December 27, 7 a.m. Tokyo time.

There was a "click" sound in his ears, and Rin Kiyotake opened his eyes, only to see the book "Yasunari Kawabata's Collected Works" standing on the bed.

Xia Mingwei's hand was still hanging above the book, and he picked up the book that had deliberately fallen on the bed, "Good morning." ”

Qingzhu Rin rubbed Tianming's acupoint angrily, Xia Mingwei said last night, can you try to pick up the book she is interested in and smash it on the bed, so that she will not have the gas to get up even if she is woken up, but she didn't expect Xia Mingwei to really do this, first she wanted to scold, and then she couldn't help but feel funny when she saw his face.

"Good morning." She yawned as she spoke, and strands of jet-black hair were partly scattered behind her head and partly drooping over her shoulders.

"Injury-free speedrun 'Call to Rin Kiyotake to get up copy'." Xia Mingwei casually played a stalk, and handed the book in hand to Qingzhu Rin by the way.

"Am I the boss of some game?" Rin Kiyotake opened the book.

"You're the Wake Up Demon King."

Qingzhu Rin glanced at him, turned the pages of the book, and made a "rustling" sound: "Before, you obviously didn't get up earlier than me, why do you think I have the gas to get up?" ”

"Intuition?"

"Yes." Qingzhu Rin closed the book and said lightly, "No matter what, my housekeeper robot has finally done its job once and will wake up the master." ”

Xia Mingwei lifted the quilt and got out of bed to put on his shoes: "Today is a special case, after all, we have to go to Hokkaido, the Shinkansen at nine o'clock, there is still an hour, we have to hurry." ”

"Who booked the ticket, so early." Kiyotake Rin put down the book and followed suit, getting out of bed and putting on shoes.

"You." Xia Mingwei ruthlessly broke it.

The two stopped in front of the shared wardrobe, Xia Mingwei's eyes looked at the clothes hanging on the left, and Qing Zhurin's eyes looked at the clothes on the right.

The former reached for a thin black jacket and trousers, which were paired with a long sleeve; The latter took out a winter coat and paired it with a light blue down jacket.

After putting on a thick down jacket, Rin Kiyotake put on a light blue hat to cover her ears, and she looked a bit like a penguin.

Xia Mingwei stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch her hat, but he still took it back and inserted the muzzle of his coat: "Penguin, are we going to the North Pole or the South Pole today?" ”

"Trivia, there are no penguins in the Arctic."

"Then go to Antarctica."

"Okay, go visit my kind." Rin Kiyotake said it seriously.

The two slowly left the empty church, flagged down a taxi on the side of the road, and headed for Tokyo Station, the wheels of which ran over the snow on the street, and the Tokyo sky was a cool blue, like ice refracting light, and as they dropped the taxi, the Yaesu side station building on the east side of the Tokyo station area came into view, which was brightly lit and spread orange warm light.

They stepped into the building and soon boarded the Shinkansen, a direct Shinkansen from Tokyo to Hokkaido, which takes about eight hours to reach their destination.

With a roar, the Shinkansen train sped through the wind and snow and galloped forward unstoppably, like a large white snake crawling forward. It is precisely for this reason that many years later, every time Xia Mingwei sees a white train, he always thinks of Qingzhu Rin.

There were a lot of people in the carriage, most of them wearing scarves and thick winter clothes, and everyone looked very energetic in the early morning of winter.

In the corner of the ninth car, Xia Mingwei and Qing Zhurin sat side by side, one wearing headphones and listening to music with MP3, and the other flipping through books, as if isolated from the crowd.

"What book did you read today?" He asked.

"For Whom the Bell Tolls."

"Hmm...... What do I think of the book in your hand, the title seems to be only two words? ”

"Yes, two words, "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

"Okay." Xia Mingwei said, "Speaking of which, shouldn't you have finished reading it a long time ago? After all, from the very first time I said the name 'Robert', you already knew which book the character was. Although he knew that the person next to him was actually watching "Snow Country", he still accompanied her to open her eyes and talk nonsense.

"Rewatch it." Qingzhu Rin said lightly.

"With your character, it's hard for me to imagine you turning a book twice."

"I really don't read it a second time, because I don't like Hemingway's text."

"Since you didn't like Hemingway, why did you finish the book?"

"First of all, I think it's the most basic respect to read a book to the end before judging it." "Secondly, I don't hate the name Robert. ”

"That's why you read every book?" Shamingway asked.

"Hmm."

"Listen to songs?" Xia Mingwei took off the earphones on one side and handed them to her.

Qing Zhurin lowered her clear eyes, turned two more pages of "Snow Country", she didn't speak, her side face was focused and cold, but when Xia Mingwei was about to withdraw the headphones in a playful way, she stretched out her hand to catch it, lifted the hair from her ear, put it in her ear, and then closed the book.

Xia Mingwei was slightly stunned, he rarely saw Qing Zhu Rin deliberately close the book, but every time she closed the book, it was for him.

He would always wonder if before he came, Kiyotake Rin could only immerse herself in words every day, she didn't even have a person who could close the book for it, never, so she could only keep reading books, reading books all the time, until she learned to cover that loneliness with words.

The slightly swaying carriage was dappled with the dappled light of the morning light, and both of them remained silent, their shoulders slowly shaking with the Shinkansen train, as if they were about to meet at any moment.

In the headphones was "Breathe" by singer Kyoooo, and the same melody sounded softly in their ears, sharing a quiet time.

浅いbreathはすぐそこにいると

Shallow breathing was all around me

ずっとずっと

All the time

短い手足はいつもここにいると

You've always been there

優しい踊りを教えてくれた

Taught me this gentle dance

君の名前はそっとしまっておくから

I will quietly treasure your name

君がそこにいて元気ならそれでいいよ

If you're happy there, that's enough

泣き声もclawの痕もそのままでいいよ

Just ignore the cries and claw marks

変わらない僕のこと笑っておくれよ

Please smile at me as you always do, okay?

Time passed quietly, and the track of this Shinkansen was clearly not long, but it seemed like a century had passed.

The train passes by the sea, and the sunset gradually sinks to the horizon, closing the light of the sea, and the afterglow is sprinkled on the surface of the sea and shone into the carriage.

Qingzhu Rin listened to the song, seemed sleepy, and leaned his head on his shoulder, Xia Mingwei didn't move, just listened to the song quietly, feeling her light breathing.

He glanced at it from time to time, her cheeks shrouded in a faint afterglow, half of her eyelashes yellowed by the halo, and the train was soon about to arrive at Sapporo Station in Hokkaido.

"Rin." Xia Mingwei said.

"What's wrong?" Rin Kiyotake opened his eyes and woke up, but he didn't take his head off his shoulder.

"I mean...... If," Charmingway paused, "what would you think if I lied to you, and I didn't lose my memory in the first place?" ”

"First of all, I'm going to be angry." Rin Kiyotake was silent for a moment.

"And then?"

"Then I'll be glad you didn't lose your memory."

"Why?" Xia Mingwei was puzzled.

"Because if Robert has been in a state of loss of memory and stays by my side, then I will always wonder when you will get your memories back, will you become a stranger......" she paused, "but if you have always had the original memory, then you have always been Robert, I have always known, right?" ”

Xia Mingwei was stunned for a while, was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice:

"So what if I say...... Am I a serializer? ”

"Are you a sequencer, then?"

"What would you think if I was?"

"Snake didn't smell the class sequence from you, so it can't be." Rin Kiyotake concluded.

"What if that aside?"

"If Robert is a sequencer, he will hurt me?" Rin Kiyotake raised her eyes to look at him.

"No, it won't."

"Will that kill me?" Rin Kiyotake asked.

"Of course not."

"And what if you're a serializer?" Rin Kiyotake whispered, "No matter who you are, I just want you to be by my side." ”

Xia Mingwei lowered his head and chuckled softly, as if he was sarcastic about himself.

He whispered to himself, "Yes, so what......"

"So, you're really a sequencer?"

"At least not in front of you."

"It's inexplicable...... Kiyotake Rin pressed the cap of her pencil against her chin, stared at him for a while, and then looked away, "Get out of the car." ”

"We have arrived at Sapporo Station, please get off the train as soon as possible and bring your belongings, if you lose them, this station will not be responsible."

An announcement sounded inside the train, and both took off their headphones, and Xia Mingwei put the MP3 in his coat pocket.

Sapporo is one of Hokkaido's most iconic cities, and the Sapporo TV Tower stands proudly in the center of the city, glowing orange as if to banish the coldness of the city.

Gradually, the afterglow of dusk diluted a white scene, and the snow fell in the hazy twilight like a red-dyed maple leaf.

Xia Mingwei and Rin Kiyotake got off the train and hiked to Sapporo International Ski Resort, which is located on the mountain.

The whole snow-capped mountain burned coldly in the setting sun, and the snow all over the sky was dyed yellow by the dusk, and the two of them seemed to be walking in the autumn rice fields, and their bodies were about to be swallowed up by the swaying wheat seedlings.

"Robert, have you ever skied in the snow?"

"Nope."

"Then I'll teach you."

"Speaking of which, you've really taught me a lot, the taste for tango, skiing, and dressing."

"No way?"

"It's just that I suddenly feel that maybe I'm only complete when I'm by your side."

"And what were you originally?"

"It's just a machine, and it only has its own goals in its eyes."

"The goal? What are your goals. ”

"Originally, my target was a big red monster, but it turned white...... Well, and throwing lightning. ”

“…… You're talking about the game we played yesterday? Kiyotake Rin said puzzled, "That "Hades"? As she spoke, she suddenly stretched out her right hand and covered Xia Mingwei's eyes.

"Nope." Xia Mingwei denied it, and after a pause, he said, "So...... Rin-san, what are you doing, why are you covering my eyes? ”

"It turns out that you don't have a fever, but what you said today is so strange."

"Measuring fever is also to cover my forehead, why are you covering my eyes?"

"Isn't it possible?" Kiyotake Rin laughs silently, she rarely laughs, and every time it is like a late cherry blossom blooming in winter.

"Okay, okay, it's you."

"Skiing, Robert."

"Well, I'm here."

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