He knew that comfort was useless, but he was not angry, because he could really understand Qin's pain, and after looking at Qin and crying for a while, he sighed and said leisurely:

"How do you know I don't understand? You're only an orphan from today, but I'm ...... I was an orphan!"

"Huh?" Jean was stunned.

Xue Scar looked at the shattered sky and said lightly: "Actually, my mother is not my biological mother, I was originally an orphan. ”

Qin was stunned, and even forgot her sadness for a while, she thought that the battle that Snow Mark had started since she entered Jerusalem was all to save her mother, but now she knew that what Snow Mark was desperately trying to save was actually her adoptive mother.

Snow Scar sighed and looked into the distance: "She is also a hard-working person, who lost her child in the war. Picked me up on the way to escape, she took pity on me, so she adopted me, we have depended on each other for so many years, never mentioned my biological parents, I treated her like my biological mother, and she treated me like my own son. She taught me a lot and she was a great mother......"

In Snowmark's young and somewhat vague memory, the appearance of his biological mother was completely lost, but there was one scene that was very clear, it was the day he was abandoned.

In the dark, he lay in a "coffin" of good size, and the sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the uncovered "coffin board", the sunlight was dazzling, but the surroundings were getting colder and colder, and the cold seeped in through the "coffin".

He's been in some cold environment for a long time.

He was only a few months old at the time, and his young mind did not know that he had been abandoned, and he instinctively wept and called for his mother's return.

But the mother did not return.

After a long, long time, the cold made him unable to cry.

In the confusion, there was the sound of creaking footsteps.

The "coffin lid" was opened like a door, a pair of gentle hands hugged him, and the strong sunlight reflected on the vast snow made the snow marks white in front of his eyes, and it took a long time for the face of his adoptive mother Xue Ziqing to appear clearly in front of him. She was young but dusty, with hard-boiled eyes.

I don't know why, from the first time I saw her, Snow Marks had an inexplicable closeness to her, maybe subconsciously felt that she was very similar to her mother.

Xue Ziqing said: "Since we met, it is our fate, if you call me Mom, I will be your mother from now on." ”

The memory was a little vague at this time, but he deduced that he might have realized that he had been abandoned, maybe it was Xue Ziqing's body temperature and heartbeat that made him feel safe, maybe it was the longing for a mother. Anyway, he wanted to call out Mom.

But he couldn't shout, maybe he was frozen, maybe his language skills had not developed enough to speak, he couldn't pronounce this sound, this simple single sound.

Xue Ziqing looked at him who was silent regretfully, and big tears fell out of her eyes.

She lost her own son in the war. But she also knew that it was not her son in front of her.

Xue Ziqing's hand slowly lowered.

Snow Scar watched her face get farther and farther away, and became agitated, he tried desperately, but he still couldn't make that single note.

But in the end, Xue Ziqing still didn't put down the snow marks, she looked at the little face that was red from the snow marks, and suddenly felt as if she heard a "mother", she responded excitedly and tremblingly: "Eh!"

She looked at the snow marks, but seemed to be saying to herself: "That's right, you are my son, and our mother and son will depend on each other from now on......"

In fact, Xue Zhen couldn't shout Mom in the end, it was Xue Ziqing who "deceived" herself.

"Look, it's like a scar on this ice and snow, and you are also a scar on this country. Let's call you ...... 'Snow Marks'. ”

Xue Ziqing looked at the long and winding traces left by the sleigh on the snowfield behind her.

Since then, Snow Marks have had a name.

Snowmarks were placed in the sleigh, and the moment he was lowered, he saw the "coffin" in the snow that contained him—a flattened, gourd-shaped box. It was a piano case.

Xue Ziqing dragged the sled and trudged into the snowy mountains.

Snow Marks sighed, dispelling the memories.

"Pity that Shen Yi, and say that my mother Xue Ziqing gave birth to me with my father, but in fact, Xue Ziqing is not my biological mother at all. They also said that they love each other, and they may not even have met each other......" Snow Mark smiled bitterly.

"I've been trying to maintain this family relationship, just to keep it from being severed. Because if I even break off this relationship, then I really have nothing. ”

Looking at Qin's bright big eyes looking at herself, the pear blossoms brought the rain, and the snow marks stood up again, approached her, and took out a handkerchief to gently wipe away her tears.

It was used by Jean to wipe his blood on his pilgrimage, but he never gave up to use it.

This time Jean didn't push him away.

So, don't say you have nothing, at least you still have those good memories. ”

"I didn't expect you to ......"

Jean's sadness gradually subsided, and there was a little more pity and appreciation in the eyes that looked at him.

"Don't pity me, I'm not happy to be a man without feet. Seeing the pity in Jean's eyes, Snow Mark took a step back away from Jean's gaze.

He had heard a story about a man who had no shoes to wear and was sorrowful all day long, until he saw a man without feet and found that there were others who were worse off than himself, and he was no longer sorrowful. However, Xue Zhen feels that the optimism generated by comparison is not true optimism at all, and hope and joy should be born from one's own heart, not given by others, which may be the meaning of "thoughts are born from the heart" that her mother often said.

"I just want to tell you that in this troubled world, everyone has their own pain, don't be easily defeated by these pains, because we are born to fight, because we are born in these last days. ”

Jean wiped away her tears, and that confidence and pride reappeared in her.

She glanced back at the ruined castle one last time, said goodbye to it all in her mind, turned and pulled up the snow marks, and plunged into the shattered darkness.

The two of them floated in the darkness, flying to the little light in the distance. After passing through the gate of light, they left Jerusalem and returned to the real world.

Jean has returned to normal, and Snow Marks' words have really played a big role, making her strong again and dare to face reality.

"Thank you, Snowmark. You have untied the knot in my heart. ”

"Ah...... This one...... Each other. "I also want to thank you for fishing me out of Jerusalem." ”

"Nothing, it's my duty as your guide. ”

Qin's hand was cold, like a piece of white jade. Snow marks didn't dare to hold it hard, for fear of crushing it.

You're such a good girl, if only everyone in Jerusalem were as nice as you.

"Not only do I want to thank you for encouraging me, but also for saving my life in the snowy jungle. Jean said.

"You mean the toxin of the night roses?"

"Yes, I already know what happened, I misunderstood you. ”

Jean saw the information of Snow Country in his sister's book "Oriental Folk Customs", knew the toxicity of night roses and the method of detoxification, knew that he had misunderstood snow marks, and he peed in order to detoxify himself.

"But what did you do to me...... You must not say it!" Qin's side face was also red.

"Ah...... You mean I on you......"

"Hey, you're ......," Jean glared angrily.

"Okay, okay, I see, did this happen? Why don't I remember it at all...... Oops, my memory is so ......."

Snow marks snorted while peeking in.

Jean's face was crimson with a slight smile.

Snow Scar smiled heartily as well.

I don't know why, but when I saw her smile, I felt sincerely happy. The previous pain and oppressive feelings all dissipated into the void.

"I'll help you get your mom out. Jean suddenly said, "That's what you're here for." ”

"Really?" Snowmark looked back in surprise.

Jean nodded: "I promised you." ”

On Snowmark's pilgrimage, Jean has said that she will help Snowmark rescue his mother after dealing with her troubles. Now that Jean has defeated the Night Stalker and joined Roland Kevin, she is safe for the time being, and she has fulfilled her promise.

Although there is still a strong enemy outside, and although she is in the Snow Country and has to take a lot of risks to carry out military activities, she still decides to help Snow Marks.

But Snow Scar was torn up after instinctively happy.

"No, you don't know......" Snow Mark was extremely conflicted: "If you help me, you will be in danger." ”

"I know. ”

"No, you don't know! Pissarro told me, and he said......"

"One of us could die. ”

Xueji was stunned: "Why are you ......?"

"I know, the teacher has already told me. Jean smiled slightly.

It turns out that Jean knows about the prophecy! She knows but is still willing to help herself?

"I know the dangers I have to face, and you have seen my experience, do you think that after going through this, I will be a person who is afraid of death? A promise is a promise, and I will fulfill my promise to help you save your mother. Besides......" Jean looked at the snow marks, "fate is meant to change, isn't it? Even ordinary people can change the world, isn't it?"

Snowmark excitedly pulled the piano over and hugged her fiercely.

Jean's body was stiff and taut, hard like a piece of marble, a reflex of her training, and the muscles of her whole body instinctively tensed the moment the snow-stained bear hug arrived.

She knew that Snow Marks was doing this because of excitement and gratitude, so she didn't fight back.

But except for Suvia, no one has ever hugged her so fiercely since she was a child, and no one has the guts.

It's a weird feeling.

She wanted to push away the snow marks, but found that her arms could not use force, not because of the strength of the snow marks, but because her own body was resisting her will, the tension in her whole body was slowly relieved, and the strength was relaxing, just like the clockwork had released all the energy, and the robot doll had removed all its weapons.

She suddenly found that she had not realized that after going through so many things, her body and heart were actually exhausted, and she also longed for a warm embrace and a harbor for her to dock in her heart.

After all, she is also a girl, not just a warrior, and behind her strength and tenacity, there is vulnerability and infinite tenderness.

The marble shell peels off layer by layer, revealing the warm fragrance of nephrite that has never been found inside, so pure, so beautiful.

Jean's soft body struggled slightly in Xuezhen's arms, and then she no longer resisted.

She was a little surprised, why she was unarmed in the arms of this boy who was still a stranger, she didn't know that much about him, she was very different from his identity, she was still his guide......

Unarmed himself is very vulnerable, if he does something wrong...... She didn't know if she would resist, her body longed for that kind of relaxation, that kind of gentle care and violation, she was already somewhat addicted to this gentle country, she was like a boat drifting with the current, if the snow marks pushed it, it would slide into the abyss of depravity and comfort.

What's wrong with me?

But Snow Marks' innocent embrace did not relax, nor did it change, feeling the boy's excited heartbeat, Jean breathed a sigh of relief at the same time as helplessly.

Just let me rest in this warm embrace for a few seconds, just a few seconds......