Chapter 248 Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty
Eh? You really admitted it—
Chen Xiao pursed her lips and felt her nose sour: Hey, I also know that everyone chose me because of the size of my clothes. You are so direct.
"Xiao'er..." Ling could sense the faint sadness around her. She couldn't help but reach out and stroke the corner of her lover's eye, whispering softly, "You're fine. It's just that this role isn't right for you."
You have a warm heart and are not the hard-hearted Queen in any way.
The heat was transferred from the fingertips to the depths of the palm, and the heart was pounding faster.
Zero stared at the girl's trembling eyelashes, and a furry touch spread in his heart: The church chose you to interpret her for the power ceremony. If you let everyone choose for you, you will definitely choose... Which fairy tale will you choose?
She searched her mind and found no entries related to fairy tales in her personal memory bank.
Ling silently indexed the universal memory bank, which contained various fairy tales, but these characters were always different from Chen Xiao'er.
Perhaps in older stories there was a girl as quiet, happy, blissful and gentle as her.
But the only surviving images that Ling could access were children who died of starvation and freezing, unlucky people who were skinned and torn apart by bad guys, and men and women who turned against their families for profit.
"The Sleeping Queen" is considered to be a relatively positive story. After all, the queen has many different endings, and there is always one ending that is satisfactory.
The fairy tales she knew did not praise girls like Chen Xiao'er.
Humans like strong and sensible weaklings. If Xiao'ai knew how powerful she was, her image would be very close to the half-blood hero who fought against gods in ancient legends.
They would use their extraordinary divine power to ravage anyone who dared to offend them, and eventually kill the gods or be punished by them.
Or she could be more gentle and show her innocence and kindness to everyone, which would overlap with the gentle mother in another story who sold her beautiful long hair, her family's belongings, her own clothes and shoes, and finally even had her teeth pulled out for money to support her children.
I absolutely do not want Xiao'er to have such an ending.
Zero read through all the fairy tales in the database in half a minute and shuddered.
Now that there was no Miro or other bishops behind the screen manipulating her every word and action, she was driven by the surging emotions and instinctively wanted to hug Xiao'er and tell her—
I like you best like this.
"I..." The azure light in Ling's eyes faded away, and she raised her hands only to find that the girl in front of her had disappeared.
The bed behind her made a soft and crisp sound. It turned out that Chen Xiao'er had jumped onto the bed lively while she was in a daze, and even rolled around twice while hugging the pillow.
She was very depressed just now, but before Zero could think of any words to comfort her, a smile had returned to her face.
Chen Xiao'er threw away the pillow, lay on the bed and said loudly: "If it's not suitable, then it's not suitable. It's just a casting issue! And..."
She lurched forward like a hamster, holding onto the edge of the bed with both hands. "Maybe I'd be suitable to play Sleeping Beauty."
Sleeping Beauty? Sounds a bit like Sleeping Queen.
Ling sat down beside the bed and helped her pull up the thin velvet quilt. He asked softly, "Is this another version of 'The Sleeping Queen'?"
It is actually the Blue Star version of a fairy tale.
Chen Xiao'er nuzzled into Ling's side, leaning softly against her legs. She mumbled, "Not really. The protagonist is a little princess, and the original version was pretty violent. But Sleeping Beauty is so easy to play; I can just lie down the whole time."
As she spoke, she turned over, from lying on her knees to lying on her back on her knees.
Chen Xiao'er shook her shoulders and adjusted to a comfortable sleeping position.
She closed her eyes and folded her hands over her chest. Ice-crystal diamonds and necklaces wrapped around her wrists, like a sparkling bouquet.
"A long time ago, the queen gave birth to a very cute little princess, but she forgot to invite a powerful witch to the princess's birthday party... At the end of the story, the princess lay in a castle covered with thorns, and a prince cut off all the thorns with a sword..." Chen Xiao'er's moist lips slowly opened and closed, her voice was very crisp, and every note was jumping.
Ling slowly lowered his head as she spoke, and Chen Xiao'er's slightly plump cheeks looked furry under the light: the girl's brows were relaxed, and although she was clearly not asleep, she was more relaxed than anyone else Zero had ever seen, as if she had really been sleeping for 100 years under the influence of a spell.
Rustling, the long silver hair and black hair are entangled together, this scene is inexplicably familiar.
Zero's heartbeat kept getting faster and faster.
The girl's story came to an abrupt end. Her tender lips opened slightly, and her front teeth, which were slightly larger than the surrounding teeth, left a shallow bite mark on her lower lip.
Chen Xiao'er is far from perfect; she always has tiny flaws in her hazy appearance. But these small flaws, like the shallow bite mark on her lip, are more beautiful than perfection.
The story just now was like a dewdrop passing over a leaf, leaving a faint trace in Zero's mind.
She had a good memory and comprehension, so she naturally knew that this story was praising the supremacy of love, as if all crises could be solved as long as true love appeared.
As long as you are an innocent, beautiful, gentle and lovely princess, even if you lie there for a hundred years, you will still be able to welcome the true love that can save everything.
Zero does not agree with the views in the story, and from the perspective of the Akagi people, this story called "Sleeping Beauty" lacks ups and downs and is not interesting enough to tell.
But when she lowered her head and gazed at her lover's sweet lips, everything faded away.
At this moment, she felt like the arrogant queen in the fairy tale. In the last second, she was loudly declaring to the god of love that she did not believe in any love. In the next second, she saw the god of love picking a peach blossom, throwing it in the air, and turning it into a peerless beauty.
【Love at first sight】It seems that only the concept of "true love conquers all" can barely explain the trembling of her heart.
Ling's lips kept getting closer to Chen Xiao'er's lips.
The golden water droplets vibrated gently in her brain, releasing colorful bubbles: The moment we first met, my emotions slowly awakened under the influence of zero.
But the one who really touched my heart was you.
[I want to protect you, even if the road ahead is full of thorns. ]
"Xiao Ai, I...will definitely protect you."
She slowly closed her eyes while murmuring, but when her eyelashes touched, she saw a black shadow approaching quickly.
"!" Ling could have easily dodged the black shadow, but the person in her arms was Chen Xiao'er. She suppressed her instinct to dodge and hugged her lover's shoulders tightly.
Bang!
The lips collided hard, and the two teeth made a crisp collision sound.
"Ahhh——" Chen Xiao'er screamed and covered her mouth. It was bleeding, definitely bleeding.
But as she wiped the blood from her lips, afraid she'd forgotten what she'd said, she quickly blurted out, "Ahem, I was just about to say, I don't want a prince to come and save me. Although I'm certainly lazy~"
She took out a handkerchief from her body and pressed it on Ling's lips, even though there was not a drop of blood on it.
Chen Xiao'er's eyes were serious. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave you all to sleep for 100 years. I still have to clean the castle with you all."
Ling looked into her eyes through the handkerchief. She knew that this was the cognitive filter at work again. Xiao'er must have heard some discussion related to the story.
But it doesn't matter, she already knows the answer to that question.
You will not fall asleep because of the curse, and I will not retreat because of the thorns.
Ling grabbed the edge of the handkerchief and gently covered it with it. Her icy blue eyes no longer held the confusion and alienation she once had. She smiled and said, "This is a rare opportunity. Let's go downstairs and take a walk."
Now? We just took a break.
However, Chen Xiao'er didn't want to "waste" the time of the school festival. When she saw that Ling's face had become much rosier, she jumped off the bed and followed his lead.
"Okay, okay, let's go down now?" She jumped on the carpet towards the door and was gently pulled by Ling.
We'd better not leave here, as other apostles are guarding the door. Although Xiao'ai is not free, if they find us, they will definitely come after us with great fanfare.
Ling led her to the windowsill. "Let's go down from here. It's a good opportunity to relive another fairy tale."
"Let's go down from here and try not to be seen by others."
Chen Xiao'er's eyes lit up. How romantic—it was the story of Rapunzel.
"Okay, let's use the sheets instead of hair!" She said happily and lifted the quilt. She rolled up the sheets and tied them together with the rope she found in the corner.
There's a slight problem though... the top floor of the clock tower is the ninth floor.
......
The flexible sheets and ropes were tightly twisted together.
Chen Xiao'er wrapped one end of the rope around a pillar in the room, and Ling picked up the other end and threw it out of the window. The colorful strips of cloth then hung down loosely, swaying slowly in the wind.
Chen Xiao'er ran to the window excitedly and looked down, but her desire to cosplay as Rapunzel was instantly shattered.
No, this is too high, right?
If someone slides down from such a high building, even if the rope doesn't break, they will fall into eight pieces as soon as their hands loosen.
"Huh~" Chen Xiao'er closed her eyes dizzily. She retracted her head and took a deep breath, then said slowly, "It's too dangerous to be this high. How about we just... Zero?!"
When she opened her eyes, there was no one beside her.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Xiao'er immediately threw herself onto the windowsill and lowered her head - sure enough, Ling had already climbed out of the window and was sliding down with both hands holding the rope.
"You..." Chen Xiao'er bit her lips and dared not scream, for fear that Ling would startle and fall down.
"Don't worry." Ling raised his face and smiled slightly, and suddenly loosened his hands.
"Ah——" She landed gently on the platform on the eighth floor amid Xiao'er's scream and waved her hand playfully.
It was terrifying. Chen Xiao'er covered her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew~ If I climbed down the stairs one floor at a time, it would be much safer... No, I could fall down from every floor that way."
"Xiao'er, please come down." Ling stood on the platform on the eighth floor and opened his arms to her.
"No, no, it's too dangerous!" Chen Xiao'er shook her head desperately.
"It's not dangerous. I will definitely hold you." Zero's arms were wrapped around the rope, and her serious face vaguely merged with the image of the past.
Yes, we practiced it so many times in physical education class, we even jumped over airplanes, so there is definitely no danger.
Chen Xiao'er leaned out half of her body in a trance, grabbed the bed sheet with both hands and flipped it hard.
But when her toes barely touched the wall and her whole body was floating in the wind, her mind instantly calmed down.
No, no, no, it's still very dangerous!
Chen Xiao'er held on to the rope tightly and dared not let go, tears welling up in her eyes.
Seeing her stuck in the air, Ling shouted from below: "If you're scared, wait for me."
What should I do?
Chen Xiao'er shivered in the cold wind, forcibly controlling her shoulders and elbows.
Tap, tap. That's the sound of boots hitting the wall. Did the senior sister go to get help?
She didn't dare to look down, thinking that the senior student would open the door of the 8th floor, then go back to the 9th floor and drag me up.
Chen Xiao'er licked her lips and continued to wait. Several minutes passed but she didn't hear the sound of the door opening in the tower. Instead, her cell phone kept beeping several times, which made her very annoyed.
Crash.
"Ah," the rope she was holding suddenly began to shake. Chen Xiao'er screamed briefly, and then realized that the wind was not that strong nearby.
She quickly lowered her head, and the fear in her heart suddenly dissipated.
The inflated life-saving cushion came into view, swaying like jelly.
The senior student held the other end of the rope, smiled and moved her lips towards her.
What does the fairy tale say?
The prince wanted to climb to the top of the tower, so he grabbed Rapunzel's long, pure golden hair and climbed up to meet her in the tower.
The red life-saving cushion in her eyes kept changing shape under the blur of tears, like a swaying sea of roses.
Another fairy tale slowly opened in her mind:
A princess climbed up the high magic tower with a rope and stretched out her hand to Rapunzel: "Come and run away with me."
But Rapunzel thought the magic tower was too high, and her adoptive mother was very kind to her. So she shook her head and said, "No, no, no, it's too scary. I can't do it."
So the princess tied the rope, slid into the garden, picked the magic flowers one by one, and piled them into a thick velvet carpet.
She stood in the empty garden, holding the other end of the rope and looking up at Rapunzel.
"Believe me."
"Believe me, Xiao'ai."
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