"Feng'er, why are you here?" Yu Qiuping asked with a smile.

"The lady and you don't eat in the same place." Kaede Imagawa replied, "I wanted to come and see you, so I sneaked out of here." ”

Imagawa Kaede stood on tiptoe slightly, smiling and looking at the shawl on Yuqiuping's shoulders. Her slim figure is already very tall in this era, but she is still a lot shorter than Yu Qiuping, who is nearly 1.8 meters tall.

"Still wearing it?" Kaede Imagawa asked.

"Of course," Yu Qiuping shrugged his shoulders, and the red leaves on the shawl immediately rustled, "I promised you to wear it for the rest of your life, and it's so beautiful, how can you do it if you don't wear it out?" ”

"Rhetoric, you deceitful liar." The girl smiled and said, "Okay, show me how the wound on your arm is." ”

"Is it here?" Yu Qiuping frowned with a wicked smile and looked at the banquet hall not far away, "It's inconvenient for me to take off this dress, and I can't reach the location of the wound." ”

"Where are you going?" Kaede Imagawa asked puzzled.

Yu Qiuping couldn't help but take Kaede Imagawa's hand and walked quickly towards the fitting room on the side of the lobby. On the way, servants who were serving and cleaning food kept passing by, and they had to stick to the corner to avoid the servants. Imagawa Kaede didn't understand where Yu Qiuping was going, but the risk of being discovered and the fun of hiding with her sweetheart made her immerse herself in this feeling, and she followed Yu Qiuping almost in confusion, letting him hold her hand like a dream.

Until Yu Qiuping led her into a fitting room and locked the door with his backhand. Without warning, he kissed her, put his arms around her waist, and caressed her back. She could feel him sucking on her lips, demanding her fragrance. Before she could react, she was swallowed up by his tenderness, and her whole body was dizzy, as if she had sunk into a ball of soft cotton.

Footsteps passed by from time to time outside the door, and people often came in and out of the fitting room next to it. The nervousness that may be discovered makes the already sweet kiss even more intense, and Imagawa Kaede's inadvertent gasps make Yu Qiuping even more intoxicated.

After a long time, the two finally stopped, and Imagawa Kaede shrank in Yu Qiuping's arms, gasping softly, and the blush on his face was particularly cute. Yu Qiuping hugged the delicate body in her arms and played with her black hair.

"Ping is a deceitful villain." Kaede Imagawa whispered.

"Smack." Yu Qiuping smiled evilly and poked her forehead with her index and middle fingers, "Her Royal Highness the Princess, who is usually so arrogant and strong, how can she be like a little woman when she comes into my arms." Yu Qiuping teased.

Imagawa Kaede's face turned even redder, puffed out his cheeks, and without saying a word, he pushed open the door and ran out. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and chased him out. Following the footsteps of Kaede Imagawa, the two of them chased after me, ran out of the castle tower, and ran to the courtyard where it was still snowing.

Just as Yuakihei was blankly searching for Kaede Imagawa in the snow, the attack came quietly. Yu Qiuping's back of his neck suddenly hit, only to feel cold and wet, and when he twisted his neck slightly, he felt that his entire back was cold. Yu Qiuping turned quickly, only to see the vague figure of the attacker suddenly flash behind another rockery, and at the same time threw a second snowball at him, this time hitting him in the cheek and causing him to cough - laughing. The snowflakes that slid into his clothes made his chest cold and he couldn't help but gasp.

Without showing any weakness, he leaned over and pinched two or three snowballs, got up quickly, and rushed towards the rockery. Imagawa Kaede behind the rockery immediately threw out a few more snowballs, and after being dodged sideways by Yu Qiuping, Imagawa Kaede was hit in the hair by Yu Qiuping's backhand.

The battle continued for a while, until both sides were too tired to play. She laughed and ran out from behind the rockery and threw herself into his arms.

"The level is really good!" Yu Qiuping smiled, "I, a snowball fight master, was also embarrassed by you. When I was a kid, my dad could never beat me. ”

"That's natural, I didn't give it my all." Kaede Imagawa lifted his cheeks triumphantly, pushed away Yuakihei, and patted the snowflakes off his clothes.

"So, I've always had a question." Yu Qiuping asked curiously, "Why is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner not held on Chinese New Year's Eve?" ”

"Because on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone has to go home to spend time with their families." Kaede Imagawa was cleaning up his clothes and replied casually. After a while, I realized that the young man in front of me suddenly stopped talking. She looked up and saw that the latter was standing a little lonely in the snow, staring blankly ahead.

"Back... Home? Yu Qiuping muttered these words dreamily, and in the snow in front of him, it seemed that the image of an hour was projected. A small child with a blue hat and a down jacket running through the snow. From time to time, he rolled out a snowball and threw it at his father who was chasing after him. The father smiled and resisted the next blow, but rarely fought back, as if he was beaten by Yu Qiuping. In the end, the two of them sat in the snow and laughed.

Tired of playing, the mother of the little one also came. "Home, Pingping." The mother shouted with a smile, and the father patted the snow on his body and walked towards the mother. However, the child could not get up from the snow in any way, and just watched in a daze as his parents walked away side by side. The child was helpless, and finally cried out.

Unconsciously, tears from the corners of his eyes have flowed down his cheeks.

That warm home, a happy home, although there are quarrels from time to time, my mother is very fierce, and my father has no emotional intelligence, but it is a happy family - this family can never go back.

At the end of the year, no matter what kind of identity, people who have been busy for a year will go home for the New Year. His 200 subordinates can go home for the New Year, more than 1,000 people can go home for the New Year, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Imagawa family can go home for the New Year. Even the humblest of small merchants, or farmers who are digging in the soil, when they come home, push open the door and say, "I'm back," someone will greet him with a smile and welcome him home.

He made great achievements, received immortal honors, and had his own territory and army. What's the use? Mom and Dad they will never know, there is no house, when you push the door open and say, "When I come back", someone will greet you with a smile.

"I don't have a place to go back."

The heart was empty, only the biting cold between the ice and snow, and the cry of the boy.

Suddenly, he felt a figure rush into his arms, warm.

"Ping, I'm not allowed to say that." A soft female voice came, and a pair of small hands were gently patting her back. He moved up gently and helped him straighten out the momiji shawl.

"I know... Ping must have had a particularly happy and beautiful family before, and Ping's parents must have loved Ping very much. Kaede Imagawa said softly, "It must be a painful thing to suddenly have to be separated from them." ”

"Ping." The girl's voice suddenly became more gentle, "Do you know the maple leaf, why is it red?" She asked. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and didn't respond, so Imagawa Kaede continued: "I heard my mother say that if the leaves want to stay on the tree, they need a big tree to give them nutrients. But in autumn, the tree itself has no nutrients, and there is no way to give it leaves. ”

As a result, many of the leaves of the trees, although they were reluctant to bear the trees, also fell one after another. But Kaede is different. "They want to stay on the tree and accompany the tree, so they turn their blood into nutrients and continue to persevere, dyeing their whole body red." Imagawa Kaede hugged Yu Qiuping tightly, "Just like you, very, very, very much, I want to stay with my father." ”

"However, there will come a day when I can't hold on. Winter is approaching, and the autumn leaves are falling. There's no way around it," the girl whimpered softly, "and our parents will always leave before us, so don't be too upset." ”

"However, the life of those red leaves is not over." Imagawa Kaede's face suddenly had some smiles, she raised her hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of Yu Qiuping's eyes, "They fell into the soil, turned into nutrients, nourished the maple tree, and accompanied the maple tree." ”

"Even if they can't stay in the tree, they can find a new home." Kaede Imagawa pressed his face to Yu Qiuping's chest and listened to the heartbeat, "As long as there is love, the autumn leaves can return to their roots." ”

"So, don't be sad about Ping." Imagawa Kaede raised his head and comforted Yu Qiuping, but his tears welled up first, "As long as there is love, there will be a home." If you can't go back to your old home, you'll have a new home. ”

"Feng'er will always love Ping and become your home." She babbled, "In the future, we may have a house of our own." Kaede was waiting for Ping inside. When you come back after a tiring day, Feng'er will greet you with a smile. Listen to you tell interesting stories about the day, share your successes, and share your pain. ”

"Of course! I'm not one of those girly vases. Kaede Imagawa suddenly said, "I can also contribute to this family, and sometimes, when I come back later than you, you have to greet me with a smile." ”

"In short, no matter how much," Imagawa Kaede stood on tiptoe, leaned on Yu Qiuping's ear, and whispered, "When you say, 'I'll come back,' I'll be sure to wait for you at home and say 'welcome back'." ”

Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that the softest place in his heart suddenly collapsed. He raised his arms and hugged the girl tightly into his arms. In the heavy snow, the young couple hugged each other for a long time.

The coldness in my heart was also dispelled by the warmth of the girl.

The road of the past is unbearable, and I can only continue to move forward on this road. I lost my old life, I lost my parents, I lost my relatives and friends, I lost everything I used to be.

However, I no longer feel empty, lonely and inexplicably sad.

Because where there is love, there will be a home.

Because you're here, I still have a place to go back.

"Let's go home."