[Volleyball Boys] Moonlit Night

Lin Maoshu, Lin Xingning's grandfather, has been transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward, but he has not yet woken up and is in danger.

Lin Xingning sat on the chair beside the hospital bed, listening to his father and aunt quarreling quietly outside the door with a blank expression.

[I'm not talking about money, and I'm not short of dad's surgery fee, Lin Qinghe, have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a son?How many times have you been home since Reiko left?How many times have you seen Ning Ning living alone for so long?You weren't responsible for the New Year's kidnapping?Have you ever introspected? ]

[I will hire a nurse for Dad, and I will return to Canada when his condition is stable. ]

[Who won't hire a nurse?Also 'back' to Canada?You really call it home?The father was lying in the hospital and ignored, and the daughter was thrown to Japan to be raised by someone else?In the past two years, I didn't care if you were going to die or live. You haven't finished yet, have you? ]

[how about you?Are you for brother-in-law...]

……

——At first, the siblings were just discussing about taking care of the elderly, but later it turned into exposing each other's scars.

In fact, logically speaking, Lin Qinghe is worried that Lin Xingning will go to school alone, and should first consider letting her live with her sister's house, but her brother-in-law's life style is really chaotic, and Hoshino Reiko's parents passed away a long time ago, so they contacted her Reiko's close friend in her boudoir and her old classmate.

[Sister...] Lin Xingning's cousin Ruan Tong called her softly.

Her cousin was only one year younger than her, and even though he was a boy, he was a little shorter than her. Because of his parents, he lived in her house for a while when he was a child, and they had a good relationship.

Lin Xingning comforted him and said, "It's okay. ]

She stood up and opened the door of the ward. The two adults at the door were silent.

Lin Miao asked: [What happened to Ningning? ]

[Tongtong and I go out to buy some food. ] Lin Xingning didn't talk to his father either, and took Ruan Tong straight through the corridor to the elevator entrance.

The two of them sat on the bench downstairs in the inpatient department. Ruan Tong roughly told Lin Xingning about the situation at home during her absence. In fact, except for the accident of grandpa, she knew almost everything else. Same.

[I'm so sad, every day, whether it's at home or at school, I'm not happy doing anything... Grandpa still talks to me before, but now...] He lowered his head.

Lin Xingning was really not good at comforting others. He didn't know what to do to make him happier. Suddenly, the phone in his pocket vibrated "buzzing".

[I answered a call,] she saw that the caller ID was Yue Dao, she talked to Ruan Tong first, then got up and walked to the side to answer the phone, "Hello."

Asked over there: "Are you there?"

"It will be in the afternoon."

Tsukishima was a little dissatisfied: "Isn't it common sense to call or send a text message to report that you are safe after you arrive?"

"Hmm... sorry, I forgot, I will pay attention next time."

"There's no need to apologize..." Tsukishima sensed something was wrong with her, "Is something wrong?"

"Grandpa's condition is not very good." There are still many unhappy things... Lin Xingning asked instead, "Is Yue calling me for something?"

"Just to make sure you're here."

"I see, I know."

Through the phone, I couldn't see the other person's expression. Although she tried to answer in a brisk tone, Yue Dao still sensed something was wrong, hesitated for a while, and before the other party was about to say goodbye and hang up the phone, it was rare to say bluntly: "...I want to hear from you the sound of."

Lin Xingning didn't expect him to say such words, and after a while, he said softly: "I'm sorry, there is still something to do, I'll get back to you later."

After hanging up the phone, she looked at the call records on the phone screen for a while and made up her mind.

Tsukishima ended the phone call and was about to go back to training, but when he saw people sneaking around the door and had no time to avoid them, they hurriedly looked at the floor, and at the ceiling, all of them looked uncomfortable in their necks, and walked around with a guilty conscience Random glances.

Going home after practice, Tsukishima walked into the living room and found his mother sitting at the dining table flipping through the family photo album.

"Firefly is back? There's food left in the fridge, let's warm it up and eat it."

"……OK."

That guy was not at home, and the quality of life suddenly dropped, Tsukishima complained in his heart, and then went to the kitchen to heat up the meal.

When he came out with dinner, he saw her mother was still flipping through the photo album: "What are you looking at?"

"Xing Ning is not here, I feel a little lonely, I want to look for the photos with Reiko before, and then I am fascinated by them." Yue Dao's mother traced old photos with her fingertips, "I really miss it."

Tsukishima also glanced at it, and then he saw a solo photo of a little girl, sitting on the sofa in a well-behaved manner, holding a rabbit puppet, looking at the camera with a sweet smile—although people have the same appearance since they were young There were changes, but there were basically traces to follow. He recognized Lin Xingning at a glance.

"How come there are photos of her when she was a child?"

Is it—

"Reiko sent it to me," Tsukishima's mother announced the correct answer, "I also sent your photos to Reiko."

...It turned out that it wasn't the origin of the two meeting each other when they were young.

Tsukishima's mother flipped through the photo album and introduced him to Hoshino Reiko, Lin Qinghe and some young friends.As she talked, she remembered the past: "Speaking of which, I even joked with Lingzi before and made a baby kiss in private, for Xingning and your brother."

"Why brother?" His tone was unconsciously filled with dissatisfaction. Shouldn't this kind of age be similar?

"Because I feel that Yingying was too naughty when I was a child, and Mingguang will take care of others." Said this incident can be regarded as a small temptation. Seeing her son's reaction like this, she finally confirmed it, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "So Do you bother?"

Tsukishima was aware of his mother's teasing, and uncomfortably pretended to concentrate on eating without answering.

Yue Dao's mother was in a good mood and told him to remember to wash the dishes after eating and go back to his room first.

Seeing his mother close the door, Yue Dao immediately found one of the photo albums from memory, turned to Lin Xingning's photo, and took a photo with his mobile phone.

"You can make fun of her when that guy comes back."

Just for that.

...Although, when she was a child, she was still a little cute.

...well, it's cute.

Lin Qinghe and Lin Miao stayed in bed at night, Ruan Tong had to go to class the next day, and his father took him back to the next city.

Lin Xingning went back to his house to sleep. Although there was no one living in that house, there were still hourly workers who came to clean it regularly, so that he would not sleep in a bed full of dust and musty smell.Her room remained the same as when she left, it hadn't changed at all.

Lin Xingning opened a small box on the desk, which contained some round beads with different degrees of damage and some metal parts.

She had a quarrel with Ruan Tong before.

Her younger brother often complains about many things, but doesn't change himself.In the past, she was afraid that it would destroy their relationship, so she would only comfort him feebly and say that everything would be fine, and she would give him suggestions after the first real analysis.

Then, as expected, Ruan Tong felt that his sister, who had been caring and accommodating to him all this time, had also betrayed him. She only talked about some big principles and didn't understand him, so she really quarreled.

Lin Xingning sat down, touched the metal bell in the box with his fingers, and fell into self-doubt.

But she didn't stay in that emotion for too long, and quickly found the pajamas in the closet to take a shower.

After taking a shower, I had another phone call with Tsukishima before going to bed. The two of them didn't talk much, but just listening to each other's breathing made them feel at ease.

"It's time to go to bed, Yue will have morning exercises tomorrow."

"OK, good night."

After hanging up the phone, she let out a slow breath.

[Ningning, how are you doing now? ] On the hospital bed, Lin Maoshu half sat up, took off the oxygen mask, and asked Lin Xingning like this.

[Very good, I have made many friends, Aunt Tsukishima and brother are very kind to me. ]

[Yeah?That's good that's good. ] He smiled for a while, and gradually became full of melancholy, [Although I am worried about Tongtong, I really don't have so much energy. ]

Lin Xingning didn't know how to respond.

[Be good, Ningning, be good...]

Lin Xingning opened his eyes, picked up the vibrating phone, and the caller ID was Lin Miao: [Hello?aunt. ]

[Ningning... Grandpa is gone...]

Even if you don't want to accept it, no matter who it is, after death, it will only turn into a pile of loess, put it in a small jar, and put it in the grave, in order to bear the longing and pain of the living.

Lin Xingning stood aside after taking incense, and felt his sleeves being pulled for a while, and turned around to see Ruan Tong, whose face was full of tears: [What's wrong? ]

[…] Ruan Tong hesitated for a while, choked up and apologized, [I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that about you yesterday...]

[it does not matter. ] She was really relieved at this time.

After the funeral, Lin Xingning packed his things and took a taxi with Lin Qinghe to the airport.

It was quiet, neither of them had anything to say.

After a long time, Lin Xingning said: [I am very happy to go to school in Wuye, Auntie Yuedao is also very kind to me, she often talks about my mother... If you have a vacation sometime, you can also come and see it. ]

[Oh well. ]

The short conversation between father and daughter ended like this. When the taxi arrived at the airport, Lin Xingning first checked in and boarded the plane: [Goodbye, Dad. ]

[goodbye. ]

Lin Xingning returned to Yuedao's house at [-] o'clock in the evening. She has never had the habit of reporting her safety or notifying others. When she walked into the house with her suitcase, she was scolded by Yuedao's mother: "Why didn't you call in advance? It's so late How dangerous it is for people to ride in a car!"

"Well... sorry." She scratched her head in embarrassment and apologized.

"Go and put your luggage first, I'll cook something to eat."

Lin Xingning habitually wanted to carry the suitcase upstairs by himself, but was stopped by Yuedao's mother who came back: "Can't you move it by yourself?"

"It's okay, I can do it myself..." Although she brought autumn and winter clothes when she returned to China this time, it was a bit heavy, but it was still within the range she could carry.

"Firefly, come down!" Yuedao's mother shouted upstairs.

Yue Dao quickly opened the door. When he went downstairs and saw Lin Xingning, his first reaction was to frown and ask, "Why didn't you call in advance when you came back?"

"I'm sorry, I got it, I'll pay attention next time." She apologized in a low voice, and followed Yuedao upstairs who helped her carry the suitcase.

He seemed a little unhappy: "Did you say you would pay attention last time?"

"Ah."

Before she apologized for the second time, Yue Dao said: "Since I feel that I did something wrong, I should remember it better."

Lin Xingning watched him put the suitcase at the door of his room, and remembered what he said when he called him before.

That's something Tsukishima is not good at, and he's not used to saying it. He can't express such soft emotions verbally, probably because he's worried about himself.

She felt that she should be more honest, and hesitated for a while: "In the past, if I had such a habit, I would feel sad when I realized that no one at home was waiting for me."

Yue Dao froze for a moment, then turned to look at her. This was the first time in his memory that Lin Xingning voluntarily said that he used to feel lonely living alone.It was as if a soft spot in my heart had been bumped, and I felt sore: "... now and in the future, there will be."

"Well... I'll remember it later."

"Let's go eat."

"Ok."

Lin Xingning put the suitcase back in the room and went downstairs to eat.

Tsukishima's mother originally planned to wait for her to go home to cook a big meal, but she didn't say in advance that she would come back today, so there were only noodles.While eating the noodles, she roughly talked about her grandfather's affairs, leaving aside the troublesome things.

After eating, I was about to wash the dishes, but was stopped by Yue Dao's mother: "Go back and pack your luggage first, let me do the washing."

Compared with Yue Dao's treatment, this is her real daughter.