Fires were breaking out everywhere in the orphanage. The raging black smoke filled this once dark and desolate place. Su Anyun took Tang Ning for a distance and they found that the biggest fire was in the two-story cafeteria not far away. Thick smoke was billowing out of the cafeteria windows and flames were flickering in the windows.
Oh no, was there a fire in the cafeteria while they were cooking?!
"Where's the fire extinguisher?!" Tang Ning didn't know where the items in the orphanage were stored, and they couldn't just rush in to put out the fire alone.
Just as Tang Ning was anxiously looking for a fire extinguisher, there was a noise. Tang Ning looked up and saw an incredible scene. He saw tentacles covered with suction cups extending from the window that was spewing black smoke. The thick tentacles were wrapped around the unrecognizable monster children.
The tentacles were two or three meters long and extended rapidly downwards. When the monster child's feet landed on the ground, the tentacles loosened again and quickly shrank back, returning to the place where the smoke was billowing.
What was this? Tang Ning was already a little confused. He had never seen such a monster in an orphanage before.
The monster kids that were touched to the ground all had burn marks on their bodies, but they also had these marks before the cafeteria caught fire. These monster kids didn't take the fire seriously at all and started chattering as soon as they landed.
Tang Ning remembered that these children seemed to be the ones that Lu Yuhua had given the healing items to. According to Lu Yuhua, these children should be the kind ones in the orphanage.
I don't know if someone noticed Tang Ning first, they all pushed each other, and the group of little monsters shut their mouths instantly. They were so scared that they couldn't even stand. Some even fell on their butts, like a group of shivering little quails gathered together.
What's wrong
Tang Ning quickly turned his head and looked behind him. There was no one behind him except Su Anyun who was standing next to him. The group of frightened monster kids gave a kind smile, "What's wrong?" Su Anyun asked.
The monster kid who was questioned by him answered quickly and loudly as if he was ordered by a teacher: "Brother Xiaohua doesn't let us eat!" Except for the trembling voice, everything else was appropriate.
"How did the fire start? Who saved you just now? Who else is trapped up there?" Tang Ning asked many questions in one breath. Fortunately, there were many children here, and they answered him at once: "The teachers set the fire!" "The teachers, Brother Xiaohua, Sister Yingxue are all still up there." "It was Brother Xiaohua who brought us down just now."
Brother Xiaohua, the big octopus is the Brother Xiaohua that the children in the orphanage call him
Tang Ning asked again, but he saw another group of children being surrounded by huge tentacles and being lowered from the second floor where the fire was the most serious. This time, due to the closer distance, Tang Ning saw that the tentacles of this monster were almost cooked, and the originally gray-blue skin had turned a light reddish-brown color.
The smell of gunpowder was mixed with the aroma of grilled squid. The children who were put down kept sniffing, and smiles appeared on their burned faces. They began to chatter again: "Is lunch grilled squid today?" "Brother Xiaohua is so annoying. He won't let us have lunch!" "He must have eaten all the delicious food by himself!" ""
Tang Ning looked up and saw an octopus monster trying to send out all of its eight tentacles. There was a monster child lying on each of its tentacles, making its tentacles look like they had small tumors. Finally, the almost ripe octopus monster climbed out of the second-floor window. Six of its tentacles were hugging the monster children, and the other two tentacles were struggling to bear the burden of hurrying on.
As the huge red octopus fully revealed itself, Tang Ning saw its full appearance. What was inconsistent with its huge size was its human head, which stood out from the crowd.
The hair on the head was burnt, and the burns on the face destroyed most of the appearance. Tang Ning struggled to recognize that this was Lu Yuhua from the facial features.
What's going on
At this moment, Lu Yuhua had turned into a monster that made people feel uncomfortable all over. He was even stranger than the security guard who looked like a spider before. In addition to his burns, Tang Ning was not sure whether this was Lu Yuhua or Brother Xiaohua.
Under the gazes of the crowd, a giant octopus landed on the ground, with cracks appearing on its surface. The octopus monster in front of them was broken into pieces like a failed piece of porcelain that was smashed by a craftsman, revealing its human body inside.
Covered with scars and blisters, he no longer looks like a human being.
Lu Yuhua fell to the ground, holding a piece of porcelain in his hand. When his palm loosened, the porcelain with his face on it shattered.
"He is..." Tang Ning looked at Su Anyun beside him. He couldn't tell whether this was the monster brother Xiaohua or his real teammate Lu Yuhua.
"Your friend doesn't look well." Su Anyun said.
With Su Anyun's approval, Tang Ning walked towards Lu Yuhua, who was lying on the ground.
Lu Yuhua did not react at all to his arrival. She fell to the ground motionless. The little monsters he rescued surrounded him and touched the wounds on Lu Yuhua's body with their scarred little hands.
These little monsters had been rescued from the sea of fire by Lu Yuhua, but their injuries were getting worse at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if an invisible flame was roasting them, causing the little flesh attached to their faces to quickly melt away, revealing the white bones inside. Their clothes were becoming more and more tattered and were about to merge with their flesh.
Lu Yuhua reached out and touched their faces with trembling hands. The flesh and blood easily fell off the white skeleton and stuck to his fingertips. At this moment, his fingers seemed to be licked by a raging fire, causing Lu Yuhua to tremble from his fingertips to his arms.
“How could this happen… How could this happen… How could this happen!” Lu Yuhua stared at the scene, repeating the same sentence in a hoarse voice.
"Brother Xiaohua, it's itchy, please stop touching me!" the little monster said with a grin. It tried to move towards Lu Yuhua, but was firmly grasped by Lu Yuhua.
The little monster didn't care, as if the previous sentence was just a casual remark.
"Brother Xiaohua is so awesome!"
"Brother Xiaohua, I still want to play!"
"Brother Xiaohua smells so good! Can we have grilled squid for lunch?"
"Brother Xiaohua, can you please take us out to play again? I want to sit in the front row this time!"
…
"Brother Xiaohua..."
"Brother Xiaohua...!"
"Brother Xiaohua!!!"
Lu Yuhua was surrounded by calls of "Brother Xiaohua" that were full of childish innocence and monster-like weirdness. Lu Yuhua, who had used all his strength to grab the monster in front of him, suddenly collapsed and yelled: "Stop shouting! I can't save you! I can't save you!"
Such a loud wailing sound, this cry seemed to have exhausted the last of Lu Yuhua's strength. He loosened his hold on the monster child and fell to the ground like a puddle of mud. The blood on his body slowly seeped into the ground, staining the ground with a beautiful blood color.
"I can't save you... I tried my best... I can't save you..." He shouted almost hoarsely: "Why... I have come this far..."
Why did he still not save them
Lu Yuhua looked at the terrifying faces of the group that gathered in a circle and occupied his entire field of vision, and suddenly stopped talking. He looked at their faces carefully, and looking at their miserable faces, the corners of his mouth twitched and he sneered.
"Lu Yuhua, do you still have any healing medicine on you? If not, I have a card here that says Suck Suck..." Tangning walked over to Lu Yuhua, who quickly asked.
Although Tang Ning had mixed feelings about Lu Yuhua's previous behavior of selling out his teammates, Lu Yuhua's current state was too miserable, so Tang Ning didn't mind helping Lu Yuhua.
Before Tang Ning could finish his words, Lu Yuhua, who was lying on the ground, slowly shook his head. His cracked lips opened and closed, and the weak sound was drowned out by the monster children's laughter. Tang Ning had no choice but to squat down and lean over to listen.
As Tang Ning approached Lu Yuhua, Su Anyun, who was following behind him, also came over. Seeing the noisy monster children, they all shut up, allowing Tang Ning to hear what Lu Yuhua was saying: "Useless, useless."
"Even if it can't be cured completely, it can alleviate your pain a little." Tang Ning said subconsciously. However, after saying this, he quickly realized that Lu Yuhua's "useless" was not referring to his own injury.
"No matter how good the medicine is, no matter how much power I borrow, even if I turn myself into a monster," Lu Yuhua's voice became softer and softer: "The result is the same."
He was sorry for him, but... he was still a weak child who could do nothing.
"I'm sorry." His voice disappeared into the air. It was unclear whether this apology came from Tang Ning or the group of monster kids surrounding him.
Tang Ning was still listening, but Lu Yuhua suddenly stopped talking. Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, and he turned his head to look at the motionless Lu Yuhua.
His breathing seemed to stop for a moment.
Tang Ning was quiet for a moment. He stretched out his hand with some reluctance to believe it and waved it in front of Lu Yuhua's eyes. For the first time, his eyes, which always looked cautious and never looked people in the eye, did not dodge or evade and looked into the stunned Tang Ning's eyes.
The thick smoke and flames reflected in his eyes, all became dead silence.
…
He is dead.
Tang Ning couldn't explain how he felt. He gently placed his hands on Lu Yuhua's eyes and closed them.
"Brother Xiaohua, get up quickly!"
"Brother Xiaohua?"
"Brother Xiaohua is asleep."
The little monsters saw that Lu Yuhua no longer reacted, but they didn't care at all, as if this was the most normal thing.
"Great! No one is stopping us from having dinner!"
"Let's go, let's go have lunch!"
"What's good for lunch today?"
The group of monster kids stood up and cheered, and they lined up one by one and walked into the burning cafeteria.
Tang Ning, who was still immersed in the sadness of the departure of his familiar teammates, looked up blankly and saw the group of monster kids rushing to the dangerous place impatiently.
Su Anyun walked to Tang Ning's side, reached out and touched Tang Ning's head, as if silently comforting her.
Tangning's eyes fell on Su Anyun's face. This handsome face had a reassuring power. He asked, "Do you want to go up?"
Tang Ning nodded. Not to mention that Bai Yingxue was upstairs, the cheers of those weird kids saying they wanted to eat lunch just now reminded him that he and Xiaoyu had an appointment to swing on the swing. Xiaoyu had said that he wanted him to swing on the swing before eating, and now it was time for him and Xiaoyu to do so.
But how was he going to rush into the fire scene
Tang Ning frowned and looked towards the building that was emitting black smoke. Just when he was at a loss, Tang Ning's body suddenly felt lighter.
Su Anyun picked Tang Ning up and walked towards the smoke-filled stairs without changing his expression. Tang Ning subconsciously held his breath, but soon he found that it seemed unnecessary. In Su Anyun's arms, the air he breathed and the temperature he felt were normal, as if there was an invisible protective bubble covering him and Su Anyun.
Tang Ning buried his face in Su Anyun's arms. He smelled the light fragrance on Su Anyun's body. Su Anyun held Tang Ning and walked through the thick smoke. The raging fire that seemed to be able to devour everything except Su Anyun, and they walked to the second floor of the cafeteria together.
The fire in this place was so big that it was hard to imagine, and the sound of burning flames was everywhere.
When Tang Ning was brought here by Su Anyun, he saw that the group of monster kids walking in front of him had already walked into the fire area. They seemed unaware that the dining table was on fire, nor did they realize that the monster kids lying around were also on fire. They all lined up in front of the window happily waiting to get their meals.
The scene was full of grotesqueness and horror.
Tang Ning recognized that some of the monster kids who were about to turn into firemen were the bad kids that Lu Yuhua had told him about before. The flames licked their skin, but these kids still held their fully loaded plates and walked towards the deepest part of the flames. They sat down and enjoyed the rare and sumptuous lunch with happy faces.
No, Tangning suddenly realized that this was not quite right.
The bad boys' eyes were filled with an emotion that he was very familiar with. They were filled with fear and pain. Tang Ning could not resist. They watched the flames licking their bodies...
—They don’t resist.
At that moment, Tangning suddenly understood why Xiaoyu had agreed to a time with him. He searched anxiously in the red and black. Soon, Tangning saw Xiaoyu, who was wearing a plaid skirt, lying in front of the table, with flames about to burn beside her. "Brother, there is a kid in a plaid skirt. I promised to take her to the swing!"
Tang Ning hurriedly said to Su Anyun.
After hearing what Tang Ning said, Su Anyun nodded and strode towards Xiaoyu, who was lying limp on the table. He easily pulled Xiaoyu out of the sea of fire.
At this time, some good children fell down one by one after eating and fell on the dining table. Some children's eyes were still open, but their bodies were motionless.
There were no children who could move at the table, only the adults could move.
The monster teachers watched as all the monster children finished their last lunch. The teachers who had worked so hard for so long also sat down. Their faces were filled with happy and satisfied smiles. They swallowed the food mouthful by mouthful, and then fell down one after another.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner as if it was being rehearsed according to a predetermined script. The flames devoured everyone mercilessly. Tang Ning seemed to hear shrill screams, but when he listened carefully, there was nothing.
The wood was licked by the flames, making slight crackling sounds. The human hair quickly turned into a twisted ball in the high temperature, and the skin was also stained with flames, jumping lightly.
It's so quiet.
The same goes for teachers.
But they were quiet, feeling happily as the flames consumed Teacher Zheng's deformed belly, Teacher Zhou's overly long limbs, and Teacher Lu's long neck one by one, returning their normal bodies to them. They were like dedicated believers, sublimating in the flames and heading to the destination.
"This is impossible... Why don't they leave? They know there's a problem, why don't they leave?" Tangning was confused. He couldn't bear to watch this cruel scene. When he saw the flames burning him, he felt that the pain was even worse than being attacked by ghosts.
“Because that’s what they want.”
A voice suddenly came, and Tang Ning immediately looked sideways when he heard the voice - it was Bai Yingxue.
Sitting in the center of the restaurant, the flames were devouring him, but his hands kept moving, and exquisite dolls emerged one after another.
Even though she had made so many dolls, Bai Yingxue did not feel a sense of accomplishment. Her smoke-stained face revealed a look of mockery and exhaustion. She did not look at Tangning, but instead looked out the window.
The scene outside the window was dark and intertwined with ominous red.
"Lu Yuhua... is she dead?" Bai Yingxue smiled slightly, as if she was mocking the overconfident Lu Yuhua, or as if she was mocking herself. Even at this time, she did not stop making the doll-making movements.
"Yes! He's dead!" Tangning answered and anxiously advised, "Bai Yingxue, now is not the time to talk about this. Come with me now!!!"
What Tangning didn't expect was that Bai Yingxue shook her head, bit off the thread, and picked up the completed doll. She looked at it with satisfaction, her eyes focused, as if she was oblivious to everything around her, "... It's too late."
Too late.
It was too late from the beginning. When I agreed to the impossible conditions, I had already foreseen the outcome today.
The flame climbed up to her fingertips and quickly ignited the doll in her arms. The doll burst into flames and turned into a burning fireball. However, Bai Yingxue ignored it and held the doll in her arms.
So many burning dolls were hugged, but the doll that was hugged the most could never be hugged again.
My doll. My sister.
On a dark and cold night, only when I hold my sister in my arms can the coldness that has seeped into my bones be expelled and my chest can feel warmth from the inside out.
Bai Yingxue closed her eyes and let the flames burn her. The long-lost warmth swept over her from the outside to the inside. "Go away, Tangning."
"Thank you for saving me before. Be alert to the people around you. If possible, I hope you are the only one who survives." Bai Yingxue had turned into a ball of fire, and her voice became softer, as if she was sighing.
“… It would have been better if Chu hadn’t saved me.”
"Bai Yingxue!!!" Tang Ning opened her eyes wide as she watched the sudden raging flames engulf everything.
Suddenly, it seemed as if a wave of flames rushed over, penetrated the protective shield that Su Anyun had cast over him, rushed into his mind, and burned all of Tang Ning's memories related to the orphanage, Bai Yingxue, and Lu Yuhua.
The girl who was carrying an old doll on her back when I first met her came over with a young man who was all wet. They walked to the dining table full of children. The girl took the doll off her back, held it in her arms, lowered her head and talked to herself with the doll, a happy smile on her face.
A young man who was dripping with water was surrounded by a group of children. The children took napkins and tried to wipe the water droplets off the young man's body. As they were wiping, they stood on tiptoes and wiped the young man's face. It was not known whether it was tears or traces of water that were wiped away by the clean tissues.
After the teacher who was serving the food said something, all the children around the table raised their chopsticks and happily enjoyed the meal together.
A bright and passionate red surged out from everyone, turning into flames that devoured everything in front of Tang Ning.
Tang Ning blinked blankly as he and Xiaoyu were carried away by Su Anyun. As Su Anyun walked away from the cafeteria step by step, Xiaoyu, who had been motionless, seemed to have regained control of his limbs little by little. The long tremor coming from Xiaoyu brought Tang Ning out of his dazed state.
Tang Ning quickly looked at the shivering little fish. Perhaps out of fear or pain, the little fish continued to tremble.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ning asked with concern. He gave all the care he could to this burned monster.
The scary little monster turned towards Tang Ning with its burnt face. More and more hideous marks appeared on its face. Even after being taken away from the sea of fire, it seemed that there was still an invisible fire licking it.
The flickering light in her eyes made them glow with warmth. Tangning said in a hoarse voice, "Mom, I won't come again for you."
Tangning's heart tightened. He wanted to say something, but Xiaoyu was still talking, "Xiaoyu has been sitting on the swing waiting for mommy, because mommy said that as long as Xiaoyu swings on the swing for a while, she will take Xiaoyu home."
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment. It seemed that he had never said this to Xiaoyu
The pair of bright eyes were still looking at him. The little girl whose skin and flesh were burned by the fire carefully grabbed one of his fingers and said, "Xiaoyu has been waiting."
"I waited until it was dark, until spring passed, summer passed, autumn passed, and winter passed, but my mother never came."
"Has the little fish grown up, so mommy doesn't recognize it anymore? Or has the little fish become ugly?" The little monster had no good flesh on his face, and he said softly, "I'm sorry, mommy, the little fish shouldn't become so ugly."
Tangning held his breath as he listened to the increasingly weak little monster saying, "But Xiaoyu doesn't have a mother here, and many bad kids are bullying Xiaoyu."
"If Xiaoyu is not bullied, he will only become an ugly bad boy."
He stared at Tang Ning who was so close to him.
She has a beautiful face and gentle temperament, just like the mother in my memory, although I can no longer remember her exact appearance.
"Mom, take Xiaoyu to swing on the swing." She grabbed Tangning tightly, two of her ten fingers were holding Tangning's, directly touching the part where Tangning was wearing the diamond ring. The pain she felt seemed to be even greater, but she did not let go.
"This time, after you finish swinging on the swing," he begged, "just take Xiaoyu home with you, okay?"
Tang Ning's throat tightened and he said "OK" softly.
Su Anyun brought them to the tree in front of the orphanage. There was an old swing hanging on the tree, and Xiaoyu always sat on the swing.
But this time, it was difficult to sit up easily just by looking at my own strength.
Tang Ning supported the little fish tremblingly. The little fish was so light that it seemed to be just a bunch of bones. The excess weight was burned away by the invisible flames. Tang Ning supported the monster and helped it sit on the swing. The two little fish grabbed the iron chains on both sides.
Carrying Tang Ning on his back, his long hair was burned to nothing. Tang Ning looked at the back of the little girl sitting on the swing. He slowly stretched out his arms and pushed Xiaoyu high into the distance.
The hem of the plaid skirt fluttered in the air, like a carefree little bird flying into the distance.
"Swing on the swing~"
In a trance, Tang Ning seemed to hear a pleasant child's voice coming from her ear. A little girl sitting on the swing turned her head, revealing her cute face, and looked at her with a smile on her face.
There was no black smoke or flames behind him, only the endless blue sky.
Under Tang Ning's lost gaze, the swing he pushed out slowly swung back, and the bones holding the iron chain slowly loosened and fell into the air. The charred thin body nestled quietly on the swing.
Apart from that, nothing else happened.
The little monster who always chased him and called him "Mom", as if he had terrible intentions... It turned out that she really just wanted him to be her mom once and take her to "swing" on the swing again.
The invisible fire finally burned Tang Ning's heart, burning up all the oxygen in his body. Tang Ning had to gasp for air to absorb the air that supported his survival.
"Brother." Tangning said in a trembling voice.
"What's wrong?" Su Anyun supported Tang Ning's shaky body.
"I'm so tired, let's go home." He buried his head in Su Anyun's arms, and the strong feeling of fatigue came over him like a tidal wave. Su Anyun picked him up and walked out of the orphanage engulfed by fire.
They walked towards the winding mountain path. The air here was fresh, and every flower, grass, and tree was in full bloom. Tiny ants crawled past their feet, and the mountain breeze blew through their hair, bringing out a chorus of tender children's voices.
"Walking on the country road, the old cow returning home at dusk is my companion, the blue sky is matched with the setting sun on my chest"
Tang Ning closed his eyes. He could not distinguish reality from illusion. A raging fire seemed to be burning in his mind. Endless red and the green all over the mountains were intertwined before his eyes. It seemed that Lu Yuhua was walking with him beside him. They were walking on the mountain road. Lu Yuhua walked and stopped, sometimes looking at the plants, sometimes looking at the ants. He urged Lu Yuhua to walk faster.
In fact, he shouldn't have urged Lu Yuhua to go faster. There were so many beautiful scenes, and one less sight to see before the end of life would be one less.
"Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh they sang, and there was a faint sound of a piccolo"
Bai Yingxue's back appeared in front of him. Bai Yingxue was walking in front of him, carrying a doll on her back. In the four-corner game in the dark, they kept walking around in circles, turning corners, and stopping and starting. At first, Bai Yingxue was walking in front of him, but suddenly the doll fell behind, and Bai Yingxue came behind him, so far behind that she was almost dragged by the doll.
In fact, he shouldn't have asked his brother to save Bai Yingxue. Bai Yingxue, who was exchanged with the doll with a bright smile, kept crying.
"Let my thoughts fly in the evening breeze, all the loneliness and melancholy are blown away by the evening breeze and forgotten on the country road"
The little fish swinging on the swing appeared in front of him again. The child who had been staring at him with sparkling eyes since the first time he saw him, always followed him closely, afraid of being left behind, pestering him and calling him mommy, and wanting to pull with him even if it hurt, sitting beside him and playing dolls with him, pushing him to swing on the swing.
In fact, he shouldn't be in a hurry to do things. Xiaoyu called her mother, but she never gave her the warmth she expected.
"Brother." Tangning closed his eyes. His face was extremely pale without a trace of blood. His long eyelashes drooped over his eyelids. Tangning whispered, "I'm so cold."
Su Anyun hugged him tightly, and he coaxed in a low voice: "I'm here."
Tang Ning buried his face in Su Anyun's arms. He seemed to be suffering from post-disaster stress. The nightmare-like fire burned on his body, making him unable to escape. In the raging fire, only Su Anyun's arms were a protective shield that isolated him from the flames and smoke. He could only feel safe by hugging Su Anyun tightly.
They took the bus back together. The bus jolted repeatedly on the bumpy mountain road. Tang Ning could hear Su Anyun's heartbeat pounding in his chest. It was steady and powerful, giving people an indescribable sense of security.
But it's still not enough
Tangning stretched out his cold palm and interlocked his fingers with Su Anyun's warm palm. Their palms were pressed together, their body temperatures touching, "Brother."
"Xiao Ning, don't be afraid." She patted his back warmly. Tang Ning opened her eyes and saw the bright sunlight shining through the car window onto Su Anyun. Her expression was gentle, "No matter what happens, I will be with you."
"No," Tang Ning rejected softly. His voice was so soft that Su Anyun lowered his head and put his ear close to Tang Ning's lips.
"Mom said that you will have things to do in the future and you will leave home together." Tang Ning's heart ached again and again. He could no longer bear any more separation.
"Yes." Those eyes stained by the sunlight seemed to have some kind of bewitching power. Su Anyun stared at Tangning tenderly and attentively. He kept getting closer to Tangning, making her feel dizzy as if she were carsick. "I've changed my mind now."
"How can I abandon Xiao Ning and leave her alone?"
The tip of Su Anyun's nose touched Tangning's. Su Anyun's voice was so gentle and warm that it seemed to come from the bottom of his heart: "We are family."
"We will be together forever and ever, this is what a family is."
Together forever and ever
Tangning's heart seemed to be gripped by something warm as he listened to Su Anyun's low and gentle voice describing the future, "You, me, and Auntie, the three of us will be together forever. Whether you go to college or get a job, we will be together. We can even get a cat."
"Cat?" Tang Ning murmured, repeating Su Anyun's words.
"Well, but now that I have a cat, Xiao Ning has to be more diligent and sweep the floor more often. Don't let the cat's hair dirty the floor that Auntie has cleaned." He raised the corners of his lips, and a smile made his handsome face even more charming. "Otherwise Auntie will be angry."
The raging flames faded away. Even the most terrible fire could not burn his home. His mother sat on the sofa watching TV, his brother was cooking in the kitchen, and his heart was chasing its tail.
"What's the cat's meow?" Su Anyun asked Tang Ning with a smile.
"Heart." Tangning said in a voice that sounded like she was mumbling in her sleep.
"Heart? That's a really good word," Su Anyun praised. He lowered his head and kissed Tang Ning's forehead tenderly and lovingly.
The warm and sincere emotions bathed Tang Ning's face like sunshine, causing a sickly blush to appear on her cheeks.
He fell into Su Anyun's arms, and into the beautiful future that Su Anyun had woven for him with words. He no longer had to make a difficult choice, because what they pursued was the same.
The bus rushed through a dark and short tunnel. When the sunlight outside the window disappeared, Zhang Junxiu's face was submerged in darkness, with only his deep black eyes emitting a little light.
Like an undercurrent lurking beneath the calm water.
The wind whistled outside the window, and in the blink of an eye, the car came out of the tunnel and rushed towards the light. The golden light stained Su Anyun's eyelashes, as if it was shining on the sparkling water.
"Is Xiao Ning worried now?" Su Anyun asked softly.
Tang Ning would get carsick if he didn't get enough rest, so he felt dizzy when he looked at Su Anyun. He could hear his heart beating violently, because it was beating with happiness. "Heart," he heard himself say.
Su Anyun smiled even more beautifully. He held Tang Ning's hand and kissed the sparkling diamond ring she was wearing.
The tiny glimmer in his eyes could not be blocked by even the thickest eyelashes. He stared at Tangning with his dizzying eyes and said word by word, "I am very sad too."
The bus stopped.
Su Anyun picked up Tang Ning and walked out of the car with brisk steps.
The streets were crowded with people, and the warm sunlight shone on everyone's shoulders. Tang Ning, who was extremely tired, closed his eyes and fell asleep in Su Anyun's arms. Su Anyun carried Tang Ning as they walked past a cake shop that was baking desserts. The sweet and tempting fragrance flowed in the air. Su Anyun closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
A passerby walking towards them was about to collide with Su Anyun. The handsome young man suddenly opened his eyes. He turned around lightly with the person in his arms, in tune with the dance music coming from the old record store on the street. Su Anyun's face was reflected in the glass window. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the little music box man that was constantly spinning and dancing in the window through the glass.
The gentleman on the music box is dancing with his beautiful female partner in his arms.
Su Anyun withdrew his gaze, and his tall figure left the glass window. For a moment, he was like an exquisite puppet walking down a music box.