"Squeak"

With the jerky turning sound of the rusty door shaft, the small door open in the corner of the wall was slowly pushed open, and a tall beauty with fair complexion and soft facial features bent down slightly through the door and stepped into the half-deserted garden.

However, even in a semi-deserted state, this vast garden still exudes an air of elegance, with a large number of plain striped stones carved with peony patterns, and several petal-shaped paths around the dried marble fountain in the center of the garden.

Covered with rubble and fallen leaves, the untended paths, which at first glance recognise as they weave outward, past crumbling stone pillars and abandoned sculptures, past elaborate greenhouses with glass long crumbling, past peeling lacquer courtyard walls, to the far corners of the garden, and to the only tended hut.

"Ellie."

Walking along the path to the front and back of the cabin door, Emma, who was carrying a large bag of things, gently knocked on the door of the cabin with the back of her hand without emerald, and called softly:

"I'm back, are you home?"

“……”

As soon as Emma finished speaking, the door of the cabin was opened, and a little girl with two light chestnut braids and a ribbon tied to each of them swooped out of the door with light steps, and fell into Emma's arms like a butterfly.

"I'm sorry to worry you again."

After gently stroking the top of her daughter's head, Emma, who had very gentle eyes, said softly:

"Don't worry, my mother won't die anyway, as long as you're still waiting for me at home, even if you really die one day, I'll come back little by little, and I will never let you become a person again."

“……”

The little girl with the ribbon still didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and then, as if suddenly remembered something, she let go of the arm that was around Emma's waist and raised her slightly clenched right hand to Emma's eyes.

"Huh? What are you going to show me? ”

After putting the things in her hand on the cabinet next to the door, Emma squatted down and stretched out her hand to the little girl with a smile, while Yuxue's cute little girl put her right hand on Emma's palm with a serious face, and then spread it slightly......

"Did you catch this in the garden?"

Looking at the little pink blue butterfly that was flapping its wings slightly in her palm, Emma couldn't help but smile in surprise, and then asked with guilt in her eyes:

"It's beautiful...... Ellie, thank you for the gift, Mom likes it very much, but you...... How are you doing these days? Is it a bit lonely to stay home alone? ”

“……”

After hearing Emma's words, the little girl with two ponytails first nodded slightly, then shook her head vigorously, and showed her a big smile.

There may be a little bit of loneliness, but Mom, you're back, and I'm not lonely.

After understanding the meaning of her nodding first and then shaking her head, Emma bit her lip slightly, and just wanted to say something, but found that the little butterfly suddenly flew up, and it turned out that the little girl let go of the hand that was gently pinching the butterfly, and grabbed her right hand wrapped in bandages instead.

“？”

After looking at the slight emerald color peeking through the gap in the bandage, the little girl's big black and white eyes flickered twice, and then she raised her hand in worry and pointed at Emma's right hand.

"It's fine, it's just a little injury."

After kissing the little girl's forehead affectionately, Emma smiled and explained:

"Mom did encounter some trouble when she went out this time, but now it has been solved, and there will be more than half a week at most, and these small injuries can be healed, don't worry!"

“……”

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After hearing Emma's assurance, the worried look on the little girl's face slowly dissipated and she became happy again.

I saw that she let go of Emma's palm, ran back to the room with the small pink wooden sign hanging quickly, took out a piece of drawing paper with two colorful little people, and handed it to Emma who was changing her shoes like a treasure.

This is...... Did you draw it last year at the time of your birthday?

I took the somewhat crumpled drawing paper and unfolded it, and identified the two colorful figures sitting around the table and clapping their hands happily.

Looking at the round shape of a cake on the table, and the small crown on the head of the villain in the middle, Emma hesitated a little at first, then squatted down with the painting, and asked with a serious face:

Ellie...... Do you remember, your mother once told you that when you have your birthday the day after tomorrow, there will be a big ...... Uncle come here? ”

“？”

After listening to Emma's question, the little girl blinked in surprise.

Uncle? Isn't it a big brother?

"You're actually quite a bit older, and he's a colleague of my mother's, so ...... So you better call him uncle. ”

After understanding the doubts in her daughter's eyes, Emma blushed slightly and explained two sentences, then quietly clenched her fists, and asked softly with a slight fever in her ears:

"Ellie, would you like to have more ...... at home? Well...... Do you like to be a little lively? ”

Slightly embarrassed by her daughter's eyes that seemed to understand something, Emma changed the subject slightly hurriedly and said:

"I mean, the day after tomorrow, on your birthday, in addition to Uncle Leon, there will be his sister, and two children of about the same age as you will also come over, and everyone will celebrate your birthday together, are you happy?"

"Friends...... Friend? ”

"Yes, friend!"

Seeing that her daughter was surprised and expectant, but vaguely showed a little timidity, Emma understood that she longed for a talking friend, but was a little worried that she would not get along, so she reached out and hugged the little girl in her arms, and comforted softly:

"Don't worry, I've learned a little in advance, although they are a little lively, they are all very good children, and they will definitely have a lot of fun with you."

After hearing Emma's assurance, the little girl couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and her delicate little face showed a cute look of excitement and expectation.

"That'...... That's good......"

Although her voice is as clear and bright as a wind chime under the eaves, the little girl seems to rarely communicate with others, resulting in a slow speed of speech and a slight slurred speech.

But because a friend of the same age was about to celebrate her birthday, she still blinked her eyes and tried to speak with anticipation on her face:

"They...... Love flowers? I planted some ...... in the small greenhouse And butterflies...... Birdie......"

“……”

After recalling the flock of crows that Leon had seen in his memory, throwing at the windowsill one after another, the corners of Emma's mouth twitched slightly.

Leon's unusually lively brother and sister prefer to climb trees to dig for eggs rather than cute birds...... Well...... You really need to be careful with this, don't let them dig out the nests of Ellie's favorite birds.

"Those two children...... I guess I like birds, right? ”

After lying insincerely, Emma, who had changed into loose indoor shoes, took the little girl's hand and walked into the house, and was about to ask what had happened in the past two days, when she saw a large clearing at the back of the garden that had been bulldozed through the window of the cabin.

These two days...... Has anyone been here?!

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