Ludi-ri, a word composed of Japanese kanji, is translated into Chinese as alley, which means a narrow street, mostly referring to the narrow passage between two buildings.
Because it is small, few people pass by, so it is hidden, and it has become a breeding ground for many dark sides of the city.
With the development of the times and the progress of society, when the surface of the city becomes more and more glamorous, more and more people associate this word with negative words such as bad, crime, underground transactions, etc.
Yumizaka May.
A typical modern character in the later sense, a typical "goddess" image - no derogatory meaning, purely complimentary.
He has a good family background, and both his parents are successful people with high incomes.
She is sweet and cute, well-educated, and gentle. Except for her chestnut hair, everything else fits the image of a traditional Japanese Yamato Nadeshiko.
She has excellent grades in school and is highly praised by both her classmates and teachers.
Such a person, a girl who has all the good qualities and is destined to have a happy life, should not have anything to do with a place like Ludi, which is even more derogatory. Her education and common sense also told her that she should not have anything to do with such a place, and it would be best if she never had anything to do with it in her life.
However, fate is a jerk that always likes to play cards out of the ordinary. On that day, the wheel of fate, which was driving normally on the road, suddenly seemed to hit something, and inexplicably turned in a different direction and hit a fork in the road.
The road is narrow and steep, and if you are not careful, there is a risk of car crashes and casualties.
It was an evening, the girl had just finished her summer cram school and was on her way home.
Although there have been many reports of people going missing recently, and the police have issued a notice, hoping that everyone will be careful when going out at night, this has no effect on May. The cram school is located in the city center, and her home is in a high-end residential area not far from the city center. The streets she walks on are wide and patrolled by police all year round. It is the safest area, so May is not worried about what will happen to her, until she sees a familiar figure.
He looks a little thin and slender, with messy hair because he doesn't take care of it, and he wears a simple white shirt and black pants. He doesn't have the youthful vigor that a teenager should have at all.
There was no mistake. This kind of dress was becoming less and less common among young people in the city, and she had only seen it on one person of her age. A boy who was apparently inconspicuous, but she had been paying attention to him for several years.
His name is, Tono Shiki.
I first noticed him in middle school. He was a boy with no special features except that he was always anemic and had a bad health. He liked to sit in a corner by himself.
She didn't know why she noticed him. He was so ordinary, and his presence in the class was the lowest. Maybe it was a feeling, a fragile feeling. When she was around this boy, she always felt that even the air was so fragile, as if it would break if touched.
Of course, this attention was only a momentary one, and the two had no intersection. There were always many people around her, and he was always alone, and at most he had some intersection with that bad student.
She was really attracted to him during the winter break of her second year in junior high school. The school's badminton club had a group activity during the winter break, and as a member, she naturally participated in it, and after the activity, she and the club members packed up and returned various sports equipment.
The warehouse used by the badminton club had been used for many years and there was a problem with the door. When closing the door accidentally, it would automatically lock itself - and the lock could not be opened from the inside.
The weather was very cold at the time, and the girls who didn't have time to change out of their sportswear were afraid of the cold, so they closed the door and sorted out their equipment, and were locked in the warehouse. The girls shouted for help, hoping that someone would come to help them, but they also knew that the hope was slim because it was getting dark and there might be no one in the school. The girls were trapped in the dark warehouse, cold and hungry. Just as they were crying, a boy's voice came from outside the warehouse.
"Is there anyone in there?"
Calm, even a little cold, that indifferent look made the trapped girls very angry. The leader of the badminton club, who had been blaming herself for trapping everyone here, exploded and directly grabbed a baseball bat and smashed it against the iron gate.
The boy's voice finally fluctuated, as if he was startled, but he quickly calmed down and told the girls that the teacher had gone back.
The girls, including her, were completely desperate. They didn't want to stay there any longer, but they might face the worst outcome - staying until tomorrow morning.
At this time, the boy knocked on the door again and said calmly: "If you help me keep it a secret, this door can be opened."
The captain of the badminton club became even angrier and threw another baseball bat towards the gate.
"If it was that easy, there would be no need for help!"
Before she could finish her words, the door opened. Everyone thought that the baton thrown by the commander had worked, and ran out happily. Only she noticed the sickly boy standing quietly behind the door - Tono Shiki.
Her mind was blank at the time, and she just stood in front of the door crying, her eyes red and her face pale.
The boy patted her head and said in a calm and incredible tone: "Go home quickly and eat something."
It sounded perfunctory, but unexpectedly made her feel warm.
Thinking back, isn't eating meant to warm up the body? Isn't there a better way to express it
But that was what attracted her to him.
The idol and the most popular girl on campus? That was just a misunderstanding by outsiders. In reality, she was very timid, so she always gave in to others, and acted friendly even if she didn't want to. As a result, she was called an idol without realizing it. If she had a choice, she wouldn't even want to come to school.
She hates herself like this, so she particularly yearns for people who are natural, real and unpretentious.
Shiki is such a person. An ordinary conversation opened a new door for her, also a door of the heart.
From then on, she began to pay attention to Shiki, paying more and more attention to him, peeking at him more and more, and even trying to find him to answer. Later, with the help of the boy who looked like a bad boy but was actually a kind-hearted person, she became friends with him, and she also realized that she liked him.
It was so late, why was he here? This was clearly not the direction of his home, neither the Arima family nor the Tono family.
She quickened her pace and wanted to call him, but unexpectedly the man suddenly sped up and turned into an alley on the side of the road.
She didn't think much about it and trotted after him.
"Tono-san... wait."
PS: Rong Jian said that Shiki still doesn't know how to play. If it were you, the book friends would definitely do all kinds of tricks - for example, talk to the girls through the wall, comfort them. Try to throw clothes in through the window to keep them from getting cold. Go buy hot drinks and food to warm your body and soul, and then try to contact the teacher, preferably if you can't find the contact information, and then spend a night with him. After that, as long as your image is not too bad, you can basically say goodbye to being single.
PS2: In fact, the most efficient action should be to call the police, but it is normal for middle school students not to think of this.