10,000 meters in the air.

Huge planes weave through the clouds and dive downward. After a 12-hour flight, it is about to land at Heathrow Airport, thousands of kilometers away from Tokyo.

Looking down from the cabin window, the grass, runway and terminal of the airport are gradually visible, and even the ground staff are becoming more and more visible.

After the plane landed, the cabin lights gradually brightened, soothing music played over the loudspeakers, the flight attendants lifted the curtains from the lounge, and the passengers in their seats gradually woke up in their sleep.

Sitting quietly in the 14b position, Tianhai Jiu Liuli moved the dial on his wrist backwards for 8 hours.

The dial officially arrives at 5am London time – Saturday 15th of July.

She turned her head and saw Sakakihara asleep beside her.

The day after the festival, on Saturday, July 15, at 1 p.m., the plane to the United Kingdom officially took off.

Lejun's invitation was actually a bit sudden.

One is that the temperature in the UK tends to be mild, and the red beauty of the maple leaves will not be appreciated until September and November in autumn. Now when you come over, you can only see the green leaf avenue.

The second is to come to the UK at this time, and there is no game not to say. Even July Ah Ling didn't come with them.

Even if Tianhai Jiu Ruri is very happy to be alone with Sakakihara for a long time, without everyone's existence, he still feels that something is missing around him.

(Bubble sound of messages one after another.) ）

Tianhai Jiuliuli picked up the phone and saw that it was a few messages from a user with a selfie of a girl's scissorhands.

It looks like the plane has no internet in the sky, and it receives a lot of it in an instant after landing.

[Has Sister Ruri arrived?] You have to take care of my brother, I've been feeling something wrong with him lately. But when he is alone, he is very normal and ah! I'm not happy that I can't go to England with you this time, after all, there is always a feeling that you have abandoned me! ]

[(Rabbit hugging his chest, angry stomping expression)]

[But I can't help it, I still have to rehearse for the concert after that, and I really can't spare time.] The last time I practiced basketball with everyone, it took up a lot of my time, and I didn't learn much in the future. But hey, hehe, now the final grades are out, my brother's bet is really useful, and I'm ranked 14th in my grade! It's a lot taller than Yuki!

[I'm really happy about this.,YukiShe's also become a lot more cheerful than before.] So. We just want to ask Sister Liuli to buy him some small gifts, snacks or something for him occasionally when he is in the UK. Brother, since he was a child, no one would give him a gift except me. Because he used to be the kind of nerd who would only bury his head in his studies, go out for a run occasionally, and just be a little handsome.

[When Sister Liuli comes back, I will also make a cake for Sister Liuli to thank you!] Huh! Sister Liuli don't dislike it, that must be my first successful finished cake, if it weren't for the fact that my brother didn't want to cook recently, and insisted that I learn to make it myself, I wouldn't be able to do it. ]

[(Rabbit with his hands crossed and looking up confidently)]

There is no news here.

The last message was at half past three in the morning Tokyo time.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli smiled and read these news, she could see that Ling would feel particularly uncomfortable with Le Jun leaving her side.

That's why I send a message to myself in the middle of the night to express my concern.

[ok]

Replying to a small emoji, Tianhai Jiuliuli put away the phone.

At the same time, she also found that Sakakihara had woken up at this time, facing the narrow oval window of the plane, observing London at five o'clock in the morning, without speaking.

"Lejun. What are you thinking? Keep looking outside. ”

"It's nothing," Sakakihara retracted his gaze, "I just think that apart from the fact that there is more English, people have become different, and this airport doesn't look too different." ”

"After all, all are modern facilities. Lejun actually went to the major metropolitan centers in China to take a look, and you will know that there is not much difference between many shops and many decoration styles. ”

"Yes," Sakakihara smiled at the cute face of Tianhai Jiu Ruri, which seemed very gentle, "Then, this time we also ran out secretly, there is not much time, and we have slept enough, so how about going directly to the place you want to go to the most?" ”

"Don't."

"Huh?"

"Don't. Of course, the best thing is to save it for the end, how can you go first! ”

"Well, that's right, then this short trip, I'll listen to Liuli the whole time, right?"

"Listen to me the whole way" Tianhai Jiu Liuli hesitated for two seconds, blinked, and then immediately laughed, "Of course it's good." ”

There was nothing important about the trip itself, so it was not very long.

According to the arrangement along the way, probably. Can you go all the places you want to go in about three or four days?

I had already slept enough on the plane, so after the two got off the plane, they were ready to leave non-stop.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli couldn't register a local taxi software on his mobile phone for a long time, so he could only accompany Sakakihara Le to walk out of the airport with his suitcase first.

It took a lot of effort to find a place where you could get a taxi.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli pulled the suitcase, wore a dress, and wore a summer sunhat, and her eyes were full of curiosity.

"Taxis in the UK are black, so old-fashioned, like a big black box. Why is it black? ”

Sakakihara stood with her on the side of the road, his suitcase in his hand, and looked with her at the black cab approaching from a distance.

"Do you remember the black van carriage you often see in film and television dramas?"

"Ah, I have an impression, I have seen it in many works."

"In the middle of the 17th century, horse-drawn carriages were all the rage in England, and the most striking feature was the black color. Not only is the body black, but even the driver must wear a black suit or even a black top hat. Later, horse-drawn carriages became hierarchical, and with the Industrial Revolution, they were gradually replaced by internal combustion engines, but what remained unchanged was the black paint used by various passenger cars. ”

"I see." Tianhai Jiuliuli nodded, even more curious, "How did Le Jun know this?" ”

Sakakihara replied, "Last time. Anyway, three months ago, I can't remember what day it was, Qi Mingyue had to pull me to watch a vampire movie, I asked her, she introduced me. ”

"No wonder there's a smell of July being introduced."

As he spoke, Tianhai Jiuliuli stretched out his hand to hail a taxi on the side of the road, and unexpectedly did not extend the topic.

Arriving at the hotel booked in advance, Sakakihara Le simply packed up and was about to leave, but Tianhai Jiu Liuli did not come out for a long time.

In fact, this kind of psychology is also very easy to understand.

Liuli not only regards this trip as a simple tour, but also a travel date with only two people.

Boom. Knock knock

The movement of the heels stopped after a knock on the door.

Sakakihara raised his head, and time seemed to stop as well.

She wore a cool white dress with delicate pale blue and indigo around the edges, bright and lively tones. A lightweight belt is tied around the waist that matches the skirt to accentuate the slender waist. The long flaxen-colored hair is curled in a wheat-ear-style princess braid at the side, neat and clean, revealing a slender neck.

In addition, I don't know if she wears lipstick or touch-up lip balm, it looks very natural, and when she smiles lightly at herself, there seems to be a light sweetness in her heart.

Plus she's already tall.

She's such a beautiful big girl.

"What are you staring at me like that?"

Tianhai Jiu Liuli's shy smile, like a little girl's cowardly voice, made her more real.

It's hard to say." Sakakihara pinched his chin and looked at it carefully.

"What's hard to say? No, isn't it pretty? I spent more than half an hour dressing up, alas. ”

"I mean, Ruri, you're dressed up so maturely, but you're still blushing like a little girl who has just fallen in love. Such a gesture is very subtle and difficult to evaluate. ”

"What do you want to praise people, just say it!"

Sakakihara didn't take her words again, but because she was so beautiful, he couldn't help but look at her for a long time.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli noticed his eyes that suddenly stopped in place, "Look at it?" ”

“.”

"Lejun?"

Sakakihara Le shook his head suddenly, "It's nothing, I just think it's very embarrassing that you spend so much energy on dressing up just by going out."

"Impressed? Happy? ”

"To be happy is to be happy. But it's more of a different mood."

Sakakihara can't describe it, but looking at Ruri's eyes, looking at this face that is exactly the same as July, I always think of the compromises she made again and again to take care of herself.

Until now. She still has a scar on her stomach that is clearly visible.

And when he told them a while ago that he was responsible for Zhixue, Ruri was basically not angry with himself.

It was as if she had followed herself, and she had been firmly following behind her.

Tianhai Jiu Ruri suddenly came to Sakakihara Le's side, with his hands behind his back, and while bending down slightly, he looked at him sideways and smiled:

"Since Le Jun can't say it, he won't say it, okay. We're out on our honeymoon. Before, I never thought that I would have a boy I liked so much, I thought he was super hard-working, and I thought he was super nice to people. I never thought that one day he would appear in front of me, like a savior, pull me out of the quagmire, and then give me infinite love and infinite power for my mistakes. ”

“.”

Tianhai Jiu Liuli commented on his words in this paragraph, and Sakakihara didn't know how to reply well.

Probably my past self, indeed.

Will try to forgive her as much as possible, will try to understand her experience as much as possible, will try to understand her weaknesses and the real reason why she made mistakes.

But will this mend the wound on her stomach?

Apparently not.

"Lejun.? I've been in a daze lately. ”

"I'm thinking about something," Sakakihara replied, putting his hands in his pockets, "Also, before you go, Ruri, what do you think of me now?" ”

"How's it going?.Lejun, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Falsehood."

"That is, everything is intact and nothing has changed."

"What about the truth?"

"Lejun, many times it has become less like Lejun. Those that say about July. I also think that it will not be what you can say at all, no matter how you look at it, from the past of you and July, it is extremely irrational. ”

"yes. But ah, Ruri, that's exactly what I said. ”

"What does Le Jun really think?"

"I'm tired, Ruri. Now I don't want to run for the feelings of anyone who I care, which is actually against your original intention of liking me. Doesn't that what you like is me who will take care of the people around you? And now, I've changed. That's why you feel disagreeable with me. ”

Tianhai Jiu Liuli stood in place, trying to understand his words.

But no matter how you understand it, between the lines of his words, you can only come to one conclusion - I am no longer the me you like.

"Lejun, what do you mean by this?"

"Literally."

"I think more. It's Lejun, you're kidding. ”

"No kidding."

"Lejun you. Didn't that bring me to England? ”

"Well, because I want to know what kind of choice Liuli will have on me after you understand this."

“.”

Tianhai Jiuliuli was silent.

The biggest reason is because she doesn't know how to pick up this passage from Sakakihara at all.

As he said, he has changed. has become no longer the Lejun who will take care of people in the past and will always take care of people unconditionally. He's also laughed less and more reluctantly lately.

You can see for yourself.

Because of this, what kind of choice do you want to make on him?

Tianhai Jiu Ruri didn't answer, or didn't think about the answer, but after being silent for a long time, he was driven out of the hotel by Sakakihara Le's sentence "Let's go, let's go see London together".

*

Take a taxi to the first stop on your journey to the UK, the British Museum.

As one of the four major museums in the world, it is a little disappointing that there is no majestic square in front of the main entrance, and it is not even on a wide enough street. The exterior of the museum is all too familiar with the Greek architectural style, and the classicist design makes it oversimplified, far from the striking details of Baroque and Gothic architecture.

The artifacts inside are still diverse enough to be novel and shocking.

But the two did not have any communication during the period, but just walked through the rare monuments that have been passed down for thousands of years and centuries like passers-by in life.

Second stop, Buckingham Palace.

It was 11:20 p.m. when it arrived at Buckingham Palace, and even at noon, it was already crowded with tourists who had come to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Many tourists take advantage of the favorable position early on, preferring to stand and wait for two or three hours to catch a glimpse of the royal style.

Ten minutes later, the royal soldiers wearing red uniforms and bearskin hats walked from the park on the left towards Buckingham Palace.

The process is full of heroism and has a unique appeal, but the two only have two simple sentences.

The third stop, the fourth stop of Oxford University, Tower Bridge in London, both of them hurried through as if they had no chance to pass by.

It wasn't until late at night that Tianhai Jiuliuli was at the door of the hotel and said the words that had been held for a day:

"I don't care if you have changed, Lejun, I only like you, and I have been all over the body in this life, so I rely on you. I won't care about your opinion, even if you've changed! Even if you don't agree, I'll stick to my choice – stay with you! ”

The evening breeze in the UK seems to be no different from Tokyo.

It's even colder.

Sakakihara Le, hearing her call to herself behind her back, did not look back, but in her heart, because of her words, she understood that she was different from the past.

In the past, Liuli probably would only compromise, longing, but didn't dare to say the things he wanted the most to himself, right?

So much so that when she was at her most desperate, she only pointed a knife at herself

And now, she has been able to say everything she wants, her own thoughts, to herself.

This. Isn't it a manifestation of the growth of the glass?

(End of chapter)