[You mistook her for Yuko, and this misunderstanding made the girl a little angry. She thought about what Haruna's grandmother said about marriage, and she felt sad.]
[She didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a prank of yours. However, these recent events have subtly planted an idea in her heart. The series of events in the New Year are like the wind and clouds before the rain, spreading the message of raindrops in her heart. She vaguely realized that she couldn't stay by your side forever like her sister.]
[The girl's thoughts are so vague that you have no idea what she is thinking. After the New Year, your parents had to put aside their urging for you and return to Ino County because of work.]
[You put your mind at ease and continue your single life at home. Except for necessary social events, you rarely leave the studio.]
[Moyu observed you and Yuko, and found that there was no change in the frequency of your meetings or your attitudes when you met. She felt relieved and thought that her previous guess might have been her illusion.]
[She asked you if you wanted to marry Yuko, and you gave a clear negative answer, which made her happy. To prevent any accidents, she asked you again if you wanted to marry Nao and the others, and you gave negative answers.]
[She felt like a bad kid who was happy because others skipped classes. She breathed a sigh of relief knowing that you would not get married and give birth to a daughter to replace her.]
[She feels guilty for being so happy, so she is more considerate to you. She thinks everything before was just a dream, a nap after being awake for too long, and eyes that were opened in confusion after sleeping for too long. Now, Grandma Haruna has gone back, and the drunkenness of Nao and Yuko seems to have happened a long time ago, and everything has returned to normal. ]
[Another day, after seeing Xizi off, she returned to your studio, moved a small stool, propped her chin with both hands, and watched you paint.]
[When you put down your paintbrush and put the palette on the tool table next to you, she walks over to you and helps you take off your apron.]
[You put your big palm on the top of her head. She narrowed her eyes and felt that everything was like a painting on a canvas. The colors and brushstrokes of the painting would not change at all.]
[Until her 9th birthday.]
[You gave her her favorite woven bag, and celebrated her birthday in the studio with Nao and the others.]
[At the birthday party, she sat beside you, hugged your arm, and leaned on your shoulder. She looked at Nao and the others with a hint of pride.]
[You held a birthday party for the girl at noon. When she returned home in the evening, she received congratulations and gifts from her grandparents.]
[After dinner, Grandfather gave Moyou a gift box and told her that it was a gift from her parents. He asked her to go to her room and call her parents, saying that he had something good to tell her.]
[Moyou walked into her bedroom. She opened the gift box first. Inside the box was a beautiful dress, like the gorgeous dresses worn by Western European princesses on TV. She held the white dress and looked at it for a while. She felt sorry for the money at first, and then thought, when she appeared in front of you wearing this beautiful dress, how would you praise her?]
[After a long time, the girl put away her skirt and made a video call. ]
[She wondered what the happy event grandpa was talking about was, and she couldn't come up with an answer.]
[She was not looking forward to this happy event. She just wanted to finish the call quickly, sleep until tomorrow, and wear a dress to your studio.]
[The call was quickly connected, and Saki's face appeared on the screen, followed by Hongyi's face.]
A conversation rang in Nan Youxi's ears, and memory scenes appeared.
"Happy birthday!" Saki and Hongyi said at the same time, both of them with smiles on their faces.
"Well, thank you for the gifts, Mom and Dad. But next time, you can give me something cheaper." Moyu smiled.
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about money now!" Hongyi's face was red and his voice was particularly loud.
Father's cheeks were sunburned, and his handsome face was now dark. Moyou didn't notice the redness just now. She thought, it seems to be a good thing, making her father, who rarely gets drunk, so happy that he got drunk.
"Hmm?" she asked, tilting her head.
"Anyway, Mayu doesn't have to worry about money anymore." Saki interrupted and pushed her drunken husband out of the picture.
After several years of hard work, Shagui has become thinner than before, but she is in high spirits and her eyes are filled with joy.
She changed the subject: "How was your birthday today? Are you happy?"
"I'm so happy! My brother gave me a woven bag, which he made himself!" Moyu took out the gift given by Minami Youxi and excitedly showed it off to her mother.
"I didn't expect he had such skills and the leisure to do so. The only one who could receive such a gift is Mayu, right?"
"Um!"
When talking about Minami Youxi, Moyu, who was not a talkative person, opened up and started chattering with her mother.
The mother and daughter chatted for half an hour until the mother heard the father snoring.
"By the way, I have something to tell you." Shagui talked about the most important thing in this phone call.
"What? Grandpa said it's a happy event." Moyu's emotions have not yet come out of the discussion about her brother. When she asked the question, she was full of anticipation and joy.
"It is indeed a happy event." Saki said slowly, "Mayu also knows that our family owes a sum of money outside. That money is actually owed to Brother Yuxi."
"Grandpa mentioned that he owed money, but he didn't say it was owed to my brother," Moyu was surprised for a moment, feeling uneasy at first, and then surprised.
She owed her brother anxiety, and she owed her brother surprise.
"The money has been collected, although only the principal has been collected. However, the remaining interest can be repaid slowly, although Brother Youxi will definitely not accept it." Saki continued.
"Oh." Moyou was dazed. She should have been happy that her family's debts had been paid off, but she sensed something was wrong.
She thought of the orchid mantis she saw when she went to the insect museum with her brother last year. When she was a few meters away, she thought she saw a beautiful pink flower, but when she got closer, she found that it was a hideous insect that mimicked an orchid.
Now, the horrible insect hiding behind this phone call is approaching her step by step as her mother speaks.
"Your father and I have decided to settle down in Sakura Hill. We will be transferred to a less busy position in the company. In about one or two months, we will bring you to Sakura Hill."
The girl was shocked by this misfortune disguised as a happy event. She didn't know how to respond, whether to be happy or sad, whether to accept it or resist.
"Originally, you should have finished this year's courses, or at least this semester's courses, but your grandparents have long wanted to return to the countryside to retire. It was your father and I who caused them to stay in Misaki and be trapped in the shop for so long. Your father and I wanted to let them return home earlier."
"Okay, I understand." Moyu nodded stiffly. She did not resist, nor did she try to resist.
She was a sensible child and she thought all she had to do was agree.
Her parents had worked hard outside for several years and had finally settled down. She couldn't be so willful as to ask them to return to Misaki and start over again.
"I'm sorry, Mayu." Saki noticed the heaviness in his daughter's eyes and said guiltily.
She thought that her daughter was reluctant to leave her brother, with whom she got along so well, and reluctant to leave the prosperity of Misaki.
"It's okay." Mayu shook her head and smiled. "I'm happy to be with mom and dad. The cherry blossoms on Sakura Hill are beautiful. Dad sent me photos. I'll be able to see them with my own eyes next spring."
"Yes, but we are not in the city of Sakura Hill, but on an island. Mayu hasn't seen the real ocean yet!"
"Yeah! I want to go fishing!"
"Eh? Mayu actually has such an interest?"
“Because the fish you catch can be eaten.”
"I see. This is really Mayu's style."
"I'm looking forward to going to Mom and Dad."
"Well, just say goodbye to your friends for this month. We'll go back in about a month."
[On the phone, Moyou learned that her parents had saved enough money to repay the loan, and that she would go to live on a distant island with her parents.]
[What Saki had expected, her daughter's longing for the island and her reluctance to leave Misaki, did not appear in Mayu's heart. Her longing for the island was not as good as her longing for you, and her reluctance to leave Misaki was not as good as her reluctance to leave you. ]
[She felt sad, but she couldn't do anything. She thought of what Haruna's grandmother said, and she thought, as expected of your mother, she made a prediction long ago.]
[She didn't tell you about this because she couldn't guarantee that she could keep her emotions under control while telling you about it. But the thought of saying goodbye to you made her burst into tears.]
[She doesn't even dare to go to your studio. She can't keep calm just thinking about your face.]
[She was glad that she had a friendly deskmate. After school, she went to her deskmate's house to play and hid there for a few days.]
[Half a week later, she returns to your studio fully prepared, and you breathe a sigh of relief.]
[Moyou is a child who is not good at lying or hiding things, but when she has emotions that she has to hide, her acting skills improve by leaps and bounds, which even surprises herself.]
[Even though her skills were mature, you still noticed something was wrong through the subtle changes. You asked the grandfather of the Asagiri family and learned that Saki and Koichi had some experiences and had saved enough money. They would come back in a month to thank you for your help and take Mayu away to settle down in Sakura Hill.]
[You knew this day would come, so you were not surprised. You kept Mayu by your side to replace the busy Saki and Koichi. Now, Saki and Koichi are free and can take care of the girl.]
[You have been in Misaki for a long time. You think that after the girl leaves, you should also set off to continue collecting folk songs and painting.]
[Your duty has been completed.]
[Although you inevitably feel sad and reluctant to part with this cute and sensible girl, you have been waiting for this day since you took over Mayu. ]
[You think, maybe you will go to Sakura Hill to collect inspiration, and you can visit the girl along the way. ]
[You didn't expose this matter. Once you say goodbye, it will only let the sadness of separation occupy the surrounding air and squeeze out joy and peace. ]
[You take a new canvas and decide to paint a full-length portrait of the girl. You want to give her the painting when she leaves.]
[You invite the girl to be your model, and she agrees. She puts on the dress her parents gave her, listens to your instructions, and sits by the window of the studio. The sunlight shines on her body, covering her cheeks, and casting a thick shadow on the floor.]
[She knew that you already knew that she was leaving, and she wanted you to keep her. In her midnight dream, she dreamed that you added interest to the debt, forcing her parents to go back and work hard so that she could continue to stay in Misaki, by your side.]
[When she woke up, she was depressed by her despicable self and worried about her despicable future. She didn’t dare to continue sleeping for fear of having even more sinful dreams. When she was 9 years old, she understood the feeling of insomnia.]
[A month passed quickly.]
[Moyu is sitting at home. Today is the day when Saki and Koichi are coming back. The four old people closed their shops early and waited at home. They took out fruits to eat, their faces were happy, their words were cheerful, and they laughed continuously even though they didn't talk about anything interesting.]
[Moyou sat in the middle, listening to the laughter coming one after another, looking at the four smiling faces, and felt that she was out of place. ]
[In the evening, the setting sun cast an orange light and shadow, and the sunset glow in the sky was particularly bright. This beautiful scenery made her even more sad. Even the sky was singing a different tune from her mood.]
[Saki and Koichi came back with their suitcases. They hugged Mayu and touched her head with a smile. She also forced a smile and acted like a sensible, ordinary girl. She stayed by their side and asked them about Sakura Hill, the beautiful island, the blue sea, the strong wind, and the waves.]
[At night, Moyou lay beside her mother. She didn't want to fall asleep because tomorrow was the day they would go to your house and say goodbye to you. She thought that as long as she didn't sleep, this future would not come. But her brain and her body were against her. She closed her eyes sleepily again. She thought it was a normal blink, but when she opened her eyes, it was already dawn.]
[Shagui helped her dress and wash, but her mother's gentle care failed to bring her any joy. She tried her best to use her self-taught acting skills. She failed to deceive you, but she succeeded in deceiving her parents.]
[In the morning, she came to your home with her parents.]
[Sitting at your tea table, she skillfully made tea for you and your parents. At this time, she still had a little thought in her heart. She thought, maybe you will keep her and let her live in your house. She knew her thoughts were naive, but she couldn't stop. ]
[She looked at you, and you talked cordially with Shagui and Hongyi, accepted their transfers, and returned the real estate documents and the contract they had signed.]
You didn't mention her.
[She looked at your studio again and thought of her life-size painting. She felt that it was a gift you wanted to give her, but you didn’t mention the painting until they left.]
[Holding her mother's hand, she stepped out of this familiar house. She thought that this step might be forever.]
[She turned her head, the bright sunlight made the walls of the house a little dazzling, the door of the house was open, you stood in the shade behind the door, waving to her, her mother pulled her, her eyes were poked by the scorching sun, and there was only a golden light in front of her eyes, and there was no trace of the house and you.]
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