There was a cry in the little girl's voice, "Can you come out?"
"Small-"
"ah!"
The child cried out in pain.
Without noticing, her toe hit the corner of the table.
Instantly, heartbreaking pain swept through his whole body.
"It hurts, it hurts..."
The little girl fell on the bed and curled up.
Tears flowed down his face.
...
"Sissi?"
"Sissi, what's wrong with you?"
The mother who heard the commotion walked into the room and was a little panicked when she saw her daughter huddled up on the bed.
She hurriedly ran over and helped her daughter up, "Sissi, what's wrong?"
"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere on your body?"
"Sissi?"
Mother's concern is like the last straw that breaks the little girl's persistence.
"Wow~"
She burst into tears.
Howling loudly.
Full of grievance and sadness.
There are still doubts and confusions.
...
The little girl's father also walked in.
"What's wrong with Sissy?"
The man touched the head of the little girl who was crying in her mother's arms, "Why are you crying so hard?"
"What's wrong with this kid?"
Dad looked at Mom.
Mom was confused and distressed, "I don't know."
"I cried suddenly."
"If you ask this kid, he won't say anything."
...
"In the end, I didn't tell my parents about Xiao Jin."
"Just telling them I hit my foot on the edge of the table."
"It hurts."
Thinking of the stunned expressions of her parents at that time, Hua's mother's eyebrows were slightly curved, but she revealed a bit of sadness, "Maybe it's because Xiao Jin said that my parents couldn't see it."
"Maybe it's just out of anger."
"I was very angry at that time when Xiao Jin left without saying goodbye."
"I feel like I'm not taken seriously and I feel like I'm being left behind."
"We just became friends..."
...
The mother poked the little girl's forehead in a funny way, "You kid, are you so squeamish?"
"I bumped my foot and cried so much that my mother thought something serious had happened?"
"You really scared your parents to death."
"Okay, stop crying."
"Mom has seen it and there's nothing wrong with your little feet."
The mother rubbed the little girl's feet.
The little girl blinked her eyes. The corners of her eyes were very hot. She grinned and said, "Well, it doesn't hurt anymore."
...
After a period of time, even if she felt angry, the little girl would still look in the direction of the piano cover when practicing the piano.
During my break, I would also walk around the piano room.
She deliberately left the window open, even though the weather was very hot.
Even her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, even sliding down her chin.
She still stubbornly refused to close the window.
She was worried, what if Xiaojin came and couldn't enter the house because of the closed window?
...
The little girl wondered, has Xiao Jin gone home?
Just like when she goes out to play, she will definitely go home when the time is up.
If I come home late, my mother will be angry.
...
Xiao Jin...did he go back too late that day, so Xiao Jin's mother was angry and didn't allow Xiao Jin to come out to play?
The little girl felt a little uneasy and remorseful.
It was because she kept pestering Xiao Jin that Xiao Jin stayed with her, but it was too late to go back.
She will definitely pay attention to the time next time.
But......
no more chance.
She never saw Xiao Jin again.
...
"He is a child after all."
Mother Hua smiled bitterly, "As time went by, I gradually forgot about this matter."
"But, when I heard Ayun talk about monsters, I suddenly remembered it."
"I have obviously forgotten it for so many years, but once I think about it, I find that I remember every detail of what happened that day clearly."
"I remember Xiao Jin's appearance and Xiao Jin's voice very clearly."
Mother Hua was silent for a while.
That figure, just like in her childhood fantasy, seemed to appear before her eyes again.
The butterfly wings fluttered slightly, and bits of broken light fell.
She is like Alice who has strayed into Wonderland.
Because of Xiao Jin, she reaffirmed her love for the piano.
Xiao Jin is her very important friend.
Even if they only get along for one day.
If possible, she really...would like to see Xiao Jin again.
Even if it is...
"monster."
Mother Hua murmured softly.
Then she raised her eyes and looked at the young man opposite, "Master Xiao, Xiao Jin... is a monster, right?"
"My parents can't even see Xiao Jin."
"Only I can see it."
"I was young and didn't think much about it..."
"Xiao Jin can talk, but he doesn't speak directly like us."
"It speaks in a telepathic way."
"I didn't hear its sound with my ears."
"But it's ringing in my head."
“It’s amazing.”
"It also has a pair of beautiful butterfly-like wings, which are transparent and have beautiful golden edges."
"Except for Xiao Jin, I have never seen such a beautiful...bug."
"Xiao Jin is not an ordinary creature."
"It's a monster...right?"
Mother Hua repeated her question again.
...
Xiao Xiao suppressed the thoughtful look on his face.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"I think...it should be."
"After all, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't draw a conclusion."
"But your description reminds me of a monster."
"What monster?"
Mother Hua blurted out and asked, with a bit of urgency in her voice.
"ephemera."
"ephemera?"
Hua's mother and Hua's father spoke in unison.
"Is it the mayfly we know?"
Father Hua asked.
"Although they are different, in some ways they are the same."
"Some aspects?"
I don’t know why, but Master Xiao’s words made Mother Hua feel a little uneasy.
"Life and death."
Xiao Xiao thought of the mayfly he met, and his voice became a little deeper, "They are the same in this regard."
"Morning life...twilight death?"
Mother Hua's voice was trembling.
A hint of understanding flashed across Father Hua's eyebrows, and there was a hint of sadness on his face.
"Um."
Xiao Xiao looked at Mother Hua's disbelieving face, looked at the faint hope in her eyes, and nodded.
Mother Hua's hands suddenly tightened and squeezed together.
"Xiao Jin...is...dead?"
She murmured in a low voice, but her voice was a little hoarse.
"how come?"
She couldn't believe it.
The reason why she told Master Xiao the memory she finally remembered after so many years today was to ask Master Xiao to help her find Xiao Jin.
She wanted to see Xiao Jin again.
That’s fine if I never thought of it.
Once she remembered it, she was a little surprised by her eagerness to meet.
She was full of expectations.
She hoped to get good news from Master Xiao, but unexpectedly, what she got...
But it's bad news.
Xiaojin is a mayfly.
The ephemera that lives and dies.
Xiao Jin is dead.
died......
Life and death...
In other words... Xiao Jin died next to her while she was sleeping.