傍晚的風掃過堤防,太陽已經斜落到海平線上,霞光像一層柔軟的紗披在水面上。100Please respect copyright.PENANA5tc9HJjvIu
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『凜,你在踢球的時候,都在想什麼?』100Please respect copyright.PENANAZjMjvnJ7CH
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『啊?沒什麼啊。大概只想著進球吧。只要我往危險的地方跑,哥哥就會傳球給我。』100Please respect copyright.PENANA5XjGIGxDYy
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『⋯⋯什麼叫危險的地方?』100Please respect copyright.PENANAEtmzBySRNN
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『嗯——會讓對手恐慌、潰敗他們的地方。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAWeDY0ziXSn
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他沒注意把冰棒棍含在嘴裡的哥哥,瞄了他一眼。100Please respect copyright.PENANAdwR9xsPhCa
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『你太依賴直覺了。』100Please respect copyright.PENANARPf8wOXD32
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『可是哥哥會傳球給我啊,有什麼關係?換做別人,我總覺得差了點什麼。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAdBaCvkGbcc
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『⋯⋯那要是我不在了,你怎麼辦?』100Please respect copyright.PENANAxJ8NQRVpq0
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『不知道。不過,我會找人代替你吧。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAXpk429c0ol
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『上哪找那種人去?你把我當什麼人了!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAOPcmc2QzSN
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『——好痛!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAfI9jVC8dOp
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哥哥冷不防的一腳踹來,還是哥哥慣用的左腳,差點沒把他踢下堤防。100Please respect copyright.PENANAFJLAECJEGr
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『好好好,我知道了⋯⋯「世界第一的糸師冴」大人。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAUduEjBrHD3
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他摸摸被踹的地方。哥哥真的,非常不服輸。從以前就是這樣,什麼都要是「世界第一」。100Please respect copyright.PENANA4iCRHV7XT2
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『凜⋯⋯我明天就要去西班牙了。去世界第一俱樂部「RE·AL」的青訓營踢球。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAFQA8AYSgIV
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風帶起周圍的細碎塵埃。他看著哥哥遙望前方落著晚霞的大海。100Please respect copyright.PENANAQFtl39OAR8
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他還以為,哥哥不會主動跟他提有關RE·AL的事。100Please respect copyright.PENANAP3Ysk4zJk5
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『⋯⋯我知道啊,幹嘛突然這麼嚴肅?哥哥要成為「世界第一的前鋒」,這不是很正常嗎?』100Please respect copyright.PENANAyD7qy6MnQi
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他語氣平平的,像早就準備好這一刻很久了。像是——他一直在等哥哥自己說出口。100Please respect copyright.PENANA2g9n9sIsHO
自從那天慶功宴後,他們的生活沒有任何改變。照樣上學、練球,照樣該做什麼做什麼。100Please respect copyright.PENANAMJo7cBDpQl
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——反正,哥哥什麼也沒跟他說嘛。100Please respect copyright.PENANA9nFAfk0x3H
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『⋯⋯我只是先行一步,你也要來。』100Please respect copyright.PENANADLRZgnzHUS
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那聲音一出口,像把什麼輕輕放了下來。他看向哥哥的側臉,像往常那樣波瀾不驚。100Please respect copyright.PENANA3KbZHfJi2f
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『我不在的期間,你可別放棄足球哦。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAjFNV25snk1
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他沒馬上接話,只是靜了一秒,然後勾起一邊嘴角。100Please respect copyright.PENANATBnmvDJTiD
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這次,終於不是沉默,而是邀請。100Please respect copyright.PENANAUuYrkbzsxa
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哥哥終於開口了——他什麼都沒問,也什麼都沒懷疑,就只是點了點頭。100Please respect copyright.PENANAxvEPzxBQsR
就像這麼多年來他們每次練球前那樣——默契地站在同一個起跑線上。100Please respect copyright.PENANAjYMujr223J
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『嗯。我現在的目標是像哥哥一樣,成為日本第一,然後再像哥哥一樣被挖角走。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAIQEc0dmIPL
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說這話的時候,他沒有驕傲,也沒有不甘。只是語氣跟往常那樣淡。100Please respect copyright.PENANAjExURjEFL8
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因為他早就想過了。100Please respect copyright.PENANAlHgtEanNOy
既然哥哥不說,那他就當作不知道。100Please respect copyright.PENANAcTJgqN8zBN
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但現在哥哥說了——那他就原諒哥哥了。100Please respect copyright.PENANANMNOf80UvJ
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他看著哥哥微微低下頭,嘴裡還叼著冰棒棍,神情毫無波瀾,卻像終於放心了一樣。100Please respect copyright.PENANApAXtYofr81
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『嗯,然後再走向世界。』跟他一樣的眼眸轉了過來。100Please respect copyright.PENANAJoXczO2Dcf
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『我們,兩個人要一起,成為世界第一。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAHlHSBmpoav
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他們兩兄弟互相擊掌。100Please respect copyright.PENANAwoL8hVkAU3
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掌心相觸的那一下不重,卻溫熱且堅定,比以前任何一次都更像約定。100Please respect copyright.PENANAlaxBY4xk1D
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『所以——妳別哭了,莉奈。』100Please respect copyright.PENANASQg0vvVoAN
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哥哥語氣又變回什麼都沒發生那樣——但在開口的瞬間,哥哥聲音比平常要柔和一點,像是不想嚇到她。100Please respect copyright.PENANAzzMFg5spUn
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他順著哥哥聲音投射的方向,轉頭看向身後。堤防的欄杆外,在他跟哥哥之間,女孩背對著他們,靠著欄杆微微顫抖。100Please respect copyright.PENANAPd0EcH7qPD
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『我才沒有哭!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAGq7f3bjrWu
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背抖得更厲害了。100Please respect copyright.PENANA03ONXWuPqQ
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『妳這樣哭,身為背景很不稱職。』哥哥往後仰頭,看著女孩越抖越兇。100Please respect copyright.PENANAP4hX0oG3mA
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『——我才不是背景!我這叫給你們空間!』女孩回嘴的聲音很大,好像這樣就可以蓋住她的哽咽。100Please respect copyright.PENANAEPPgpQfgQH
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『可是妳從剛才存在感就很強。』頭後仰的哥哥露出死魚眼,抽出嘴裡的冰棒棍,戳了戳女孩的手,『就說別哭了嘛⋯⋯』100Please respect copyright.PENANADjaW9mXay7
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『不要拿吃過的東西碰我!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAbdcFOtLwaS
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『我是用另一頭戳的,誰叫妳要一直哭?』100Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZWhtrKJEM
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『——我就說我沒有哭!』像是要證明自己一樣,她用力轉回頭對著哥哥。100Please respect copyright.PENANAoSB77onLYw
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啊,明明就在哭。他看向哥哥,哥哥的死魚眼沒有翻回來。100Please respect copyright.PENANAJAHnLynf4Q
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『⋯⋯妳哭起來好醜喔。』100Please respect copyright.PENANAEsOE40BR11
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『——糸師冴!』100Please respect copyright.PENANA9y44aVNwnu
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他看女孩用力踹了哥哥一腳,那力道不輸剛才哥哥給自己的那一腳——他忍不住縮了縮脖子,好像剛剛被踹的地方又更痛了點⋯⋯100Please respect copyright.PENANAYhI2apvCMl
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他低頭摸了摸那塊還在隱隱作痛的地方。100Please respect copyright.PENANAIEYNYpcvIJ
不過比起那一腳,更讓他招架不住的,是哥哥剛才那副表情。100Please respect copyright.PENANApTCNF8r2uR
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不是生氣,也不是不耐。100Please respect copyright.PENANA1XbEXqWRUl
是一種像⋯⋯「認命」一樣的冷靜。100Please respect copyright.PENANAb2eu6tt6Zm
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他偷偷瞄了哥哥一眼。100Please respect copyright.PENANA4p3Z9OOksE
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明明那麼好強的哥哥,卻都會默默接受她各種「更強」的舉止——100Please respect copyright.PENANAflvOURWTLU
明明只要有人碰他一下,哥哥都會瞪過去,眼神冷得讓人整個退開。但那女孩不管做什麼,哥哥頂多覺得彆扭——100Please respect copyright.PENANAB1ZFcQv8Od
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像現在這樣被一腳踹過來,他也只是皺了下眉,然後默默地把袖子拉高,低頭檢查一下手腕,動作甚至有點敷衍,好像已經很習慣。100Please respect copyright.PENANAXpCIpvkXxc
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他看著那兩個人——一個氣呼呼地站著,一個淡淡地低頭擦手腕。100Please respect copyright.PENANAgWWCEqxLoK
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誰也沒有多說什麼,空氣卻悶悶的。他甚至有點不敢動,彷彿一動就會打擾什麼。100Please respect copyright.PENANAq1kOhlxSbF
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他真的搞不懂。100Please respect copyright.PENANAiLlFrxRhgn
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哥哥到底有沒有看出她那麼明顯的心意?她又知不知道哥哥的想法?100Please respect copyright.PENANARMMNYQvgEt
還是兩個人其實都知道了,卻又都裝作不知道?100Please respect copyright.PENANAVwWAhkhjJX
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——不知道。100Please respect copyright.PENANAl8EfsU5QxR
不知道的事太多了,所以他其實很困惑,哥哥跟那個女孩,到底該怎麼想他們才好?100Please respect copyright.PENANAS16dmHplxH
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就像現在,他真的分不出來——他們到底是在吵架,還是在談戀愛?100Please respect copyright.PENANAMjo8J7tjzY
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他知道啊——去年,女孩跟哥哥告白了。他一點都不意外。100Please respect copyright.PENANAkNG3ey5NAt
不過就跟那封RE·AL的邀請函一樣,過去了,也沒有什麼後續。100Please respect copyright.PENANAgjgn07pCyp
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他們的生活也是,沒有什麼改變——哥哥對她還是那樣平平淡淡,女孩對哥哥還是一樣風風火火。100Please respect copyright.PENANABFHzqhgKFo
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很怪。100Please respect copyright.PENANAXmt7xdbeBP
不是說談戀愛應該都很甜蜜嗎?她鬧來鬧去的,吵著要當最重要的那個——結果,把哥哥也弄得有點不太對勁了。100Please respect copyright.PENANA0zwQW8p1WT
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真的很怪。100Please respect copyright.PENANACV81U74rkv
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他記得去年某次練球,女孩突然說要去試鏡,說是「一輩子唯一一次比哥哥還重要的事」——100Please respect copyright.PENANAjpjF45IefV
他看到哥哥拿著手機,盯了好久,最後什麼也沒傳,直接把手機反扣在桌上。耳朵卻紅得很明顯。100Please respect copyright.PENANAFZ0UhMRpkH
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那是他第一次覺得:哥哥真的變怪了。100Please respect copyright.PENANAgMXLeIshfR
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怪到隔天,他看到女孩的社群貼了一張照片,是他哥哥幫她拍的。100Please respect copyright.PENANAycEUqyzApf
畫面普通,背景模糊,但她眼裡有光。100Please respect copyright.PENANA242EWn72up
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他不小心點進留言區,看見大概是班上誰留言:「你們到底是不是情侶啦?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAh7lHMCJ4wB
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他頓了一下,然後點了個讚。100Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ5T4Gig21
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不是故意的。只是有點好奇。100Please respect copyright.PENANAL0EELfzBmH
他想看看哥哥會不會有反應。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtvCV13J2nC
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結果第二天訓練時,哥哥直接在中場冷冷地說了一句:「不要亂按讚。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAv6YBCzV447
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他愣了一秒。100Please respect copyright.PENANAx5wFQ3D3mg
除了叫他手機拿遠一點看,哥哥從來不管他社群操作,更不會講私人情緒。100Please respect copyright.PENANAmPuhvue8Wj
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『——反正我不會找別人代替你!你也一樣,絕對、絕對不可以找別人替代我!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAMELcjWrWGt
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女孩的雙眼像是壞掉的水龍頭,一直湧流淚水——100Please respect copyright.PENANA89CnkiTabd
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『好好好⋯⋯那妳先別哭了好不好?』100Please respect copyright.PENANATUOiwaeIRF
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他也不記得哥哥什麼時候學會「用那種語氣」說話。100Please respect copyright.PENANAlb2MqUxxqA
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一直以來,哥哥的語氣總是平的,甚至略帶命令式。無論是指令、建議,還是情緒。100Please respect copyright.PENANAAbz5okaQub
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可有時候,哥哥就是會這樣對她說話。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtoZ2V9mjGR
小聲、耐心、像在哄人。100Please respect copyright.PENANAbvz9zzBXvE
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很怪。100Please respect copyright.PENANAuNNL6PtAue
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『不、好、我今天要把明天的份一起哭完——明天要開開心心地看你出門!一滴眼淚都不掉!』100Please respect copyright.PENANAQZeeebjziJ
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他是理解的。女孩應該跟自己一樣,哥哥一離開,就會覺得整個人都空下來。100Please respect copyright.PENANAGqgLrrM2k7
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可是⋯⋯為什麼不能好好說呢?100Please respect copyright.PENANA3jAorBaJl2
他們真的很怪。100Please respect copyright.PENANA2DzuTLN7Pc
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『好好好⋯⋯』100Please respect copyright.PENANAFmJiEZDr9G
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哥哥從河堤站起身,像拿著擤過鼻涕的衛生紙一樣,兩指捏起哭得一塌糊塗的女孩肩膀。他緊緊跟隨在哥哥身旁。在斜陽落盡前,走完最後一次有三個人的回家路。100Please respect copyright.PENANAUD7eKtERWT
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好怪。100Please respect copyright.PENANAxwyrKOP24p
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走到路口時,哥哥伸手擋了一下車,女孩還在吸鼻子,整個人快貼在他手臂上了。100Please respect copyright.PENANAsmbSEawpaT
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他原本也跟著往前走。100Please respect copyright.PENANA7KHYAwh15w
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走了兩步,經過了哥哥和女孩,他忽然停下來,轉回頭。100Please respect copyright.PENANAEV66IsjqDi
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那兩個人還站在斑馬線前,一個一動也不動地擋著她,一個眼睛紅得像剛哭完的兔子。熱風吹得她額前的瀏海黏在臉上,她又小小地擦了一下鼻子,哥哥低聲說了什麼,然後順手把她帽子往下壓了點,像是不想讓太陽曬過頭。100Please respect copyright.PENANAf12jgcmVUF
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他愣了一秒。100Please respect copyright.PENANAk8MFPbgXzY
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突然不知道該不該繼續走。100Please respect copyright.PENANADO0ICxms9f
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明明三個人一起長大的,明明什麼都沒變的——100Please respect copyright.PENANAj6xSdVeTb5
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但不知為什麼,看著他們,就覺得,有些路,以後可能只能他自己走了。100Please respect copyright.PENANAnurYzfTwBp
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他眨了一下眼,沒說話,轉回身繼續向前走。100Please respect copyright.PENANAO0WSKR3ijO
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天氣太熱了,柏油路面反著光,腳底都在黏。他抬手擦了擦額頭,汗水黏著衣服,覺得剛才被踹的地方又有點痛了。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtAtjZLbA1m
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他好像真的有點知道了:有些路只能自己走完。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtTbU6WRQUM
但他也記得,哥哥有說——100Please respect copyright.PENANAUwK51DfX5G
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「我只是先行一步。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAFyiknzDLEz
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所以他沒有哭。100Please respect copyright.PENANAuuN10yUD7p
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ㄚㄢㄚㄢ 真的沒有。
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