrella with a Hello Kitty pattern on it, his temperament suddenly became cute.
It turns out that Chinese girls in the early 21st century are generally much more introverted than Japanese girls.
The sweet duo just mentioned must be very well off financially to be able to travel to Tokyo in March.
However, their love for Luke, this strange handsome guy, was limited.
Perhaps with this face, he could successfully date one of them if he tried hard, but it would take time to get them to take the initiative.
After them, more than ten women came to Luke and asked him out on a date.
The younger and shy ones come up and ask for phone numbers or where they are going.
If he is older, he would probably feel embarrassed to just pay the money - he is too handsome and the other party would not want to ruin the wonderful atmosphere of the encounter.
Luke simply stopped smiling and spoke in a very American English tone to express his refusal.
The Japanese are very polite, but Americans definitely don't have to follow that.
How do these women feel? Sorry, they are not Luke's fellow villagers in his previous life, so they are not treated preferentially.
If he can refuse with normal etiquette, it means he has high self-cultivation.
But perhaps many girls would rather he was a little less well-mannered, so that they could talk to him more.
But Luke's basic psychology + hypnosis didn't give them any chance to get entangled.
Once the words are spoken, spread out!