After taking a bath, Jiang Wei, wearing her nightgown, crawled into bed. She turned over, took out the double fish pendant from beside her pillow, and looked at the patterns on it.

After staring blankly for a while, I don't know how much time passed before I fell asleep.

In a daze, Jiang Wei seemed to have returned to the Demon City.

Because of her mother's death, she was depressed all day long, refusing to speak or play. Wherever her maternal grandfather took her, she would sit there.

It was very cold in Mo City, and her small body was wrapped up like a rice dumpling by her maternal grandfather.

Jiang Wei sat on a rock by the lake, gazing at the fishless surface of the lake.

She refused to go back even when it snowed, letting the snowflakes fall on her.

Her maternal grandfather sent someone to call her back, but she refused to return even after being called several times.

She wept as she watched the snowflakes fall onto the water and disappear.

The snowflake disappeared just like her mother, never to be found again.

They will never be found again.

She sat alone by the lake, and no one knew how long she had been sitting there.

When her grandfather finished his work and came to find her, he kindly remained sitting there motionless.

There was another person with my maternal grandfather, a boy.

Seeing the worry on her grandfather's face, she didn't want him to worry about her or be sad with her, so she agreed to go back with him.

When she got up, she realized that her legs were numb from sitting for too long. Before she could take two steps, she slipped and fell into the lake.

Just as she was in a panic, the boy next to her grandfather lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped up to save her. The two of them landed steadily next to her grandfather.

The scene shifts, and she sees a smile on her face. Her third uncle is sitting to the side, drawing pictures, discarding one after another.

She was clinging to the trunk of a plum tree, talking to the boy who had saved her, but she couldn't hear what he was saying.

The scene is constantly changing.

As a child, Jiang Wei followed that boy to catch birds in a deserted courtyard.

The boy wove a bamboo basket, propped it up with a wooden stick, and scattered some grain inside. After the birds went in to eat the grain, they pulled a rope from a distance, trapping the birds inside.

In her dream, the boy showed the bird to Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei touched its soft feathers.

The boy stayed with her and comforted her, and she gradually became happier.

She gradually came to accept the fact that her mother had passed away.

The boy said, "When people die, they become stars in the sky, forever accompanying their closest loved ones on earth."

So that if she ever misses her mother, she can look up at the stars.

The scene then changes.

Little Jiang Wei clapped her hands happily and jumped around, "Big brother, you're so amazing! Big brother, you're so great! You're the most amazing person I've ever met!"

Back then, it seemed like he could conjure up anything she wanted.

Seeing that she was happy, the young man also put on a smile.

After they finished lunch together, Xiao Jiangwei stood at the boy's door, tears streaming down her face. "Big brother, do you have to leave so soon? Can't you stay with Wei'er for one more day?"

She held up one finger.

The boy shook his head, wiped away her tears, and carried her outside.

"Brother, I have important things to do, but I'll definitely come back to see you when I have time."

"Really?" Xiao Jiang asked the boy.

The boy nodded. "Yes, definitely."

Xiao Jiang broke free from the boy's embrace and ran out, telling him to wait for her and that she would be back soon.

Soon, Xiao Jiangwei returned with the shop assistants from a nearby shop.

She opened her arms, and the boy pulled her into his embrace.

But as soon as she reached the boy's arms, she looked up and saw that the boy's face overlapped with Xiao Zhan's face.

Jiang Wei jolted awake from her dream.

Hearing the noise, the dewdrop lying outside quickly asked if she was thirsty and needed some tea.

Jiang Wei told her it wasn't necessary and told her to go to sleep.

She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

He described everything between them in great detail.

So it really is him?

Jiang Wei was conflicted yet happy, happy that he was still alive.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally fell asleep.

The next day, the first rays of sunlight fell on the ground.

This heavy snow lasted for more than half a month, and there were only about ten days left until Chinese New Year's Eve.

The long-awaited sun finally appeared in the sky, and the people of Kyoto opened their doors to welcome this ray of sunshine.

Skiing is colder than snow, so everyone stayed indoors.

Jiang Wei stretched on the bed. Because she hadn't slept well last night, she turned over and went back to sleep.

There seemed to be something under her head, and she reached out with her eyes closed to touch it, trying to move it aside.

She got the item, but she couldn't remove the rope binding it. When she got up to retrieve it, she discovered it was the Pisces jade pendant.

She took it to bed last night and forgot to put it back.

Xiao Zhan's words, "If she agrees, she can wear this jade," jolted her back to reality.

Jiang Wei glanced at the sky through the window; it was already quite late.

She planned to get up immediately.

Dewdrop tiptoed in, afraid of waking Jiang Wei.

Seeing that Jiang Wei was already sitting by the bed, she said, "Miss, I thought you would sleep a little longer before waking up..."

Last night, she heard the girl tossing and turning in the outer room.

A simple and lovely smile appeared on Dewdrop's face. "This servant will fetch water for you to wash your face, Miss."

Jiang Wei walked to the dressing table and put the double fish jade pendant into a wooden box.

Raindrops, water droplets, and other dewdrops went to fetch water, and the two of them came in together to help her with her hair and makeup.

At the east gate of the city, Hong Xinyue had already arrived early to distribute porridge.

The people lined up in the sun, and the sunshine made them feel warm. However, those standing in the shade, where there was no sun, huddled together in the cold wind.

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