"What?" Rivas looked at the quiet Ivas as if he were joking with an old friend, "Son, you're a little out of the ordinary today! What? Your sister is bullying you again, or is Nonnold criticizing you again? Tell me, dad will help you speak. Rivas pretended to be serious, as if he could really help Ivas speak.

Nonord stood up from the chair made of red birch, and quietly walked over to Ivas and Revas, holding his sister who was still crying in his arms, and asked as if welcoming an important friend, "Rui, are you back?"

Rivas looked at the beautiful Nornold, a happy smile on his handsome face, "yes, it's back." ”

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back—" Norold muttered.

The gentle voice seemed to melt the hearts of both Ivas and Klad. Rivas placed the two sea fish in his hand by the wall, took the sister in Nonord's arms, lowered his head and whispered in Clad's ear, "My princess, my little princess, don't cry. Rivas reassured, "Your brother was just joking with you—"

"I ...... I know......" Clad stammered. "But...... He...... He...... My brother said, Dad is not real, he said you are gone. ”

"But isn't Daddy here?" Rivas said with a smile as he looked back at Ivas, who was speechless, "Why be afraid?"

"yes, isn't your dad right in front of you?" Nonod crouched down and touched Clade's long, silky hair.

"But, but I'm really afraid that you won't come back! I'm afraid that you will really disappear into the sea as my brother said. Clad shouted.

"Little fool. Rivas flicked his finger on Clad's forehead, "The sea is calm, and the so-called wind and waves are just the fear in people's hearts. ”

"Daddy, I don't understand!" said Clad, word for word, "but you're not going to leave us, are you?"

"That's for sure. ”

"Can you guarantee it?"

"Guaranteed. ”

"That's good, my brother is a big liar. Clad made a strange face at the silent Evas, "Big liar, big liar. ”

"Okay, don't talk about your brother, Ivas may not have had a good rest lately. Nonod looked up and asked, "Am I right?

Ivas remained silent.

Clad pouted and said unconvinced, "Okay! Then I'll forgive him this time!"

"Do you want to hear a story?" asked Revas.

"Of course, Dad, can you tell me the story of Punton Star City?" Clad looked at her dad with big innocent eyes.

"The Star City of Puniton, a thousand-year-old city under the water? Of course, this is a moving story. ”

"I also want to listen to the story of Badr and Lorta. ”

"Of course. ”

Suddenly, Cladler blossomed and cheered, "Daddy is the best in this world." ”

"And Mommy!" said Nonold.

"Mom is the best!"

"And what about my brother?" Rivas asked.

Clad made a thoughtful look and pouted, "Brother is still good, but not as good as you!"

Evas, who was silent, looked at everything in front of him and whispered, "Are you finished?"

Nonord and Rivas looked at their son strangely, and there was silence. Clad's smile faded, and he didn't know why Ivas looked so terrifying today.

"Do you think I can't see it?" Ivas growled, "I know it's a dream, but it's all too real. Ivas choked the tears from the corners of his eyes, and the emotions that had been suppressed in his heart for ten years burst out in an instant, "Tell me this is a dream, a dream." Why did you leave in the first place?" his voice echoed in the sky, and the waves from the horizon crashed violently on the shore.

"Son, what's wrong?" Nonod asked with concern, gently, afraid of stimulating his son, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Yes, brother, what's wrong with you?" Clad repeated his mother's words coquettishly, putting away his smile, "Didn't you sleep well last night? I'm not naughty, I'll be obedient, and I won't make you angry again." Can you ......"

Ivas ignored his sister and mother's words. He knew that what he was seeing was nothing more than his own fantasy. "Dad, I know, I'm dreaming right now. He said calmly, the corners of his ruddy mouth turned up slightly, "But ......"

Before Ivas could finish speaking, Rivas immediately interrupted, "I think you're dreaming right now. You're not normal today, you've never spoken to your mother and sister like this. Rivas was close to Evas, his pitch-black pupils meeting Evas's brown eyes, Rivas turned to Nonord and said, "No, you take Clad outside the house, there is something I want to tell Ivas." ”

Nornold nodded, lowered his body and picked up Clad, holding her cute little head with both hands, and looking at her big beautiful eyes, "My beautiful little angel, how about we go to the garden behind the house to play? ”

"Mom, I don't want little beans, I want to listen to the story of Punton Star City. Clad said stubbornly.

"Then let's go see Little Beans first, and then go tell the story of Punton Star City, okay?"

Clad pondered, hesitantly said, "That'...... All right...... But, Mom, don't forget to tell me the story of Punton Star City!"

"I won't forget. ”

"But you don't have Dad's storybook, how can you tell it?"

"Who said you have to tell a story book?" said Nornold with a smile, "The story is in people's hearts, and the storybook is just a carrier!"

"Mom, I don't understand again. "But you're going to tell me the story of Punton Star City, right?"

"Definitely. ”

"Then let's go and see the beans!" Clad urged. Her clever big eyes turned a few times, and her innocent smile was like an angel's smile to purify all the ugliness in the world, "When the beans grow up, can we not eat them? Beans are also life, can we plant them, so that there will be more beans." ”

"No problem, my little angel, as long as you want. Nonord kissed Clad's white forehead gently, "This is the beans you planted, you can say anything." Nonnold's eyes were soft, like moonlight shining on the horizon, warm and moving.

Nornold carried Klad to the small garden behind the house, and the looming ethereal back outlined an ethereal figure, more like a heavenly maiden descending to earth shrouded in a holy light. Looking out of the window, Evas could see the delicate plants in the garden and the endless horizon of the sea.

Clad came to the door, jumped out of his mother's arms, and disappeared in a few moments. Nonord looked back at her husband and son in the living room, her face full of worry. looked like he wanted to say but stopped talking, "You have to finish talking early." "Everyone is a family, there is no trouble that cannot be faced, and there is nothing to hold in your heart." Norn walked out the door, like a spirit back to nature.

"We'll hurry!" Rivas said to Nonord by the door.

"How long do you want to keep me here?"

"I'm sorry son, I don't understand what you said, do you have any discomfort?" Rivas asked in a low voice, with a tone of hope to help him, "If there is something uncomfortable, you can talk to me, don't stop your own heart." ”

Ivas looked excited, "Can you stop? I don't know who you are, but I know that my father, Revas, left ten years ago, and the you in front of me are definitely not my father. He waved his hands wildly, trying to break free from the dream, "He said that if he came back he would not fish again, and that he would take our family on adventures to all corners of the world, to the Lost Ocean, to the Endless Sea, to the Red Lotus Swamp......" Ivas's voice began to blur, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.

"Son. Rivas said calmly, the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes seemed to contain a unique wisdom, "Please calm down, we will talk about something outside." You know, my sister is still young. "Rivas is not a talkative person.

Rivas made a gesture of please, opening the door for Ivas, and the curtains made of white shells on the door collided with each other with a slight noise.

Ivas controlled his emotions a little, moistening his throat with the only saliva left in his mouth, "Okay, outside." He turned his head, seemingly disapproving of Revas's humility. Slamming the door shut, he hurried toward the hill outside.

The blue-purple hyacinths on the hill are in full bloom, one by one, like a sea of blue-purple. Ivas stood on the highest point of Ava Island, looking into the distance, was this a dream? If only it weren't a dream, he wished he could go back to the way he was, even if it was only for three days. The seagulls flew over the fiery pines above Evas, and the swings of the younger sister under the fiery pine branches danced quietly in the sea breeze. The warmth of the sun on the horizon is so real that it radiates light and heat.

Ivas heard Revas' footsteps approaching behind him, and without looking back, asked, "Do you want this play to continue?" I know you're not my father. ”

Rivas stood under the big tree on the hill, did not speak, and looked at Ivas quietly, listening to the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the leaves. The birds fly over the hill and the chirping of birds adds to the tranquility. It's so quiet that it's frightening.

"You know what?" said Rivas after a long time, and said in a serious voice, "Your behavior just now scared your sister, your sister is still young, and you shouldn't be like this as a brother." ”

Listening to this man's words, it was as if his father was standing in front of him. But Evas still looked at the horizon in the distance, and did not look back, knowing that this man was not his father.

Seeing that Ivas didn't respond, Rivas tried to break the silence, "I don't know what's going on with you today, why it's like another person. Rivas continued to reprimand Ivas in a stern tone, "Remember what I told you? As a Dragonlander......

Ivas sighed and shook his head, countless fond memories flooding back to his heart.

"Do you remember what I gave you? Rivas wanted to impress Ivas with his words and plant the seeds of his heart in his son's heart.

Ivas turned his head with a serious face, "I guess you know another sentence that my father gave me!" Ivas walked up to Rivas and looked into his dark eyes, "Keep calm at all times, even the most inconspicuous places will be clues." Along the way, danger is everywhere, and sacrifices are made when necessary. Evas's voice was calm, like a wild cat slowing down and slowly approaching the prey in front of him.

Rivas stared at Ivas with both eyes, and after a moment he gave up.

"When did you see that?" Rivas let out a long sigh and blinked slightly, then turned his hands behind his back, facing the sea, no longer making pointless excuses.

"The moment I saw my sister. "Evas was decisive and resolute.

"Clad?" Rivas was a little surprised.

Revas's every move was watched by Ivas, his palms were slightly sweaty, and he didn't dare to face himself, these were all disguised manifestations of a person's lying.

"I have to admit that you did a great job. Whether it is the picture of the scenery or the portrayal of the characters, from the temperature and direction of the wind to the color and height of the fire pine, you have done a good job, the sound of wind chimes and the low blowing of the grass almost make me unrecognizable......"

Ivas wanted to continue his analysis, but was unexpectedly interrupted by Revas, "What's wrong with Clad?" Rivas put away the warm and sunny image of his father in Ivas's memories and turned into a different person.

Evas, who was interrupted, was not angry, and he analyzed, "Clad, she...... Didn't grow up. ”

"Didn't grow up?" Rivas realized his mistake.

The corners of Evas's mouth turned up slightly, as if he felt very proud of himself, he made a five-to-five movement with his right hand, and said slowly, "It's been five years, Clad is still the same, this is impossible, no one won't change anything in five years." ”

"So from here on you start to get suspicious?" Rivas took a few steps forward on the grass under the fire pine, leaving shallow strides on the grass, as if he had mastered the whole world.

Ivas took a few steps forward, the dream was so real, when the grass brushed against Ivas's instep, he could feel the coolness penetrating through the outside of his shoe, "You're wrong. In fact, from the very beginning I began to be suspicious, because the hyacinths in front of our house are not blue-purple, they are red. ”

"Red?" said to Revas's calm tone, with a hint of incomprehension.

"Yes, I know you read a lot of information about me from my memory, but you must know that a person's memory is only the most superficial impression of a person, and only the person knows what it really is. Ivas pointed to the hyacinths on the hill and calmly explained, "On the slopes of Ava Island, our family does grow hyacinths, and this piece of hyacinths is very strange and blooms all year round. Hyacinth was a birthday present from my father to my mother, and the color was blue and purple at that time. Iwaston paused and smiled in relief, "But that was ten years ago. ”