Every time, as soon as he arrives, Yan Huan appears.
Yet for some reason, whenever a child from the orphanage buys candy and returns, they say they hear the swings outside.
"Creak... Creak..."
At those moments, just like this moment.
The swing is squeaking right now.
Yan Huan slowly turns his head under the crape myrtle tree swaying in the wind, and he sees:
In the midsummer sunlight, a shy young girl from elementary school is holding the ropes of the swing with both hands, swaying back and forth on the sandy ground.
Also at this moment of turning back, Yan Huan suddenly realizes...
This patch of "pure land"...
It's just this patch of sandy ground, a swing, rusty children's equipment, and a few blooming crape myrtles.
That's all there is.
At the end of this pure land, one side is a blurry alley leading to An Le's home.
The other side is the orphanage with closed doors, its insides unclear.
This is...
What they call "paradise"?
"..."
