Tokyo: My Hundred Ghosts Scroll

Chapter 125 Spirited Away
'Squeak. '

It was a sunny summer, and the old sound of frogs and cicadas was still in my ears.

'Be careful, Chihiro. '

The gentle words came from behind him, the girl turned her back to him, and the clear river flowed by her feet, dispelling the scorching heat and bringing a bit of coolness, which made him smile involuntarily.

When the girl was tired from playing, that kind figure carried her on her back and walked along the verdant river.

This scene is both warm and nostalgic.

"who is it?"

Chihiro looked at the two figures, one big and one small, and she felt that he was very familiar, but she couldn't remember the other person's identity.

As if someone very important.

Then all of a sudden, it was gone.

One day, she disappeared from her world and left her forever.

"Crash!"

Suddenly, the screen changed, and Chihiro felt that she had fallen into the icy river, and the feeling of suffocation was like darkness, engulfing her bit by bit.

She doesn't know where this is.

Is it a dream?
The incomparably real dream reappeared in her body just like what had happened before.

'What a pain. '

'Who can help me...'

She kept shouting in her heart, but the girl's consciousness became more and more blurred.

And at this moment, a hand reached into the water and grabbed the girl.

'Chihiro! '

It was that gentle figure again, he hugged himself, struggling with all his strength in the rushing river.

And when she regained consciousness again, only people's discussions and the woman's heart-piercing cries remained in her ears.

'Chihiro? '

"Chihiro!!"

The same voice as the weeping woman came, waking up the sleeping girl, she opened her eyes in a panic: "Mom?"

"Are you awake, it's time to eat."

Seeing Chihiro wake up, Ogino Yuko subconsciously looked away and did not meet her daughter's gaze.

"Mother."

Chihiro thought of the previous dream, the gentle and kind figure that made her feel very familiar, but disappeared.

Is it a childhood playmate?
Or, a relative's child?
But why can't she remember it at all?

It is obviously such an important thing, but because of the child's forgetfulness, the incomparably precious memories are lost.

But mother should know.

If it was someone she met when she was a child and had such fun playing with her, then she would never forget it.

"I had a dream just now. I dreamed that I was playing by the river..."

Chihiro told her mother about her dream, and the latter became distracted from the moment she mentioned 'riverside'.

It wasn't until Chihiro finished talking about this dream like a real memory that the mother stood up as if she had just woken up from a dream, then trembled and covered her mouth.

There were tears in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, just turned and left calmly.

"Mother?"

Chihiro was at a loss, she didn't know what she said wrong.

The Ogino family has a very good relationship, and their parents love Chihiro very much.

Because Chihiro got acquainted with Gu Yun when he was a child, and with the secret help of the latter and the Iijima family, Akio Ogino's career flourished, and now he has become a senior executive of a medium-sized company.

The Ogino family took this opportunity to step into high society, and Ogino Yuko was also very busy, dealing with wealthy wives all day long and providing assistance to her husband.

Although Chihiro is not smart enough, she studies very hard.

Chihiro's dream is to become a teacher, just like Sanae, to mingle with students and create precious childhood memories for them.

After graduating from the famous Yingmanting Primary School, the girl was successfully admitted to a private girls' school integrating junior and senior high schools.

The school has a high college entrance rate, and the deviation value of the high school is among the best among many private schools.

Of course, school fees are also expensive.

However, given the current financial situation of Ogino's family, this tuition fee is nothing at all.

"mom!"

Chihiro got up from the bed and quickly got dressed.

Downstairs, Ogino Yuko was nestling in her husband's arms, she was sobbing uncontrollably, because Chihiro's words reminded her of a painful memory she didn't want to think about.

"is it?"

Akio Ogino has a tall physique, and because of socializing with people all the year round, his figure is blessed.

But at this moment, facing his wife's pain, Akio Ogino held her tightly in his arms: "It's okay, it's all over, the child's matter."

"But, but Qianxun her..."

Ogino Yuko didn't blame Chihiro for mentioning that person suddenly, she was unintentional, and it was an unintentional mistake.

But even so, Ogino Yuko has been unable to face Chihiro squarely for so many years.

Although Yuko loves her daughter deeply, she is very concerned about her growth.

It's just that whenever Chihiro looked at her, Ogino Yuko would subconsciously look away, not daring to look into her daughter's eyes.

Because she was afraid of revealing her feelings, and also worried about seeing another person in Chihiro's eyes.

"Chihiro has grown up."

"But…"

Yuko refused, because she felt that Chihiro was too young, and she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it.

"Ms. Iijima once said that when Chihiro asks about him, we will tell her the truth."

Ogino and his wife encountered a supernatural event in high school, and just like Xiaoniaoyou's family, they were lucky enough to meet Iijima Snail who went out to collect scenery and find inspiration.

With the help of the snail, the couple overcame the difficulties.

Many years later, Ogino and his wife lost an important person because of an accident.

Amid self-blame and pain, the two found the snail and asked him for help.

'I've seen that kid. '

I still remember what the snail said to them at that time: 'In our country, those who sacrifice their lives for others can become gods. '

'so…'

'Don't cry for him, the last thing a god wants to see is human tears. '

As for Chihiro's question, Snail added: "When one day, this child asks about that person, you should tell her." '

'This child,' said the snail, stroking the sleeping girl's head, 'is stronger than you think. '

"Dad, Mom?"

When Chihiro came down from the stairs, she saw her mother who seemed to have just cried, and her father who still had a serious face: "Did something happen?"

"Chihiro."

Akio Ogino thought over and over again, and finally chose to follow Snail's instructions.

The old man saved the lives of the couple. He is the person Ogino and his wife admire most, and the couple firmly believe in his words.

"You have grown up, there are some things, it's time to tell you."

"???"

Chihiro was puzzled, she just had a strange dream and said a few words to her mother after waking up.

From the girl's point of view, this is a very normal thing.

Which child has never told their parents about their nightmares and sweet dreams. Qianxun doesn't understand why their parents are so serious, as if the sky is about to collapse and their parents have to take themselves to escape.

However the truth is...

"Oh, Ni-chan..."

Brother, Chihiro never knew that she was not alone.

The parents have a child, and she has a brother.

"he…"

"thousand."

Chihiro's older brother is called Ogino Chien.

That's right, it was Chihiro's new name after Granny Tang took away her name - Chihiro.

In Japanese pronunciation, Ogino Chihiro should be read as ogino chihiro, and Ogino Chihiro is ogino senn.

"Then, where is he then?!"

Chihiro thought of a possibility, in the dream, she was struggling in the water.

It was he who saved himself from the water.

The voice of the crying woman in the dream coincides with that of my mother, so the answer is self-evident.

he died.

Her brother died, in order to save her...

"He is, brother"

The previous dream kept reappearing in my mind at this moment, the gentle embrace, the kind call.

"Clap, clap."

Tears couldn't stop falling from Qianxun's face, she couldn't accept it, especially the cause of her brother's death, the other party lost his life to save her.

Self-blame, anxiety, pain and regret, all kinds of emotions came to my heart.

"Chihiro?"

"Chihiro!"

The girl ran upstairs and shut herself in the room, she didn't know how to face this fact.

The memories of childhood have been blurred, but as the parents mentioned it again, the figure of a teenager became more and more clear.

The other party was about the same age as him now, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.

He is gentle and very pampering himself.

But suddenly one day, the other party disappeared from her world.

Perhaps because of the pain, Chihiro subconsciously forgot everything about the other party.

"Chihiro, come out."

Mother knocked on the door lightly: "It's all over."

Chihiro didn't lock the door, but Yuko Ogino didn't dare to push the door in, for fear of over-stimulating her daughter.

"I killed my brother!"

Chihiro's shout came from behind the door, and she remembered it all.

It had just rained that day, and the sky cleared up. It was she who insisted on going to the river to play, so she accidentally fell into the rushing river.

In order to save her, the elder brother jumped into the water desperately and lifted her out of the water with all his strength.

Finally, the two were rescued by the villagers who came.

Chihiro survived, but his elder brother lost his life forever after the rescue failed.

"It's all my fault, it's all me..."

Listening to her daughter's self-blame, the last entanglement in Ogino Yuko's heart completely disappeared.

She knew it, she knew it early on.

This has nothing to do with Chihiro, she didn't kill her brother on purpose.

But for so many years, Ogino Yuko is still unable to face Chihiro, she is always afraid that she will associate her son's death with Chihiro.

However, at this moment, feeling her daughter's pain, Ogino Yuko blamed herself more and more: "What the hell am I thinking?"Obviously Chihiro is the most painful. '

The reason why the couple dare not tell Qianxun the truth is because they are afraid that she will blame herself for her brother's death and blame herself for the rest of her life.

"Hu~~"

Ogino Yuko took a deep breath, she opened the door and saw her daughter curled up in the corner of the bed.

For a moment, distressed and remorseful, Ogino Yuko hugged her without waiting for Chihiro to speak.

"sorry."

"Chihiro, I'm sorry."

Ogino Yuko kept apologizing, which made Chihiro at a loss.

She was clearly the one who was wrong, why did the mother apologize?

"Chihiro!"

Suddenly, Yuko Ogino raised her head, looking directly into her daughter's eyes for the first time in more than ten years.

Such innocent, beautiful eyes.

For a whole ten years, he hadn't looked at her seriously.

"Let's go see your brother."

"Go back to the country," Ogino Yuko's words, like a ray of light, opened Chihiro's painful heart: "Say goodbye to him!"

(End of this chapter)