"Brother......

Gently calling far away and misty, Jiang Yao raised his head, trying to follow the sound to find a way out, but he could not break through the heavy darkness in front of him.

Anyone?!

The pressure in my chest became more and more intense, as if I had fallen into the sea, and even my breathing was about to stop.

What the hell is going on?

Jiang Yao pressed his chest, trying to recall everything before, but his memory was always as chaotic as a thin veil, and gradually, he felt that his consciousness began to trance.

Good...... It's so uncomfortable......

The feeling of depression in his chest was about to reach a critical point, and the breath in his body slowly became disordered, Jiang Yao felt as if countless hands were tearing at his body, and during the struggle, he suddenly felt a flash of light in front of him, and then the darkness of nothingness began to dissipate quickly, and the painful feeling disappeared without a trace.

I saw that under the soft halo, a dilapidated corridor appeared in front of Jiang Yao.

This is in ...... Which?

Jiang Yao looked down at his intact body, and then raised his eyes to look at this unfamiliar corridor, and fell into confusion for a while.

The snort was full of antique breath, and the sound of children's frolicking faintly floated from outside the corridor, Jiang Yao hesitated for a moment, and then took a step, walked to the windowsill of the corridor, and looked out.

The downstairs outside the cloister seems to be a simple small playground, several seven or eight-year-old boys are competing for the broken football, running in the muddy playground, covered with mud stains but can't hide the joy on their faces, even Jiang Yao, who is watching from the sidelines, is unconsciously infected by the innocence of the children, and a warm smile slowly flows in the bottom of his heart.

"Brother......

Another soft voice floated over, but the direction of the sound was not outside the window. Jiang Yao hurriedly retracted his gaze, wanting to find the source of the sound in the corridor, but at this moment, he suddenly found that a figure appeared in front of the originally empty corridor.

It was a tall, thin young man, with very white skin, simple and clean clothes, and a beige trench coat on his body, looking a little weak. I saw this man leaning on the edge of the window sill in the distance facing Jiang Yao, looking down, and seemed to be attracted by the children frolicking below.

The dappled sunlight poured into the corridor from the window, reflecting a little halo between the man's soft long hair, Jiang Yao looked at the man's side face half hidden by the long hair, and always felt that the other party's appearance seemed to be a little familiar, and he was hesitating, but he heard a delicate and innocent child's voice coming from behind him:

"Brother...... You've come to see me~'

As if hearing that voice, the man in front came back to his senses and turned his head to look in the direction where Jiang Yao was.

The golden light reflected the man's snow-white skin, and on the soft-line face, those good-looking eyes were showing a kind gaze, smiling gently at Jiang Yao.

"Well, I'm coming. ”

Familiar voices, familiar smiles, familiar faces. Facing this man who has been with him for a year but has mysteriously evaporated from the world, Jiang Yao suddenly found that his mood was a little strange, although it was familiar, but it was an indescribable strangeness.

Xiao ...... Xiao Yuan......?"

Jiang Yao looked at the other party blankly, and subconsciously wanted to walk towards the man, but before he could take a step, he heard a rush of footsteps from far and near behind him. Jiang Yao was startled, looked back behind him, and saw a girl with a doll's head rushing over excitedly, but it went straight through his body like a ghost, and rushed towards Xiao Yuan in front.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, you finally came to see me~ Ah Li misses you so much~"

The girl threw herself into Xiao Yuan's arms in disgust, who stroked the girl's hair and smiled softly:

"I'm sorry, I was busy with something a while ago, so I couldn't come to accompany Ah Li...... Does Ah Li take her medicine these days?"

Xiao Yuan looked down at the girl's yellow and thin face, and there seemed to be a trace of distress in his eyes, but as if he was afraid that the girl would find out, he immediately carefully hid his worries.

"Well, Ah Li listened to Brother Xiao Yuan's words and took medicine on time every day, but it was just ......" The girl's big eyes flickered, and her eyes slowly drooped. "It's just that Ali's illness is still not getting better...... If this continues, I'm afraid no one will adopt Ali......"

"Don't say that, Ah Li is so well-behaved, she will definitely find a good family to adopt. Xiao Yuan soothed softly, turned his head to look at the boys who were playing happily outside the window, and sighed silently.

"But...... Ah Li now thinks that even if it is like this, it is very good, at least she can see Brother Xiao Yuan often. The girl suddenly laughed again. "Ah Li has not been in good health since she was a child, and the dean said that I have a congenital disease, and I am not usually able to go out, and I have few friends...... But since I met Brother Xiao Yuan, Ah Li has known that there are so many interesting things in the outside world, and in this orphanage, only Brother Xiao Yuan is really good to me, like an angel in the legend......"

"Huh...... In my brother's eyes, Ali is an angel. Xiao Yuan smiled. "Brother will tell you a story?"

"Okay, good~"

"Hmm...... Once upon a time, there was a cuckoo who left his extended family and lived alone in the city, playing around and looking for food every day. One day the cuckoo was accidentally scratched by a wild dog, and although it tried to escape, it ended up falling into the yard of a house and was about to die...... Fortunately, the owner of the family saved the cuckoo, helped it heal its injuries and released it. Xiao Yuan looked up at the window, and there seemed to be a faint trace of nostalgia and sadness in his eyes.

The cuckoo remembered the kindness of the family, and after many years returned to the house of the family that had rescued him, only to find that it had long been empty. It turned out that the family had an accident a few years ago, and only one young daughter was left alive in the family, but the whereabouts of that daughter were unknown, so the cuckoo was determined to find the girl, no matter how much time and effort it would take. ”

"Then ...... Did you find it?" asked Ali worriedly.

"Well, I found it. Xiao Yuan lowered his head with a smile and stroked Ali's hair. After seeing the child, the cuckoo made a decision that it would accompany the benefactor's child for the rest of his life, in return for saving his life. ”

"Hmm...... It's nice to find the daughter of that family in the end, but ...... Wouldn't Mr. Cuckoo be as free as he used to be? Birds should belong to the blue sky, that's what the book teaches. Ali muttered, as if she had some other thoughts about the story, which made Xiao Yuan laugh dumbly.

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot something important while listening to the story. Ah Li seemed to remember something, and quickly rummaged in her pocket. “…… There is a gift for Xiao Yuan's brother~ This is made by Ah Li herself!"

In the small hand spread out, I saw a rough bird-shaped wood carving lying quietly in the palm of Ah Li's hand.

"This is what the dean taught~ Ah Li finally completed a ...... Look, Ah Li also engraved the words on it, 'Give it to Brother Xiao Yuan'. Ali smiled a little embarrassedly. "Ah Li didn't think about what kind of bird it was when he carved it, I just heard the story of Brother Xiao Yuan, so I'll treat this thing as a cuckoo~"

Xiao Yuan was stunned, he stared at the wood carving in the girl's hand, as if he was a little surprised, and after a while, he smiled again, it was a happy smile from the heart.

"Thank you, I'm so happy, really. Xiao Yuan took the small wood carving, took off the necklace around his neck and strung it up, and then hung the strung wood carving on his chest upright. "I'm going to cherish it. ”

Jiang Yao watched all this from a distance, wanting to step forward but couldn't bear to disturb, and Xiao Yuan and Ah Li also seemed to completely ignore Jiang Yao's existence, as if they were not in the same time and space as Jiang Yao. Jiang Yao looked away, he didn't know how to face this strange scene at this time, and when he looked out the window again, he suddenly found that the children who were originally on the playground had disappeared at some point.

"Bang ——!!"

The violent explosion was mixed with a monstrous heat wave, which instantly tore apart the originally peaceful atmosphere. Jiang Yao instinctively protected his head, dodging the shattered window glass, and as soon as he came back to his senses, he was shocked to find that the corridor in front of him was spewing flames, and the whole house was already on fire at this moment.

What's going on?!Xiao Yuan...... By the way, Xiao Yuan ......!!

Jiang Yao hurriedly cast his eyes to the location where Xiao Yuan and Ah Li were, but saw that this place was empty, Jiang Yao looked back left and right in shock, and he found that there was nothing but the spreading flames in his sight, and all retreats seemed to have been blocked.

"Pound ——!"

A door not far behind him was slammed open, Jiang Yao looked at it, but found that this person was Xiao Yuan, only to see that Xiao Yuan didn't seem to have noticed Jiang Yao here at all, braving the scorching fire, stepping on the stairs and rushing upstairs!

"Xiao Yuan, you wait——!"

Without hesitation, Jiang Yao hurriedly ran over and followed Xiao Yuan upstairs.

"Crackle...... Bang ——!!'

The burst wooden beam collapsed beside him, and the hot heat wave swept into the tongue of fire, leaving dazzling burns on Xiao Yuan's fair skin, but in an instant, the wound quickly healed automatically and disappeared. However, Xiao Yuan obviously didn't bother to pay attention to it so much, only to see him shake off his white clothes and rush straight to the second floor filled with smoke.

"Ah Li...... Ah Li, where are you!?" Xiao Yuan's roar resounded in the flames, and soon, he noticed the figure of a thin girl crawling at the staircase on the second floor.

"Ah Li...... Ah Li——!!"

Xiao Yuan rushed forward and tried to pick up the girl who was already angry, but found that he didn't know where to start, and the blood soaked the girl's thin body, like a broken puppet, which would fall apart at the slightest touch.

Xiao Yuan...... Elder brother...... Elder brother...... Ali ...... I don't want to die......" The girl opened her eyes slightly, but her breath became weaker and weaker.

"Hold on, brother will save you immediately!" Xiao Yuan immediately stretched out his right hand as he spoke, only to see a seemingly nonexistent black mist extending out of his palm, gently repairing the girl's scars, and also isolating the surrounding smoke and flames, and as the black mist continued to output, Xiao Yuan's fair face gradually became pale, but such efforts still seemed to be useless, and the girl's aura began to weaken more and more.

"Ah Li...... I'm not going to let you die. Xiao Yuan looked at the girl's face, and suddenly his expression froze, and a kind of resolute determination appeared in his eyes. Jiang Yao had never seen Xiao Yuan show such an expression, and at the same time, a sense of foreboding arose spontaneously from his heart.

I saw Xiao Yuan take a deep breath, and the white light in his abdomen gradually rose, slowly extending to his chest and throat...... Finally, Jiang Yao saw a moment of white light beads slowly spit out from Xiao Yuan's mouth and floated into the air.