January 24, 10 a.m. Tokyo time, room in the depths of the church.

Xia Mingwei opened his eyes, his gaze touched the familiar ceiling, and there was a faint fragrance beside him, and the rustling sound of turning the pages in his ears came to an abrupt end.

Qing Zhu Rin was wearing a white dress, she was originally sitting next to reading a book, when she saw Xia Mingwei wake up, the slender fingers that turned the pages suddenly stopped, she turned her head and stared at him silently, and it took a while to come back to her senses.

"I'm sorry, I seem to have slept a little long." Xia Mingwei got up slowly.

Qing Zhu Rin lowered his clear eyes, his expression was a little angry, and he sighed lightly after a while: "It's like this every time...... I almost thought you wouldn't wake up. ”

"It's just that I slept more deeply."

"That's it?"

"How long have you called me?"

"From seven o'clock to now, three hours."

Xia Mingwei wanted to say that he fainted, so he couldn't control the doppelganger to get up, "Then there may be something wrong with my body." ”

"Robert......" Qingzhu Rin closed the book and slowly hugged her knees, "I'm really worried that you won't wake up one day, forever." ”

"What's there to worry about, I just slept a little longer." Xia Mingwei turned his head to look at her, "Rin-san, don't you have to worry so much, didn't I wake up every time before?" ”

"Hmm."

"Have you had breakfast?" Shamingway changed the subject.

"Nope."

"The sect leader and those believers should have finished eating, and it just so happens that the cafeteria is quite quiet." Xia Mingwei got out of bed and walked to the closet.

"You're really not going to explain?"

"I'm fine." Xia Mingwei stopped in front of the closet, staring at the black robe, "It's just that I suddenly felt a little emotional...... It seems that all the people who have really approached me have died. ”

Qingzhu Rin listened to this unclear sentence and was silent for a moment: "Let's go out and play, I told the sect leader that I don't want to stay in the church today." ”

"He allowed us to go out?"

"Agreed."

"Maybe they think we're dying, and they don't want to go, so let us go out to play." Xia Mingwei said.

Qing Zhu Rin got out of bed and walked lightly to Xia Mingwei's side, picking out clothes for him. Xia Mingwei's several sets of clothes in the wardrobe were all selected for him by Qing Zhu Rin in the clothing store, he didn't care much about wearing them since he was a child, and the conditions at home didn't allow him to care about what he was wearing.

"You're wearing this today."

"Yes."

After leaving the church, they took a train on the JR Tokai Line to Hiratsuka City, a city with a view of Mt. Fuji near Tokyo.

One of the city's landmarks is the Shonantai TV Tower, and the observation deck at the top of the tower makes you feel like you're showering in the snow on a winter day.

Xia Mingwei and Kiyotake Rin looked out over Mt. Fuji in the distance, a snow-capped mountain shrouded in hazy fog, the summit of which was dyed golden by the oblique rays of the sun.

"Robert."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm starting to lose hearing the Yaki Orochi, which has been hiding in the sea a lot lately."

Xia Mingwei was silent for a while, Qingzhu Rin had already been promoted to the third order two days ago, and after reaching this stage, the will of the myth would only become more and more difficult to control......

"If only you could hear me." He said.

"Hmm."

The two of them withdrew their gaze from Mt. Fuji and enjoyed a quiet time.

Qingzhu Rin lowered her eyes and looked at the book, the warm sun at noon dyed her side face clean, and Xia Mingwei suddenly called him:

"Rin-san, look up."

She ruffled the hair at the base of her ear and slowly looked up from the book to meet Xia Mingwei's gaze, her jet-black hair fluttering in the wind, and behind her was the snow-colored Mt. Fuji.

Xia Mingwei pressed the shooting button of his mobile phone, clicked, and took a picture of her appearance.

"You're not afraid I'll be angry?" She asked.

"I think it's a good shot." Xia Mingwei looked down at the photo.

"yes, then you're allowed to collect it as a robot." After Kiyotake Rin finished speaking, he continued to look down at the book.

The wind blows up the maple leaf bookmarks in the books, which rise and fall in the twilight haze, and finally get lost in the jungle of high-rise buildings.

They left the observatory and walked to Hiratsuka Beach.

At sunset, the reciprocating tide beat against the crimson shore, shattering into white waves, Qingzhu Rin took off her shoes, stood on the wet beach, she suddenly turned around, put her hands behind her back, and looked at Xia Mingwei:

"Answer me some questions."

"Okay."

"Me, what's the relationship with you?"

Xia Mingwei was stunned for a moment, he had asked Qingzhu Rin this question before, but Qingzhu Rin had never asked him.

He was silent for a moment: "Family." ”

"Yes." Qingzhu Rin lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, "I still have questions. Still with her hands behind her back, she slowly stepped back, the tide caressing her bare ankles.

"Just ask." Xia Mingwei stood in place, watching her get closer and closer to the sea, farther and farther away from herself.

"Does Robert have any other thoughts about me besides his family?"

"I want to ...... Protect you. ”

Qingzhu Rin lowered her head and was silent for a moment, she slowly took a step back, the increasingly turbulent tide was already up to her knees, and behind her was the endless sea.

"Will Robert be sad if I die?"

"I think I'm going to cry bitterly." Shamingway's tone sounded like a joke.

Rin Kiyotake turned her head to look at the coastline in the distance, her cheeks shrouded in the twilight of dusk, and the sea began to rise.

"One last question." She said, slowly taking another step back.

"What?"

"I like ......," Kiyotake Rin whispered, "what does it feel like?" ”

Xia Mingwei opened his mouth slightly, but he couldn't speak. At this moment, the rolling tide from the end of the sea horizon was about to swallow the figure of Qingzhu Rin, he walked forward quickly, stepping on the beach one by one deep footprints, and then he took Qingzhu Rin's hand, the figures of the two were swallowed by the overwhelming tide, the salty taste of the sea water hit the nose, and the tide was cold. When they came to their senses, they fell together on the sand, shoulder to shoulder, and black human figures were printed on the sand.

They looked at the sky in silence for a long time, then turned their heads at the same time, looked at each other, and smiled softly.

"It would be nice if we were all ordinary people, and now we might be in school, and we should be juniors in high school according to our age." "But I probably don't have any friends at school, so it doesn't make a difference...... Speaking of which, Robert, did you go to school? What is it like to go to school? ”

"You didn't go to school before?" Xia Mingwei was stunned.

"I haven't been in good health since I was a child, so even if I study, I was bloodbathed in the ward, and then I felt that I had obtained the mythical sequence, and I was qualified to leave the hospital bed. But I never went to school, and although I read about it in many books, it always feels a little regrettable that I didn't experience it firsthand. ”

"If we are all students, then it is very likely that we will never have an intersection in this life......" Xia Mingwei laughed at himself, "After all, our personalities are awkward." ”

"Let me think about it, first of all, most schools will have libraries. ”

"And then?"

"We'll meet in the library, and then we'll get into an argument over wanting to borrow the same book, and you'll give it to me, and you'll probably sign a contract with me in a serious way."

Xia Mingwei laughed silently, "What happens next?" ”

"We exchanged email addresses, and when I'm done, you come to my house and ask me for the book."

"In my style, I'll take the book and leave."

"No, my parents will probably let you stay for dinner, so you can't go."

"Then I'll ......leave after eating," Xia Mingwei whispered, "I'm that kind of person, I only think about keeping my distance from others, so I never made friends at school." ”

"No, when you finish reading that book, you'll come back to me and discuss the book."

"Actually, I'll hand it over to the library, and then we'll probably never see each other again."

"I mean......" Kiyotake Rin said, "If we can really live normally, no matter how ridiculous, abrupt, or unreasonable, as long as we meet, I will try my best to intersect with you." ”

Xia Mingwei was silent for a long time: "But that's not like you, let me think about it...... You will be a girl who loves to read books in school, loner, withdrawn, you have excellent grades in the eyes of your teachers, and you are a weird person in the eyes of your classmates. ”

Qing Zhu Rin nodded: "Hmm...... It seems so. ”

"The probability that we two stuffy oil bottles can meet in school may be close to zero." "So it's only in such a desperate environment that we get to know each other and huddle together for warmth." But even so...... Logic aside, if we really live normally from beginning to end, then I think I'm going to go to you, you just have to wait for me to walk over. ”

Qingzhu Rin was stunned for a moment, and smiled shallowly: "Okay...... So what would be the opening remarks of our Robert classmates? ”

"Rin-san, I think you dance the tango very well, can you teach me?" Xia Mingwei said lightly.

Qingzhu Rin coughed twice: "Then I will answer, okay, as long as you teach me the stick technique of the golden hoop stick, I will teach you how to dance tango." ”

"I'd say it's just a trick I messed around with at the Halloween ball, but if you want to learn, I can teach you." Xia Mingwei said.

Kiyotake Rin looked at the sky quietly, as if laughing silently.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered that you said that you don't like crowded places." Xia Mingwei said.

"I now think it's okay to be in a crowded place once in a while."

"Why?"

"Because I'll find that in the midst of thousands of people, my heart is at peace only when you're around."

Xia Mingwei was stunned for a moment, then silent for a long time, the tide gently lapping the shore, the sky flew over the gulls, in the crisp birdsong, the sunset gradually lowered below the horizon, and the night was like a curtain on their cheeks, everything was so quiet.

"I seem to understand," he said suddenly, "what you said at that time was the relationship that could always be together. ”

"What is it?"

Rin Kiyotake's voice was soft, and the tips of her ears and cheeks seemed to be slightly red, but they were obscured by the rising tide.

"If we can get through it, I hope our relationship can go further." Xia Mingwei closed his eyes, "I want to be with you all the time...... Until old age. ”

"Further, what do you mean?"

"Keep it a secret for now."

Xia Mingwei gently grabbed her cold palm, and the two of them lay on the beach, the strands of hair on the back of their heads soaked by the coming and going tides, the sky completely darkened, and the hazy shadow of Mount Fuji disappeared at one end of the horizon, leaving only the deep night.

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