"Ice cream."

"Nope."

"Ice cream."

"Sorry little sister, we don't have ice cream here."

"Ice cream."

"Ice cream? If you want to buy ice cream, you should go to a convenience store, right? We are a fruit shop here, we don't sell ice cream. ”

"Convenience store?"

"yes, convenience store." The aunt in the apron pointed in the direction of Tianhai Zhixue, who looked stupid and stupid, and looked along the narrow street full of telephone poles, "After crossing the intersection over there, turn left." ”

Tianhai Zhixue walked forward in the direction that Auntie just said, and then she found that the intersection in front of her turned left, and there were two directions, which was a fork.

The girl chose the top. No accident, she got lost.

She wandered around her in a completely unfamiliar environment, her head looking around the neighborhood. The mossy stone wall, the telephone pole with scurrying wires, the doorway of a house full of potted plants, and the orange cat yawning in the sun on the branches.

Unconsciously, she had walked from the commercial street into a residential area in the suburbs.

"Lost."

Tianhai Zhixue stood for a long time before he seemed to understand this fact.

*

*

"That's all for today, you can go back."

At eight o'clock in the evening, at the Asuka Law Firm in Minato Ward, Sakakihara Le, in the office, heard what his uncle who was reviewing the case file was saying to him.

"Uncle isn't coming home?"

"I don't have time, your mother is busy downstairs today. You're still the same as usual, just go back on your own. ”

Sakakihara nodded, but didn't say much.

Today's mission goal is completed, and I am already tired, so I don't need to think about anything else, just go home and rest first.

Sakakihara finished sorting out the materials and put the large stack of papers in the drawer of the desk and locked it.

"Then uncle, I'll go back first."

"Hmm." Tianhai Maodian did not look up, and answered.

Sakakihara nodded to him, got up and pushed the door open, and left the office. When he went downstairs to say hello to his mother, Sakakihara rode his motorcycle in the parking lot on the first floor of the office building.

Wear a helmet, plug in the key, and hang a gear.

The motorcycles drove out of the station and came to the office and business circle of Xinqiao, the port area with high-rise buildings and busy traffic.

As soon as he parked his motorcycle at the traffic light intersection, Sakakihara saw a lot of office workers and uncles in briefcases and suits around him. Most of these people were in groups, and judging by their fairly consistent walking directions, Sakakihara felt that they should be going to eat on the food court.

It's probably a work social, and I have to go to work indirectly after work. I wonder if there is anyone who can help them when they come home after getting drunk?

Sakakihara couldn't help but think so.

With the green light on, Sakakihara continued to drive his motorcycle to the bottom of the apartment building, and after pushing the door to go home, he habitually shouted "I'm back."

After changing his shoes and walking into the living room from the hallway, Sakakihara found that the little head that often poked out in the bedroom corridor in the past was not in that position.

"Snow is not at home? Probably not. ”

Sakakihara put down his schoolbag on the sofa, subconsciously thinking that Zhiyuki was making music in his room, so he didn't care.

But when he habitually walked to the kitchen first and saw the messy oil and eggs placed near the cutting board, he became suspicious again.

It looks like someone has touched the contents of the refrigerator.

Sakakihara went to Amami's room to check again, found that there was no one, and then dialed Amami's phone again.

The phone rang on the couch in the living room.

Sakakihara walked over and picked up Amami no Yuki's phone.

"People are not at home, and they don't have mobile phones."

But she left her schoolbag at home.

Sakakihara was surprised.

"Why aren't you at home?"

It stands to reason that Tianhai Zhixue is a family squat, unless she is called out, otherwise with her character of not liking crowded places, she will definitely not go out by herself.

But now Zhixue has obviously returned home and not stayed at school.

Sakakihara was going to call and ask Suzu.

Blind tone.

[Hey, hey, hey?] What is my brother looking for me? If you were to ask me about work, I would be until eleven o'clock. ]

[Also working night shifts?] So busy? Sakakihara walked to the balcony, and the night wind blew the hair on his head.

[It's so busy, it doesn't take time to record the theme song of the anime and sing and dance?] ]

[Okay then.] I called to ask if you know why Yukiyuki wasn't home. ]

[She's not home?] No way, I'll go home with her and come back to work in the office. ]

Sakakihara pondered for a while after hearing this: [She's out?] ]

[What is she doing out there?] ]

[You don't care about this.] Did she ask you anything in the afternoon? ]

[About. I asked what I like to eat. Well, probably this similar issue. ]

Probably?

Well, asking the old girl can only ask about this information.

[How often does she call you?] ]

[Around 5 p.m.] ]

[Okay, I'm hanging, you come back early.] ]

[Uh-huh!] I'm going to eat beef curry! ]

[I know how to eat.] ]

Sakakihara hung up.

Ah Ling is not only stupid, but also sometimes adds some pressure to herself.

These days have been high-intensity study and classes, and those things in the Tianhai family are almost annoying.

I came home at eight o'clock and was busy making dinner.

To be honest, Sakakihara really felt tired.

However, the information obtained by asking Ah Ling is enough, with Sakakiwara Le's understanding of Konoyuki, this delicious mouth must be because she is hungry, and there is no one at home, she can't hold back her stomach and gurgle, so she went out.

I forgot to take my phone when I left.

As for why she hasn't come back yet, Sakakihara thinks there's only one possibility - she's lost.

I had no choice but to turn around and go out again.

Sakakihara walked out of the apartment, although the night breeze blew a little cool tonight, but the spirit of the already busy day was also relieved at the moment. He felt like one of those uncles who had to socialize after work, and his pace was completely lacking.

Finding snow in such a crowded place in Minato Ward is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Sakakihara Le was also worried that she was deceived by someone in a few words. Because she's really stupid and white.

Also very rich.

Sakakihara first went to the commercial center and supermarket, and asked the staff inside on the way if they had seen a beautiful girl with beige hair, but after an hour, Sakakihara did not get any useful information.

Seeing that it was nine o'clock, there was still no news, so Sakakihara went to a nearby convenience store and snack bar to ask.

Half an hour later, there was still no news.

When school was out of school, the snack bar that she had taken to was all she could ask, but there was still no news.

It wasn't until Sakakihara walked around to a shopping street two kilometers away, and in front of a hardware store, he was confronted with an uncle who was closing a stall with his family, that Sakakihara asked for the news.

"Have you ever seen a little girl with beige hair?"

"Yes." Sakakihara nodded.

"You are."

"I'm her brother, I haven't seen her come back when I get home, and she didn't have her phone with her, so I came out to look for her."

The uncle looked at Sakakihara several times, such a handsome young man didn't look like a liar, so he stretched his mind and said, "Yes, I saw her today." ”

Sakakihara suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after searching for almost two hours, he finally found a little clue.

"Today that little girl came to my shop to buy cement, and after buying it, she looked that way. No, the street is gone. ”

Cement?

What did Xiao Zhixue buy this thing for?

Sakakihara didn't dig deeper, and hurriedly ran in the direction that the uncle said.

For another ten minutes, Sakakihara asked a lot of people one after another, and the bosses in the neighborhood said that they had seen her, and that she came out to buy ice cream or something.

But going around and around, Sakakihara still didn't see the shadow of the snow.

After running down rhythmically for more than two hours, Rao is Sakakihara Raku has a good physique, and he can't help but feel tired.

Nothing really really happened, right?

Sakakihara looked up at the night sky, which was already dark, and his heart became even more anxious.

He walked out of the residential area, came to the park, and walked around the park again, still without any clues.

Just as Sakakihara slowed down and checked Suzu's text message saying that she had gone home, as soon as he turned his head, Sakakihara was confronted by the snow of the sky and the sea walking by the bushes in the park.

"I've finally found you"

Sakakihara glanced up and down at the real aunt and was completely relieved to make sure she hadn't been hurt in any way.

The girl was carrying a large bag of things in her hand, and after she saw Sakakihara Le, she first habitually stayed for a while, and then took all the things in her hand to the back of herself.

"Why is the music coming?"

"How did I get here? Yuki, don't you see what time it is? ”

"I don't know."

"Why did you go out?"

“.”

"Why don't you speak?"

“.”

Tianhai no Yuki saw Sakakihara Le's sweaty appearance, and the hand holding the plastic bag couldn't help but clench a little behind him.

"Do you know that if you go out like this, and you don't have your mobile phone, I can't contact you, and I'm very worried?"

“.”

"What do you do to buy an ice cream and go so far? Have you forgotten what I said to you again? If you get lost, it's best if you can meet the police, if you can't meet it, go to a convenience store, or some store, ask someone for directions, or you can spend some money and ask them to call a taxi to our house for you. ”

“.”

"Zhixue, if you don't speak, forget it. I don't want to be angry, and I don't want to talk about you. You have memorized today's events, and now come home with me. ”

Sakakihara Rakuyu was controlling his emotions well, and when he saw that Zhiyuki didn't speak, he didn't plan to say anything more. Took her for a while and took a taxi home.

The atmosphere in the car was heavy, Sakakihara Raku did not speak, and the snow of the sky did not speak, and the sound of the engine running the taxi could be heard in his ears.

*

Sakakihara Raku, who had been raising his god for a while with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and found that the snow had been buried all along.

Did she listen to what she was saying to her?

Did you just speak a little heavier?

Does burying her head like this mean that she will also reflect on what she has said to her?

Looking at the small face of the snow of the sky, Sakakihara inexplicably thought of the thousand paper cranes she gave to her that day. It's a very ugly paper crane, but for her, the paper crane contains the concern of her mother, who has never met before, and represents the importance of this paper crane in her heart.

Zhixue himself said that he was a good person for her.

As the person who received her thousand paper cranes and was considered very important by her, Sakakihara couldn't help but ask herself if she should have asked Zhixue in a more peaceful tone just now.

"Le, don't be angry."

"Huh?" Sakakihara heard what she had said to herself.

"Don't be angry."

The sound of the snow in the sky and sea has always been very soft and soft. At this time, her apologetic voice sounded even softer and more cordial.

Sakakihara took a deep breath, then exhaled through his nose again, opened his eyes and looked at her: "I was indeed a little angry just now, mainly because I was looking for you for more than two hours, and I obviously told you what to do if you got lost." ”

"Walk and get lost."

"Knowing that you can easily get lost"

Sakakihara remembered it, as if his uncle had said that Zhixue didn't remember because her mother was an elderly woman and had a difficult birth.

Now I have some memory, and I basically can't remember anything when I was a child, and the symptoms are worse than when I was a child.

So Zhixue got lost, and she really can't be blamed.

"Daddy. It seems that I was told about this a long time ago, I tend to forget things and get lost, so it's best not to go out alone. ”

Sakakihara Leyu listened carefully, and after understanding what was going on, most of his anger at what happened tonight was gone.

"Well, so why are you going out? Just buying something to eat? ”

He noticed the plastic bag in Zhixue's hand, which contained white powder, as well as ice cream.

Sakakihara knew that it was cement, but didn't understand what she was buying cement for.

"Le said before that he was tired."

“.？ Did I tell you? ”

Tianhai Zhixue probably knew that she had a bad memory, so she took out the "Zhixue Life Manual" that she had always carried with her from her small waist bag, and then turned one of the pages to Sakakihara to read.

Sakakihara took the manual she handed and looked at the Juanxiu font at the top of the inside of the page.

This line is in the most prominent position and can be seen as soon as you open it.

The words "Le is tired" are clearly written on it, and the time is also written - [when everyone is having dinner at a place with cherry blossoms].

Sakakihara remembered that this was almost a week ago, at the class event.

I've communicated something with Zhixue.

The original intention was just to complain, but it was written down by Zhixue on his own initiative?

"I see, that's what I said. But what does this have to do with the snow when you go out? ”

"Suzu says she likes to eat."

"Huh?" Sakakihara didn't understand her brain circuitry.

"Suzu and Le are brother and sister."

“.”

After getting along for a while, Sakakihara Le probably understood that Zhixue roughly thought that Ah Ling liked to eat, so he also liked to eat.

Sakakihara couldn't help but look at the things she was carrying again, "So, when you went out, did you go to buy ingredients?" ”

"Hmm."

"Want to make me something to eat?"

"Hmm."

"Fried ice cream?"

"Hmm."

Understood, Sakakihara Le, thoroughly understood.

Zhixue went out because he accidentally said to her that he was very tired, and Zhixue didn't know why he remembered it in his heart, and he always cared about it.

She knew she was tired, so she thought she was going to make something for herself.

"Then why buy cement?"

Tianhai no Yuki glanced down, and then his gaze returned to Sakakihara Le's face: "It's what I said in the video, white powder." ”

That's flour, you're buying cement."

Snow in the Sky Sea: "What's the difference?" ”

The difference is that the thing in your hand blew up enough to choke me."

It's true. A complete idiot with no common sense.

"It's not that you don't like going out? You haven't gone out on your own before, have you? Why do you suddenly think that way now? ”

"Le, I come back late every day."

"Hmm, then?"

"There has been no one at home, Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, and Ling have not said that they are very tired at Jiale, so they want to make Le happy."

Want to make me happy?

Sakakihara tried to find something on her face.

"Even if you've never been out of the house? Never made anything yourself for people to eat? ”

"Hmm"

Sakakihara probably understood what Yukiki was thinking, but he still wanted to actually ask, "Can you tell me the specific reason?" There must be a specific reason why you are so active, right? ”

Everyone is very busy these days, and Le is also very busy. Fans have always left messages saying that I want to update, but I don't know how to edit the video, and Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, and Ling don't have time to help me, only Le. Le took the initiative to say that he could help me, and it was clear that Le Cai said that he was very tired, and he still helped me."

Try to think back to the situation that day, Zhixue seems to have been watching her back from behind when she was editing videos by herself.

That's probably the warmth that comes from being ignored and being cared for and noticed.

And what she just said was intermittent.

But Sakakihara Le's body and eyes saw things that had never appeared in this girl.

Her eyes before had always been white and empty.

And now in the depths of her eyes, there was a trace of light hidden under the black pupils.

Sakakihara didn't know if it was something that could be called emotional.

But at least, he really understands now, and Zhixue has also begun to have a real sense of dependence on himself

Just like Ah Ling before.

(End of chapter)