Me and the Doll Girl of Zhidiao Island

Chapter 77 75. The Selfless Puppet Girl

The midterm exam week ended as scheduled.

Jiang Yuanshen's class took the lead in completing the cleaning, and he rejected the request of some boys from Shimizu Ken to go to the izakaya to play.

Come to the corridor, and send a message to Chaokong.

"I have something to do, I'm going home first"

A few seconds after posting, he felt that something was missing, so he added "Brown bear eating French fries" at the end.

After a while, her message came.

"Okay, I happen to want to play basketball too! It's killing me!", and there is an OK gesture from Connie Rabbit.

"Come on!" Brown Bear presented flowers.

"(^_-)"

Put away the phone and walk outside the school.

The students on the road chattered about the content of the exam, and when they came to the level crossing, the warning sound was extremely loud.

The sky was glowing orange, and the approaching tram was framed in gold.

Back home, Jiang Yuan Shen took a shower, brought the tape recorder he had borrowed earlier, and came to "Nakano Second-Hand Electric".

Thinking of Grandpa Nakano's reprimand and rebuttal in front of everyone a few days ago, Jiang Yuanshen even had the illusion that he was about to face a "thought".

Because on that day, I was indeed swallowed up by this old man.

But if Chaokong Yaoxing wasn't by his side, I'm afraid I wouldn't be firm in my mind—

"Support the development of the Great Ruins and benefit the surviving Zhiniao Islanders."

After adjusting his mood, Jiang Yuanshen walked to the door and knocked lightly.

"Excuse me, is Grandpa Nakano there?"

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Continue to knock, but the sound is like the wind in the extreme cold, echoing coldly in the ears.

After knocking for nearly four times, the door was finally opened slowly.

Unlike the last time, he heard the sound of the bell this time.

It was Grandpa Nakano who came into view. His face was no longer the anger of that day, but was replaced by a pale haggard look.

"what happened?"

"I'm the junior who came to borrow your tape recorder last time." Jiang Yuanshen said while holding the tape recorder box with both hands, "Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with it, and it's well protected."

"It's too slow." Grandpa Nakano glanced at him extremely dissatisfied, and was about to reach out to take it.

"Shall I put it in for you?"

"I can do this little thing myself."

"Feel sorry."

Looking at his bare arms that looked like bark, Jiang Yuanshen thought inappropriately of the iron sheets and thick iron left in the abandoned iron factory in his mind.

I could smell rust.

"Grandpa Nakano, Uncle Nakano, is he still staying here to drive a taxi?" He didn't realize that he had spoken until he came back to his senses.

The old man in front of him suddenly narrowed his eyes, his eyelashes forming shadows in the slightly sunken eye sockets.

"I didn't let him stay here, he did it himself."

He didn't look at Jiang Yuanshen when he spoke, but he couldn't take his eyes off that old face.

"Don't you think it's strange? I think Uncle Nakano has the same thoughts as you. If you leave, people will definitely say that he abandoned you and that he is an unfilial person."

Before Jiang Yuanshen could finish his sentence, he saw the door was roughly closed by him, and the bell inside was ringing sternly.

Just hearing the voice, Jiang Yuanshen felt that he was being scolded by the old man.

Holding back a sigh that almost burst out, he turned and left.

Although I was in a bad mood, the sky I looked up from here was still too beautiful to behold.

The black shade of the trees is clearly visible under the trees. Occasionally, there are cars driving on the road, and the small gravel on the asphalt road is crushed.

At this time, there was the sound of a motorcycle.

It was a Honda Cub CC110 commuter motorcycle, and it was leaning this way with the right flashing lights.

Jiang Yuanshen stood where he was. He remembered the pure black and white tones of this car, but it was not very clean compared to last time.

The rider was not wearing a helmet, and he stopped amidst the noise of the engine.

"Xiao Shen, isn't today an exam? What are you doing here?"

It was Masamune Asora, whom he had not seen for a long time. He turned the key with his finger, and the sound of the engine stopped.

Jiang Yuanshen's nose took a slight sniff, and he could smell the strong smell of sea tide and the unique smell of sea fish.

"The exam is over." He looked back and forth at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "Uncle Chaokong, did you just come back from the sea?"

"Yes, I caught a lot of tuna. I'll cut it up and bring you there." Masamune Asora showed a rare smile on his face. Ding, Duochun, which one do you like to eat?"

"I can do it."

"If you don't mind, would you like to sit up and I'll take you back?" Asora Masamune patted the back seat with a smile on his face.

Seeing that his attitude became cheerful, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"it is good."

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Sitting on a cub commuter motorcycle all the way back, outside the Liangjin Port in the distance, broken waves were swaying and flickering, and I could vaguely hear the undercurrent on the bottom of the sea, like the faint sound of an empty belly.

"Uncle Chaokong, will you always go to sea from now on?"

"Yes, after all, I have no reason or ability to leave Zhiniao Island, and I only know how to fish!"

As if to drown out the sound of the wind, Asora Masamune raised his voice unconsciously.

Jiang Yuan Shen couldn't help looking at the rearview mirror, his eyes were resolutely looking at the road ahead.

"Did Yao Xing tell you anything?" Realizing that it might be an opportunity, he asked.

The expression on Asora Masamune's face changed slightly at that moment, and he was silent for a while and said:

"Have."

"I know I'm not eligible, but can you tell me?"

However, Asora Masamune just laughed at himself, and the voice that came out of his mouth was shouting: "Perhaps in her heart, you are more qualified than me!"

"just kidding."

"I'm not kidding."

The wind whistled past his ears, and as his voice gradually formed in Jiang Yuanshen's ears, he also smelled a strong fishy smell,

"Yao Xing told me that day that he would never forgive me for the rest of his life, even if I died!"

"What?" Jiang Yuanshen showed astonishment, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"Yao Xing said that she would leave Zhiniao Island after the college entrance examination, and decided to sever ties with me!"

His words seemed to be shattered, and the roar of the engine swallowed them mercilessly.

If Jiang Yuanshen hadn't seen Asora Masamune's smile in the rearview mirror, he would have thought that the heart and soul of this middle-aged man had broken sadly, leaving only a nearly maniacal roar.

"Although I couldn't believe it at first, maybe what Yao Xing said is not wrong! If I were her, I would definitely hate me to the bone. I can hear her say that seriously, and I feel a lot easier! "

"I won't ask you to take her away this time, she can already leave by herself."

Jiang Yuanshen couldn't say a word anymore, his mind was full of thoughts.

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Came to Jiang Yuanshen's house.

"I'll bring the fish over later, thank you for smelling my fish all the way."

With a smile on his face, Asora Masamune waited for the boy in front of him to respond hastily, and then he was about to leave.

"I want to thank you." Jiang Yuanshen took a short breath and said directly, "Uncle Chaokong, is that small room in the abandoned iron factory yours?"

Masamune Asora was stunned for a while, and couldn't maintain his expression at that moment.

He seemed to feel that there was no need to hide it, so he nodded and said, "Yes, because Shake Xing doesn't like the smell of alcohol and cigarettes, so I often go there to stay."

"I found the key and walked in. I also heard your tape about Jinghai Shenyue's mother." Jiang Yuanshen said in a low voice.

Masamune Asora's face finally began to look awkward, and the lower lip of his mouth protruded forward.

Silence fell, and he looked at Jiang Yuanshen without blinking his eyes, like a fish pretending to sleep.

As if it was a matter of time, Asora Masamune turned off the cub motorcycle.

"How did you find the key?"

"Search for anything."

Asora Masamune rolled up his old sleeves and said, "Just take this as a short story. I want to keep this as a short story."

"It's strange to stand at the door chatting, do you want to come in?" Jiang Yuanchen asked sideways.

Masamune Chaokong showed pain on his face, and his eyes fell vaguely at his feet: ". I heard that you have been very close to Jinghai Shenyue recently."

"So, can I come in?"

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"Uncle Chaokong, why are you so obsessed with Aunt Yejian?" Jiang Yuanshen leaned out slightly from the sofa and said.

Seemingly hearing words that would never appear in Yami Hiroshio, Asora Masamune was a little puzzled, but he immediately laughed at himself.

"Indeed, judging by your current age, Xun Zhi is already an aunt."

Jiang Yuanshen smiled awkwardly, because he had never met himself, so he had to use the title of age to describe him.

"Because Xunzhi is very cute, very gentle, very strong, a little reckless, but full of mysteries." Asora Masamune said a bunch of compliments with a face full of intoxication.

Jiang Yuanshen was at a loss for words, and moved his fingers subconsciously. After a long time, he said, "I mean why? These behaviors are not uncommon."

Asora Masamune's expression did not change, and he said with a somewhat aftertaste tone:
"There is no reason, if you have really seen her with your own eyes, then you will understand."

"But there are still queens on this island." Jiang Yuanshen reminded.

"But Jinghai Shenyue is different from her mother. This queen will not give her strength selflessly to others. You can tell from her attitude when she talks to people. She is a queen with her own ideas."

A slightly cool smile appeared on Masamune Asora's face, and he slowly rubbed his vocal cords with his fingers,

"But Xunzhi is a very beautiful and selfless person. She will not refuse the islanders' requests. She will keep the weather better, the grain harvest, and even the children on the street wanting to see wild flowers blooming. But this is it. This gentleness has killed her badly."

Wherever the pleas of the islanders were answered, that was the use of force.

Since Queen Yejian used her power, she would pay the price for it.

Jiang Yuanshen looked at him in surprise, although he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

Behind Jinghai Shenyue's mother accumulating countless "prices", she was completely unable to leave the island, and she imprisoned herself.

As a result, this selflessness finally became a heavy straw that overwhelmed the islanders.

"Speaking of Azusagawa Takara, he was originally a street gangster. I can't feel the charm of that person, but Xunshio just has a soft spot for him. I don't understand. I think I am better than him."

"And talking about Jing Haiya, I don't like him at all, that guy is always playing handsome in front of Xunzhi, and that expensive watch was bought on loan, just to put on a home in front of her." The attitude of being very rich, even the clothes are famous brands, I hate it to death."

"Azusa Chuan Xiaokong said that this person has been pestering Ye Jian all the time, and he often pretends to be mean, so he joined hands with me to beat him up on the way from school, Jing Hai Yaren ran back crying."

"He continued to come to school the next day, but Azusagawa and I beat him up again, and he didn't come on the third day."

Immediately afterwards, Asora Masamune smiled self-destructively, raised his hands and rubbed his hair and said,
"But these things are in the past, ah, it's so comfortable to be able to say it."

"It's very strange." Jiang Yuanshen finally came to his senses and ignored their affairs, "Why did she leave the island suddenly when she saw the queen at night?"

Asora Masamune's breathing was half a beat slow, and he was like an onion that had been peeled off a little bit.

".I think she paid too much. When she was sick, the islanders were worried that what she lost was the power of blessing, not her queen herself."

Jiang Yuanshen froze, the meaning of this sentence seemed to be that the islanders threw away the person "Yomi Xunshi", she was just a tool for containing capacity.

"When people are about to die, they will see through the souls of all people and discover the good and the bad, even those who are too gentle. In the end, they become people who have no worries, even if the world is rebuilt."

Masamune Asora's voice suddenly became extremely hoarse.
"It is precisely because Jinghai Shenyue understands this truth that I think she will be a doll girl who is more powerful than Xunshi."

Jiang Yuanshen remained silent, his mood returned to that night again.

The rippling water of the lake sliced ​​the moon, and in the hazy vision, the life of Tranquility Fukatsuki was gradually passing away from Lake Kamo.

Asora Masamune put his hand in his pocket, took out his phone, slid something, and approached Jiang Yuanshen.

"I have kept this photo until now."

Jiang Yuanshen's eyes fell on the faintly glowing screen, and what caught his eyes was a beautiful woman in a "doll" court dress, holding a little girl in her arms.

Ye Xunzhi made a movement like hugging a doll with both hands, holding Jinghai Shenyue in her arms, and her jewel-like pupils were like shining bright moons.

Her tenderness was like water, and her radiant and gentle smile made those who almost watched her stand still in place as if they were paralyzed.

And Jinghai Shenyue in her arms was still young, she looked only ten years old.

The two doll girls from Zhiniao Island appear in the same scene, no matter who they are, they will find it hard to stop their distractions, and Jiang Yuanshen is no exception.

It wasn't until Asora Masamune took back the phone that Jiang Yuanshen returned to the real world from the astonishment, but felt a dagger pierced deeply into the lower abdomen.

"You kept it all the time?" He still tried his best to suppress the strangeness.

"Although I have made up my mind to live a good life, I still haven't made up my mind to forget it." Asora Masamune looked at the photo nostalgicly, and finally put it back in his pocket.

(End of this chapter)