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Natsuki took out an urgent telegram overnight.

Early the next morning, he began to look for companies in and around London to provide air services. In 1907, most airplanes were rudimentary aircraft with engines and wooden frames, primitive and unstable, and the airlines that actually put them into operation were hot air balloons and airships. After comparing two hot air balloons and an airship company, Natsuki eventually rented a white hot air balloon from one of the companies that provided a hot air balloon manning service, and then flew over London for more than two hours, carefully observing the terrain of Elizabeth College and the surrounding environment to map out the details of the next day's plan. In times of war or international tension, such suspicious acts could inevitably be linked to espionage, but Natsuki's ingenious plan was carried out thanks to his ability to speak Irish English and the international calm in recent months.

In the evening, a limited express parcel was delivered to Natsuki's hotel, which fully demonstrated the business efficiency of the late Second Industrial Revolution. Having obtained the packet, Natsuki confidently wrote the letter, found the stoker who had helped her the night before at the tavern, and entrusted him to deliver the letter to Charlotte the next morning for double the price. Hill.

No one will have a hard time with the pound, the stoker agreed.

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On the grounds of physical discomfort, Charlotte. Hill took two days off. On the first day, she locked herself in the dormitory, not speaking, eating or drinking, and almost frightened her companions who lived in the same suite. The next day, she got up early in the morning, cleaned herself up, had some breakfast, and walked alone to the south lawn of the college, and when she was tired of walking, she sat down under an apple tree and looked out at the busy River Thames.

"Charlotte. Miss Hill? ”

The gruff voice came from behind her, and Charlotte turned her head in some surprise, reluctantly turning away when she recognized the face in front of her.

The burly, meaty-faced stoker took out a white envelope from the front pocket of his bib pants, bent down and placed it in Charlotte's hand, and said softly, "Yesterday the gentleman asked me to give this to you." Although I don't know about the entanglement between you, I am only doing this to earn some extra money to support my family, I hope you can understand, may the Lord bless you. ”

Charlotte stared blankly into the distance, not saying a word. After the stoker walked away, she slowly turned her face and looked down at the letter, which had her familiar vigorous handwriting on the envelope, and a few faint black fingerprints left in the corners, perhaps it was this discordant combination that brought an indescribable intimacy, perhaps the emotion in her heart unsealed, two lines of tears welled up in her eyes, she gently picked up the letter, and pulled out the letterhead, which was a commonplace letterhead with the name of the hotel printed on it, with a simple two lines of words written on it:

Today at 11 a.m., the South Lawn of the College.

I will be the clouds in the sky that bloom just for you!

There is no title, no payment, no cordial greetings, no simple narrative. No hassle, it's all clear.

Close your eyes and meditate, and it didn't take long for the college's bell tower to ring 9 times.

There are still two hours left.

Although she was a little thirsty, although she was a little tired, and although she walked from the dormitory for half an hour at most, Charlotte did not get up.

Such nostalgia, even she herself was surprised.

The warm breeze is warm, and the grass is green. The world is so beautiful, full of life and hope.

Before she knew it, Charlotte had fallen asleep, the bright sunlight shining quietly on her green sideburns through the gaps in the leaves, and occasionally a leaf falling and resting on the hem of her plain tulle skirt.

She slept so peacefully, like a sleeping beauty on the phone.

Wow...... Wow...... Wow......

The bell rang unhurriedly, she didn't remember how many times it rang, and she didn't know how many times it rang this time, and there was a burst of worry in her heart, and the corners of her eyebrows couldn't help but rise slightly. In a trance, she heard the sound of the girls chattering, who usually came for a walk after lunch, was it already 12 o'clock?

The long eyelashes fluttered slightly, rapidly, and the bright eyes glowed with a charming glow as the curtains opened. There was a light voice of the girls in my ears, but unlike the usual small talk, there was clearly an element of surprise in their tone and conversation.

What is it that catches their attention?

Holding on to the trunk of the tree, Charlotte stood up in a less ladylike but more convenient way. On the large lawn that was flat and open, there were more than twenty girls in student skirts, and farther away, the balconies and windows on the south side were full of curious faces. Standing under the apple tree and looking up at Charlotte, she saw a huge white hot air balloon floating in the air, and a striking red heart was painted on the balloon.

The British are notoriously conservative, but they are not entirely devoid of romantic thinking, and courting their sweethearts in hot air balloons has been seen in London before. On the one hand, the curiosity of the girls stems from the boring life of the college, on the other hand, renting a balloon to pick up girls requires a lot of investment and corresponding courage, they are like seeing a storybook depicting romantic love, and they naturally want to know the plot and the outcome - to their surprise, the way the male protagonist appeared was not to follow the hot air balloon to land on the lawn of the college, when they saw a figure "falling" out of the hanging basket under the hot air balloon, the screams suddenly became one, and many people couldn't bear to look at it again, covered their eyes and turned around......

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was not heard, and the faint of heart did not have to suffer from nightmares. With another cheerful exclamation, a white puffy cloud appeared in the sky, and the figure that had fallen from the hanging basket was hanging shakily below this "puffy cloud", falling at a safe enough speed.

Looking at this unprecedented and strange scene, Charlotte already understood the meaning of that sentence.

I will be the clouds in the sky that bloom just for you!

It turns out that this is not just a poem with flowery words, but an act of bravery that borders on madness. Jumping from such a high place, if there is an accident, no amount of aura of honor can save his life!

The breeze was blowing, and Charlotte's eyes were filled with tears. However, when she thought of that rumor and his acquiescence the night before, she was full of resentment.

What to do? What to do?

At this time, under the newly developed parachute of Hubert Aviation, Natsuki is trying to search for Charlotte's figure, and in his imagination, the most lethal scene is that he descends in front of her like an angel, spreads his arms, and completely conquers this straightforward, stubborn, love-hate English girl with a heartfelt sentence of "You are the only one in my heart". However, due to design and material problems, this parachute can only ensure the personal safety of the user, and cannot meet the precise handling during landing, which means that no matter how well trained Natsuki is, it is difficult to land as accurately as the BASE jumping of later generations. Skydiving from a hot air balloon at a height of more than 400 meters could have landed outside Elizabeth College if you were unlucky, so Natsuki and Charlotte were about to spend dozens of acres on the "South Lawn of the College", and could not further narrow down the target to a certain clear location.

Because it was normal school time, there were very few people on the lawn, but they were all dressed in college uniforms, and they could only be distinguished by their hair color and body shape from a distance. In a very limited amount of time, Natsuki tried to sift through one bystander after another, but when he got close to twenty or thirty meters above the ground, there were still a few figures that could not be identified, and just as he was about to retreat and run in front of him as fast as he could after landing, a strong wind blew from the lower reaches of the Thames, and the parachute quickly drifted westward. Natsuki clung to the parachute control cord he had designed, trying to reduce the sway of his body, and as he was turning his body vertically, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a girl in a pale dress standing under a leafy apple tree, and recognized Charlotte almost instantly.

God Newton, please grant me the good fortune of being hit on the head by an apple......

Click...... Whoosh......

Before the skydive, Natsuki had imagined almost all the possibilities of landing: the lawn, the roof, the riverbank, the river, and of course, the embarrassing scene of hanging from the trees now. However, he did not expect that there were only a few large apple trees on the southwest side of the lawn, and he hit one impartially, and then fell down with the branches, and stopped more than a meter above the ground on the soles of his feet—the parachute hung firmly on the branches.

The apple tree wasn't the one Charlotte was standing on, but it was only a few steps away. Charlotte came running over with her skirt in hand, and the two of them would have a little time alone before the good onlookers arrived......

"Hey, Charlotte, listen to me, I confessed my mistakes to God with great reverence, and I ask God to forgive me for my stupidity. I prayed to God that if He could forgive my soul and let me remain in your world, love you, pursue you, and finally get the opportunity to care for you, and if He gave up on me, let me drift down to the Thames and wash my body and soul with the icy water. Thank God that I came to you, albeit in a clumsy way, but with all my courage! Charlotte. Hill...... Please forgive me...... You are the only one in my heart! ”

The girl under the tree had become a tearful person.

At the scene, Natsuki moved himself, he had a bright smile on his face, and tears couldn't help but welled up in his eyes: "Hey, Charlotte, I am the cloud in this sky that blooms only for you, in this life, forever ......"

This year, he is 17 and she is 15, which is the flowery years of spring and love. He is willing to engrave her name on his bones, and vow to protect it for life; She would like to keep his name in her heart and vow never to leave him. The unforgettable twists and turns made them more determined in their belief in love.

This is when the story of him and her really begins.

(End of chapter)