The crowd slowly dispersed.

Leng Mingxu still stayed where he was, staring.

Although there were no purple markings, although there was no visible face to be seen. It's just that the action, the breath - all made his heart start beating faster.

Until everything here is harmonious again - and there he is still standing.

After a while, the phone in my pocket suddenly began to vibrate.

Leng Mingxu came back to his senses, retracted his gaze, took out his mobile phone and pressed Answer

"Asahi, where are you? We're out. ”

“…… I'm in the middle of the square."

"Then you come to us first, right at the entrance of the mall."

"Hmm."

After hanging up the phone, Leng Mingxu looked around again, and after making sure that the person did not appear again, he slowly walked in the direction where the woman left......

"Hey! Asahi, here! See you! Yun Hanxi put away the mobile phone that was about to make another call, and waved to Leng Mingxu who was not far away.

"yes, I see." Leng Mingxu also waved his hand in response.

"Do you have to wait for Chenxi, they haven't come yet?" Leng Mingxu walked towards them and asked

"No, Yichu just texted that they were on the opposite street, and there were too many people to join us. Anyway, you can see the fireworks, so let's go over together. Dugu Lingmeng replied

Several people agreed.

After that, they walked towards the front of the square, which is the best place to watch the fireworks.

The leisurely Leng Mingxu walked at the end of several people, and from time to time he was still looking around, as if he was faintly looking forward to the dream that even he didn't dare to imagine.

"Big brother......" Suddenly, a pleasant voice came from below.

Subconsciously looked down, only to see a little girl in a pink dress looking at her with big bright eyes.

"Kid, what's the matter?" Leng Mingxu squatted down and looked at the little girl at eye level

I saw the little girl take out a white drifting bottle and hand it to Leng Mingxu, and said, "Big brother, can you help me take out the sugar inside?" ”

Leng Mingxu took the drifting bottle with doubts, and there were indeed three colored candies in it.

"Of course." As he spoke, Leng Mingxu uncorked the drifting bottle and poured out the three candies inside.

"Ahh He handed the candy in his hand to the little girl.

"Thank you, big brother!" The little girl happily took the candy and said with a smile.

"No thanks! The bottle is returned to you. With that, Leng Mingxu handed over the drifting bottle. Strangely, the little girl didn't take it.

I saw her swing her head and said, "Big brother, this is for you, I only need candy." ”

"For me?!" Leng Mingxu was puzzled again.

"Well, that's what that pretty big sister said."

"Pretty big sister?!" Leng Mingxu held the bottle in his hand, and then asked the little girl, "That, she...... What else to say? ”

"Hmm." The little girl nodded, "Big sister also let me tell you that if you make a wish for this empty bottle when you light the fireworks, it will definitely come true!" ”

Before Leng Mingxu could continue to ask, the little girl quickly turned around and ran away.

Once again, his heart could not be calmed......

Standing still and staring closely in the direction of the little girl's departure, to his disappointment, there was no such person......

It's that feeling again—the feeling of not being able to hold on.

Whenever the faint flame in her heart was about to burn into a fire, she suddenly extinguished it.

There were too many such disappointments, and when he arrived the next day, everything changed again. It's all changed.

Now he's really used to it.

It's just that the fire has never really been extinguished.

He still believed it.

When he was stunned, Luo's voice came from the front: "Xu, what are you doing there?" Come on, don't get scattered! ”

Looking at the slightly cold drifting bottle in his hand, he smiled indifferently and walked in the direction of Luo and them.

"Come on, this location is great!" Dugu Lingmeng waved to the other four and said

"Didn't you come to see the fireworks? Why did you buy so many snacks, it's still heavyweight, whew, I'm so tired. Yun Hanxi struggled to put the two big bags of snacks in his hand on the rest chair next to him, hammered his arm and complained, "You two are really ruthless, you don't plan to help when you see your brother working so hard." ”

"We want to too, but the one in your family just wants your help." Lan Xiluo snickered.

"Hehe, you're not bad at exercising! Good work, husband! Dugu Lingmeng rubbed Yun Hanxi's shoulder and said flatteringly.

"It's not hard, my dear is happy!"

The two of them on this side are hopelessly sweet, and Leng Mingxu, who is alone on the other side, seems to be ......

"I'll just say I'm very tired when I come out with you." Leng Mingxu took out a bottle of water with a dark face and drank it depressedly.

"So, Iceberg Boss, hurry up and find one, don't wait until we all have children and you're still a single dog." Lan Xiluo patted Leng Mingxu's shoulder meaningfully and said, and then got Dugu Lingyun's eyes because of the word child.

Hearing this, Leng Mingxu's hand couldn't help but pause, but soon he relaxed again, and said with a faint smile: "How can it be so easy to ......?"

Dugu Lingmeng on the side suddenly stopped, and his mood seemed to be a little low.

"What's wrong?" Yun Hanxi sensed that something was wrong, and turned his head to look at Dugu Lingmeng suspiciously

The other four also looked at the dream of sudden emotional changes.

Subconsciously looked at Leng Mingxu, hesitated for a long time, and then Dugu Lingmeng said softly: "I don't know if I should say it at this time......

"Say what?"

“…… In fact...... A few days ago, my subordinates said that they found Xi's whereabouts at the airport......" Dugu Lingmeng looked up at everyone, a little hesitant.

"Really?! So where is she now? Also in the city? Lan Xiluo asked in surprise, while Leng Mingxu on the side looked very calm.

Dream looked at the two of them and shook his head gently: "I'm sorry, after that, the clue was broken for some reason, and I never saw it again......"

Lan Xiluo's newly-ignited hope was extinguished again, and the light in his eyes suddenly dimmed.

Dugu Lingyun is distressed. Countless times in the middle of the night, she would always hear Luo call Xi'er's name in her dreams, and then wake up from her dreams countless times, and be sleepless again.

She knows all his heart, but no one can do anything.

What is strange to everyone is that Leng Mingxu did not show any excessive reaction this time, and what they didn't know was that he already knew what they were investigating, and he had personally experienced these gains and disappointments.

Because I have experienced it, I will get used to it.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine...... It's going to be fine...... "Now all they can do is comfort."

"Alright, the time is almost up, let's go!" As he spoke, several people rushed forward with the crowd, and Leng Mingxu was still at the end.

In a trance, he seemed to feel the familiar figure passing through the crowd again, but when he fixed his eyes again to look for it, he found nothing.

It's like the catkins of March and April, you can see it clearly in front of your eyes one second, but when you reach out and want to grab it, it disappears without a trace......

He hated it...... Feelings of loss......

Looking at the watch on his wrist, there were less than two minutes left before zero o'clock, and he picked up the drifting bottle of unknown origin and stared at it for a long time......

"Let's count down – five, four, three, two, one......"

"Bang!" "Happy New Year!!"

In an instant, dazzling fireworks filled the sky from all angles, and everyone cheered and shouted to the sound of colorful cannons to welcome the arrival of the new year.

Leng Mingxu carefully closed the cork—there was his wish in it—he had made a wish countless times.

Even though he had experienced countless disappointments, he never thought of giving up.

Like everyone else, he looked up at the fireworks, and it was beautiful — and now he had learned to appreciate them. Just when he was alone.

Lowering his head, his eyes unintentionally swept ahead, and suddenly stopped.

It was that figure again, and he was convinced that he was not mistaken.

Slowly, he slowly moved his gaze, sweeping over one after another, in the direction of the figure.

In the dense sea of people, just on the other side of the fireworks, he saw her at a glance - the one who was also staring at him from a distance of dozens of meters.

After all these years, she really doesn't seem to have changed, only the purple curly hair has turned into waist-length black hair. The awe-inspiring chill had also weakened a lot—but it was still familiar to him.

It's like...... The same her twenty years ago.

At this moment, she on the other side of the fireworks is smiling, smiling happily.

She knew that this choice was the right one.

And he was neither surprised nor surprised, looking at her on the other side of the sea of people unusually calmly. Because I've been looking forward to it, but when this moment really came, I didn't expect my heart to be so ordinary.

He knew it, because he had always believed, believed that this day had come.

I believe in her, too.

The colorful light that bloomed in the sky shone on the figures of the two of them, and their eyes met.

Smile indifferently.

- Has your wish come true?

- yes, it's done, isn't she right in front of my eyes right now...

Youth is always full of stories and madness, and we are young and ignorant and we are constantly fantasizing. Along the way, there will always be pain, but please believe that there will always be one or several people who will accompany you through it.

I've cried, I've made trouble, I've been crazy, I've loved.

It's just that the next tomorrow is still believed.

So, it hurts, and it's okay, because that's youth.

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