Give weak women a heart of steel

Chapter 287 Running in the Wind and Rain

The two old men looked at Xia Tingfei.

Xia Tingfei said: "I am her classmate."

"Student."

The old man murmured to himself and laughed again.

The wrinkles on his face seemed to be moving: "How are you, classmate? How are you, classmate?"

"Okay, old man." The old woman pushed the old man's shoulder impatiently: "Go and sit down, otherwise you will have to go to the hospital again."

"What a verbose old woman." The old man was very dissatisfied.

But the family status seems to be higher than that of the grandmother.

With a glare, the old man bent over and walked into the kitchen.

"When are you leaving?"

"Probably in four days."

"That's okay, that's okay." The old lady said happily: "If you leave Dusui Village, don't come back."

The two people were talking about various household matters without much information.

"When I look at the girl, she looks more like a normal girl. Even a cheerful and energetic girl, like Ueno. Even more energetic and gentle. Like a golden sunflower, no matter who is there The healing can be felt all around her.”

"But - I can clearly feel the cracks on her body. It's the crystal clear glass that is about to break."

"Kindness is as gentle as a feather, but beneath it is a burden as heavy as an iron block."

Thinking about this, the old lady asked again: "Young man, what do you want to eat?"

"It's also potato and beef curry."

After ordering the same meal as Tsukimura Aoi's, the old lady smiled and said, "This is our family's signature dish. We started selling it when Xiaokui was very young."

With that said, the old lady returned to the kitchen.

The two people at the dining table looked at each other in silence for a moment.

The girl looked at the two people in the kitchen in silence, while Xia Tingfei said, "What's the story?"

"It's nothing."

The girl said calmly.

It seemed like it was some soft spot deep inside her.

She didn't want to share it.

I don’t want people to pity me because of this.

Xia Tingfei could only look forward to lunch for a while.

The old man was handling the pieces of meat, while the old woman was carrying the pot and setting it on the stove.

Everything seemed in perfect harmony.

Nowadays, it is quite rare.

They all say that the seven-year itch means that love will gradually fade away after seven years of marriage.

Gradually it became a family relationship, or an enemy.

Like this, the scene of supporting each other even as they age has become a rare phenomenon.

Even Xia Tingfei couldn't help but imagine what he would look like in his old age.

What will it look like?
  It was hard for him to imagine the aging appearance of those girls.

It was as if it was unimaginable that the perfect glassware was broken into pieces.

The girl who lost her life was just an ordinary piece of meat.

The broken glassware is just a pile of rubbish.

When the beef and potatoes were served, they were poured over steaming rice.

The browned potatoes are mixed with large pieces of beef, and the richness flows on the porcelain plate.

The girl held the chopsticks and clasped her hands together: "I'm starting."

She said this as she slowly ate the potato and beef rice bowl, which was not a rare delicacy.

With his head lowered, the butterfly knot on the side of the hat was right in front of Xia Tingfei.

Look at the bow that keeps shaking on it.

Xia Tingfei also turned around to eat the meal in front of him.

In fact, the food cooked by grandpa and grandma is not very good.

The stewed beef was a little old, rotten, and a little salty.

The rice doesn't taste good either, it's a bit powdery.

It's natural to think about it.

No matter how remote the location is, as long as you have good skills.

In any case, this place will probably be overcrowded.

But upon closer inspection, it seems that there have been no guests here for a long time.

There is an atmosphere of desolation everywhere.

If it weren't for the girl, this place would be even quieter.

However, Xia Tingfei also tasted happiness.

——Perhaps it was Tsukimura Aoi's illness that made her bones brittle and her teeth wobbly.

She couldn't bear more hard things, maybe her sense of taste was gradually disappearing.

That’s why it’s done like this.

Xia Tingfei thought this and felt that he was so stupid.

I always think in the direction of tragedy, and I always think in the direction of this kind of comic plot.

It's so stupid.

Tsukimura Aoi doesn't need her own pity. She chooses the path she believes in. She doesn't need to do this at all.

What she needed wasn't pity at all.

——Perhaps, the food cooked by these old people is really like this.

Perhaps this is the habit they have developed.

The two of them didn't say a word at the dinner table.

It was only after he finished eating and left that he said a simple word.

"Are you done? I'll pay."

"Ah."

The girl's answer was only one word, and Xia Tingfei went to pay the bill.

The two of them left here, and the girl waved to the two as farewell.

The two old men said sincerely: "We must live a good life from now on."

Standing at the door, the two of them really had nowhere else to go.

The main road is lined with people from all the sanatoriums.

Although the disguise is perfect, there is still a chance of being discovered if he keeps wandering in front of them.

"Where are you going?"

Xia Tingfei looked around.

On the left is a concrete path leading to the main road, while on the right is a small path leading into the forest.

The forest is so dense that it seems like it is about to drip. Just standing next to it can feel the rich vitality rushing towards your face.

The light wind passed through the treetops and fell in front of the two people.

The girl said without any hesitation: "Go there."

The forest she pointed to.

"it is good."

He just said short answers.

Xia Tingfei followed her, watching the girl put the umbrella handle on her shoulders and walk towards the forest.

The black umbrella covered her back, making her figure unclear.

It just felt like she was constantly walking into darkness.

Stepping on the dry leaves, the wind kept blowing.

The girl's skirt swayed.

Xia Tingfei didn't ask where he was going, he just walked slowly in the forest with the girl.

It seemed a little dark in the dense forest.

The dense green shade almost covers all the light.

But after walking for a long time, Xia Tingfei suddenly saw a flash of light in front of him.

After passing through a bush, the two came to a place in the woods.

Here is a hut, and the surrounding trees have been cut down, revealing a slightly smaller open area.

Here, the light falls on the ground.

Let those dry fallen leaves become golden.

Heavy footsteps clicked on it.

It was far louder than in other places, and the glass was trampled into pieces first.

Unexpectedly, the girl did not enter the cabin, but sat on the tree stump outside.

Collect the umbrella well and place it across your legs. He raised his chin slightly, and a strand of hair on his temples emerged from his hat.

Let the originally bright place become even brighter.

"Crack."

Xia Tingfei took a photo and sent it to Hinazuki Kana.

"Maybe you can become a photographer." Hinazuki Kana immediately replied to this sentence.

The girl didn't react at all to being photographed.

Xia Tingfei guessed how many hours the girl would be with him.

One hour? Two hours.

However, the girl stayed until night.

Like a sculpture.

In this way, the two of them returned to Xicui Village.

On the way back, I didn't meet anyone.

Xia Tingfei glanced around and saw that no one with the title of sanatorium appeared.

The wind got stronger at night.

It even has a moist breath, and you can feel a slight chill.

"Maybe it will rain tomorrow."

He said this, then looked up at the silent girl walking in front of him.

——She looks much lighter again.

There was a lightness in his steps.

"Perhaps, this is also good."

Xia Tingfei thought to himself.

"She may be saying goodbye to everything she values."

The girl's steps became more and more brisk, like a kite swaying in the sky.

The rope holding her will be broken bit by bit.

"I say."

Xia Tingfei walked over quickly and walked side by side with the girl: "I said, four days is enough?"

"Maybe." The girl looked a little embarrassed.

"I'm not advising you to cherish life and let you continue to live. I'm advising you that as long as you live, you can continue to see these things." Xia Tingfei said: "I'm just asking, - these four days , can you walk through what you want to see?"

"Maybe she was impressed by me, or maybe because I was really worried. In short, she stopped and turned around."

"Maybe." The girl looked at Xia Tingfei and said calmly: "Maybe I can read everything."

"I feel a little lucky to hear this."

But the girl then said: "Even if I haven't finished reading it, what can I do?"

"I value that day more than anything else."

The girl spoke extremely seriously, with a bright light shining in her pupils.

Xia Tingfei was speechless.

This girl is the most serious and determined girl he has ever seen.

She was so impatient, so cautious.

Like a belief, like a liberation.

——During long-distance running, she couldn’t wait to reach the key point.

Walk slowly.

But the wind got stronger and stronger, reaching the point where it was impossible to hold up the umbrella.

The girl had no choice but to close her umbrella and walk forward slowly.

The wind blew the hem of her skirt like a cloak.

Xia Tingfei walked to the side, gathered up the hem of the girl's skirt, and held it on the side.

This way, the skirt won't blow up.

The long Lolita skirt also made it easy for Xia Tingfei to do this.

The girl didn't respond, just walked slowly in the strong wind.

He raised his arms in front of his face, as if to resist something.

But her body could no longer support such movements.

Walking backwards in the strong wind made her a little out of breath.

The sound of rapid breathing even made Xia Tingfei feel that she was going to faint in the next moment.

"I don't know if the girl needs me to do this."

"But maybe she doesn't need help or mercy at all."

"She is a 22-year-old adult woman. Although she looks like a girl. But she does not need the pity of a high school student."

Xia Tingfei just walked by the side silently, holding the hem of her skirt for her.

Suddenly, the raindrops fell.

The dripping wet the white asphalt road, turning it gray.

Let it gleam in the moonlight.

Let the girl's clothes get wet.

The towering soft lace ruffles also became heavy and drooped down.

Her light blond hair was also wet and became extremely heavy.

There were even drops of water dripping down.

The pale and delicate skin became wet and shimmering with fluorescence.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and dense and loud sounds could even be heard.

Looking up, my eyes were obscured by a thin curtain of rain.

The pale color obscured his eyes, and the only thing he could see was the girl with light blond hair next to him, walking on the sparkling road.

This road is paved with fluorescence.

"Want to run?"

Xia Tingfei looked at the darkness in the distance and said to the girl beside him.

This time, the girl didn't hesitate.

Or maybe he said things in an understatement that seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Looking at the darkness in the distance, she said seriously.

"Well, let's run."

She dropped her arms and ran.

Brown boots stepped on the fluorescent puddles, moving towards the darkness in the distance.

The speed at this moment was so fast.

The speed at this moment was so fast that even Xia Tingfei couldn't catch up.

He could only helplessly let go of the hand holding the girl's skirt.

The hem of her skirt was heavily embellished by the rain, like a piece of iron.

Occasionally, it would hit her boots, making a crisp sound and sending out a splash of water.

The girl's pantyhose were also soaked by the rain blown by the wind, and the black pantyhose became even darker.

She ran, stepping over shining puddles.

But the more she ran, the more she felt that the darkness seemed to be moving with her.

Stepping on countless fluorescent lights, she ran almost with all her strength.

Looking up, the rainwater slid down her face, got into her neck along the corners of her eyes, and soaked into her originally light clothes.

Make it heavier, like a shackle.

She finally lost strength and her speed gradually declined.

In the wind and rain, she gasped for air.

I almost want to bend over and rest with my knees.

But the girl didn't stop, she just took heavy steps.

Xia Tingfei finally approached the girl and walked beside her.

The leaves on both sides of the road fluttered, stirred, and made loud noises.

A leaf was torn from the tree by the wind and rolled in front of Xia Tingfei.

Xia Tingfei picked the leaf from the wind and said to the girl, "It's almost there."

She walked quickly and finally approached the darkness.

But taking a few steps forward, there is light again ahead.

——It is just the darkness at the end of the field of vision.

Xicui Village was shining brightly, and a waitress was holding an umbrella and looking around.

After discovering the two people, the waitress hurriedly ran out from under the eaves holding a paper umbrella.

Finally, standing still in front of the two people
  "Welcome back."

(End of this chapter)