A few people spent the afternoon playing by the river and did not return home until the evening.

At night, Ann lazily leaned against the door of her room, looking through the fence of the small courtyard and looking out at the fields in the distance.

It was her family's field, and there were still some traces of the autumn harvest on it.

"In the future, I want to grow some fruit over there. Ann said suddenly, pointing to the corner of the field.

After the first day, he looked in the direction of Ann's finger and nodded: "Okay." ”

"Potatoes are planted over there. Ann pointed to a corner and said that she likes to eat potatoes, whether it is mashed potatoes, or chips, or the simplest baked potatoes.

"Hmm. Hatsu then nodded.

"Plant some vegetables over there, a little rice over there······"

Seeing Ann pointing at her field like a child, Chu had an indescribable feeling in her heart, maybe she wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh.

"What about Hatsu?" Suddenly, Ann turned around and looked at her.

"Huh?" Chu turned his head in confusion.

"What do you want? Ann asked with a smile.

At first, I noticed that her temper has changed a lot, and she has been laughing all the time lately.

"I've never heard you say you want anything. Ann leaned against the door and spread her hands.

"Don't you really have what you want?"

The lights in the room were dim, and the small table was filled with dishes and chopsticks that had not been cleaned up after dinner.

Chu seemed to think for a moment and looked at the countryside outside the door.

"I want to be forgiven. ”

Forgiven by her parents, forgiven by her sister, forgiven by the person she killed, forgiven by Hillman, Sakurako, B3068, Lawrence, Mann, Naran Yagami, and, Ann.

She knew that this was an excessively high request, because she had done something unworthy of forgiveness, but if she just thought about it, there should be no problem or something.

"Whew. There was a gust of wind blowing outside the door, and it was very cold, so he tightened his clothes, sat back a little, and leaned back beside Chu.

Maybe after thinking about it for a while, Ann squinted her eyes and said.

"Then I forgive you. ”

Forgive you for leaving sooner or later.

Ann is a very smart person, she knows the contract very well, and she also knows the deal between her and Chu.

She has always understood that Chu can't always be with her, and Chu will definitely break her promise that night.

However, she found that she was not so angry and took it for granted.

Chu looked at Ann in surprise.

"Hmph. Ann chuckled and bumped her shoulder.

"To compensate, you'll have to do more things to make me happier. ”

"What makes you happy?" was stunned at first, obviously a little incomprehensible.

"For example······" Ann crossed her eyes in another point, and glanced up and down at Bian Chu's body.

It should have understood what Ann meant, and her expression froze at first, but then, she lowered her head and shook her hands, and said softly.

"I, I can. ”

"Hahaha. Ann looked nervous and laughed loudly: "Okay, I'm kidding you, I won't force you to do something like that." ”

Saying that, she sat beside Chu, pulling the clothes on her body and wrapping herself like a zongzi, the weather was indeed too cold.

"I'm so satisfied. Ann let out a sigh of relief, pulled a pack of cigarettes out of her pocket, and took one in her mouth.

"You're a good person, and the desire to be completely dependent on someone is something I can really feel, so that kind of thing is no longer so important. ”

"Smack. The lighter was fired, and the dancing flames lit the cigarette on Ann's mouth.

Ann took a light breath, then gently exhaled the smoke from her mouth, and the smell of the lady's cigarette slowly spread throughout the room.

Chu looked at An for a long time and said softly.

"Smoking is not good for your health. ”

"You talk the same way my mom does. Ann held a cigarette and muttered with a smile: "I'm annoyed." ”

"This is the last one, and I won't smoke it again. ”

As she spoke, she flicked the ashes of her cigarette and let the smoke drift away, and the smoke covered her somewhat frustrated eyes.

Ann is a very smart person, just like she never keeps people and things that she can't keep.

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Two weeks later, Ann held a funeral for her mother, a hillside in the village dedicated to the burial of the deceased, and Ann buried her mother in an inconspicuous corner there.

Her mother didn't like to be noticed, and as she used to say, there was nothing wrong with being alone.

On the day of the funeral, almost every household in the village came, some helped An to keep vigil, some helped An to go out of the funeral, and some helped An to spread water and open the way.

In this village where there are not many people, the relationship between people is closer than expected.

Tian'an didn't show any sadness, but after her mother was buried, she kept the candle in front of the tomb alone for a long time, until it was almost dawn, and then she left silently for the last time.

Before leaving, she said one last word to her mother.

"Forgive me. ”

How many people in this world live to be forgiven by others?

Forgive me for not being useful, forgive me for not being good enough, forgive me for not being able to meet what you want, forgive me for not being a good person, forgive me for not being what you imagined, forgive me for not being there for you when you need me.

And what kind of forgiveness must be necessary to make people feel relieved.

Perhaps when a person asks for forgiveness, it is no longer possible to be relieved.

As for Chu, she didn't come, and she was not fit for mourning, because if there were really ghosts in this world, she would make the ghosts feel uneasy.

On the third day after Ann's mother's burial, it began to snow, as the villagers had expected.

The icy cold, which had been brewing for a long time, fell from the sky and covered this mountain village with few people.

The weather was so cold that Ann didn't want to go out at all, and she didn't bother to move at first, so the two stayed together in the heated room to rest.

Chu took Ann's comic book when she was a child and lay on the ground and read, which is a new hobby she has recently developed.

As for Ann, the old god is drinking a cup of warm tea on the ground, looking like an elderly woman.

She is considering resigning so that she can start planting seeds in her field at the beginning of next spring.

Don't look at her like this, she used to help her mother with farm work when she was a child, so there is no problem at all with growing vegetables or something.

Thinking about it, Ann wanted to smoke a little again, but because she had just promised Chu to quit smoking a few days ago, her current lighters were handed over to Chu for safekeeping.

"At the beginning. ”

Ann held the teacup and complained as she looked at Hatsu, who was lying down leisurely reading a manga.

"You told me to quit smoking, and now I'm having a hard time, should you help me distract myself?"

Hearing Ann's words, Chu who was lying there was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, she glanced at the comic in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and sat up from the ground: "Okay. ”

Just when Ann was amusing to think about how she would help distract herself at first.

Hatsu had already leaned over to her side, raised his lips and kissed her on the cheek.

"Poof, cough, cough!"

Caught off guard, Ann choked on the water, covered her mouth and coughed violently.

"Is that okay?" asked softly, as he sat beside Ann, with a little fluttering eyes in his eyes.

Obviously, she learned it from the comics, but she wasn't sure if she was fit to do it.

"Yes, you can. Ann blushed and looked away the door.

It's just that she can't bear it anymore for another thing now.