[Net King] Winter Snow

The street under the night looked very deserted, only the street lamps stood upright on the concrete road, and under the bright yellow light, a hazy circle of light stretched the shadow of Uemura Yuriko obliquely.The girl walked slowly and feebly step by step, her uniform shoes rattled on the ground, the cold wind of late winter whizzed by, and the air she inhaled made Uemura Yuriko's throat feel cold.

This was probably Yuriko Uemura's worst day in the past 15 years, except for the time her father was taken away by the police.

The red and swollen eye sockets were still full of warm tears. The girl wiped her face again and again in the woolen uniform cardigan. In the end, only the cuffs and face that became a little dirty were left. After the second time, a large red skin peeled off with a dull pain.

The biting night wind blew up Yuriko Uemura's hair, and the pair of black eyes under her bangs could no longer distinguish any emotions.Walking to the apartment building in such a daze, the girl with twin ponytails even staggered a big step forward when she walked up the stairs, almost falling through the gap in the iron stairs.Patting the dusty uniform skirt on her body, Yuriko Uemura rolled off her high stockings and found that there was indeed a large bruise on her knees.

Rubbing the place where she fell sorely, the girl was about to pick up the uniform bag, then she turned around and sat on the stairs as if she remembered something.Clasping her knees with her hands, the cold iron stairs through the uniform skirt lowered Yuriko Uemura's body temperature.She rested her head on her knees, her eyes were empty as if she was recalling something, and it took a long time before she moved.The girl on the stairs suddenly lowered her head and buried her face in the small area surrounded by her arms and knees. If you look carefully, you can still see the slight shaking of her shoulders, which is probably caused by her breathlessness when she is choked up. Amplitude.

The weather at the end of February was not considered warm, and the temperature at night made people shiver.Uemura Yuriko hugged her knees tightly, trying to absorb some warmth, the dried tears on her face made her skin feel dry and tingling.

The girl didn't know how her mother would react when she saw her crying and miserable appearance if she went home now.If she asked, what kind of words should I use to respond.The person Yuriko Uemura has loved for so many years is the culprit that caused her to be in such a situation. The girl doesn't want to admit it and let others know about it. Especially if the person is her mother, the other person may feel better than her How many.

The lost girl still remembers that when she was in elementary school, she used an innocent smile to tell her mother that she fell in love with a boy in the same grade. At that time, Uemura Ami was still a young congressman's wife, and her hands were bare. With calloused hair and no silver-gray hair at the temples, the virtuous woman patted her head gently, saying, "The person Yuriko likes must be a very good boy."

Yes, yes, Genichiro Sanada is indeed very good.

So good that she personally sent her father to prison.

She still remembers that she would tell her mother about any emotional things since then. Uemura Ami always smiled and listened quietly. Her mother witnessed her feelings for Genichiro Sanada, and she herself He said all the good things about each other in front of his mother.But now, it was this boy who she said had no flaws, which caused their mother and daughter's life to be so difficult.

How could she open her mouth about this kind of thing.

The night wind blowing on the body no longer felt the cold, and the body seemed to be numb, and he couldn't feel anything.Uemura Yuriko didn't know how long she had been sitting here, and when she looked up, even the light source on the top of the stairs was already on.

"Kacha." There was a sound of opening the door from the inner side of the corridor on the second floor. Before Yuriko Uemura could turn her head, she heard her mother's anxious voice, "Why haven't you come back yet? Don't worry about something... ..."

Accompanied by Uemura Ami's words were her hurried footsteps. When Yuriko Uemura turned her head, she saw the other party standing at the stairs with a worried face on her face. In the dark night, she could only see a rough outline, but those pair of The anxiety in the eyes is so conspicuous.

The girl just stared at her mother blankly, unable to say a word.She thought she should explain why she didn't go back so late, instead she was sitting on the stairs outside the apartment, blowing the cold wind, but all the words seemed to be choked up in her mouth, and she couldn't speak, only the tear glands began to work slowly.

Yuriko Uemura felt that her appearance at the moment must be embarrassing and terrible.Dusty uniforms and dirty cuffs, red and swollen eye sockets and a sniffing expression.

Although I really want to say "I'm fine" to my mother, it doesn't look like I'm fine.

To the girl's surprise, Uemura Ami neither asked nor said anything, but walked to her side from the stairs silently.The other party took off his coat, gently draped it over Uemura Yuriko's body, and then patted her on the back.

"Go back." The female voice was a little unclear in the night wind, but Yuriko Uemura knew that this was the only harbor she had left.

The girl didn't say a word until after dinner. Such a silent atmosphere was obviously not what she wanted, but she couldn't say anything.I don't want to worry my mother, but the words "I'm fine" are too pretentious in this situation.

Uemura Yuriko undid her twin ponytails in front of the mirror, and the hair that had loosened for a moment looked a bit messy.The girl ran the comb several times but couldn't get rid of the entangled knots in her hair. Finally, she slid her hands through the hair from top to bottom. Along with the pain in the scalp, her hands were forcibly pulled Five or six black hairs down.She stared at the deformed hair in her hand for a long time before reaching out and throwing it into the trash can as if she finally came to her senses.

All words and deeds became sluggish for several beats as if they had been hit by a huge shock, Yuriko Uemura felt that she had lost any ability to deal with external things.Chu Liangxue shook her hand in front of the girl more than once during the conversation, but apart from Yuriko Uemura's forced smile of "Sorry I was distracted", there was no other answer to explain her abnormal state.

"Yuriko, are you really okay?" Asking the girl again, Chu Liangxue felt that the other party's state was not at all as normal as she said.

"It's okay, Chuliang." Shaking her head, Yuriko Uemura stretched her head slightly, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night, so don't worry."

"But..." Looking at Yuriko Uemura's faintly red eyes, Chu Liangxue didn't know whether she should expose the fact that Yuriko Uemura had been crying all night.

"It's just a little tired. I'm really fine." She smiled faintly at Chu Liangxue, and Yuriko Uemura's voice was a little weak.

Knowing that the other party was unwilling to explain, Chu Liangxue did not continue to pursue and ask.After three full days, Yuriko Uemura still showed no signs of improvement.

It’s not that she has no clue at all, the girl’s behavior is so abnormal these days that Chu Liangxue can more or less guess that it has something to do with Genichiro Sanada, and explained to the classmates, “Yuriko seems to have a bad cold recently. Chu Liangxue herself doesn't know how long this kind of lame excuse can hide from the people in the class.

Yesterday, when this girl who had always been cheerful and straightforward suddenly lay on the desk with her arms folded and her face buried, Chu Liangxue's heart skipped a beat.There were not too many people in the class at that time, but there were five or six pairs of eyes looking at Yuriko Uemura at the same time. Looking at Yuriko Uemura's trembling shoulders, Chu Liangxue hurriedly stood in front of the girl and turned her figure Covering it, he scratched his cheeks at the others, and said with a forced smile, "The exam is coming soon, Yuriko seems to be too tired from studying too much."

Although most people believed Chu Liangxue's words because of Yuriko Uemura's excellent grades, there were still one or two people who still looked at Chu Liangxue and Yuriko Uemura behind her with puzzled eyes, as if they wanted to explore Find out.In the end it was Nioh Masaharu who rescued the girl. The silver-haired boy deliberately dropped the pen case in his hand and made a loud noise, then half-jokingly said, "If everyone looks at my girlfriend, I am a real boyfriend. Will you be jealous?"

Chu Liangxue has been hiding her abnormal behavior for herself these past few days, it's not that Uemura Yuriko doesn't know about it, but she just can't get out of that depressed state of mind.Obviously she was still smiling and chatting with others one second, but the next second she was able to cry out without warning. All of this was because she hadn't really figured out how to let go, and couldn't accept the fact that it was crushing .

She felt that she needed an outlet to let all these bad feelings go, but without worrying those who mattered to her.This kind of emotion intensifies, and eventually Yuriko Uemura is about to be crushed. No matter how sensible she is, she is just a 15-year-old girl who is about to be promoted to the second year of junior high school.

In the physical education class that day, all the girls changed into sportswear and prepared to go to the playground to do warm-up activities. Yuriko Uemura and Chu Liangxue followed everyone's steps and walked out of the teaching building.Suddenly, the girl with twin ponytails turned around and ran in the opposite direction under the puzzled eyes of everyone.Before Chu Liangxue had time to react, she saw Genichiro Sanada walking in front of her.

The black-haired boy with the hat obviously paused after seeing Yuriko Uemura, but the resolute expression on his face did not change much.Walking with him was Seiichi Yukimura from Group C. The iris-haired boy looked at the direction Yuriko Uemura was running away with some puzzlement, as if he didn't understand why the girl who had been pestering Genichiro Sanada would After seeing Sanada, turn around and walk away.

Seeing Genichiro Sanada appear in front of her eyes, Chu Liangxue understood the reason for Yuriko Uemura's behavior just now.Almost without thinking, he took a step to catch up. The girl behind was still shouting "Chuliangsang, class is about to start", but the girl couldn't listen to a word. girl.

Before, she always thought that Yuriko Uemura's abnormality was just because her confession was rejected, but now after seeing Genichiro Sanada's reaction, Chu Liangxue felt that everything might not be as simple as she imagined.Uemura Yuriko is not the kind of person who would be depressed for so long because her confession was rejected. There must be some deeper reason for the girl to lose her original vitality and cheerfulness—she couldn't leave Yuriko alone.

Chasing Uemura Yuriko all the way to the girls' restroom on the innermost side of the second floor, the bell rang for everyone to return to the classroom, and only Uemura Yuriko was crying in the toilet.Chu Liangxue stood at the door for several seconds, and finally chose to go in.

The girl standing there was crying sadly, her hoarse throat made a choked sound.Chu Liangxue looked at Yuriko Uemura distressedly, walked in front of her, and hugged her tightly into her arms.Yuriko Uemura, who was more than half a head taller than the black-haired girl, nestled on the girl's neck, and her uniform was wet little by little with tears.

Chu Liangxue patted the other party's back lightly while putting her hands on the back of Uemura Yuriko's head. She didn't know what she should say to comfort her at this moment, let alone her who was in a hot relationship with Masaharu Nioh. Comforting Yuriko Uemura may itself be a bad irony.

The girl in her arms was still crying, and Chu Liangxue could feel that the other party was holding onto her shoulders tightly, with all the weight of her head resting on her shoulders, she lowered her head as if she didn't want her to see her crying appearance.

Uemura Yuriko kept crying for a long time before she gradually lost her voice.Chu Liangxue felt that the other party's body no longer had the tremor of choking, and slowly tightened her arms to hug Uemura Yuriko even tighter. The thread said in Uemura Yuriko's ear, "Good boy, Yuriko, it's all right now."

"...I'm sorry," Uemura Yuriko leaned on Chu Liangxue's shoulder, and after a long silence, she said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry for making you worry for so long."

The girl gradually lowered her eyebrows and shook her head slightly, "It's okay." Her expression seemed to be because her friend had finally figured it out, and she was a little relieved.

Later that day, Uemura Yuriko told Chu Liangxue everything.She thought she really needed someone to tell her everything, instead of forcing herself to swallow all the pain alone.

Ever since her father was forced to leave her, Yuriko Uemura felt that she had become more and more fond of hiding everything, pretending to be good to everyone, to let others know that Yuriko Uemura is a person with a good character, good grades and a strong character Cheerful people ignore those who are willing to listen to their miserable past and share the energy for themselves.

In February of this year, it finally ended in the exam where most people wailed but a few people were determined to win. Yuriko Uemura, who had been sitting first in her year group since she entered school, also fell to third place in her year class unfavorably.

Holding the scholarship from Lihai Daihatsu, Chu Liangxue was still looking at the girl worriedly as if she didn't know what to say, while Yuriko Uemura beside her smiled relaxedly, and said before the other party, "No Showing such a strange expression, it’s better to get something than not to get it, I thought it would definitely fall out of the top three in my age group.”

"But Yuriko said that she wanted to use this scholarship to pay for the tuition and books for the second year of junior high school..." Chu Liangxue looked a little troubled, as if she wanted to talk but was too embarrassed to continue.

"Well... I have to find another way." Shrugging, Yuriko Uemura knew that the other party was worried about herself, so she hurriedly ended the conversation and continued with a different topic. She pointed her index finger on her chin, her expression pretending to be helpless Said, "Speaking of which, Liu Sheng's grades are getting better and better, and he's also showing off in the student union. Really... Boys are really smarter, damn it!"

Seeing Yuriko Uemura finally recovering her vitality, Chu Liangxue couldn't help laughing, "Puchi."

"Wow, Chu Liang, you are still laughing at me! Isn't it too much?" Unexpectedly, the girl next to her would laugh out loud, Yuriko Uemura's eyes widened exaggeratedly, and she pursed her mouth in dissatisfaction.

"But that Liusheng-kun is indeed very famous, and he is the number one in his age group. Maybe he is really smarter than Yuriko?" Chu Liangxue covered her mouth and started to laugh.

"People who hang red flags in English this time are not qualified to say that about me!" The girl who was so angry stretched out her hands to pinch both sides of Chu Liangxue's cheeks, and pulled them out forcefully.

"Save... Yuriko stop! I was wrong!!!"

"It's too late to admit your mistakes! Hmph!"

The weather outside the teaching building is still extremely cold, even at the beginning of March, which has already entered spring, there is no improvement.The large expanse of pale tones makes people feel lifeless, and even the windows in the aisle are still covered with a vague layer of ice fog and water vapor.

Yuriko Uemura felt that she should hate this biting season. After all, every event that upended her life happened in this pale season, but looking at the cherry blossoms outside, the small, small The girl didn't know why, but suddenly felt a little warmth and hope in this cold weather.