Chapter 5 Section 5

According to Naoko, it was a long time after she was sent to the hospital that she realized what had happened to her... Before that, her mind was in a hazy state, and she had no idea about the car accident and crossing the line between life and death. Just don't have any consciousness. After she regained consciousness, she was baffled by why everyone kept calling herself Sami Nami. She really wanted to shout: You misidentified the person, I'm not Sami Nami, I'm Naoko!But there was always an inexplicable force preventing her from making a sound.Instinct told her that if she forced it, it would bring irreparable consequences.Therefore, she just kept silent.

She finally found out later that her body had been replaced by her daughter's.Even so, she thought it was just a nightmare, or something was wrong with her brain.She hopes to return to normal as soon as possible. But today, when she saw Pingjie crying beside her, she finally believed that this was not a nightmare, but an unshakable fact. "So..." After listening to Naoko's story, Heisuke asked, "The one who died was Sami Nami?" Naoko was lying on the bed.He nodded without saying a word.Next, her eye sockets began to turn red. "That's right." Heisuke buried his head in front of his chest, "So it's like this, it's Sami Nami who died."

She—Naoko who had the appearance of Sami Nami grabbed the corner of the quilt and covered her lids, and there was a sobbing sound from under the quilt. "I'm sorry... I'm really sorry. It would be great if Sami Nami was the one who was rescued instead of me. What's the point of me being alive?" "What nonsense are you talking about! Don't say that. You know, so many people lost their lives in the accident. It's a good thing that only you were saved, and only you..." Speaking of this, Hirasuke choked up.Looking at Sami Nami's living body, but having to think that the child is no longer alive, this is a completely different kind of sadness from witnessing her death.

The two of them stopped talking for a while, and both began to cry. "I still can't believe this. How could such a thing happen?" After crying for a while, Heisuke said, looking at his daughter's face.Or more precisely, it should be Naoko's face. "I don't believe it either." She wiped her tear-wet face with the tip of her nails. "But it's useless to say anything now." "To no avail?" "Ah, I mean there's no cure for this condition, right?" "Cure? You mean it's a disease?" "this one……"

"If this is a special disease, if Sami Nami's consciousness can be restored through medicine or surgery, I will definitely accept that treatment!" She said in a very firm tone. "But if we do that, what will happen to Naoko's consciousness?" Heisuke asked, will Naoko's consciousness disappear by then? " "Even then I don't care," she said. "If Sami Nami comes back to life, I'd be happy to go anywhere." She stared at Heisuke, her big eyes shining with sincerity.This reminded Hirasuke of the expression on Sami Nami begging him to say, "I will definitely improve my academic performance, don't send me to a cram school".He appreciates that her eyes now are exactly the same as Sami Nami's eyes at that time.

"Naoko!" Heisuke looked at his daughter's face and called his wife's name, "Stop talking nonsense!" "I'm talking about normal thinking. It's me who should have died." "What's the use of saying this now! No matter what, Sami Nami will not come back..." Heisuke lowered his head after finishing speaking. Silence, suffocating silence lasted a few seconds. "Then tell me," she began to speak, "what shall we do in the future?" "Yeah, what should I do? People won't believe this kind of thing. Doctors can't do anything about this situation."

"Yeah, if I don't make it right, I will be sent to a mental hospital." "Yes." Heisuke murmured, folded his arms. She kept staring silently into his face.After a while, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked, "Is today the day of the funeral?" "Huh? Ah, yes. You can even see that." "Of course, if this wasn't the case, you wouldn't be wearing a white shirt." "Ah, is that so?" Heisuke replied, touching the corner of his shirt.He thought he had taken off his mourning clothes and put on his usual clothes.In fact, he was just wearing a cardigan over a white shirt.

"Is it mine?" she asked. "what?" "Is it my funeral?" "Ah, yes, it belongs to Naoko," Heisuke nodded first, and then corrected, "However, you are still alive, and Naoko is still alive." "So, this should be Sami Nami's funeral." Speaking of this, her eyes overflowed with tears again, "I took the child's body and drove the child's soul out of the body..." "No! It was Naoko who saved Sami Nami's body!" Heisuke held his wife's slender hand tightly.