the world over the sea

"Nai~yue~~" In the classroom, I could hear the person shouting Nayue excitedly in the corridor, "Look! Look! My passing rate is B!~~" Now the path is like A child waiting for praise.

"Sure enough, Jing is a person who can do what he thinks. Keep working hard, and I will always be with you." Nazuki, who was bathed in the sun, showed a firm smile to Jing.

But this is the path I don't know. In fact, the future of the two people is not about whether the path can keep up with Nayue, and the two of them will enter the ideal school together.But can Nayue really stay with Kai like a promise?

An academic proficiency test score notice named Takahashi Natsuki, with a passing rate of D in the Economics Department of XX University.

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"I am back--"

The sound of pots and pans colliding in the kitchen, the sound of running water, the sound of pot lids being steamed up and falling... Isn’t a home made of these sounds?canthus - canthus -

"Jing, did you hear any strange sound? It's like a mosquito." The strange sound I heard just now when I walked to the sofa.

"No—is there any mosquitoes in the house? I need to quickly take out the electric mosquito coil..." As he spoke, he began to prepare those anti-mosquito items.

The scene in front of Naizuki suddenly overlapped - it happened a long time ago, but never took it seriously, but recently it has become more frequent and more serious, forcing Naizuki to slowly take it as one thing.

"Ji—I'm going to lie down for a while, I'm not feeling well—" After speaking, he staggered into the room, still buried in the electric mosquito coil, Zhi didn't pay attention to what Nayue said.Only when she is tired, let her sleep for a while!Call her when it's time to eat.

"Nazuki...it's dinner..." Butler Tachibana didn't eat with them. Every time, Butler Tachibana prepared the food and put it on the table. Butler Tachibana would go back to his place and make some food by himself. of.

"Nazuki? Are you sleeping?" Naizuki was lying on the bed facing the door, looking as if she was asleep, lying there quietly.

"Nazuki?!" Seeing that there seemed to be something wrong, he shook the man and opened his eyes slightly. "Is there something wrong with you?"

"I...have a headache." Slowly expressing her feelings to Jing, she just felt a little headache...

"What! You almost scared me to death..." I looked at Nayue, from Nayue's eyes looking at her lightly - I couldn't find the focal length.

It seems that the direction of Nayue's head turning is also not right, there is a subtle difference from where she is standing.He walked two steps lightly to the side, and sure enough—the man's eyes didn't follow.

"You...can't you see?"

"The initial diagnosis is temporary blindness caused by cerebral congestion. There is a small area of ​​blood accumulation in this place and this place on the brain CT. It should be quite a long time, so I have to prescribe some medicine and let it melt away by itself. It will be fine soon. Yes, there shouldn't be any sequelae." The doctor scratched around on the incomprehensible brain CT with a ratio.

And that person is holding Jing's hand tightly now, not daring to let go.If you let go, it's like she's the only one in this world.Now her eyes can only feel bright, and can't distinguish any graphics or shapes.

"You can go back, and come back in 3-4 days for a reexamination. Usually, you can find a family doctor at home..." The doctor said while filling out the medical record

"Can you tell me when it started?" The two sat in the back of the car, driving from Tokyo to their home in Yokohama.The atmosphere of the whole car seemed a little heavy.

"……About."

"About when? Do you know how worried I am?" Pulling Nayue's body onto her, she also understood how panicked Nayue would be when she was temporarily blind.

"Not long after I was discharged from the hospital, I felt a faint headache. When I moved to Yokohama, my eyes started to have double vision occasionally. I thought it was due to lack of sleep..."

"...I won't blame you this time. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable next time—you don't need to worry about money, why don't you go to the hospital—" Try to increase the physical contact between the two, now Nazuki Very uneasy.

"Because the hospital...it's annoying..." Nazuki, who was leaning on Ji, didn't care too much about Ji's blame, and slowly fell asleep leaning on her.

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Time passed slowly, and Nazuki's eyesight gradually recovered.

Summer vacation... For senior high school students who will take the exam in January next year, this may be the last chance to counterattack.

Naizuki took leave of school after temporarily losing her eyesight, and took care of her at home. After all, it was inconvenient to see nothing and do anything.

The passing rate of the academic proficiency test of the path has always been maintained at B, and it is likely that there is no problem in being admitted to the ideal university.

Because of Nazuki who has been unable to study hard, no one knows whether she will be able to go to that university.The notice with a pass rate of D accidentally fell out while sorting things out. It seems that the next time is for the two of them to work together to realize their dreams.

No longer a one-sided person... Her dream is to be admitted to the economics major of XX University together with Nai Yue.Instead of her alone...

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It's the season of cherry blossoms in another year, and today is XX University's list.

Passed the exam?Didn't pass the exam?It depends on whether there are numbers representing you on the list.

“奈月35，我是78。35……78……35……78……3、35！奈月有你了！你考上了！”

"..." The person who was already on the list didn't show much excitement. The most important thing now is to find the number that belongs to the diameter, 78.

"78... 78... 78..." The paper that posted the qualified people starting with 7 was pasted.

“70、73、74、78！78！有了78！”

At this time, the two showed the excitement they should have been admitted to the university, like two children, jumping and jumping in front of the list.

One last thing - a photo with the qualifying list.

This is the first group photo of the two since they lived together, on the day when they were admitted to university together.

"Nazuki! I'll put it here!" The photos taken together on the day the list was published were decorated on the bookshelf that you can see when you enter the door-the smiles are bright, and the atmosphere of happiness is permeating around the two of them, and they are wrapped by it.

Original Chapter 31

【31 chapters】

As spring goes and autumn comes, it turns out that the 18-year-old girl has gone through two years of ups and downs, and her success has become more marked.

At the age of 20, they are adults and can decide their own lives.

Don't care about other people's eyes, live freely in this vast world... With the passage of time, the painful memories are gradually hidden in the vortex of time...

"Nazuki... Is there a company report for you to go in the afternoon?"

The third year of college, the last year where you can play with ease - because after a year, everyone will face the pressure of graduation thesis and finding a job.

Could it be the same then as it is now?

"No! My goal is the bank. What's the point of going to a trading company..." Nayue said to Jing, holding a book and wanting to go back.

"..." Jing's family runs a large-scale trading company, maybe he can learn something from his peers, how could Jing give up this opportunity.

"If you want to go, you can go - I'll wait for you at home." Nazuki patted on the shoulder, telling her that it doesn't matter if you go, and then left the classroom.

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"Put it here, please."

"Sir, help move this box up!"

"Thank you for your hard work—"

There is a moving company's car at the door, it seems that new residents have moved here!Hope to be a nice person...

"Tetsuya—" A familiar female voice came from the entrance of the apartment.A voice that I am so familiar with that I can no longer be familiar with...a voice that I can even hear in my dreams.

"Mizhi~ You came just in time, help me carry this box up—" Lin turned around and was about to hand the box to Mizhi, and he also found the person whose body was always covered by the truck.

"You..." Lin couldn't believe his eyes, the child who jumped from the school building three years ago - now stood in front of them.

"Hello! Are you new here? I live in Takahashi on the second floor, can I help you?" He smiled at the stranger, as if they were meeting for the first time.

Since I decided to forget it at that time, I simply hated myself and stopped thinking about it!

"...I'm Lin, and that's my wife, Mizhi." He pointed to the woman standing at the entrance of the apartment, "We live on the third floor... and work as teachers in a nearby high school."

Lin Duo also more or less knew about this child from his wife or mother-in-law... a strange story.

"Then I'll go up first, if you have anything to do, don't be polite..." As he spoke, he brushed past Mizhi and walked past, and the two walked further and further away like this.

"Tetsuya...Tetsuya..." As the doors of the ascending elevator closed, Mizhi slowly squatted down on the ground, silently thinking about the man named her husband now.

"She really forgot about me—I killed her..." If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't want to commit suicide...

Silently embraced Mi Zhi who was squatting on the ground, he knew that the person Mi Zhi really liked was still on the child just now.

"She forgot you willfully, didn't she? It's not your fault...and, look—isn't she doing well now?"

"Mizhi..."

Please don't blame me, the me now, the me who is already like this, can no longer face you...

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Mi-sik, who has stabilized her emotions, is sitting on the sofa and wrapping cookies that she will give to her neighbors as a moving gift later.

"Would you like to go later? ... Takahashi on the 2nd floor"

"...Go! It will be unnatural if you don't go!"

With the last packaged biscuit, Mizhi stood up and adjusted her appearance in front of the mirror.

ding dong...

"Baishi, we are Lin who just moved here, so we are a little bit cautious..."

Said that the door was opened at this moment, the resident named Shiraishi, Mizhi couldn't be more unfamiliar, Shiraishi... the person who had been taking care of Nazuki at that time.

"We are Lin who just moved here, and I want to bring you a small gift." Mi Zhi still wanted to maintain the previous conversation, but she was simply here to send a moving gift.

"You know it!...Nazuki is here."

"..." Mizhi didn't know how to answer this question.If she is still pestering Nayue now, it is just one-sided harassment.

"Did you see it? She is doing well now, so please don't bother her any more, and treat her as a stranger if you see her."

After saying that, he closed the door. Isn't the best way to deal with him now is to pretend not to know him?

"Is the delivery finished? Is that person okay!" Everyone knew who that person was.If Nayue had chosen to follow Mizhi at that time, their future would have changed—Mizhi would not have become his wife, but would have been regarded as an unacceptable existence together in the world.

"Well, I've heard that it's not bad." Then she took her clothes and went into the bathroom. What she needs now is to sort out her mood and think about what to do when she sees Nazuki again.

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"Nazuki..." Standing at the door, she looked at the man sitting on the ground by the window.

"Jing... What the hell did I do? Why can't I get rid of her...Jing! Tell me! I just want to live my life peacefully..."

"Nazuki..." Just like a few years ago, the person who often collapsed.

"Good morning - are you going to work?" After a night of sorting out her mood, she decided to treat the current Mizhi as a stranger.The person she loves now is-Ki, it's not Mizhi anymore...it's not Mizhi anymore...

"...It's really, really early!" Mi Zhi, who didn't know how to face it, seemed a little flustered.

"I'm in a hurry, so I'll go first..." Mizhi watched Nayue's back slowly disappear at the intersection.Compared with the original, it seems to be a little stronger. It seems that the person who lives with her takes good care of her! ——

"Nazuki didn't wait for me, really!" The person who lived with her appeared, and it seemed that the purpose of the two of them getting up so early was the same.

"Good morning!" Koji didn't pay much attention to Mizhi, just greeted him casually, and ran towards the direction Nazuki walked just now.

The natural way of getting along like strangers, this is the principle of how the few of them get along now.

No matter how much you miss him, you can only treat him as a stranger.

Two people who love each other, but run in opposite directions...

Self-righteous thinking that the other party has already found their own destination, found their own happiness, and lived a peaceful and leisurely life,

I don't know the other party's heart...

It's still where it was.

Original Chapter 32 - End.

[Original 32 chapters, end]

Everyone who lives in the same apartment, look down and see each other.

Every day is wrapped up in deep thoughts—but I still have to pretend to be a stranger.

One is to forget the person he likes because of suicide, and the other is to make the person he loves no longer hurt.

Torturing each other and surviving in pain.

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"Are you... still thinking about her?"

In the middle of the night, although Nayue was lying quietly in her arms, she knew—her heart was not here.

"..." The person who didn't sleep stared out the window, no one knew what she was thinking.

"If you still think about her, go tell her! - You haven't forgotten her, you still remember her, and you still like her!" As she spoke, she became a little emotional, and her voice became louder.

"...Don't. She has her own life now, and my appearance is already a kind of trouble to her. If I tell her that I still like her...it will ruin her life..." With the emotional On the contrary, Naizuki gradually became dull, in front of outsiders - performing every day.

"Then you are ruining yourself! You torture yourself with longing here every day, do you think you are good like this?!" Jing sat up emotionally, looking at the person lying beside him.

"…………………………I don't."

"You have! You just have! I can see you two tormenting each other... If so, I shouldn't have forced you four years ago. I did something wrong, and I'm willing to leave you..." It's time to give up Well, they were separated by her when they were in love at the beginning.

"..."

"That's it! I'm leaving tomorrow. It's the last...Let me hold you..." He patted the head of the person lying next to him, his hair was still limp.

When she woke up the next morning, Nayue saw Jing arranging her things in the living room.

One of the paired mugs, the same style of slippers, pillows and blankets belonging to Jing.It's as if half of everything in the house is missing...

"I'm leaving, the time for garbage collection and the time for paying utility bills are all posted on the refrigerator... Take care of yourself, if you need help with anything, you can call me." Jing said and picked up his phone bag, and intend to go out.

However, he was caught by something.

"..." I saw Nayue lowering her head and gently pulling on Ji's sleeve.

"Don't go..." The voice was as soft as a mosquito screaming, "If you really want to go, take me with you!"

I couldn't believe my ears, what Nayue said just now, take her with me!I can't believe it...

But Jing still didn't relax, "No, isn't Nayue's happiness not with me?" She didn't want to leave at first, didn't she see that the housekeeper Tachibana next door was still drinking tea while reading a book?

"Don't go..." Nai Yue burst into tears, "Don't go... I don't want to be alone."

"When did I say I'm leaving!...Okay, okay, I'm not really going. Don't cry...I'm wrong, can't I?" Nayue's sudden emotional outburst disrupted her.

Nayue is her own weakness, it hurts when poked.

"Seriously, let's go together!" Slowly coaxing Nayue to stop crying, they really should discuss the future together.Seeing my lover and ex-girlfriend bow their heads but not see them, who can see it.Time to imagine the problem of moving again.

"Let's go?" The person who just finished crying showed a cute expression, which made people want to take a bite.

"Move. Is it really okay for you to stay here again?... If we can't, let's move back to Tokyo. Anyway, the university is in Tokyo, and moving back can save some commuting time."

Nazuki nodded silently, but there was no trace of happiness in her reaction.

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Their decision - to move back to Tokyo.

Nazuki's original house was completely refurbished.Now that the construction has started, it will definitely not look the same when they move back there.

The memories of Nazuki and Yazhi were easily erased.

University life goes on.

When I have classes in the morning, I can meet Lin and his wife in the elevator of the apartment who are about to go to work.It's just the way neighbors greet each other, and there is no other intersection.

"Um... I'm Takahashi who lives on the second floor. I heard that you seem to be teaching in Chunxin, and Jing and I have also studied there for a while. We're about to move out, and we're going to the beach for a party .”

The three people in the elevator looked at each other.

"Can you come and join us?"

"Well. No problem!" Lin answered Nayue's invitation first.How can you not attend the party where the neighbor is about to move out.

What's more, that neighbor was also his wife's original lover.Although all kinds of things happened in the middle, that person no longer remembered the relationship between his wife and her.After all, this is the last, they moved away, maybe their next meeting will be in a hundred years.

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"Ah! Path! Come and chase me!"

Two people in their early 20s were running and jumping crazily on the beach, but they were like guests being entertained.

"Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin, please go to the beach to play too—leave it to me!" Lin Zhe also knew for the first time that the older person who lived next to them on the second floor was their housekeeper.I thought that person was just an ordinary resident with a gentlemanly demeanor...

"Ji! Look! You can dig small crabs here! Mizhi, come here too!" Because he was too excited, he blurted out the old habit, but that person didn't notice anything.Who knows which MICHI her name is——Ki or Yazhi again——

A slightly chilly wind blows from the sea.

It is also said that it is only the beginning of June, and there are not many guests on the beach.

It's obviously not the season yet, but these people are having a great time.

The only male became the target of their collective attack, and the few people hugged and danced without image, as if they didn't care anymore...

"Miss Jing, Miss Nayue, Mr. Lin, Mrs. Lin, please come here quickly." Butler Tachibana's voice was silent, but it was clearly heard by several people, the deep but penetrating male voice sound.

"It's so comfortable!" Lin drank beer, "I didn't expect that this was the first time I could have such a good time."

Nazuki took over the job of housekeeper Tachibana, and grilled everyone's food beside her.

"Mr. Lin, we still remember your glorious deeds in class. The biggest hobby in geography class - telling everyone about the food of various places." Jing said jokingly to Lin.

"You remember! It's a marvelous—"

Everyone recalled the past together, but Naizuki didn't interrupt, just roasting things aside, laughing and listening to everyone telling the stories of the past.

"Miss Nayue, come and eat - I will do the rest." Tachibana looked at Nayue who had been standing silently by the side, and felt a faint bleakness about the child.

"Jing—you have been with me for so many years." Nai Yue leaned gently on Jing's body as if she was tired from playing, and whispered in her ear.

"What are you talking about? We still have to go on - isn't it too early to thank you now?" She had a premonition that something would happen today.Gently tidying his lover's hair, the bangs on his forehead were sticking together due to sweat.

This might be the last time they can sit here peacefully like now.

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The sun was gradually setting, and there was some chill on the beach.They were already preparing to go back and were packing their things.

But Naizuki was still standing by the beach alone, holding her shoes in her hand, and her white loose T-shirt was blown up by the wind.Even though her feet were soaked in sea water, she didn't feel the chill.

"Tetsuya, go and call Nazuki back. We should go back..."

"Okay—and one last box."

When Lin was about to move the last box back to the car, he heard his wife's voice not far away.

"Nazuki!...What do you want to do! Come back quickly!" Then she ran towards the beach.

Lin also immediately dropped the box in his hand and ran to the beach.

But...it's too late.

Naizuki was swept farther and farther by the tide, her face seemed to be calm, and she could not feel the terror of death.

In the end, Nayue showed her most beautiful smile towards the people she loved.

"Nazuki!" Yazhi shouted at the seaside at the top of his lungs.If Lin hadn't stopped her, she might have jumped into the sea right now, even if there was only 0.1% hope, even if she might have risked her own life.

"Let her go! Just let her go..." Jing was very calm now, and on the surface he didn't seem to be sad about losing his lover. "She'll be sad if you go with her. You've got a life to live—we all have, so let her go alone!"

"..." Mi Zhi was held in Lin's arms, and Lin felt that Mi Zhi was crying, and her heart was crying.

"The person she loves has always been you, and I'm just a substitute called MICHI... She hasn't forgotten you, she just didn't want you to worry..."

"She... loves you very much."

Walked away from this place quickly.

When Nayue said thank you to her, she understood that Nayue's life was about to end, and she would return to peace. This world was too painful for her.

The person who can spend the rest of her life with her is not Nazuki after all.

legend man comes from the sea

Naizuki chose to return to her mother's arms, where she stopped her own time.

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Nazuki, you should have entered another world by now!

Please don't worry about me, I will live without letting you down.

I won't miss you.

Please go away without any worries!

Hope you find your place there, whoever it is

Do your best to love!

White Rock Path

END.

Episode 1—End

"Shiraishi—come out to play together next time——"

A group of drunk people came out of the tavern side by side.Some who haven't drunk too much seem to be planning a second round.

"Jiao—it's a bit cold outside." A handsome man took off his scarf and wrapped it around Jing's neck as he spoke.

"En." For the man's behavior, he didn't feel the slightest touch, but felt that this is what a man should do.

The current path, in the fourth year of this company, is 26 years old, which is the age to talk about marriage.

After graduating from university, he did not choose to help out in his own company.Instead, she chose to abandon her identity as the daughter of the boss who exudes colorful light, and went to a trading company that had no relationship to leave, and started doing chores at the lowest level.

In the past 4 years, she has gained a lot.Working hard together for that person's sake——gradually she became a leader in the same period and was respected by everyone.It also gradually has the current Baishi Path.

The only constant

There is a photo on her desk - the only photo of the two of them together with the university's admission list as the background.

Nayue has been away from this world for six years, and Nayue's face has gradually become blurred in her memory, but she still can't forget - the person she loves the most in this world.

"Hey, can't you just talk to me? Am I not being obvious enough to you?"

It was only when Jing came out of his memories that he remembered that there was a man following him.

The two walked in Yebisu Plaza one after the other, surrounded by the atmosphere of Christmas, and there were girls in Christmas costumes everywhere distributing leaflets.

"Please come and take a look, both of you! We have a big discount for Christmas!" Following the advertisement sent by the publicity lady, this seems to be a pastry shop.

"Let's go in and have a look!" Jing walked straight into the store without waiting for the man's answer.

Like the square outside, the store is full of Christmas atmosphere, and it seems that there are a lot of Christmas-limited western pastries.

"Please give me two tiramisu." The most classic pastry, isn't it?

"A total of 900 yen, 1000 for you, 100 for change. Take it—welcome again!" The boss stood at the counter and watched the young couple go out.

"What's the matter? Are you hungry? Why did you buy tiramisu? I bought two more, do you want to eat with me?"

"Come with me to meet a friend! It's her birthday today."

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Leaving Tokyo on the final train, heading towards Saitama.

It was late and I had just had another drink.The persistent man fell asleep leaning on Jing's body.For the sake of calmness and childishness, I moved my body from time to time when I fell asleep, so that I could sleep more comfortably.

"Tsuki! It's almost here, wake up! Don't blame me when you are taken to another place later." Jing moved his shoulders, this person - so heavy -

"Jing! This is the first time you've taken the initiative to call me by my name!" The man who just woke up seemed to become emotional in an instant.

"..." He glanced at the man lightly, then lowered his head and played the mobile game by himself.

"Dia—where does your friend live?! You don't live in the forest! The road is so difficult..."

The two people holding the mobile phone's flashlight as a torch are slowly moving towards their destination...

The two slowly approached a cemetery, and Tsuki might have realized it.The friend mentioned by the path may be someone who has already gone to another world, and today is the birthday of that person when he was alive.

The last row, where you can see the sea.

一个看起来还没有怎么经过岁月冲刷的墓碑，上面刻着一个人的名字——高桥奈月，1992年12月24日—2013年6月17日。

A young life of only 20 years old just disappeared.

If this person is still alive now, he should be the same as them!Complaining about the boss, but still working hard.I have to bow my head in front of the reality of life.

There is also a bunch of stars in front of this tombstone, and it seems that someone else has come in front of them.

Naizuki sat on the steps, gently touching the place where the name was engraved with her hand, leaning against the tombstone.As if to say something...

He couldn't hear the sound mixed with the sea breeze.

It's very windy and cold here, but that person has no intention of leaving.

That person...may be really important to her!

"Let's date!" Jing's voice came mixed with the roar of the sea wind.

Tsuki couldn't believe his ears, could it be that he was really moved by his perseverance?

Tsuki, who immediately calmed down, thought that it was probably because of this person! ——Takahashi Natsuki.

No matter what the reason is, the path I have admired for a long time will be with me.

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"Path—congratulations on your marriage!"

Yazhi Igarashi, who has entered middle age, also came to this wedding as the woman's respected teacher. She has always been grateful for the wedding of someone.

Now think back to when I was young

Don't be afraid of anything, don't care about being judged by others, and live according to your own way of life.But what about the future?Yielding to reality, forced by reality, chose the so-called correct path.

"Have you visited her recently?" The bride was sitting in front of the dressing table making final preparations, while Mi Zhi was sitting behind.

What would happen if Nazuki was still alive?

"..." Mi Zhi was left silent now.

It's the same whether you go or not - when Nayue died, her body was never found, and the tombstone was just something Nayue used during her lifetime.

"She is very lonely. She will be cold, alone in such icy sea water. ... So, go and spend more time with her!"

dong dong -- dong dong --

"Miss Jing, it's almost time to appear."

"I see."

"goodbye!"

The original me, my lover, my past.

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