As soon as Wu Zheng said this, Xiang Nan nodded and acknowledged.

”…… Because I've never experienced anything happy. So I don't know what happiness is...... Also ......"

"Aha...... Even if you don't want to please the princess, don't you? “

This time. Wu Zheng fought back beautifully.

"So...... Okay, just sit here and wait!"

"Hey, what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry. I'll be back soon, and I won't leave Her Royal Highness here alone. “

With that, he ran away.

Crackling, snowflakes rising, wetting clothes, he didn't care.

Xiang Nan watched his back leave in silence.

Don't leave me alone.

I don't want to be alone.

Because it's going to be lonely. Because the heart will become so small.

She waited alone and alone,

That day, she waited like this.

It's been a long time since I've been out with my parents.

The two of them had dinner together. It feels like a long time ago.

Xiang Nan has been waiting for the day to come.

She has a lot to say. I have a lot of words that I want to say to my parents.

Will you be able to finish your sentence properly?

Will her parents listen to her well?

After all, it's hers today—

Result –

Parents who were supposed to go home. Even though it's been a long time, I haven't come back.

Instead. It was my father's secretary who came to the house. Tell her about the death of her parents in a car accident.

In front of the secretary who was excited and tearful. Xiang Nan couldn't cry.

"Miss, you're so strong," the secretary said.

She just couldn't cry if she wanted to.

It must be. Her emotions. Her heart has been destroyed.

Obviously so sad, obviously so lonely.

In fact, all along, she was just being strong.

Because Mom and Dad were busy, she couldn't bother.

She kept thinking in her heart that she couldn't be unreasonable.

Because, be a good boy. will be praised.

Because her parents said she was a good child.

As long as you are a good child, good things will happen.

So, even if you are alone. and endure in silence.

Because my parents will come together and give me a tight hug.

As long as she thought of it, she tried to endure it.

Because Mom and Dad will definitely come back.

It turned out to be. We'll never see each other again.

Jaya. Won't it come back?

Have you really become a person?

Don't leave me alone.

I don't want to be alone.

The words in my heart came out from Xiang Nan's lips.

「…… Keeping you waiting. His Royal Highness.

Wu Zheng was standing right in front of him. It can be seen that it ran back.

Holding ice cream in both hands as if it doesn't match the season.

Available in strawberry, vanilla and chocolate flavors.

"What's wrong with you. Hey!"

Wu Zheng was very flustered.

Xiang Nan picked up his head and looked directly at his face.

His eyes filled with tears.

"Wow!! No, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, but it was completely force majeure for Tuan Wei to be swept up in the crowd over there...... I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"

…… No, it's not like that...... Are you mistaken...... I'm just......

Xiang Nan shook her head desperately, sobbing and choking, unable to hear what she was saying.

Completely unable to control their emotions.

Wu Zheng didn't care about being soaked in the snow, knelt beside Xiang Nan on one leg, and studied her expression. Then in a gentle and steady voice, he said, "What's the matter, do you feel lonely, or do you feel afraid?"

Xiang Nan shook his head desperately, wiping away his disobedient tears.

"It's okay, it's okay to be lonely. Whether it's sadness or fear...... It's okay to cry, it's normal. I'm sorry I can't leave you alone, but I'll definitely stay by your side from now on."

Xiang Nan finally nodded.

"Okay, let's eat ice cream, take a big bite."

After Wu Zheng finished speaking, he handed the ice cream in his hand to Xiang Nan.

I didn't notice it before. In fact, Wu Zheng's hand is very large.

It's obviously a wide, bony hand, but it's beautiful and slender, and. Very warm.

It's cool to eat ice cream in the cold of winter, right?

Wu Zheng laughed hahaha,

"It's tasteless." Xiang Nan said half-jokingly.

A conversation that's colder than ice cream.

But. Wu Zheng still smiled.

Hahaha laughed.

As a result, Xiang Nan also smiled.

Naturally. Laughed.

Perhaps, she always doesn't know how to ask a question, and she is anxious about something. It's as if the winter sun is in a hurry to sink to the west.

I...... I maybe, I've always wanted to die!!"

The rain man sat side by side on a bench. Xiang Nan said this sentence while eating ice cream, and Wu Zheng was so frightened that he almost dropped the ice cream to the ground.

"I thought that if I didn't do this again, I would probably be constrained by those adults forever, so I chose from my family. Then I thought, if I die, maybe I'll be able to see my father and mother."

I see...... I think I can probably relate to that feeling. It's just that it won't be very lonely

……？

"If people's wishes can be fulfilled when they die, then won't all people have to run to find death' It's nerve-wracking, isn't it, what does it feel like to be left by the person you love, Xiang Nan. You should know that."

…… Very sad. Very lonely, sad, and reluctant

"That's why Luo, I don't want to be like this, in case Xiang Nan is gone, I'll be super sad.

…… Thank you, Wu Zheng......

"No need to say thank you. Because I am a subordinate of King Xiang Nan."

After saying that, he opened his mouth wide. Eat the ice cream in one go.

Faced with such a noon, Xiang Nan smiled jerkily again.

"Wu Zheng. Do you have a girlfriend," she asked suddenly.

"Why do you ask this all of a sudden...... Well, then again, if there were, I wouldn't be doing these things here."

That's it. So, who is that person?

"Yes"

"It's the entry you said you drew before, who is that woman?

…… Ahh......h That's my former girlfriend."

"Oh, so she's ...... now

"It's dead.

Hey?

This time Xiang Nan was scared. The ice cream in my hand almost fell.

"When I was in high school, I died suddenly of a terminal illness."

"Ah, uh, I'm sorry."

"What an apology? It was sad at the time, but now it's fine. That's why. I had a way to draw her, and I wanted to prove that she had ever lived. before forgetting her."

"You still can't forget it?"

"I won't forget. It's because I drew her. I was able to make up my mind to give up and become a painter. I also made myself the best I could have drawn. So...... How to say it. XIANG Nan. You'll be fine."

Even though he said this, Xiang Nan had no confidence.

Wu Zheng is very strong.

He's strong enough. Able to accept the fact that his girlfriend is dead.

However, he is just being strong.

She wasn't strong, even so fragile that she couldn't stand it herself.

Does she have what it takes to continue living?

Even if you can laugh now, you may not be able to laugh tomorrow.

Even if something exists at the moment. Maybe tomorrow it will be gone.

In that case, what should I do?

Soon, it began to snow again.

Lights illuminate the square.

Winter snow dyes the world a pure white. White and flawless.

The lights are shining.

Snow flies in the air, painting a picture.

- Suzu

And then. It was as if the snowflakes had crystallized in the distant sky, and a pure white girl appeared in the air.

"Hey, hey, hey. It's really fake."

Wu Zheng felt that this was like a dream.

The girl who appeared in front of her suddenly appeared from mid-air and said to Xiang Nan-

"My name is White, and I'm the Grim Reaper. It's Daniel. We have come to tell you."

He also showed his ID card quite solemnly.

Look at the presence of the seasons. Teenage girl in plain white dress.

It becomes a contrast with a pure white. It is eye-catching red shoes.

The voice is so childish. And with a sense of calmness. With a dreamy and beautiful look.

But in her hand she held a gray scythe equal to herself. And the black cat next to him is said to be named Daniel. He has large, bright golden eyes. There is also an oversized bell hanging around his neck.

These traits only make the girl move further away from the image of the Grim Reaper.

Judging by the appearance of a girl. It's more like an angel with light clusters and wings.

Yes!! I see. It should be that, right?

It's also part of the cartoon character show. It's like a special event or something.

Wu Zheng wanted to tell himself that.

Girl Death!! In vain. seemed to completely ignore what Wu Zheng was thinking, and continued to say to Xiang Nan, "I was entrusted by your father and mother to tell you!! I'm sorry, I can't celebrate you properly..."

Hearing this, Xiang Nan was stunned.

"Mommy and Dad have always looked at you, and they have always been, and they will always be. We will always watch over you, because we all love you very much."

"Well, there's nothing wrong with what you said. Although it can be confusing at times."

Daniel the Black Cat added that this sentence is not quite like an echo.

Wu Zheng is more and more hopeful, this is just a dream.

Cats can actually talk, and their tone is so full.

Xiang Nan didn't say anything.

The things that the Grim Reaper conveyed, those things, she had always known.

Although her parents were too busy to see each other, she never considered herself unloved.

She thought. Parents must be desperate to hope that their only daughter will have a good life. to work hard. Merely. She really wants her parents to be around, even if it's just a no. Even if it's just for a short moment, I hope to spend more time with her.

It's just that. That's it.

She prayed. It's like snow, and it's a cold mood that keeps accumulating.

Dye the sky in Xiang Nan's heart gray and make her heart freeze.

But the Grim Reaper said: It will melt after all...... So, what will be left in the end...... Don't you think there's going to be anything left?"

"What the hell are you talking about, and why do you know about my dad and mom?"

Xiang Nan asked her,

"Because I'm the Grim Reaper."

That's all I have to say.

"You're not kidding, I!! One

Xiang Nan was halfway through his words. Bai Bai suddenly turned around.

"Daniel, let's go."

"Is it okay? In vain," Daniel asked her.

"Yes!!"

After saying that, the Grim Reaper vanished.

Bell bell!! The black cat's bell echoed like a song.

Xiang Nan and Wu Zheng felt like they were watching a magic show.

How do you enjoy it? Don't play tricks, okay! Is it a hallucination, or answer me quickly, what the hell is going on with my father and mother...... And also!! After the snow melts...... Isn't it...... Isn't there nothing left...... What the hell are you going to say? I don't understand it at all.

Xiang Nan shook his head.

After the death of both parents. Nothing was left for her.

…… Look for...... I'm ......

"I seem to get a little bit of a thing......

Wu Zheng, who has been watching Xiang Nan and Bai Bai's dialogue. Suddenly he muttered.

"What do you mean," Xiang Nan immediately asked him.

Wu Zheng pondered for a while. Just start to explain!!

"What should I say? It's like when you're building a snowman, you feel melancholy inexplicably...... That's because I knew the number of plates in my heart from the beginning, I think.

"What you know,

"It's the thing that the snowman will disappear.

…… will disappear ......."

"That's right. It's going to be gone the next day. It's hard to make a snowman with a bitter smile and a happy heart. Isn't it sad that it will melt and disappear tomorrow morning? It feels like a hole has been dug in the heart. However, this result was clear from the beginning, and from the time I started to build a snowman, I always knew it, but I just tried not to think about it. Although I don't want to, there is a corner of my heart that is very clear and clear.

This kind of thing...... I don't know. Because...... I've never built a snowman......

Xiang Nan hung his head. Wu Zheng immediately said to her cheerfully!!

"Then let's build a snowman now.

"Huh,"

"Haven't you ever built a snowman? Let's pile it up now, and you might understand.

But......

"Don't be...... Come on. No big deal. Just do it. It's a lot of fun...... In my own experience."

…… The two of them began to build a snowman.

In the distance, loud and light music could be heard.

All the tourists seemed to be drawn over, and the square was empty.

There are only two lines.

Gather the snow and roll it into a round ball.

Scroll. Scroll again. Keep rolling and rolling.

Rustle.

There are two trails.

Remains on a carpet paved with snow. It was the footsteps of the two.

"Whew...... Good ice."

The hands were cold, and they had frozen red.

I started to feel numb.

However. But the body is not cold.

Inexplicably, incredibly full of smiles.

Very happy.

Even if you know that it will melt.

I feel very melancholy, but I feel warm.

Why?

Xiang Nan finally knew the answer.

"Good...... Succeed with flying colors...... It should be, although the shape is a bit strange. But it's barely a successful snowman!

Wu Zhengzhong slapped Xiang Nan's head.

Crooked snowman. The expression is a bit like crying, and it's a bit like laughing.

Ahh Indescribable feelings.

Although it is difficult to say. But I felt as if I understood.

I know that it will melt anyway.

I know that sooner or later it will disappear.

But in my heart, I was thinking, how good it would be if I couldn't stay, I hope tomorrow is still there, the day after tomorrow is still there, and the day after tomorrow is also here.

After understanding such loneliness and melancholy, people still continue to move forward.

Even if tomorrow will lose the smile. Even if there is a sense of loss in the hand. Smile too.

Wu said awkwardly. Very determined. But a gentle and steady voice.

Although, tomorrow may disappear.

Let's move on.

Because, I have suffering.

Keep smiling.