"When I was a child, my memories were mixed with the smell of sea salt, when my parents were working the other side of the sea, and all I had to do was send letters every month. My grandfather and I lived in an unknown fishing village, which was my childhood. ”

"When I was a child, my parents gave me to my grandmother to raise, and I heard from my grandmother that they were going to go to the other side of the sea to create my future. In my impression, my grandmother's house is a quaint and warm little fishing house, and this fishing village is my life. ”

"Back then I always liked to go to the beach alone, sit on a high rock, and look out at the end of the sea. I knew that my parents were on the other side, and I could see them, and they could see me. I love the pebbles that are shallow on the shoreline and are polished by the sea, reflecting the warm sunlight on my face and sending blessings to those who go out to fish. ”

"There is an old legend in the fishing village that those pebbles by the sea are also called 'staying stones', which means 'keeping the people you care about'. At that time, I often went to the beach to pick pebbles, and I hoped to see my parents soon. Looking at the blue sea as far as the eye can see, I always feel a little lost in my heart, and I want to see what the other side of the sea looks like. ”

"That day, as usual, I sat on the rock cliff and enjoyed the peaceful blue sea and blue sky. His gaze retracted, and he blurred as if he saw a figure on the shoreline. I yelled at her from the cliff, but to no avail. ”

"That day, I was picking pebbles at the beach when I suddenly heard a voice from behind. I was startled, but when I looked back, there was no one. It's good news for me and I don't want anyone to find out about me because ......"

"Hey! You! Didn't you hear me shouting at you from the rocks? ”

"I ......"

"That's right, I can't say consecutive sentences because I have a severe stutter."

I only reacted when I saw her panicked, and her tone was a little tough. What caught my eye was her short blonde hair, as if it could reflect the warm sunlight like those pebbles. ”

"I've never seen this boy in front of me, with black hair and brown eyes, and the smell of sunshine. I tried to explain, but I didn't dare say a word. ”

"You also came to see the sea, the view here is not good, come with me."

Without waiting for any answer, he took me by the hand and ran to the nearest rock. That's where I never come close because I'm afraid of heights. ”

"Come, step on my shoulder."

"I set foot in a place I thought I would never set foot in my life. My legs started shaking and I stopped in place and didn't know what to do. ”

"You won't fall, come, I'll help you."

"My heart was pounding, for fear that he would play tricks on me and leave me here alone."

"I helped her to stand on the rocks and enjoyed the different scenery together. I still remember the ecstatic look in her eyes. ”

"Good...... Beautiful ......"

"I sat with her resting on the rocks, and when I asked her anything, she just nodded or shook her head. When I asked her why she didn't speak, she replied like this. ”

"I ...... Speak...... Very slow......"

"I knew he was going to be one of those kids soon, because he spotted my flaws."

"Hey, that's the case, what's the big deal about talking slowly, I thought you didn't want to talk to me."

"I was wrong, he wasn't what I thought he was, not at all."

"You...... No...... Dislike...... I...... Is it? ”

"Hate? Why? You're cute. ”

"He bared his teeth and smiled at me, and he was in the period of changing his teeth, which made me laugh too."

"That's the purest smile I've ever seen."

"It's getting dark and we have to go home. I made an appointment with him to meet at the beach at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. ”

"The next day was cloudy, and I waited at the beach until eleven o'clock and still didn't see her. I ran back to the village in a hurry, and while crossing a path, I suddenly heard this voice. ”

- "You're a dead star again!" You're going to curse the whole village! Get out of here! ”

I stopped and pressed against the wall to look in. -- Three older boys surrounded her and were yelling at her. She sat down on the mud floor and wept into tears. There were a few dirt-stained pebbles scattered on the ground, one of which was being thrown at her. I don't know where I got the courage, and I startled them with a loud shout. She stopped crying at once, and her red, swollen eyes looked at me with a begging look. I walked up to her and shouted at the three men with open arms. ”

"Want to bully her? Get past me first! ”

"It's the general trend to get into a fight. After the three of them had a tie with me, one of them somehow picked up a harpoon, which the village fishermen used to catch fish. He walked up and swung down. ”

"I watched the harpoon keep renewing the distance between me and me, and I closed my eyes in fright and shouted hysterically."

"I stretched out my left arm to meet it, and after a sharp pain, blood dripped from the inch-long wound. The boy was so frightened that he threw down his blood-red harpoon and fled, and the other two fled in a hurry. ”

I opened my eyes in horror and looked at his back and his blood-stained left arm, and my heart was like a knife. I was completely stunned, as if it were all a dream. ”

"If you ask me why I did this, maybe it was because of the so-called 'desire to protect'. Wanting to protect her from hurting her self-esteem a bit, that's all. ”

"I still remember the first thing he said......

"It's not hurt, is it?"

"Since then, I've been sticking to him, and it's slowly becoming a habit. I like to listen to him tell me all kinds of interesting things, I like to let him take me to the high places to see the sea, and I like his every move. He never laughed at my flaws, and was always patient to listen to my incomplete words. Over time, I stopped stuttering, and finally no one laughed at me. I thought he was like my talisman, always by my side, always guarding me. But I was wrong, life will change, even if you cherish it, it will still leave you. ”

"I'm leaving tomorrow and I'm going to live in a far away place."

"I don't want you to go."

"It was a very abrupt decision, and the letter from my parents was a mixed blessing for me. I used to want to leave here day and night, but now I want to stay in this fishing village. Just when I couldn't make up my mind, she said to me. ”

"I'll give you a gift tomorrow, and don't go until then."

"However, I broke my promise. I didn't wait for her to come and left the village forever. The small fishing village shrouded in darkness was the last image of my childhood. Time has worn me out, and I have gradually forgotten my childhood friend, her looks, her name, and her promise. ”

"A few days later, I left here with that late gift. Those crystal clear pebbles that I couldn't collect after all must have been picked up by someone else who needed them, right? But it doesn't matter, I'll definitely meet them again on another beach, as fate would have it. ”