After several days of rain, the rain and fog on Baicheng Street was as hazy and light as the tulle in the early morning.

"Really, I like your coffee so much, I will definitely come back next time!"

"Thanks."

Uesugi Nodded and politely sent away a customer who looked like a fan.

Business will get worse on rainy days, but the customers who come are loyal customers of the soho coffee shop.

Looking past several seats by the window, he saw Miss Anna holding an umbrella on a rainy day.

She was wearing a casual denim suit, a red bag and beige boots.

The blonde hair is tied with two vertical braids.

Compared to most British women who gain weight after marriage, she still looks as young as her twenties.

Ding ~

Miss Anna pushed open the door and walked into the store, putting the umbrella wet from the rain into the umbrella tube.

"Zhao, you've been here for a month, right?"

"Yeah, it's almost done."

"That's fine."

Miss Anna turned sideways, unzipped the zipper, and took out the stack of banknotes tied from her backpack.

"Is this..." Uesugi Doo found that the fifty-degree pounds were in a large stack.

"This is the wage, £4,000," said Miss Anna, "After you come, the business in the store has improved a lot, especially with many Asian customers coming to see you."

Uesugi and the boss had agreed to £1,000 a month before. He was a novice and a temporary worker couldn't be done for long. £1,000 was already offered for Mrs. Margaret's sake.

“Will there be too many?”

"Zhao, do you dislike the money?"

"Won't."

Uesugi Sato felt that the wages paid by Proprietor Anna had far exceeded the value of his own work.

"Isn't that all? Accept it. You should know that before you came, our coffee shop business had to be lower than that. Now not only old customers like your coffee, but even new customers often come back."

Uesugi's coffee is actually a bit worse than Mr. Bryce, but he has received much more tips these days.

“How are you practicing guitar recently?”

"It's OK, the blisters on your fingers have disappeared."

"Well, the first time you're bounced, it's easier to get a finger calluse, and it won't hurt so much, but you seem to have worked a little harder."

"It should be." Uesugi Sao said.

The strings of guitars are usually steel wires, and it’s okay to say that they are thick, but the first string is only 0.10 inches.

When pressed, it seems like you are destroying your fingers with a needle.

Miss Anna brought a cup of tea brewed with hot water and sat on it in front of the bar.

"I always feel that you are serious about everything you learn. Do you have any dreams?"

"Dream...was not there before...but now."

Miss Anna looked at him curiously: "Oh? What is it?"

"Life every day of peace with her."

......

The raindrops outside the glass fell on the brick and stone streets, and they splashed water and disappeared quietly along the gaps.

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On Friday, October 10, it rained for several consecutive days and finally stopped.

Uesugi is preparing for a birthday party for Little Fire at home with Mrs. Margaret.

After putting a bouquet of lily flowers that had just been bought from the flower market into the vase, Uesugi's eyes touched for some reason.

"What's wrong, child?" Mrs. Margaret, who had tied up the blown balloon, came over and said with concern.

Uesuma looked at the brighter and pure white flowers above the white vase.

"Just... I remembered a lot of things about her..."

Mrs. Margaret looked at the expression on his face, and then looked at the flawless lily.

Although she has not been together for a long time, she always feels that the girl Huamaru Huahuo is as beautiful as a white lily.

"You have been together for so long, there should be many stories, right?" Mrs. Margaret asked with a smile.

Uesugi said in a normal tone: "There are few stories and they are dull, but I think no one will care about me like her anymore.

"During the time I left, I always felt that I was missing something in my heart. Every night I thought of her smiling under the cherry blossom tree and the weak voice of calling my name."

"This feeling...has never existed at any time..."

Seeing him staring at the motionless eyes of the lily, the gray-haired Mrs. Margaret smiled:

"It's so good. In you, I even felt the feeling of those decades."

Uesugi turned his head and said, "Speaking of this, why haven't you seen your husband and children, Madam?"

"Diet."

Mrs. Margaret smiled indifferently and said, "We don't have children, either."

"Moreover, there is no chance. I had adenomyosis before, which is a condition where I have to put instruments into my body and stop menstruation. I have to rely on expensive drugs to maintain my life every day, and my disease is also accompanied by infertility complications."

“…”

"It's cruel for a woman, right?" Mrs. Margaret smiled. "Those days were very hard, and he was just a waiter working in a restaurant.

"He and I often sit on the stairs and chat together at night when we get off work, talk about the strange guests he met today, and talk about the tips he met today.

“He always said this to me without getting tired of it and promised that I would own a villa in Baicheng District in the future.

"I always laughed at the time that his dreams were not realistic, because the White City District is in the west of London, and the 'powerful people are in the west' refers to the elite and noble White City District.

"That's a place that everyone yearns for, and people there smile every day when they go out."

"He didn't smoke, didn't drink, and worked part-time three jobs, which was incredible among his friends at the time, but I knew he was just using the money to buy me those expensive medicines.

"Although it's very tiring, we were always happy to support each other during those days.

"He knew I couldn't have children, but he was still willing to pay for the medical expenses for me. I didn't even know what to answer him."

As she said this, Mrs. Margaret couldn't help but sigh softly, as the strong and sunny face kept flashing in her mind.

"Forty-three years ago, he left."

The lady did not say the reason next.

"...Madam's house here now..."

"I bought it myself ten years ago, so I can be considered an explanation for him."

Mrs. Margaret did not continue too much on this topic, "Get ready, every birthday is only once, and the birthday when you were young is even short. I think she must be happy if you can prepare for Miss Fireworks."

The lady went to the kitchen to prepare pizza.

Uesugi Don't know what it would be like if Hanawa's smile suddenly disappeared from his life.

But I believe that I will lose my way forward.

Just like in the previous life - except for the increasingly haggard spirit, there is only a boring life without any change day after day.

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Two girls with hand-carrying painted tubes who came out of the Academy of Art were walking on the way back.

"Really! You have already refused, do you think you have a very artistic atmosphere?"

"It's okay, Yuki, didn't it mean it."

"I mean you, sister, they know you're in a marriage contract."

Hanamaru Hanabu did not answer the question, but instead changed the question:

"Yuxi, are you preparing for my birthday party?"

Yuki Hanamaru was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily and said, "Ah? Haha... No, I just want to give you a few gifts."

"I know," Hanamaru Hanawa's feet were wearing shiny little round shoes. "Zhaojun's hands had bubbles a few days ago because of practicing the piano. I know he is a step-by-step person and rarely does he work so hard."

"Sister, do you think your brother-in-law is very good?"

"Yeah, it looks very good."

"Actually, Yuki sometimes envies you, and she can live such a happy life together."

Hanamaru Yuki stepped lightly on the British-style street.
To be continued...