On December 11, an ordinary working day, it snowed lightly again in Fangting City.

The light snow began the night before and lasted until the afternoon of the next day. The white snowflakes dye the whole city white, and it also brings a bit of a dreamy atmosphere in the middle of winter.

Fine snowflakes gently knocked on the window lattice, silently leaving a few drops of water and blurring the street scene outside the window. In the Strange Strategy Bureau with the heating on, Lin Yun, who was sitting in the director's room, wiped the teacup in his hand and sighed suddenly.

Then he looked at the uninvited guest across the table, and asked with a strong spirit:

"Is there anything nice about today?"

Across the table sat his students and juniors, who were also frequent visitors to the director's office in recent days—Bai Jingxuan.

As a kind of discourse, it is not to ask "what is the matter" or "why are you coming", but to circle the scope to "happy things". Just because he couldn't figure out what the kid meant, he tried to make the tone of the conversation more positive.

It was close to the end of work, and when Lin Yun had already finished processing the day's paperwork and was about to summarize the day's work, Bai Jingxuan suddenly came here.

Of course, although it was a sudden visit, Lin Yun was almost used to it. As previously said, Bai Jingxuan has become a frequent visitor. Since the incident of the spring on the lakeside, I don't know if it is because she responded to this "daughter" as a delphinch, and the number of times Bai Jingxuan ran to the different strategy bureau has also increased a lot.

Since then, however, she has not made any horrific requests such as "Torture and Kill Ember Dawn". From time to time, after simply saying hello to Lin Yun, he sat quietly in the director's room and read a book.

It's better to say that because she is really quiet enough, Lin Yun is willing to let her stay in the director's office.

"Happy?"

Today's Bai Jingxuan seems to be more lively than usual. Even when sitting on the side reading a book, the calves slightly raised by the chair are constantly swaying slightly in the air, and a pair of sneakers kick back and forth, occasionally rubbing together, making a slight scratching sound. And after hearing Lin Yun's question, she stopped her movements and raised her head:

"Uncle doesn't know?"

Know.

Lin Yun said secretly in his heart. It's better to say that Bai Jingxuan looks so happy today, but in fact, she has an inseparable relationship with Delphinium.

Because today, December 11, is Bai Jingxuan's birthday.

On the grounds of her birthday, Delphinium had informed the members of the team early that she would hold a birthday party for Bai Jingxuan in the secret base tonight.

"I can guess a little."

Of course, considering that his identity was not so clear to him, Lin Yun could only consider the words and said: "How much have you heard about it before, today should be your birthday?" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Bai Jingxuan nodded: "There will be a birthday party for me tonight, is my uncle coming?" ”

There was nothing unusual on Lin Yun's face, but after hearing the title of "uncle", the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

There is actually nothing wrong with this title, and it is even the most appropriate title between Bai Jingxuan and Lin Yun, if there is anything wrong with it, it is that Bai Jingxuan did not shout it before.

And that's the biggest problem.

In fact, Bai Jingxuan not only gave up the title of "Dad", which originally gave Lin Yun a headache, but instead began to call "uncle"; Even for Delphinium, he gave up the title of "mother" and started calling "teacher" again.

The process was so natural and so sudden that at first it happened, the delphinium didn't realize that something was wrong. And by the time she found that the situation was not very optimistic, Bai Jingxuan's title had completely changed back.

And to ask why this is the case, Delphinium is actually clear in her heart - it can be said that it is basically up to her.

This matter has to start from the day he went home to confront Lin Xiaolu: after Lin Yun revealed his identity as an employee of the Different Strategy Bureau to Lin Xiaolu, the turmoil caused by Hongsi and returning to the team finally calmed down a little.

The girls apparently understand the return of Red Siyu a lot, and gradually accept the existence of this "new" teammate. However, in addition to understanding, some new problems have arisen.

The first is Lin Xiaolu.

After Lin Yun seriously declared to her her relationship with Hong Sihe, and even her relationship with Delphia, she did stop and no longer used headaches such as "stepmother" to stimulate Lin Yun's emotions.

However, this kind of "dissipation" is one-sided. Because Delphinium soon discovered that Lin Xiaolu's attitude towards herself began to become a little wrong. Although her speech and demeanor were invisible, at some point, she would always stare at the delphinium secretly with an inexplicable complication of eyes, and when the delphinium turned to look at her, she turned her face sideways, pretending to be doing something else.

This behavior is only done once or twice, but it happens almost every day, and it is difficult for the delphinium not to notice. A few days later, it was Xia Liang and Bai Jingxuan who noticed this strange phenomenon.

What's even more strange is that Lin Xiaolu began to work inexplicably.

It's not that she didn't work hard enough before, in fact, Lin Xiaolu has always completed the tasks assigned by Delphinium to the letter, and it definitely takes a lot of effort. It's just that these days, her efforts have begun to become a little stubborn, and there is even a tendency to move closer to Bai Jingxuan.

Delphinium asked her why, and she replied, "Of the three of them, she is the only one who has not awakened the magic costume, so she is a little anxious."

This answer doesn't sound like a problem, and it can even be said to be reasonable, so Delphinium is not good to ask again. After all, it's hard to guess what adolescent girls are thinking, and since Lin Xiaolu's overall behavior is good, there shouldn't be much to worry about.

And if Lin Xiaolu's state is just confusing, Bai Jingxuan's attitude is somewhat worrying.

Before this incident, and in the period after the attack on Lakeside Spring, Bai Jingxuan's desire to express herself in the secret base had obviously become much stronger. She will try to speak on various occasions to maintain her presence and not let the delphinium ignore her presence.

But that night, after Delphinium chose to explain the situation and return to her home, Bai Jingxuan seemed to have a lot less words.

It's not that he doesn't speak all the time, but he rarely takes the initiative to speak. If someone asks her anything, she will still answer, but that's about it, basically no more communication.

If it weren't for the fact that Delphinch's attention to Bai Jingxuan has increased a lot these days, she might not have noticed this. After all, this kid has always been quiet and never interjects when it's inappropriate.

Of course, even if you notice it, it's useless, because at this time, Bai Jingxuan's title to Delphinium has changed back to "teacher".

When I asked her why she did this, she only got a slightly naïve answer:

- "If my uncle and teacher don't plan to get married, they won't adopt me, right?" ”

This is a very naïve answer, but it makes Delphinium's heart sink deeply. Because it's just too lightweight, and it's too logical.

"Lin Yun" and "Delphinch" will get married and reorganize their families, which is simply Lin Xiaolu's imagination, and Lin Yun has no intention of continuing the string for the time being.

And because the conditions are wrong, the subsequent inferences are also wrong, and on this basis, "Lin Xiaolu's family will adopt Bai Jingxuan" is also a castle in the air. Deducing from this logic, it is not difficult to come to Bai Jingxuan's current answer.

There is nothing wrong with this answer, but when it was said by Bai Jingxuan herself, it was a completely different state of affairs.

Judging from her previous attitude towards this matter, this is not such a trivial thing for her. Her attitude shouldn't be like this.

Delphina thought that Bai Jingxuan would be suspicious and find herself to confirm the authenticity of the promise; also thought that Bai Jingxuan would be dissatisfied, thinking that she was perfunctory and cheating; But she didn't think that it would be nothing, Bai Jingxuan didn't express any doubts and dissatisfaction, but easily persuaded herself, and then easily accepted it.

And this is the worst kind of development.

This means that Bai Jingxuan not only did not untie the knot, but even didn't think that the problem could be solved at all, and began to hide the problem, but instead internalized the knot into a part of herself.

After several attempts to talk to no avail, Delphinium had to pull Xia Liang and take the initiative to explain the ins and outs of this matter, including but not limited to allowing Bai Jingxuan to call herself "Mom" before. Then, in Xia Liang's somewhat subtle gaze, he temporarily abandoned these premises and negotiated and finalized a plan:

That is to take Bai Jingxuan's birthday as an opportunity and use the atmosphere of the birthday party to get the opportunity to talk sincerely.

So there is today's scene, Bai Jingxuan will make a special trip to the director's office of the Different Policy Bureau and ask him if he wants to participate.

Obviously, the "birthday party" is a long-lost experience for Bai Jingxuan, no matter what problems she had before, now she hopes to share this happiness with the people she knows.

But unfortunately, Lin Yun's answer was destined to be no.

“…… I'm sorry. ”

After struggling several times in his heart, he finally responded: "I have something very important to do tonight, maybe ...... There is no way to get past it. ”

If possible, he would love to see if he could learn to be a doppelganger and attend this birthday party in two capacities at the same time, but unfortunately, he won't.

In this birthday party, Delphinch and Lin Yun are destined to have only one person present.

After saying this, he was already thinking about remedies in his mind, thinking about what kind of words to use to make Bai Jingxuan's mood a little better, but before he could continue to speak, he heard a soft laugh.

"Hey, hey."

Bai Jingxuan closed the book in her hand, and a small smile appeared on her face for some reason: "I know, because Sister Xiaolu told me that uncle, you would even be absent from her birthday before." ”

Lin Yun didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only tug at the corners of his mouth with some bitterness.

"So, I've really come to the right place." Bai Jingxuan suddenly said again.

“…… What? ”

The sudden turn of events caught Lin Yun off guard for a while. He raised his head in some astonishment, only to find that Bai Jingxuan was squinting with an innocent smile on his face:

- "Everyone celebrates their birthdays together, and if you can't go alone except uncle, isn't it lonely?" So before my birthday, I came to accompany the escort, talk to you, and share the good luck of your birthday. ”

These fluttering words failed to leave any traces in the office, but they made Lin Yun speechless for a while.

He looked at the girl in front of him who seemed to be smiling happily, and for some reason, his throat moved slightly, but he couldn't say a word.

The weather was very cold on the day of the snowfall, and even if the heating was turned on indoors, there was still a chill that could not be dispersed in the huge strange situation. The snowflakes that melt outside the window constantly strip the heat from the inside of the house, allowing the cold to continue to invade the house.

But at this moment, Bai Jingxuan's words, as if there was some kind of magic, attached temperature to the snow.

Although it was the middle of winter, the snow outside the house could no longer bring the slightest cold, and the inexplicable warmth seemed to flow through Lin Yun's limbs, making him feel a little trance.

After a long silence, he suddenly gathered the papers on the table and slowly stood up.

"I really can't go to your birthday party."

Stretching out his hand, he rubbed Bai Jingxuan's head: "But, while there is nothing to do now, I can take you to the shopping mall and help you buy a birthday gift." ”

"I didn't come to my uncle for a gift!" As if feeling that her words had been misinterpreted, Bai Jingxuan puffed out her mouth with some dissatisfaction.

"I know."

Lin Yun withdrew the hand that was placed on her head and pulled the door of the director's office in front of her: "It's not for anything else, it's just that I want to buy it." ”

……

……

The sky was very gloomy on a snowy day, and the gray clouds covered the sun impermeably, leaving no gaps in the sunlight. It was just after five o'clock, and it was getting dark, as if it were already night.

Even on weekdays, the shopping plaza next to the bureau is bustling – it's the only one in the neighborhood that takes up the majority of the traffic.

And in this group of customers, I don't know when there is a pair of customers who look like father and daughter. A middle-aged man who was meticulously dressed and had an indifferent expression, with the aura of an elite in the workplace, was walking slowly in the square with a little girl.

said that he was here to buy gifts, but in fact, it was shopping, and along the way, Lin Yun had already taken Bai Jingxuan to visit a lot of things, such as the indoor skating rink in the shopping mall, and the high-end headset experience area that was specially set aside for the area...... Although this kind of amusement is not new to people who often go shopping, Bai Jingxuan is very happy about it.

It is only at this time that she will rarely show her relatively naïve side, that is, the threshold of happiness is very low, and she can be full of interest no matter what she goes to play.

It's just that there is no burden when playing, but when Lin Yun said that he wanted to buy a gift, Bai Jingxuan became a lot more restrained. No matter what kind of gift Lin Yun proposed, she always looked slightly resistant, obviously thinking that "accepting the gift" would make it seem that she had become impure in coming to Lin Yun.

This thought made Lin Yun a little crying and laughing, but he didn't force it, so he just took her to continue wandering around the mall.

From the perspective of passers-by, it is like a father walking and stopping with his daughter, stopping in front of some toy or clothing store from time to time, as if asking the girl next to him about something. But most of the time the girl just shook her head, and the man smiled helplessly, and the two continued on their way.

In this way, they looked all the way to the door of a somewhat deserted handicraft shop, and the pace of the two gradually slowed down. Because Lin Yun noticed that Bai Jingxuan's eyes seemed to be attracted by something in the window.

Following his gaze, he saw a piano music box with some elaborate workmanship, which was now placed there with the lid open. Under the lid of the music box is a delicately arranged transmission component, but because there is no winding, it is only stationary, and there is no other movement.

"Interested in that?" Lowering her head, Lin Yun wanted to refer to Bai Jingxuan's opinion, but found that the girl had turned her head and looked ahead as if nothing had happened.

"No, just a casual look."

Bai Jingxuan muttered in a low voice, reached out and tugged at Lin Yun's sleeve: "Let's go." ”

"Are you sure?"

This time, Lin Yun didn't follow her meaning, but asked again: "I didn't say that you must buy it if you see it, just if you are interested, if you want to take a few more looks, it is not impossible to wait for you next to you for a while." ”

After saying this, he felt that Bai Jingxuan's strength in pulling his sleeves was obviously much weaker, and the eyes that were originally forcibly looking forward glanced at the window on the side again, obviously a little moved.

"Go ahead." He waved his hand at Bai Jingxuan, and after expressing encouragement again, he stood still on the side, indicating that he would not walk around.

Bai Jingxuan no longer hesitated, trotted all the way to the store, simply squatted there, and carefully looked at the music box.

Lin Yun followed, standing quietly behind Bai Jingxuan, looking at the handicraft in the window with her. When the salesman in the store noticed the two people who looked like father and daughter here, and wanted to come to inquire, he shook his head at her from afar, and then pointed at Bai Jingxuan silently, temporarily declining the other party's kindness.

A few minutes passed like this, and Bai Jingxuan's gaze gradually moved away from the music box. After glancing back with some reluctance, she said to Lin Yun, "Let's go, uncle." ”

"Are you really not going to buy it?" Lin Yun asked.

"There's no point in buying it."

I don't know why, after looking at the music box in the store, Bai Jingxuan's mood was lowered, and she shook her head and said, "It's just very similar, but it's not something in memory after all." ”

"What's in your memory?" Lin Yun asked.

He remembered Bai Jingxuan's magic costume - Tianyin's appearance was a music box, and the magic girl's magic costume was often inextricably related to her personality and experience. Obviously, for Bai Jingxuan, the music box seems to be something with a special meaning.

But unfortunately, after raising this question, he did not get a follow-up answer from Bai Jingxuan.

The two wandered around the mall for a while, during which no matter what gift Lin Yun proposed to buy, they could only get Bai Jingxuan's refusal. This delayed the trip, which was supposed to end in half an hour, and the two did not leave until it was close to six o'clock. And after several suggestions to no avail, Lin Yun could only reluctantly give up the idea of buying a gift - the purpose of giving a gift is to let the recipient get a good mood, if you can't do this, it's better not to buy it.

After leaving the mall, Lin Yun drove the car and took Bai Jingxuan on the snow-covered road. Looking out of the car through the windshield wipers swaying from side to side on the front window, just as he was concentrating on the road in front of him, he suddenly heard Bai Jingxuan's subtle voice from the seat next to him:

"I ...... When I was young, my health was very bad, so I basically couldn't go out. ”

As if answering a question from a long time ago, she said a little inseparablely: "So I can only listen to my dad tell me stories, and he will tell me what the outside world is like, and tell me that there are many beautiful things in this world." ”

Although this passage was as abrupt as a whisper, Lin Yun was vaguely aware that what she was talking about might be the question she had asked in the handicraft store before.

"Whenever I get sick while I sleep, and my head hurts so much that I can't sleep, my dad will come to coax me, and he will hold my hand by the bedside, tell me stories, and put me to sleep."

Bai Jingxuan's voice was soft, and she continued as if talking to herself: "One day, my father told me that he was going on a business trip, but I didn't want to, so he took out a small box from his bag and put it next to my bed, telling me that this thing is called 'music box'. ”

He said that by twisting the clockwork, the music box would make a musical sound, and there would be little people dancing on it. If I can't sleep, I open the music box and when I hear it, I can fall asleep as if he were there. ”

"I didn't believe it, so he opened the music box and let me watch the little people on it dance, and after a while, I really fell asleep."

So, later, the music box became my friend. When you can't sleep; When a person is bored at home; When you're in a bad mood...... As soon as I open the music box and listen to its sound, I feel that my heart has become quiet. ”

"It's just that later, Dad and Mom met the Beast, and they ...... All dead. ”

"A group of uncles and aunts dressed in black came to our house, took all my parents' things, and sent me to a welfare home. I don't know where the music box my dad gave me was thrown away. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Jingxuan paused, she glanced at Lin Yun, but quickly retracted it, and continued as if there was no such thing at all:

"Originally, even if the music box was lost, I didn't care. Because as long as I close my eyes, I can still remember the sound of the music box, and it is in my head. ”

"But last month, those bad guys came. They told me that my mom and dad weren't my mom and dad at all, that I wasn't their child, that I was a cripple, a monster. ”

"I get a headache because I'm a monster, and the music box is actually something that my dad made to control me. Open the music box and listen to its sound, and the remnant will fall asleep. So I'm going to fall asleep too, so I don't lose control. ”

With that said, silence returned to the car again.

Lin Yun listened to what she said, thought for a long time, and then asked, "Why do you believe what the bad guy says?" ”

"Because, when I felt confused later, as if I was going to become something else, one of those bad guys was humming."

Looking at the snow scene outside the car window, Bai Jingxuan's lips hummed:

"The song he hummed was the same as the one in the music box...... Same. ”

The car drove through the intersection on a snowy night, and because it was on the outskirts of the city, there was not much traffic around. For a moment, there seemed to be only two people on the silver-white highway walking in this darkness.

Lin Yun's face was expressionless, his lips were tightly closed, but the hand holding the steering wheel was tight.

He seemed to understand why the Ember Dawn at the scene didn't survive a single mouth, and he also understood why the remnant beast that seemed to be the leader was tortured like that.

Bai Jingxuan also stopped for a long time, as if she was thinking about something, and only after a long time did she speak:

"Uncle, they say my name is fake, my mom and dad are fake, and my identity is fake. Say I'm a remnant of nothing, just like those nasty monsters. ”

"But they didn't tell me if my birthday was fake. So, it seems like the only thing I'm really doing. ”

"I want to be as happy as everyone who has a birthday on this day, and I want everyone to be happy on this only real day, and I want to come to you with the only real thing...... That way, I'll feel a lot more real about what I am now. ”

"But I don't really dare to think about it, if even my birthday...... It's not true, so what do I have left? ”

"Could it be, even this day is not actually my real birthday, it's just made up casually......"

- "When I was young, my family was very poor. ”

Her words were suddenly interrupted by Lin Yun's words.

When he said this, Lin Yun's gaze also kept looking forward, without the slightest focus on Bai Jingxuan. It's as if Fang Cai's words were not intentional, and he was just talking to himself:

"Because my father is the only one in the family to take care of me, and he is not in good health and is bedridden all the year round, so our family has always been short of money. Basically, I can only rely on subsidies and earn some money for the family when my father is in better health. ”

"My family didn't really have any extra money to buy a cake, but even then, he insisted on celebrating my birthday. Every time it's my birthday, he always makes a whole bunch of chocolates out of nowhere. He said that the cake tasted so sweet and the chocolate was just right, so I never thought there was anything wrong with it. ”

"Later, when I grew up, I learned that there is a holiday in this world called 'Valentine's Day', and this holiday is on the same day as my birthday, which is February 14."

"Then, when I was in middle school, my father was seriously ill and died, and when I was packing up my belongings, I found our family's resident register, and then found my birthday on it — it wasn't February 14 at all."

"The reason why he didn't tell me the real date and kept lying to me that my birthday was Valentine's Day was because on that day, the streets were full of chocolates that no one wanted. He casually went to the street to pick up some well-packed ones, and I found what I ate for my birthday. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yun suddenly showed a rare smile: "Just because of such a stupid reason, he changed my birthday, and he didn't say it until he died." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Bai Jingxuan and asked a little abruptly, "So, do you think my birthday is real or fake?" ”

Hearing this story, which seemed like a joke, Bai Jingxuan didn't show the slightest smile, it was better to say that after hearing Lin Yun's words, she was stunned.

It wasn't until Lin Yun asked her a question that she came to her senses a little and asked tentatively, "Uncle, are you ...... now?" What is your birthday? ”

"February 14th."

Lin Yun was very sure: "Although I haven't celebrated my birthday for many years, my birthday is February 14th. ”

“…… Why? ”

"Because February 14th is the day when my father and I spent time and time again, brought me happiness and left a mark in my memories."

Stopping in front of an intersection, Lin Yun turned his face sideways and said to Bai Jingxuan seriously: "Every birthday I have memories of is on February 14th, then, February 14th is mine, it is Lin Yun's birthday." ”

"The so-called birthday is just a date after all. The day we were born is a thing of the past, and no matter how much we remember the numbers on that date, it has become history. ”

"For people who live in the moment, it never matters what day your birthday is. The important thing is to gather people on your birthday day to celebrate your birthday. In any case, they are real. ”

"As long as that group of people come together and you are convinced that this day is your birthday, then this is your birthday. And because of their existence, this birthday is more real than anything else. ”

After saying this solemnly, he restarted the car and continued to drive forward.

And Bai Jingxuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was still extremely confused at this time: "However, this is just self-deception......

"No, it's not self-deception."

Lin Yun shook his head: "The definition of our existence as human beings is actually constantly given by others, and parents have given you the definition of your child; The school has given you the definition of a student; The Wizarding Realm has given you the definition of a magical girl...... We continue to get to know the people of this world to shape and define each other. ”

"If that's a little hard for you to understand, remember this simple phrase – seeing is believing."

"Your 'parents', whether they are really the ones who gave birth to you or not, as long as they really love you, protect you, and raise you, then they are your real parents."

"As a human being, no matter what kind of blood and magic you have, as long as you have human intelligence and everything you do is in line with human morality, then you are a real human being."

"Your enemies, no matter how much they flaunt their righteousness and how much they confuse the public, as long as they do dirty things that are inferior to beasts, then they are monsters, monsters more hateful than the remnants of the beast."

"Including your teachers."

He paused again, carefully organized the language, and then, taking a deep breath:

"No matter what my relationship with her is, whether I will adopt you or not, as long as she really gives you a promise and accepts you as a 'daughter', then this contract is valid. Under this commitment, you can continue to call her mom and think of her as your mom. ”

"So, it's okay if you call me uncle, but you changed your name to 'teacher' again, which actually worries Delfinium."

Saying this is the result of his real deliberation.

Because no matter what, he can still remember the feelings he read from this child's expression when Bai Jingxuan was showing off to himself and explaining everything to himself on the afternoon when he went to the lakeside spring alone.

It was an uneasiness, but also a kind of anticipation.

It is precisely because of this that Delphinium chose to respond to that expectation, soothe that anxiety, should be called "mother", and made a decision to guide this child.

Whether as a senior or as a teacher, for the sake of this child's growth, Delphinium has no reason to betray this promise. From that moment on, no matter how the facts change, this commitment will not change.

And for this reason, if he needs to clarify everything further, maybe it is necessary for him to have a complete showdown with Bai Jingxuan.

In itself, he has no reason to hide his identity from Bai Jingxuan, as long as he can ensure that this child will not leak his mouth, then showing the unity of Lin Yun and Delphinch's identities will undoubtedly help him guide the growth of this child from the side.

For Bai Jingxuan, 'Lin Yun' is a dispensable identity after all, and so far it is just a "father" shouted out because of a misunderstanding, which is actually not ......

- "So, Daddy. ”

Bai Jingxuan's voice interrupted his thoughts.

He looked to the side a little stunned, and saw Bai Jingxuan shrinking on the seat, holding his fingers tightly, and also looking at himself with a somewhat apprehensive expression:

"If possible, I still hope that I can continue to call Uncle and your father. Because no matter what, I want people I care about...... A little more. ”

A little more.

This word made Lin Yun retract the words that he was about to blurt out.

He looked at Bai Jingxuan, and his originally serious expression once again became a little gentle. He reached out and rubbed it on his head again, sighing, not knowing what he was sighing for.

"A little more...... yes, I see. ”

Then, he said in Bai Jingxuan's somewhat puzzled gaze: "Get out of the car, it's time to get there, someone is coming to pick you up." ”

Bai Jingxuan looked out the window when she heard this, and found that the surrounding scenery had become quite familiar, and she had obviously arrived in the neighborhood near the secret base. The snow-covered streets were so different from what she usually saw that she didn't recognize for a while.

And in the snow outside the car window, there seemed to be a familiar figure standing there waiting.

It's a delphinch.

Bai Jingxuan could confirm this at a glance.

All the previous confusion came to naught at this moment, she reached out and put the door handle, but she looked back at Lin Yun as if she remembered something, and she didn't know what she was expecting.

"I really have something to do, I can't go."

Shaking his head, Lin Yun leaned back slightly, expressing his determination: "Go back and celebrate your birthday with your sister and mother, Dad will send you here, Xiaoxuan." ”

The first half of the sentence first darkened Bai Jingxuan's expression a little; But in the second half of the sentence, it became bright again. It's like a real-life version of a face-changing.

She stepped out of the car and took a few steps in the direction of the delphinch, but before she could get in front of the other man, she looked back at the car again. After finding Lin Yun sitting in the car, looking at her with a smile. She laughed and waved, and continued in the direction of the delphinch.

Her steps grew faster and faster, and she walked more and more quickly, until at last she became a trot, and then, like that, rushed into the sparrow of the delphinium.

Perhaps, she didn't notice that when she left, in the car behind her, the figure of "Lin Yun" scattered into a blue magic line.

Perhaps, she didn't notice, the hand holding her still seemed to have the residual warmth of touching the top of her head not long ago.

For a birthday child, these are things that there is no need to pay attention to, and they are also things that can not exist.

On a snowy midwinter night, she hugged the delphinium under the white street lamp, raised her head and opened her mouth, but she was silent for a long time. It wasn't until the delphinium also held her palm that her eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally, with a smile, she spoke again:

"Mom!"

And this time, that call will never change.

(End of chapter)