To avoid the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, everyone booked their tickets early.
Hayes Edwards had no plans to stay long at school, so he packed his things the night before, preparing to leave the next day.
In the night, a heavy rain suddenly fell, the temperature plumted, accompanied by a drizzle, making it much colder than the day before.
Because of the cold weather, there were significantly fewer pedestrians on the road.
Hayes only had one suitcase. Seeing that there was still so ti left, he found a place to sit.
A few minutes later, he heard a sound not far away and raised his head for a look.
A little girl was asking for directions, nodding as she listened and repeatedly saying thank you.
The voice sounded sowhat familiar.
But before Hayes could think more about it, it was ti for him to leave, so he stood up, pulled his suitcase, and went on his way.
After confirming the route once more, Grace Winter turned around and walked in the direction the person had pointed. While passing by the seats, she glanced over at them.
They were already empty.
Following the number on her ticket, she searched for her seat. Having been away for a long ti, she was unfamiliar and took a while to find it.
The carriage was not very crowded.
Grace found a place to put her luggage, and just as she turned around, Hayes ca in from the other side.
Halfway there, Grace rembered sothing and turned back, just as Hayes looked down at his seat number.
"Excuse , please, thank you."
A light, soft, clean female voice ca to his ear.
He moved aside instinctively.
It was the girl who had asked for directions earlier.
For so reason, only that phrase filled Hayes’s mind. When he ca to his senses, he thought he was being sowhat creepy—having never seen her face, he had followed her just by her voice.
They didn’t bump into each other during the rest of the journey.
Hayes soon forgot about this little interlude until when he was getting off the train. In the crowd, he saw that sowhat familiar figure again.
It turned out they shared the sa destination.
She was probably genuinely unfamiliar with the place, asking for directions on the way there and again upon arrival.
"Thank you, it’s been a long ti since I’ve been back..."
Amidst the noisy crowd, her voice ca through like this.
But soon, the crowd washed away and drowned out everything.
When Hayes returned ho, the sky was already darkening. Far in the distance, the tangerine-yellow sunset t the ink-blue sky, and the fiery red sun was drawn down into the mountains.
In just a blink of an eye, it was gone.
The children playing in the neighborhood were also called back ho by their parents.
Upon returning ho, Mother Edwards, as usual, asked Hayes about his school life, and casually gossiped a bit, asking if he had a girlfriend.
For so reason, that familiar figure from earlier at the station unconsciously appeared in Hayes’s mind.
That pause of just one second led Mother Edwards to a misunderstanding. "Hayes, it’s okay if you don’t want to say. Whether you do or don’t, I respect you."
Hayes sighed, "Mom, you’re overthinking it. I really don’t have a girlfriend."
Mother Edwards was just short of grabbing so sunflower seeds to snack on. "I see, I see, our Hayes doesn’t have a girlfriend."
After saying this, Mother Edwards ran off to the kitchen to gossip with Father Edwards who was cooking.
Hayes: "..."
After dinner, back in his room, Hayes noticed that the box of toys was gone.
Just then, Mother Edwards ca in, so Hayes asked, "Mom, where’s that box of toys?"
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