As soon as you step into the forest, everything seems to freeze.

There was no wind, and every leaf was motionless. There were no insects, no birds, it was quiet, everything was quiet.

The chalet is just a short walk ahead.

"Woohoo!" A dog barks to break the silence.

"Ai Li-chan! Eri sauce Wang! Suddenly a striped dog with a golden yellow and white striped head and a round, short body suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

Zhao Bai'an had never seen a dog of this breed.

The big dog jumped straight at her and threw her to the ground, but fortunately, the ground in the forest was very soft, and there was already a layer of fallen leaves, so there was no pain in her butt when she actually fell to the ground.

Whirring, the big dog stuck out his tongue and panted, grinning and jumping beside Zhao Bai'an, excitedly coming up and rubbing.

"Uh-huh-too... It's heavy! "It's a trampling disaster for such a big dog to spoil her.

"Oooh!" The big dog suddenly slammed into the air and disappeared.

"Oops, oops! Sorry Wang! I'm so excited to see you! I miss you to death. With a bang, a big dog appeared on the branch above Zhao Bai'an's head again.

It wags its tail excitedly on the branches, and runs from one end to the other, and back again, and so on.

God, Zhao Baian blinked in disbelief and looked carefully, and suddenly the big dog grinned at her.

Really! Ability to teleport... The mouth is so big...

"You're Cheshire... Dog? She hesitated to spit out the last word.

"Wang woo~ Ai Li-chan, don't you remember me? Whew! Could it be that what the Red Queen said is true? Ai Li, have you really forgotten about us? Wow~" The Cheshire dog sat on the branch, drooping his ears, and his sad tone made Zhao Baian feel that big tears were about to fall from the tree and hit her head in the next moment.

And she could only smile awkwardly at it.

"Well, it's okay." The Cheshire dog slammed in front of Zhao Bai'an again, this time floating in the air, "Then let's be friends again, Wang!" ”

"Let's go~" The Cheshire dog walked around her back and pushed her back with his front paws, "I'll take you to see your cabin again." ”

The Cheshire dog's recovery was so fast that she was stunned.

It pushed Zhao Bai'an all the way to the door of the cabin. The cabin was smaller and shorter than she had expected, except that there were no trees around it, so it stood out when the Red Castle looked around.

The inside of the wooden house is very simple, there is a vertical hanger at the door, and Zhao Baian hung up the duck paw bag with his hand. The hall has a European-style sofa and fireplace, and two rows of large bookshelves, and there are many books, but they are not full. She looked for them one by one with great interest, and sure enough, there was a copy of Alice in Wonderland hidden in a corner waiting for her to discover. Zhao Bai'an took out the crystal ball given to her by the mushroom essence from her bag and placed it in front of the book.

Cheshire Dog said that there were four rooms on the second floor, as well as a cellar, but Zhao Bai'an did not check them all out.

When you open the back door of the cabin, you are greeted by a super long wooden table piled high with snacks and plates. There are also quite a few chairs scattered on either side of the wooden table.

"Xiaobai! You're finally here!! What Ah Mu said is true, so I'll wait for you here in advance. Huo Miki was sitting at one end of the wooden table, sipping tea elegantly, "Come on, come on, let's chat with me and the rabbit!" ”

Zhao Bai'an found that there was another creature at the other end of the wooden table—a big white rabbit with gold-rimmed round glasses on his chest, a small black top hat on his head, and two feathers stuck in it.

But you're sitting too far away! Can you really hear each other well? Zhao Baian complained in his heart.

"Mushroom?" Zhao Baian was a little puzzled.

Huo Miki gestured and said, "Oh, it's that big-headed mushroom!" You've seen it already, right? ”

"Oh! It's that mushroom essence, it turns out it's called a mushroom. ”

"I heard you got something from it?" Huo Miki smiled, "Ouch, it just came over and talked to us for a long time!" It's really worth all its hard work to collect these things, and I have to praise my vision for being really good~"

"Huh? What do you mean? "Isn't Ah Mushroom the owner of the shop? Selling something and having such a pleasure? And apparently it's a loss.

"Oh! Ai Li! The rabbit seemed to suddenly realize Zhao Bai'an's existence at this time, and interjected, "Ai Li, come, let me see......"

He put the glasses on his chest to the bridge of his nose, his red nose trembled slightly, he got up from the chair and leaned forward, as if he wanted to take a good look at Zhao Bai'an: "Oh! It's amazing, the Red Queen didn't lie to me, Ai Li, you have really changed a lot, and you have grown so tall. ”

"Hey, dead rabbit, what do you mean? Slander me! Why should I lie to you, really! ”

"It seems that time does flow in the outside world." The rabbit sat down slowly, "Then let me see what time it is." ”

The rabbit took out a pocket watch from the fluffy feathers on his chest and snapped the lid: "Very good, it's still 3:50, it's still tea time." ”

"Wow, Rabbit, aren't you making a fool of yourself? Isn't your pocket watch already discontinued? Zhao Baian retorted when he saw this.

The rabbit raised her eyelids and looked at her: "Ai Li, it seems that it is true that the Red Queen said that you don't remember anything..."

"Dead rabbit! Don't you believe me in anything? Huo Miki slapped the table in anger, got up from his chair, and almost rushed towards the rabbit to fight.

Sure enough, her temper was still so short-tempered, and Zhao Bai'an thought about it and understood a little bit why the two of them were sitting so far away.

The rabbit calmly took a sip of tea, completely regarded Huo Miki's complaint as the background sound, and continued to talk to Zhao Bai'an slowly: "The outside world may indeed be in time, but here..." ”

The rabbit took out his pocket watch again, as if to prove it to her, and turned the surface of the pocket watch towards Zhao Bai'an: "Look, it's still 3:50 a.m." ”

I'll go, you might really have a broken pocket watch!

Eh, wait?

If what the rabbit said is true......

The strange feeling that Zhao Bai'an felt after stepping into the forest may be explained.

"Ai Li, not only have you grown taller, but you have also learned to doubt." Rabbit commented like a gentleman drinking black tea.

"Ah no, I believe you. But the rabbit ...... "Zhao Bai'an found a chair that was almost in the middle and sat down, so that no one was biased.

"Haven't you thought about going out and seeing? Even if it's just a walk out of the forest? ”

"Xiaobai, you don't know, this rabbit is notoriously stubborn." Of course, Huo Miki has quickly regained his composure, "Empress Ben has invited him to the castle many times, but his ass seems to be glued to this tea party chair, so I have to run to the forest. Alas, my majesty and face will be lost. ”

"Don't listen to her nonsense, the Red Queen, she ......" Rabbit shook his beard at Zhao Bai'an, "She actually likes to come here." After the rabbit whispered, he immediately took another sip of tea, but the faint smile on the corner of his mouth was still accidentally revealed.

"Ahem, this queen is considerate of you, otherwise you will be lonely here."

"Well, thank you for the Red Queen's understanding. Although the Cheshire dogs will come by from time to time, the forest is always ready to welcome you. ”

"And Ai Li, it's not like I can't get out of here, I can leave whenever I want. It's just that the world of time flow outside doesn't have much appeal to me. ”

"Aren't you curious?" Zhao Baian also took a piece of biscuit and ate it.

Well, that's sweet.

"Hey, all kinds of creatures come and go passing through the forest, and I've actually heard a lot." The rabbit sighed softly, "Why do you have to cater to the world you think is the public?" It's better to let time cater to me like I did.

"To sum it up according to your statement, time caters to me twice every day, every day. And haven't I always been doing well? ”

"Enmu ......" Zhao Baian was somewhat persuaded by him.

"Xiaobai, rabbits are sometimes chattering like this, but sometimes they feel quite philosophical when they hear it."

"That's true," Zhao Bai'an thought from the rabbit's point of view, "Mr. Rabbit, you have indeed found your own way of life and are satisfied with it, and being able to live happily is the greatest success." ”

However, it always felt like something was missing.

"Well, you haven't seen the Mad Hatter until now, huh? Did he leave the tea party for something? "Although generally speaking, the probability of meeting the Mad Hatter at the tea party is the greatest, it is not ruled out that he will go crazy elsewhere.

"Mad Hatter?" The rabbit expressed confusion.

"Is that someone you remember? Xiaobai. ”

"Em is wearing a high top hat on his head, and there is a 10/6 white price tag on the top hat, his face is pale, he often smiles, and he is super gentle. You can't be unimpressed, maybe I just misremembered the name. ”

However, both Miki and Mr. Rabbit seem to be confused.

"I have to say, I've been sitting here drinking tea all the time, and my memory is not bad, and I have an impression of everyone I pass by. But I really haven't seen the Mad Hatter you said. ”

The rabbit put down the teacup, shook his ears, put his hands on his cheeks, and continued to think deeply.

"Xiaobai, maybe you're mistaken. Like you've forgotten all about us, but remember this mad hat that doesn't exist? ”

No, it's not Zhao Bai'an she remembers.

It's just that she thinks she should have.

After all, it should be important.

"Oh!" The rabbit suddenly let out a low cry, one leg clattering quickly on the chair, "I want to be a little impressed." When you were young, you didn't grow this tall, and I don't have any idea when it was. You seem to have said that you would bring a hat or something to the tea party in the future, but you didn't bring it later, maybe he is the person you will bring with you in the future. ”

"Oh~ Did you say it before?"

"yes, probably at this altitude." The rabbit jumped up from his chair and gestured with his hand in the air somewhere as it fell.

"Okay." Who will be brought later? I don't know why I feel a strange sense of nostalgia in my heart. Unfortunately, when I wanted to grasp it further, this feeling drifted away.