HLnovel Chapter 292 Goodbye, Together
Chapter 292 Goodbye, Together
"Uh...what do you mean by forgetting you?" After a pause, I reached out to pull out the candle left in the cake.
Then take out the table knife that was placed aside, point it at the center area, and divide the round cake into five equal parts.
"Is it some new game?" I asked with a puzzled look on my face. "If that's the case, I feel a little bored with this game."
"Didn't I tell you not to just imitate those weird prank videos on the Internet? They are all scripted and very embarrassing."
"I'm telling you this from the bottom of my heart."
"So your brain circuits are really crooked." I put the biggest piece on the plate and pushed it to my friend. "Why did you make me lose my memory for no reason?"
"You know what I mean."
"I don't know, and I don't want to know." I scooped out a large piece of cake and put it in my mouth, squinting my eyes in satisfaction, and said, "It must be ice cream cake after all."
"Hey, listen to me."
I pretended not to hear.
"Sometimes, you are quite good at playing dumb."
"Shut up." I said bluntly, "Hurry up and eat the custom ice cream cake I bought in Kyoto after waiting in line for two hours, and then..."
"You know I can't taste a single bite." She blinked and interrupted me seriously.
The hand holding the fork loosened slightly, and the cream that I had just taken less than two bites of seemed a little greasy now.
"You're talking to a ball of air," she pointed out mercilessly, without any joking, pointing at her baby face and saying, "Look at me."
"The face hasn't changed, the height hasn't grown, and the local accent hasn't changed. It's not a ghost, not a monster, not a cursed spirit, just a silhouette in your memory."
"I suddenly remembered that there is a document that has not been submitted to the company." I pursed my lips, stood up and said to her, "Why don't you eat first, I will come back later."
"Hey, Suzuki Yuri, how long are you going to escape for?"
“…I’m not running away.”
"Every time you walk down the street with me, everyone looks at you strangely."
"It's ok."
"I often order a bunch of random things and pretend that I bought them for you."
"It's my own money, I can spend it however I want."
"You bought so many small clothes, but you can't wear them at all. They are just decorations."
"I don't care," I answered her. "Maybe one day I'll be smaller and fit into it."
"But........"
"No buts. None of this is a problem for me."
"But..." She still wanted to speak.
"You can't... You don't have the right to ask me to forget you." I suddenly became excited, looked into her eyes, and said coldly, "You don't have this power."
"lily."
"You are just a figment of my imagination, you know that?" I clenched my fists tightly, suppressed my emotions, and said with my lips pursed, "The real person has died a long time ago. The current you are just a figment of my imagination, why do you come to teach me how to do things?"
"What about Natsume?"
"What?" I was stunned.
"In the accident six years ago, you didn't just lose a lot of people. The child also lost his parents." She looked at me calmly, "Do you have the heart to let him continue to deceive yourself with you?"
"Every time he lies to you, isn't he also tearing open his own wounds? Do you really want this to happen?"
Her words left me speechless.
That’s why I rarely go back to bother them…
"Yes, I'm dead." She looked at me calmly, not frightened by my series of questions. "But you don't look like you have accepted this very well."
I:"........."
"It was just an accident," she said. "It has nothing to do with you."
"No one could have imagined that at an intersection near a hospital, a driver would suddenly fall ill and step on the accelerator and crash into the sidewalk."
"Who said it has nothing to do with me?" My lips trembled slightly, and the hand on the side of my leg suddenly grabbed the clothes. "If I hadn't gone to get the admission letter, that person wouldn't have seen my happy look and become jealous. He wouldn't have sneaked into my uncle and aunt's house in the middle of the night and set fire to it. Natsume wouldn't have lost his parents, and you wouldn't have been hit and killed by a car on the way to the hospital."
"I keep every single one of them firmly in my mind."
The sudden fire, the thick smoke filling the sky, the shrill sirens, the cries and howls, the white cloth covering the body, the doctors and nurses passing by, the cold autopsy report handed over...
I dare not forget it at any time.
"It's all my fault." I said, "If only..."
"No ifs." She sighed softly, "You know I won't blame you... the real me."
"Before she died, didn't she also tell you to live well?"
“............” I was immersed in my own thoughts and did not answer her question immediately.
"You've kept yourself stuck there for too long," she said. "It's time to move on."
"In the future, you will meet new people, friends, family, partners..." she said, "so I hope you can forget me."
"I do not want."
"You must."
"I don't want it." I shook my head vigorously, tears rolling down my eyes, "I said I don't want it."
"You will." She sighed softly and looked up at the sky. The golden sunlight sprinkled dazzlingly on the earth. The wind blew over and the cherry blossoms began to fall. "Lily, you promised me."
"I made a birthday wish and you came to fulfill it for me," she said. "You promised me."
"........"
After a long silence, I said with difficulty: "Then...then at least wait until the comic convention is over before you leave?"
"......That won't do." She laughed and said, "If we don't leave now, we won't be able to make it in time."
"You are just my illusion." I said reluctantly, "Isn't it true that what I say is true? There is no need to ask for your opinion."
"The guy I saw before was." She suddenly winked playfully and said to me, "But the one standing in front of you now is not."
“............!” I opened my eyes wide in surprise and took a step forward to grab her hand.
But it was still all empty air and I came up empty-handed.
"The situation is a bit complicated, and I don't know why." She pursed her lips and smiled, "But I'm happy to be able to see you again and see that you are working hard to become an adult."
"Anyway, from now on, just carry on with my blessings. Don't be afraid, I'll always be waiting for you."
After saying this, her figure emitted a soft light, so bright that people couldn't see her face clearly, but she was smiling.
"Goodbye, Lily." My friend said to me.
I covered my eyes, leaned on the table, and whispered, "Goodbye... Li Zi."
Now I finally remembered it.
Her name is actually Xiaochun Lizi.
Finally, I was the only one left in the quiet semi-open restaurant.
The lush cherry trees have turned back to their original dry branches, the illusion has disappeared, and the sunshine is no longer as warm as it was in spring.
The flowers faded and the birds flew away.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe an hour, maybe two, the sun gradually moved down, and it seemed that dusk was approaching.
"Ding-ling-ling..." The cell phone rang for a long time. It was Natsume calling.
"Hello, Lily." His voice sounded a little worried. "I called you for a long time, but you didn't answer."
"Ah...it's okay." I wiped my tears, "I just lost my focus for a moment."
"I'm glad you're okay." The person on the other side breathed a sigh of relief.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Ah, nothing. It's just that you said earlier that you would be on a business trip to Kyoto for a while. I wonder if you've returned yet."
"I'm back." I replied, "I'm...completely back."
“............” The person on the other end of the phone didn’t make any sound, as if he was puzzled by my strange words.
"Natsume." I said to him softly, "Thank you."
"Also, say hello to Uncle Fujiwara and Aunt Tachiko for me."
World integration degree 75%
(End of five articles)