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"Whatever it takes." In the face of Zhang Zhou's declaration, Li Ai had an unconcerned expression, which made Zhang Zhou a little hurt. He frowned a little awkwardly and expressed his dissatisfaction to Li Ai. Li Ai completely ignored his performance, grabbed his sleeve, and dragged him to run down the street under the neon lights that he had not seen for a long time.

"Before I guess what kind of gift you're going to come up with, let me take you out for a big meal. As I said, birthday presents can't be opened until after the birthday...... Moreover, this is my birthday party, how can there be a reason to only let the guests give gifts? She pulled Zhang Zhou's sleeve and dragged him to run in a colorful, fairytale-like world. Running towards somewhere she remembered.

"You guy......" Zhang Zhou shook his head and whispered as if complaining while following her steps, but the corners of his mouth were hooked up with a bit of pleasure. For a while, he ignored another meaning in Li Ai's words. It's all good...... If you add another sentence before it......

The corners of Zhang Zhou's mouth hooked up a long-lost arc of heartfelt pleasure, at least at this moment, his whole body and mind were happy, and even the world became completely different from before in his eyes. That's what it is...... Do you feel like a companion? Originally...... Are those people experiencing such beautiful things every day? Are you enjoying such wonderful feelings?

In fact, he understands that only those who have lost will know how to cherish this matter. But here, he forgot this truth, which he had deeply experienced. He just guessed the hearts of people polluted by the chaotic world with a longing mood, and like a fish in the sky that he couldn't look up, he only saw the beauty.

He silently felt the throbbing, and deeply stored in his heart the memories that he had been hoping for for a long time to achieve, which were so beautiful that they were like a fantasy. Illusion will eventually collapse, and beauty will eventually be torn apart. He understood the end of it all. But what does it matter? Even if you know you're going to lose it eventually, what does that have to do with enjoying the time you haven't lost yet? Instead of worrying about when you will lose this beauty, it is better to enjoy the beauty that is still in the palm of your hand with all your body and mind, isn't it? He followed behind her, letting a smile fill his eyes.

"You understood this at that time, and I didn't understand it until the end." Two and a half years later, Li Ai, who was standing in the living room of the apartment, looked at the photo of Zhang Zhou next to the puppet of Lu Ji and sighed quietly.

"It's gone...... Is it? Li Ai, who was full of joy and pulled Zhang Zhou to the place that existed in his memory, suddenly stopped, stared blankly at the colorful clothing store in front of him, and stood in place with a slurp, the joy in his eyes collapsed into fragility in an instant, and the hand that grabbed Zhang Zhou's sleeve hung down weakly.

She should have thought that more than seven years had passed, a small shop like that...... It shouldn't have existed a long time ago.

However, if it is intellectually acceptable, how can it be so easy to accept emotionally? She buried her head, trying to hide the pain in her eyes. However, she has lost not much of something, can she really endure it? She had suppressed that emotion for too long, but this time, she couldn't suppress it anymore. Only this time, only this time, let me ...... Let me be willful for once, okay? She heard the fragile self in her heart plead, she silently lowered her head, and let her fragility spread, "How can it be...... How can it be, a place that carries the memories of me and my father...... How can it be like this...... Just disappear like that? ”

“…… Li Ai. Zhang Zhou raised his hand and pressed Li Ai's shoulder, ignoring the curious and strange gaze cast from the clothing store, and begged in a low voice, "Don't cry, okay?" ”

"But...... Gone......" The reunion she had been looking forward to was gone. The place that held her and her father's memories was gone. How could she not be sad?

"Not necessarily." "How can you easily say that it's gone?" he said. Maybe the store just moved? He comforted her awkwardly, "So, let's go ahead and look for it, and we'll find it." ”

"No," Li Ai shook his lowered head in the face of his proposal, and vetoed it. "No need to look for it. Even if I found it, it was no longer the same shop where my father and I had dinner back then. She lifted her arm, wiped away her tears, re-sealed her fragile self, and then turned around and grabbed the palm that Zhang Zhou rested on her shoulder. Let's go, let's go with me to the place that carries the memories of me and my mother. ”

“…… Well. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Zhou still nodded. He didn't know what would become of Li Ai if the next place had the same outcome as this place. It was the first time he felt worried about her.

He sensed it. The side of her that is similar but not the same as him. They are equally lonely, equally lonely, but no matter how lonely he is, he is looking forward; And she has been immersed in memories and can't extricate herself. She seems to be very strong, but in fact she is extremely fragile. And before that, he had always thought that she was extremely strong.

She just put a shell called loneliness on top of her vulnerability, and in this way she molded a strong self, trapped in memories, and if she didn't come out, she wouldn't be hurt. So she chose to be alone. So she enjoys solitude. Not letting the world throb and hurt her, she learned to deceive herself and deceive others. It wasn't until she found him, and found that the most important answer could be obtained from him, that she tried to reach out her hand and touch it from the fragile loneliness that wrapped around her......

Zhang Zhou didn't think about it so deeply, and what he knew was not enough to support him to think so much. The only thing he could think of, the only thing he felt, was her vulnerability. He could feel her body trembling with every step she took. It is the fear of unforeseen expected results. He could feel her pain...... However, in this world, things that do not change...... No, there is none.

Li Ai stopped again, and this time, what appeared in her field of vision was a luxurious cake shop. The shop had the same sign as she remembered, but it was no longer the small, but cozy cake shop she remembered. The uniformed waiter greeted the batches of customers with a standard smile, and the precise movements like a machine revealed a faint sense of alienation. It's not so much about the service as it is about the ......

She took a step back, covering her mouth and whimpering, but she could no longer pretend to be strong. Faced with such a her, Zhang Zhou was at a loss. He hurriedly went to his pockets to take out the tissue, but he found that he didn't have it with him at all. He sighed, looked around, and hurried into a convenience store.

However, by the time he returned to the cake shop with the tissue, Li Ai was gone.

"Damn it!" He bit his lower lip, cursed secretly, stuffed the opened tissue into his pocket, turned and walked into a dark corner, and disappeared from the sight of the crowd and surveillance.

Then, he slowly returned to where she had last stood, cracking his fingertips and letting blood drip among her footprints. Unleash the Bloodstream Chaser.

"You guy, it's your birthday, how can you ...... How can you spend it in pain? There was a look of determination in his eyes, and he followed the fluorescent footprints that were revealed.