Chapter 9 Chapter nine

Fujii sat in front of the stage that night and wrote: Hiroko, I didn't expect you to visit, and I wish you hadn't left so early.I thought maybe I could help you find out what tree you're talking about.It seems that you thought another tree lived at this address, which is really a coincidence.However, I vaguely remember a boy named Ashu.He is my middle school classmate.Maybe he's the one you're looking for. A tree Ah Shu desperately wanted to find clues to solve the puzzle.She figured the only thing that would confuse her with another person would be someone with the same name as her.Immediately, she thought of a boy named Fujii Shu, her middle school classmate.She couldn't remember anything about that classmate, after all, it had been ten years.But she still wrote this new letter to Hiroko.

The next morning, Hiroko and Mao say goodbye to their friends.The friend's house is next door to the post office.At this moment, Ah Shu rode her bicycle to the post office to send out the letter she had just written.When Ah Shu passed by on his bicycle, Hiroko noticed that this person looked surprisingly similar to her.She remembered what the taxi driver said, and thought it was interesting that Ah Shu resembled her.Without thinking, she called: "Ashu!" Ashu stopped.She looked back slowly.She felt a voice coming from behind her.But I couldn't see who called her.But Hiroko sees Ah Shu: she is almost her twin sister; she looks exactly the same.Ah Shu gave up looking and continued on his way to the post office.

When Hiroko returned to Kobe, Ashu's new letter seemed reasonable.The address that Hiroko copied down from the graduation yearbook is that of Fujii Ki.She must have missed another address.It's a coincidence, but everything makes sense.Hiroko decided to visit Mrs. Fujii again. "Yes, I know there are two Ashus in the class." Hiroko took out the yearbook, trying to find another Ashu. "Does she look like me?" Hiroko asked Ashu's mother, pointing at the girl. "what do you mean?" "Well," Hiroko said hesitantly, "Ashu told me that he really loves me, but I wonder if the reason he loves me is because I remind him of this girl. If so, I really don't know what to think ."

Mrs. Fujii smiled and said, "Please, Hiroko, just love my tree. That's my only request."