It's just that... there isn't a big silver-white bird on any branch.
...
She slowly accepted the fact that Big Bird left.
She disposed of the puppets that she intended to keep as souvenirs for the rest of her life.
Then......
She forgot about Big Bird.
...
"Thinking about it now, my behavior at that time was actually a bit venting my anger."
The middle-aged woman smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I'm actually blaming Big Bird for leaving without saying goodbye..."
"It's obviously me..."
The middle-aged woman took a deep breath and said no more.
But it's just to vent your anger...
Part of the reason is probably time.
The big bird disappeared before her eyes.
But her life must go on.
As time passed, the big bird also disappeared from her memory.
…
"It is my fault."
The middle-aged woman's hands were tightly clasped together.
She was too immature at that time and hurt Big Bird.
Thinking about it now, she really felt regretful.
When she was a child, she worked so hard to find the big bird... following the feathers to find it again and again... chasing the big bird again and again...
Years of time together... a precious bond...
But they were all easily abandoned by my grown-up self.
If my childhood self knew this, I would have cried...
…
What happened cannot be changed.
No matter how upset you are, it won't help.
She thought she would never have a chance to make amends.
Because the big bird will never appear in front of her again.
But……
She looked at the young man in front of her, "Where is it?"
Her voice trembled slightly, "...I want to see it."
She still owes it an apology.
After so many years, she finally had the chance to say this to her.
…
"it……"
Xiao Xiao raised his eyes, his eyes passed over the middle-aged woman opposite, and landed on the big tree not far away.
"Why don't you come and meet her?"
The middle-aged woman was stunned.
This sentence... doesn't seem to be meant for her...
Suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, and she turned her head sharply.
Big bird!
…
The middle-aged woman's excited and eager look was slightly gloomy.
No... Big Bird.
She couldn't help but stand up and look around.
Still haven't seen the figure in my memory.
She reached out and pressed her temple.
The few movements just now were too violent, and now she felt a little dizzy after slowing down.
She held onto the seat next to her with one hand.
The disappointment and even a bit of sadness are a bit unbearable.
…
"Is it nearby?"
The middle-aged woman's voice was low.
He seemed to be asking the young man behind him, but also seemed to be just talking to himself.
"...It doesn't want to see me."
…
"We came here out of its will."
Xiao Xiao's words made the middle-aged woman's eyes suddenly light up slightly, "Really, really?"
"If not, why did we come to you?"
Just to listen to what another person involved has to say again?
The middle-aged woman's eyes are getting brighter and brighter.
That's right.
That’s right!
She is such an idiot!
Why haven't you understood such a simple truth?
If it weren't for Big Bird's request, why did they come to her?
You can just listen to it as a story.
etc!
A guess in her mind made the middle-aged woman look strange.
"Have you heard the story about me and Big Bird?"
"You...can you understand Big Bird's speech?"
At the end of the sentence, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but have a ridiculous look on her face.
…
Meng Jixi looked at Xiao Xiao.
This issue has nothing to do with him.
Not to mention that he understood, he couldn't even look at the other party.
…
Xiao Xiao smiled, "It can talk."
"……ah?!"
The middle-aged woman opened her mouth and blurted out, "I've never heard it speak!"
Can it actually talk?
So... that is to say, does it understand everything she told it?
…
"It never spoke to me..."
The excitement faded away, and a deep sense of melancholy spread from the corners of the middle-aged woman's eyes and eyebrows.
"Yeah?"
"It turns out it can talk..."
Why... never talk to her.
If it talked to her, then... everything would be different, right?
…
"You have to ask it."
Xiao Xiao's words made the middle-aged woman subconsciously cover her mouth.
Did she just say everything on her mind?
That's too embarrassing...
But soon, her attention was attracted by the meaning of this young man's words.
"Ask it?"
"Does it want to see me?"
The middle-aged woman couldn't help but breathe a little faster because of this guess.
…
"Let's change places."
Xiao Xiao stood up.
"Find a place convenient for you to meet."
…
"oh oh!"
The middle-aged woman nodded understandingly.
She pursed her lips tightly to suppress her overly intense emotions.
But her movements still revealed a bit of her unstable mood.
"Stab~"
The chair legs made a screeching sound as they scraped against the ground.
At that moment, the middle-aged woman almost felt that her heart was about to jump out of her throat.
…
The middle-aged woman was embarrassed and flustered and smiled at the people around her who were attracted by the strange noise and looked over.
His face turned red.
…
"Are you OK?"
The young man's concern actually made the middle-aged woman feel even more embarrassed.
Xiao Xiao smiled slightly, "Then let's go."
"Do you have any recommendations?"
The middle-aged woman subconsciously followed Xiao Xiao's words and started thinking.
The chaotic heartbeat slowly calmed down.
Recommended place…
A suitable place for her to meet Big Bird...
To be hidden...
Although people nowadays value privacy, they have to find a place where they can isolate themselves from the outside world...
"ah!"
The middle-aged woman's eyes lit up.
"I see!"
She thought of a perfect place.
"follow me."
The middle-aged woman walked in a hurry.
The high heels collided with the ground, making a crisp sound.
…
The place the middle-aged woman was talking about was a floor of the building where she worked.
Different from other floors, the decoration is exquisite, with the nameplates of each company hanging on it.
This empty, low space has only vertical and horizontal steel bars.
There is no one else but them.
…
"There will be no problem here."
Middle-aged woman smiles.
Meng Jixi glanced around.
It is indeed a suitable place to say things that are not convenient for others to hear.
…
"that……"
The middle-aged woman looked at Xiao Xiao.
After the conversation just now, she also realized that she still had to ask this young man about Big Bird.
The young man next to me seems to be just a companion.
"Big Bird..."
The middle-aged woman wanted to speak but stopped.
…
Xiao Xiao walked to the window.
The seemingly heavy glass was easily pushed away by him.
He looked up.
The silver-white feathers shine brightly in the sunlight...