In July, there are no green forests in Liucheng, only gray forests made of steel buildings.

Liucheng, under the shade of a tree in a welfare home.

Bao Shiyi lay on the bench, as if he was asleep, and the light and shadow fell on Bao Shiyi's face like that.

The light jump, like a flying streamer, is so gorgeous.

The ice cream in Summer's hand, the other hand was still holding the ice cream brought to Bao Shiyi, but he saw Bao Shiyi lying on the chair and falling asleep, just about to call Brother Eleven, but Zhou Yun on the side stopped Summer.

"Don't eat more ice cream, go give this to Grandma Zhang. ”

As soon as Xia heard Zhou Yun's words, she nodded with a smile, walked on her calves, and ran away with ice cream.

Zhou Yun walked to the bench, sat down with the small space left at one end, glanced at Bao Shiyi, and looked at Bao Shiyi who was sleeping so soundly.

I don't know why, but I remembered Bao Eleven, who was emaciated before.

Obviously, the current Bao Eleven has returned to his original appearance, but behind that smile, I don't know what kind of story there is.

Quiet, quiet summer.

Zhou Yun sat there eating ice cream, while Bao Shiyi on the other side slept soundly.

Everything was so quiet.

……

And under this quietness, the netizens and readers on the Internet are not quiet at all.

Because the great god Bao 11 published a new one on Wenyue.com, the news came suddenly, so hurriedly, but so surprising.

The name of the new book is "Firefly Forest".

The title of such a book, like a picture of fireflies, is like a green forest, and the scattered streamers are dyed with translucent green.

Then, netizens and readers all knew about a monster boy wearing a mask.

His name is Silver.

……

The young girl Hotaru goes to her grandfather's house in the countryside every summer, and the summer when she was six years old, Hotaru played alone in the woods near her grandfather's house, but she got lost and couldn't find her way around, so she cried like that.

Because of the cry, a young man with a mask appears in Gin.

"Hey, little one. ”

The boy stood behind a tree, wearing a white printed shirt with blue-black pants and a strange fox mask on his face.

The moment she saw Gin, Hotaru thought she was saved, and pounced on the boy very excitedly, but the boy Silver dodged, and Hotaru threw herself on the grass.

It's such a meeting that Hotaru learns that Silver lives in the forest, but is not human, and cannot be touched by humans, otherwise it will disappear.

Silver takes Hotaru out of the forest, telling Hotaru as he walks that this forest is inhabited by mountain gods and youkai, and that she can't just come in, otherwise she will be bewitched and won't be able to get out. Hotaru follows her big brother and has a good feeling, so Hotaru insists that she will bring a gift to thank him the next day. The eldest brother acquiesces to Hotaru's decision and tells Hotaru that his name is Ah Yin.

Later, the two of them, who soon became good friends, were playing in the forest, and a youkai appeared behind Hotaru, and Ah Yin told the yokai that Hotaru was his friend, and the yokai warned Hotaru not to touch Ah Yin, otherwise it would eat Hotaru. For the next few days, Hotaru was with Ah Yin, once the two were on the grass, Hotaru secretly took off Ah Yin's mask while Ah Yin was asleep, and saw that Ah Yin was a handsome young man.

"Why are you wearing a mask?"

"If you don't wear a mask, you don't look like a youkai. ”

Hotaru was silent for a long time before replying, "It's so strange." ”

……

In this way, at first, Hotaru Lao Ai threw herself into Yin's arms, and Silver could only dodge in a panic, secretly having a headache. Later, when she grew up, she put on a beautiful uniform, her hair was neatly tucked back to her head, her smooth forehead was exposed, and she would no longer climb trees to scare him. At that time, she fell from a tree, and he tried to catch her, but eventually withdrew his hand.

In this way, year after year, Hotaru and Ah Yin spent every summer, chatting on the grass, walking in the forest, flying kites together on the grass, and their relationship became better and better. Hotaru herself went to junior high school, but found that Ah Yin didn't seem to have changed much. One day, Hotaru and her grandfather chatted and knew that it would be very cold this winter, so Hotaru sent a scarf to Ah Yin.

Then, Hotaru learns Ah Yin's story.

He is not human.

He was just a teenager who was cast a spell by the mountain god and died, and he would not grow up again.

……

This was the beginning, and then in the early summer blue sky, the light and shadow danced in the green forest like a fairy, and the wind blew like that, like a cool breeze, blowing from the silent forest.

Warm and humid wind.

In the depths of that forest came a young man, so bright, so clean, wearing a fox mask.

"Silver, no matter what happens, don't touch me. ”

The boy was silent, and so was the reader......

……

Unconsciously, the tears of netizens and readers flowed out like that.

It's still summer, and Hotaru is as big as silver. He invited her to the youkai festival. The mountain is full of lights and lively. He took a ribbon around the untouchable hand, placed the mask on her face, and kissed her gently on the forehead.

In the end, it's just a hug.

Caught off guard, yet so direct.

"Come on, Hotaru, I can finally touch you. ”

He had smiled softly at her.

Come and hug me!

The silver then disappeared into her arms, leaving behind only the clothes she had worn during the memorial service, and the mask she had worn for many years.

Just like that, Hotaru maintained a hugging posture and melted all the summer into tears, just kneeling on the ground and crying, suppressed and crying.

"I like you. “

"Me too. “

……

Perhaps, there were no tears, or perhaps, very calm sorrow.

Some are moved, some are silent, some are sad, some are calm, and some are faintly sad.

It's obviously such a faint sadness, like the wind in the forest, and after reading it, there is an indescribable emotion that has been haunting my heart, as if it was blocked by something, and I can't vent it.

is completely different from the sad love stories of Bao Eleven before, it is so calm, maybe I have already guessed the ending, but it still makes people feel inexplicable.

It's this sad and gentle summer, that's it, the masked monster boy pierces the softest place in people's hearts.

Or maybe it's what the monsters say—

"Hotaru, thank you. ”

……

He finally ...... It's time to be hugged. ”

……

A gust of wind blew, and the sunlight passed through the leaves, falling mottled fragments, like fireflies, like streamers, jumping at Bao Eleven's eyes.

That's the sun shining.