"Jonas, is life always so hard?"

Zhou Nan was speechless all of a sudden, yes, is life always so difficult? Thinking about his past life, it is simply a history of life suffering. However, life is not all about this, and there are still many beautiful existences.

He didn't want to instill any negative thoughts in her, so he shook his head lightly and said, "God has given us a pair of eyes to look for those beautiful existences. ”

She seemed very satisfied with this answer, and wiped her tears with the back of her hand with some embarrassment, and said with a smile: "I don't want to be sentimental, but I can't control myself." …… Do you think I'm too naïve? ”

"Be careful...... Zhou Nan grabbed her arm, and behind her, there was a branch that stretched diagonally, just touching her head.

She giggled and stuck out her tongue, but soon became embarrassed and looked at her arm. "Jonas, your hand ......"

Zhou Nan retracted his hand and deliberately pretended to be careless and diverted his words. "Although there will be many difficulties in life, the sunshine and the beautiful scenery every day, including you and me, are all beautiful in the eyes of each other. For us, life has just begun. Pessimism will make a person lose confidence in the future, and only by facing everything optimistically can he live more easily. ”

"Then you don't have something sad? The Germans moved into our house and threw away my toys. My uncles and cousins were all in concentration camps, and my mother worked ten hours a day to get enough brown bread for one person. I don't have beautiful clothes, my two brothers were dragged to war by the Germans, and you were injured this time,...... It all makes me feel sad. ”

"Ada, all sorrow will become no longer a ripple in my heart with the passage of time. The death of my father, the invasion of my country, the death of Mr. Hoffman Sr., all these used to make me sad, but now, when it comes to it, I feel that it is all in the past, and it is not important. ”

She asked, curiously, "So what's the most important thing?" ”

Zhou Nan said softly: "It's like you ...... standing in front of me."

She paused for a moment, and suddenly became shy, and her face was red behind her ears. "You bully me......" Before she could finish speaking, she strode up and hid in the woods next to her.

Zhou Nan couldn't help laughing, and suddenly felt that life was so beautiful. He shouted, "Don't run, be careful of falling...... The wound on the back of his head made him afraid to run, and he could only stride quickly and chase after him.

Behind a thick pine tree, Audrey hid behind the tree, facing the tree, tapping her fingers at the bark. Seeing Zhou Nan appear, she pouted, stomped her foot, and said in a warning: "Don't say anything like that, otherwise I'll ignore you." ”

Seeing the smile that couldn't be hidden in her eyes, Zhou Nan didn't understand feelings anymore, and knew that she wasn't really angry, but the little girl was a little embarrassed and deliberately coquettish.

He nodded, but still said, "But I really think that you are the best existence in my life, and I am willing to cherish everything I have now." ”

"You still say! …… You are not allowed to speak...... Don't say it...... In that case......" She covered her face and walked around behind the tree, stomping her feet incessantly, which was a childish gesture that was so cute.

Zhou Nan smiled brighter and said softly: "Okay, I won't say it." Let's go, I'll take you to the stables to pick mushrooms. ”

But she didn't come out for a long time, and Zhou Nan didn't urge her, just stood by and waited for her. If possible, he is willing to wait here until he is old.

She stepped out from behind the tree, losing her former playfulness and becoming shy. "You are not allowed to say such things again, or I will ...... in the future Ignore you! ”

Zhou Nan nodded firmly, afraid that she would be shy, so he took the lead in carrying the basket and walked to the front. They followed the path by the river until they reached the river villa, then bypassed the crowd in front of the villa and continued northwest from a path to the stable next to the horse farm.

During the war, everything became scarce, especially food, which became the most important subsistence material. Although Arnhem, as a transit center, was not short of supplies, it also built a number of mushroom houses and vegetable gardens in accordance with the unified management of the war zone.

Mushroom houses are generally built next to horse farms, using wood, sawdust, and horse manure to grow fresh mushrooms. Although the mushroom house here is not large, because the population here is not large, most of the mushrooms cannot be eaten, and most of them are sent to the barracks.

Zhou Nan didn't want her to find wild mushrooms in the woods, so he brought her directly here. She was a little apprehensive at first, but after seeing Sulz's smiling face, she was convinced that the Germans were not all bad people.

Sulz was originally a kind old German man who loved to laugh, especially for children like Audrey, who was always very loving. Seeing her timidly following behind Zhou Nan like a little follower, he smiled and said, "Little Ada, if you want to pick mushrooms in the future, you can come directly, I don't want you to pick poisonous mushrooms in the woods, so Jonas will be worried." ”

His good-natured joke made Audrey even more shy, but with outsiders present, she didn't dare to show her "coquettishness", but just grabbed the corner of Zhou Nan's clothes and hid behind him.

Picking a basket full of mushrooms for Audrey, Zhou Nan carried the bamboo basket, but she walked straight forward with her hands empty-handed, her hands behind her back, her legs learning Chaplin's signature movements.

Whether at home or at school, Audrey's behavior is required by her family to be like a lady, and only in front of Zhou Nan will she let go of all pretense and release her girlish nature.

"Jonas, next month we're going to rehearse a play, and I'm going to the factory as the main actor."

"Jonas, I don't like Thea, she always laughs at me for being a little boy just because she's a big cow?"

"Ballet has thickened my thighs, and my toes don't look good at all."

Listening to a little girl telling herself about the bits and pieces of life, Zhou Nan didn't feel tired at all, this kind of spiritual dependence was the source of his intoxication. He enjoyed the pleasure and ease very much, and it was also a rare pleasure in his lonely life.

Although Zhou Nan didn't respond much, more to listen to Audrey's confession, but his just right answer made Audrey's emotions released respond, and it also made her more verbose.

The two of them walked side by side along the freshly repaired asphalt road in the forest, and Zhou Nan looked down at her rosy smiling face from exercise from time to time, feeling that everything was so satisfying. Although she was not beautiful at all at this time, her eyebrows were too dense, her jaws were too big, her body was thin, and she did not have a little curve, but she was so cute and charming.

"Ada...... Ida ......"

A group of little girls about her age also ran out of the woods with bamboo baskets, just as a military vehicle approached. They all hurriedly stood in the grass on the side of the road, and the handsome German soldier who drove the car gave them a flying kiss, and they all laughed shyly.

When the car passed, they all gathered around. "Wow, Ada, you're so lucky, Jonas took you straight to the mushroom room to pick the mushrooms! Jonas, why aren't we so lucky? ”

A group of little girls were not afraid of Zhou Nan at all, and laughed at Zhou Nan and Audrey. Like Zhou Nan, they also call Audrey's Dutch name Ida, not the British Audrey.

Audrey was not a very popular object in Arnhem, as she did not live here from a young age, and it was not until she was nine years old that she moved from Kent, England to Arnhem. The other children have grown up together since childhood, and their feelings are naturally deeper than with her. In particular, Audrey also had a father who supported the Nazis.

Audrey's mother, Ella, married once and had two sons before marrying Audrey's father, the English aristocrat Rubenton. Later, she married Rubenton, who was a banker, and gave birth to Audrey.

Born in El Cena in Brussels, Audrey lived as a child in a country house on the outskirts of Brussels before moving to England at the age of six.

But her father was an ardent Nazi believer and went to Germany after the outbreak of war between Germany and the Czech Republic. As a result, the mother and daughter were discriminated against in England and moved back to Arnhem, the Netherlands.

These materials are all known by Zhou Nan from another life in his dream, because in reality, Zhou Nan's understanding of Audrey is limited to simple family relationships.

After the Germans invaded the Netherlands, because the name Audrey was full of British flavor, her mother Ella gave her the Dutch name of Ida, and Zhou Nan has always called her this name and used to it.

In the face of a group of chirping little girls, Zhou Nan rarely dared to speak up, because if he was not careful, he might provoke their group attack, even if he had ten mouths, he couldn't talk about them.

Accompanying them until they reached the dividing line of the forest, Audrey looked at Zhou Nan, who was a little silent, and said, "Jonas, you don't have to send me, I will go back with them." If it doesn't rain next week, I'll be back again. ”

Zhou Nan nodded and said with a smile: "I'm looking forward to it, because you promised to dance to show me." ”

She nodded, took the bamboo basket from Zhou Nan's hand, and said softly, "You also have to play the bamboo flute for me." ”

Zhou Nan stood on the side of the road, leaning against a big tree, until their backs disappeared from sight, then patted the bark scraps on their backs, waved their hands to the German guards on duty, and turned around and walked back to the forest.

Seeing Audrey again, with decades of life experience in his dreams, he can feel the innocent girl's mind in the other party's heart. This made him firm in his idea of continuing to develop with her, although the road ahead was difficult, but he was confident enough to face it.

Because, he now has the protection of the Daozun.