All the people who like me are other people’s girlfriends! ?

Translated, it means "I'll kill you if you dare tell anyone" and "Come and help me!"

Qingye instantly understood the girl's message and stopped joking with her. He smiled and squatted down in front of her. "Come up. I'll go back and help you with your wound."

After all, they are childhood sweethearts who grew up together. In one spring, summer, autumn and winter after another, they will encounter those daily and extraordinary events. This is just an event that can be seen everywhere on their growth path.

Yukinoshita silently moved her body on top of him.

Although she was taller than him, the body he touched was as fragile as glass, or as thin snow that would melt at any time. Her slenderness and fragility made him deeply realize that Yukinoshita was indeed a girl.

Moreover, the girl's unique sweet fragrance and soft touch also made him a little embarrassed. It was a bit embarrassing to say, this was the first time he had such close contact with Yukinoshita.

"Kiyano-kun, what are you thinking about?"

"Is this a lucky, soft accident? However, I feel like it's not something soft, but..."

"..."

"I'm so sorry, Yukinoshita-sama, please don't put your hands around my neck, I'm dying."

"If you don't change your bad temper, even bugs won't like you anymore, okay?"

Yukinoshita sighed helplessly.

Qingye carried her to the courtyard gate with difficulty. At this moment, a voice made both of them stiffen.

"Kiyono-kun, Yukino? What are you doing?"

The beautiful lady in kimono who happened to be going out looked confused.

*

Time and environment are constantly changing, and those things that we take for granted in our daily lives will eventually be broken.

The kimono beauty thought of the intimate scene she had just seen, her eyes flickered, and many thoughts surged in her mind... Yukino and Kiyono are now in junior high school.

Junior high school students are a complex age. Unlike high school students, who have already established their basic values, neither are they as innocent as elementary school students. As their bodies develop, they develop a strong curiosity about all things, including gender. They are also naive and reckless, entering puberty and believing they are the center of the world.

As for Kiyono and Yukino, the two of them once helped, understood, and grew up with each other, and grew up under the same roof. It was okay in elementary school, but in junior high school, this emotion may slowly accumulate until it turns into a throbbing love.

Because of her past experiences, Yukinoshita's mother is actually a very open-minded parent. She does not object to Yukino exploring love in junior high school, but the heir of the Yukinoshita family is Haruno after all. She prefers her eldest daughter to a talented and outstanding boy like Kiyono, whom she watched grow up - this is a kind of favoritism, and she does not want to see Haruno find an unsatisfactory partner in the future.

Of course, she would definitely not do such a thing as breaking up a couple. If Kiyono and Yukino have already decided to spend their lives together, then she can only accept it helplessly. But now their feelings are just vague at best, so if they are just asked to separate in a tactful way, there is no need to worry so much.

"Besides...Yukino's situation at school is still the same."

Yukinoshita's mother held her forehead slightly. She had originally planned to send Yukino abroad after elementary school to change the environment, but Kiyono's actions gave them a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, nothing changed.

She was silent and thoughtful, recalling every moment she had spent with the two of them. Finally, she pursed her lips and made an international call.

*

"What? Sending Yukino to study abroad? She's just started junior high school, and we're forced to separate, sister, sister, I really don't want to leave you..."

In the Japanese-style room with the paper door half-open, Yukinoshita Haruno wiped her eyes pretentiously when she heard her mother's words.

Beside her, Qingye was slightly stunned, and could not help but start to recall the memories of another world line. Finally, he found that Yukinoshita had indeed gone abroad, but why? Was it because of bullying?

"But, Yukino will still feel lonely, right? If you really don't want to go... why not just forget it?"

The kimono beauty's usually graceful voice became much softer, and her expression showed a rare hesitation. At this moment, she was just like most mothers, worried about her children who were about to go on a long journey.

At this time, Yang Nai suddenly spoke.

"Yeah, that's right. Yukino-chan is just a girl who just started junior high school. How can she live alone in a foreign country? Right, mother?"

Yukinoshita Haruno has bright eyes and a charming look, like a stunning actress. Every syllable seems to be dancing happily, but when the notes are combined together, they seem extremely weird.

"In a few days, my aunt will accompany Yukino to England to live with her and take care of her daily life. This shouldn't be considered living alone, right, Haruno."

The kimono beauty's response was calm and unpretentious. Qingye looked at the mother and daughter who were looking at each other as usual, and felt that he had become a little seal in Antarctica. In front of him, two huge icebergs collided violently under the push of ocean currents, and ice spikes flew everywhere.

The boy lamented his humble status at home, not daring to look any longer, and quietly turned his gaze to the small iceberg on the side.

In the end, Yang Nai snorted and looked sideways at her sister.

This was a signal for a ceasefire. Yukinoshita's mother also turned her gaze to Yukino and asked softly:

"Yukino, what do you think?"

The focus of attention, Yukinoshita paused, then turned to look to the side—that was where Kiyono was. "Don't look at me! No one will listen to my opinions!"

Noticing the two people's little movements, Sister Yang No said "Hey" in an amused tone.

"I... let mother decide."

Yukinoshita pursed her lips and spoke softly.

*

Is Yukinoshita leaving...?

The night after that conversation, Qingye returned to his room without even turning on the lights. He just lay on the tatami mat that he had become accustomed to sleeping on without realizing it, looking at the familiar ceiling, a little dazed.

The Japanese-style garden of Yukinoshita's house looks quaint, but it is actually not suitable for modern young people to live in. When he gets older, he may want to live in an elegant courtyard, watching the fish swimming in the pond and the falling maple leaves to cultivate his body and mind. But before that, he was used to modern apartments and it took him some time to slowly adapt to life here and fall in love with it.

Just like getting along with Yukinoshita, it seems so beautiful at first glance, but after actually getting along with her, the fantasy about her in my heart will slowly become a habit, and finally, with the blessing of time, it will be entangled into a more complicated emotion.

She was once a part of everyday life, but before we knew it, she had become part of everyday life.

Only when you are about to part will you realize the true emotions in your heart.

On this lonely spring night, he counted the time they had spent together on his fingers.

Fifth grade, sixth grade, and first grade.

Then, will Yukinoshita spend two or three years in England?

They had only been together for less than three years.

Three years... Although nothing unforgettable or memorable happened, whenever I think back, those vivid images will emerge in my mind: going to school together, eating together, watching cats in the sunset together, and being dragged out by her to write an observation diary during summer vacation...

The so-called daily life is just like this, where little by little, we slowly accumulate to form rivers and mountains, right?

But even if you think that this kind of life will continue, the reality of time passing by will hit you unconsciously.

How will the relationship between the two of them develop after Yukinoshita goes to England?

Their contact would gradually become less, but she would use her mobile phone to tell him about her new life in a foreign country. They would talk on the phone at least once a week and occasionally have a video call.

Realistically speaking, he probably wouldn't run off to England, but if anyone dared to steal her shoes again, he would chase them to the ends of the earth and crush their dirty hands with his shoes.

Of course, if he really flew there, the girl would definitely take him around like a real sister and cook delicious meals for him personally.

Is this what it feels like to be separated from each other?

Qingye, who was not sleepy at all, put on his coat and walked onto the wooden porch.

The courtyard of Yukinoshita's house is far away from the center of the city. It feels like a night in the countryside. People on the road have already entered someone's house early. There is no noisy car sounds, no shining street lights, only a quiet night, and even time has slowed down.

The night wind blew the withering cherry blossoms through the corridor, and the leaves rustled. In the clear night sky, a bright white moon hung high, and the dense stars seemed to be right in front of the eyes, within reach.

Qingye subconsciously turned his head and saw a beautiful fairy.

This is a situation that is completely contrary to reality no matter how you look at it.

A woman with long black hair sat on the edge of the porch. She swayed gently on her bare feet and looked up at the moon and stars. Her snow-white skin shone in the soft moonlight, her long hair fluttering in the breeze, her blue skirt like a stranded sea.

Woods, pond, eaves, a girl, the bright moon, and a bluestone road covered with flower petals.

It's as beautiful as a carefully crafted painting, he thought.

"It's so beautiful."

He said with emotion, sat down next to the girl, and gently stretched out his hand. The moonlight flowed through his fingers like tilted mercury.

"Yukinoshita is like the moon."

This sentence can have many meanings, such as praise, longing, beauty, distance, and unattainable...

Yukinoshita tilted her head to look at him, her eyes appearing extremely bright and clear in the moonlight.

"The moon doesn't actually shine. It appears beautiful by reflecting the sun's light. The real moon is just made up of cold rocks and dust."

"Being pedantic." Qingye smiled.

Then he asked, "Do you want to study abroad?"

"There's no particular reason to refuse." Yukinoshita's voice remained cold.

"But you don't want to go, right?" Qingye vaguely guessed what she was thinking.

"My mother is a very strict person. My sister and I have no choice but to obey her decision. Besides, I'm just a child now." Yukinoshita looked down at her hands.

"I think that as long as you express your thoughts clearly, your mother will definitely support you." Qingye muttered.

"But I don't particularly want to stay at home... Are you calling mother now?" The girl's voice was as clear as pond water.

"As long as you stay at home, you can always see the smiling faces of me and Sister Yang No."

"Is this hell? I've decided. I must go to England."

The two looked at each other, and Yukinoshita's lips seemed to rise slightly, but then she felt that it was a bit inconsistent with her image, so she quickly deliberately put on a stern face.

She looked up at the vast starry sky.

"I heard you're planning to submit your work for the Akutagawa Prize? Are you going to try the highest level of difficulty right from the start? Be careful if the gap between your ideal and reality is too big, or you'll be devastated."

If it were someone else, Yukinoshita would definitely use more subtle sarcasm, but she inexplicably trusted that Kiyono would achieve his goal, even though he was still far from being a writer of the level of Haruki Murakami.

"by that time……"

Qingye gave her a gentle smile and a bright voice.

"Please grab my hand again and pull me up."

This guy... Yukinoshita silently turned her head, picked up a small stone at her feet, and gently threw it into the water in the distance, splashing ripples.

"Is becoming a writer your ideal?" Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere of parting, she took the initiative to start a topic that she would not normally talk about.

"It shouldn't be... not really. This is just a goal I must achieve."

Qingye pondered, his words revealing a natural confidence.

"So what is your ideal?" said the cold girl under the night sky.

"To become Tokyo's most outstanding handsome boy, to face everything with integrity, to lend a hand unconditionally to those in trouble..."

Just like you were back then.

Qingye looked quietly into the distance. She turned her head to look at the boy's profile, as if she felt the deep meaning of the words, and her always sharp and cold eyebrows softened.

"But I'm not as strong as you think. You're just projecting some ideal onto me. In fact, as you saw today, I'm just a child who follows my mother's wishes."

Longing is the farthest distance.

Yukinoshita is actually just an ordinary high school girl, but her unique life experience has shaped her into a twisted and strong person.

Did he really force his fantasy on Yukinoshita?

Perhaps this is true for some of her emotions, but the noble and beautiful side that she herself has not noticed, the gentle side hidden under the coldness, are also the real her, just like the deep snow under the snow.

Sooner or later, I will tell her these words.

And now, he just threw the girl's previous question to her.

"So what is your ideal?"

Ideal?

A cool breeze blew on her face. Yukinoshita gently reached out to touch the hair that was close to her ear, and repeatedly read the word between her lips and teeth.

Ideals are like the reflection of the moon on the water, which will shatter into ripples of reality if you reach out your hand.

She has two goals in life.

The first one was what she once told Qingye, that she wanted to change this society and lend a helping hand to people in need.

But she knew it was impossible. She had poor social skills and wasn't good at communicating with others. She probably would give up on this goal after entering university and just go on to study, find a job, and get married...

The second one is more realistic. It is the vision extended from the name "Yukinoshita" and the desire that has always been wanted to be achieved.

I……

Could she really say this? Would she be laughed at for overestimating her abilities? After all, she was facing that perfect older sister, and her personality wasn't the right fit...

However, they were about to part ways, and if it was tonight, they should have said it out loud.

She looked straight at Qingye.