10. Traces Volume IX

A-machi was actually a short distance from the hotel, and after a long run, Nanaya finally arrived at his destination out of breath.

At a glance, she saw the flamboyant car parked on the side of the road.

When she ran over and was about to knock on the window, it was lowered.

"Come up." She heard a crack opening.

After quickly getting into the car, she found that there was only one person in the car, and the driver seemed to have gone out to investigate the situation.

After seeing that the young man in front of him was safe and sound, the heart that was mentioned to his throat gradually returned to its original position.

It's great that he's okay.

She felt her heart pounding at the moment, not only the sequelae of running for a short time, but also the unusual concern for the young man in front of her.

Nanaya was taken aback by his own thoughts, and secretly shouted in his heart that it was not good.

She has always been reluctant to have too much to do with others. When did you start paying too much attention to others?

"Why are you here?" Traces asked, a little confused.

"I felt a little strange in my heart, so I came along." Qiye whispered.

Jibu looked at the girl who was still panting slightly at the moment, and frowned slightly.

He felt that she must have seen something strange, so he rushed over without hesitation.

At this time, the driver also happened to open the car door, and saw that there was an extra girl in the car, and he was stunned for a while.

"What's going on out there?" The trace asked.

The driver simply turned a blind eye to the girl, turned his head to look at the trace, and whispered, "Young master, it seems that an old man died on the spot." ”

There was silence in the car, and none of the three spoke again.

Qiye's mind came to the vicissitudes of life that passed by her.

Watching life pass away in the nearest place is indeed breathlessly heavy. Even people who don't know each other will feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

May the departed rest in peace. She closed her eyes and prayed silently.

There was not a lot of traffic at the scene of the accident, the front was blocked, and there were other cars closely behind, and it was impossible to go out at all. It wasn't until the police came to clear the scene that the chaotic order was saved.

As one of the closest witnesses to the car accident, the driver of the trace department and the trace family, as well as the seven nights who came later, were taken to the police station by the police.

Qiye looked at the police officer in front of him, his conspicuous silver-white hair was a little messy, with a black mask, and a pair of dead fish eyes looked very lazy. The police are the embodiment of justice in people's impressions, and it is really worrying to see such a lazy police image.

I didn't expect him to be such a lazy image at work. Although she was silently slandering in her heart, she still sat quietly and listened to the driver of the trace department recount what she had seen.

"Well, it's really bad to encounter this kind of thing." Perhaps he had seen too many accidents like this, and there was no trace of sadness in his deep voice.

Qiye stared at the pair of dead fish eyes, and then the other party seemed to notice something, and turned his head to glance at her.

With just one look, she knew that she was going to be busy tonight.

She turned her head and met the peach blossom eyes in the trace, with a bit of thought in them.

It seems that he must have taken all her actions into account.

When he walked out of the police station, sure enough, he said, "Do you know that officer?" ”

"Hmm." Nanaya graciously admitted. However, she didn't feel the need to explain the specific relationship between them to him. Because it's very weird to say, it's best to be silent.

Seeing that she didn't want to say more, the trace department thoughtfully didn't ask any more questions.

A car accident distracts all their thoughts, and the two agree to discuss it again on school day.

And tomorrow is a big day for him.

My mother, who I hadn't seen for a long time, returned home.

Among the many large families, there are too many broken families. He was one of the lucky ones, and although his parents were busy with their careers and rarely saw him, he still had the opportunity to have dinner with the family of three throughout the year.

It's just that when he returns to the mansion known as Little Buckingham Palace, the huge and ornate rooms are so cold that he occasionally looks at his sheepdogs in distraction.

Human beings are not willing to be lonely, and it is safe and reliable to walk alone, but often people find it difficult to endure this loneliness.

After all, he was just a sixteen-year-old boy, and sometimes he felt empty and lonely. However, he is not an ordinary sixteen-year-old boy, he has received an elite education since he was a child, and his mind is much more mature than his peers.

There are more things to be done in the time of sadness, even if it is to fill the emptiness in the heart.

It was only when he heard the news that his mother was going back to China, and he was no longer as excited as he was when he was a child, but nodded lightly to the housekeeper to show that he knew, and then slowly walked to his room.

Under the conditions of long-distance and long-distance conditions, even if it is a blood-related family relationship, it is like a thick sugar water that has been diluted by the white water of time, and finally becomes light and tasteless.

The place where he and his mother met was not at home, but at the cemetery.

He remembers that the first thing his mother did when she returned home was to go to this cemetery, and this was the first time he had been here because he had been entangled in all kinds of things in the past.

The cemetery on a cloudy day is misty. Mrs. Kibe placed a bouquet of lilies in a vase next to the tombstone, and then stood in front of it, her head bowed.

Jibe looked at his mother's expressionless side face. At this time of the year, she would return to China, and later her father revealed to him that it was her brother's birthday, his uncle.

And this small tombstone in front of him belongs to the uncle who has never met in the trace department.

I don't have many relatives in the impression of the Jibu family. He was an only child, and judging from his usual interactions, he thought that his parents were also only children, but he did not expect that many years later, his mother would stand in front of his uncle's grave.

"Keigo, you must cherish the people around you." I don't know how long he stood there, but his mother's murmur came from his ear.

"We haven't seen each other since the day he left home, and I didn't expect to see each other again." Mrs. Kibe stared at the small black-and-white photograph on the tombstone, a little distracted.

Traces stood silently, silently trying to break the sad atmosphere, even though his mind was now full of doubts.

He only learned today that his uncle had run away from home.

He couldn't help but think of his maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother, although they were strict in their lives, they were extremely gentle people, how could they allow their youngest son to be willful? With so many years to go, why don't you look for it at home?

When the mother and son sat in the car, Jibu finally couldn't help but ask: "What kind of person was my uncle when he was alive?" As he spoke, he was secretly observing his mother.

He saw a warm smile on her face, with a little nostalgia, tilting her head sideways, looking out of the car window, but there was no focus, as if her mind had long drifted away.

"Maybe it's because the youngest son of the family is spoiled and has been obstinate since he was a child. However, he was extremely stubborn, he ran away from home at first, and later he was poor and did not ask for a penny from his family. ”

After returning home, Mrs. Kibe took her son's hand and walked to the study.

Slightly reminded of the past, she flipped out a photo album from her childhood.

"Look, this is a photo of me and your uncle, he didn't like taking pictures since he was a child, but I didn't expect this one to become the only one." She pointed to the photo and smiled a little lonely.

The trace department leaned over, and the photo showed two children, who should be only about ten years old.

The boy had black hair and looked unruly, with dark blue eyes full of disdain.

He looked at the photograph and for some reason felt unusually familiar.

Is it because blood is thicker than water?

No, he felt that the person in this picture had appeared in his memory.

If your uncle is more than 20 years older than him, then there is another possibility.

"Does my uncle have any children?" Traces asked his mother in a low voice.

"Huh?" Mrs. Jibe was stunned for a moment, "Yes, it's just ......" She shook her head, revealing a sad expression, and the second half of her sentence was swallowed up.

Seeing this, the trace department didn't ask any more questions, and it must not be a good thing to keep the mother silent.

But when he saw those dark blue eyes and that familiar face, he always felt that something was about to come out.

The thick dark mist in his heart was gradually removed, and he was vaguely revealed.

"So it's still there." As she was cleaning up the album, Mrs. Kibe burst out laughing.

He looked over and found his mother holding a necklace in her hand.

It was a very ordinary necklace with an inferior diamond-shaped purple transparent object hanging from it, but at a glance it was only inferior glass. Compared to the diamond necklace that my mother wore around her neck at this time, it was really a world of difference.

It must be a souvenir of the two siblings when they were children. Looking at his mother's nostalgic smile, he thought silently.

"I heard you've been investigating a car accident recently?" Mrs. Kibe asked suddenly.

"Yes, Mother." The trace department hurriedly straightened up.

Sure enough, he couldn't hide anything from his mother, and some indescribable feelings came out of his heart.

And after the car accident that day, it wasn't easy for the seven nights.

When she returned home from the police station, she had not yet heated her seat when a crisp doorbell rang.

She walked slowly to the door and saw the silver-haired man in the cat's eye.

As expected. She breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly opened the door.

In fact, she was trying to consult him about the car accident, and she was thinking about how to make an invitation these days, but she didn't expect them to meet in a special way.

"Long time no see, Seven Nights." The man narrowed his eyes and smiled at her.