Chapter 21 fourth quarter

"Did you see Yuki?" It was the evening of the second day when I saw Mu Chuan flustered on the embankment.Mu Chuan made a muffled voice in his throat, stretched out his thin hand, and shook my wrist. "She's gone. Another person got lost. We were walking together just now, when I went to the bathroom—" "Let's look for it together." "I'll take a look on the road, please go to the embankment—" I nodded and ran towards the embankment, my eyes kept sweeping to both sides.Children playing soccer.High school students sitting on the sloped grass.Not seeing Yuki.Did you go to the river?There is still some distance from the water's edge, and it can't be seen clearly from the embankment.Maybe it's better to go down and find it.But if you go to the river, there are many tall grasses growing there, which block the sight instead. ——Looking back to the front, a truck parked under the bridge came into my sight.In the darkening landscape, the back of the truck glowed, the backup lights.The truck began to back up slowly.

A shiver ran through my body. Yuki's small body could be seen from the direction of the truck's back.She was squatting on the grass doing something.And the truck was getting closer to her, and she didn't notice it at all.The driver apparently didn't notice her either. "Little Yuki!" I called her loudly, but she didn't look back.At this moment, I realized my mistake.I did things that I absolutely should not have done.Calling her now just keeps her in place. I ran desperately.As I ran down the ramp, the truck kept backing up.Yuki didn't raise her head either.

"The truck is coming!" I could feel Yuki's shoulder trembling. "Run!" The truck still didn't stop, and it was only a few meters away from Yuki.I moved my legs desperately.But it was too late.The girl's determination brought tears to my eyes.In my tears I cried aloud: "It's no longer necessary to pretend not to hear!" Hope my words reach her. "It's all right... absolutely all right!" She crouched on the ground, slightly facing me. "quick!" Almost at the same time as I said this, she stood up and ran.The truck immediately passed where she was just now, and then backed up a few meters before stopping. After the sound of shifting gears, it moved forward vigorously and climbed up the path beside the river embankment.Where Yuki was just now, a white clover corolla was crushed by the wheels of the truck.Was it made up for Makikawa?Or maybe it was her mother.Or, is it for me? ——Yuki burst into tears and ran towards me with outstretched hands.I hugged her tightly.Her tiny body was trembling in my arms.As if burying her face in my arms, she tried her best to hold back her sobs, and made an indistinct sound out of breath—I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

"No need to apologize. Yuki did nothing wrong." I wrapped my hands around her head, ran my fingers through her hair, and sucked in the sweat of a child in my chest, and I was finally sure that Yuki was safe.A feeling of relief melted and generally spread throughout the body. —no wound— That was Yuki's naive failure. She ate the children's meal.When the waiter was serving the food or Makikawa and her mother were reading the menu, there might have been a common misunderstanding among children.In other words, Yuki heard "children" as "wounds".That's why she looked for the back and side of the plate to investigate, thinking that there must be a "wound".

Her ears can hear. Maybe I really couldn't hear it at first, after all, the doctor said so.She lost her hearing because of her parents' quarrel.But slowly my hearing came back.But Yuki still pretended not to hear.She decided to remain "out of hearing".I can understand why she would do this. ——She probably can feel the sense of security brought by not being able to hear, and can also remember the sense of release felt in the closed world.The ears can't hear, and the words you don't want to hear will not pass into your ears.Like mom talking bad about dad.Mom complains to Grandpa.So Yuki decided to "not hear" anything, and blocked her ears with her invisible hands.Between the two adults who ignored each other, she persisted sadly like this.

"Yuki, can you tell me something?" In reality, however, there may be more than one.There must be another reason why she pretended not to hear. "The night it was stolen." I patted Yuki on the back, turned around and found Makikawa's figure on the river bank.He seemed to notice us and held up his free hand.I nodded slightly and turned to Yuki. "Yuki, what did you hear?" You Xihuo raised his head, looked at me with eyes full of tears, bit his little lips, and shook his head sadly. "What did you hear?" Finally, Yushi paused and replied: "The sound of crutches."

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