There was silence in the temple, but Jojo, looking up at the idol, suddenly seemed to hear something.

Her eyes flashed with excitement and joy, and she unconsciously took two steps forward.

But after a while, the light in her eyes began to die little by little.

In the end, it turned into a sad darkness, as if it completely drowned Jojo in the darkness that made her unable to breathe.

Jojo slowly closed his eyes.

"Brother God, if you can, Jojo wants an answer in the end......"

......

"Jojo, where are you?"

Ye Mingke searched frantically through one mountain forest after another, it was already dark, and the people who came out of the town to help the search had already gone home one after another.

Only Tao Yao, Aunt Long, and Qiao Qiao's uncle and aunt were still searching in the mountains and forests, but no, no.

Can't find it, can't find it.

Ye Mingke, who held on to a tree in the mountain forest for a breath, was so anxious that he was so frightened that he angrily punched the tree in front of him and knocked it down, and then regardless of his bloody hands, he jumped on other trees again, flying and searching before.

"Jojo. "Jojo. ”

He shouted again and again in the dark forest, his voice choked with a choking that he didn't even notice.

What have you been doing? How many things have you neglected just because of a training session?

What if you came out to look for her as soon as you heard that she wasn't in the school? If you didn't find out about her disappearance so late because of afternoon training? If you could usually spend more time with her and get to know her?

Is she not going to disappear? Is it that I will know where she is? Is she already found?

Isn't it...... Can't find her anymore?

For so many years, how long has he been with her?

For so many years, since he refused her several invitations because he didn't have time, she was so considerate that she no longer took the initiative to bother him, but every time he looked for her, she was always there, always had time.

She never ate lunch in the school but ran back to town, just to have a few words with herself eating lunch. Her Gewu grades are always the best in the school, because she knows that she wants to learn Gewu knowledge.

She did so much for him, but what did he do for her?

Do you still have time to do anything for her?

She was such a weak and timid girl, she must have been very scared when she was alone in the deep forest at night. But why can't I find it, why can't I find it??

The sky has been white, and Ming Ke, who has been running in the mountains and forests all night, still can't find it.

"Jojo" "Jojo"

Ye Mingke's voice had already shouted to the point of hoarseness, he looked at the sun rising in the sky, but he felt that his world had never been so dark.

Just when he was in despair, Tao Yao's voice calling out his name came from not far away.

Ye Mingke was in good spirits, and while responding to Tao Yao in a loud voice, he hurried over quickly, and soon saw Tao Yao, who was also full of tiredness.

"Did Jojo find it?" he asked anxiously.

"Yes, her uncle found her, and now they are rushing home. ”

"That's good, that's good. ”

Hearing that Qiao Qiao had been found, Ye Mingke, who had been running all night, suddenly fell to the ground with all his strength.

"Ming Ke, Ming Ke, are you okay?" Tao Yao said anxiously.

"I'm fine, I'm just tired. ”

Ye Mingke was so tired that he lay on the ground, and the nerves in his brain could not relax for a while, surging with all kinds of fears that had not been eliminated, all kinds of happiness that had just surged, and all kinds of guilt that still existed.

It turned out that he couldn't find her every time. What if no one else finds her this time?

......

Ye Mingke only rested for a while to breathe a sigh of relief, then got up again and quickly rushed back to the town, knocking on the door of the dyeing workshop.

Qiaoqiao's aunt, who opened the door, had red eyes, glanced at the two of them, and let them in.

Qiao Qiao had just finished dressing and changing, and was sitting on the bed, with her long wet hair hanging down and her face pale.

looked at Ming Ke and Tao Yao who had just walked in the door and smiled.

The moment he saw Qiao Qiao, Ye Mingke's suspended heart finally fell.

He looked at Qiao Qiao's smiling beautiful face, which was the most beautiful smile Ye Mingke had ever seen in his life.

He walked over to her bed and tried to take her hand, but saw the fine scars on her hands.

"It must hurt, right?" he asked softly.

"No, most of them were just cut by the grass while looking for the way. Jojo shook her head, still smiling at him.

"Where have you been?" he said, looking into her hazy and beautiful eyes.

"I ......" Qiao Qiao lowered her head and said softly, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to walk in the mountains because I went out early, but I ended up going the wrong way and got lost." ”

She looked up and smiled apologetically, "You know, I'm not familiar with the roads in the mountains and forests. ”

"I'm fine, don't worry. She tilted her head slightly, smiling serenely at him.

She was smiling all the time, her smile was beautiful and serene, and she wanted to tell everyone who loved her that she was fine.

"Wherever you want to play in the future, remember to take me with you. I will always be there for you. Ye Mingke looked at her eyes seriously and said.

"That'...... If one day Jojo disappears, or becomes a different person, will you come to me? Can you find me?"

"Don't be afraid, Jojo. No matter where our family Jojo is or what it has become, I will find you. Ye Mingke looked at her with a smile and said firmly.

"Okay. ”

Qiao Qiao lowered her eyelids, the smile on the corner of her mouth bloomed like a green lotus in water, she seemed to really believe every word the young man said and every promise he made.

"That Mingke ......" Qiao Qiao suddenly raised his face and opened his mouth to say something, but he bit his lip and hesitated, "Can you accompany me for another good walk around the town......?" The first time we were home, it was like home. ”

She remembered the scene of the boy carrying her over the wall five years ago, and a gentle smile rose from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

"Absolutely. Ye Mingke replied without any hesitation, this was the first time she had asked herself to do something in many years, and she would never refuse again.

"But...... You have to take care of your body first, and then we'll go play. ”

Ye Mingke looked at her pale face, his eyes full of worry.

"I'm fine, we'll go tomorrow. Jojo said happily.

But...... She said she was fine, but that afternoon she had a fever that had been running for several days, and the trek had put too much and too much weight on her mind and body.

Ye Mingke shortened the training time, and also pushed some training time to late at night, squeezing out a lot of time to accompany her.

Qiaoqiao drank medicine very obediently, and lay down and rested very obediently, but she always refused to fall asleep when he was there, and even if she didn't talk to him, she looked at him silently with a smile.

A few days later, Qiaoqiao's body fever temporarily subsided, and her spirit was much better, so she began to pester Mingke to accompany her out for another walk around the town.

Although Ye Mingke didn't want her to be sad, he was still worried about her body, swaying from side to side.

"Take the girl out for a walk, it's good to relax. ”

The uncle, who had been at the door, took a deep breath of his cigarette and said lightly, then knocked on the cigarette stick on the ground and got up to leave.

Qiaoqiao's uncle and aunt have been just watching Ming Ke's arrival in the past few days, without refusing or bothering.

"Then let's get out. But you have to dress warmly, it's better to wrap it into a zongzi!" Ye Mingke said to Qiao Qiao with a grin.

"I don't!" protested Jojo, shaking her head like a rattle.

She looked at the new sprouts spit out by the green vine outside the window, and said softly, "It's already spring, isn't it?"

"I'm going to look pretty good. ”

She looked back at Mingke, her smile was bright, so bright that Ye Mingke suddenly felt a little sad.

Fifteen-year-old Jojo is the most beautiful girl in the world.

Many years later, Mingke will still think of the moment when Qiao Qiao pushed the door open from the room again and again.

The light of the sky was like water shining on the girl's pale but delicate and beautiful face, and her hazy and beautiful eyes contained the most brilliant light.

She ran towards him from the other side of the door, her white dress blooming like a lotus in the wind, like the little girl who jumped on his back without hesitation that day.

But Jojo was no longer a little girl after all, she ran up to him, stopped, looked at him with a smile, and held out her hand to him.

He took the slender hand.

Later, when Ming Ke recalled that day, he would always regret and regret his stupidity, and all the signs were actually obvious on that day.

Jojo was unusually active that day, and she dragged him through all the parts of the town, looking greedily at all that town had to go with the most eager and ardent eyes.

The town's towers, the town's ancient wells, the town's broken temples, the town's mountains, and the town's big banyan trees.

She smiled and took his hand, running eagerly, as if trying to catch up with something.

But I was only worried about her body after her illness, and she had been lagging behind, asking her to slow down, and slower again.

But she didn't expect that she was not only chasing something, but also being chased by something, and she didn't dare to slow down her pace.

Spring did come earlier than usual in the town this year, and the cold and dry winter wind was gone, replaced by a warm and humid spring breeze.

And the quiet and bleak town in winter, under the blowing of this spring breeze, the stars of greenery wake up from all corners of the town.

Green vines with new leaves growing on the old walls, willow trees with delicate buds and leaves on the side of the road, and the green earth is re-dyed.

Ming Ke, who was running crazy with Qiaoqiao, didn't find that Qiaoqiao's body could not support it, and gradually put his mind at ease, and followed Qiaoqiao to run wildly, indulging in the breeze of early spring in the town.

After all, it's such a beautiful spring.

After all, there are such beautiful people around.

But Qiaoqiao's crazy pace suddenly slowed down when she was about to reach Qingxi, she pulled Ming Ke, walked to the bank of Qingxi step by step, and climbed the familiar boulder with Ming Ke.

Qiao Qiao suddenly quieted down, quietly stared at the green stream flowing in front of him, and said softly to Ming Ke.

"Mingke, remember Qingxi. ”