Chapter 14: Into the Water

The invisible hand held me tightly, and I could barely breathe. The hand rubbed gently on my face, and refused to leave for a long time. I was so anxious that I scratched my ears and cheeks and tried to rip off his hand, and my mouth cried out, "Okay, okay, enough!

My brother was surprised when he saw me fighting on my own: "Meiyi, what are you doing? He reached over and gently pressed my hand. The invisible hand was very alert, away from my face, loosely wrapped around my waist, honestly. I clapped my hand and smiled at my brother, "It's okay, good girl!"

"Come here, my eyes are wide open, I'll see. My brother took my face in his hand and lifted it up to him. As soon as I got closer, I saw two little people in his eyes, with round heads and round brains, smiling, aha, that little man is me.

"Brown ...... Brown indeed...... How did you ...... when you were a child" My brother frowned, pulled my eyelids, and scratched and scratched his palm in front of my eyes.

"Brother, I want to eat!" I shouted, seeing that he was making endless things, and his patience was gone.

"Let's go, look for something to eat, you little man—do you know how hungry?" my brother took my hand and led me through the square in front of the palace, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't know what 'hunger' is for hundreds of years!"

I looked at his smiling face—a rare smile he'd had in years—the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his lips pursed, and he was very shy not to show his teeth, his eyelids drooped slightly, and his eyelashes trembled slightly, as if someone was breathing into his eyes, and I felt a warmth in my heart, and I tightened his hand and quickened my pace.

Across the square, there is a deserted silver lawn with a groomed walkway in between. I walked cautiously next to my brother, and the silver-white and fine leaves, beautiful and beautiful, fell on them, but they would be full of holes. I looked up at the blue dome, and at some point half of it was covered in black, and the whole dome was split in two.

I tugged at my brother's robe and pointed to it, and he explained, "Today is halfway over, and when you are covered with a black curtain, today is over." We're going to hurry up, and we're going to get back to join up with the adults and return to the Red Castle. ”

"Well, okay, brother. Shall we go over there and have a look?" I said, pointing to a white house at the end of the lawn. "Okay—just go there. My brother said, hesitating slightly.

When I got closer, I realized that there was indeed a white house, but it was surrounded by a huge surface of water. This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a large area of water, the waves are fine, the blue is vast, and the wind is leisurely blowing from the water, with a fresh fishy smell. The white house in the middle of the water, quiet, idle, and unattended.

Somehow, the water and the house made me happy, and I broke free of my brother's hand and jumped in. My brother grabbed me and asked, "What are you going to do, Meiyi!"

"I don't know, I just want to jump in. "I'll be honest.

"Fool! The elder brother put his hands together, put them to his mouth, and said word by word: "Red Castle pierces the clouds, and Meiyi comes to visit—" The voice came from the water.

There was no movement for a long time. My brother spoke up again. There was still no movement.

"It's kind of weird. Forget it, let's go. "My brother pulled me and I was leaving.

"No, I'm going to go to the house. "I stared at the white room in the distance, and I could see a window, the hole was open, and the white fluttering by the window, I don't know whether it was a curtain or a shirt. Inside the window, there is a boundless darkness that can suck people in. A chill. I shook my head, as if I couldn't see anything clearly.

The darkness inside the window clung to me. I was like I was obsessed. I followed my brother's example, stood at the water's edge, and shouted, "Good intentions are coming!" Before I could finish speaking, I jumped into the water. I could only hear my brother shouting "Meiyi!" in my ears, and he reached over as if to pull my sleeve, and in the blink of an eye he also fell into the water with me.

The water was instantly topless. It's cold and biting. I cried out in panic, the water was so thick and seamless that it blocked my mouth and nose, and I couldn't breathe! My ears were bulging, my chest was swollen, and I almost fainted. Only the eyes can still see, and there seems to be an arm close to me in the cloudiness, and I am busy dragging it, just seeking water!

As soon as I touched the arm, it seemed to be about to crack, and the owner of the arm trembled and retracted, and I vaguely heard a painful "whining". He broke free of my hand, but quickly returned, his hand fumbling for the position of my neck and lifting me up.

I didn't care about clinging to his arm, my eyes began to blur and blacken, and I only felt his skin cracking softly under my chin...... I'm running out of energy...... I can't hear anything......

"Wow-", the world has lost a layer of water, and something has lifted me high above the water, looking around blankly, not knowing where I am. I watched the water ripple below me, and my hands were clinging to a behemoth.

A blue behemoth! I'm riding on his back! I'm holding his neck with both hands!

Royal blue translucent skin, faintly with fish scale-like lines, long into the water, at the end of the neck is a hideous huge head, the two horns of the head are erect, the ears are obliquely horizontal, is carrying me, on the surface of the water high-spirited chopping water!

My face was sticking to the scales, and my nose was full of fishy anger, and suddenly a spirit sat up, opened my mouth and shouted: "Brother, brother, brother, where are you?!"

The big thing turned its head slowly—so startled that I almost slipped into the water: the bulging eyes, the cavernous mouth, the machesitos—the nightmare was nothing more than that.

"Don't panic, that man is right behind you. The big thing said. The voice was surprisingly gentle and submissive.

I turned around suddenly, and one of them was lying on the back of the big thing, wrapped in a red shirt, with my hands and feet hanging down, and the corner of my coat floating on the water. Red, royal blue, green water, as in the painting. I turned sideways over his face, his face was as pale as jade, and his sword eyebrows were in his sideburns, it was piercing the clouds!

Forgive me for waking up one day, willful, curious, ignorant, and stubborn, but at this moment, I am so afraid that you will die. I patted my brother in the face, I had never been so scared.

"He's fine, his life is still alive. The master will wake him up. The big thing said softly.

I looked at his big, ugly appearance, listened to his soft voice, looked down at my colorless brother, and then at the mysterious white house. The house was in sight.

I closed my eyes and said, "Please give me courage." ”