Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 69 Death Spin
Although Ping Yingzi was poor and could not even support herself, she still took Xuecun Kuihua in out of pity. She could see that Xuecun Kuihua was an outlier among adults, just like her. If she was left alone, she would definitely be chewed up by those monsters without leaving anything behind.

Fortunately, she found a job making Noh masks, which did not require her to go out, and someone would come to collect the masks regularly.

She watched Noh plays as a child, and when her father was not an alcoholic, she would often sit in front of the TV for entire days. She admired the Noh actors on stage and thought that life would become much easier after putting on the masks.

Even though her father later pawned the old TV, she still remembered Noh. She spent her last bit of savings to buy carving tools, cypress wood and fuel to make a "yoka-no-ma".

Its eyes are narrow and its cheeks are round, giving it a gentle and shy feeling. After receiving the mask, the buyer praised it highly and planned to customize a whole set of Noh masks. He even paid a large deposit in advance and promised to help recommend Hira Sakurako's craftsmanship to others.

Ping Yingzi now has money and a stable income, and finally no longer has to worry about food and drink.

But she still lived a tight life, saving money on everything, and only bought a new pair of shoes in winter when the temperature dropped. Xuecun Kuihua always said that she was stingy, and that she couldn't even buy her a new pair of shoes with so much money.

"I can't touch that money. When my mother comes back, I will still need it to live." Ping Yingzi always said this.

She used to send letters to her mother, but she never got a reply. She thought her mother might be afraid of her father, so she ran away like her. Now she has a new home and money, so she can bring her mother back and live happily together.

Ping Yingzi spent some money to publish a small missing person notice in the center margin of a third-rate newspaper.

The first missing person notice was for her mother, but she couldn’t remember her mother’s name or what she looked like because she was too young when her mother passed away;
The second one was to help Xuecun Kuihua find her sister. She didn't remember her sister's name or what she looked like. Because she had injured her brain in a fall, she couldn't remember many things.

Xuecun Kuihua claimed to be a ballet dancer. She forgot many things, even common sense in life, and only remembered two things: the first was to find her sister, and the second was that she wanted to dance ballet.

Ping Yingzi had seen her graceful dancing figure, which was like a flawless work of art. When Xuecun Kuihua danced, Ping Yingzi would subconsciously hold her breath, her heart and soul were captured, and the 10-square-meter hut became the stage for Xuecun Kuihua.

But every time, without exception, when Xuecun Kuihua reached the climax of her dance like a swan, her spinning body would stop abruptly. She stood there blankly, her body trembling uncontrollably, as if she remembered something horrible.

Later, Sakurako Hira found out that Aoi Yukimura had injured her head on the stage.

She took the risk of using an extremely difficult spinning move in the competition. After completing the jumping rhythm, she spun in the air and landed, intending to connect with a 32-week whip turn. The area where her toes touched the ground was only slightly larger than a -yen coin. This move was called the "death spin" in the industry and was likely to cause irreversible damage to her ankle, thus ruining her entire career.

Xuecun Kuhua was lucky because she saved her ankle; but she was also unfortunate because she lost her head.

Ping Yingzi hugged her and comforted her softly, "It's okay, don't be afraid. Sooner or later, you will dance on the world's biggest stage, and everyone will be amazed and shocked by you, and they will stand up and applaud for you."

"I don't want it." said Xuecun Kuihua.

"Why?" asked Ping Yingzi.

"I just want to dance for you and my sister. Every time I dance, my sister will laugh, and you will laugh too, and that's enough," said Xuecun Kuihua.

"Okay. Then let's work together." said Ping Yingzi.

To complete that dance, you need to practice persistently.

Sakurako Ping couldn't afford a ballet twirler, so she went out in the middle of the night, found some tiles, and carved them a little to make them work like a twirler; she also couldn't afford a barre, so she had to use a wooden stick instead.

The sun is cold and the moon is warm, and time goes by. During the day, Ping Yingzi painted masks while Xuecun Kuihua practiced dancing; at night, they went out to post missing person notices, one looking for her mother and the other looking for her sister. Life will always get better and better. Ping Yingzi said to herself.

A beautiful woman and a lovely girl live in a slum where no one is allowed to live. They find the strength to live in the midst of suffering, and they find peace of mind in the midst of their ups and downs. Ping Yingzi's savings are getting bigger and bigger, and Xuecun Kuhua's dancing is getting more and more skillful.

On Xuecun Kuhua's birthday, Ping Yingzi gave her a DVD recorder. Digital products are of course not cheap, but Ping Yingzi thinks it is worth it because Xuecun Kuhua completed a difficult rotation. She recorded the whole dance, and the two cheered in the hut.

"Like this... press here to record..."

"Okay... Stop pointing the camera at me all day long..."

"Not enough disks again? I told you to save them..."

"Why can these masks be sold for money? I put my heart into painting them. Through these masks, you can see my joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness... For example, this stroke is a little lighter. Why? Because I was thinking about something happy..."

……

The camera turned and someone was knocking on the door outside.

My father's voice came, and the other party yelled: "Get out! I know you are in there! I saw the missing person notice you posted! How dare you steal my money——"

Then the door lock was pried open, and her father rushed in, punching and kicking her. Xuecun Kuihua rushed over to stop him, but was kicked down by him. Her father was amazed by Xuecun Kuihua's appearance, and said with a grin: "Don't you want to find a mother? There is one ready-made here, let her be your mother!"

The father pinned Xuecun Kuhua to the ground, and Ping Yingzi raised the lamp and smashed it on the back of his head. One hit was not enough, so she hit him four or five times until the man passed out.

This was self-defense... Ping Yingzi had read in the newspaper that this was self-defense and not against the law... But she had to call the police and an ambulance, otherwise her father would die at home, and she would be considered to have acted in excessive defense and would be arrested, and she would have ruined her future by killing this man...

She stumbled out and knocked on every door, asking the neighbors on that floor for help.

The beast poked its head out of the cave, the corridor was filled with cold air, and she felt a strong malice from those adults. The monster living opposite grabbed her and dragged her into the warm little home, intending to enjoy her together with Xuecun Sunflower.

Xuecun Kuihua struggled like crazy, and four or five men couldn't hold her down. She grabbed the monster's ankles and yelled at Ping Yingzi to run. But Ping Yingzi's hallucinations became more and more serious, and the horrible world outside the door invaded her home. She panicked and hid in the suitcase.

There were screams and groans outside. She covered her ears and curled up, trembling. Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and the box stood up and kept shaking. She let go of her hand and heard Xuecun Kuihua screaming: "Give it back to me", "Give it back to me"...

The sound was getting farther and farther away, as if someone was carrying her upstairs. After a while, she suddenly felt weightless, as if she was in an elevator. She heard Xuecun Kuihua's almost desperate wail again, and couldn't help but open a gap and muster up the courage to look out.

——She was falling rapidly.

Through the zipper gap, against the dazzling sunlight, Ping Yingzi saw Xuecun Kuhua climb over the railing, reach out to her, and jump down from the tall building.

Their eyes met, just like a life without weight.

(End of this chapter)