In the most central part of the Lost Bamboo Forest, where outsiders rarely set foot foot, stands a rather inconspicuous single-storey log cabin - that is Fujiwara Meihong's home. This house is made of solid logs as beams and columns, and bamboo is used as walls and floors, with stilted structure, warm in winter and cool in summer and mosquito-proof, windows are open on all sides, lighting and ventilation are comprehensive, and the scenery of green bamboo that makes people feel peaceful can be completely sent into the house. All in all, it's a rustic-looking, but quite comfortable wooded cottage.

Three hundred years ago, Mei Hong moved a few freshly cut trees from the Enchanted Forest, and built this hut with her own hands based on them, supplemented by bamboo materials collected nearby. In order to avoid being harassed by the idlers who looked at her with colored glasses, she deliberately chose such a deep and secluded place. Now it seems like a brilliant idea. Only here, as an immortal person, can Meihong stay away from the hustle and bustle, live in a simple place, and enjoy inner peace.

In those days, only those madmen with short-circuited heads, or fools bent on seeking death, would step into the depths of the dangerous bamboo forest. This kind of person usually rests in the belly of the monster, and it is impossible for him to walk through this labyrinthine bamboo forest alive and crash into Mei Hong's house like winning the lottery. If they were really so lucky, stumbling all the way and finally seeing Mei Hong alive, then Mei Hong would not do anything to them, at most complain a few words, and then send them back to the bamboo forest with an impatient face, leaving a sentence "You are lucky to meet me, but there is no next time", and then turned around and left.

In fact, such lucky people, in the past few hundred years, have really ...... So a few.

She didn't mind sending a lost child home every few hundred years, it was just a gesture for her, after all, no monster in the forest was bold enough to stand in her way. However, it means a lot to the people she sent back. It is no exaggeration to say that this is all about being able to lie in a rocking chair and brag to your children and grandchildren when you are old. It is precisely because someone really blows out that she saves people as a, that she has never been able to completely hide her existence.

At first, it was just rumors such as "white-haired witch" and "immortal bird in the bamboo forest". Over time, rumors spread ten, ten, hundreds, and became legends. When Fujiwara Meihong accidentally left the bamboo forest and inadvertently showed one or two in front of everyone, people matched her with the legend of "my grandfather's grandfather said", and her image became more and more concrete.

In the mouth of the world, she is the "guide of the bamboo forest", she has lived for thousands of years, she can manipulate fire, can come back from the dead, some people say she is the legendary beast, the descendant of the "phoenix", and some people say that she is a reclusive immortal. Either way, there are many people who believe that either way of saying it bothers her - her plan to "stay away from the world and live in peace" has been completely ruined.

The lesson she learned from this was not to be a good person, not to meddle in things, and to let those who do death die...... However, she will never be able to do that. So, last fall, when the undead invaded Gensokyo, she struck.

Since then, she has taken on a new image.

"Hero".

That's what people call her, with cheers and cheers, flowers and applause, and eyes full of admiration. To be honest, it's still quite embarrassing.

The path that Meihong has stepped on with her feet for many years, leading to the center of the bamboo forest, is no longer mysterious. In today's increasingly harmless monsters, as long as you bring enough dry food and water, and then bring a firm heart that no matter what the rabbit in the bamboo forest says, you can come to the door of Meihong's house unscathed. And so the number of guests who came to her house gradually increased, and all kinds of people, or non-people, with curious eyes that were indistinguishable from those of the past, and kindness that no one had ever brought her.

She's always been good at dealing with outside malice, and her fiery fists aren't vegetarian.

However, goodwill ......

How can this be done?

So far, Fujiwara Meihong has not been able to find an effective solution. At best, she could only smile innocently, and then quickly get out of the awkward atmosphere that had made her awkward. Avoidance, this is her choice, but there are times when she can't avoid it, such as now.

"So, Meihong, you just go with me!"

This reliable woman with a chest the size of a cow, Shang Bai Ze Huiyin, was standing at the door of Mei Hong's house at this time, and said with a smile on her face to Mei Hong, who was leaning helplessly on the door frame:

"You stay in this bamboo forest every day, and you don't often see flowers, right?"

"Common. Mei Hong said, "Bamboo blooms once it is sixty years, and in general, I may have seen more flowers than you have seen leaves." ”

By the way, this is the fifth time that Huiyin has come to Meihong's house this week, you know, it's only Wednesday! Meihong never thought that there would be such a sister-like person running to her house twice a day in three days, bringing her food and drink, and taking care of her life—as if she still needed a human "life".

"That's two different things!"

Huiyin pursed her lips, looking a little dissatisfied. In my sister's eyes, this is quite cute.

"Bamboo flowers are bamboo flowers, what we are going to see are cherry blossoms!" She crossed her waist with one hand and a finger on the other hand, just like a teacher in class, and said seriously:

"The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the spring is to see the spring flowers, and the year is considered to be the beginning. ”

This is called "professional habits...... However, the two spheres on her chest, which trembled slightly with her increasingly excited voice, had completely absorbed Mei Hong's attention.

From Meihong's point of view, Huiyin's preaching posture is really "oppressive", and it is no wonder that no student dares to refute her when she is in class......

"Ahh......h

Mei Hong was stunned for a moment, then immediately recovered, and quipped:

Then in the blink of an eye, the year was over. I mean, while you're thinking about whether to eat the pork chop or the noodles first, I'm done. ”

"You're stealing concepts!"

Huiyin puffed out her face in anger, and her two clenched fists waved up and down, her ...... also swayed up and down in an unhappy rhythm. Yes, that's right, the teacher Kamibai Zehuiyin, who is known for being "strict", "knowledgeable", and "unsmiling", is losing her childish temper over Meihong's refusal to accompany her to see the flowers. Sometimes, Mei Hong really feels that the person she comes into contact with on weekdays is a fake Huiyin teacher.

"Even if you live for 10,000 years, isn't every year 365 days?" Huiyin said loudly, "Every day, don't you also work at sunrise and rest at sunset? It's been such a long time, you live well, you live well, you live well, why don't you be a little nicer to yourself?"

"yes, why?" Mei Hong pursed her lips, "Probably because I'm already ......"

She stopped halfway through her speech, then shook her head with a wry smile and changed her words:

"Nothing, I think you have a point. ”

"Then let's go to the White Jade Tower together!" Huiyin smiled and stretched out her hand, "Go see the cherry blossoms in the underworld!"

"It's a pity I can't stay there for long......"

Mei Hong muttered, grabbed Huiyin's outstretched hand, and stepped over the threshold.

When the sunlight outside shone on her body, a wonderful feeling suddenly sprouted in Meihong's heart.

Maybe, she thought, maybe, as soon as she takes this step, she will never be able to go back to the kind of life she used to have. From this moment on, her life will be filled with "people" and all kinds of laughter and tears that "people" bring her, and she has no way to keep them out, she is not that kind of person after all.

What's even more amazing is that when Bai Ze Huiyin took her hand and the two walked together in the bamboo forest, she looked at Huiyin's smile back, and watched the spots of light and shadow sprinkle on Huiyin's hair, and suddenly a warmth was born in her heart, as if all this was what she wanted, although she had not yet learned how to face it.

"Well," she thought to herself, "I have time to get used to it." ”

This is the benefit of longevity.