"Digimon 04" Like Water and Clear Song

Kotoe is not used to her current position.According to common sense, her position should be on the hospital bed, not the chair beside the hospital bed.In addition, the person who is currently lying on the hospital bed is Kouichi.This made her even less aware of what to say in order to break the stiff atmosphere at the moment.

"Qin Hui." A gentle male voice interrupted her contemplation.Qin Hui raised her head in bewilderment, and met Shang Huiyi's peaceful eyes on her.Catching her gaze, Keiichi curled the corners of his mouth bitterly, at this moment, it seemed that he couldn't find any other words besides calling out her name.

There was some confusion in Qin Hui's eyes, and then she quickly avoided the opportunity to make direct contact with his eyes, and said awkwardly: "You are fine, that's great." She didn't know what to say, and after thinking for a long time, she also Only squeezed out this sentence.The joyful emotions disappeared bit by bit, leaving behind a lot of confusion and melancholy for some reason.

She didn't see the boy's pupils on the hospital bed dimming little by little.

Keiichi had imagined what Kotoe would look like after seeing him wake up again, during the brief time alone.He guessed that the girl might rush into the ward angrily, regardless of her image, and then blushed and tried all the angry words that could be used until he smiled wryly and apologized again and again.

However, she did not do so.

Kotoe just sat upright on the chair with a certain distance from the hospital bed, looking in other directions with a cautious expression.Her eyes were still red and swollen, but she tried her best to keep her face sullen, as if she didn't want him to notice that her emotions had burst.

Keiichi never thought that he would be able to wake up again.He was ready to leave everything behind, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he would be able to return to the world he was familiar with again.However, he didn't know what he missed in the lost time, so that Kotoe and him were in the same room, but there was an exaggerated gap between them in vain.

Or because, she has already...

Keiichi lowered his eyes sadly, the quilt in his palm was pinched and wrinkled at some point.

"Isn't this good?" Kotoe's voice attracted him to look up again, but he saw that the girl was still in the previous posture, avoiding his sight and unwilling to look at him, "In this case, the agreement in the Digimon world at that time, Shouldn't it count?" She let out a sigh of relief, as if she had let go of a heavy burden.

Hui's face turned pale for a moment, and he looked at Kotoe in disbelief, as if he didn't understand what she said at all.

Qin Hui didn't realize it, and continued: "Actually, it's more appropriate to entrust Huiji with matters related to aunt..." After saying this softly, Qin Hui bit her lower lip abruptly, her eyes unconscious drifted elsewhere.

"Hui, two..." Hui Yi said the name silently, and then there was a "buzz" in his head.Some vague memories flitted through his mind for no reason, "Kuji..." He read it again, and there was a bit more self-deprecating emotion.

It's just that Qin Hui at this moment has no time to analyze the hidden emotional changes in his voice.

At this time, the door of the ward was opened, and the figure of Aunt Kimura appeared outside the door of the ward.She was panting slightly, and her usually meticulously braided hair looked a little messy at this moment, it could be seen that she rushed from her work place to the hospital in Shibuya immediately after hearing the news.

Kotoe stood up almost reflexively, making room for Aunt Kimura.

Aunt Kimura slightly bent the corners of her mouth when she passed her, and after Kotoe bowed slightly, she walked to Huiichi's hospital bed with a worried expression to check his condition.

Seeing Huiyi trying to comfort her mother with a gentle smile as usual, Kotoe secretly breathed a sigh of relief and retreated to the corner of the ward.She took out her phone from her pocket and glanced at the time, wondering if it was appropriate for her to leave.It's just that when she thought that her sister might still be very angry, she hesitated and wanted to continue nesting in the corner of the ward.

However, Kotoe accidentally glanced at the door of the ward when she put away her mobile phone.She was surprised to find that there was another person standing there, looking at her in the corner of the ward with a blank expression.

Shimizu Wue folded her arms and stared at her sister steadily.

"Sister, sister..." Qin Hui avoided Wu Hui's gaze in a panic, and shouted reluctantly.

"Miss Kirie..." Even Huiyi, who was lying on the hospital bed, noticed Kirie standing at the door of the ward.Almost instantly, he remembered what Kotoe had said to him in the Digimon world, and scrambled to speak, "Miss Wue, that..."

"Kiichi, take a good rest today." When facing Huiyi, Kirie's stiff facial lines softened a lot, "Aunt Kimura is worried..." Seeing the expression on the face of the boy on the hospital bed, With a strong expression of guilt, Wue shook his head, and then waved to Qine, "Okay, Kotoe, let's go home."

After leaving the hospital, the two walked towards the station one after the other.

Kotoe has been following Wue, secretly looking at her sister's back.It's just that Wue has been walking two steps away from her, so that she can't see the expression on Wue's face at all.Looking at such a big sister, Qin Hui suddenly felt that she couldn't even say a word of those words that she had brewed in the Digimon world.

"What's going on?" In the end, it was Kirie who broke the silence first.It's just that in the process of asking questions, she still continued to walk forward on her own, with no intention of turning back at all.

Kotoe took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "Well, Huiichi, he accidentally fell down the stairs at Shibuya Station." Naturally, I can't tell my sister the so-called truth, even if I say it, my sister I probably wouldn't believe it either.That's why Takuya and others discussed with her what kind of rhetoric to use to cope with the family's interrogation.The result of the discussion is that they only plan to tell a part of the real world, omitting everything they experienced in the Digimon world.After all, half-truths — which aren’t really lies at all — are the hardest to spot.

Unexpectedly, Kirie who heard this answer suddenly turned around.Her brows were already tightly knit together, and she asked in a cold voice: "I'm not asking Huiyi, I'm asking you..." She pulled Kotoe over and patted the dust on her clothes vigorously, "You What's going on, made yourself look like this... Could it be that you fought with others again?"

"If that's the case, then I'm afraid I'm still in the operating room and haven't come out yet." Before the words finished, Qin Hui covered her mouth with her hands in embarrassment.She couldn't control her temper again, and talked back to her sister.

Sure enough, Kotoe's words made Wue give her another hard look.But soon, a helpless smile appeared on her tense face: "You bastard, really..." She took out a snow-white handkerchief from her pocket, and wiped the scratches and scratches on Kotoe's cheek vigorously. Traces of dust.

"Sister, sister..." Wue's actions made Qine freeze in place, and let Wue help her wipe the dirt off her face in a daze.

"Fortunately, it's okay this time," Wue sighed for a long time, "There will be no next time, you know?"

Rarely, Qin Hui didn't speak stubbornly, but nodded heavily.

Simply slapping off the dust on Kotoe's body, Wue put the handkerchief in his pocket.She was keenly aware that Qin Hui felt a little different after this short "run away from home", but she couldn't tell those subtle differences for a while, so she had to give up continuing to ask about this topic for the time being.

Since her parents left, the distance between her and Kotoe began to grow farther and farther.The memory of the younger sister with a sweet smile has begun to fade, replaced by a girl who has become more withdrawn and silent.Kirie didn't understand what Kotoe was thinking more and more.She wants to find out.But the similar proud and stubborn personality made Kotoe show more resistance, and quarrels often occurred between the two.

Wue always felt that she didn't even know her little sister as well as the boy who was lying in the hospital at the moment.But she was always convincing herself that there was at least one person in this world who could make Kotoe open her heart.

But the conclusion is that, as a sister, she is presumably remiss.

So, when Kotoe stepped forward quickly and grabbed her arm, Wue was still a little dazed.She turned her head slightly, watching Qin Hui grabbing her arms with both hands, and burying her face in her sleeves.

"Sister..." Wu Hui trembled faintly when she heard Qin Hui's voice, "I'm sorry. I'm too willful."

Wue suddenly felt that her sister seemed to have really changed.But she hadn't recovered from the shock of this cognition, but she heard Qin Hui, who was still holding her arm, continue to say: "Sister, I miss you so much."

For a moment, Kirie wanted to ask impulsively what happened in this short period of nearly three hours.However, before she could speak, she changed to a low sigh.She stretched out her other hand, patted Qin Hui's hair, and said in a rare soft tone: "Okay, Xiaoqin, let's go home."

The head buried in her arms nodded slightly, but said nothing else.

When Wue woke up the next morning, she found Kotoe sitting on a small bench in the corner of the kitchen in a daze.The steamer and casserole around her had already risen to a curl of hot air, and the tempting aroma spread in the kitchen along with the hot air.Kirie glanced at the chopping board aside, and found that Kotoe had already cleaned up the rest of the ingredients.Now she just hugged her knees, staring directly at a small piece of ground in front of her eyes, unconsciously in a daze.

After all, it is a Chinese restaurant at home, and the oil fume in the kitchen is relatively heavier.Therefore, the time when Qin Hui entered the kitchen was also strictly controlled.Kirie couldn't remember the last time Kotoe went to the kitchen to cook and steam dim sum.From the steam and aroma that filled the kitchen, she guessed that Kotoe had been busy here for some time.

"So early?" At that moment, Wue suddenly felt a little jealous of the boy lying in the hospital.

Hearing Kirie's voice, Kotoe's expression seemed to have just woken up from a dream. "Sister." She called softly, stood up from the small bench, and then ran to the casserole as if thinking of something, to check the situation of the food.

Wue watched from the side as she poured the cooked porridge into a thermos cup, and neatly put the steamed buns into another container, and then asked casually, "Going to the hospital today too? "

After returning home yesterday, she was still a little worried, so she called Aonuma Aiko to inquire about Huiichi's situation, and only then did she get a general idea of ​​Huiichi's situation.The details are the same as Kotoe said: she fell down the stairs of the station, but miraculously survived.If no sequelae are found after the two-day hospital observation, you can be discharged from the hospital.

However, Aiko still revealed to her some rumors that were only circulated among the few doctors who were in the operating room at that time: for example, Huiyi had no heartbeat after being sent to the hospital, but after Kotoe and After several other children of her age broke into the operating room, Huiyi miraculously "lived"; for example, the doctors vaguely saw the dirt and scratches on the clothes and faces Bursts of unbelievable light burst out from the child's hand, as if it was these lights that saved the boy who had already half-stepped into the gate of hell.

Besides, Aiko seemed to have something else to say.It's just that in the end Aiko hesitated to speak, but instead told her that it would be better for her to ask Qin Hui about some things.

When she put down the receiver, Kirie still felt a little confused.When passing by Qin Hui's room later, she only saw the closed door.Qin Hui looked very tired after returning, so she said good night to her early.She didn't expect Kotoe to get up so early, probably because she was still thinking about delivering food to Huiyi.

"En." Qin Hui responded, and put the insulated lunch box into the matching lunch bag, "I will go for two hours, and I will come back to the store at noon to help." As usual, Qin Hui Before going out, she would tell Wue when she was going out.And regarding the limit of this promise, she has always strictly abided by it.

"Qin Hui." Qin Hui quickly packed up the cooking utensils.When she was about to pack her lunch bag and go out, she heard Kirie calling to stop her.

Kirie turned sideways, and there was not much emotion on his face.Although Kirie was still wearing pajamas at this time, under her sister's scrutinizing gaze, Kotoe still looked away guiltily.

Wue naturally asked the question hidden in his heart: "What happened yesterday?"

My sister must have noticed something.

Qin Hui pursed her lips, and the excuses that were quickly woven in her mind were quickly denied by her one by one.In the end she could only remain awkwardly silent.When she couldn't tell a lie, this was the best way she could think of to deal with it.

"Kuichi, why did you go to Shibuya Station? How could a child with his personality recklessly fall down the stairs?" Wue continued to ask, completely unaware that her question had actually deviated from the The point of Kotoe's concern, "And you, how come you happen to be at Shibuya Station?"

Qin Hui secretly raised her eyes and glanced at her sister, then quickly lowered her eyelashes to hide the emotions that almost leaked from her eyes.But there are some things that my sister will always know, so she doesn't intend to hide anything.

"That's because..." Qin Hui curled her lips bitterly.The existence of Kouji, this matter is more suitable as an answer and reason than her experience in the Digimon world, but just telling this fact is much more difficult than she imagined, "Because Kouichi... ..."

A heavy emotion weighed on Qin Hui's heart.She gritted her teeth, and finally said it: "Kuichi, he met a twin brother who looks exactly like him at the Shibuya station!" After finishing speaking, she looked up at Wue, looking at her sister's face as expected. With a surprised expression on his face.

"So..." She wanted to say something, but finally found that there was no need to say more.So in a somewhat awkward atmosphere, Qin Hui closed her mouth and stared down at the lunch box she was holding in her arms.For a moment, Kotoe felt that the way she held the lunch box was stupid.And through the gap of the bento bag, she saw the cartoon bear pattern on the lid of the lunch box grinning heartlessly, as if laughing at the fact that she was about to return to being alone again.

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