Chapter 730 Questioning
Uncle Xu suddenly turned his head and looked at the old maple tree.

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This maple tree is where he first met the young lady.

It was also the place he visited most often after his little sister disappeared.

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He always sat or stood under the maple tree for the entire morning.

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As the seasons changed, he couldn't count how many times he had seen the maple leaves turn red.

He always remembered that when the maple leaves turned red that year, he met the girl with red maple leaves on her white hair.

She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen since he could remember, even until now.

It's like an elf transformed from a maple tree.

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Rather than being cold, it would be better to describe it as having an ethereal and mysterious temperament.

He always has a stern face and looks up at the distant sky through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

The white eyes were calm, even if a little weird, yet still stunningly beautiful.

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Every time he saw the little sister, Pudding was already lying beside her.

Right next to the young lady's long white hair scattered on the ground behind her.

So quiet as if in deep sleep.

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The black cat, long white hair, and red maple leaves, such a picture always makes him dazed.

That’s why he always forgets to ask the young lady, is it really okay to have hair scattered on the ground like this?

Won’t it be dirty?
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Looking back now, such concerns are understandable.

But it is really a very unpleasant idea.

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Therefore, he also bought a hairband for the little sister.

It took me a long time to choose.

In the end, it was not sent out.

Because he found that against the backdrop of the maple leaf ornament on the young lady's head, the hairband he carefully selected looked so inferior.

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Miss sister, do you like maple leaf shaped clips?

Every time I see the young lady, there are a few maple leaf hairpins scattered on her white hair.

The size and shape are exactly the same as real maple leaves.

The look was so realistic that for a long time he thought it was a maple leaf that fell on the girl's hair.

In particular, the young lady’s maple leaf hairpin changes color with the seasons, and it is always the same color as the maple leaf above her head.

This made him even more confused.

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He met the little sister under the maple tree.

All his memories of his little sister are inseparable from this maple tree.

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That was why he chose to come to this maple tree later, hoping that one day the girl with white hair would sit under the maple tree again and turn to look at him.

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Sometimes, he would wonder, maybe everyone has forgotten him, so what is he still thinking about?
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He didn't know it at first.

After the initial reluctance, anger, sadness, sorrow and other emotions gradually disappeared in the long river of time, he thought that all he wanted was an answer.

An answer that the other party left without saying goodbye.

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Years of fruitless waiting made him think he was waiting in the wrong place.

But where else could he go to wait except under this maple tree?
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It was not until the young lady disappeared that he suddenly realized that he knew nothing about her.

He doesn't know the young lady's name, age, or where she lives.
He didn't even know how the young lady got to his house.

He didn't know all this.

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The confusion about how the little sister appeared under the maple tree in his house made him half-believe what his grandmother told him that the little sister was a monster.

Otherwise it would be hard to explain why there was an extra person in the house and no one else saw it except him?

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He instinctively resisted and refused to believe his grandmother's conclusion that his fate with his little sister was over. However, so many years have passed, Pudding is gone, his grandmother is gone, but he still hasn't seen his little sister again.

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Maybe grandma is right.

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However, waiting under the maple tree seemed to have become a habit ingrained in him.

While he was unconscious, he came under the maple tree again.

Maybe it's waiting, or maybe it's just to recall the beautiful past, but now it's tainted with bitter memories.

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He no longer had any hope of waiting for the young lady at Maple Tree.

Now, the young man in front of him actually told him that the person he had been thinking about and waiting for was right on the maple tree.

For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy, so complicated that it was difficult to express in words.

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Hey, maple tree...are you coming up?
Uncle Xu suddenly realized this, and moved his eyes upwards, searching among the gaps between the maple leaves and branches.

He was not surprised by Xiao Xiao's words.

He knew that the little sister could climb trees, and she was very good at it.

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I remember one time when he came to look for the young lady, but the person who was supposed to be there was nowhere to be seen.

He was very confused, calling out "Little Sister" and walking around the maple tree looking for someone.

Just when he started to get anxious and panicked, "Meow~"

A familiar cat's meow came into his ears.

He subconsciously looked over in the direction of the sound.

I found a black cat lying on a branch, with its tail hanging down between the branches. It looked lazy, and there seemed to be a hint of contempt in its green eyes.

He didn't mind.

Because he knew that if Pudding was here, then the young lady should also be
He turned his eyes slightly and saw the girl sitting on a branch with her back leaning against the tree trunk.

The girl, who usually had no expression on her face, was holding her chin with one hand, tilting her head and looking down at him.

The corners of his mouth seemed to curl up slightly.

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He felt dizzy.

A huge smile instantly appeared on his face, and the worry and anxiety he had about not being able to find the item was completely forgotten.

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Uncle Xu's eyes, which had originally been filled with anticipation due to the memories, gradually dimmed.

No.

This time, he did not find the little sister who had played pranks on him once, as he remembered.

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"No."

Xu Zizhen ran to the maple tree to look around, then turned to look at Xiao Xiao and expressed Uncle Xu's thoughts.

He rubbed his sore eyes, unable to hide his disappointment.

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Although the maple tree has lush branches and leaves, it is far from being big enough to hide a person.

He had searched so carefully...

Xu Zizhen's eager and excited heart slowly cooled down.

Apart from the maple leaves, he didn't find any other living things.

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So, what did Xiao Xiao mean by what he said before?
Are you kidding?
This is not funny at all!
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Xiao Xiao walked towards the maple tree.

The others followed behind him.

Uncle Xu was stunned, but followed subconsciously.

He couldn't quite explain how he felt at the moment.

Disappointed?
I am very sure of that.

But rather than disappointment, he seemed to have a more empty feeling in his heart.

He probably...really has given up hope of finding the young lady, right?
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"Xiao Xiao, where are the people?"

Looking at Xiao Xiao who was approaching, Xu Zizhen had difficulty controlling his emotions, especially after he discovered the gloom hidden in his uncle's seemingly calm eyes. There was a hint of questioning in the words that he blurted out.

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