"Perhaps alchemy was not something that could be recorded in images or words from the beginning." The boy remembers that Paolo Coelho wrote this in the book.

The boy consulted as many documents on the Middle Ages and alchemy as he could. But it seems to end there. He couldn't find any more useful information.

About late in the evening, when the sun turned rose-colored and sprinkled on the seaside street, the boy left the library and went home. Occasionally, the white waves would lazily lap the reef, and the wind would bring a fishy smell, and the boy was used to it.

By the way, he remembered. The three elements of alchemy contain salt. There is salt in seawater, so can seawater also be part of alchemy? There was no answer in the book, and he couldn't find any relevant information in his head. The boy has a very good memory, which means that he has not read a book with relevant content.

He is 18 years old this year, and the boy still often remembers the dream he had when he was 6 years old.

Although he didn't do it a second time. In the dream, a princess in a white dress tells him that alchemy will help him recover what he lost and that is important. At the time, he didn't understand it, but later he understood that this was the meaning of his life, also known as the mandate of heaven - a person, a flower, a grass, a stone, all exist for the destiny of heaven.

When the boy was 6 years old, he was sent to a welfare home by a man who could not remember his face, and he has been there until now. He doesn't have all the memories he had before he was 6 years old, almost blank. The dean didn't know who the man was, but she was kind and didn't feel sorry for the boy. He's doing well and he's always been a good boy.

But because of that dream, he began to try to understand alchemy. From the beginning of the longing for mystical fantasy, to the fierce battle with obscure content, and finally to the bursting of the bubble today.

He still couldn't understand alchemy, and to his disappointment, scientists today could already use nuclear chemistry to make gold. And because the cost was so high, they concluded that it didn't make any real sense.

Scientists used high-energy Y-rays to irradiate mercury with a radius of 50 centimeters and a thickness of 12 centimeters and a weight of 1.34 tons, which were irradiated by Y-rays at 50 eV for 70 days and cooled for 6 years to obtain 74 kilograms of gold and 180 kilograms of platinum. The cost per gram is as high as 20,000, which is far more than the market price of gold.

The fact of the stripe is in front of him, and it is inevitable that the boy will be depressed. Because he felt that the important thing for him was to be rich.

If he has the money, he can repair the house for the welfare institute and renovate the slide that the children like to play.

The slide was made of iron sheets, but because of the rough welding, there were sharp pieces of iron sticking out of the inner corners, which would hurt the child if you didn't pay attention. And this slide is also a little old, and it doesn't look beautiful, and the little girls have said many times that it's not cute and doesn't want to slide.

The boy returned to his house early after eating, which was very small, with a desk on the first floor and a bed on the second floor. In the only space he had, he begged his uncle, who often came to bring water, to make him a bookshelf and put it there, full of books and literature on alchemy.

Tomorrow is Monday, and it's the day all 3rd graders go on their graduation trip. The boy planned to go to bed early after reading less than a third of the book, but the more he read, the more sleepy he became, lying on the bed and reading, the book fell to his face several times, and the last time the book fell, he didn't struggle anymore and snored.

The boy soon realizes that he is in a dream. It's the dream that hasn't been found since he was 6 years old. He didn't see anyone, but he smelled apple perfume, a very unique perfume, a relaxing scent that sticks to the pages of a book for a long time. He knew the princess was nearby.

The princess still told him that he should delve into alchemy, which would help him find something important.

"But in my world, alchemy doesn't make sense anymore. I can't use it to refine gold for money. ”

"Oh, you think money is the most important thing." The princess glanced at the boy and avoided it.

"I think so, you can't live without money."

"Then if you have an endless amount of money, won't you delve into alchemy?"

"I think that's going to be the case."

"If that's the case, then what's important to you isn't money. It is destiny that you delve into alchemy for something important. Destiny will not let those who pursue it choose to give up. ”

"Can you tell me what's important to me?"

"You've known for a long time, but you just didn't find out. You should have an opportunity. ”

"Why do you know me so well?" The boy asked her curiously.

"I told you, you already knew, you just didn't find out." The princess seemed to be thinking about something, and just as she was about to tell him something, the boy woke up from his dream.

"You have to pay attention......" He only heard these four words, and when he opened his eyes, Mr. Xiaoyu was patting his buttocks.

"Get up and wash your face! There will be no hot water in a while. ”

Because it was a graduation trip with graduation thoughts, everyone seemed very excited, but they also had a touch of tenderness with each other.

The weather was sunny and it was the best day to travel. As usual, the boy sat alone in a chair and looked down at a book on alchemy. The girl next to him is called Yanran. Rarely, she struck up a conversation with the boy.

"You've been reading books, do you like books?"

"Uh, uh-hu......h," the boy said perfunctorily, he hadn't finished reading the book last night, and wanted to concentrate on reading it first.

"I've heard that the sea in Miyajima is beautiful and the seafood is delicious."

"If it's the sea, I also have it near my house."

"That's not technically Shanghai, is it? Hey, can you catch crabs there? Yan Ran had a kind smile on her face. The boy was embarrassed to continue reading, he was actually not very good at girls, he was afraid of talking about topics he didn't understand, and he wouldn't be able to respond to each other properly.

Fortunately, the boy found that Yanran was an empathetic girl, and she, like the boy, was a person who knew how to take care of each other's emotions. They unexpectedly chatted speculatively, and the hours on the Shinkansen passed quickly.

After visiting a few sightseeing spots, it was finally time for everyone to relax for a long time. The misfit boy wanted to go back to the hotel to read, but the cheerful Yanran pulled him to join the girls' team.

The boy didn't think he would be popular, but the girls were eating and shopping, and the boy was helping them carry their shopping bags. With such a small task, he also felt a lot more relaxed. For him, who has little status in the class, it is also a blessing to be given some kind of task.

A few girls looked at him dumb and dumb and looked much cuter than usual. Maybe everyone is about to graduate, they no longer only think that the boy is withdrawn, they think maybe he is just not good at fitting in with everyone, in fact, he is a simple boy.

The girls bought dumplings and pastries to eat. When he can't finish eating, he feeds it to a boy with bags in both hands, he doesn't refuse to come like a squirrel, he is never picky eater.

The distance between them has also gradually narrowed over time. Boys can also occasionally interject a phrase into the squad.

He found that the girls' sense of direction was relatively poor, so he would remind them when he found that he was going to make a mistake, and he would whisper when he found that Yanran was deliberately pretending to be stupid. The girls found the boy unexpectedly down-to-earth and humorous, and they also looked at him even more differently.

When the happy free time was over, the group returned to the large group. By the time I followed the teacher to the creek to prepare for a group picnic, the boys and girls already had a pretty good relationship. For the first time, at least, the boy felt heartfelt joy and happiness from talking to someone.

Yanran walked beside the boy, looked at him holding the firewood, and said, "Well, it's actually good to be with everyone." ”

The boy nodded sincerely, "Really happy." ”

Yan Ran smiled at the corner of her lips, "The graduation trip is to be happier." Everyone was happy, had the last good time together, and then separated, each pursuing a new dream in another stage. This is youth. ”

"Everyone has to pursue their destiny." The boy couldn't help but say, but he regretted it.

Yan Ran looked at him a little strangely, "Destiny? Are you referring to what the Bible says? ”

The boy was not good at lying, and he replied with a red face, "It's alchemy." ”

"Alchemy?"

"Well, a dream, too."

"A dream?"

"Well, that's something that's important to me, somebody told me that."

"Oh, is that why you read a lot?"

"Yes. I read books about alchemy, hoping to find something important to me. ”

"What's important......? Oh, I, I think happiness is the most important thing. Yanran said suddenly.

The boy stopped. The breeze ruffled her pale chestnut hair, and the sun cast a soft veil of light on her. The boy suddenly noticed that Yan Ran was smiling so brightly when he said this. Then he noticed that a beautiful rainbow appeared above Yan Ran and his head, and it was fleeting.

This is her destiny. The boy thought. Everything in the world is helping her to find happiness.

You should seek happiness and don't give up, because it is your destiny to pursue happiness. Just as the kind you helped me to let me taste the happiness of being with others, and also made you happy yourself.

The boy wanted to tell Yanran that, but he didn't feel the need. Because Yanran herself is such a girl.

And what is his destiny, what is so important to him? He had asked the princess this in his dream the previous night, but he woke up before she could finish speaking.

You have to pay attention. The boy only heard these four words. His heart was beating violently. Was it because he remembered the princess's words? The boy thought it was because he sensed Yanran's destiny. This is the first time.

After lunch, the boy was called up a hill by several male classmates. They all seem to like Yanran, the kind of love between men and women. The boy was carefully inquired by them in a cold tone about what had happened between him and Yanran.

The boy was scared and answered truthfully, but he was still beaten by them. They were smart and didn't hit them in the face, so that the teacher would find out. Maybe it's not the first time they've done something bad.

Not everyone is as kind as Yanran. The boy clearly recognized this. The boy was beaten and ached, and when he returned to camp in frustration, he found the group of boys talking happily around Yanran. He also noticed that Yan Ran was also laughing, but not happily.

They shouldn't be doing this, they're getting in the way of Yanran's pursuit of happiness. The boy thought to himself, his heart beating faster. And he saw a boy secretly take out a dark green capsule from his pocket, and quickly put the pill into the orange juice while Yan Ran was not paying attention.

The boys looked at each other and let out a laugh that was as piercing as a gong made him anxious and irritable, and Yanran looked at them with fear, but still smiled. Because she is kind, she not only hopes that she can be happy, but also that others can be happy.

However, there was a blue-black cloud above Yanran's head, which was shrouding little by little, and the color was getting darker and darker.