When you feel that time flies, when you feel that time is starting to get tight, when you start to fear that time is going forward, then it is proof that you have grown.

At some point in their lives, most people will always feel lost, distracted, and nervous because of some things.

During that time, they didn't know which direction was the right way to go, which was the right way.

Most of the time, they can only look in one direction and never look back.

Because they don't know if the way around is right or wrong.

Xia Mi has been on such a road for many years, and she has never looked back.

Because she knows better than anyone that the old era behind her has come to an end.

That era was once bright and dazzling, and once carried everything for all of them.

But now, in that era buried in the wasteland, there is no longer her ferryboat.

And in the new era, the ship she was waiting for has not yet come.

She is a person who has been abandoned by the times.

All she could do was to identify a direction like many of her kind, and walk alone until the lonely boat under her feet could dock in a suitable place and at a suitable time.

No one knows what the end point of the other side will be.

Again, no one knows when to stop.

And many people, before they reach the other side, disappear on the way.

It's the height of summer again.

The cicadas in the yard are like pigs waiting to be slaughtered, chirping desperately.

When the wind blows, the branches and leaves of the old trees rustle and mingle with the chirping of cicadas to form a unique song.

The morning light shines through the cracks in the leaves, through the windowsill, into the bedroom, and on the girl's delicate little face.

The strands of hair that stuck to her delicate cheeks were also stained with a pale golden sheen.

The girl seemed to be sleeping soundly and was defenseless.

Perhaps feeling the stimulation of the light, the girl's slender eyelashes trembled slightly.

The hazy sleepy eyes opened, and the black jewel-like pupils were pure and bright, without a trace of impurities.

The bed was soft and covered with a pure white plush blanket.

The girl lay quietly on the blanket, the faint scent of lavender lingering.

She stared at the half-open window with her eyes open for a long time, and slowly, her blank thoughts gradually connected.

It was as if she had a long, long dream.

The dream was vague and real, dreamy and magnificent.

It's just that, in that dream, she was very tired, physically and mentally exhausted.

So, at the end of the dream, she fell asleep.

Putting away her thoughts, the girl got out of bed and went to the half-open window.

From here you can see the view of the whole yard.

This yard is still set in stone.

The old trees are still strong and tall.

When the breeze blows, it also brings the freshness of the blades of grass.

For many days and nights, Natsumi stood in the same position and watched.

This unchanging angle is like the road under her feet that has no end in sight and no end in sight.

Under an old tree, a boy is sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard with a broom.

Xia Mi quietly looked at the boy's back, watching him clean the fallen leaves little by little.

She had never been calmer than she was today.

She just looked at the boy quietly, watching his little bits, even his subtle movements.

Just looking at it like this, she felt surprisingly calm in her heart, and the feeling of being quiet for a long time surfaced in her heart.

Perhaps sensing something, the boy looked back upstairs.

"Ouch, who's this? Finally awake? The boy looked at the girl and greeted her with a grin.

There was a shallow smile in the boy's eyes.

I don't know why, listening to Lu Mingfei's calm and somewhat underspoken words, Xia Mi's heart, which was originally as calm as a lake, suddenly burst into waves.

That wave turned into a strong impulse.

Natsumi had never been so impulsive.

The impulse came so violently, so quickly.

Almost subconsciously, she grabbed the edge of the window with her little hand and jumped down towards the boy downstairs.

She was like a fledgling trying to soar, and like a kite, she fell with her arms outstretched.

The hairband on her head was blown off by the wind, and the bundle of hair splashed like ink behind her, fluttering loudly.

The skirt hunts, and the girl is like a piece of paper falling with the wind.

Her eyes were so clear, and her pupils reflected everything in the yard, and the boy's appearance.

"Oh, sister, you just escaped death, can't you think about it? Couldn't it be that my brain was broken? Seeing this, Lu Mingfei was immediately shocked, and hurriedly threw away the broom in his hand and gently caught Xia Mi who had fallen.

"Senior sister, what has stimulated you, do you still want to experience the feeling of a sleeping beauty under a tree in the world?" Lu Mingfei gently put Xia Mi down.

Xia Mi didn't speak, just hugged Lu Mingfei.

"I think I might be able to stop." After a long time, she whispered, her forehead pressed against Lu Mingfei's chest.

No matter how far you go, there will always be an end.

She thought that this must be the other side that she had never been to before.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head slightly, and the girl's faint fragrance hit him.

"In this new era, everyone should have their own boat." The boy's hand fell on the girl's shiny black hair and whispered.

Maybe it's because of the joy of waking up after a long sleep, or maybe it's because of the arrival of the other side where he once wanted to go, Xia Mi seems to be particularly interested today, and the whole person has been in a state of excitement since he woke up.

She took Lu Mingfei to a lot of places.

Playgrounds, memorials, museums.

When she finished visiting the museum, it was already dark, and she didn't stop, as if her energy was inexhaustible, she pulled Lu Mingfei to watch a movie again.

She's like an excited little girl, interested in everything.

Look with your heart and listen to it.

Obviously, these things have been seen and touched countless times for her, but she still has a feeling of being immersed in them.

At that moment, Lu Mingfei felt that this girl seemed to be enjoying herself.

Enjoy all this hard-won and enjoy this long-lost peace.

Even if the crowd is surging and the crowd is noisy, her heart is at peace.

After the movie ended, when Lu Mingfei found Xia Mi with the coffee he bought, the girl was standing on the glass plank road of the mall, looking down at the crowded crowd below.

A ponytail with a simple hairband swayed gently behind her, and a light green horse-faced skirt and a white lady's shirt lined her as if she had come out of a painting.

She seemed to be watching everyone below, observing their movements, their demeanor, and their words and actions.

"What's wrong? You seem to like to observe people. Lu Mingfei came to the side and handed over a cup of coffee.

"I've observed a lot of people, all kinds of personalities." Natsumi took the coffee and said softly, "But there has never been a time when I looked at them with the same mentality as I did today." ”

"What is the mentality? Does it make any difference? Lu Mingfei said with a slight curiosity.

"Try to look at them with a reciprocal mindset. ”

"And what was your mindset before?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Natsumi just smiled, took a sip of coffee, and didn't speak.

Dragons have always been a proud species.

No matter how much they disguise it, no matter how they disguise it, the arrogant and high-minded mentality in their hearts is engraved in their bones and genes.

Many times, they look at humans as if they were ants on the ground.

Except, of course, on Eri.

Because in her eyes, dragons and ants are the same, there is no distinction between high and low, only the living and the dead, the dangerous and the undangerous, and the likes and hates.

Xia Mi and Lu Mingfei went home.

Instead of taking the car back, they pressed the road back.

The empty bottles on the road were kicked by the two of them, dripping and kicking, relaying back and forth.

"The dignified executive principal of Kassel, he doesn't look serious, he looks like a gangster, it's a shame for Kassel."

"I saw that Mr. Xia had a lot of fun!"

"Do you still know that I am a teacher, why am I struggling to the death under the World Tree, but you go around saying that I am dead, is it worthy of my desperate life?"

"Slander, this is slander!" Lu Ming said unjustly.

"Don't think I don't know, the Night's Watch Forum is going to be ready to give me a memorial service!" Xia Mi said angrily.

"Then I'll have to compensate you." Lu Mingfei said.

When Xia Mi heard this, she couldn't help but stop, looked sideways at him, and said curiously? "And compensation? What compensation? ”

Lu Mingfei hooked his finger at her, with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Xia Mi frowned, and said in disgust, "It's still mysterious." ”

As she spoke, she leaned over her head, and before she could speak, Lu Mingfei reached out and pinched the baby's fat flesh on Xia Mi's little face.

"It's so soft, and it's really elastic." Lu Mingfei commented.

Xia Mi was visibly stunned for a moment.

She obviously didn't expect Lu Mingfei to pinch her face.

She looked at the serious Lu Mingfei and commented while pinching, her good-looking eyebrows and eyes bent down like a crescent moon, and said with a smile, "It feels good, right?" ”

It's just that from her squinted eyes, there is a dangerous light.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Lu Ming let go of his hand in disdain, and then walked forward quickly, and walked faster and faster, "Senior sister, senior brother just wants to help you check your physical condition, there is absolutely no other meaning!" ”

He actually wanted to pinch Xia Mi's little face for a long time, but he never found the opportunity, and tonight he fulfilled a small wish in his heart.

Looking at Lu Mingfei who was about to run, Xia Mi hated it so much that she hurriedly chased after Lu Mingfei, "Then don't you run, don't you want to check, there are still a lot of places that have not been checked!" ”

"Oops, my heart hurts, my stomach hurts, my legs hurt, don't you want to check it?"

Listening to Xia Mi's gloomy words later, Lu Ming didn't look back.

When they returned to the yard, both were out of breath.

Xia Mi kicked Lu Mingfei's buttocks, and scolded angrily, "Dog, I'm going to die if I run so fast, I'm dying of heat." ”

Lu Mingfei sat down on the threshold and looked up at Xia Mi, "It looks like you shouldn't have any sequelae." ”

"If you come later, I guess I'll be part of the World Tree forever." Natsumi rolled her eyes.

"Stinks to death, hurry up and take a shower." Xia Mi drove Lu Mingfei to the bathroom in disgust.

"Okay, okay, why don't you go together?" Lu Mingfei's warm invitation.

"Fuck off, stinky shameless, who's going to be with you!" Xia Mi bared two little tiger teeth and glared at him viciously.

Seeing that Xia Mi did not leave any sequelae, Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief and entered the bathroom.

In the bathroom, the mist is steaming.

"Senior sister, I'm fine, it's your turn." After a long time, Lu Mingfei shouted while wiping his hair with a towel as he walked.

It was quiet in the living room.

Lu Mingfei went upstairs strangely and glanced towards Xia Mi's bedroom, but there was no one.

"Senior sister?" Lu Mingfei shouted again.

Natsumi still didn't respond.

When Lu Mingfei walked to the balcony on the second floor, he finally saw Xia Mi.

The girl was standing under an old tree in the yard.

The cold moonlight shines through the cracks in the leaves, sprinkling dappled light and shadow.

The girl quietly looked up at the tree that had been around for decades, her eyes clear and bright.

For a moment, Lu Mingfei seemed to feel like a devout believer.

Her eyes were so sincere, Lu Mingfei had never seen sincerity.

When the night breeze blows, the hem of the light green horse-faced skirt ripples like water waves, and against the background of the moonlight, the area where the girl is located seems to have turned into her country.

Witnessed by the moonlight, the girl removed the headband from her head and tied it to the branches of the old tree.

The red headband swayed gently in the night breeze.

"It represents my first wish in the new era, this wish, which belongs to this small courtyard and also starts from this small courtyard." Natsumi said softly.

"I'm not like you."

"The road we used to be was lonely."

"That kind of loneliness can't be erased, can't be thrown away."

"Because that's a sign of the times."

"I've walked many, many walks, and long, long walks to get here."

"Although I have met many, many people, experienced a lot of things, seen the brilliance of the old era, and witnessed the sunrise of the new era, after all, I can't change the fact that we come from the end of the era and are rejected by the new era."

She has gone through the years, through the vicissitudes of life, and through things and people, so she finally came here.

"I think I can stop here." Xia Mi turned around and looked at Lu Mingfei.

The night breeze blew, and the long hair spread behind her danced like a night elf.

Many people like her who have been abandoned by the old era, always delusional to recast the glory of the past, but in the end they are burned to ashes in the sunshine of the new era.

They still retain the proud glory of the old era in their bones, and they don't want to accept the arrival of the new era, nor do they want to accept the things of the new era.

But at this moment, facing the night breeze, Xia Mi thought, maybe it would be good to open her arms and try to embrace this new era.

Because here, the ferry carrying her has been waiting for her.

Just like what Lu Mingfei said to her in the Land of Death.

He said that one day, we will finally stand under the sun of the new era.

Xia Mi thought, perhaps, from today.

"Welcome to a new era, my king." Lu Mingfei said to the proud girl. (End of chapter)