"What are you... talking about..."
When he saw the beautiful small words on the account book, Chen Cheng forced a smile on his face, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger: "Why are you saying thank you all of a sudden? It's like we're parting. We still have to go out together..."
Meng Nian shook her head and turned to the next page of the account book.
——Last night, I secretly planted my heart scale in your body. That heart scale is my true body. After it leaves my body, I will gradually dissipate. I'm sorry, Chen Cheng, I made a decision on my own again.
The ink of the words above has dried up, obviously Meng Nian had written it in advance.
As the pages of Meng Nian turned, the light that gradually dissipated from her body became more and more dense.
"...You don't have to say sorry to me. How could I blame you? I already said that we can definitely go out together. Mengnian, be obedient and take out that heart scale, okay?" Looking at the handwriting on the account book, Chen Cheng's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley. His smile became more and more stiff, and his words were trembling and pleading.
He really couldn't accept that the dream he had just woken up from disappeared so suddenly.
Meng Nian shook her head and turned to the next page.
——As long as I exist as a living being, the outside world will never accept me, and this small world was born because of me. Unless I disappear, Shen Cheng, you will always be trapped in this small world.
"What nonsense are you talking about..." Chen Cheng shook his head repeatedly: "I don't care about these things, there must be a way out..."
Meng Nian smiled softly, as if she had already expected Shen Cheng to say that, and continued to turn the pages of the account book.
——Chen Cheng, your family is still waiting for you, you are missing them deeply, right?
- Don't worry, I said, the Heart Scale is my real body, and now it is in your body. As long as you go out, it is equivalent to me going out with you. We are together forever.
Looking at the light that kept emanating from Meng Nian, which had almost enveloped her, Chen Cheng said in a hoarse voice, "What kind of going out together is this? I mean I want to take you out with me as you are now. Didn't we agree on this? I want to take you out to eat delicious food outside. We can do a lot of things outside. Aren't you also looking forward to it? Now is not the time to give up..."
After looking at Chen Cheng deeply for a moment, Meng Nian could no longer maintain the smile on her face, and tears emitting golden light kept dripping from the corners of her eyes.
——Chen Cheng, please go out for me and see the outside world for me. Thank you for your company during this time, thank you for giving me a name, thank you for never thinking of leaving me alone, thank you very much...
There were still some wet marks on the page, which seemed to be caused by tears dripping on it. It was wrinkled and some of the words were blurred.
When Shen Cheng just glanced over that sentence, Meng Nian's whole body was suddenly covered by light, and the account book passed through Meng Nian's palm and fell on the grass.
Along with the account book, the coat that Meng Nian had always worn and which she treasured fell down.
"Meng...Nian?" Shen Cheng's eyes were blank. He stretched out his hands, wanting to hold Meng Nian in his arms like he used to.
However, when Shen Cheng touched Meng Nian's body, it was as if he touched a phantom and passed through it directly.
Only then did Shen Cheng realize that Meng Nian's body had become transparent at some point.
Seeing this, Shen Cheng couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Meng Nian walked forward and took the initiative to hug Chen Cheng, with a faint smile still on her tear-stained face.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still. Although Chen Cheng could not feel the warmth from Meng Nian's body, he knew very well that Meng Nian was hugging him very tightly, very tightly... as if she wanted to remember the feeling of this moment.
Then, the dream that was embracing Chen Cheng suddenly turned into a sky full of light, scattered towards the sky, and drifted far away, as if it had drifted outside this small world.
The dream thought...disappeared.
"Dream... Thoughts? Dream Thoughts? Dream Thoughts!!"
Shen Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hand in a panic, trying to catch the scattered light spots.
But those points of light penetrated Chen Cheng's palm like a dream, and slowly drifted away into the distance without any lingering...
"...Dream...Thought..."
Chen Cheng sat on the grass in a daze, watching the lights disappear one after another. His heart seemed to be drained out, leaving only bursts of pain.
"It was you... who abandoned me..."
As Meng Nian disappeared, the grass, pond, and trees in the small world, which carried all the beautiful things that Chen Cheng and Meng Nian had experienced during this period of time, began to emit little bits of light and floated into the sky.
The small world is gradually disappearing...
Picking up the account book and coat on the ground, Shen Cheng stood up unsteadily.
On the account book that fell on the grass were the handwriting left by Meng Nian. Those were the words written by Meng Nian when she was sitting in Shen Cheng's arms. Shen Cheng could read from them Meng Nian's yearning and expectation for the outside world.
“I promise you, I’ll take you out…” Taking a deep breath, Shen Cheng gritted his teeth and looked in the direction of the cave where the dragon head mural was.
That old charlatan should have a way...
Gathering all his strength, Shen Cheng began to run hard, still holding the coat and the account book in his arms, as if he could feel Meng Nian's presence.
The objects on both sides of the field of vision quickly receded, and the light they emitted continued to float upwards into the sky. Shen Cheng did not dare to stop. He had to find the dragon head mural before this small world disappeared.
That mysterious dragon head mural is the only chance to save Meng Nian...
Finally, Shen Cheng saw the cave at the end.
As soon as he stepped into the cave, Chen Cheng immediately came to the dragon head mural and shouted anxiously: "Hey! Are you there? Come on, answer me, quickly..."
"The small world is actually starting to collapse?"
The two eyes on the dragon head mural lit up with golden light, and that majestic and familiar voice entered Shen Cheng's mind.
Seeing that the dragon head finally responded, a glimmer of hope gradually rose in Chen Cheng's heart: "Meng Nian...she disappeared after giving me her heart scale. You can save Meng Nian, right?"
"..." The dragon head was silent for a moment, then it slowly said: "Now that the child is in your body, as long as you leave here, you will naturally leave with the child..."
"The dream I want to take away isn't this heart scale!" Chen Cheng pressed his hands against the stone wall, his forehead pressed against the dragon head mural, and gritted his teeth, "The dream I want to take away is the one who will accompany me and always has a silly smile on her face...
Don’t you want my help? I promise you, I’ll do anything for you. Please, save Meng Nian…”
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