"Let's go back."
After a long silence in the snow, Nanako finally spoke up.
"Why don't you come in and sit down for a while?" Naoki said softly.
"Entering will only embarrass everyone." Nanako said angrily, "Quick, freeze to death."
Naoki said in surprise: "You are not angry?"
"What did I do to get angry, I just feel a little…" Nanako looked up at the sky, and exhaled a white mist lightly, "I know dad's character very well, he is neither a good person nor a villain, just an ordinary middle-aged man."
"Hiding and refusing to tell me, is nothing more than worrying that I will come and cause trouble for no reason."
"Actually, I have long guessed something, and now it is just a confirmation." Nanako bit her lower lip, "Compared to him getting drunk, sexually harassing on the train, getting arrested and killed at the police station. Rebuilding a family isn't so bad."
"I thought you would rush to kick the door, but I didn't expect to say such words." Naoki looked relieved "Yeah, you've grown up."
"Go to hell!" Nanako said angrily, "Don't talk to me in an elder's tone!"
Naoki can't stop testing on the verge of death:
"I even walked around the sky tree with you in my arms, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say I'm an elder?"
Nanako was so angry that she raised her foot and kicked the person: "You really want to be beaten!"
...
It was snowing.
Dusk is deep.
It was only 5 pm, but the sky was completely dark.
This small town is sparsely populated, now windy and snowy, the streets so cold that there are barely any pedestrians, only warm yellow lights from the buildings on the street.
Naoki and Nanako walked to the station, a single light illuminated the night, and the platform was empty.
"Isn't the bus coming?"
Nanako put her hand around her mouth, exhaled lightly, and tiptoed to see the wind and snow.
Naturally, there is no subway in the city, and travel is usually done by bus.
"Last bus at 6 p.m." Naoki glanced at the schedule on the notice board "We have to wait 10 minutes, going to the dessert shop for a bit?"
"10 minutes, not long, just wait here a bit." Nanako shook her head.
"Okay."
The two of them waited silently on the platform.
After a while.
Nanako suddenly walked behind Naoki, spread her arms, and hugged Naoki from behind.
"Freeze." Nanako rested her forehead on Naoki's back and muttered under her breath, "Help me get out of the wind for a bit."
"I refuse."
Naoki answered in a deep voice.
"What?"
"No matter how long enough time is, I will keep you out of the wind for life."
"Pooh!"
Nanako spat softly, hugged Naoki tightly in her arms, and absorbed the warmth.
Between heaven and earth, there are only two people.
The bus was several minutes late before it slowly emerged from the wind and snow.
"Get on the bus." Naoki reminded.
Nanako then released Naoki,
The two walked to a corner and sat down.
The bus doors quickly closed, and it drove unsteadily in the wind and snow.
The bus was empty, except for Naoki and Nanako, there were only two passengers, an old woman in black, with her head down, as if she was sleeping.
A petite girl, sitting up straight, looks out the window silently.
Naoki was playing with his cell phone when someone lightly poked him in the waist a few times.
"What is wrong?"
Naoki turned to look at Nanako.
"Sst-"
Nanako put her finger to her lips and motioned for silence, then took out her cell phone and sent a message quickly.
"Something's wrong with this bus!"
"Hah?"
Naoki looked up doubtfully.
"The old lady is sitting there not moving, maybe it's a corpse!"
Hey, good bus trip, suddenly turned into horror style!
"What is the reason?"
Naoki sent a reply.
Nanako had a serious expression: "The bus just passed a speed bump, and the car was bouncing back and forth. The old woman hasn't woken up yet. Isn't that weird?"
What's weird, other people actually sleep more soundly, don't be suspicious!
Nanako: "Ordinary people usually lean back when sleeping, and never have a sleeping position with their heads down."
Zhang Yide still sleeps with his eyes open, it is only natural that there are some people with strange sleeping positions!
"And that little girl is also very strange." Nanako glanced at the girl not far from the corner of her eye, "It's late at night, and elementary school students are leaving town by bus, no matter what you think about it, it's weird?"
"That's right, it's not even 5.30 pm yet, not too late, many social animals are still sweating profusely during overtime, not too late." Naoki complained "After all, how do you know she's an elementary school kid?"
"She's so short, what if she's not an elementary school student?" Nanako replied.
Naoki: "Ogata Rizu is also really short, but she's a high school student."
Nanako: "😐"
The little legal kid was all around, leaving her speechless.
"Even if you say that, there is still evidence that this bus is very strange." Nanako said with a serious expression, "Do you feel that the bus is cold? A chill that makes people's hands and feet go cold."
"That's right." Naoki nodded "It's really cold on the bus."
"Is that true?" Nanako's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly sent a message, "Let's find a chance to escape."
Naoki said quietly: "Did you see the tweet about the ghost bus?"
"How do you know?" Nanako was surprised.
"Because I've seen it too." Naoki pointed at the bus driver, "See for yourself, there is an apology letter taped there."
Nanako opened her eyes wide and looked up: "The heating circulation system was broken today and is being repaired, please forgive..."
"The bus is cold because there is no heater." Naoki was telling the truth.
The time of the legendary ghost that haunts the bus is midnight, and it's only 6:30 in the afternoon, and the sun hasn't set in summer yet!
"Better to be safe than sorry." Nanako still doesn't want to give up. "I'm not used to this place, I might become in danger, be careful!"
Of course there is no danger.
The bus arrived at Nara Station safely.
The old woman in black didn't need anyone to scream, she stood up tremblingly, tilted her head and took the bluetooth headset out of her ear.
The lonely elementary school student ran to the driver's seat and shouted loudly:
"Dad, I'm hungry."
The driver smiled, held up the mobile phone with one hand, and touched the little girl's head with the other:
"Go home and eat now. Mother has prepared food."
"What now?"
Naoki looked at Nanako.
"...Get off the bus and eat."
Nanako hummed softly, turned her head, and got off the bus with her head held high.
The snow was still falling, and it was falling from the sky one after another, and the ground was completely white.
The station is quiet and there are very few pedestrians, two Nara deer are walking not far.
Nanako recalled the humiliation of being bitten on her buttocks during the day, and hummed softly:
"I'm curious about the taste of venison, and I will eat venison at night."
"I'm curious too." Naoki said honestly "Go and taste it."
The two left the station and looked for a venison restaurant. It took a long time to find a venison restaurant, and then experienced a venison feast.
"Tastes a bit like beef."
"But the meat should be more tender."
"Let me say it." Nanako took a sip of ice water and sighed with satisfaction, "That deer is so cute, it must taste good."
Naoki said speechlessly: "Are you a devil?"
Nanako looked at him disdainfully, "Obviously you eat a lot."
...
Feeding senbei in Nara Park, and eating venison dishes at night, a trip to Nara is practically complete.
Naoki and Naoki went to the train station, got on a train, and arrived in Osaka in half an hour.
Compared to Nara which is quiet at night, Osaka is definitely much busier and livelier. After all, this is the second largest city in Japan, and the streets are full of people and vehicles.
Naoki and Nanako didn't stay, they changed to the Shinkansen at the station, and were about to head back to Tokyo.
"Go back."
Looking at the slowly receding buildings and lights outside the window, Nanako breathed a sigh of relief.
"Drinking coffee."
Naoki handed over a can of hot coffee.
Nanako took it subconsciously, and her eyes suddenly became alert: "Don't even think about it!"
"What are you thinking about?" Naoki put on an innocent face.
"You know it in your heart."
Nanako gritted her silver teeth lightly.
Wet the chair and sit on your lap, it won't happen again!
The seat didn't get wet with the coffee, but on the way back, another accident occurred.
Due to the increased wind and snow, the line of sight was severely obstructed, and the Shinkansen had to stop temporarily, and the time to restart is unknown.
"Do you want to stop temporarily?"
After listening to the announcement on the radio, Nanako leaned against the window and looked outside.
The Shinkansen didn't know where to stop temporarily, and outside the window was pitch black, with no light to be seen.
The shinkansen is empty, and there are not many passengers. Nanako suddenly feels a subtle illusion of being abandoned by the whole world.
"If I were the only one who came here today..."
Nanako subconsciously brought her into it.
His morning was fine, only slightly quiet at best, she arrived in Nara alone, after lunch, she had to go to Nara Park to buy senbei to feed the deer.
Then... She had to be chased by a herd of deer out of embarrassment.
In the afternoon, she went to the small town where her father worked alone. Seeing her father and others secretly starting a family, it must be very uncomfortable.
Why hide it from her?
Remarrying is normal.
Seeing her father enter the apartment, Nanako suddenly felt that she was just an outsider.
Back to Osaka alone at night, then on an empty Shinkansen, trapped in the wilderness, becoming the loneliest person in the world...
"Why are your eyes red?"
Naoki raised his eyebrows and turned around.
"I'm fine." Nanako came to her senses, wiped her eyes quickly, and turned around, "There is sand in my eyes."
Naoki said: "I wonder where the sand on the Shinkansen comes from."
"...Hmph!"
Nanako hummed twice, then said, "Do you find the scene in front of you familiar?"
"What?"
"It was a train forced to stop in the wilderness."
"Hmm..." Naoki pondered for two seconds, "Remember, is that Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen?"
"Are you an idiot?" Nanako turned to look, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but scream, "Of course it's five centimeters per second. What do you think about Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen!"
Previously, Naoki went on a grand adventure in the dream world with Itsuki, and he knows it very well.
Nanako said softly, "The speed at which the cherry blossoms fall is five centimeters..."
"But it wasn't." Naoki said calmly, "Let's just say that a cherry tree is three meters high, and a piece of cherry blossom falls, falling five centimeters per second, and three meters is three hundred centimeters. Simple calculation, cherry blossoms fall to the ground. It took sixty seconds, which is one minute."
"Is it scientific?"
"Unscientific."
"Actually, I have done experiments before. The speed at which the cherry blossoms fall is similar to a leaf, far exceeding five centimeters per second."
Nanako looked up with a blank expression: "You really do experiments specifically, are you very bored?"
Curiosity and thirst for knowledge are described as boring by you, it's no wonder you fail the exam!
"It's just a very simple experiment." Naoki pressed his finger between his brows, "I also specially verified how many sunflower seeds can be hidden in the hamster's mouth..."
"Counting sunflower seeds?" Nanako's eyes twitched slightly, "You idiot!"
"This sentence will wait until your rank is higher than mine."
Naoki looked out the window, the snowflakes were still falling, and they seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. He held Nanako's slightly cold right hand and said calmly:
"Even if you wander to the ends of the earth, I can still find you."
Nanako moved her lips, and held Naoki's hand: "I'm not Akari either."
"You are the Anego who dominates the school."
"Looking for a beating, right?"
Nanako waved her fist, suddenly stood up, and sat in Naoki's arms.
"What are you doing?" Naoki asked confused.
"Rarely does the train stop running on a snowy night. It might only happen once in a lifetime." Nanako blushed and lifted her chin. "Impressive memories."
When Nanako shook his right hand, Naoki hurriedly said:
"Wait, this is the Shinkansen."
"Is there no control on the Shinkansen?"
"...Not."
"Then that's fine." Nanako snorted softly: "You are such a pervert, and you say no, you have to hide for a while."
It's easy to tell, the chair is so big, where to hide!
Naoki was silent for two seconds, his eyes moved down, and fell on Nanako's lips, and said seriously:
"It's a pain to get your clothes dirty, so thank you for your hard work."
"What?"
Nanako was taken aback, and found Naoki's eyes on her lips. Her face quickly turned red: "You want to trick me into drinking deoxyribose again?!"