The earthquake struck as scheduled, and the roads were filled with noisy crowds, and screams were heard from all directions.

After the earthquake subsided, the faces of Jiang Yuan Shen and Jiang Yuan Kyoko were covered with dust.

He looked around with a grim face, and his sister was crying in his arms intact.

Jiang Yuanshen could even hear the sound of the clouds disordering over Zhitori Island, and the fierce shouts in his ears told about the new life.

Before I could feel sad, I received an email on my phone.

He trembled and took out his mobile phone, which was a clamshell machine from a long time ago, only to find that it was sent by shaking the apricot in the air.

"Be careful! Are you okay? Hurry up and get back to me! ”

"It's okay, I'll look for you later."

Jiang Yuan Shen closed his mobile phone and hugged Jiang Yuan Jingzi in his arms, Shuangjin Port was once again destroyed by the tsunami, and there was a huge blank in the miserable land of ruins.

He understands that at this moment, he has arrived on the other side of his fate.

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Internet and telephone communications on Chitori Island were temporarily cut off, and just like the previous ones, Chitori Island became a mess, with hospitals and vacant lots becoming shelters and overcrowded.

On the other side, countless people were covered with black curtains, which reminded Jiang Yuan of Shakespeare's "All Are Happy" out of place-

"All men and women are just actors, and they have their ends and they have their plays."

In Nojoai Square on Chitori Island, it was temporarily used by the government as a refugee shelter, and countless tents were erected.

Shen and Kyoko were placed in a tent with six other islanders by government staff.

Everyone's mood is very unstable, everywhere is the sound of angry scolding and crying, even the sound of coughing makes people's nerves and trees.

He and Asaka told the tent number 12, but he couldn't leave because of Kyoko.

"Caution!"

Eleven-year-old Apricot was in front of the tent to determine the number, and finally found the person they had come.

Her hair was unusually thin, with fine dust on the ends, and grief and helplessness melted into her face.

"Shake the apricots." Jiang Yuanshen said.

"Is Kyoko alright?" Shaking the apricot in the air, squatting in front of the two of them, holding Jiang Yuan Kyoko's hand tightly with both hands.

"The body is not injured, but it is frightened."

Shaking the apricot in the air showed a somewhat subtle expression, she bit her lower lip tightly, took a deep breath and said, "It's too crowded here, go to my house?" ”

Jiang Yuan looked around cautiously, the air in the refugee camp was very hot, and if he continued to stay in a depressing atmosphere, there would definitely be psychological problems.

Accompanied by the noisy chirping of cicadas, Jiang Yuan nodded cautiously.

Just as he got up to pick up Jiang Yuan Jingzi and walked out of the tent, he suddenly saw a figure out of the corner of his eye.

An emaciated-looking man is walking around the camp, constantly walking around the doors of the tents like a returning pet dog.

It was Azusa River Takaku, who returned to the island that year.

Jiang Yuanshen's mood is very complicated, he has no connection with this person now, even if he passes by, he will not turn his head to greet again.

He carried Kyoko Egen on his back, looked at the cracked concrete floor, and listened to the footsteps of Azusa Kawa Takaku in the midst of all kinds of noises.

But I will always vaguely feel cordiality and peace of mind in him, which is beyond doubt.

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"So what are you going to do next?"

Shaking the apricot in the air stood up and opened the floor-to-ceiling window.

The hemp curtains swelled slightly, and the white clouds fluttered in the blue sky, like a letter that no one had signed.

The wind drifted into the room where she was shaking the apricot, and her hair fluttered with it.

The air conditioner hanging on the wall was in tatters, and it made a horrible ghost cry every few hours, and the cooling effect was ridiculously poor.

Jiang Yuanshen sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Jiang Yuanjingko, who had fallen into a deep sleep because of the soft bed.

"Shake Xing, how much money do you have now?" He asked in a low voice.

"Money?" Chaokong shook his brows, "I don't have much money on me, because my mother is in charge of the money, and I only have a few thousand at most." ”

"If it works, I want you to take the trouble with Aunt Chucai and Kyoko to buy a ticket to Niigata, the damage there is not as bad as here, you can settle there first."

The little face of shaking the apricot in the sky was full of doubts, she didn't understand much what Jiang Yuanshen was saying, so she tilted her head and asked:

"Why? My family has food, and the adults are working hard to help! ”

Jiang Yuanshen looked at her with a vacant look in his eyes, and the matter was very complicated to explain.

"It's hard to develop on Chitori Island after the earthquake, so now let Aunt Chucai take you away and settle in Honshu, where the wages are at least 100 yen higher than here, which is much better than staying on Chitori Island."

"It's okay, don't you see a lot of people out there helping? In this way, Chitori Island will get better and better. Speaking of caution, are you too negative? Don't be so pessimistic. ”

Chaokong shook the apricot and thought that Jiang Yuanshen's mood was frightened by the earthquake, so he showed a gentle smile as much as possible,

"Are you hungry, I'll cook you something to eat, what do you want?"

Her smile and words were like a mental stabilizer in a capsule, making Jiang Yuanshen feel like the storm was gradually subsiding for a while.

"Regular fried rice is fine."

"Okay."

"Can you add sausages?"

"Stupid, of course you can!"

Shaking the apricot in the air, his eyebrows smiled into a figure-of-eight, and Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sigh for her cuteness.

The girl got up and left, a soft silence and light on her, as if she were really in it.

But what do you do next? Aunt Chucai will die suddenly due to work transition, and Asakura Masamune is still indulging in nighttime search and can't extricate himself.

Jiang Yuan looked at Jiang Yuan Kyoko, but she didn't know when she had woken up.

Her eyes looked moist for a moment, and her pupils and countenance were filled with a sad and dim feeling.

But the moment he met Jiang Yuanshen's eyes, that feeling disappeared like a mirage.

Kyoko Egen tried her best to squeeze a smile out of her tense face, but failed.

"Brother, is our home gone again?"

Jiang Yuanshen's breathing was almost half a beat slower, as if she was speaking to herself in the future.

"It's okay, you and I are still here." Jiang Yuanshen stretched out his hand and stroked the bangs on her forehead.

"Are we going to get out of here, then?"

"——?"

Jiang Yuanshen was stunned, does this "we" include himself? But how can I leave my current self?

"Didn't you just tell Sister Shaoxing to let Aunt Chinese take us away from Zhiniao Island?"

There was a brief silence between the two.

For some reason, Jiang Yuan could sense that the atmosphere had become tense.

"Well, when the time comes, I'll go with you, as well as Shaoxing, and Aunt Chinese cuisine." Jiang Yuanshen smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched her baby fat face and said, "Let's go to Niigata to start a new life." ”

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