Shen Que didn't say anything, but just looked quietly at the star-like flowers in front of him.
"But none of them have bloomed." Pei Ji looked at the flower buds at his feet in disappointment. "You said you would take me here to pick flowers, but you can't pick flower buds."
Chen Lu slowly took out a spherical mechanical device, "Hmm... I thought it would work..."
The two children looked at him puzzledly at the same time.
But Chen Lu lowered his head, as if lost in thought, and did not continue to explain.
Suddenly, Pei Ji cried out "Ah!"
"I know what that is!" He pointed at the machine in Shen Lu's hand, and his mind suddenly came online, "It's an artificial rain device! We use it to supplement precipitation during the artificial rainy season on Baisha Star!"
However, the one in Shen Lu's hand was obviously an outdated rainfall device. It was very small, and its parts were very old and rusty. It was completely incomparable to the super-large rainfall device on Baisha Star with a diameter of dozens of meters.
Shen Lu fiddled with it for a long time but failed to successfully start it.
Finally, Shen Que interrupted his thinking helplessly.
"Let me do it."
The two children took the device from Shen Lu and turned it on in less than two minutes.
As the device opened into an umbrella shape and slowly rose into the sky, Pei Ji and Shen Que simultaneously looked at Shen Lu with disdain.
Chen Lu: "...Haha, I really have no talent at all..."
The raindrops fell quickly, covering only an area of about three meters in diameter, just enough to cover the small piece of Messiah.
Shen Que tilted his head back, feeling the cool rain on his face.
Suddenly, a small shadow appeared above my head.
He turned his head and saw Pei Ji holding his coat on top of his head. When he saw him looking at him, he turned his face away awkwardly.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just worried you might catch a cold. You look like you get sick easily..."
Shen Que pressed the corner of his mouth and moved closer to him.
The stretched-out coat was like a small house built by Pei Ji for him, wrapping the two small figures inside, keeping them warm even though it rained outside.
Chen Lu didn't know when he left the small depression and returned to the hillside, looking at the two little fools helplessly.
They could clearly avoid the rain by taking a step back, but they insisted on staying close to it, fearing that others would not know their little thoughts.
Shen Lu chuckled and picked up the pen on the ground.
The rain continued until evening.
The rain-falling device rolled to the ground, emitting white smoke, signaling its end of life.
The flower buds, filled with water, are fuller than in the afternoon and seem to be ready to bloom at any time.
If they were Messiahs on the main star, they would have to wait until late at night, but as Chen Lu said, the Messiahs here have adapted to the new climate, so they bloomed as soon as the moon came out.
The petals trembled slightly, first one, then one, and finally a cluster.
In the blink of an eye, it seemed as if a layer of snow had fallen on the ground.
“So beautiful.”
Little Pei Ji looked at this scene in surprise.
He was a little reluctant to pick it, and his eyes lingered on the transparent petals as thin as a cicada's wings.
This is the flower he has been waiting for so long!
"People in your hometown really have no taste! Such beautiful flowers should be kept in the palace and well cared for."
Shen Que smiled, bent down to pick a flower, handed it to Pei Ji, and said seriously:
"They are wildflowers and can survive well without anyone taking care of them. Even if the flowers fall and the leaves wither, as long as the roots are not broken, they will grow again within two days."
Pei Ji carefully took the Messiah, which was as pure as the first snow.
"They're not that delicate..."
Shen Que raised his chin, "So if you like it, I'll give it to you."
And it wasn't until Pei Ji had a handful of flowers that Shen Que suddenly remembered and asked, "Why did you pick the flowers?"
But Pei Ji was seen frantically twisting the stems of the small flowers together into a crooked circle.
The next second, the wreath fell on Shen Que's head.
"It's a parting gift." Pei Ji said.
Shen Que, with a wreath on her head, stared at him blankly.
"Isn't it?" Pei Ji seemed a little confused. "A Lu said that everyone should give gifts when they leave. I didn't know what you like, so I prepared it according to the custom of Baisha Star."
Having said that, he touched his nose embarrassedly.
"Even though you smeared pudding on my face...I still like you...I had a great time this summer vacation."
Little Pei Ji's cheeks flushed. He took a step forward and kissed Chen Que's cheek.
At that moment, the wind stopped.
Suddenly, An's voice came from not far away:
"Hello--"
Four figures came up the hill. The little girl running in the front made a trumpet shape with her hand and shouted to the two children, one big and two small, in the moonlight.
"You three—come home quickly—"
Shen Lu responded, then glanced at the two children holding hands, his eyes falling on the drawing paper in front of him.
The elegant watercolor depicts two small silhouettes in the moonlight, one of them wearing a white wreath and looking into the distance, while the other is holding his hand and looking at him.
Chen Lu rolled up the painting and carefully put it into the painting tube.
As the big one and two small ones walked towards the other four people, the whole scene began to fluctuate like a reflection in the water, and gradually, it was shattered in the silvery moonlight.
And at the last moment when the picture faded, in a place where no one could see, the little Chen Que suddenly turned his head and secretly kissed Pei Ji's little face.
…
When Shen Que opened his eyes again, he saw a whole field of blooming Messiahs in front of him.
The translucent petals overlap with the white falling snow in my memory, but they bloom more vigorously and more warmly.
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