[You mistake her for Yuko, this misunderstanding makes the girl a little annoyed, she thinks of what Grandma Haruna said about marriage, and she feels sad. 】

[She didn't take this matter to heart, she just thought it was your trick, but these recent events have subtly planted an idea in her heart. The New Year's events are like the wind and clouds before the rain, spreading the message of rain in her heart, and she is vaguely aware that she can't stay by your side forever like her sister. 】

[The girl's thoughts, even the girl herself is confused, and she can't know it. After the New Year, your parents had to put aside their urging to return to Ino County for the time being because of work. 】

[You put your mind at ease and continue your single life at home, except for necessary entertainment, you hardly leave the studio. 】

[Moyou observes you, observes Yuko, and finds that no matter how often you meet, or your attitude when you meet, nothing has changed, she is relieved, she thinks, the previous guess may be her illusion. 】

[She asked you if you wanted to marry Yuko, and you gave a clear negative answer, which made her happy, and in order to prevent accidents, she asked you again if you wanted to marry Nao, and you gave a negative answer. 】

[She felt that she was a bad boy who rejoiced because of someone else's truancy, and she was deeply relieved to know that you would not get married and would not give birth to a daughter to replace her. 】

[She feels guilty for her own happiness, so she is more considerate of you, she feels that everything before is a dream, a nap after waking up for a long time, and an eye that opens in a daze after sleeping for a long time. Now, Grandma Haruna has returned, and Nao and Yuko's drunkenness seems to have been a long time ago, and everything is back to normal. 】

[Another day to send Yuko away, she returned to your studio, moved a small stool, supported her chin with two palms, and watched you paint. 】

[When you stop your paintbrush and place the palette on the tool table next to you, she walks up to you and helps you remove the apron from your body.] 】

[Your wide palm pressed against the top of her head, and she squinted her eyes, feeling that everything was like a painting on canvas, and the colors and brushstrokes of the painting would not change in any way.] 】

[Until her 9th birthday.] 】

[You gave her her favorite woven bag, and together with Nao, you celebrated her birthday in the studio. 】

[At the birthday party, she sat next to you, holding your arm, leaning on your shoulder, and she looked at Nao and the others with some pride. 】

[You gave the girl a birthday party at noon, and in the evening the girl returned home and received congratulations and gifts from her grandparents. 】

[After dinner, her grandfather gives a gift box to Moyou, tells her that it is a gift from her parents, and asks her to come to her room and call her parents to tell her about a happy event. 】

[Mo You walked into her bedroom, she opened the gift box first, and in the box was a beautiful dress, like the gorgeous dress worn by the princess of Western Europe on TV, holding the white dress and looking at it for a while, she first felt sorry for the money, and then thought, when she appeared in front of you in this beautiful dress, how would you praise her. 】

[After a long time, the girl put away her skirt and made a video call. 】

[She wondered what kind of happy event her grandfather said, and she couldn't get an answer. 】

[She didn't look forward to this happy event, she just thought, hurry up and finish the phone, sleep until tomorrow, and wear a dress to your studio. 】

[The phone was quickly dialed, and Sha Gui's face appeared on the screen, and then, Hongyi's face squeezed in. 】

A conversation rang in Minami Yuki's ears, and a memory picture appeared.

"Happy Birthday!" Sha Gui and Hongyi said together, their faces full of smiles.

"Well, thank you mom and dad for the gift, but next time you can give it cheaper." Mo You smiled.

"It's okay, don't worry about money now!" Hongyi's face was red, and his voice was exceptionally loud.

Father's cheeks were burned by the sun, and his face, which was originally quite handsome, was now black, and Mo You didn't notice these drunken redness just now. It seemed to be a great good thing, she thought, to make her father, who was rarely drunk, happy and drunk.

"Huh?" She asked, tilting her head.

"In short, Moyou doesn't have to worry about money." Sha Gui interjected, and she pushed her drunken husband out of the picture.

After several years of hard work, Sha Gui has lost a lot of weight than before, but she is full of energy and her eyes are full of joy.

She changed the subject: "How is your birthday today, are you happy?" ”

"Happy! My brother gave me a woven bag, which he made himself! Moyu took out the gift given by Nan Yuki and excitedly showed off to her mother.

"I didn't expect him to have such craftsmanship and leisure. Only Moyu can receive such a gift, right? ”

"Hmm!"

Speaking of Nan Yuki, Mo You, who didn't talk much, opened up the conversation box and chatted with her mother.

The mother and daughter talked for half an hour until the mother's snoring came from the mother's side.

"By the way, I have something to tell you." Sha Gui said the most important thing about this phone call.

"What? Grandpa said it was a happy event. Mo You's emotions had not yet been withdrawn from the discussion about her brother, and when she asked, she was full of anticipation and joy.

"It's a joy indeed." Sha Gui said slowly, "Mo You also knows, our family owes a sum of money outside, and that money is actually owed to Brother Youxi." ”

"Grandpa mentioned that he owed money, but he didn't say that he owed it to his brother," Moyou was surprised for a moment, and her heart was first apprehensive, and then surprised.

She was worried that she owed her brother, and she was pleasantly surprised that she owed her brother.

"The money has been scraped together, although only the principal has been scrapped, but the remaining interest can be repaid slowly, although Brother Youxi will definitely not collect it." Sha Gui continued.

"Oh." Moyou was hazy, and she should have been happy to pay off her family's debts, but she sensed that something was wrong.

She thought of the orchid mantis she saw when she went to the insectarium with her brother last year. A few meters away, she thought she was seeing a beautiful pink flower, and when she got closer, she realized that it was a hideous insect that mimicked an orchid.

Now, the terrifying insects hiding behind this call are approaching her step by step following her mother's words.

"Your father and I have decided to settle down here in Sakuragaoka, and we'll be transferred to a vacant position in the company. In about a month or two, we'll take you to Sakuragaoka. ”

The girl was so stunned by this mimicking doom that she didn't know how to answer, whether to be happy or sad, whether to accept or resist.

"Originally, I should have asked you to finish this year's course, at least this semester, but your grandparents have long wanted to go back to the countryside to retire, and it was me and your father who caused them to stay in Osaki and be trapped in the shop for so long, your father and I want to let them go back to the countryside as soon as possible."

"yes, I see." Moyou nodded stiffly, she didn't resist, she didn't try to resist.

She was a sensible child, she thought, she just had to agree.

Her grandparents and maternal grandparents are old, and they have more than once drunk and imagined life in the countryside, and she should not stand in the way of the happiness and joy of the four old people.

Her parents had been working hard outside for several years, and she was finally able to settle down, and she couldn't willfully ask her parents to return to Misaki and start working again.

"I'm sorry, Moyu." Sha Gui saw the sluggishness of his daughter's gaze and said guiltily.

She thought that her daughter was reluctant to get along well with her brother, and she was reluctant to be prosperous in Mizaki.

"It's okay." Mo You shook her head and smiled: "I'm very happy to be with my mom and dad." The cherry blossoms in Sakuragaoka are beautiful, and my father sent me a photo, so I can see them with my own eyes next spring. ”

"Yes, but we're not in the city of Sakuragaoka, we're on an island, and Moyu hasn't seen the real sea yet!"

"Hmmm! I'm going fishing! ”

"Huh? Does Moyou have such an interest? ”

"Because the fish you catch can be eaten."

"So that's the case, it's really Moyou's style."

"I'm looking forward to going to Mom and Dad."

"Well, let's say goodbye to my friends this month, and we'll be back in about a month."

[On the phone, Mo You learned that her parents had saved enough money to repay the loan, and learned that she was going to live on a distant island with her parents. 】

[What Sha Gui expected, her daughter's longing for the island and her reluctance to Misaki did not appear in the bottom of Moyou's heart, the longing for the island is not as good as your longing, and the reluctance to Misaki is not as good as your reluctance. 】

She was sad, but she couldn't do anything. She thought of Grandma Haruna's words, and she thought, worthy of your mother, who made a prophecy early on. 】

[She didn't tell you about it, because she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to stabilize her emotions while talking, but the thought of parting with you made her tears flow. 】

[She doesn't even dare to go to your studio, just thinking of your face, she can't keep calm.] 】

[She was glad that she had a friendly tablemate, and she went to play at her tablemate's house after school and hid for a few days. 】

[Half a week later, she is ready to return to your studio, and you breathe a sigh of relief. 】

[Moyou is a child who is not good at lying and hiding, but when she has emotions that she has to hide, her acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, which startles herself. 】

[Even though her technique is mature, you still notice that something is wrong through subtle changes, you asked the grandfather of the Asagiri family, and learned that Shagui and Hongichi had some chances, and they have saved enough money, and they will be back in a month, thank you for your help, and take Moyu away and settle down in Sakuragaoka. 】

[You knew there would be such a day, and you were not surprised. You left Moyu by your side to replace the busy Shagui and Hongyi, and now, Shagui and Hongichi are free to take care of the girl. 】

You've been in Misaki for a long time, and you think that when the girl leaves, it's time for you to go out and paint. 】

[Your duty has been completed. 】

[Although you are inevitably sentimental and reluctant to give up this cute girl who is well-behaved and sensible, you were waiting for this day as early as when you took over Moyou. 】

[You think, maybe you will also go to Sakuragaoka to collect the wind, and you can stop by to see the girl when the time comes.] 】

[You didn't expose this matter, once you say it, you will only let the sadness of parting occupy the surrounding air, crowding out joy and peace. 】

[You take a new canvas and decide to paint a life-size portrait of the girl, and you want to give her this painting when she leaves.] 】

[You invited the girl to be your model, she agreed, she put on the dress given to her by her parents, listened to your arrangement, and sat by the window of the studio. The sun shone on her, covering her cheeks and casting a thick shadow on the floor. 】

[She knows that you already know about her leaving, she wants you to keep her, and in her midnight dream, she dreamed that you added interest on the arrears, so that her parents had to go back and continue to work hard, so that she could continue to stay in Misaki and stay by your side. 】

[Wake up from a dream, she is depressed for such a despicable self, and her heart is moved for such a despicable future, she doesn't dare to continue sleeping, for fear that she will have more sinful dreams, when she was 9 years old, she understood the feeling of insomnia. 】

[A month passed quickly. 】

[Mo You is sitting at home, today is the day when Sha Gui and Hongyi come back, and the four old men closed the shop early and waited at home. They took out melons and fruits to eat, their expressions were joyful, their words were cheerful, and they didn't talk about anything interesting, but the laughter kept appearing. 】

[Mo You sat in the middle, listening to the laughter one after another, looking at the four smiling faces, and feeling out of place. 】

[Next night, the sunset casts orange light and shadow, and the sunset in the sky is particularly bright, this beautiful scenery makes her even more sad, and even the sky sings against her mood. 】

[Shagui and Hongyi came back with their suitcases, they hugged Moyou, smiled and touched her head, she also pulled out a smile, being a sensible, ordinary girl, wrapped around their sides, asked them about Sakuragaoka, asked about the beautiful island, asked about the blue sea, asked about the wind, asked about the waves. 】

[At night, Moyou lies beside her mother, she doesn't want to sleep, because tomorrow is the day they go to your house and tell you to separate, she thinks, as long as she doesn't sleep, this future will not come. But her brain, her body, was against her, and she closed her eyes again sleepily, thinking it was the usual blink, but when she opened it, it was already dawn. 】

[Sha Gui helped her dress and wash, her mother's gentle care failed to make her give birth to any joy, she worked hard to use her self-taught acting skills, she couldn't fool you, but she managed to fool her parents. 】

In the morning, she followed her parents to your home. 】

[Sitting at your tea table, she skillfully makes tea for you and your parents, at this time, there is still a trace of thought in her heart, she thinks, maybe you will leave her and let her live in your house. She knew her thoughts were naïve, but she couldn't stop. 】

[She looks at you, you talk cordially with Shagui and Hongyi, accept their transfers, and return the real estate documents and the contract you signed at the beginning. 】

You didn't mention her. 】

[She looks at your studio again, and thinks of her life-size painting, which she thinks is a gift for her, but you don't mention it until they leave.] 】

[Holding her mother's hand, she stepped out of this familiar house, she thought, this step may be forever. 】

[She turned her head, the bright sunlight illuminated the walls of the house a little dazzlingly, the door of the house was open, you stood in the shade behind the door, waved to her, the mother pulled her, her eyes were poked by the scorching sun, only a golden light was left in front of her, and there was no trace of the house and you. 】

First issue and then change

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