As we spoke, it rained.

"What's the point of you doing this if she's forgotten about you?" I pulled out my raincoat and draped it over my body.

"Forgetting is necessary and inevitable. The swamp seemed to enjoy the rain, its outline beginning to blur a little under the rain, "She was too young to have any doubtful memories when she was sent away, so that I could be with her where she couldn't see and she could live like a normal child." ”

"Honestly... I don't quite understand your thoughts," I try not to let the rain wet the letterhead, "but you should return what you brought anyway, and since the moving swamp can quietly make the contents of the house disappear, it should be easy to restore it to its original state." ”

"If that's what you do for me, then I'll go find someone else. "I didn't want to do that, but the other shops took away Zhu's business, and Zhu was sullen every day, and instead of helping her, the shops laughed at her and excluded her, saying that she was a strange child." ”

“... What should I tell you..."I organized a language for a long time, "The growth of a child is a process of constantly overcoming difficulties, and the business grabbing you are talking about is just a normal competition, if you use this method to help her every time, then she will never be able to take charge alone, and you will not be able to accompany her for a lifetime." ”

"Of course I can be with her for the rest of my life," said Swamp, "and I will live long enough for her to live this life." ”

"Well, if you really don't want to give it back," I said, putting away my pen and paper, "I'm sorry then, I can't grant your request, you can find someone else." ”

After that, two days later, I was setting up a stall at the foot of Fuyu Mountain.

"Hello, Lord Yek—" was the voice of the swamp, coming from the shade of the trees behind me.

"It's you," I didn't want to say a word, "what's the matter this time? ”

"This little bit of sunshine won't do anything to me," the swamp had come here following the water that had rained a few days ago, "I'm willing to return everyone else's stuff now... Would you still like to write a letter for me?"

"Figured it out?"

"No," said the swamp, "it seems that since I started devouring the things of those shops, all the shops have not done well... Zhu's mood is even worse, I don't know why, but I guess it has something to do with me doing this..."

"Did you just find out..."I was really speechless to this stubborn monster, "It's all guesthouses where tourists live, and the strange things that happen one after another when the shops are suddenly emptied will naturally affect the business of the entire area, including Zhuyuan." ”

The swamp did not speak.

"Let's go," I said, putting away the goods on the ground, "find a cool place, and I'll write for you." ”

"Aren't you in the business of writing letters only at night?" said the swamp.

"That's right, but it's too hot today, and I don't think I have much income at the end of the day, so I might as well help you write a letter and sleep well at night while it's cool." I said, "Don't forget what you promised me." ”

"Since I promised you, I will definitely do it. ”

Returning to the shade under the boulder, "You say, I'll write." ”

"Hmm... How do you begin?" the swamp monster handed me a curved leaf containing clear water, "This is the spring water I took from the mountain stream, you can taste it." ”

"Humans in general... They all start with a salutation or name, for example, you can write 'dear Zhu' or 'dear daughter' or something like that. I took a sip of spring water, which was slightly bitter, but very cool and thirst-quenching.

"No, no," said the swamp, "this... It's too fleshy to write like that. It blushed.

"Haha..."I almost choked to death when I saw it, "what are you shy, it's just a title." ”

"Ahh But I still feel too intimate. The swamp was nervously incoherent.

Otherwise, just write her name, and many people will write her name directly. ”

"Well, just use the name. Swamp nodded rhythmically.

"Okay, just say what you want to say, and I can write it down. ”

The swamp twisted and twisted for a long time, and when I couldn't wait to leave, it finally began to talk sentence by sentence.

"Hello, Zhu. I'm sorry to hear the news of your mother's death, you must be sad, the loved one is destined to leave us one day, although many people only understand how important this person is to them until that moment. But I want you to know that death is just another form of life, and that your mother has given you all her love, so she will surely become a part of nature and be with you forever. "You seem to love this place deeply, even if most people think that there is no future here, I think it must be some kind of gift from nature, this gift allows you to see more colorful nature than ordinary people." ”

"You're pretty well written," I said as I wrote, "and you're pretty good at writing letters among the youkai I've encountered." ”

The swamp ignored me and continued what it wanted to tell the girl.

"You're going to face life like an adult, when you were very young, you had the desire to open a hotel here, and now it seems like you should call it a homestay? Your mother and father are also very supportive of you, especially your father, he is really a good father, he spares no effort to help you realize your dreams, of course, the road to achieve your dreams is not easy. "You are still young, you will have a lot of ideas, you have to remember, one or a few of these ideas, will become something worth remembering for a lifetime, so don't be afraid of failure, take your Zhu Garden as an example, if you take care of it carefully, survive the long beginnings and failures, one day it will become what you want." As long as you're willing to work hard and don't have too bad luck, nothing can stop you from becoming what you want to be, it's just a matter of time. ”

I wrote on the letter paper one by one, and rarely did not interrupt the other party.

"Of course, if one day, you suddenly get tired of this place and want to start a new life, then go for it, if you want to, then you can do it at any time, do not hesitate, you have such beautiful eyes, as if you can see nature, so you should not be bound by the world. "The swamp's pace of speech began to pick up," I hope you can use your beautiful eyes to feel this amazing nature, it has too much beauty worth your stop, I hope you can meet different people, understand their world and enrich your cognition, which is why I support you to open a store, I also hope that when you know enough about the world, don't be disappointed with it, maybe it is different from what you imagined, but life is unsatisfactory things can not be avoided, I hope you can still embrace the world with love, muster up the courage to start again. ”

"Gone?" I asked, seeing that it was no longer talking.

"Well, so be it. ”

"Where's the payment?" I asked the question I hadn't asked, "in what capacity do you want to give her this letter?"

"......" doesn't seem to have thought about it at all.

"Listening to the tone of your letter, it shouldn't be the first time you've written to her, in what capacity did you write to her before?" I said.

"Before, it was Ling who told her what I wanted to say as a mother, and she didn't mention my existence, and I never contacted her directly like this..."The swamp was a little embarrassed, it thought for a long time, I quietly waited for the answer, "Otherwise, forget it... I had forgotten that her mother was no longer there, and that such an abrupt letter would have aroused her suspicions. ”

"I have a suggestion. I said.

You say. ”

"Your letter also said that you want her to face life as an adult, and since she is an adult, she should be able to face her true self," I said, "If you really don't know how this letter is signed, you might as well ... In the name of the Father. ”