November 4th, five o'clock in the morning.

It was still dark in Hakodate, and in the darkness, a beam of light illuminated the hotel sign.

Watanabe Toru kept running until he reached a narrow entrance to the sea in the south, and then ran back again.

Whenever he runs, he will think of every morning in Yotsuya, Shinjuku - sitting alone in front of the steps of "Suga Shrine", the smell of summer soda.

In front of the hotel, you can see the big black characters "Bamboo Leaf New Leaves Pavilion" from a distance.

"Good morning, guest." Walking into the wooden building, a staff member in kimono came up to say hello.

"Good morning." Toru Watanabe said.

"I thought you were going to the morning market, but it turns out you were going for a morning run." The young waitress had a happy smile on her face.

"This is the first time I've seen a morning jog customer," another waitress said.

"I had no choice." Toru Watanabe said.

"What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable sleeping?"

"That's not true. I slept very comfortably. It's just that when we first started dating, I was bullied by my girlfriend every day because of my weak physical strength, so I started running."

"Really?" Several waitresses were shocked and said that she was indeed a woman from Tokyo.

"Are you still being bullied now?" asked the first waitress who greeted Toru Watanabe.

Watanabe Toru nodded.

"Morning jogging seems useless."

"The first thing a customer sees is that he feels sorry for his girlfriend."

Everyone was talking about it. In addition to the smell on their bodies, Watanabe Toru also smelled the faint woody fragrance of the hotel itself.

‘Qingye doesn’t know if he’s up yet, but Meiji must still be asleep, this lazy and cute woman.’

After six o'clock, Koizumi Aona, Asuka Mai and others got up one after another.

In order to save their stomachs and taste the fresh seafood from the "Chao Market", everyone gave up the hotel's sumptuous breakfast.

Huangzi had a pained look on his face, and kept saying, "It's a loss, it's a loss" before arriving at the "Chow Market".

At six or seven o'clock, the sky in Hakodate was bright and the "morning market" was already in full swing.

In the water tank, there are live fish that are so ugly that you doubt whether they are edible;

Placed on ice, the crab legs are almost as long as half of Xiaolian’s body;

Shape the shell into a bowl and clean the sea urchin, 1,000 yen per serving;

Cut into pieces and put half of the body in a box of northern sockeye salmon, a box costs 3,000 yen to 5,000 yen;

Watanabe Toru's squid, which is as big as two palms and sizzling on the iron plate, sells for 1,500 yen as a whole;

On the plate, eel is skewered and smeared with sauce, 700 yen per skewer;

...

"Hoo ho ho!" Huangzi let out a weird laugh and pulled out a piece of crab leg meat.

It's thick, long and white. If you take a bite, your mouth will be filled with crab meat immediately.

"Well -" she squinted her eyes, her face full of happiness, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!"

"I don't understand what you are saying. Let's talk after eating." Miyuki Miyazaki looked disgusted.

"You can also catch squid here!" Huangzi pointed to the squid shop while eating crab legs.

"Let's go have some fun." Toru Watanabe said.

"Yeah!" Huangzi nodded vigorously.

Miyuki Miyazaki, Koko, and Toru Watanabe each took a mini fishing rod.

"Senior." Toru Watanabe turned around and asked Asuka Mai with a smile, "Would you like to play?"

Just like in Uji, Kyoto, where he only goes once, he won't restrain himself and will laugh whenever he wants.

"I won't." Asuka Mai said.

"I'll teach you." Toru Watanabe handed her the fishing rod, held her soft little hand, and put the bait into the water tank together.

"Let's see who catches the fish first, and the loser will pay the bill!" Huangzi said.

"No problem." Miyuki Miyazaki nodded.

"Be prepared to pay!" Toru Watanabe said enthusiastically, "Sister, don't worry, I have caught a tuna taller than a human in the Pacific Ocean."

"Yeah!" Asuka Mai is not interested in squid fishing, but she is very happy to be able to fish with Watanabe Toru.

"Qingna, help me get the crab legs." Akiko rolled up the sleeves of her sweater, "Today I will let you know how powerful the teacher is!"

"Have you seen "The Old Man and the Sea"? It's based on me." Toru Watanabe was not to be outdone.

"Boy," Miyuki Miyazaki said, "I now have doubts about your tuna fishing."

"This kid is definitely lying." Huangzi affirmed.

"Senior Mai, do you believe me?"

"Well, I believe..."

"Huh?" Miyuki Miyazaki pulled the mini fishing rod, and a squid hung on it.

"Senior," Toru Watanabe said with a serious face, "Next time, let's go fishing for tuna."

"Toru," Asuka Mai tilted her head, her hair swaying, "I want to catch squid."

"...Okay, squid fishing."

Asuka Mai looked at Toru Watanabe with a happy and bright smile.

Seeing her like this, Tetsuya Watanabe laughed heartily.

Koizumi Aona looked at them from behind, knowing that this was normal and that Toru Watanabe was taking care of Asuka Mai, but she couldn't help but attribute the reason to what happened last night.

Sure enough, people will unconsciously prefer people with whom they have deep relationships.

Koizumi Aona took a deep breath.

The caught squid is processed by the boss and turns into a squid circle in a few minutes.

The crystal clear meat was served on a small silver plate. Judging from Toru Watanabe's taste, he had no desire to eat it.

We walked around and found a seafood restaurant.

I had a big bowl of tuna rice, sea urchin rice, and king crab leg rice.

There were piles of tuna meat in small hills, and there were so many crab legs that you couldn't even see the rice. The portion was very generous.

When Toru Watanabe saw this, he remembered Miki Kujo - two days before arriving, she had used various methods to let Toru Watanabe taste Hokkaido's paella.

"Teacher Akiko," Toru Watanabe asked, "Where are you going today?"

"Yesterday's trip was in the city, today it's in the mountains!" Huangzi said while eating.

During the day it’s Mount Meishan, and at night it’s Mount Hakodate.

Hyesan is located in Hyesan Provincial Park, with an altitude of only 618 meters. It can be reached on foot in one hour.

Before starting the mountain climbing, they stopped at the "Mizunamihama Hot Spring" near Keishan Cape.

This is a very magical hot spring.

It's right on the beach, directly connected to the sea, surrounded only by rocks.

Although the weather was good that day, the cold wind at the seaside was still very cold, trying hard to take away people's body temperature.

But in the hot spring, there were many people in swimsuits soaking in it.

"The magic of nature is breathtaking." Miyuki Miyazaki sighed.

As for Akiko, she had already dragged Asuka Mai to a relatively small pool, took off her socks and started soaking her feet.

"The water temperature is just right! Come here quickly!" Huangzi took his socks with his left hand and waved this way with his right hand.

"Foot bathing is good for the body, let's go there too." Miyuki Miyazaki greeted and walked over first.

When she walked away a little, Watanabe Toru asked Koizumi Aina next to him in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"Huh?" Koizumi Aina came to her senses.

"I've been acting silly since morning," Toru Watanabe said.

"Who are you calling stupid?" Koizumi Qingna pretended to hit him.

Watanabe Toru smiled and hid for a moment: "Are you angry? Because of what happened last night?"

"No."

"Teacher Qingna, if you have any dissatisfaction or don't like what I do, you must say it. You can't keep it in your heart, sulking or forcing yourself to get used to me."

"Don't worry." Koizumi Aina smiled.
To be continued...