If she had never felt the real sunshine and had not come to this orphanage, Xiaolian probably would not have thought of these things at all.

However, there are some things, once they start to sprout, no one can stop them.

"Sister, I don't want to leave here." Snuggling up to Mei Xue's lap, Xiaolian looked up at the bright moonlight.

The longer I stay here, the more I realize how lonely the compound of Shennong is.

There were many, many people there, but no one spoke to her.

Everyone was so busy, they all came and went in such a hurry, no one looked at her, no one would take her hand, dance with her, laugh.

That lonely and lonely world, she didn't like it.

She wanted to stay here, to stay in this place where she could laugh and let her dance house hop with everyone.

She doesn't need food and clothing, and she doesn't need those respectful maids, she wants to talk to her, talk about the secrets of the girls, and hold hands with hopscotch.

And, here's ...... Xiaolian raised her head and looked at Mei Xue who showed a lonely expression.

Perfect, quiet, can do anything well, just like her ideal incarnation, she is also a lady in the eyes of all the girls in the orphanage (Mei Xue: This must be a misunderstanding).

Xiaolian likes her gentleness, she likes the gentleness, and the familiar faint smell of vanilla.

I like it, I like it so much, and that feeling becomes uncontrollable in the encounter of one moonlit night after another, and finally overflows on this moonlit night.

"I want to stay, and you will always be with your sister." finally said it, the words that are equivalent to confessions, contain the girl's sincere confession.

"yes, I want to be here all the time." Mei Xue stroked Xiaolian's soft hair and sighed softly.

This is where his dream began.

Here, it was his first love, the second love, and the third ...... All the way to the place where the ninety-eight love takes place.

In this small orphanage, there are too many people he knows and misses.

He could count every plant and tree here with his eyes closed, and many of them were planted by himself.

The apple seeds he secretly planted ten years ago when he was two years old have now grown into fruit trees that are taller than him, and the apples that bear are so sweet that they are the favorite of the girls in the orphanage.

The elixir he cultivated for the first time two years ago, the Forgotten Flower, has now bloomed a small field of flowers next to the big tree that Sister Xia loves to sleep on, and the light blue petals are also swaying in the summer moonlight today, commemorating his first love.

Really, would love to stay.

However, this is not going to work.

Because he must move forward, he must find his true love.

No one asked him to do this, but he just couldn't control the impulse in his heart, and he couldn't stop his heartbeat.

"Xiaolian, you know what."

"There are some things that must be done, and you can't do them if you don't do them."

"So, when you feel strong enough, do what you want to do."

"When you grow up, you will know that you can choose your own path."

"Grow up...... ......" Xiaolian's eyes widened and looked at Mei Xue with a resolute expression.

"Yes, it's just a child, you can't do anything, you can't do anything."

"Because you're too weak, you can't go out even if you want to, and even if you say what you want, you'll be ignored, because everyone will think you're a child."

"If you want to do what you want to do, then grow up quickly."

Mei Xue smiled, looked up at the full moon in the sky, and stretched out her hand little by little, looking like she was holding the moon in her hand:

"When the time comes, we can spread our wings and fly high."

"Spread your wings and fly high." Xiaolian looked at the direction Mei Xue was pointing, where was the infinite expanse of the sky.

Yes, she's going to grow up!

Like her sister, she wants to decide her own destiny by her own will.

Now she is still a child, no matter how much she cries and makes noise, no one will listen to her voice.

She couldn't stay here because she was too weak, because she was just a child.

Her strength is far from enough to allow herself to be truly free.

For the first time in her life, Xiaolian found that she needed strength and needed to grow up faster.

If she hadn't been here, she would never have known what her own sunshine and dance steps would look like.

Now, she understands what she wants.

"Sister, watch me dance." This time, Xiaolian is no longer jumping to play games with other girls.

Tonight's dance, she danced only for one person.

"Okay." Mei Xue clapped her hands gently, watching Xiaolian's petite body come to the moonlight, and slowly raised her slender hand.

In the next moment, like a flower blooming under the moonlit night, the little lotus moved.

The whirlwind dance steps are not any kind of hopscotch in Mei Xue's memory, but they combine the most gorgeous and lightweight parts of it.

It was Xiaolian's own dance steps, Xiaolian's steps, the princess dance steps she sublimated from the hopscotch.

The girls in the orphanage didn't tell Mei Xue that hopscotch is actually just the basis for higher dance steps, and every girl who can comprehend all the steps in hopscotch will find her own steps.

Joy, without a trace of hesitation, is like the grass stretching its buds in spring, like a deer running in the field, that is the rhythm that belongs to Xiaolian's own rhythm, and belongs to Xiaolian's own dance steps.

As a young woman, she longs to grow up and to be truly free.

Her dance moves unfold with a jumping and cheerful dance like a fairy in the wind, which is intoxicating and fascinating.

I must grow up quickly.

The light whirl, the ground, the whole body is like a flower flying in the wind, and something in Xiaolian's veins is awakening little by little.

I'm going to be stronger than anyone else.

The power of the scorching veins was rushing, accelerating, and the flames ignited in Xiaolian's eyes were guiding this power to move in the direction she herself wanted, to change.

I, I want to be with my sister, I want to be with everyone.

With the ten fingers of both hands intertwined, Xiaolian completed an ultra-difficult action that had never been seen before.

It is no longer limited to dance steps, but a higher level of skill, the magic skill of making body and mind one, hidden in the secret of hopscotch.

This dance represents Xiaolian's transformation from the level of life, and Mei Xue witnessed the beginning of that qiē from beginning to end.

Flying, spinning, tapping, the little lotus that has lifted the restriction of qiē blooms in the moonlight, showing unprecedented charm in front of Mei Xue.

Mei Xue, my heart is moved!

It has nothing to do with age or origin, he was just captured by such a Xiaolian.

When the fragrant feet that are not stained with dust fall to the ground, Xiaolian is no longer the shy girl she used to be, dare not speak her voice, and quietly practice her steps alone.

She has been reborn.

The glimmer of the morning fell on her, the clear dew hung in her ears, and the smile became Mei Xue's last memory.

"Sister, I'm leaving."

All kinds of reluctance, all kinds of thoughts, but now Xiaolian is still young, and she can't disobey the family's orders.

She can't live without the family, and she realizes this, so she can only say goodbye to the person she likes here.

"Little Lotus...... In fact...... I like you very much......" Mei Xue said it, saying something that shouldn't have been said.

It is really no common sense for a nine-year-old girl to confess, but when the exciting moment comes, Mei Xue can't stop even if she wants to.

At least, now, at this moment, for him, Xiaolian is his favorite girl in this world, the flower he wants to hold in the palm of his hand.

As long as she says "yes", then he can give up a qiē and be with her.

"Sister, I'...... No way...... No...... "Xiaolian worked very hard, trying very hard to restrain the joy in her heart and wipe away her tears.

"Ah, I know." Mei Xue knew that Xiaolian would not be able to come back, because she did not belong here, and she was going to return to her family.

Mei Xue sighed, is this really the result, failed again.

However, it was nothing, in fact, he already knew the result, didn't he?

Xiaolian looked at Mei Xue secretly, and she didn't say the second half of the sentence:

"Sister, please wait for me to grow up, and I'll pick you up when the time comes."

"When the time comes, we must be together!"

When the sun leaped out of the sea and let the golden sunlight shine on everything, the two went in different directions.

That's also, the last scene left in the memories of the two.

Xiaolian went back to Shennong's first line, began to work hard, and became the most outstanding genius girl of Shennong's first generation, after the awakening of the bloodline power in her body, she directly grew up, and no one can treat her as a child anymore.

Mei Xue left the orphanage alone that night and began a trip to the Zhuhai Mountains of the Tiantai Mountain Immortal Academy, and then met four legendary warships, becoming the most mysterious king of the seas in the Zhuhai Mountains - Mo.

On the day of separation, perhaps no one thought that when the two met again, no one would recognize anyone.

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"It turns out that it's the ninety-ninth time." Standing on the lawn of the orphanage, Mei Xue sat alone on a bench and watched the hopscotch girls.

"One, two, three!"

"Jump up!"

"Come, Xiaolian!"

In that group of girls, the grown up Xiaolian smiled, still dancing like that, leading everyone to spin together.

As she grows up, she dances more beautifully and confidently than before.

This world is her eternal memory, the most precious treasure.

Today, the summer sun is also so brilliant and dazzling, just like that day, Mei Xue brought the shy girl here.

"Hello everyone, her name is Xiaolian."