That night, Jiang Yuanshen went to the police station with Azusa Kawa Takaku.

Jun Ito had been talking to Azusa Kawa Takaku, and Jiang Yuanshen was leaning alone in the corner, looking at the bleak night outside the window in a daze.

The people in the police station did not embarrass the two, but suggested that for the sake of Azusa Kawa Takaku's safety, it would be best to leave Chitori Island for a while.

After that, his memories were blurred, and when he came back to his senses, Jiang Yuanshen had been taken home by Azusa Chuan Xiaokong.

The two sat facing each other on the chairs at the dining table, staring blankly at the clean table as time passed.

"After Sha Xing's family funeral is over, do you want to leave here?" Azusa Kawa Takaku suddenly spoke, and the chair under him let out a piercing scream.

Jiang Yuan stared at a point on the table, as weak as if he had been drained of his soul.

Azusa Kawa ignored his silence and continued.

"I'll give you money to continue attending the best high school in Tokyo, and I'll ask my former newspaper president to get you a good job after you graduate......"

His words made Jiang Yuanshen resist violently even as he imagined, and suddenly, his heavy throat trembled slightly and asked:

"What does Deep Moon have to do with you? You know all that tells me that I thought it would be better for everyone not to have a secret made public, but when you think about it, it's not like that, I've had enough of knowing nothing since I came to the island. ”

Azusa Kawa was silent for a while, lowered his eyes and took a long breath and explained:

"Shenyue is my child, although no one believes me, but I think it's true, because her mother was once the queen of Zhitori Island, and I agreed with her that the child born would be called Shenyue ......"

"Shizukai Masato used to be pursuing Xunyu, but he harassed her all day long without Xunyu's consent, and at that time the social control was not as strict as it is now, and he was joined forces by me who was still a gangster at the time and Asakura Masamune, and directly beat Zhitori Island with violence."

"Then we reached the age of the college entrance examination, I left Zhitori Island with Xun Yu, but she refused anyway, and she didn't give an explanation and wanted me to stay, I felt that she was as corrupt as those islanders, so I had a big fight with her, and then I left Zhitori Island after I was admitted to university, and I have been working in the newspaper after graduation, and I also cut off contact with her."

"It wasn't until the beginning of the year five years ago that Xun Yu suddenly said that he was coming to me, and told me in detail about the boat and departure time from Chitori Island."

"I'm very happy, I think she finally knows how to be flexible, so I bought a ticket from Niigata early and planned to come to Chitori Island and take a boat with her to Niigata, which I have been fantasizing about since I was a child living on the island."

Jiang Yuan carefully pondered the huge amount of information he said, swallowed his saliva and asked:

"So what does this have to do with what you did tonight?"

Azusa Kawa Xiaokong was a little hesitant, but he still took a deep breath and said:

"Listen to me, when I was still on the ship, there was a sudden major earthquake in the surrounding area of Chitori Island, and when it stabilized, Chitori Island had been destroyed, because the port was destroyed and the ship could only be returned, I went to Niigata to rent a boat to the island, and in the end I didn't find it, I only found you alone in the ruins."

“...... You haven't been ......on the island all the time," Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded.

"Well, the whole island was in chaos at that time, and I couldn't find anything, so I finally took you away."

Azusa Kawa Kokong's expression was very hurt, and his red and swollen face suddenly distorted,

"It wasn't until I learned that Fukatsuki was the new queen of Zhitori Island that I rushed over immediately, and it turned out that Masato Shizumi had become her adoptive father and the mayor of the town."

He continued to speak, choking in his throat:

"I can't let Fukatsuki become trapped on this island like her mother, so I thought about forcibly taking her away, but I was stopped by the islanders and Shizumi Masato, and then I went to Masamune and wanted him to help me sabotage the festival and make the islanders understand that those things were fake, how could I pin the faith of all people on her? No matter how many festivals I visit, I will destroy them as many times as I want. ”

Jiang Yuanshen's empty heart suddenly began to boil little by little.

“...... But what does all this have to do with shaking apricots? Do you know how much pain she suffers because of your fight? ”

Azusa Kawa Takaku's brows were tightly wrinkled, and he pressed his forehead with both hands:

"Masamune and I also feel very sorry for her...... There is also Chinese cuisine...... I didn't expect Masamune to be so obsessed with the queen as he was at the beginning, obviously Xun Yu is no longer there. ”

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, slowly stood up, walked towards the room in a groggy manner, and said in a deep voice:

"You who care only for yourselves...... It's all going to hell......"

Azusa Kawa sat alone in a chair until dawn.

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The next day.

The low-hanging cumulonimbus clouds have been blown away by the wind, and pure white clouds can be seen in the clouds, and the greenery of the street has become more vivid after the rain baptism.

Jiang Yuan stared at the phone screen all night, and the message was frozen in the last sentence sent by shaking the apricots in the air-

"It's okay, I don't catch any more colds."

It wasn't until the noise outside the window was too harsh that he realized it was dawn.

Walking to the window, opening the curtain, the short-haired girl who used to sneak up on the side of the street and peeking in was gone.

Realizing that he had lost the apricot in the air forever, the resulting void was accompanied by severe pain, which made Jiang Yuanshen's body twist like a towel until he couldn't bear to die.

He closed the curtains, went back to the bed and shivered in the futon, and the pain of losing Jiang Yuan Jingzi came to his heart again.

It wasn't until the light became hot and intense in May that Jiang Yuanshen was soaked in a hot sweat before he left the bed and came to the bathroom.

I wanted to cry a lot, but my heart was drier than the desert.

walked out of the room in a daze, and didn't find the figure of Azusa Kawa Takaku.

There was a note he wrote on the table—

"I'll go back to Tokyo for a few days, and I'll leave the money for you, and I'll come back if I plan to come back."

As soon as he stepped on the thick amount of money in the envelope, Jiang Yuan glanced at it indifferently, and didn't start to calculate how many yen was inside.

- This guy ran away.

Put on the uniform of Chitori High School and walk out the door like a manipulated puppet, just like the days after Kyoko Egen left, and want to go about his daily life according to the rules.

It's past nine o'clock, and the children with school bags on the way are on their way to school.

The boy has a cartoon sticker on his arm, which is given to him at a ramen shop in town, and the girl has a ponytail and a small face.

"What do you think is inside that building?" The boy said, pointing to the abandoned iron works in the distance.

The girl looked in the direction he pointed.

"Isn't it just a dilapidated abandoned factory? What can there be? ”

"Use your imagination, you see, the scrap factory has been there all along, so there must be people living in it!"

"How could anyone be living there?"

"Elm head! Let your imagination go, there is a long pipe under the scrapyard that connects to all the lakes and canals on the island, and the kappa comes out scary during the day and goes back to sleep at night! ”

"What kind of imagination is this, it's a mess."

"It's better than you who don't have imagination!"

The two children were arguing and moving their hands and feet, and suddenly they laughed out loud, and you ran forward after me.

Jiang Yuan watched them run away cautiously, his mood like wires wrapped around each other overhead.

Passing by the bus stop, he stood like a poorly made doll, and from time to time he wept like a water pipe with a small hole in it.

The bus just happened to make a stop, but he just wiped away his tears and turned around and walked down the asphalt road.

The bus driver frowned and roared away.

Not long after walking, Jiang Yuanshen found a bird corpse lying on the asphalt road.

Gray wings were scattered around, half of its body was crushed by the vehicle, its bright red entrails were like caterpillars, its yellowed beak was slightly open, and its blood-red eyes were staring at the sky.

That cruel scene caught Jiang Yuanshen's eyes, and when he thought of Chao Shaoxing dying alone in the dark night, his heart instantly froze.

Like a wisp of green smoke, he walked quickly past the crow's corpse, praying that the sanitation workers would dispose of it as soon as possible and bury it under the heavy earth.

I don't know how long I walked, but I finally came to Zhiniao High School.

The security guard at the gate casually glanced at Jiang Yuanshen, saw that his face was pale, and then said, "If you are not in good health, you can ask the head teacher for leave." ”

Jiang Yuan ignored it and walked straight to the carport.

Stupidly staying under the carport, he realized that he had not come by bicycle today, so he had to turn around and walk up the stairs of the school building.

Halfway through, I found that I was not wearing indoor shoes, so I turned back downstairs and put on shoes.

It's still class time, but it's surprisingly quiet.

As soon as Jiang Yuanshen walked into the class, the eyes of all the students in the class fell on him.

His presence seemed to have cut the tight strings of the class, and suddenly, a throbbing cry bounced between the walls, the floor, and the windows.

"Woo woo woo - shake ...... Shake the apricot ......! ”

Naoko Takimitsu curled up like a baby in the womb, her slender shoulders trembling violently, her sleeves and the scarf on her chest were already wet with tears.

Her crying instantly infected all the students, and all kinds of faint choked sounds rang out.

"Jiang Yuan! What's going on! Why is this happening! Qing Shui Jian stood up with tears streaming down his eyes and shouted with all his strength.

“......”

Jiang Yuanshen's body was as if a fatal hole had opened, and he could even hear fine sand leaking from the hole in his body.

The brain was dull like a pulp, and everyone was like a little child, unable to do anything but shed tears.

Jiang Yuanshen couldn't stand this painful atmosphere, turned around and walked briskly towards the bathroom, during which he could still hear the cries of other teachers in the office.

Retching in the bathroom, only to find that I couldn't vomit anything except stomach acid.

When someone came in, he left the school without looking back.

The entire Zhitori Island has become a memorial hall imprisoned by the sea, reminding him everywhere that he once shook the apricot in the sky, but he lost her.

Time is stretched out indefinitely, day and night.