New Life
Seven years later——
The spacious and bright classroom is filled with neatly arranged radish heads.
Textbooks are spread out on the desk, and the notes on them, some neat and some sloppy, reveal the owner's habits.
The white chalk left smooth marks on the blackboard, and the next second it brushed across a child's cheek in an extremely beautiful parabola.
"Any gossip you have, would you like to share it with everyone?"
The teacher's nonchalant tone made the child who was whispering blush.
The other children turned to look at him and couldn't help laughing, and the serious classroom suddenly became lively.
"Okay." The teacher tapped the blackboard with his fingers to attract the children's attention. "Thank you, Ishida-kun, for helping to liven up the atmosphere."
"Next time if you feel bored, you can just raise your hand and tell the teacher."
"Then, in this atmosphere, let's role-play and read the text aloud."
"Okay~" the carrot heads responded loudly and in unison.
Except for the girl sitting in the corner by the window, she didn't say anything, but just had a smile on her face.
Summer Aoi, no, Hinata Aoi is now fourteen years old.
Her jet-black hair was neatly and delicately braided behind her head. The floral headband on her head matched the skirt she was wearing, making her look even more ladylike. She stood out from the classmates around her who were wearing T-shirts and shorts.
The girl's originally bright eyes dimmed their luster, and her face, which had never expressed any strong expression, became soft and lively, and she did not hesitate to show her emotions.
The activities in the classroom are in full swing.
Hinata Aoi watched and listened quietly as usual, and no one accused her of being lazy.
Because everyone knows that she is a mute who cannot speak.
......
"bell--"
"Okay, get out of class dismissed."
"stand up!"
"Goodbye, teacher—"
An interesting Chinese class ended. Hinata Aoi stretched, glanced at the class schedule written on the blackboard, and took out a book from the hole in the desk.
Suddenly, her hand felt a resistance, and another palm pressed down hard on the textbook she had just placed on the table, blocking her fingers from releasing it.
"Ms. Vase, how was the class?"
The girl opposite said it in a teasing tone, her hand pressed on the textbook without releasing it.
Hinata Aoi blinked, pulled her fingers out from under the textbook expressionlessly, and waved at the girl, motioning her to come closer.
"Ah? What's wrong?" The girl came closer obediently in confusion, with a hint of anticipation unconsciously in her heart.
"Boom!"
“Ah, it hurts, it hurts!”
Hinata Aoi hit the girl on the head without reducing her strength, forcing her to step back.
"That's too much force!" Naoka Ueno complained with tears in her eyes, covering her forehead.
The girl with two braids on the side - Kawai Miki couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, "Hahaha, it was you, Xiaozhi, who teased Xiaokui first."
Hinata Aoi smiled just the right amount again, took out a candy and threw it into Ueno's arms, and also handed one to Kawai.
"Just one candy...Okay, I forgive you." The girl, who had taken advantage of the situation, peeled off the candy coating and threw the candy into her mouth, then turned around and talked to Kawai Miki next to her about the idol drama that was broadcast last night.
The two of them stood next to Hinata Aoi and started chatting, to the extent that anyone who didn't know the situation would mistakenly think it was a conversation between three people.
Hinata Aoi was already used to it.
All of this starts with that woman, Hinata Aoi’s mother - Hinata Noko.
Hinata Aoi was adopted by Hinata Noko in a hurry just two days after she arrived at the orphanage.
"My last name is Hinata, her name is Aoi, isn't this a perfect match~"
The woman said this to the dean, then hurriedly completed the formalities and took Hinata Aoi out of the country.
Hinata Aoi's voice has not fully recovered yet, and she is in a daze. It was difficult to communicate with her in the first place, and she was dragged to a foreign country, so there is no need for communication at all.
Hinanoko didn't care about this. After all, her throat was fine, so she just had to take care of it.
She is a corporate slave who just quit her job not long ago. She is lazy yet exudes a bit of the energy of regaining freedom.
When I arrived abroad, I first slept and ate in the hotel bed, and then I went to visit tourist attractions everywhere, as if I wanted to make up for what I had not gotten before.
He was also very satisfied with the treatment of Hinata Aoi.
She doesn't cry or make a fuss, and does whatever she is asked to do. She can be dressed up as anything she wants like a Barbie doll. Wherever she is taken, she will attract the envious gazes of foreigners, and they make her so beautiful that she turns into a crazy baby show-off.
It was not until the money was almost spent that Hinata Noko realized that Hinata Aoi not only hadn't said a word, but hadn't even uttered a single tone.
Logically, your throat should have healed by now, so why isn't it talking yet?
Have you forgotten how to speak because you haven’t spoken for so long?
Hinata Noko hurriedly bought a children's book and finally found the Japanese version. She pointed at her own lip movements and asked Hinata Aoi sitting opposite her to read along.
For the first time, the girl in the palace-style Rococo dress did not respond to her adoptive mother's expectations.
It seemed as if he didn't understand what she meant at all. Without even glancing at the open storybook, he pulled out a map from Hinanoko's backpack and pointed to a location that had not been checked in.
Hinanoko was stunned for a moment, inserted her fingers into her hair, and held her head in guilt.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, am I not suitable for raising children at all?
At first, I just wanted to do good deeds to eliminate the karma on my body, but when I saw that the child was so pretty, I couldn't help but take action.
The director said that the child's throat was damaged and she had seen a doctor. She knew it would be fine after taking care of herself, so she didn't take it as a big deal. She just paid attention to a lighter diet for a while at the beginning, and then she didn't worry about it anymore.
I finally left the workplace and was only thinking about making myself happy, but I didn’t even notice that my child had aphasia?!
Ah! What a failure!
The woman staggered onto the bed, covered her face and began to roll back and forth, punishing herself for her carelessness on the soft bed.
Hinata Aoi, who was standing next to her, didn't understand what was going on. She folded the map and stuffed it back into her pocket. She was startled when Hinata Noko suddenly jumped up.
The woman looked around, grabbed the phone that was left aside and started typing. In less than three minutes, she had made an appointment with a psychologist for Hinata Aoi, and she specifically found a Japanese psychologist.
She turned her head and looked at Hinata Aoi with tears in her eyes, as if writing "Believe me, I can definitely cure you!"
But Hinata Aoi didn't understand it until she was led to the door of the clinic by Hinata Noko.
Hinata Aoi had never seen a psychologist, and Hinata Noko was afraid that the child would develop resistance so she didn't tell Hinata Aoi Ming. The psychologist decorated the clinic very warmly, and he himself didn't wear a white coat, so he didn't look like a psychologist.
The girl spent two hours playing with the psychologist in a daze, and thought that her adoptive mother had something to do and was unable to take care of her, so she asked a friend to take care of her.
It was not until Hinanoko took herself to the hospital with a guilty look on her face that Hinata Aoi fully understood this series of actions.
It seems like Mom is... curing my illness?
The new mother, who had been educated by a psychologist, finally found the right direction.
Right, when a child gets sick, who would look for the psychological cause first instead of the physical one?
Hinanoko was almost crying because of her own stupidity.
She squatted down and held Hinata Aoi's arms with both hands, and gently instructed: "Mom will accompany you to see a doctor. They are all very good people. When the time comes, just do whatever the doctor asks you to do. Don't be afraid~"
I wonder if a foreign doctor who speaks fluent foreign languages and has a profound appearance will become a childhood nightmare for my child.
Hinata Noko's eyes were almost filled with love, but Hinata Aoi opposite her showed a rare look of distress.
How should she tell her mother now that she didn't speak because she didn't want to speak - didn't want to speak by moving her mouth.
And Ms. Hinata is a bit too nervous.
I went through all this trouble and didn't even bother asking her why she didn't speak. I had clearly taken her in and out of foreign circles many times, but I was still worried that she would be afraid of meeting foreigners face to face.
Although maternal love was overflowing, Hinata Aoi felt extremely dry.
“…”
Hinata Aoi accepted her fate, held Hinata Noko's hand, and said word by word:
"Mom...I'm fine."
......
In less than five minutes, the girl had a successful meeting with the doctor.
"Open your mouth wide, ah——" The doctor's exaggerated gestures and expressions conveyed his meaning to Hinata Aoi without any obstacles.
Hinanoko, who was standing behind her, was afraid that she might not understand, so she half-knelt down next to the girl and translated it again in Japanese. Her voice was soft and artificial, as if she was taking a kindergarten teacher exam.
Hinata Aoi sighed inwardly.
It's not like she didn't try to speak.
At first it was just some breathy sounds, and then it turned into hoarse breathy sounds, like a pair of rough big hands gently brushing across the white keys. The sound of the fingertips rubbing against the keys was so loud that it covered the crisp sound of the piano's slight vibration.
This situation couldn't get any better—that was Hinata Aoi's own decision.
The bruises on her neck had disappeared, but it seemed as if they had cut deeper into her flesh, strangling her throat forever.
There is no difference in fact. The doctor can only say that the vocal cords are damaged and the specific degree of recovery depends on care. Just be careful not to eat irritating foods and do not overuse your voice.
It can be said that this is a disguised "death sentence" for Hinata Aoi's voice.
Hinata Aoi secretly turned her head to observe Hinata Noko's expression.
Rather than being disappointed about a known outcome, she cared more about Ye Zi's attitude. She was curious whether she would be sent back to the orphanage.
After all, it was the dean who deceived this "innocent" lady and concealed her specific illness.
Since they are adopted, they should be more concerned.
Some parents are unwilling to take responsibility even if their own children have some problems, let alone a child they picked up cheaply.
Unexpectedly, when Hinata Aoi turned around, she met the woman's gaze directly, which was full of heartache.
She finally felt sure that she had a home.
Afterwards, Hinata Noko brought Hinata Aoi back to her country, found the teacher's qualification certificate she had obtained a long time ago, became an elementary school teacher, and put Hinata Aoi back into the first grade.
Yes, Hinata Aoi, who could have been in the third grade, was forced to return to the first grade to settle down.
Hinata Noko doesn't care at all whether this will delay Hinata Aoi's growth and learning. In her heart, making friends is more important!
As age grows, friendships deepen and solidify. What if someone joining the class at this time is excluded? Especially if Hinata Aoi has a little "defect", what if she is bullied?
It would be better to go back to the lower grades and start over. Basically, no one knows each other. Hinata Aoi is two years older than the other children. She is superior in age and IQ, and she will definitely not be bullied!
Moreover, she is a teacher in this school. Although she cannot teach her own child's class to avoid suspicion, basically no one dares to mess with the teacher's children, especially since this teacher has a very strong personality.
Double insurance, Hinanoko thought her idea was great.
The fact was just as she thought. Hinata Aoi was like a duck in water in the lower grades. Her grades were firmly in the top position. No children dared to play pranks on her... and they didn't even dare to approach her.
At first, some children wanted to talk to her out of curiosity, but they were all discouraged by sign language.
Hinata Aoi was not isolated by anyone, but isolated everyone.
She always has a decent smile on her face. When someone talks to her, she will first respond in sign language, then look embarrassed in the face of the other person's embarrassment and write the response on paper.
After this set of operations, gentle people will feel embarrassed to disturb her, and those who want to join in the fun will feel it is troublesome and back off.
Hinata Aoi got along well with her classmates as her adoptive mother expected, but she also didn't let anyone get close to her.
Except for the girl in front of him who also has long black hair - Ueno Naoka.
It seems like they met just to make trouble for each other. Ueno Naoka may have put teasing Hinata Aoi on her daily schedule.
She gave Hinata Aoi a nickname, teased her every time Hinata Noko came to help with the class, and insisted on standing next to Hinata Aoi to chat and drag her into the topic...and so on and so forth, the list goes on.
At first, Hinata Aoi was also annoyed, then bored, and finally got used to it.
Apart from liking to talk big, there's nothing else that's a big deal.
Thanks to her, Hinanoko didn't even realize that her child hadn't made a single serious friend in more than five years.
Congratulations, congratulations.
As long as she can live a peaceful life, Hinata Aoi does not recommend sacrificing her own time to give her adoptive mother peace of mind.
Until the short-haired girl who looked shy and quiet stood on the podium and took out her notebook, the tip of the pencil carefully and firmly leaving marks on the pages.
A stone was thrown into the lake, causing ripples.
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