At four o'clock in the morning, there was a sound of dripping rain outside the window, Lu Mingfei lay on the lower bunk, slowly opened his eyes, and there was no expression on his face.

He sat up, thought for a moment, and then took out his journal and pencil and wrote something on them. After a while, Lu Mingfei, who had finished writing, took out his backpack from under the bed, and there was a very thin box in it, and opened the box...... Inside is a photograph.

The photo shows a man and a woman walking hand in hand in the garden, both smiling, like a pair of lovers made in heaven.

Lu Mingfei held the diary in his arms with his left hand, curled up his legs, sat on the bed, leaned against the wall, and just hid in the dark, staring at the photo on his right hand, not moving.

Seven years ago. At noon, twelve-year-old Lu Mingfei was sleeping on a park bench when a middle-aged man walked over and stretched out his hand to wake Lu Mingfei up.

"Lu Mingfei isn't he?" The middle-aged man said,

"Where's your mom and dad?" The boy sat up, subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and an envelope slipped from his arms to his knees.

Lu Mingfei was stunned and opened the envelope, which was covered by his mother's handwriting.

"I'm sorry, Mom and Dad lied to you, you didn't actually go to your uncle and aunt's house this time."

"Mom and Dad are going to a far, far away place to do research, and that place can't take you with them, so they have to foster you at your uncle and aunt's house."

"Don't be sad, it's not that Mom and Dad don't like Ming Fei anymore, it's really really no way to choose to do this."

"Remember to give the bank card in the envelope to your uncle, there will be a sum of money in it every month, which is your living expenses."

"If the uncle who came to you has a silver half-decayed tree badge, then come with him, and he will take you to your uncle's aunt's house."

"Don't cry, Mom and Dad are secretly watching you from a corner at this moment, just to prevent you from being reluctant to let go, so they chose to hide when you are asleep."

"Just when you're playing hide and seek with your mom and dad for a long time, and when our Ming Fei can find us, mom and dad won't have to do any research anymore."

"Mingfei, you remember, Mom and Dad really love you...... That's why I lied to you. Twelve-year-old Lu Mingfei looked at the middle-aged man and said a little blankly: "You...... Is there a silver half-decayed tree badge? ”

"Big Tree Badge?" The man was stunned for a moment,

"Oh, the World Tree Badge, huh?"

"I have." The middle-aged man pulled out a delicate silver badge with a half-decayed World Tree on it. Lu Mingfei glanced at it casually, didn't pay much attention to it, and didn't leave a clear impression of this picture.

"That'...... Let's go, Mom and Dad said you'd take me to my aunt's house. With that, the thin boy picked up his little bag and bit his lip tightly.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then nodded, stretched out his hand to hold Lu Mingfei, and took him to prepare to leave.

When he was about to get away from the bench, Lu Mingfei still couldn't hold back, he looked around and looked around at all corners of the surroundings, but no matter how he tiptoed to look for it, he didn't see the familiar figures of his parents and parents.

Then the boy's eyes were sad, his lips trembled slightly, and tears flowed silently.

"It's okay, it's okay...... Don't cry. "The middle-aged man who doesn't have children is a little overwhelmed. Lu Mingfei nodded obediently while crying, and he told himself in his heart not to cry.

But it didn't work. So the last twelve-year-old Lu Mingfei stood there, holding his little schoolbag and crying, but he couldn't wait for his mother's warm hug...... On December 24, 2010, it was 9 o'clock in the morning.

Time passed slowly, the light rain outside the window stopped, and bright sunlight poured into the room through the glass. Brother Scrapwood yawned, rolled over in his pajamas, and climbed down from the top bunk...... Then I saw Lu Mingfei sitting in the corner of the lower bunk, with an expressionless face.

"Senior brother...... What happened to you? Fingal was stunned for a moment.

"It's fine." Lu Mingfei said. Fingal blinked,

"It's Christmas Eve, and everyone decided on the Night's Watch forum that they want to spend this Christmas, you must have seen it the other day, right? There are already some decorations in the academy, and there are still some things to be arranged today...... Would you like to help? ”

"Anyway, the principal approved it, and there will be no classes today and tomorrow."

"Didn't you buy a Christmas-style costume before? Interesting, right? "Brother Waste Wood said,

"And if these things are arranged early, it can also make your confession more atmospheric...... Aren't you asking for a Christmas confession? ”

"I'm really fine, senior brother, you can do your own business, don't worry about me." Lu Mingfei's tone did not fluctuate, his eyes were dark like an ancient well, and he still maintained the previous posture, staring at the photo in his hand.

Fingal said to himself that if you are like this, the ghost will believe that you are okay! Do you want to take a look at it?

"Don't tell anyone, especially ...... Zero. Lu Mingfei opened his mouth coldly, with no expression on his face,

"Let's just say I'm playing games in the dorm room." But he paused as he spat out the name Zero, as if swallowing another name back.

Fingal was silent for a while, then looked at Lu Mingfei deeply,

"Got it...... Do you want me to bring food back? ”

"No, you don't." Brother Scrapwood nodded, turned around and walked into the toilet with his clothes. Until he left the dormitory after everything was done, Fingal didn't ask Lu Mingfei what was wrong, nor did he try to find out what was on the thing that Lu Mingfei was holding that was probably a photo.

The door to the dormitory was closed by the departing Waste Brothers, and silence returned to the room. Lu Mingfei's right hand holding the photo hung limply on the bed, and he turned his head to look at the window.

The surging sunlight sprinkled on Lu Mingfei's delicate face, and the atmosphere seemed to be very warm, but the look in his eyes was obscure, making the whole picture look warm on the surface, but a little mysterious and melancholy underneath.

If someone takes a picture of Lu Mingfei's side face at this moment and posts it on the Internet, it will become a photo that fascinates thousands of girls.

But that kind of thing is not within the scope of Lu Mingfei's thinking, he always likes to think crankily in the past, and he is wandering in the world, but at the moment, he is ...... in his mind Emptiness, or nothingness.

To put it simply, Lu Mingfei didn't think about anything now, and he had already thought about everything he shouldn't think about in the previous few hours.

At the moment, he just looked out the window...... That's all. It's 9:36 a.m. on December 24th, and we're still 924 minutes away.

There's still time to leave yourself alone for a while. This was the only thought that flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind at the moment, and soon this thought disappeared......