Back then, the girl wanted to introduce her friends to her family.
But what they got in return were looks of incomprehension from them.
They thought something was wrong with her.
Being questioned by everyone, she couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with herself?
She didn't dare to bring up the topic of tomb ghosts again.
"...I want to go visit the grave."
The girl murmured, "But that year, my father remarried."
"That woman doesn't like the country and insists on living in the city."
...
That woman...
The middle-aged man subconsciously thought that it seemed that the relationship between the girl and her stepmother was not good.
...
"We just moved."
The girl thought that she was like a transparent person in the family at that time, and no one cared about her thoughts.
She even learned about the move when she saw her family packing things.
"A lot happened that year."
"Grandpa suddenly fell ill and passed away."
The death of two relatives made the girl even more silent at that time, "Grandma's health is not good either."
"The old man has no way to continue visiting graves on the mountain."
"Dad is going to follow that woman to visit her father's grave."
"Mom has been forgotten..."
"I'm too young."
"There is no way that one person can go so far back to visit the grave."
"I don't know the exact location of my mother's grave either."
At that time, she was also suffocating in her heart.
There is a childish mentality that if you don’t talk to me, I won’t talk to you either.
She wanted to speak several times, but she still didn't ask where her parents' graves were.
"That was the first time I didn't see my mother after she left."
To this day, when talking about this incident, the girl still feels a little depressed.
"I went to junior high school that summer, and junior high school required me to live on campus."
"When I was taking the high school entrance examination, I also deliberately chose a school where I would live on campus."
"I spend most of my time at school."
"I don't like going home."
"I don't like that woman."
Now, she can express her thoughts calmly.
"That woman doesn't like me either."
"Although I was still a child at the time, children are actually far more sensitive than adults think."
"However, that woman didn't make things difficult for me, she just ignored me."
"...It's different from the way you treat me."
"That woman is very good to her brother."
"She knows that grandma is a precious little brother."
...
"In that same year, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl."
"Everyone is happy."
"I was even less taken seriously."
Thinking about how I pretended to be nonchalant even though I was very sad at that time, even though I have looked away from the girl now, I still feel a little depressed and uncomfortable.
She chose to live on campus because she didn't want to stay in such a home or see that woman.
She also doesn’t want to see family members who have become strangers to her.
...
"Now that I think about it, I was actually at fault at the time."
The girl murmured.
She was too sensitive at that time and was not a child who was good at expressing her emotions.
She would just keep her thoughts in her heart.
Then I was silently angry and sad.
How could she like this to people who already have average feelings for her?
If a girl with a cheerful personality had been in her position, maybe everything would have developed differently.
But...she is who she is.
Even though she was clumsy, she didn't want to change.
Now her relationship with her family is like familiar strangers.
The communication between them is more like a formulaic social interaction.
She doesn't think there's anything wrong with this.
On the contrary, this kind of relationship made her feel relaxed.
Will they also feel relaxed?
Anyway, besides her, the Chu family has three children.
There is no need to play the role of a loving father and a filial son with her.
...
"Sorry, I went off topic a lot."
The girl suddenly reacted.
She had never said these words to anyone, and she just said so much without knowing what was going on.
Maybe... the friend she thought was an imaginary friend turned out to be real... This fact surprised her so much.
She was a little overwhelmed.
She didn't doubt the man's words.
Even though it was incredible, everything the man said made her feel like she was listening to a fairy tale.
She also thought that the friends she met at her mother's cemetery were just her child's hallucinations.
Children are always full of imagination, aren't they?
However, it would be bad if you just indulge in your childhood imagination.
People always have to grow up.
...
"What about the next few years?"
It's hard for a middle-aged man to talk to an outsider about the girl's family affairs.
He thought that girls didn't need his opinion on this either.
The purpose of his search for the girl is to be a grave ghost.
The question he was wondering about was also related to the tomb ghost.
"You were too young to survive the first few years."
He understands this.
"At least, why don't you go and take a look before you go abroad?"
He could understand that the girl's family didn't visit the grave.
The girl made it very clear just now.
But what about girls?
She never went to visit the grave again.
At her current age, she is fully capable of sweeping graves by herself, isn't she?
From what he could see from the girl's attitude, she was obviously very close to and fond of his mother.
In this case, after so many years, why don't you go visit your mother and offer her a stick of incense?
That way, the tomb ghost won't have not seen the girl for so many years.
...
The middle-aged man didn't see that after he asked this question, a wry smile appeared on the girl's face.
"Yeah, why don't you go see your mother before going abroad..."
Just as the man wondered, there was a lot of trouble in the family that year, so it is understandable that she did not go to visit the grave.
In the following years, she was still young and could not travel alone, which is understandable.
But she is already in college, why doesn’t she go to her mother’s grave to pay homage?
"that is because......"
In fact, she planned to visit her mother during the summer vacation of her sophomore year in high school.
She started preparing very early.
She made many small flower baskets.
Her mother taught her how to make small flower baskets and dried flowers, and she always remembers them.
I haven't visited my mother for many years, and she wanted to bring more gifts.
And A Piao.
I wonder what A Piao is like?
Is she angry that she hasn't seen it in so many years?
She was a little uneasy.
Ah Piao likes the little flower basket she made very much.
Although Ah Piao has never said that, I don't know if Ah Piao has noticed it. Every time she looks at the little flower basket, her eyes narrow into a thin line.
He looked very happy.
As a flattering gift, she made many small flower baskets with different dried flowers.
Now, in addition to gypsophila, she also makes many other dried flowers.
Mom and Piao will be happy when they see these little flower baskets, right?