Chapter 154 A new beginning

Chapter 155 A New Beginning

"Ying, Yingli. Why are you here?" Dad seemed to be frightened, and even his body was twisted while sitting on the beach chair.

"I also want to ask you, why do you..."

"Wow~" Before Yingli could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xiaolan's excited shout. "This is such a coincidence, you two are really worthy of being a couple, I didn't expect that you have exactly the same idea of ​​leisure on weekends." Xiaolan clasped her hands together and smiled.

"Could it be that...Xiaolan, this was arranged by you again?" Dad turned around and looked at Xiaolan questioningly.

"You know it without thinking." My mother echoed with her arms folded across her chest.

"You, what are you talking about?" Xiaolan saw that her plan was exposed, so she had to play dumb.

"So that's why you booked a double room and a triple room, right?" Dad asked with narrowed eyes.

“Ah, that…that…”

"Double room and triple room?" Mom opened her half-closed eyes. "Why triple room? Are there so many people here?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce him to you." Xiaolan saw that her mother changed the subject. She hurriedly stepped down the stairs and pushed me out of the back door. "This child has just been staying with us recently. Mom, you don't know him yet, right?
"This child..." The next second, our eyes met, and in an instant, it seemed as if the whole world had quieted down. There was no more noise on the beach, only the heartbeat of two people connected by blood.

"Mom, let me introduce you to this child. Her name is Mingya..."

"Xiaoxun! Is that you?" Before Xiaolan could finish her words, she rushed up and grabbed my shoulders. "Xiaoxun, tell me, it's you, isn't it?" Behind her glasses, I could clearly see the tears welling up in her eyes. I believed that as long as I nodded, the tears in her eyes would flow out. And they would definitely flow out like a spring.

“…” I didn’t say anything, nor did I make any movements. I just stared at her, at the woman in front of me who shocked me to the point where I couldn’t control my actions.

Mom, I really want to call her that at this moment, but I can't. The only remaining consciousness in my mind tells me that I can't call her that. I have to hold it back. However, looking into her eyes and feeling the trembling frequency of her hands grasping my shoulders, I find myself deeply trapped. Finally, the last trace of consciousness in my mind begins to blur, and my mouth is already open. Mom, after ten years, I can finally call you mom again.

"Hey!" Just when I was about to lose control of my emotions, Conan poked me gently on the back, waking me up from my dream.

Turning my head, I saw Conan shaking his head at me, signaling me to calm down. Yes, I almost exposed myself.

"Mom? Do you know Xiaoxun?" On the other side, Xiaolan also interrupted her mother's excitement.

"Eh?"

"That's the kid." Xiaolan pointed at me. "His name is Ming Yaxun. Do you know him?"

"Ming Ya..Xun?" My mother looked at me with a hint of doubt on her face, and then the doubt disappeared. "What Ming Yaxun? He is obviously..."

"Auntie!" I interrupted my mother before she finished her words, "Hello, Auntie, nice to meet you. My name is Ming Yaxun, please teach me." I smiled and said hello to my mother, but God knows how sad I was hiding behind my smile. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't. If you look closely, you will find that my acting skills were second only to Vermouth, but my smile was so stiff.

"Xiaoxun..." I could clearly feel my mother's body tremble after hearing what I said. As soon as the word "Auntie" came out, I could feel that her expectations in her heart were instantly brought to the bottom. In the next few seconds, with a touch of sadness and gloom, my mother gradually returned to her old self.

"I'm sorry, I got the wrong person. Your name is Ming Yaxun, right?" Mom wiped the tears from her eyes. "Nice to meet you. I'm Xiaolan's mother, Kisaragi. Please give me your guidance, Xiaoxun." She reached out and gently stroked my cheek. She slowly stood up. When her warm hand left my face, a sense of loss rushed into my heart.

"Kogoro, come here." Mom threw away the towel she had just used to wipe her hair and walked behind Dad's seat.

"Huh? What's wrong? If you want to apply sunscreen, you should ask someone else..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Come here quickly!" Mom yelled at Dad with an angry face.

"Huh?! Oh oh." Kogoro, who rarely saw Eri angry, finally realized that his wife had something to say to him, so he sat up from the sun lounger awkwardly and walked towards his wife.

"Kogoro, I want to ask you something." Mom said to Dad with a serious face, and glanced at me at the same time, which scared me so much that I quickly avoided her sight. I didn't dare to look her in the eye. "That child..." As if she was afraid that I would hear their conversation, Mom deliberately lowered her voice and whispered to Dad. However, what she didn't know was that as an excellent lip reader, I could see every lip movement of their mouths. [What's the matter with that child? ]

[You mean Xiaoxun? He was originally a child living in Dr. Agasa's house, just like Conan. Since the doctor felt it was inconvenient, he sent him to me and gave him a large amount of support.] Kogoro also looked back at me. [I heard that this child's family is in the diamond business, and they paid 50 million yen in support at once. What a rich family...]

[No, that's not what I meant.] Yingli said seriously. [What I meant was, do you think that child looks a lot like Xiaoxun?]

[Xiaoxun? Who does she look like? ]

[Our child!] Eri was a little excited. [Don't you think that Mingya Xun looks a lot like our child Maori Xun? Do you think he could be...]

[Eri...] Kogoro interrupted Eri and patted her shoulder with a serious tone. [I can understand how you feel now, but that is impossible.]

【But...】Eri wanted to refute.

[If Xiaoxun is still alive, then he is 17 years old this year, just like Xiaolan. And that child, no matter how you look at it, can't possibly be 17 years old. Although there is a lot of maturity in his behavior, a child is still a child after all. And I have checked, that kid's hair is really born pale gold. Even if I hold a hundred thousand percent of luck, this is absolutely impossible... Alas...] Kogoro reached out and stroked Eri's hair that was stuck to her face because of panic. Although the two have separated, the reason for the separation has not affected their relationship. [Don't think too much, Xiaoxun has already...]

[… I understand.] In the end, Mom compromised with Dad’s words, and the longing in her heart made the eyes of this mother who had lost her son filled with mist again.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Xun, are you okay?" On the other side, Conan saw that I was in a bad state and hurriedly spoke to comfort me.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I responded. Oh, is it really fine? Then what's going on with this loneliness and uneasiness in my heart?

"Xiao Xun, you..." Conan put his hand on my shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm going to go soak in the sea for a while. You can talk to them."

"But the scars on your body..."

"It's okay. I'll go to the room and change clothes. You'll have to go back to the hotel soon, so don't worry about me." I didn't listen to Conan's words, but ran to the sea. With the oncoming waves, I dived into the water. The cold sea water instantly penetrated my skin, but only my eyes were still surging with hot currents. I didn't listen to Conan's words, not because I didn't want to listen, but at this moment I couldn't hold back my tears. Maybe if I was a second slower, everything in front of me would change.

"One second, two seconds, one minute, two minutes. Time passed by second by second. Finally, I couldn't stand the suffocation in my chest anymore and floated to the surface. I took a deep breath of fresh air. The sea breeze blew in my face and the sun shone warmly. I relaxed my body and let it float on the sea as much as possible. The interweaving of warmth and coolness gradually calmed my anxious heart.

"Hu..." I let out a long breath and opened my eyes. I could feel that I had regained some of my former calmness. The most difficult stage had been passed. I believed that even if I faced my mother again in the future, something like today would not happen again.

I turned around. My family members who were on the beach just now had already left. I believe they had returned to the hotel. So I didn't stay any longer and slowly swam to the shore and walked towards the hotel.

I returned to the hotel, but I didn't see Conan and the others in the lobby. They must have gone out to eat. However, before I went to look for them, I had to change my shirt that had been soaked through. I came to my room and walked in. There was no one inside. I opened my suitcase, which was filled with the clothes that Jingliu had prepared for me. Hoodies, T-shirts, shirts, and bunny pajamas. Looking at these clothes, I suddenly smiled, and I smiled with relief. I swiped my phone out of the necklace and quickly sent a text message.

[Sister Jingliu, I miss you. 】

[…Silly, I'm always by your side.] In less than a minute, I received Jingliu's reply. Although it was just a short sentence, it immediately wiped away the sadness in my heart.

【I miss her, too.】

[If things are really as you wish, I think the day of your reunion is not far away. So, Bing, you have to hold on. Don't let anything upset your heart. No matter what your identity is, you will always be yourself.] Sure enough, people who understand me always understand what I think in my heart. They can always give me the comfort I need most in the shortest time.

[Yes, I will.] I smiled faintly and put away my phone. Although it was just a few text messages, after the conversation, I felt that my condition had improved a lot.

Standing in front of the mirror, I looked at myself who was soaked by the sea water. My purple pupils exuded a calm look without a trace of impurities. The next second, the calm in my eyes turned fierce. I exerted force with both hands and tore the soaked shirt on my body. The ugly and terrifying scars on my body were exposed. After staring at the scars on my body for a long time, I took a deep breath again. I didn't take out any clothes from the suitcase, but gently stroked the necklace on my chest with my hand, and a black windbreaker suit fell into my hand. Black pants, black shoes, black V-neck T-shirt, black windbreaker, put on this outfit, opened my eyes, and looked at myself in the mirror again. The purple eyes regained the evil light, and the confidence of the past was back on the corners of my mouth.

"Yes, this is me." I gave myself a devilish smile in the mirror, turned around and walked out of the room. Because outside, there is a new beginning that belongs to me.

(End of this chapter)