[Comprehensive] Chronic child love

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After the joint class beach party ended, it rained heavily in the vicinity of Xiongying—but it did not hinder the good mood of most of the students. They all went back to their hometown after the homecoming day. Baijian and Anqiu did not return home.

Bai Jian and An Qiu were supposed to go to work today as usual, but Bai Jian asked for leave a week ago, so Asakura An Qiu, the big touch in the dark cooking world, was left to work today.

Store manager: ...I feel aggrieved that there is no small apricot tree in my store.

An Qiu: Kill you.

There is still a reason for Bai Jian's leave, and that is because—today is the anniversary of her parents' death, so she has to get up early and go back to her parents' cemetery to pay respects. Originally, An Qiu wanted to go with her, but After thinking about it, I still didn't ask this suggestion out of my mouth.

Departing early in the morning, with the flowers and sacrifices prepared early, Shirama left Xiongying alone and came to the vicinity of Yamanashi in the central part of Japan.

Since the establishment of the hero society, the government has established government-approved hero cemeteries in several places across the country. All professional heroes who died in missions will be buried in the hero cemetery after holding a grand and solemn funeral ceremony.

This is not Bai Jian's first visit to the tomb, but it is the first time she has visited alone—it is natural, her original hometown is not near here, and she used to come here with relatives who adopted her. She started to live alone, and she planned to deal with things like grave sweeping by herself.

Cleaned up the weeds on the parents' tombstone, replaced it with fresh and beautiful flowers, and put the favorite food of the parents in front of the grave. I didn't do a lot of grand grave sweeping work during the day. I just entrusted a few words to my parents and reported After understanding his own situation, he packed up the environment and left.

"Xiao Baijian, I heard that you entered Xiongying." The old man guarding the cemetery recognized Baijian who came to visit the grave every year, and greeted him with a smile.

"Yes, after all, I want to be like Mommy and Dad." Bai Jian rubbed the back of his head and said with a smile.

"You're such a good boy..." the old man said with a smile, and stuffed another piece of toffee into Bai Jian's palm, lamenting that she looks slim and tall, completely different from the little idiot wearing thick glasses before, He smiled and sent her to the station near the station.

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The tomb-sweeping work ended around noon, and Baijian didn't plan to stay near Yamanashi for a long time, so she chose to take the car back to Xiongying. She ate her pre-made bento in the car, and glanced at the one she brought specially for An Qiu. Mantou as a gift, and looking thoughtfully at the gradually receding scenery outside the car window.

After that, exactly ten years passed.

During these ten years, she did not give up the idea of ​​becoming a hero, and worked desperately, and finally discovered her belated personality some time after her parents died.

Now, although she entered school a year later than her peers, and although she was a low-ranking student, she was still a hero.

"I will continue to work hard, Dad and Mommy." Bai Jian calmly looked at the name of the next station displayed on the express train, and secretly promised.

Even though mom and dad may not be around to watch her anymore, she still has many companions who treat her well, she... feels that she will definitely become an outstanding hero.

Thinking of this, Bai Jian blinked his eyes to suppress the moisture from the corners of his eyes, and started to eat his bento quietly again.

Yes, keep trying.

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Back in the city where Xiongying lives, as soon as he got out of the car, Shirama had to sigh again—the weather near Xiongying and Yamanashi is really completely different. It is still raining heavily here, and the sky is covered with haze. Compared with the clear sky in Yamanashi, It is simply the difference between heaven and earth.

And this drowsy sky perfectly reflected her mood at the moment.

After all, every time she visits the grave, she will more or less think of the accident ten years ago—some things cannot be easily forgotten with time, so every year when this day comes, she will be a little bit more natural no matter how natural she is. sentimental.

"It's raining so hard."

Standing at the exit of the station, Baijian raised his head and reached out to catch the cold rainwater outside the umbrella. The heart-cooling temperature was really different from the summer season.Thinking of this, Bai Jian first sighed, then carefully put away the present for An Qiu, and walked into the rain alone.

Fortunately, Xiongying was not very far from the station, so the white room was not much wet by the rain—she walked at a leisurely pace, and it was only five o'clock in the afternoon when she returned to the gate of Xiongying's school.

"An Qiu ate in the store today, so I went to the cafeteria to eat something casually..." She muttered like this in a low voice, and was about to pull out her student ID and pass through the school gate.

However, today is different from her usual part-time job and returning to school. Before she passed the school gate certification and opened the door, the school gate opened first—the school gate made with precision machines creaked, and Bai Jian looked up in astonishment. I had a face-to-face meeting with the half-red and half-white boy inside who was about to leave school.

"Ah." "...Oh."

Both of them let out a low cry in unison, and the same astonishment was written on their faces.

It was Hong Jiaodong, wearing Xiongying's summer school uniform, holding a big gray umbrella, and carrying a white paper bag in his hand. It seemed that he had just returned to school to run errands.

"Little Jiao Dong?" "Bai Jian?"

The two greeted each other in a daze, and in order not to hinder the sensor system of the school gate, Hong made a quick judgment: "Are you planning to go back to the dormitory? My umbrella is big enough, so I will send you in." Bar."

"Ah, no need..." Baijian shook his head, but he still dodged under Hong's umbrella quickly after meeting Shanghong's serious eyes and hearing the beeping sound of the school gate closing alarm: "Please gone."

His umbrella is indeed big enough. Compared with Baijian's folding umbrella, it can protect two people from the rain. Baijian's folding umbrella was bought many years ago, and his hands are sore when he carries it. Here, she can't resist the rain very much, just like now-half of her shoulders are wet by the rain.

The two entered the cramped space together, and Hong first explained his appearance: "I asked the people from the invention department to help modify the mechanism and size of the hero uniform. I was helping my father's office this summer and found that The hero suits are gradually getting a bit out of place."

Bai Jian nodded with a sudden realization—indeed, clothes made of special materials such as hero suits cannot be easily modified by just taking them to a tailor shop on the street. Go to an expensive hero costume company, or ask the tutors and classmates in the invention department of the school.

But she didn't open her mouth to explain why she came back at this time.

It was Hong who asked first. Holding the umbrella, he looked in Baijian's direction again: "Baijian, why does it feel like you have a special smell on your body?"

That's true, I usually walk side by side with Bai Jian, and I have never smelled such an obvious smell from Bai Jian.

When Bai Jian heard the words, her face froze for a moment, after all, she was a girl, and it was impossible for her not to care about being told by a boy that she "smells on her body"—thinking of this, Bai Jian immediately picked up a handful of hair and sniffed After sniffing, he finally understood the "smell" that Hong said, and then reprimanded him pretending to be angry: "...Little Jiao Dong, I am a girl. If I hear you say that, I am usually You'll be angry—you're too clueless."

Hong's face froze, thinking that Bai Jian was angry, and immediately shook his head: "No... sorry, it's not a bad smell, I just think that you don't have this kind of smell in your normal body..."

"How dare you say the word stink!" Bai Jian couldn't help laughing, with such a blunt way of speaking, if it wasn't for his sake, ordinary girls would definitely run away angrily.

"I'm sorry, I'm really not..." Hong opened his mouth to explain, after thinking about it, he felt that he was going to get darker and darker, and his face was full of annoyance.

Seeing his naturally dumbfounded look, Bai Jian finally smiled—it was her first smile from the bottom of her heart since today, she covered her mouth, and said in a relaxed tone: "Okay, then It’s all the sandalwood scent I picked up in the cemetery, today is the anniversary of my parents’ death, so I went to the cemetery in Yamanashi alone this morning.”

She spoke softly, and she didn't know if it was because of explaining to Hong, the haze in her eyes just now gradually dissipated.

But Hong's heart tightened, and he looked at the petite girl—so, the depression he saw on her face from the school gate just now was not an illusion?

No wonder, he felt that today's white room was a little more tired than usual, so today is that special day.

"I'm sorry." He apologized softly, hoping that her mood would improve.

"...It's okay, I was really a little depressed at first, but after you said that I 'smell', my focus completely changed again." Bai Jian said bluntly, with a bright smile on his face, just Same as usual.

Hong was in a complicated mood. He planned to continue his apology, but he swallowed the words after seeing her expression: "As long as you can be happy, it's better than anything." So called.

When Bai Jian heard Hong's words, his heart stopped suddenly, and he lowered his head in embarrassment. After a long time, he dared to thank him in a low voice——Little Jiao Dong always said such gentle words.

It was also because of his gentleness that she gradually cheered up.

Thinking of this, Bai Jian suddenly felt a little attached to the boy standing next to her. After he sent herself back to the dormitory of 1-A, would she return to the depressed mood just now?She doesn't want to, I don't know, can I stay with Xiao Jiaodong a little longer today?

Bai Jian cautiously peeked at him, under the huge umbrella, the distance between the two of them was very close, and the torrential rain outside the umbrella isolated the two of them from the outside world - obviously just now made her extremely bored At this moment, the rain has become an existence that she is very grateful for.

Bai Jian's eyes were wet, and she, who has always been honest, actually began to rack her brains to imagine all kinds of impossible scenarios in her mind - if the rain was heavier, if teacher No. 13 suddenly called the two of them into the school building Go, if someone suddenly appears... Can she get along with Xiao Jiaodong for a while longer?

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"...Baijian, do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

And when Bai Jian was fantasizing about all kinds of emergencies that would make her and Hong stay together for a long time, Hong suddenly asked again.He asked her cautiously, as if he was concerned about her mood, and his tone was very light - Hong thought so, Bai Jian might have to have dinner alone when he goes back today, and he doesn't know if she will be alone Loneliness gave him the idea of ​​staying with her.

At least she can't be left alone today.

And Bai Jian, who was still thinking about all kinds of fanciful and unconstrained ideas, her heart skipped a beat, but she didn't expect that her thoughts could be realized by Hong herself—thinking of this, her resistance and anxiety about eating alone just now were all at this moment Swept away.

She carefully raised her head to meet the serious looking young man, raised a sweet and touching arc at the corner of her mouth, nodded her head again, and agreed softly, her eyes no longer depressed: "Okay."

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