Because we only drove alone, we had many breaks in between, and we walked for almost nine hours after the seven-hour drive, and by the time we reached the Black Sea, the sun was almost setting. There are many small islands nearby, and the islands are not far from each other, and there are many self-driving tourists who come here for vacation, so we parked our cars and took a speedboat to the small villa of the Guanqing family.

The Guan Qing family's house is on an island with a great view, exactly like the kind of bungalow on TV.

"No one has come to live in the house for a long time, so it's a bit messy, don't mind," Guan Qing said, "Fortunately, it's the seaside, there is not much dust, the only thing that is a little troublesome is that we have to cook and eat by ourselves, in fact, it's okay not to do it, the island near here is delicious enough for us not to eat the same thing for a week." ”

"If we can buy food, we can make it ourselves, and we can't always go out to eat. I said, "You're looking at the sunset in this house." "Standing next to the big floor-to-ceiling windows, I can see the sunset slowly sinking into the sea like a red duck egg, the sunset is full of small islands, and many people can be seen frolicking on the beach, although I have seen the sea, but I have only been to the White Sea with my mother when I was very young, and the sea water of the White Sea in my memory is an endless sky blue, and the sea water of the Black Sea in front of me is a deep blue-black.

After a full meal, it was already completely dark, Guan Qing and I walked on the beach, the white cat ran in front of us, kept rolling in the sand, the sea water wave after wave, sometimes leaving mollusks with shells on the beach, Tsubaki was like discovering a new world, the cat turned around and observed the little shells that were scared half to death.

"It's strange that people can calm down when they get here. Guan Qing said.

"Well, I guess because the sea can tolerate everything, and the sea will accept it no matter what it becomes, so there is no need to have a burden in the heart of the seaside. I looked up at the sky, and it didn't matter, and I let out a "wow" sound in surprise.

Not used in ordinary skies, although it is night, the sky of the Black Sea is not all pitch black, large areas of colorful halos spread out in the clouds, ink blurs like tumbling and changing, starlight penetrates the sky, like diamonds embedded in the clouds, if you look closely in the sky, it seems that there are still floating bright powder emitting soft light, like a dream.

"It's the first time I've seen such a sea of stars. I muttered to myself.

Guan Qing also raised his head, "When you say this, it seems that it is not the same as City A, and the sky seems to have a blurred shadow moving slowly." ”

A vague shadow? Guan Qing can't see it? My heart suddenly shook, is it...

"We monsters don't call this place the Black Sea, but the Phantom Sea. Tsubaki walked up to me quietly, she had already turned into a human appearance, and now Guan Qing couldn't hear her voice, raised her small chin, and her eyes reflected the color of the clouds in the sky, "Because there is often butterfly-like gorgeous weather, but only monsters and people with strong demon power can see it." ”

Sure enough, Tsubaki said that I felt that this sky was indeed like all kinds of gorgeous butterflies flying in the sky, and it was really a pity that Guan Qing couldn't see it.

"What's wrong?" Guan Qing asked me, "That's not what you saw?"

"Well, it's not quite the same. "I'll be honest.

"Is it better?"

"Well, beauty is like an illusion. ”

"I wish I could see it, so go back and draw it for me." Guan Qing showed a bad smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, "Just use it as the cost of this trip." ”

"Huh?" Before I could react, Tsubaki had already turned back into a white cat and frolicked with Guan Qing, and the two of them quickly ran away. I was worried about chasing them behind, but my heart was extremely warm, the people in front of me, and the demons in front of me, were my most important friends.

"You two can really run, I'm dying of exhaustion in the back...", sitting on the beach, I was panting.

"Haha, you call this lack of exercise," Guan Qing said with a laugh, sitting next to me, "It's too weak to run two steps at a young age and breathe like this." ”

"How can I have time to exercise like you, the youkai every night make it impossible for me to sleep well, and I wish I could sleep a little more during the day. ”

"Just say that you are lazy, it's not that you can't exercise at night, and you can't make noise to others in the store. ”

"Why are you so ruthless, I'm sick from exercising in the middle of the night!"

Guan Qing smiled, took out the cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and handed it to me unskillfully.

"Don't you smoke?" I asked, a little surprised.

"Well, I didn't smoke it, after my grandmother died, I had a lot more communication with my dad than before, and I also tried to smoke one like him, and I felt dizzy, hehe," Guan Qing smiled bitterly, "I found that although this thing smells terrible, it can release the tense things in my heart for a short time." Why don't you try it? Seeing that I waved my hand, Guan Qing put away the cigarette case, the sea breeze blew out the lighter several times, and he had to change the angle again and again to light the cigarette, "I have to buy a good lighter." After finally lighting it, he took a shallow puff, looked at the sea, and turned into a silent Guan Qing again, the cigarette lit in his hand shimmering slightly.

"Guan Qing, actually, I've always wanted to say sorry to you. Looking at him, I said, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble with youkai, and you wouldn't have inadvertently bonded with youkai." "Thinking of Qingsu's worries about telling the old lady, I felt an iron lump in my chest.

Guan Qing turned his head sideways and looked at me for a long time, "Why do you want to apologize, Ye Ke, obviously I took the initiative to find you, and it was also the countless times I appeared in Tianbei groceries." ”

"But..."

"It's nothing, it stands to reason that I have to thank you, I didn't really believe in the people around me, I always felt that getting along with people was an exchange of interests, you see I usually laugh and laugh, in fact, I never regarded anyone as my own person in my heart, except for grandma. At the mention of the old lady, he was silent for a long time, "I used to think that there were only two kinds of worlds, my grandmother and I were one world, and the others were another. But after getting to know you, a lot of things started to change. ”

I listened quietly to him that he must have been very sad for the old lady to leave, but he had been silent and silent, and it would be nice if he could say it all today.

"At first, I just thought that you were different from others, and few people would take the initiative to alienate me like you, and then after knowing that you could see youkai, I was just curious, and wanted to know what was going on in this kind of story, but when I really came into contact with youkai, I suddenly realized that the world is actually still very big, and there are still all kinds of real feelings in the world except for grandma, but I can't see it myself. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been able to talk to my dad so much this time, and it would have been impossible for me to accept the identity of the person in charge of the company. ”

My eyes widened, Guan Qing could say that, I didn't expect it anyway, because I used to be an evasive person, or rather, I still am.

"Haha, look at your expression, I'm telling the truth. Guan Qing laughed, "The old lady likes to sing very much, and her favorite song is an English song, and now many people cover it, so thinking about it, the old lady seems to be quite advancing with the times." Speaking of this, he suddenly choked up, took a puff of cigarette, and choked on coughing all the time, and choked out tears, "Ahem, it's really a new smoker, cough, it's so much..."

When the smoke was extinguished for a long time, Guan Qing finally calmed down.

"Ha, it's a shame. His eyes were swollen and he said, "A big man, running to the beach and crying his nose." "I stood up and patted my pants, walked a few steps before the Qing Dynasty, and the tide of the night did not stop, rolling up again and again, and the water splashed our feet.

"I remember that song was called 'Home', have you heard it?" he asked, turning his back to me.

"It doesn't seem to be. ”

Guan Qing began to whistle the melody of the song, the not-so-accurate whistle mingled with the sound of the waves.

I sat on the beach and listened to him whistle, the clouds had gone far away, the moon appeared in the sky, looking at the endless sea, I don't know if it was my illusion or what, I always felt that the waves seemed to be getting closer and closer to us, and I was inexplicably panicked.

"Guan Qing, don't be so close to the sea," I stood up, trying to pull Guan Qing back, "I don't think something is right with this sea." ”

"What did you just say?" presumably because the waves were too loud, and he didn't hear me clearly, so he turned to me and asked.

"I said, don't..." Before he finished speaking, a black tentacle suddenly appeared behind Guan Qing, and before he could shout, he was firmly grabbed by the tentacle and dragged into the sea.

I rushed forward to grab him, but as soon as my foot touched the water, another tentacle appeared, grabbed my arm, and began to pull me into the sea.

A white shadow appeared in front of me, and Tsubaki bit down on the tentacle, presumably biting the monster, and it let go of me, throwing Tsubaki out and disappearing into the sea.

I fell to the shore and stared at the dark sea.