"Can you... see me?"
As Xia Yuan asked softly, Lin Youxi nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes.
"You've really grown up, Yuanyuan... You've grown a lot."
Lin Youxi crawled forward on her knees and slowly came in front of the mirror. Mei Fang tactfully moved away so that Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan could touch each other's palms through the mirror.
Of course, what I felt was the cold touch of the mirror.
But they were finally able to make eye contact.
"So, do you think I've become prettier or uglier?"
"Of course it looks good. It looks very good."
Lin Youxi smiled and said, "It's the most beautiful in the world."
"Don't, don't say that! I'll be embarrassed."
Xia Yuan scratched his head embarrassedly, "I think you are prettier than me."
"No, you are the prettier one..."
“You look good!”
Mei Fang was speechless as she watched Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi arguing over who was prettier. She was wondering when these two girls would stop arguing. Then Xia Yuan suddenly looked up at Mei Fang:
"Ah Fang, tell me, am I prettier or is Youxi prettier?"
"You asked me such a fatal question!"
"Just tell the truth directly, don't worry about offending others."
Xia Yuan put her hands on her hips and said, "Just tell me whether you like me more or a girl like Youxi... Otherwise, we will keep arguing like this."
Lin Youxi, who was thought not to care about this, also nodded at the side, as if expecting Mei Fang to make a decision, completely losing his usual academic demeanor.
"Then I abstain!"
Facing such a Shura field that could only happen in anime novels, Mei Fang stood up and tried to escape, "You guys stay in the room and argue slowly, I'm going to go outside to get some fresh air!"
"We can't let Ah Fang get away, Youxi, stop him!"
Lin Youxi also tripped Mei Fang at the same time Xia Yuan gave instructions. Mei Fang lost his balance at this moment and knocked Lin Youxi to the ground.
“Ahh—”
Xia Yuan watched through the mirror as Mei Fang pushed Lin Youxi to the ground. With the mind of an elementary school student, she subconsciously resisted this ambiguous scene.
She covered her eyes, but still opened them a little to check on Mei Fang and Lin Youxi.
…
She saw Mei Fang and Lin Youxi looking at each other awkwardly for a while, and Mei Fang's hand quickly moved away from Lin Youxi.
When she looked over from Xia Yuan's obstructed perspective, she discovered that Mei Fang's ears were red all the way to his ears.
"No, sorry!"
Mei Fang hurriedly apologized to Lin Youxi, and Lin Youxi slowly stood up and whispered that it was okay.
Then Xia Yuan slowly moved her hand away. She felt her heart beating very fast.
As the delicate atmosphere progressed, the sound of a motorcycle downstairs broke the silence.
"Today, are you still going to eat at my house today?" Mei Fang asked Lin Youxi.
"Not today. I'm too tired today."
Lin Youxi said as she packed her bag and stood up, "I'll come see you guys tomorrow."
As she spoke, she said goodbye to Xia Yuan and said, "Let's come back tomorrow to carry out the plans we discussed earlier."
"Hmm... OK, Youxi, be careful on the road!"
When Lin Youxi left today, her hands were wrapped in bandages and there were traces of tears in the corners of her eyes. All this naturally did not escape the eyes of Xiang Xiaoxia, who had just returned home from work. She tried to persuade Lin Youxi to stay for a long time but Lin Youxi was unwilling to stay.
Therefore, Mei Fang was criticized by Xiang Xiaoxia tonight. She asked Mei Fang to stand at attention and asked him if he had bullied Lin Youxi today and done something to let her down.
Mei Fang naturally clarified everything and swore that she had not bullied Lin Youxi, and then told her mother that Youxi would come again tomorrow, which also dispelled Xiang Xiaoxia's concerns.
When Mei Fang came back from dinner, Xia Yuan covered her mouth and laughed at her because the bedroom was open when Mei Fang came out.
"Hahaha, the way you talk to your mother is so funny, it's just like a little eunuch apologizing to the Queen Mother and begging for mercy!"
"Don't talk nonsense. How do I look like a eunuch? I'm going to beat you up, okay?"
Mei Fang raised his fist to Xia Yuan angrily, while Xia Yuan made a face without any remorse, "I can't hit you, I can't hit you, lululu!"
"Don't be so arrogant. Wait until I get you out of the mirror and see how...how I deal with you."
After hearing this, Xia Yuan held up his chin and looked at Mei Fang curiously.
"Afang, I think you are a very gentle boy."
"ah?"
Mei Fang didn't expect Xia Yuan to suddenly say this to him, "Um, then, what then... why are you suddenly saying this?"
"That's right, I asked you to tell me who is prettier, you or Youxi, but you were reluctant to tell the truth."
Xia Yuan drew circles on the table with one hand, "Obviously, it looks better with Youxi, right?"
"That's not true."
Mei Fang immediately shook her head. "I really think you two are both good-looking. I can only say that you each have your own style."
"Well, Ah Fang must have a preferred style, right?"
"Why are you forcing me to ask this, elementary school student?"
Mei Fang knocked on Xia Yuan's head through the mirror. Although Xia Yuan didn't feel any pain, she still covered her head and made a pitiful expression. After crying, Xia Yuan stared at Mei Fang in the mirror and smiled:
"However, I hope Ah Fang can like Youxi a little more."
"You want me to like it?"
"It's a duck."
Xia Yuan nodded, "After all, I did something wrong to her and left her here alone..."
"But I can't make it up to her now. I can only ask you, Fang."
"You two, really are..."
They are carved from the same mold.
"Did Youxi say anything to you?" Xia Yuan asked with his head tilted.
"No, no, nothing."
"I can tell at a glance that there's something going on. You two are actually hiding a little secret from me!"
Xia Yuan was angry, "I'm jealous now."
"Nothing really! What are you planning to eat tonight?"
"I'll eat noodles!"
Xia Yuan was full of energy, "I'm going to cook egg noodles today, it will taste good!"
"It's okay to cook and stir-fry occasionally..."
"I, I can't."
Xia Yuan pouted, "I, I really want to learn how to make cola chicken wings like my mom does, but I don't know how to make it."
"Um… "
Mei Fang accompanied Xia Yuan to watch her finish the meal safely, and they both went about their own business from time to time. When Mei Fang came back from taking a shower, she saw that the camera had been moved to face the wall.
Are you writing something again
Mei Fang didn't think much about it, but just told Xia Yuan through the mirror that she was done.
"What—" Meilijun's voice came from outside the bedroom, "Son, what did you say?"
"It's okay! I was just talking to myself!"
The Meili army was a little confused.
In the living room, he walked over to Xiang Xiaoxia who was watching TV and sat down.
"Don't you think our son has been a little bit rebellious lately?"
"What's against the will of heaven?"
Xiang Xiaoxia peeled an apple and handed a piece to Mei Lijun. "I think you are the one who is going against the will of heaven. How can you say that about your own child?"
"No, I've been hearing him talking to himself in his room lately. Sometimes I can even hear girls laughing in the room."
"So what do you think it is?"
"I wonder if our son has a split personality now?" Mei Lijun pondered, "He started to talk like a girl, and he has that thing, a cross-dressing fetish..."
"You are truly invincible."
Xiang Xiaoxia was somewhat shocked by her husband's imagination. "Don't you think there's always one more person eating at our house recently? It's normal for him to chat with Lin Youxi on the phone."
"Of course I know that Lin Youxi has been close to our Ah Fang recently."
Mei Lijun frowned and said, "But I don't think that's Lin Youxi's voice... Lin Youxi's voice isn't that sweet, it's more like a cold voice."
Mei Lijun said he wanted to get another apple from Xiang Xiaoxia, but was rejected by Xiang Xiaoxia.
"… You've never dated me or something."
"When you chat privately with someone you like, can your voice be the same as when you are in front of everyone?"
"But, it's just... weird—"
"Okay, go watch your ball."
Xiang Xiaoxia stuffed most of the apple into Mei Lijun's mouth.
"By the way, remember to top up 100 yuan on your son's mobile phone card tomorrow."
"ah?"
The Meili army let out an unwilling cry.
Over the following period of time, Lin Youxi gradually became a frequent visitor to Mei Fang's home.
She always showed up at Mei Fang's house early and accompanied Mei Fang to study.
In fact, he was accompanying Xia Yuan in this summer campaign together with Mei Fang.
They would accompany Xia Yuan every day to look for suspicious things in the mirror world and move forward in one direction.
But it turns out that what Xia Yuan and Mei Fang's mirrors can see are similar.
With about the width of two blocks, Xia Yuan will reach the end of a vast expanse of white. When he walks further, he will find himself trapped in an invisible glass curtain wall.
The same goes for Mei Fang's mirror, which cannot penetrate the glass curtain wall.
It seems that there is a conceptual boundary in the mirror world.
Lin Youxi asked Xia Yuan to record the location of the blocks where the border was located, and in real life he would also accompany Mei Fang to investigate the scope of the border. They planned to map this "border" on the map to see if there was any pattern to the border.
In addition, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi are also working hard to make Xia Yuan's life in the mirror world interesting.
With the cooking knowledge they learned from their mother, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi taught Xia Yuan how to cook through the mirror world and made the cola chicken wings she had always dreamed of.
Xia Yuan puts the garbage in the trash can at the entrance of the community every day, but when Xia Yuan checks next time, the things in the trash can will disappear.
Mei Fang tried staring at the trash can for a while. After midnight in the real world, both the things in the trash can and the sign that Xia Yuan deliberately knocked down in the community would be reset at that moment.
However, there was no change in the mirror world.
At the same time, as they spent time together day by day, the three people gradually became familiar with each other.
It is worth mentioning here that the mirror world is not an opposite "reflection", but a world that exists in the mirror, so there is no saying that the words are reversed left and right. The mirror world and the real world are separated by a mirror.
Therefore, Xia Yuan could even watch movies and anime with Mei Fang and Lin Youxi.
"Wow, I thought the hero was going to miss the heroine again this time!" Xia Yuan felt so emotional after watching a healing romance movie.
"I really didn't expect... that we would be able to see each other so easily this time." Lin Youxi also felt very emotional.
"What about Ah Fang? What did Ah Fang say - Ah Fang, are you crying?"
"No, no..."
Mei Fang rubbed his eyes.
"Ahahahaha, it's such a childish plot, and you can actually cry? You are such an emotional person, Fang!"
“It’s really simple.”
Lin Youxi smiled.
"Hey, you two, can you stop laughing at me?"
Mei Fang waved her fist in protest, "I can't just keep playing like this. I haven't done a single word of my summer homework."
"Why do we have to do summer homework?" Lin Youxi asked in surprise, "It's such a simple question, and the teacher doesn't know how to explain it."
"You are in your science experimental class! We in the regular class still care about the quality of these test papers."
"Then I'll do it for you."
Lin Youxi said, "I've been coming to your house to bother you every day recently, and I have nothing to repay you for."
"Don't do it for Ah Fang, Youxi!"
Xia Yuan knocked on the mirror and protested, "Afang won't improve himself this way, don't spoil him!"
"You don't even have to do your homework, and you're still blaming me."
However, even if we calculate it this way, the summer vacation is almost half over...
The summer vacation for the first year of high school is actually only 30 days, and the two weeks passed quickly.
The edge of the mirror world is almost mapped, but there is not much that can be called clues and intelligence at present.
But everyone had a great time during these two weeks.
Including Lin Youxi's integration into Mei Fang's life.
Lin Youxi likes Mei Fang’s mother Xiang Xiaoxia very much and often studies how to cook with her.
Because they had been eating and drinking at Mei Fang's house, Lin Youxi would help Xiang Xiaoxia cook from time to time. To outsiders like Mei Fang, they looked like a close mother and daughter.
Mei Fang has recently been able to frequently receive messages from some of her friends in class, such as Yue Xinyi, who is very well-informed.
Your Yibao:
[Fuck, Mei Fang, you really caught up with Lin Youxi? ]
[I heard that you went home with her after school]
[She has been going to your house every day to help you with your studies recently? How is that possible? You are just bragging.]
[No, are you serious? ]
I saw you guys on the street today
Of course, because there are too many people asking about Mei Fang's situation, there are also many friends Mei Fang has no time to reply, such as this -
What can I do to you, my lord
[Mei Fang, when are we going to the Internet cafe together?]
[Sharing with you the 'Venomancer's Wild Game Strategy']
[Will you go to the Internet cafe today? I’ll treat you]
[Have you finished your homework?]
The Heaven-Defying Little Fangfang: [I have written it. Come to my house and copy it when you have time]
Ye Ao Nai Wo He: [Okay, are you going to play Duota today? I have recently practiced a new CK play style]
The Heaven-Defying Little Fang Fang: [Not free tonight]
I am so arrogant, what can I do to you: [You ***]
That night, after Mei Fang replied to his best friend Zhang Ming's message, he heard Xia Yuan's voice in the mirror.
"Afang, Afang, who are you chatting with? You are ignoring me."
"My deskmate."
"What! Male and female!"
"A man."
Mei Fang said.
"Oh, that's good..."
"What do you mean by 'that's good'?"
"It's just... I'm worried that you're doing something bad."
Xia Yuan muttered and turned her hair away, "For example, premature love or something..."
"Primary school students, don't think too much..."
"I'm not small at all!"
Xia Yuan angrily moved closer and spoke to Mei Fang.
"Afang!"
"what?"
"Um!"
Xia Yuan placed his hands on the mirror and slowly spread out his five fingers.
"I need to replenish my energy!"
"That's how it should be done, right..."
Although Mei Fang expressed his disgust, he still cooperated and put his hand on it.
The two of them put their hands together through the cold mirror, but they could feel that each other's minds were connected.
Xia Yuan has done this kind of "energy replenishment" method many times, and Mei Fang cooperated every time. Xia Yuan enjoyed this unique feeling of pampering, and recently he has become more and more demanding.
"Can you put your forehead on it too?"
"ah?"
"Is it not possible..."
Xia Yuan felt aggrieved.
Mei Fang could only admit defeat and leaned closer to the mirror.
Xia Yuan also put his forehead to it and closed his eyes, enjoying this moment.
“It feels like the energy is coming.”
"It's good to have energy to replenish you." Mei Fang said.
"You have become much freer than when you first started in the mirror world."
"That's because Ah Fang and You Xi are with me every day."
Xia Yuan sighed and said, "But you can't accompany me every day. You have to go back to school after the summer vacation."
"So before that, I have to find a way to rescue you."
"I think it's okay to stay in the mirror all the time."
Xia Yuan said gently, "Although sometimes, being alone does make you a little lonely... and it's also lonely if you can't meet."
"Can't touch it?"
"Ahh, nothing!"
Xia Yuan muttered, "I think if we lower our expectations, we can get along better, especially Youxi. I feel like she's getting anxious again lately."
"She really wanted to rescue you."
"But if I am originally a person living in the mirror world... How can I rescue myself?"
"Why are you so pessimistic?"
Mei Fang knocked on Xia Yuan's head through the mirror, and Xia Yuan immediately made a very cute gesture of being knocked on the head to cooperate with Mei Fang.
"Wuwu, stop bullying me, Ah Fang. I'm not pessimistic. I just want you and Youxi to not be so tired, especially Youxi."
After Xia Yuan finished crying, she began to explain, "Because I feel it's good to be like this all the time. I'm very happy every day."
“…Okay, stop thinking about it.”
Mei Fang gently patted the area on Jing Zhongyuan's head. "Anyway, we have to try everything. We will do our best and leave the rest to fate. I believe your appearance is no accident."
"Yes, I think so."
Xia Yuan nodded, "My appearance is definitely not accidental, it is destined."
Her eyes sparkled when she said this, and she didn't look like an elementary school student at all.
…
call…
Mei Fang didn't know how to reply to Xia Yuan. He could only scratch his head and mutter, "I, I'm going to turn off the lights and go to bed."
"I'm going to sleep too, good night, Alfon."
"Good night."
Mei Fang placed the mirror facing his bed, looked at Xia Yuan lying down with her eyes closed in the mirror, and then turned off the lights.
Not long after Mei Fang closed his eyes, the dark shadow that appeared in the piano room suddenly appeared in his dream again.
Ever since exploring Xia Yuan's home with Lin Youxi, Mei Fang often dreams about Xia Yuan's hometown.
Whenever he walked into the house, he would involuntarily walk towards the piano room.
The reason why she knew that room was the piano room was because Lin Youxi told Mei Fang.
Of course, the large room is empty and has nothing in it. In order to achieve good sound insulation, there is actually only one window for ventilation.
Thinking back carefully to the time when I was exploring, the curtains there were indeed different from those elsewhere. They looked much cleaner and there were no cobwebs on them.
…
When Mei Fang in the dream tried to get closer to the curtain again, suddenly everything around him became dark and squirming. Mei Fang felt as if he was trapped in a black quagmire and could never climb out.
While struggling in the mud, Mei Fang seemed to see the black shadow. There were two white, flame-like eyes in the hollow black shadow.
After struggling for a while, Mei Fang woke up in a cold sweat. He subconsciously wanted to look for Xia Yuan.
Then Xia Yuan was still sleeping peacefully beside the mirror.
…
If this continues, I feel like I will be tortured into hysteria.
However, he was worried that there might be some real danger, so he didn't want Lin Youxi to go with him.
Recently, I have to live with Xia Yuan and investigate with Lin Youxi, so I really don’t have any time for myself.
I feel a bit stuck.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered Zhang Ming, whom he had always regarded as a good friend.
If I tell Lin Youxi that I want to go to the Internet cafe with Zhang Ming, will I be able to get Lin Youxi's consent
Anyway, she really wants to be alone with Xia Yuan...
When Mei Fang was thinking this, the door suddenly opened with a click.
Mei Fang was startled, then stared at the scene behind the door.
Lin Youxi pushed the door open quietly.
Then he looked into Mei Fang's eyes.
"No… How did you—"
"Shh—keep your voice down."
Lin Youxi made a gesture to Mei Fang to keep quiet, then closed the door, sat down beside Mei Fang's bed, moved the mirror, and looked at Xia Yuan herself.
"Aunt Xiang gave me the key to your house so I don't have to bother Uncle Mei to open the door for me every time."
"My mother really doesn't treat you as an outsider."
"Who told you to sleep so late with Yuanyuan every day?"
Lin Youxi took a deep breath and then immersed herself in enjoying Xia Yuan's peaceful sleeping face.
She has been coming earlier and earlier every day recently.
It was as if he was becoming more and more worried that his meeting with Xia Yuan was about to end.
"Ah Fang, I want to discuss something with you."
Perhaps because it came to her mind, Lin Youxi started calling Mei Fang "Afang".
"Can you wait until I wake up? I usually sleep naked."
Mei Fang was wrapped in a blanket and muttering, but Lin Youxi lifted the blanket off her.
No naked sleeping, wearing tight pajamas.
"You sleep with Yuanyuan every day now, how can you dare to sleep naked?"
The campus goddess, who was once so high and mighty that no one dared to offend her, now began to make a mocking expression towards Mei Fang.
"How can I not understand you?"
"Don't make me sound like a coward. I really hate it."
Mei Fang quickly pulled back the air conditioner and covered himself with it.
It's a bit cold.
"Afang, I thought about it."
"I want to go to Jiangcheng in the next two days. Please come with me."
"You want to go see Grandma Yuanyuan."
Mei Fang asked.
"Yes... So far, nothing we have done has made any progress, except for the paper crane."
Lin Youxi thought for a moment, "Yuanyuan's grandmother might be Yuanyuan's only living relative, and the mirror was a birthday gift from her grandmother to Yuanyuan, so maybe she really knows something."
"Hey, hey, keep your voice down. What if Yuanyuan hears it..."
Lin Youxi looked at Mei Fang and asked, "Can you go with me?"
"Of course you can, but I didn't expect you to be so scared."
Mei Fang smiled and said, "Is this your first time traveling far away? You are afraid of being bullied because you are unfamiliar with the place, so you want me to accompany you, Youxi classmate."
"No, I was afraid that you two would secretly get closer while I was away."
As Lin Youxi spoke, he suddenly leaned down and stared at Mei Fang domineeringly from a superior position, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.
"I hope you understand that I am the most important person in Yuanyuan's heart. You can only be second at best."
"I'm second, so what? Why would I compete with you..."
Mei Fang didn't dare to look directly into Lin Youxi's eyes like that.
At this moment, Xia Yuan rubbed his sleepy eyes and stretched.
"Good morning, Ah Fang... Ah, Youxi is here too, good morning."
"Hmm... yes?"
Xia Yuan's eyes widened immediately, and he shouted in fear, "You are still children, don't do anything naughty in front of me!"
"No, no... Don't talk nonsense!"
"Good morning, Yuanyuan."
After Lin Youxi warned Mei Fang, she gave Xia Yuan a sweet, flattering, and gentle smile.
"By the way, Yuanyuan, I want to discuss something with you."
"Yeah, what's the matter?" Xia Yuan yawned loudly.
"It's just... Although I can't control the camera like Fang, now both Fang and I can see you."
Lin Youxi sat beside Mei Fang's bed and swung her legs. "I was wondering if I could bring the mirror back to my house. I also want to sleep with you."
Faced with Lin Youxi's request, Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, okay... I also want to sleep with you, just like the time when you came to my house to sleep when we were kids, and we had so much fun..."
As Xia Yuan was talking, he suddenly seemed to realize something, "Then, what about Ah Fang? Does Ah Fang think it's okay?"
"Ask me what I do..."
Mei Fang scratched his head. “This is your own freedom.”
"But the mirror is yours after all."
Xia Yuan said, "Then, that also requires Auntie's consent, right?"
"My mom? My mom dotes on Youxi now. She will give her whatever she wants. She basically treats her like her own daughter."
"You're right. I also regard Aunt Xiang as my mother."
As Lin Youxi spoke, she pinched Mei Fang's face, causing Mei Fang to push Lin Youxi away with disgust.
Xia Yuan in the mirror was smiling along with Lin Youxi and Mei Fang at first, but looking at their intimate interaction, Xia Yuan suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.
I envy them...
Bar
Xia Yuan felt that his mood had become a little abnormal.
(End of this chapter)