Finally, I became their white moonlight

Toyokawa Shoko raised her head, combed her messy long hair around her ears, and looked at the three people around her one by one with a stern and determined gaze.

"Everyone, I have a lot to say. Let's find a place to talk about it."

"Ah, this side too." Although he was somewhat puzzled by her change of attitude, Shiina Riki also knew that this was not the place to talk, so he nodded in agreement immediately, and said in a serious tone, "But before that, I still want to ask... Xiangzi, have you seen Su Shi? Or, do you still remember her?"

"Su Shi?" Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment, biting her lip as if unwilling to face it, but after taking a deep breath, she slowly said in a slightly dry voice, "I, this is a long story..."

She simply described how she went to Minghai's house, met Su Shi, got Minghai's belongings, was drugged by her, and found that she was gone after waking up.

However, considering their mood, they deliberately ignored the possibility that Su Shi had jumped off the building - there was no evidence that she had jumped off the building anyway.

Shiina Riki noticed this thoughtfulness and pointed it out somewhat helplessly.

"You don't know yet - even if you don't tell me, Mu and I both saw Su Shi jumping off the building. I just didn't know that she had knocked you out before that."

"Eh?!" Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but screamed, looking back and forth at them in disbelief, "You, all saw it? Could it be that you, like me, are also because of that sudden memory..."

Shiina Riki pressed his eyebrows with a headache: "How did it appear, and why did we have to witness that scene, it is still a mystery... But if that's the case, Deng, you should feel the same way, right?"

"Well, after listening to the song that Narumi-san left behind."

Gao Songdeng responded softly, his amber eyes were quiet and bright, staring at everyone without any avoidance.

"If it wasn't for Narumi-san, maybe after seeing that scene, I would have done the same thing as Shoko-chan?"

"..."

As the four of them looked at each other, silence spread amid the sound of rain.

Ruo Ye Muchui pursed her lips and lowered her little face as if escaping, not wanting everyone to see the traces of tears that had not yet faded from the corners of her eyes, and her slightly red eyes.

——These few days, she probably cried all the tears she would cry in her lifetime.

She didn't cry when Ming Hai died, she didn't cry when she accompanied Xiangzi to send him to the crematorium, and she didn't cry when she saw his portrait and urn being placed on the mourning hall.

As calm as a heartless doll.

In other words, from that day on, her body felt empty, she could not feel any emotions, and she just lived quietly based on her instincts.

Until I finally have time to water the cucumbers in the vegetable garden.

She remembered the ripples and warmth that arose in her heart when she first truly got to know him during the training camp.

“It would be a waste if we don’t make such excellent ingredients into more delicious dishes.”

"That's yours! Don't ask anyone, just make your own decision."

"You idiot, is your brain filled with cucumbers?!"

"Don't be angry, I was just joking~"

"It's all your fault. You should have come earlier to eavesdrop."

His eyes, his smile, his voice, the touch of his fingers.

His casual attitude that made no distinction between people, his easy smile that was always encouraging, his gentle and calm voice; and the heat from his fingertips when he pinched his cheeks without permission, making his whole face inexplicably hot.

Ruo Ye Mu was thinking absentmindedly when he suddenly felt a hot and wet sensation on his cheek and subconsciously stopped watering.

Although the rainproof cloth blocked the wind and rain outside, drops of water still fell from the sky and were swallowed up by the dark brown soil.

"... Narumi." She whispered his name.

It was also the first time I realized that that person was so important to me.

She liked him and wanted to see him like that tomorrow.

So, is this love between friends? Or is it the same love as Xiangzi and Su Shi?

If Ye Mu didn't know, she knew nothing.

That's why... I can't stop the surging sadness and nostalgia, and let my tears fall to the ground like pearls from a broken string.

"I have tried to enjoy it."

"Whether it's playing or playing in the orchestra with everyone... it's very happy. This is the first time I'm so happy."

"I want to tell you how I feel..."

"But you can't listen to me anymore..."

"I can't find you off the stage."

Overly intense emotions engulfed Ruoye Mu, and she was still like a puppet, not knowing what expression to use to express her emotions.

So, she put on a mask of sadness with tears all over her face.

"Ming Hai..."

In front of the school's vegetable garden, as usual, Ruoye Mu calmly released his unspeakable emotions.

But it was also the first time that I cried so unrestrainedly.

——Then not long after, the second time appeared.

After witnessing Su Shi falling from the building "with her own eyes", her spirit was on the verge of collapse and her consciousness was almost blacked out. She didn't even notice the tears falling from her eyes. She just stood there in a daze for a long time.

Despair and emptiness almost turned her into a real puppet, completely destroying her heart that had finally gained flesh and blood.

Until the image of Ming Hai suddenly flashed through Wakaba Mu's mind, and he remembered what Xiangzi once said, "He wants us to live well."

"Ming Hai's last words, Su Shi should have listened to it..."

Such a tiny hope that could be extinguished at any time still made Ruoye Mu force himself to cheer up and hold on to it tightly as if it were a life-saving rope.

She wiped away her tears, rushed out of the school despite the security guard's shouts, and started calling everywhere.

I called Sushi, I called Xiangzi, I called Sushi's mother...

After hearing her say that she didn't know Su Shi, and being blocked after calling her several times, he received a call from Li Xi and decided to split up the investigation into two groups.

Finally, it's now.

——He just happened to pass by this bridge and happened to see Xiangzi about to jump off the bridge.

Ruoye Mu's eyes immediately turned black, his legs became weak and he could hardly stand, and the urge to cry came over him for the third time.

Fortunately, Gao Songdeng knocked Xiangzi down before that.

Fortunately, she was good at concealing her emotions, and no one knew about her turbulent and drastic emotional ups and downs during this period.

Fortunately, no one noticed that because her skin was delicate, she would have obvious tear marks after crying...

"By the way, Mu, I didn't expect you to cry so hard."

As if trying to break the frozen atmosphere, Shiina Riki picked up a random topic and started: "This is the first time I've seen your eyes as red as a rabbit and your face so embarrassed. It's almost like Xiangzi now."

Ruoye Mu: "..."

She puffed up her cheeks slightly and turned her face away, not wanting to speak.

Toyokawa Shoko also took a deep breath, wiped the corners of her eyes and cheeks as if nothing had happened, then tilted her head towards Shiina Tatsuki and gave a kind smile.

"That's right, Li Xi. Judging from your appearance and the wound on your hand, you must have had a rough time these past few days, right?"

"Uh..." As if someone had hit a vital point, Shiina Riki's expression suddenly froze.

Almost reflexively, she recalled the "miserable situation" in which she had been hiding in her room these days and couldn't help crying when she thought of Ming Hai.

If we really compare them, there doesn't seem to be much difference between her and them...

"That's not the point."

After an inexplicably awkward dry cough, Shiina Riki's expression returned to seriousness and he stared at Xiangzi's expression closely.

"The point is, Su Shi jumped from your building, right? After you woke up, did you see her downstairs?"

Shiina Riki really didn't want to say the word "corpse" directly, but he had to ask this most crucial question, so he could only use a euphemism.

Everyone else showed some uncomfortable expressions, but at the same time they looked at Toyokawa Shoko nervously.

"No."

Under the girls' pleading gazes, Toyokawa Shoko shook her head, but her expression did not seem to be at ease at all, and she remained serious: "I didn't see her... well, although there were indeed traces of use on the balcony that matched my memory, it was still as if nothing had happened downstairs. I didn't see any clothes, bags, or the candy jar in her hand."

Despite this, the three of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and their hope grew a little bit more.

"Sure enough, there are clues everywhere in this matter... It's almost like a paranormal incident."

Shiina Riki couldn't help but click his tongue, and tried hard to use his not-so-smart brain, rubbing his hair and analyzing: "The scene of jumping off the building suddenly flooded into my mind... Su Shi who clearly jumped down, but couldn't find him... and, for some reason, Su Shi's mother forgot Su Shi's existence..."

"Wait, what did you say?!" Toyokawa Shoko opened her eyes wide and instantly grasped the key words that surprised her, "Su Shi's mother forgot Su Shi? What does that mean?"

"Ah? It means literally..."

Before Shiina Riki had the time to explain, he heard Ruoye Mu suddenly shout out in a low voice, with obvious panic in his tone.

"Everyone, come on, look."

She spread out her phone, and the other three quickly leaned over to look at it, then all opened their eyes wide in disbelief.

——On the screen was the photo that Xiangzi had set as her wallpaper, a group photo of several people in the amusement park.

Among them, the figures of Ming Hai and Su Shi are slowly fading until they completely disappear.

-

I burned out yesterday and accidentally left it too late today, but it’s still almost 5,000 words!

I originally thought that I could reach the next round in two chapters, and this chapter would also be able to write about Su Shi’s final destination, but as I was writing, I found that there was still a lot to add, so I can only wait for one more chapter.

Volume 172: Chapter Chapter His and her story returned to the starting point at this moment

"what happened……"

"This is impossible……"

"Narumi-san and Suyo-chan are both missing..."

As if they couldn't believe their eyes, the girls looked at this surreal scene in astonishment and panic. Their feet seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move. The only sound in their ears was the suddenly amplified sound of rain piercing their eardrums.

Maybe it was an illusion, or maybe there was just something wrong with the phone's display - but thinking about the strange events just mentioned, a creepy fear crept up into their bones, and the raindrops on their skin seemed to turn into white frost, slowly freezing their hearts and breathing.

Just like the day Ming Hai left, no one was willing to face the facts that were right in front of them.

Even Toyokawa Shoko was still subconsciously denying the worst possibility.

"Is Mu-chan's phone damaged by the water?"

With the fingertips of her clenched fists pressed tightly against her palms, she forced a smile and asked a question as if to ease the atmosphere.

Although the effect was not good and he failed to comfort anyone, at least this sentence made Shiina Riki come back to his senses.

The black-haired girl took a deep breath, forced her stiff and trembling fingers to take out her cell phone, opened the photo album, and found the group photo that was also saved from the group album.

"..."

As if seeing a ghost, the pair of purple pupils suddenly shrank.

Her expression twisted slightly, and her fingertips gripping the phone were so tight that they turned white.

Without speaking immediately, Shiina Riki bit his lips and swiped the screen quickly as if he was confirming something.

After a moment, she closed her eyes unwillingly and squeezed out a hoarse voice from her throat.

“More than just photos…”

"All social software, from Line to X, from chat records to press releases... everything related to them disappeared."

"It was as if all the traces they left in this world were deleted by someone with a single click, and suddenly everything became blank."

There were no more Narumi and Suyo on Line, and the number of people in the band group chat was only 4;

There was a strange lack of chat records, all kinds of incoherent sentences, and her quarrel with Ming Hai became a weird stand-up comedy;

Two names were missing from the address book and email, and the bass score compiled by Su Shi disappeared from the shared cloud. Even the news that went viral on major websites and was on the hot search for several days changed from "The last song in the thunderstorm! A well-known band suffered a fatal accident, and a 15-year-old boy was killed by the spotlight! A girl in the same band collapsed and fainted, and the music festival was urgently suspended. Was it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?" to a bunch of incomprehensible garbage, just like a novel with the key plot deleted.

Shiina Riki couldn't understand what was going on, but the facts were right in front of her, forcing her to face up to everything that had overturned her three views.

"Mu, do you still remember Su Shi's phone number?"

As if to completely shatter the hope in the eyes of others, Shiina Riki opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice to Wakaba Mutsu who was standing there in a daze.

"..."

Wakaba Mutsu didn't answer, but like a puppet who had received instructions, he slowly dialed Nagasaki Suyo's phone number with his somewhat stiff white fingertips and turned on the speaker.