Qian Fan Tian no longer stared at Cocoa. I see. Although I am not good at dealing with serious scenes, I still answered her:
"Oh, then you tell me. 」
"okay. 」
The long silence made me nervous and want to swallow saliva. After a while, Qian Fantian slowly spoke:
"... I have an uncle, my mother's brother, named Sekitani Jun, who went to Malaysia ten years ago and disappeared seven years ago.
When I was a child ... no, I can't say that I'm not a child now. In short, ten years ago, I was very close to my uncle. In my memory, no matter what I ask, my uncle will definitely answer me. I was young at that time, and I must have been absent-minded in my speech. I don't remember asking him anything, except that my uncle seems to know everything. 」
"He is quite severe. 」
"I don't know whether he is really knowledgeable or just eloquent." She laughed and made a joke like me.
"Well, you have an uncle, and I have two or three uncles, although no one is missing. What do you want from me? You won't let me go to Malaysia to find him, will you? 」
"No, my uncle in Bangladesh, er, India lost contact. What I want to ask you is … I hope you can help me remember what my uncle told me. 」
Qian Fan days only said that and then stopped. This judgment is very correct, because I haven't understood what I heard. -Qian Fantian wants to ask me what her uncle told her?
"... stop it. 」
"I'm sorry, my narrative jumped too fast. All my memories of my uncle were when I was very young, so I have almost forgotten them now. There is only one thing that impressed me particularly, and that is what I want to recall. 」
Chi Fantian raised the cup to his mouth, mostly not for tasting, but because he was thirsty. She lowered the volume slightly and continued.
"At that time, I was still in kindergarten. I don't know where I heard that my uncle was an ancient book research society. Perhaps the word sounds very similar to the snack "Vinegar Kunbu" that my family often eats, so I became interested in my uncle's ancient book research. 」
The Ancient Books Research Association and Vinegar Kunbu are just puns and jokes, but children's curiosity is hard to understand, what's more, this child will grow up to be the embodiment of curiosity-Chitanda Eru.
"I heard a lot about the ancient books research association from my uncle. One day, I asked a question about the ancient books research society. Usually, no matter what I ask, my uncle will answer immediately, but that time he didn't want to answer me. I was unhappy for a long time, and my uncle told me reluctantly. After I heard the answer ... "
"Did you hear it later? 」
"... I cried. I don't know whether I cried because of fear or sadness. Later, it seems that my mother ran over. I don't remember this part, except that my uncle didn't come to coax me. 」
"He may be afraid. 」
"I'm not sure. Maybe. I always remember. As time went by ... by the way, I began to feel curious when I was in junior high school. Why didn't my uncle want to answer me at that time? Why don't you coax me? ..... What do you think, Mr. Folding Wood? 」
When she asked me this question, I tried to sort out the current situation: why did the person who was considerate enough to take pains to answer children's questions and smart enough to answer any questions leave the crying children alone?
The answer will come out soon. I easily say:
"Your uncle must have said something he couldn't take back, and because it was serious, he couldn't coax the crying child into saying it was a lie. 」
Hearing this, Qian Fan day smiled gently.
"Well, I think so. 」