Spirited Away Future Edition

The train was running in the quiet and black night sky. There were only a few people sitting in the car. Chihiro was sitting on a seat by the window with a bag in hand. An old man came up from the temporary station and stood beside Chihiro. She stood up at the right time and asked the old man to sit down. The man thanked Chihiro. The black car window reflected Chihiro's face, big and round eyes, skin like fat-free tender tofu, slender and listless.

"Where is the little girl from?" The old man sitting on one side asked Chihiro.

"I live in Ximilian village."

"The terminal." The old man said slowly, looking into the distance, and pointed to the almost invisible dark place in front of him, and said to Chihiro, "Do you know where that is?"

Qian Xun looked in the direction of the old man's finger, and saw a darkness without any light, so she shook her head and heard the old man say: "It is a shallow lake, but although it is a lake now, it will become a lake in a short time. It’s land. The government is planning to fill the lake and build a playground. The owner of the lake has lived there for thousands of years, and now he is suddenly displaced. How can I not be sad? I’m going to see him off Procedure."

Chihiro's eyes widened, and she suddenly knelt down and grabbed the old man's arm: "Grandpa." She held the old man's arm tightly and asked, "Where will the lake master go? If there is no place to live, the lake master Where will it go?"

The old man turned his head to look at her, his face was wrinkled with a smile, and there were few teeth left. He looked at Chihiro, his eyes were narrowed, he seemed to be looking at her but he didn't seem to be looking at her, and asked: " Do you want to go too, little girl? That is a place prepared for the wandering gods who have no place to live, little girl, why would you go there if you have a family?"

"I'm looking for someone, no, I'm looking for a river owner who was filled up."

"That's it." The old man was still smiling, and there seemed to be no other expression in the wrinkles on his face except for a smile, Chihiro stared at him closely, and said, "Grandpa, tell me, how can I go to that place? "

The old man looked at the dark place in the distance again, and said, "Gods without a dwelling place will never come back after going there. Will you come back in the future?"

Chihiro opened her eyes wide, looked at the old man, and heard him say: "If you really go, but the person you are looking for is not there, you can neither come back nor continue to look for him. Maybe we will never see each other again.”

Chihiro let go of her hand, she lowered her head, her dejected appearance was reflected on the transparent glass window, and she murmured, "Can I never come back again?" The train stopped, and the old man's arm slipped out from between her fingers , towards the door.Chihiro still kept her head down until the train reached the end and the bell rang.

Chihiro silently stood up from her seat, and walked towards home step by step. It was already late at night, and there were no lights except the street lights. She looked in the direction of her home. The light on the second floor was her mother. The lamp was left for her to go home late, but when she was on the train, she once wanted to go to that world, and for a moment, she wanted to go to that place.

Because the next day was the weekend, my mother cooked breakfast downstairs, and asked my father who was reading the newspaper at the dining table, "Is Qianxun up yet?"

"Well, the company party was very late last night. The child came back late and is still asleep. Don't disturb her."

After serving the breakfast, my mother sat across from my father and said, "I went to see a friend a few days ago, and we chatted after we haven't seen each other for many years. Colleague, her colleague's son is about the same age as our Chihiro, and it is said that he does not have a girlfriend yet, so he has been asking me to introduce us to Chihiro."

Dad read the newspaper while drinking coffee, and said casually: "The child is still young, and he just graduated and is at the age of serious work. It will not be too late to wait for a relationship for a few years."

"I just think, we Qianxun are too cute. We didn't have a boyfriend when we were in middle school, and we didn't have a boyfriend when we were in high school, and we still didn't have a boyfriend when we went to college. Isn't it too strange? Which girl is now like Qianxun?" I haven't talked about one or two boyfriends at this age, but we Chihiro seem to not care about this matter at all, isn't it too strange."

Dad still looked at the newspaper, showing disapproval, "Qianxun is still young, it will be fine when she grows up, growing up is a matter of a moment, it seems that the child is not ready yet."

Mom sighed and showed a determined look: "I've decided, this boy must be seen by Chihiro no matter what, she is already 23 years old now, how can she get married if she doesn't find a boyfriend."

Around noon, Chihiro came down from upstairs and saw her mother sitting in the living room watching TV, so she asked, "Where's Dad?"

"I was called by a friend to have a dinner party. There is something to eat in the refrigerator. What do you want to eat, Qianxun? Mom will warm it up for you."

"Let me do it." She took out fish and tofu soup from the refrigerator, put it in the microwave, and then served hot tea and hot rice on the dining table. When the fish was hot and served, her mother had already left in front of the TV. , and sat across from her, she still looked sleepy just waking up while eating rice, and heard her mother say: "I met a friend I haven't seen for many years a few days ago."

"A former colleague?" Chihiro asked.

"Yes, we haven't seen each other for many years. She knows that I have a daughter, and she also mentioned a colleague of hers who has a son who is about the same age as Chihiro and works in a big company. I wonder if I want you to meet some other day, maybe it's a good match."

Chihiro paused, she lowered her head, looked at the rice grains in the bowl, and said, "I don't want to see Mom."

"Why? From middle school to high school to university, I haven't seen you bring a boyfriend. Chihiro, do you not like boys, or some other reason, do you want your mother to take you to the hospital another day?"

Chihiro put down her chopsticks, looked at her mother and said, "No, I'm fine, I just don't want to see you, mother, please thank auntie for me."

She put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up from her seat and walked upstairs, and heard her mother say behind her: "It happens to be off tomorrow, Chihiro, let's go to the hospital."

Chihiro turned around, watched her mother approaching, and said with a firm expression, "Go to the hospital, mother is very worried." She shook her head, turned and walked upstairs, stopped at the corner, and came out. He said in a low voice, "May I trouble you to ask him to come out, can we meet tomorrow afternoon?"

The mother was very happy, and turned to the place where the phone was placed in the living room and said, "I'm going to make a call now. I heard from your aunt that the boy is very nice and looks good. You can meet tomorrow afternoon."