From the first day of the Phantasmal Star, the journey of Star City began.

Always believe in the lucky symbols of every second, believe in pious prayers, even if they are far away and long, they will always be strong, even if they will be lonely and shallow.

But I still like the slow time when I return to Bluestone Lane after the trip, sip a cup of flower tea and listen to the sound of Xun, as if waiting for an encounter in a comfortable silence.

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At dusk, a misty drizzle began to fall in Star City, and the white sky was covered with a layer of dull and soft light gray, like a light watercolor that rendered the whole canvas after blending, and the thin mist in the air shrouded Star City in an ancient dream. The bluestone alley in the lingering smoke and rain is more silent than before, the raindrops sweep along the black tile eaves and pass the closed hollow carved wooden windows and fall on the smooth bluestone slabs, the fragrance of flower tea is mixed with a little damp smell, and the sound of Xun from nowhere comes tactfully, ethereal and long.

There is no twilight in the sky, only a touch of gloomy gloom melts into the ancient charm, and occasionally two or three pedestrians pass along the ancient street with umbrellas, among which there is Yin Tingxi, who pulls the brim of his hat down.

In the afternoon, Yin Tingxi didn't meet the boy in blue named Kai again, and after an afternoon of boredom, Yin Tingxi and Xiao Xiaowei made an appointment to meet at the bar at night, and went in the opposite direction after the subway arrived at Wutong Street.

Phantom Star Music School always ends the course at dusk, and the exclusive "patient explanation" for the freshmen who have just entered the school makes Yin Tingxi in a drowsy state all day, and as soon as he walks into the inn and puts down his hat, the sleepiness that sweeps over the whole body is like a slight chill outside the house that immediately dissipates at the moment of entering the door, and the ancient pavilion and staggered corridors, the handsome figure in the white shirt may appear in front of him at any time.

God must bless him and never touch him......

Passing by Wen Qinyin, a song of silence lingers, Yin Tingxi behind the carved wooden stairs leans out little by little like a kitten hiding his footsteps and stealing pastries, at this moment dinner time has not arrived, Dream Shishen should not be near Wen Qinyin, and then turned his head to look behind him, the deep corridor to the backyard of the inn, on one side is the ancient courtyard of the Water Pavilion Pavilion, and on the other side is the lonely forest. Confirming that there was no figure around him, Yin Tianxi was just about to go upstairs, when the sudden voice made her tremble lightly unconsciously.

"Girl, what is the matter with you tiptoeing here?"

Yin Tingxi looked sideways at the shopkeeper in a long skirt, and didn't know how to respond for a while: "I ......"

"By the way, girl, do you have any contact with the boy who lives in 'Dream Star City'?"

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"I was passing by and I accidentally saw you and the boy sitting together for a meal. The boy, who usually stayed in his room all the time, sometimes went to the woods and courtyard in the backyard of the inn, was a very quiet man, and did not talk much. ”

Listening to the sound of the piano, the wooden shelf is furnished with a porcelain vase, there are a few small red fish playing lightly among the smooth pebbles and dark green water plants, the shallow sound of fine ripples on the clear water surface falls on the end of the long and long song of the piano song, the dull tone paints the charm of the wall like an ink flower scroll, and also smears the soft and gentle slightly curved lips of the shopkeeper.

The delicate teacup of retro dark brown, holding the red clay stove and pouring the black tea, skillfully putting in a few small white jasmine, the rich fragrance adds a fresh and elegant blend, blending into the waterfront inn in the hollow wooden window between the clouds and smoke shallow breeze. After a few light pink petals dotted the water, the shopkeeper handed the tea to Yin Tianxi opposite.

After taking the teacup, he said "thank you" softly, and before Yin Tianxi tasted it, he asked, "When did he stay at this inn?" ”

"When...... Half a year, a year, maybe longer, in short, I was busy all day, and I can't remember it clearly. The shopkeeper took a sip of flower tea, and talked eloquently in a faint and fragrant fragrance, "At that time, I heard from friends in the ancient street that I saw a very young boy, covered in shocking bloodstains, and someone came forward to care and ask, he just said that he came from somewhere else, but asked him why he was scarred, but he was silent. ”

"I met the boy in this alley by chance, it had just rained heavily, and he had a very handsome face, but he was drenched all over his body, covered with bloody wounds, some of which were very deep. I tried to take him to the hospital, but he refused, and no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he just remained silent. I asked him if he had a place to live, and when he shook his head, I asked him to stay at my inn. ”

"I helped him treat his wound briefly and asked him a lot of questions, but he said that there were some things he didn't want to talk about, and he didn't know how to answer some questions, and I wasn't an unreasonable person, in order not to affect the inn's operation, I let him live in the remote but quiet Dream Star City, and go downstairs to the backyard, so that he could recuperate."

"Later, I resumed my usual busyness, and I didn't pay attention to the boy's situation, but I heard from the staff that I rarely saw him leave the room except during meal time."

“…… Girl, girl? ”

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Yin Tingxi looked at the delicate pale jasmine in the water and the falling flowers like the poignant remnants of ancient times, and his thoughts fell into a freeze-frame trance, and the gentle words of the shopkeeper and the old days between the white walls and black tiles were still in his ears for a long time. The boy who fell to the ground in the corridor in the middle of the night, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the sharp wound on his wrist in his mind when he dreamed of it, and the call of the shopkeeper on the opposite side disrupted all the pictures in his memory, Yin Tianxi raised his head suddenly, and the flower tea in the cup did not move at all.

"So, do you know the origin of the scars on his body?" Yin Tingxi picked up the porcelain cup, and the tiny ripples of the water surface shook in the clear pupils reflecting the rippling water lines of the deep silent lake layer by layer, like a fine and clear light sprinkled in the water by starlight in the middle of the night.

"I asked him, and he didn't answer." The shopkeeper poured the teacup to the brim, and the rising thin mist shrouded the elegant fragrance of the falling flowers faded into the old past under the light yellow light.

"Perhaps, he has something unspeakable."

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"By the way, girl, are you familiar with that boy?"

"No, I don't know you basically." Yin Tingxi unconsciously looked around listening to the sound of the qin, except for two or three guests who were drinking tea around the qin music like himself, it was a quiet and peaceful ancient scene, "It's just that there have been a few contacts." ”

The shopkeeper nodded, and then sighed lightly, "It's not a business problem, it's just that I haven't become an adult yet, and I'm silent and speechless, and I don't know the reason for my background, which is really worrying." ”

Yin Tianxi drank the flower tea in the cup little by little, the shopkeeper's peaceful and gentle tone was stained with the ancient name of the old year that had passed by time, and the strange name of Mengshishen was outlined as mysterious and blurry as a dream, and he and the prince of Mo only met unexpectedly in the middle of the night, just a few simple words, and he didn't think about his life experience as an ordinary guest of the inn. The flower tea in his mouth slowly changed from the simple and elegant tea to the slightly sweet and fragrant fragrance of dried flowers, and his eyes fell on the mobile phone screen, and Yin Tingxi was choked on a sip of tea.

The display time of the meal near the inn on the screen was exchanged for a small panic that could not be concealed in Yin Tingxi's eyes, and the picturesque eyes that were deeply fixed on his body when he heard the sound of the qin in the early morning morning with the palpitations that were not blown away by the cool morning breeze rippled into a wavy rhythm in the bottom of his heart to pluck the heartbeat, for no reason, just like the afternoon corridor that day when he met in the light sun and the temperature was just right, the rhythm accelerated in a moment, and even he couldn't find the reason.

"That," Yin Tingxi stood up, with an unnatural smile on the corner of his mouth, "I've gone back to the room beforehand." ”

"It's dinner time now." The shopkeeper smiled, "Girl, let's go upstairs after you eat here, there is glutinous round peach maw stuffed with wine tonight, which is a classic dish that girls like very much." ”

"Well, I'll come and taste it, but now I do have to go back to Huayu Pavilion." When the words fell, Yin Tingxi turned around with a flustered mood that grew rapidly over time, just as a girl pushed the door in, with black hair flowing behind her shoulders, delicate and very poignant and gentle face in ancient times, looking for the bluestone alley of the water pavilion, as if walking out of the ancient rhyme scroll of ink and ink dyed with powder, falling flowers and dancing.

Yin Tianxi was stunned, and searched for a familiar and beautiful figure in his memory.

That girl...... Shallow?