Jiang Yihuan finally woke up after school. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, looked around blankly, and finally remembered that she was still at school. She packed her schoolbag and prepared to go home.
Ye Qi grabbed her: "Wait."
Jiang Yihuan looked up at Ye Qi, tilting her head as if infected by her gaze: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qi smiled sweetly at her: "Let's go have a meal together, it's been a long time since we've eaten."
“…Okay.” Jiang Yihuan decided to quietly cancel her original schedule later.
Instead of getting into their own car, they scanned two shared bikes and rode along the road, chatting idly.
"Shall we go eat hot pot?"
"eat."
Would you like some milk tea?
"drink."
And so it was.
The two sat in the hot pot restaurant, their eyes watering from the extra spicy hot pot. They didn't care about the fact that eating spicy food and drinking cold drinks would cause diarrhea. Instead, they looked up and gulped down soy milk.
"Ah! That's awesome!"
Ye Qi finished the entire bottle of soy milk in one go, and when she looked down, the bottle was already empty.
Jiang Yihuan was sweating profusely from eating, but she still wanted two more plates of fatty beef.
She really likes to eat fatty beef.
You could say you could eat it endlessly and never get tired of it.
Perhaps because it was dinner time, the hot pot restaurant was packed with people, and the steaming pots warmed the cold air blowing in from outside.
After finishing the remaining small plate of meat, Ye Qi habitually cleared the bowl and chopsticks aside before paying the bill and leaving.
The two of them strolled through the cold night streets.
Ye Qi seemed to remember something and took Jiang Yihuan's hand in her own, as if recalling something: "When it was cold before, you always liked to put your hand in mine."
Jiang Yihuan gave a faint "hmm".
Why isn't it congested today?
Jiang Yihuan paused: "...I forgot."
She looked down at the floorboards beneath her feet, remaining silent for a long time.
Finally, I couldn't help but look up at the dark sky and the streetlights illuminating the way for pedestrians walking at night.
Her thoughts drifted back to the past.
From the age she could remember, every winter she couldn't help but reach out to her right, but without exception, she missed.
Later, I gradually got used to it and withdrew my hand.
Later on, I really got used to not reaching out.
She would rather warm herself up by herself than find new friends to warm her hands.
Fortunately, in the winter of her sixteenth year, she finally received her warmth again.
They walked along the roadside, speechless, yet they wanted to say so much.
Finally, Ye Qi spoke up: "Huanhuan, will we win?"
"meeting."
"Yes, that's enough."
Ye Qi couldn't help but shake Jiang Yihuan's arm, jokingly saying, "I was originally going to give you my little savings that I've been hoarding for a long time, but after thinking about it, I decided not to..."
"If I really gave it to you, I'd be starving."
Jiang Yihuan paused, silently turned her head away, and said weakly, "Me too."
Ye Qi seemed to understand something, smiled without saying a word, and then looked up at the sky: "Huanhuan, you are too dishonest. If I don't tell you, you will keep it to yourself."
She had guessed that Jiang Yihuan would consider sacrificing herself, and look, she was right.
Because she knows Jiang Yihuan too well.
Similarly, Jiang Yihuan knows Ye Qi all too well.
Jiang Yihuan understood that Ye Qi was trying to trick her into revealing information, and she willingly fell into the trap.
The cold wind whipped at the corners of their clothes, stinging their faces.
Ye Qi had just spoken when she said, "Huanhuan, you are not alone. You don't need to shoulder everything by yourself."
The next instant, fireworks exploded behind Ye Qi.
The dazzling and romantic fireworks exploded in the sky, creating streaks of sparks, and the falling sparks adorned the night, lighting up fleeting starlight.
The next second.
White snowflakes fell.
The white dots dancing in the air, arriving late to the city's eye, echoed the neon-lit skyscrapers everywhere, creating a warm winter scene.
The first snowflake landed in Ye Qi's hand and, before melting into water, entered her eyes.
She then looked up, exhaling a cold breath as she spoke: "It's snowing."
Jiang Yihuan looked up at the sky, where snowflakes were falling and dancing in the air.
Jiang Yihuan looked at the snow scene before her, unable to describe her feelings, but the only thing on her mind was—
The overly realistic world before them shouldn't be what they call a book or a story.
It truly exists.
It is her and Ye Qi's hometown.
Their home is here.
At this moment, they are no longer characters in a play, and this world is no longer just a backdrop, but a corner of life that they will always love.
Ye Qi turned her head to look at Jiang Yihuan: "The day we met was also in winter, and it was snowing heavily at that time."
Ye Qi grabbed Jiang Yihuan's hand and suddenly started running forward, ignoring the strange looks from other passersby, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Jiang Yihuan! Thank you for giving me a new life!"
Forced to run behind Ye Qi, Jiang Yihuan stared blankly at Ye Qi, pursed her lips and lowered her head: "I...didn't do anything."
"How could that be? Without you, Ye Qi would have died that winter."
Ye Qi quickened her pace, her voice louder, her eyes brighter, as if this was the most important promise in her heart: "Ye Qi loves Jiang Yihuan the most!"
In an instant, tears welled up in Jiang Yihuan's eyes. When she caught a glimpse of the bewildered expressions on the faces of passersby, she muttered under her breath, "Idiot, how embarrassing."
but--
Jiang Yihuan is not afraid of losing face.
Running behind her, Jiang Yihuan shouted even louder than Ye Qi, "Jiang Yihuan likes Ye Qi the most!"
Ye Qi almost stopped in her tracks from her daze, but quickly recovered and responded with a bright smile, "Yes! I heard you!"
Ignoring the strange looks from everyone, the two of them ran freely, expressing their emotions and firmly telling each other:
You are the most important.
so.
Please don't give up on yourself so easily anymore.
Choose a sacrifice that will sadden those around you.
After receiving Ye Qi's feelings, Jiang Yihuan stopped in her tracks. Her usually cold expression softened into a warm smile, as if she had returned to the time when they first met, and her inner turmoil had finally been resolved.
He then looked at Ye Qi and said, "I'm ready."
"And you?"
Ye Qi stopped and returned the smile: "Of course!"
Jiang Yihuan suddenly laughed out loud: "Aren't you afraid of losing control?"
"You're here for me."
"...Yes, I'm here."
Jiang Yihuan took the initiative to use her light magic to condense a key, and Ye Qi was the lock.
Ye Qi is now only half of her original strength because her master said that black magic can easily harm people. Her physique is special, making her the strongest black magician, but also the most prone to losing control.
Therefore, Jiang Yihuan, who shares her fate, is her lock, locking away half of her magic when she was young.
Similarly, Jiang Yihuan needs half of the magic power as the key.
Now.
Jiang Yihuan returned the key to Ye Qi.
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