Toshio Nakamura originally had a very happy family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He remembered that when his father got off work, he would always pet his head affectionately, and then pull out a toy that made his heart flutter out of nowhere.

He remembered his mother's loving expression when cooking, and the sweet and sour rice balls were a taste he never forgot in his life.

He remembered that his sister would squint her crescent eyes and call him to get up in a sweet voice.

He remembered the old house he had lived in for many years, the cherry blossom trees in front of the door that were brilliant in spring, and he remembered ......

He remembered a lot, but in the end, the best memories were all in his dreams.

Then with a slight touch, the memory shattered, and the dream woke up.

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After his parents' car accident, Nakamura and his sister moved out of their house and into an orphanage because they had no other relatives to act as guardians.

Although they will meet many friends at the orphanage, Toshio Nakamura and his sister know that they are just friends.

There are only two people who really depend on each other, one is called brother and the other is called sister.

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He no longer needed his sister to wake him up in a sweet voice, because he knew that if he didn't get up sooner, he might lose the meager job that could fill his and his sister's stomachs.

My sister no longer needs her brother's protection, because she knows that once she strips away the pretense of strength, her fragile tears will make her brother even more sad and blame herself.

For the sake of each other, the brother and sister began to welcome the arrival of each day.

At least for them, a new day always carries new hope.

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Finally, one day, Mieko falls in love with a young man in Tokyo.

Although the young man named Ryota Naoki was not wealthy, the similar background of being an orphan made the two of them find a reason to sympathize with each other.

Mieko happily thought that she and her brother were no longer lonely, because there was another person who was looking for hope.

On his sister's wedding day, Toshio Nakamura put Mieko's hand in another man's hand. He carefully hid tears of joy or sadness, shouted his blessings, and drank the invisible tears mixed with champagne.

In a trance, he felt that if his father was still there, he should be in this mood...

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The younger sister married in Tokyo, and Nakamura himself met a very ordinary woman.

He didn't think that he was worthy of such a beautiful woman, and the woman in front of him should be able to accompany him through his life.

No more loneliness, that's enough.

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The brother and sister live separately and don't see each other much, relying only on phone calls or letters.

The elder brother is proud of his sister's housekeeping ability, and the younger sister is proud of his brother's new job; The elder brother is worried that his sister will be unhappy because Naoki is addicted to gambling, and the younger sister is also worried about the pressure of her brother's life because her sister-in-law is too picky.....

My brother and sister are just like before, silently caring for each other, silently enjoying the family affection that others can't give.

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Nakamura Toshio knew that he had been framed and was about to go to prison.

He thought of his sister for the first time in his heart. Instead of the wife who is becoming more and more philistine, or less and less like his own son.

Mieko, she's going to be sad, isn't she......

The appeal was null and void and he was sentenced to four years in prison.

Mieko was the first to visit him, and the siblings sat in the visitation room, staring at each other through a layer of glass.

Only tears that I couldn't hold back were left to flow silently.

The second person to visit Nakamura was not his wife, but a lawyer who had been appointed to bring a thin divorce agreement.

After knowing that she was in prison, the woman quickly remarried with her son and the family fortune that she had worked hard for several years, as if she was still her first love.

Ha, it's ridiculous.

Nakamura thought silently in his heart, but he didn't feel too sad. Because he knows that he still has a sister, and as long as she is there, life will be full of hope.

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Two years later, however, Nakamura lost all hope in his life.

Mieko is dead.

Because of a truck that suddenly lost control, his sister left forever on that rainy day.

On the day of the funeral, Nakamura was released on one-day bail.

He had a cold face and looked at his brother-in-law there "heartbroken", but there was not half a tear in his eyes.

He looked up, and the portrait of his sister hung quietly on the wall, his eyes narrowed into a pair of crescents, and he was still smiling like an angel.

Nakamura suddenly felt that her sister had not left, her smile was right in front of her, like those dreams hidden in her heart, and she would be disillusioned if she touched it.

He came to a mountain stream in Osaka, where there was a cliff with a view of the sea in Osaka.

Then he gently sprinkled his sister's ashes and let her flutter in the wind, and finally fell on the blue sea, turning into the only color in his heart.

Mieko, we'll see each other soon...

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Two years later, Toshio Nakamura was released from prison.

He used up his modest savings, hired a private detective, and finally found Ryota Naoki's address.

The man had spent all of his sister's life in exchange for insurance money and was living in depression in a dilapidated apartment.

After losing an arm, the man who used to call his brother-in-law finally confesses to the murder of Mieko and weeps bitterly.

"Mieko once said that you like to eat her rice balls." Nakamura didn't dislike Naoki's snot on his body, and under the horrified gaze of the man who killed his sister, he knocked out his teeth one by one with a hammer: "But you killed her." ”

"Mieko once said she liked the warmth of your palm." Nakamura picked up two palms that were still bleeding: "But you killed her." ”

"Mieko once said that your eyes are beautiful..."

"Mieko once said that you have long legs, and whatever you wear goes well with ..."

"Mieko..."

"Mieko loves you so much, why did you kill her? Why!? ”

The man on the earth could no longer answer, for his whole body had been divided.

Nakamura paused, then thought carefully and said, "Mieko doesn't seem to say that you are in good shape, so I'll just take your head and limbs with me." ”

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So the next day, Nakamura quietly returned to Osaka Station with a large box full of Naoki inside.

That night, he wore a brand new suit, carefully shaved his beard, and sat quietly in a corner of the restaurant.

He raised his glass slightly, making a toast to the astonished gazes around him.

Tears and bitterness turned into thoughts, and they were drunk in that instant, just like back then.

In a trance.

Mieko was sitting opposite, squinting with a pair of good-looking eyes and smiling smartly.

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On the cliff where his sister's ashes are scattered, a group of strangers stand opposite Toshio Nakamura.

He couldn't understand why these people were so nervous about the little girl next to him, just as he didn't understand why his sister would leave him.

This little girl named Xiaolan is so kind that she actually helps herself from strangers and pushes the box containing Naoki all the way over.

Just like Mieko back then, she helped herself load the goods one by one.

It's so similar, she's exactly like Mieko, like an angel.

My sister will laugh when she sees her.

It's just that this little girl is a little scared, but it doesn't matter, she will definitely be happy to see the gentle and kind Mieko, she will definitely be.

"I just want to take her to meet my sister, Mieko will be very happy to see such a cute little girl." Nakamura said with a smile, his expression full of joy that he was about to meet his sister.

Then he saw a little boy stand up, his smiling pupils flashing with scarlet light.

"So, how about I swap things with her?"