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When I returned to Germany, it was a rare sunny day without rain. The kayak in the harbor lay quietly on the sea, as if waiting for its owner to return.

When I returned to the apartment that had been with me for six years, the aquatic creatures on one wall immediately became lively. Back then, Mia Brown asked me to help her raise fish on the pretext that she was busy with work. And she herself came to visit me every day. She was obviously an introverted girl, but she pursued me so boldly and directly.

The next day, I went to visit Mia Brown's mentor, an old professor. Mia Brown and Zoe Brown's parents died in a car accident in their early years. The old professor was a close friend of their parents and had been taking care of the two sisters for many years. When I went there, the old professor was taking care of his tank of precious fish. When he saw me, he shouted in surprise: " Simon Johnson , why are you thin again?!"