After Mr. Che, who had a very friendly attitude, left, Lin Xiaoya looked at Zhou Lang's face and said-

"That, Zhou Lang......"

"Huh?"

"Would you like to see it?"

"Where are you going?"

"-Seaside!"

Let's go to the beach - she suddenly proposed.

Maybe it's because of the gentle sea breeze.

Or maybe it's because of the relationship between two people.

However, the wind did blow all the time.

Alas, it's nerve-wracking.

Zhou Lang carried Lin Xiaoya's luggage, and Lin Xiaoya picked up Zhou Lang's luggage and stood up from her seat.

For some reason, Lin Xiaoya happily walked to the passage and headed towards the door.

Zhou Lang was about to follow in her footsteps when his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the seat next door.

A boy and a girl, who looked a few years younger than him, sat side by side.

The dark-haired boy sat on the side of the aisle, while the red-haired girl in a straw hat sat on the window side.

Both of them are dressed in nostalgic-style retro clothes, and they look like they have a yellowed photo, and they are strangers who meet for the first time, but they feel nostalgic for some reason.

Although I only glanced at it from the corner of my eye, I could tell from this glance that both the boy and the girl had quite outstanding looks.

Hmm-handsome men and beautiful women are couples, right?

It's so young.

Belch............ Hey?

A question suddenly appeared in Zhou Lang's mind.

- Have they been sitting here since then?

In my impression, when Lin Xiaoya talked to the kind Uncle Che, these two people didn't seem to exist......

So when did they appear here?

Also, the boy - seems to have seen it somewhere......

Have we ever met?

Memories are blurry.

Hey, hey, what's the matter with you.

Is there really a way to complete a scavenger hunt?

Kantaro asked and answered himself in his mind, and Lin Xiaoya, who had already gotten off the car first, stood on the platform and called him.

"Alright, alright, I'll be right over."

He muttered as he carried Lin Xiaoya's bag of weighty luggage onto his shoulder.

The young man's big eyes stared at Zhou Lang quietly leaving.

Intently, just silently watching.

"—what's next?"

Zhou Langcai stood still on the platform, and was about to ask Lin Xiaoya, but found that she was no longer in place, but in the stationmaster's room, talking to the old man he saw just now.

Not long after, Lin Xiaoya came back.

"The stationmaster said that this is a special situation, so it's okay for us to walk out of the gate for the time being."

It turned out that she had gone to apply for an exit permit.

I don't know if it's because of the country shuttle bus, or because the stationmaster is the old man, even this kind of usually unimaginable request was granted.

Is it in such a leisurely and simple scenery that people's hearts will be particularly broad?

Having said that, Lin Xiaoya's action is really amazing.

will take the initiative to go to the stationmaster to discuss, and will suddenly say that he wants to travel with Zhou Lang.

"It's really worthy of being a squad leader, and he can do everything quickly."

Without any malice, Zhou Lang said jokingly to Lin Xiaoya.

The result was unexpected-

"He's not a squad leader now!"

Like a child, she stuck out her tongue and grimaced.

Then he blushed shyly again.

Lin Xiaoya smiled and took the lead in going out through the gate, even though she claimed that she was not the squad leader now, she still bowed deeply to the stationmaster and thanked her seriously, and she was quite polite.

Looking at her back, Zhou Lang took all the words he was about to say into his heart.

- Didn't you stop me because you were the squad leader?

Suddenly, he seemed to understand the reason why she was here.

It really came out of nowhere.

Hope is really "like that" - with a vague expectation in my heart, if there is no place, sometimes certain, and then uncertain......

"This means that in fact, people just don't realize that they are the best and the best."

Grandpa once said so.

Zhou Lang, who was still young at the time, was playing with his grandfather in the sandpile, and the two worked together to build a castle.

Suppose, somewhere in this world.

There was a big cloud, like a whale with wings, swimming leisurely in the air.

To that whale, human troubles may have been insignificant.

Or rather, as a whale, you don't know about human troubles.

However, compared to that whale, the ocean and sky are wider, bigger and vast, and they still surround the world today.

However, the whales don't take it to heart.

Whether it's big or small, a whale is a whale.

It just exists.

This will not change.

On that day, the grandparents and grandchildren, their big wrinkled hands and round and chubby little hands, were always held together.

Memories implicate memories.

It's gone, isn't it?

"Summer is over...... As a result, I haven't even been to the beach once this year......" she said as she looked out at the deserted sea. "During the whole summer vacation, I was busy attending cram schools and pre-requisite classes, preparing for mock exams, and reviewing and preparing, alas...... Even the swimsuit has been bought...... I would also like to say that this is the last summer vacation before graduation......

"I really want to play at the beach......

"Your Swimsuit ......"

Zhou Lang ignored her exclamation and asked jokingly.

"Perverted ——!"

Lin Xiaoya's face immediately turned red and she swung her fist and made a beating motion.

Coastal streets that end the high season.

The aroma of the waves.

The sky is high and far.

A clear blue with a thin white cloud floating on it.

Lin Xiaoya stood on the breakwater.

Zhou Lang looked up at her.

The skirt was blown by the sea breeze.

Long hair flutters gently in the wind.

A little heartbeat.

Unlike usual, she is not wearing a uniform.

A calm smile.

It's hard to imagine that the girl nicknamed the class president has an incredible feeling.

Almost all the boys in the class didn't pay attention to her existing strong image, only Zhou Lang knew that the plain makeup hidden behind the glasses was actually a big beauty.

Lin Xiaoya happily strolled on the causeway.

Zhou Lang walked along the embankment, not far from her.

"Ah, look, there are seagulls—"

She pointed to the middle of the sky and said, her voice cheerful and clear. Spread your hands vigorously as if mimicking the movements of a seagull. Then, as if dancing, run on the anti-lift.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that the light was dazzling, and Zhou Lang raised his hand to cover the sun.

"If only I could fly in the air like a bird." She said.

It's as if you want to spread your wings and fly into the blue sky.

It is as if you can feel the flow of the wind.

Clear blue skies.

Fleeting thin clouds.

"—Since you can't fly, let's use it."

However, Zhou Lang responded like this.

That's what my grandfather Zhou Lang used to say.

"My grandfather said that if you don't have wings, you can just walk. We have a pair of hands and a pair of feet, and we can find a way to climb even if we climb - that's what Grandpa said. Well, of course, it must be convenient if you have wings, but if you really want to talk about it, wouldn't it be even more powerful to load a rocket directly on your back-"

Zhou Lang grinned at her.

"Even if you don't know what lies ahead of you, you must not be cowardly, once you are cowardly, you will be cornered, anyway, you will know if you go on, stupid! That's what Grandpa said. ”

"What do you mean?"

Lin Xiaoya stretched out her hand to catch the long hair flying in the wind.

"Well, rush to the target and go ahead - that's pretty much what it means, right?" Zhou Lang shrugged his shoulders and said casually.

"Is that what your grandfather said?"

"No, that's what Wood said!"

Both laughed at the same time.

For some reason, I suddenly felt fortunate that Lin Xiaoya was here.

The question of why she came with her is no longer important.

She's already here anyway.

At this time, Zhou Lang was in a peaceful atmosphere, and suddenly felt a strange gaze.

His eyes rolled and he looked around.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his expression change instantly, Lin Xiaoya asked worriedly.

"No...... It's nothing ......."

Zhou Lang said this, his eyes still looking around.

Immediately—he saw the boy and girl standing in the row next to them on the tram at a short distance. For a moment, the pair of figures shook dimly like a mirage.

There seems to be something in the depths of Ji Yiyi, which flashes in his mind.

- What was that?

He pressed into the memory box in his head, but received no response.

But there was indeed a slight sound in the depths of memory.

- Suzu.

The voice......

Is it a wind chime?

"—Zhou Lang, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Lin Xiaoya's voice, he came back to his senses.

Look again, the pair of boys and girls are gone.

Did he walk away while he was deep in thought?

I can't feel that sight anymore.

What's going on, what the hell is going on, this strange feeling-

Do you want me to know something?

What is that, what is competition?

- Grandpa, will you tell me?

As always, come and tell me.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand it.

It doesn't matter if it's boring.

It doesn't matter if it's a lie to me.

Anything, come and talk to me.

Grandfather......

Zhou Lang's expression was clouded, he lowered his head and didn't speak, Lin Xiaoya couldn't know what he was thinking.

However, it must be a memory related to my grandfather.

She was speechless for a moment, unable to find anything to say to him.

Very unwilling and unbearable.

She suppressed her feelings, tried to squeeze out a smile and said—

"Zhou Lang, it's time for us to get back on the train, right?"

Hearing what she said, Zhou Lang nodded.

The two returned to the tram, and after a while, the tram finally started running.

The big-eyed boy, and the red-haired girl in the hat, were no longer in their seats and disappeared.

- Suzu......

- I can't wait, I seem to be about to find out, but I don't.

- Really? I think he'd already found out.

- Even though we haven't spoken to those two people yet?

- Even if he doesn't talk through words, he will feel something in his heart, because this is the story of "their".

In the last part of the journey, I changed from the train to the bus, and finally arrived at the destination, and it was already time for the sun to set.

The purple sky, reflecting the red leaves in the mountains, is so beautiful that the two of them can't help but be fascinated by it.

It's a very rural place, a veritable countryside.

The countryside is quite vast, surrounded by mountains.

The two got off near the bus stop, and of course there was nothing.

It is even more remote and desolate than the station where the train was suspended due to the fire.

The road in front of you seems to be just paved with asphalt ridges, and of course, there are no lighting equipment such as street lights.

"Before the sun goes down, we'll have to find a way to find a place where it's populated."

After Zhou Lang finished speaking, the two walked for about ten minutes.

Quack - Quack -

There were birds calling, but there was not even a single figure in sight.

No one passed by.

There are residents along the way, but the houses are quite far from each other.

Noise problems in neighbors are commonplace in buildings or apartments in the city, but in this village there should be no such problems at all.

"Ugh—it looks like I can't go home today—"

Zhou Lang blurted out this sentence, and Lin Xiaoya immediately reacted-

"Homecoming? Were you going to go back and forth that day?"

"No, it's just that there's still you."

"I'm here, so what?"

"Huh?"

"It's nothing, it's a big deal, just find a place to sleep."

What do you mean by nothing! He vomited excitedly.

Zhou Lang had hoped that at least she would have to go home first.

The word "camping" came out of her mouth, and she didn't even think about it.

"Y-Are you serious? Sleeping on the streets?" Zhou Lang asked her.

"Hmm."

Sure enough, Lin Xiaoya nodded very simply.

Uh-huh!

"Sleeping in the wilderness...... Please, you—"

"Then let me ask you, Zhou Lang, why did you bring a sleeping bag?"

"That's, that's because, because I want to say it's just me...... Besides, there's only one sleeping bag, right?" After saying this, Zhou Lang finally realized that the situation was serious.

Something is wrong!

It's impossible for two people to squeeze a sleeping bag together!

It should be said - it doesn't work at all!

"Anyway, let's go find a place to stay - anyway, I was going to sleep outside, so I didn't have any money for accommodation......

At this time-

"I have some money on me, and I only went to the bank yesterday to get it." Lin Xiaoya said decisively.

"Really—no puppet is the squad leader! But, but...... Where are you going to find accommodation, is there a hotel or something like this in this village?"

"Didn't ——? you?"

"Do you think there will be?"

The two looked around slowly.

Mountain, mountain, mountain, and then, mountain.

- It doesn't seem to be ~~~~~!

Not right-

「……… Yes, yes."

Something miraculous - yes, really.

Alone, built not far ahead.

At first glance, it looks like a fairly old house, but it does have a sign that reads "Guesthouse Radish Mash Inn".

When you look closer, you can see that it is not just an old house, but a very nostalgic building.

Why it was named "Radish Mad Hotel", the two of them don't know, but thank God for it.

The moment when I was feeling glad -

"-Huh? Excuse me...... Bed & Breakfast, Dinner & ...... One night, five hundred?"

Zhou Lang and Lin Xiaoya couldn't help but repeat in unison what the hostel lady said.

The proprietress is a gray-haired, dignified and elegant old man.

Dressed in lilac clothes, it blends in with the atmosphere of the hostel.

That being said,

"So, two rooms are ......."