It's the Lantern Festival, so in the evening, the crowds on the streets are not decreasing, but increasing. Lanterns are hung in the streets and alleys, illuminating the originally dark streets, and the moon is far away today, so there is a feeling of being in the daytime. Various lanterns are hung on the branches of the trees in every house, which sets off the festive atmosphere. One of the most lively of these is the Kiyo River, Kyoto's moat. The riverbank is full of people, and there are many small stalls selling lanterns temporarily, and the lanterns put by people float aimlessly on the river surface, and the oil and wax burning on the lanterns light up the river surface, which is also a beautiful scenery. The shops along the street are even hotter, and the rich and powerful have reserved their seats upstairs to watch the lively scene below.

An Yanzhe was sitting by the window on the second floor, drinking and looking aimlessly at the lanterns on the river.

"It is said that when lanterns are placed during the Lantern Festival, the lanterns will be carried down the river to the people who miss them. Your Highness has a person who misses, why not put one? Lonely Qi appeared in the box at some point and asked.

"The lanterns can't get there, they're too far away." There is a distance between a past life and this life.

"It's not really that I hope to arrive, it's just a lovesickness." Gu Zhen said and sat down opposite An Yanzhe.

"If you want to put the lights on, just go by yourself, don't worry about me."

An Yanzhe felt that girls generally like to join in the fun, and when he saw this kind of scene, he naturally wanted to try it, so he said to Gu Zhen.

"There is no one to miss him, so don't go." Although he spoke with a shallow smile, he could make people see a sad look in it.

An Yanzhe thought about it carefully, he never seemed to have asked about Gu Zhen's life experience, to be honest, except for knowing that she had the same face as Su Li, he didn't know anything about Gu Zhen.

Maybe it was to find a topic, or maybe it was the sadness hidden between Gu Zheng's eyebrows that moved An Yanzhe, in short, he asked for the first time: "That's why your surname is Lone?" Coupled with the word "martyrdom", lonely and unrelievable, life is difficult. ”

Gu Zhen lowered his head and smiled lightly, then looked up at An Yanzhe and said, "It's not because of that that that I have the surname Gu, I am a descendant of the Gu Su Kingdom, so my surname is Gu."

"The Lonely Soviet Country." An Yanzhe muttered the name for a moment, and then asked, "Is it the country that was destroyed a year ago?"

"Yes." Gu Zhen replied, "After the destruction of the country, they threatened to kill all the people, and my sisters and I escaped from that hell on earth, and here we were reduced to Qinglou women, so that we could survive." I don't think His Royal Highness the future prince understands that kind of feeling. Lonely and frightened, watching their loved ones leave, but there is nothing they can do. His Royal Highness shouldn't understand that kind of feeling. ”

"I understand." An Yanzhe's answer was beyond Gu Zhen's expectations.

"What?" Thinking he had misheard, he asked.

Lonely Ji's life experience reminded An Yanzhe of his previous experience. Although it is not the ruin of the country and the death of the family, he has personally experienced the feeling of seeing his family die in front of his eyes.

"Do you miss your hometown? I can send you back. An Yanzhe said, this can be regarded as mercy to people with the same background as himself.

"It's no better to go back than it is now. For people like us, it is not easy to live, so why have other luxuries. Gu Zhen said.

An Yanzhe didn't want to continue this topic, and Gu Zhen remembered his tragic life experience, so he said: "Let's go, let's go put a lantern too."

"Didn't the prince want to let go?" Gu Zhen asked.

"I thought about it suddenly." An Yanzhe replied.

When the two of them came to the market, the number of people did not decrease at all, and many of them walked towards the river with lanterns in their hands. The small vendors along the street kept shouting to the crowd of people: "Guest, buy a lantern."

Attracted by the sound of selling, the lonely man also came up to see. An Yanzhe was not interested in these things, but he still followed Gu Zhen to take a look.

There are all kinds of lanterns on the stall, and the lonely man looks left and right, and finally chooses a lotus lantern.

"That's it." She said to the vendor, looked at An Yanzhe again, and asked, "Isn't the prince going to put the lamp on?" Let's pick one, too. ”

An Yanzhe had no intention of choosing these, because he didn't mean to put the lanterns in the first place, so he said casually: "Take the same one."

"There is pen and paper over there, and the two of them can go and write the name of the person they miss, and the lantern can be sent down the river to that person." Said the peddler.

This is not a rule set by him, but the people of this country are so legendary, and over time it has become a custom. Although I knew that it was impossible, because there were many people who traveled far and wanted to have a good time, this lantern festival was passed down year by year.

When Gu Zhen heard this, he turned around and went to write, and after he finished writing, he handed the brush to An Yanzhe and said, "Shizi should also write down his name."

"No need, that person won't be able to receive this lantern." An Yanzhe said, imagine how Su Li in modern times can receive lanterns sent from ancient times?

"What if I get it? Doesn't the prince believe in miracles? Gu Zhen asked.

An Yanzhe was silent for a while and said, "Even if I received it, I don't want her to know that I sent it." I don't expect her to hear from me, I don't want her to remember me, I just hope that I can still think of her and miss her in this world without her. ”

Gu Zhen looked at An Yanzhe and thought to himself, he must have a deep affection for that person. Only a love that is so deep that he forgets himself will make him so compromised. In front of that person, he lowered himself very low, but he was still afraid that he would disturb her peace, for fear that he would not love enough.

He is an affectionate person in the end, but unfortunately this affectionate person is paid to the wrong person. In this way, it will be sad and distressing.

An Yanzhe and Gu Zhen came to the river bank together, away from the hustle and bustle, on a relatively remote river bank. Gu Zhen squatted down and put the lotus lantern in his hand into the river, watching it drift away little by little.

An Yanzhe looked at the lotus lantern in his hand, and thought to himself that since he came, he also bought the lamp, so it was better to join in the fun and put it into the river. Driven by this thought, he also squatted down and put the lotus lantern into the river. The white lotus lantern floated little by little along the river and into the distance. The darkness of the night casts a black veil over the river, which looks mysterious and secluded. The wax on the lotus lamp has not yet burned out, and the candle flame is reflected in the river, glowing reddish. The lotus lantern gradually drifted away, and the red candle flame turned out to be farther away, so eye-catching in the dark night.

When An Yanzhe stood up, a burst of smoke suddenly rose on the surface of the river, without warning, the smoke diffused across the entire water surface, with a hazy sense of fairyland, water vapor and fog condensed together, and it was impossible to tell whose role it was, making the surrounding scenery blurred, bringing a sense of uncertainty to the river that was already covered with a black veil.

On the surface of the river surrounded by smoke, far away, out of nowhere, a bouquet of chrysanthemums floated in, at first the flowers were far away, and because of the fog, it was not real. Slowly, as the river flowed, the bouquet got closer and closer, and An Yanzhe saw clearly that it was a white chrysanthemum, and the silver moonlight was sprinkled on the bouquet, coupled with the light cast by the surrounding lanterns, so that An Yanzhe could see every petal of the bouquet, and the bouquet lay calmly on the water, getting closer and closer along the current. Strangely, the water was originally flowing in the opposite direction, but for some reason it flowed backwards. If the lotus lamp represents An Yanzhe's thoughts, then does this bouquet also carry someone's thoughts?

Through the smoky water, An Yanzhe vaguely saw a person standing opposite.

"Ah Li......" An Yanzhe muttered intently as he looked at the river bank opposite. Yes, he saw Su Li, only one bank apart.

An Yanzhe, who saw Su Li again, was very excited, he almost ignored it, and walked towards the other side of the river, and in the process of going to the other bank, his eyes never left that figure.

It's her, it's really her! An Yanzhe felt the other side of the river as fast as he could. During this journey, because he had only been focusing on Su Li, he didn't realize that the surrounding environment had changed.

Until now, he stood behind Su Li. only to notice that everything around me has changed. There are no lanterns hanging from the heights, there are no floating lanterns on the river, and the night has turned into day.

But at this moment, An Yanzhe had no time to think about those things, he looked at Su Li's back, and kept thinking about whether to talk to her, what to say to her?

"I miss you."

"Are you okay?"

"I went to another world without you."

"I ......"

I thought about how to say this opening sentence for a long time, but An Yanzhe didn't say anything in the end, and stood quietly looking at Su Li, even if it was just the back.

He saw Su Li pick up the lotus lantern by the river, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be the one he had put just now. It's a really amazing thing. It turned out that the legend would really come true, and it not only sent the lantern to Su Li, but also let him see Su Li.

Thinking of this, An Yanzhe couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Yes, even if he stays like this, he makes An Yanzhe feel very happy.

After staying like this for a while, Su Li seemed to be planning to leave. An Yanzhe didn't want Su Li to know about his existence, so he hid behind the nearest tree before Su Li turned around. looked at Su Li silently, watched Yu Fei come to pick up Su Li, looked at their happy smiles, and looked at their backs as they left hand in hand.

"It looks like they're together." An Yanzhe said to himself.

After Yu Fei and Su Li left, he also turned around and left, the sun shining on him, leaving his shadow on the ground. What was originally a shadow cast by the sun slowly turned into a shadow in the moonlight. An Yanzhe returned to the world without Su Li. The face is full of lights and the lively atmosphere, but it can't hide the sadness in his heart.