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In response to what Si Chengyan said, Su Ran looked at him for a few seconds, with a hint of confusion in his clear eyes.
But after just a few seconds, he stretched out the leaves and patted Si Chengyan's chest a few times - just like before, feeling very at ease and intending to continue to make further advances.
So Su Ran slid down a few centimeters with a grunt, then spread out her leaves and hugged him tightly.
When he raised his eyes again, Su Ran saw Si Chengyan looking at him.
Su Ran chuckled, then hummed and leaned on the other's chest.
They haven't been like this in a long time.
Such time is very precious to Su Ran. It is not easy to survive in this world full of superpowers and distortions.
Besides, the colonel was so busy that he often could only sleep with a small picture album or idiom manual in his arms.
They stayed quiet for a while.
At this time, wisps of thin purple clouds spread out from where they were, like a ball of cotton wool, softly spreading out, unexpectedly bringing a touch of gentle color.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Ran raised the small flower bud again.
"What's wrong?"
"Um?"
Si Chengyan smiled and said, "Anything on your mind?"
"Before..." Su Ran hesitated for a few seconds, then finally raised his head. "What exactly happened?"
A brief silence.
Su Ran quietly clenched her small leaf and said nothing more.
He was very clear about one thing: the matter that he avoided talking about and seemed to have been hidden somewhere for a long time was the colonel's knot all these years.
Su Ran lowered his roots and said nothing. He patted his small flower bud with his leaves, swaying as if blaming himself - but only for a few seconds, he suddenly remembered what the colonel had said to him before.
He couldn't be a self-blaming, apologetic little rose anymore.
So Su Ran reaffirmed his idea. When he stretched out the blade and looked at the other party, his tone was very firm: "Let me help you, okay?"
"I am your little rose." Su Ran said, "No matter what happens, we will bear it together and solve it together..."
Si Chengyan just looked at him. His expression was the same as always, yet a little different from before.
After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth.
"The level of distortion was very high that time, and no one could predict the danger."
“…Is there no one who can do this?”
Si Chengyan nodded.
"Whether they were intermediate or benign plants or animals, they all eventually became dangerous," he said. "And that cave is a terrain the base has never been to. There are no exploration manuals or hazard warnings."
Su Ran: "Hint?"
"This is something a topographical surveyor should be aware of. But that time, just because of a vague shadow of someone calling for help, I rashly decided on a rescue plan without any prior planning."
Su Ran wrapped the small leaf around Si Chengyan's right index finger and looked at him seriously: "But you saved Lu Erte, you shouldn't blame yourself like this."
Si Chengyan: "The annihilation of the entire squad is what I should bear."
Su Ran: "That's too tiring."
Si Chengyan looked into the distance and said nothing more.
Su Ran listened quietly.
He knew that a lot happened that night. Silutu, who was a tree man at the time, also said that his only biological sister seemed to have died in the incident.
But, but - no matter what happened, they were always together.
So Su Ran grunted and climbed onto Si Chengyan's fingers. Although he accidentally slipped down a bit, he pushed hard and still climbed onto the back of the other's hand.
Just then, Su Ran heard Si Chengyan speak.
"My own sister," he said calmly, "also died in that incident."
"At that time, she joined the first group of medical personnel to arrive, out of over a thousand people who signed up to provide assistance." Si Chengyan's tone remained calm. "But they had just arrived, and there was an unidentified slime monster eroding the rocks, so all the rocks were at risk of infection."
Su Ran looked at Si Chengyan seriously. He knew that even if the colonel was not there, his sister would definitely sign up for the rescue without hesitation - but many times, it was just a hypothesis, an if.
If the colonel had not been among the detachment in distress, if his sister had not been among the first, the consequences would not have been what they are now.
"After our squad was wiped out, the base issued an order to retreat immediately. When this order was sent to the communicator, I was injured and leaning against a large cliff cave."
"……Then what?"
"That was a huge rock. I still remember it." He looked at Su Ran, "But I didn't expect that behind this rock, my sister was also leaning there, dying, waiting for rescue."
Su Ran: "How could this happen?"
He looked at Si Chengyan, and after staring at each other for a few seconds, he heard the other party lower his eyes and said calmly: "I'm sorry for letting you hear this."
Su Ran shook his head.
"I never said this." Si Chengyan said, "Because I know it's all destined."
Su Ran: "Is it destined..."
Si Chengyan didn't say anything else, but the little rose straightened its roots, placed its leaves on the back of the other person's hand, and patted it gently, just like the rose elder comforting him when he was a child.
"It may turn out this way, or it may not." Su Ran used all the logic of a small rose and said lightly, "But no matter what, these are all set, right? Including..."
Su Ran said seriously, enunciating each word: "Our meeting was also destined."
This is indeed true.
In such a world where there are no solutions everywhere, all we can do is cherish every minute and every second, or rather, even if it is not such a chaotic era, they should cherish everything.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Su Ran raised her eyes, she saw the other person slightly raised the corner of his mouth and smiled very faintly.
"Um?"
"Nothing, I just feel..." Si Chengyan looked at him and said after a while, "Thank you."
"Yeah, I'll always be with you."
After he finished speaking, Su Ran grabbed the small leaf, as if hesitating about something.
After a while, she was discovered by Si Chengyan and rubbed a few times before she slowly spoke.
"When are we going to pick up Elder Rose?" Su Ran said, "It's been a long time since I last saw the elder..."
"Wait until we get back this time."
Si Chengyan raised his hand and gently touched Su Ran's little flower bud.
"Really?" Su Ran's tone instantly became much happier.
"Yes." Si Chengyan said, "The elder has recovered a lot. I will go and pick him up personally."
"Great!" Su Ran turned into a lively little rose again and hugged Si Chengyan decisively, "I love the Colonel the most!"
*
Si Chengyan and Su Ran did not leave the area immediately.
On the contrary, more plant friends came to visit, adding a unique liveliness to their temporary stay, so Su Ran left the entire small yard for them to play.
Seeing Niu Niu secretly drinking some wine from the table and then dancing swayingly, Su Ran couldn't help laughing. After Niu Niu finished the dance and fell to the ground with a perfect plop, Su Ran raised his hand and pulled it to the wall beside to rest.
It’s been a long time since it was this lively, just like the Rose Family before.
After a while, all the plant friends fell asleep. Su Ran quietly turned off the lights and put the last one, Guji, who was snoring, on the ground. Just as he got up, he saw Si Chengyan leaning against the door frame on the side, his eyes fixed on him.
So Su Ran made a "hush" sound, and walked out very lightly with a thin blanket.
The weather these days is in an abnormal climate - the cold winter and the scorching heat almost occupy the morning and evening time every day. The strong ultraviolet rays make it almost impossible for people to open their eyes, but in the middle of the night, the temperature will turn into spring, without a hint of coldness.
Regarding such unpredictable phenomena, neither humans nor other creatures have given any consideration to it anymore.
All they wanted was to be able to find some patterns or something like "patterns" in it - so every sixty days, two areas of the suspended island would land on the ground to facilitate ground exploration by members of the support institute and the military.
The new city and the old city were completely integrated because of the hanging island. The gods and ancient murals could explain all of this to some extent.
Whether it is the origin, the process, or the future.
As for Su Ran, as a little rose, he was no longer afraid of those ferocious beasts in ancient myths.
From now on, you will no longer be alone, you will no longer be exposed to the wind and rain, and you will not have to worry about being trampled flat.
Because he had the Colonel.
They will continue like this.
Although the human area they are in is only a corner of this world.
But as long as you push open the door and open the window on the island, you will see the endless sea, the Milky Way, and hundreds of suspended islands - like fireflies and stars scattered around.
Every night, whether it is the lighthouse research institute or the residential area, the lights are so intertwined that it seems as if they can be engraved into the mysterious and long-standing ancient legends, leaving a trace of human beings.
Thinking of this, Su Ran held Si Chengyan's hand tightly again.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Um……"
Su Ran originally wanted to do the same as before and just say that she liked the colonel.
But this time, he just lowered his head and smiled. After laughing for a while, he raised his eyes, raised his chin slightly, and kissed Si Chengyan lightly.
At this moment, starlight peeked out from behind the thin clouds, shining through their intertwined figures.
——Like stars in the wilderness, like glimmers on the sea.
When it falls quietly to the side, everything is so sparkling.
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