Chapter 11 Section Eleven

After paying the toll at the unmanned exit of the toll road, I confirmed that there was no traffic coming from behind. Knowing that it was wrong, I still stopped the car on the spot and unfolded the map to find the route marked with a yellow signature pen.The next road seems to be more winding, but as long as you turn left from here, there will be no other forks, so don't worry about getting lost.There is still some time before sunset, but the sun has already hidden behind the mountain, but it should not be too late when we arrive at the destination. Thinking of this, I am somewhat relieved.After stepping on the accelerator, probably too suddenly, Chiori yelled "Wow".

"Sorry, sorry, but there should be time." "In time? In time—" Qian Zhi frowned and crossed her arms. I can probably guess that Chiori is trying to remember if I told her there is a concert tonight.Usually, when I say "you can't be late", I'm either going to play or go to school, and if you don't have time to go to school, you don't have to go, so when she hears the sentence "it's too late", she should think of playing Let's do this!Chiori often overreacts to my casual words, and seeing her like this, I can't tell her exactly what is too late.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Let's just say we'll be there in the evening." "what?" "It has nothing to do with being in time." "It doesn't matter? Well, it doesn't matter." "It doesn't matter." "Okay, it doesn't matter." Qian Zhi lowered her arms around her, stretched a little, and let go of her frown. Seeing her like this, I continued to accelerate forward with confidence.I can roughly understand what's going on in Chiori's head, but of course not everything.Basically, as long as it is what Chiori wants to tell me and must be conveyed to me—whether she thinks so or not is another matter—I will try to interpret it, partly because I am familiar with and understand Chiori’s thoughts. Weaving, in addition, her expression method has been quite improved, which should be the main reason.

I wondered how Chiori's parents and the school treated her, but it was not easy to get the answer from her, and I never thought of asking her.However, when we compare how Chiori was at the beginning to how she was later treated as a member of the family, I can imagine that the way Chiori was treated by the people around her in the past was certainly not a commendable behavior. Chiori, who had just returned to China, hadn't spoken at all, and had always been full of fear, anxiety, and shrinking.As soon as we found out that Chiori had a mental retardation, my parents and I immediately felt that Chiori might not be able to speak.Therefore, the way Chiori spoke for the first time later left a deep impression on me.I forgot when Chiori said in front of us for the first time: "You guys, don't you hate me?" I still remember her pleading, self-abased and extremely sad voice very clearly.Moreover, for a while afterwards, no matter what happened, this sentence would be said by Qianzhi, and it almost became her mantra.

When my mother scolded me for knocking over the food, when I was going to the bathroom but stood in front of my father watching TV, when I was asked to step aside, and when I suddenly met the eyes of the cloudy and uncertain, Chiori often encountered such situations. Just with a crying expression on her face, she kept apologizing and saying sorry, trying desperately to make sure that we wouldn't hate her.Ironically, the more we wanted to love her, the worse her situation became. After a period of time, Chiori seemed to gradually understand that we would be by her side, so the words of apology gradually decreased, replaced by shy and silly smiles of "hehehe" from time to time.One of the reasons why she has such a change may be that my eyes have become softer since Chiori started practicing the piano!However, no matter how close Chiori is to my parents, I seem to be a special existence to her.I don't know how it happened, I just know it still feels that way.

I don't know how much Chiori knows about that, so I can't guess where she puts me. The four words "savior" seem to be unable to cover everything, and, most importantly, she may not understand the meaning of this word.In short, Qianzhi will overreact to my every move, every word and every word. In other words, Qianzhi is spying on my mood almost all the time, and this attitude will not apply to me. parents.Maybe that's why Chiori wanted to learn the piano so much, because it was the only way she could make me smile. However, Chiori has a small flaw in playing the piano, if she is not allowed to sit in front of the piano, she does not know what to play (this is a fatal flaw for a pianist, in other words, she absolutely cannot communicate with others. cooperate).Today, Qianzhi's piano skills are quite superb. I once thought that if there is a chance, I would like to let the teacher listen to Qianzhi's performance. The little girl at that time looks like now.But the teacher is old and not suitable for long-distance travel, but I am not yet mentally prepared to set foot in that country again.