[Digimon 06] Purple

The weather in the mountains is indeed fickle.

In an instant, raindrops the size of glass marbles fell from the gray-black sky, which seemed to be an upside-down basin, and slammed heavily on the window, making a series of crisp sounds one after another.I don't know if it was because of the rush to open the door for them just now that the window of the living room was not closed, and a dark water stain appeared on the ground next to the window in a blink of an eye.

After noticing this, Zi took the initiative to stand up, walked to the window and tried to close it.

When she stopped by the window, another flash of lightning happened to flash across the sky, accompanied by rumbling thunder, briefly illuminating the dark world into a bright scene.

Zi's ​​hand on the window frame froze in mid-air.

The black-haired figure standing outside the window was restored to its original appearance just because of the bluish-white streak piercing the sky.

The drenched pure black kerchief was tightly attached to the girl's body, and under the kerchief was a plain white and small face.A pair of extremely pale eyes that seem to have met somewhere before are inlaid on that lovely face like gems, but the gaze cast on her is like rainwater falling into the room and hitting her body, icy cold, nothing temperature.

Zi pursed her lips, silently staring at the rain-drenched girl standing outside the house.It was as if she didn't care about the heavy rain that was pouring from the outside world at all, and she just stared at the person standing behind the window wholeheartedly.

"Ah Zi? What are you doing standing at the window?" Fei He's voice came from behind.

Indeed, if she just came to close the window, then she would have spent too much time.

Zi stared at the girl outside without blinking, still thinking about how to explain it to Fei He.But in the light and darkness of the world, the figure that seemed to be fixed outside the window completely disappeared.

Almost at the same time, Fei He leaned closer and leaned his head on her shoulder coquettishly, "What? What are you looking at?" Looking at the bushes swaying exaggeratedly with the direction of the wind outside the window, Fei He immediately felt the pressure on her body. A layer of goosebumps appeared, "This weather is really an atmosphere for shooting ghost movies..." She rubbed her arms and muttered in a low voice.

"Well," Zi nodded earnestly in agreement, "so these trees look like silhouettes swaying outside the window." The girl can no longer be seen in a short while, which is impossible, but it is now The scene in front of her made her convinced.If the will is not firm, I am afraid that I will doubt that what I saw with my own eyes has turned into a deranged hallucination.

Zi's ​​answer made Fei He cast a sideways glance at her in disgust, "...Ah Zi, you know I'm timid, so don't say strange things at a time like this!"

Zi pretended to be serious and agreed, and then she and Fei He returned to the living room one after the other: In the room covered with tatami mats, several of her classmates were sitting on the mats.Mitsuki Yamano elegantly held a ceramic teacup in her hand; Saori Suzuya borrowed the phone from her mother-in-law Wen Dai, and finally got in touch with Teacher Lin to report their whereabouts; the girl in white, Bran, was next to Yuna Yoshida, carefully putting the ice bag On her swollen ankle.I don't know if the girl dressed as a nun took some effective first aid measures. At this moment, the condition of Yoshida's feet does not look so penetrating.

"Thank you, Miss Bran." Yoshida thanked Bran shyly, "I feel much better now."

"No, no, it's nothing." Bran was packing up the medicine box on the side. After hearing this, she smiled and waved at Yoshida, "Don't look at me like this, in fact, I still do these things often. I used to My sister often gets hurt because of being too reckless, so I always help her with minor injuries."

"elder sister……?"

"Yeah!" Bran was visibly agitated when "sister" was mentioned, "That's right!" She remembered something, moved her knees to the low cabinet against the wall in the room like a child, Opening the drawer, I took out a small bamboo basket full of fabrics and balls of yarn, "Actually, the reason why I learned art from Granny Wendai is to give my sister a gift! Because my sister has always taken care of me in the past." , I also want to do something for my sister..." As she spoke, she took out a white ball filled with cotton that no one could tell what it was from the small bamboo basket, and showed it to everyone like a treasure. "But my hands are indeed not very dexterous," the girl stuck out her tongue playfully, "so now I only finished the head of 'sister'...but, but!" It seems that I am afraid that my work will leave some impression on me. With a bad impression, she changed her hand and groped in her skirt, and soon found a handmade puppet that looked very similar to Bran, "Grandma Wen Dai made it for me! She said that as long as you have patience , must be able to achieve such a cute level!"

"This child is really natural, just like the meaning of her name." Fei He whispered beside Zi's ear.

Zi turned to Feihe suspiciously.She didn't understand the hidden meaning in Fei He's words.

"Because Bran, that is, the word 'blanc' means 'white' in French." The one who explained to Zi was the only Shan Ye who was kneeling on the cushion in a standard upright posture. They didn't forget to take a sip of the hot tea that Bran had prepared for them, and they fully showed the demeanor of a young lady from a ikebana family.

Feihe, who was robbed of the conversation, was very upset.She angrily made a face at the mountain, and then thought of something, and said to Bran in a joking tone, "Miss Bran, your sister's name can't be noir...Noir, right?"

Zi guessed that this foreign language word that she also did not understand was most likely the French word for "black".

Bran turned his head, his light eyes blinked innocently, "Why do you know my sister's name?"

"Then," Zi's attention moved away from Bran's petal-like skirt on the ground, and met her pair of extremely beautiful light-colored eyes, "Miss Bran, your sister knows that you are here for her." Do you want to learn how to make handmade dolls?"

"What?" Bran muttered, looking at her expression as if he was in some distress, "This is a surprise for my sister, how could I just tell her like that..."

After hearing this answer, Zi sighed silently in his heart.She reached into the pocket of her sweatpants, and felt a little relieved until she touched the smooth and cold surface of the XrosLoader.

"Is it really okay?" The four people stood outside the so-called "Grandma Wendai's doll storage room" except Yoshida Yuna who was handicapped, all a little uneasy.I don't know who brought the topic to the excellent handicraft skills of Mrs. Fuminyo Fujii, so Bran suddenly thought of it and said that he would invite everyone to come and visit.

And Granny Wen Dai returned to the studio by herself after preparing refreshments for them and continued to work.Therefore, several people are not sure whether they can enter this room rashly without the invitation of the owner.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Natural Bran said with a smile, "Grandma Wendai told me that anyone who likes it can come and visit this room in this house!" She opened the sliding door Turn on the light, walked inside and made a "please" gesture to everyone, "Everyone, please come in!"

"It's amazing..." Even Saori Suzuya, who usually looks indifferent and can't see any superfluous expressions, can't help but marvel at the scene when he enters the room.

Countless handmade puppets filled the entire room... No, not only human actions, but also different kinds of animal puppets with charming expressions.Zi's ​​eyes were quickly attracted by a lion puppet placed in the corner. She remembered that she had picked up a companion that was very similar to it in the toy store that was trapped by Airyubu some time ago.The reason why it is said to be very similar is—I don’t know why Granny Wen Dai thought about it, but she used black cloth to sew the shape of the lion’s body.

"This is a very lonely guy. Granny Wen Dai told me that." Bran leaned over to her and helped her take the black lion off the shelf. What about the same kind... So, as long as you give it a little bit of warmth, it will hold on tightly, even if it is destroyed, it will not let go."

Violet looked at Bran, and she felt that the way the girl said this was not just introducing a stuffed animal.

"Hey, Zi, come and see this way." That was Fei He's voice.She was standing under a row of ledges, looking up at the row of puppets above.

"Ah! We've been discovered, Miss Doll." Even though she had explained to Bran that she just happened to have a very similar appearance to a doll made by Granny Wendai, the girl in white still used "human being" on her. "Miss" title.At this moment, Bran took Zi's hand without hesitation, and led her to the ledge, "This is where Miss Puppet used to stay!"

Shan Ye and Suzuya who were scattered in other corners of the room also came one after another, and the three raised their heads together like Fei He.

Looking at it, Zi suddenly understood Feihe's intention of calling her over and the confusing words Bran said just now: Although the dolls on this row of shelves have different hairstyles and wear different styles Clothes and even facial expressions are full of emotions, but the only similarity is that these dolls all have a pair of beautiful purple eyes——

Just like purple.

Bran's words must be referring to the doll that Feihe bought and gave her, which looks very similar to her.Was it originally one of the ones on this shelf?

Bran on the side began to explain to everyone again, "These are all made by Grandma Wen Dai according to the appearance of her imaginary granddaughter."

"An imaginary... granddaughter?"

The other three who heard this looked at Zi in unison.Just by looking at their expressions, Zi can imagine that there must be a bloody drama in their minds that only appears in old-fashioned TV dramas.

"No, it's not..." She hurriedly separated the relationship, "I have grandparents! My mother also showed me their photos before... Hey, don't look at me with such strange expressions!"

"Actually, the granddaughter of Wen Dai's mother-in-law is no longer in this world." Bran's low voice sounded, making Zi Di low relieved.However, after hearing what Bran said clearly, a look of regret and loss flashed across her face, "Grandma Wendai didn't even have time to see her..."

These words made the three of them who had overcompensated their brains unavoidably show guilty expressions.

"I'm sorry." Suzuya said softly.

"But it's because of this mother-in-law that I started making handmade puppets," Bran said, pointing to a smiling girl doll with short hair on the shelf, "She said that every time she sewed these handmade puppets, she would Imagining what my granddaughter will look like when she grows up... These, as well as Miss Doll, are the imagination of Granny Wendai."

"But since that doll is a very important thing for Grandma Wen Dai, why did she entrust it to the store to sell it in the store? Shouldn't it be treasured?" Fei He asked confused.

Bran tilted his head, "Is this... probably only the mother-in-law knows about it." She sighed pretentiously, and said, "I still remember that before making an agreement with the store to take away the goods, the mother-in-law Wen Dai I've been staring at this doll for a long time..."

The short visit came to an end, and when they returned to the living room, they only saw Yuna Yoshida with a face of regret and resentment.

Soon after, the rain cleared, and the five-member team from Huajing Academy also waved goodbye to Bran and Granny Wendai.

"Is it all right? Don't you really need Bran's help?" Seeing Suzuya carrying Yoshida on his back again, Bran moved to Suzuya's side worriedly, "My strength is great! Carrying Miss Yoshida on my back It doesn't matter if you run three laps around the whole mountain!"

Before answering, Suzuya glanced at Bran's pettiskirt, which seemed to cause inconvenience, and said with a wry smile, "It's okay." After learning that this place is not far from their camp, she has been this expression.

After watching the figures of several female students leave, Bran withdrew his gaze with some reluctance. Looking back, he saw Wen Dai, who was leaning on crutches, still looking at the stone steps leading to the distance where the figures had disappeared.

"Mother-in-law, aren't you reluctant to leave Miss Puppet?" Bran asked naively.

Her words made the old man look away, "No, that's not the case." She raised her hand to stroke her temples.When looking at Bran, the old man's wrinkled face showed nostalgic expression, "Sometimes I just feel that they are too similar, and it would be painful to stay by my side..."

Bran tilted his head in confusion.

After returning to the camp to reconcile with the large army, they were all reprimanded by Mr. Lin as expected.

But the time was just right, and it happened to be dinner time after they returned.According to the practice of the forest school, everyone cooked curry together. After the meal, there was an arranged ghost talk time and a test of courage.

But in the half hour of free time after the dinner, Yamano, the group leader, found Zi with Suzuya's company a little annoyed.

"What happened?" She complained to Zi angrily, "Why is Xiangting gone?"