Today is my 25th birthday.

One very happy day, my family called me early in the morning, had dinner with a few girlfriends at noon, and went to my favorite restaurant with my boyfriend to celebrate in the evening.

"Come, make a wish!" My boyfriend lit the candle on the cake and looked at me gently.

I closed my eyes, wished the time was always so good, and then blew out the candle.

"Let's go, go put the Kong Ming lantern!" My boyfriend took me by the hand and walked briskly to People's Square. At nine o'clock in the evening, the crowd in the square was still bustling, dancing square dances, walking dogs, and walking, which was very lively. We found a lawn near the lake and then took out the Kong Ming lantern.

"I chose your favorite blue." My boyfriend looked at me and smiled while lighting a candle with a lighter. I hugged the blue Hung Ming lantern paper cover, feeling the warmth of the flames.

"Come, write your wishes!" My boyfriend handed me a pen. I thought about it, so I wrote my boyfriend and I names on one side, and "always together" on the other.

"Let's go!" As soon as I opened my hands, a gentle force slowly lifted the Kong Ming lantern, and I looked up at it flying higher and higher, farther and farther. Soon, it turned into a tiny orange dot with a slight greenish glow.

"It's late, I'll take you home." My boyfriend dragged my hand towards the road, and I reluctantly turned my head.

……

When I got home, I felt a little tired, so I quickly took a shower and went to bed to get ready for bed. My house is on the 22nd floor, opposite the park, and the view is very open, and you can see a large area of the night sky.

Turning off the lights, I opened the curtains as usual, trying to fall asleep looking at the peaceful night sky. The weather is fine tonight, with the moon in sight, the morning star, and...

Hey, what's that little orange dot that glows green?

I rubbed my eyes and stared carefully at that orange-green bright spot in the sky for a long time. Isn't that the Kong Ming lantern that my boyfriend and I put in the square? How did you get here?

No. I immediately dismissed the idea. It took more than half an hour to go home from the People's Square, and it was impossible for the Kong Ming lantern to float for so long, let alone float so far, it should have been extinguished long ago, and it was blown down by the wind somewhere.

This should be someone else's Kong Ming lantern. It's really a coincidence, the same color, giving people the illusion that the lamp hasn't drifted away yet, and it's going home with me. I smiled, looked at the Kong Ming lantern, and slowly closed my eyes.

The next day, I told my boyfriend about it, and he looked at me with concern: "Actually, that's the Kong Ming lantern we put on, didn't you write it, and we will be together forever?" ”

"Why do you say that, so crazy?" I snorted and hit him, but he laughed and ducked away.

……

After work, I asked my colleague to go to eat hot pot together. We chose a booth by the window and chatted happily while waiting for the food to be served.

"I'll answer the phone." The colleague covered his other ear and spoke loudly into his phone. I was bored playing with my phone, and after playing for a while, I looked out the window and enjoyed the night view of the city.

I looked up at the sky, at the red clouds that were foggy with the neon lights of the city, and—

A small orange-green dot.

I couldn't believe my eyes. I leaned on the window and pointed my phone at the dot, turned on the camera and zoomed in to take a closer look, yes, it was an orange-green dot of light, a Kong Ming lantern.

I chuckled in my heart and remembered my boyfriend's words during the day: "Together forever". Suddenly there was a layer of goosebumps on his body. At this time, my colleague just finished talking on the phone, and I quickly poked her.

"Look there! Can you see that point of light? I said eagerly.

My colleague curiously followed my hand and looked at the sky: "What's wrong?" What point of light? ”

"Just that slightly green point of light!" I looked at my colleague nervously, "It should be Kong Ming Lantern, do you see it?" ”

The colleague squinted and looked at it for a long time and shook his head: "Why didn't I see it?" What Kong Ming lantern? ”

"You really can't see it?" I can't believe it. After confirming it again and again, I learned that my colleague couldn't see the Kong Ming lantern in my eyes at all, and an irrepressible fear rose in my heart.

After a hurried dinner, I said goodbye to my colleague and called my boyfriend on the way home.

"Luo Zhen, let me tell you, that Kong Ming lantern really follows me, and besides, others can't see it!" I told my boyfriend the whole thing in tears.

My boyfriend thought I was dazzled at first, but after I explained it again and again, he thought it was my colleague's bad eyes and that I was too sensitive and cranky. "What can a lamp do, float so far?" My boyfriend comforted me and said, "Okay baby, maybe someone happened to put a blue Kong Ming lantern too, don't think about it." ”

"I have a strong feeling that the Kong Ming lantern is following me, really!"

The boyfriend said in a particularly helpless tone: "Could it be that you have floaters?" ”

"Neurotic! Floaters are black spots, how can they be spots of light? ”

I hung up the phone in a huff, looked at the expressionless passers-by on the subway, and then sighed.

When I got home, I turned on all the lights. I stood in the living room for a long time, staring at the bedroom window in a daze. I didn't dare to walk over, I was afraid to see that point of light again. I turned on the TV and watched absentmindedly for a while, and eventually, sleepiness overcame fear, I took a deep breath, and slowly walked into the bedroom.

The curtains weren't drawn, so I could see the little orange-green dot in the sky at a glance. It floated silently in the air, the same position it had been last night.

However, I noticed a change.

Compared to what I saw in the restaurant just now, it was significantly larger. Could it be that it is approaching me?

I was stunned for a few seconds before running out of the bedroom in a frenzy. Squatting on the couch and staring at the window, his chest heaving. Fear came over me like a tidal wave, and I seemed to see the Kong Ming lantern drifting closer and bigger, towards my house, and eventually, it slowly drifted into the window, hovering like a lantern in my bedroom.

I almost screamed in horror from this terrible imagination. I immediately dialed my boyfriend's number.

……

As soon as my boyfriend walked in the door, I threw myself into his arms. My boyfriend comforted me a few words, and I hid behind him and went into the bedroom together.

"Right there, you shouldn't be able to see it, but I do!" I pointed to the sky and said solemnly to my boyfriend.

My boyfriend stared at the sky for a moment, then looked at me and said.

"Baby, I see it."

I looked at him in disbelief: "Really? Did you see that? ”

My boyfriend nodded, and I could see a hint of fear on his face. It's all incredible.

"What now?" I asked him nervously.

"You didn't see it during the day?" The boyfriend asked.

I shook my head: "Not during the day." I even took a look at it tonight! Luo Zhen, what the hell is going on? Why does this lamp follow me? Why can you see it, but my colleague can't? ”

"I'll check again tomorrow during the day! Also, you go to my place in the evening and see if it will be very old. The boyfriend replied.

……

It turned out as I expected. During the daytime the next day, my boyfriend and I looked closely and did not see the Kong Ming lantern. After 7 p.m., Kong Ming lanterns appeared in the sky. We also confirmed to the others that no one but us could see the light. And, compared to what I saw in my house, the light was smaller and farther away elsewhere.

I was puzzled and scared at the same time. After my boyfriend picked me up from work, I went straight to his house.

My boyfriend's house is in a higher area in the north of the city, and the floor where he lives is also very high, on the 42nd floor. As soon as I entered his house, I ran to the balcony, which overlooked the whole city and the sky.

"Look!" I yelled at my boyfriend, "It's there!" It really came along! ”

Yes, in the sky, you can see the blue Kong Ming lantern at a glance. And...

It's a lot bigger again.

The boyfriend looked at the sky for a long time, and he suddenly said:

"It seems that the higher it is, the bigger it gets."

I nodded, "Really! ”

"I have an idea," my boyfriend suddenly looked at me, "since it gets bigger at higher places, then, if we go to a high place, can we..."

"Catch it?!" I immediately asked.

"This weekend, take time off to go hiking!" My boyfriend took my hand: "Let's see if I can catch this Kong Ming lantern." ”