As the sun sank in the west, the last afterglow sprinkled the sunset on the horizon, reflecting a dazzling red. Xiang Nanxing stood on the hillside with his hands behind his back, and heard a gust of wind sweeping through the nascent grass all over the mountain, making the sound of hunting.

In front of him was the artificial lake on the mountain behind the school, the surface of the lake was disturbed by the wind, sparkling, and he could vaguely see the reflection of the mountain on the other side swaying in the lake. It was a cemetery in the city. On windless days, Xiang Nanxing often stood here overlooking the hill on the other side, looking at the tree he tied with a yellow ribbon from afar, and under the tree there was a tombstone he had set up for his deceased parents.

Death seen in the mirror – this is the meeting place that "All is Vanity" suggests. From this point of view, most of the people who arranged the painting have also been to this place, seen the scene in front of them, and also knew that Xiang Nanxing would remember his relatives here.

Xiang Nanxing stood quietly until the sound of approaching footsteps came from behind him. He turned and looked at the man walking towards him in front of him. Compared with the last time they met, Jiang Le was obviously thinner, and his well-dressed makeup couldn't hide his pale face and tired eyes. Although she tried to replace the greeting with a bright smile, what Xiang Nanxing saw from her face was full of uneasiness.

"Long time no see." Xiang Nanxing smiled and raised his hand, and Jiang Le said "um" softly. She stopped in front of Xiang Nanxing, her gaze went over the other party's side to the artificial lake, and then looked at the small hillside in the distance.

"It's the first time I've seen it in person." She seemed to be talking to herself, "I only imagined the scene of this hillside in the cemetery before, and I was afraid that the reality was different from what I thought, and the code would not work." ”

Xiang Nanxing smiled: "Aren't you afraid that I have never been here?" ”

"I think I know you well. After seeing that yellow ribbon, I can imagine what you're going to do. Jiang Le also smiled, "Long time no see, Xiang Nanxing, it seems that you haven't changed much." ”

"You've lost a lot of weight, and it looks like this new job isn't going to be easy." Xiang Nanxing bowed slightly, "Don't come unharmed, Your Majesty." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, like a pair of old friends reunited after a long absence, but at this moment, there was an imperceptible disappointment that flashed in Jiang Le's eyes. Xiang Nanxing's salute and salutation to her were all joking, but they were obviously rusty. This seems to remind Jiang Le all the time that she and Xiang Nanxing are not really friends.

The awkward atmosphere spread between the two, and in the end, it was Xiang Nanxing who broke the silence. "Actually, if you want to see me, you don't have to go around such a big circle at all, a summons will be solved, you won't have to worry that I will refuse." He half-jokingly said, "You're the same as him, complicating simple things." ”

"I'm afraid you're thinking too much about summons." Jiang Le smiled, "This is the helplessness of living in the spotlight." If I invite you over, those sensitive media reporters will immediately hear about it and dig up your past, and I am afraid that you will not be able to live an ordinary life in the future. Isn't that hurting you? ”

"But I'm afraid the queen of micro-service travel will also be targeted, right?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Jiang Le smiled slyly, "At this time, the 'queen' is accompanied by the mayor and visiting the museum in Tianjing. ”

Xiang Nanxing thought for a moment and smiled knowingly: "Is it Miss 'Black Cat'?" ”

Jiang Le nodded: "In the past few days, she said that she wanted to exercise her unfamiliar disguise technique, and said that she wanted to experience the highest diplomatic courtesy before resigning as a diplomat, so I would enjoy it and enjoy a little more free life." ”

As soon as he mentioned the resignation of Qiu Banxia, Xiang Nanxing thought of the good things about her and Liang Jingmo, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. Jiang Le kept looking at him, and when he saw this reaction, he immediately understood: "Liang Jingmo really agreed?" ”

"Yes, that's why he'll help you." Xiang Nanxing said, "Before parting, he used a series of puzzles to test my abilities, and at the same time took me to the room where you let Qiu Banxia leave clues. Thanks to the foreshadowing in front of him, I still retained some 'puzzle game' inertia when talking to him, so I was able to discover the unnatural fake painting. ”

He smiled, "I guess you guys kept him from speaking directly, but in retrospect, he actually left some clues about you in the previous puzzles." For example, in the puzzle of history, he needs to think of the British Empire when the sun never sets, and that was the glorious era started by a queen. And the anagram verse at the beginning......"

He suddenly stopped here, looking strange. The eyebrows in front of the hall are like sickles, and they were once mistaken in the palace - these two anagrams seemed to him to be things that Liang Jingmo casually copied from elsewhere, but when he thought about it at this time, it seemed to have another deep meaning. He and Jiang Le in front of him were friends in prison, and it was a brief fate at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

Xiang Nanxing shook his head lightly, dispelling the unhappiness that flashed in his heart.

"I know the reason why he helped you, after all, he doesn't want there to be a problem between me and you, and then affect him who is about to move to Xifeng. If I don't set foot on the land of Xifeng anymore and stop contacting the people of Xifeng, then no matter how much he pretends to be heartless, he will actually feel lonely. Xiang Nanxing said, "It's just that he misunderstood one thing." Because I wasn't there the first two times you visited Tianjing, he thought I was deliberately avoiding you. But that's not the case. ”

He looked at Jiang Le: "It's you who escaped." In the previous two trips, the specific schedule was not disclosed in advance, and it was all made on an ad hoc basis after confirming that I was going out. The person you don't want to meet, it's actually you. ”

Jiang Le nodded slightly, but remained silent.

She couldn't explain why she had run away before, just as she couldn't explain why she wanted to see him today. After becoming queen, she gained supreme power, but also ushered in the great pressure of this responsibility. Xifeng's people love her, support her decision-making, and silently support every link, so that her ideas can be realized. It's just that in the dead of night, she finally experienced the "loneliness" that the imperial brother Jiang Liang said. Before the reform of the parliamentary system is completed, she is the "queen" Jiang Le, and she must continue to boost the morale of the whole country with her optimism and firmness. Sitting in that high position, she can't own her emotions, she can't tell anyone what's on her mind, she can only become an emotionless machine, carrying all the pressure on herself.

At that time, she remembered Xiang Nanxing.

The few days she spent with him in prison were plays, but they were also the only days in her life when she could open her mind. There is no need to guard against the intrigue in the royal family, and there is no need to be frightened in the gang's deceit, for the first time, she faces a person who has no defense against her, and her emotions can be tolerated by the other party. That kind of sincere enthusiasm seemed to her like the rising sun after a long night, brilliant and dazzling.

Then, it was she who destroyed each other's trust with betrayal.

Since then, the two have faced each other as enemies, and they have temporarily joined forces for a common goal, and at the most critical moment in Xifeng, it was Xiang Nanxing who reached out regardless of previous suspicions and helped her finally sit on the throne of the queen at this time. She once mustered up the courage to express her gratitude frankly, and also worked hard to untie Xiang Nanxing's knot, let him stand up again, and repay him for helping her. But by the time she realized she wasn't really doing it in return, it was too late.

"If I had chosen to be honest then......" thought to her from time to time. However, time cannot be reversed, and there is no regret medicine in the world, she has no way to erase herself as "Xiao Leping", so it is impossible to start over with him as "Jiang Le". Even if they met again, she didn't know what else she could do.

When she asked Liang Jingmo to arrange this meeting, the latter looked at her and said something meaningful.

"People become timid because of unrealistic desires."

Looking at Xiang Nanxing, who was close at hand, Jiang Le, who wanted to speak, experienced the meaning of this sentence firsthand.

The only thing she could do might be to listen to an answer.

Jiang Le suddenly asked, "How are you doing now?" ”

Xiang Nanxing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's very good." ”

He moved his hands and feet: "You see, the residual toxins from before have been almost cleaned up, and now there is no problem with daily life." I think it's good that I can study and live a regular life when I go back to school. ”

"So, are you doing well with her?"

"Of course it'......"

Xiang Nanxing replied casually, but suddenly paused in the middle of his words and looked at Jiang Le in surprise. The latter was biting her lip and looking at him with wide eyes, trying not to let her eyes wander away. Her fists clenched unconsciously because of nervousness, as if just such a seemingly casual question would consume all the courage in her body.

Xiang Nanxing's nose suddenly became sour. "Of course, we're all doing well." He said solemnly.

Then, he saw Jiang Le smile with relief.

Even if it's just once, such a heart-to-heart experience is an irreplaceable treasure for her. Xiang Nanxing didn't need to answer, and she didn't need to hear the exact answer, just now, in her eyes, she had already conveyed her emotions and gained the other party's truest thoughts.

Enough is enough.

"I'm here today just to see you." She smiled and said, "I'm relieved to see that you're doing well." ”

She waved her hand at Xiang Nanxing easily and turned to leave. The sun had sunk behind her, and the night was gradually covering the earth, but she still seemed to feel the light and heat coming from behind her. Then she looked up and saw a small evening star hanging in the sky in the distance. It was supposed to be the closest planet to the sun, but now it looks like the heavens are on different sides.

"Goodbye." She whispered, taking steps without hesitation. From now on, she no longer has to harbor unrealistic illusions, nor can she have the slightest dependence. She is the queen of Xifeng, she just needs to go all out and move forward with all her heart.

However, in the next second, she heard a voice behind her.

"You have to come on, 'Xiao Leping'!"

She turned her head sharply and saw Xiang Nanxing smiling and shaking his fist at her.

This long-unheard title seemed to bring them back to the days when they first met, when they were dependent on each other.

"I can imagine the pain, but you don't have to take it all alone." He said sincerely, "Don't think that you are just a person, those who insist on staying with you are your friends, and sometimes it is okay to be soft on them." ”

He raised his hand and made a phone gesture: "If you want to talk to me one day, the transatlantic phone can always be connected." ”

The corners of Jiang Le's mouth unconsciously smiled. Xiang Nanxing also smiled handsomely. But the next moment, his expression suddenly froze.

"Xiaoqian, listen to me first." He shouted hurriedly.

Jiang Le followed his gaze and saw a thin figure holding a book on the other side of the path. That's Nangong Qian, she is wearing a red plaid shirt and a gray short skirt, her long hair is tied up in a ponytail at the back of her head, and she has glasses on the bridge of her nose.

Nangong Qian's face was confused, her eyes wandered between her boyfriend and the woman who couldn't distinguish her face in the backlight, and her expression gradually changed.

She narrowed her eyes, and suddenly she was murderous.

"You missed your appointment with me just to come to see this person?"

"No, let me explain......"

One is jealous, the other is panicked, there is no killer girl or game master at this moment, and every expression is the state of a child in love. Looking at such two people, Jiang Le's heart finally let go completely.

She suddenly became playful, turned around and quickly approached Xiang Nanxing.

"What are you going to do?" The latter sensed that something was wrong.

"Go and explain it to her."

Before Xiang Nanxing could react, a dragonfly kiss was lightly imprinted on his face. Jiang Le laughed heartily, turned around and strode away, leaving behind the chaotic scene of domestic violence. The sun's afterglow finally disappeared on the other side of the horizon, and she knew that this warm fireball was about to begin to shine on people on the other side of the world, bringing light and heat to them. Now she was no longer nostalgic, because she knew that the sun would rise tomorrow morning, even if it was far away, it would be there.

And there will be stars shining in the night sky, lighting the way back for her.

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