Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Different Path

The sky was already bright.

Ritsuko, who woke up at this time, suddenly felt that the chirping of the birds outside the window had become much more beautiful than yesterday.

Last night, it was about because of drinking medicine or smelling sachets, and Ritsuko, who had just eaten dinner, already felt sleepiness attacking, and couldn't stand the sleepiness, Ritsuko had to let herself relax.

Falling asleep turned out to be a rare good night's sleep.

I moved my arms and raised my legs, and I always felt that my body had obviously recovered most of its strength.

"The doctor's medicine really works, no wonder my mother always went to him to see a doctor before."

Today, I should be able to read more books.

Ritsuko got out of bed, walked to the bookshelf, found a book from above, and was about to flip through it in his hand, but a piece of paper that was not neatly folded fell from the book.

Gently fell to the ground.

"Where did this paper come from?"

Curious, she bent down and picked up the paper.

The book was placed on the desk by Ritsuko, and only this piece of paper was left between her hands.

The appearance of the random folding seems to be somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it.

She wanted to put the paper back in the book, but she couldn't resist probing and spread it out.

With just one glance, Ritsuko's eyes were attracted by the sentence "just in time for a good person" on the left.

Looking at the situation, the inscription on the corner, which is slightly smaller than the article, continues to enlarge in her heart.

The three words "Wen Jinnian" are like pen and ink written on the tip of Ritsuko's heart, itchy.

In a trance, Wen Jinnian's face seemed to appear in front of him again, and when Tsing Yi turned, he talked for a lifetime.

He always smiled softly and couldn't take his eyes off it.

It's just ......

Why is this piece of paper here?

Ritsuko clearly remembered the day Wen Jinnian brought the article to her, and indeed took it back again, so he never took it out again.

After that, it was today that Ritsuko saw it for the second time.

And when was it caught in this book?

"Miss, are you awake?"

The sudden sound outside the room frightened Ritsuko, who was immersed in her own world.

The paper in his hand also fell to the ground again because he didn't hold it steady.

She was so focused on Wen Jinnian's words that she inadvertently ignored the voices of the outside world, so she couldn't notice when the old woman had been standing outside the door.

When I picked up the paper on the ground again, I saw something I hadn't seen before—the four words written in the folds.

【Ritsuko Heart】

Ritsuko's heart still trembled, even if she wanted to be stubborn, but the tears kept staying, drop by drop, wetting her name.

Turning her head to look at the book on the table, it was her favorite book.

I remember that it was a pair of lovers who didn't want to be bound by the world, even if they wanted to cross the line between humans and demons, and crossed the different paths of humans and ghosts, they had to hug each other tightly as before.

"Even if I die, I will stand on the road to the Yellow Springs and wait for you, until you take me home."

The white fox repays the favor, it is a lifetime.

[The mountains are edgeless, the heaven and the earth are combined, and only then can you dare to be with you]

She suddenly remembered the day of the New Year, Wen Jinnian who appeared outside the window for the first time.

But that day, this book was in the window.

In order to facilitate the writing of the Spring Festival couplets, I put the book there casually.

Mo wasn't at that time......

Ritsuko's heart is a little panicked, if it is...... If only I could have found out earlier...... It's going to be better than it is now......

Nor will it be ...... I can't hear my mind anymore.

Under the fireworks that day, what would he want to say to himself?

Wen Gongzi is like a prophet, did he have already guessed that there would be such a day, when I understood these few words, we were like the pair of lovers in the book, we were already different paths. - Ritsuko

……

The footsteps outside the room were far away, and Ritsuko remembered that the old woman seemed to call out to herself, but she didn't respond.

She hurriedly put the paper back into the book, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and went to open the door.

All that was left on the ground was still smoking porridge and medicinal soup.

The corner of the old woman's clothes disappeared around the corner of the corridor.