After all, during the city battle, from the moment he was captured by the enemy, he thought he would never come back. Who would have thought... that life is unpredictable and fate is cruel, and he would actually come back alive... alive and see these familiar places again.
Just then.
Just as he was about to climb the steps, he heard the sound of a broom falling to the ground from the distance above. He looked up and saw...
At the top of the steps, the water goddess Sayo, dressed in a shrine maiden's outfit, stood right there. Upon seeing Lorraine's figure, the broom in her hand not only slipped silently from her grasp, but her expression also changed visibly, instantly turning into tears of joy.
She was trembling violently, and two clear tears streamed down her face.
He opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.
It wasn't until Lorraine waved to her and called out, teasingly, "Hey, isn't this Comrade Xiao Ye? Long time no see, how have you been?"
"Lorraine!!!!!"
In an instant.
The longing and anticipation suppressed for countless days and nights were all transformed into a shout that resounded throughout the entire shrine.
She paced away, then rushed down the steps as fast as she could, running towards the other person.
"Hey, hey, hey... don't run around on the stairs, it's dangerous!"
Lorraine was worried.
When the Water Goddess Xiaoye was only twenty steps away from him, she leaped forward, opened her arms, and transformed into a shooting star, rushing towards him in an eager embrace.
"Holy crap!"
Lorraine was so frightened that she quickly stepped forward and adjusted the angle to catch the girl, preventing her from falling headfirst into the concrete and dying.
And the moment the two embraced tightly.
The water goddess Xiaoye's uncontrollable sobs of joy and sorrow finally rang out.
"Ugh, you idiot! Idiot! Idiot!... You finally decided to come back, do you even know... how long I've waited for you...?!"
Lorraine hesitated, as if she wanted to explain something more.
But in the end, it all boiled down to one sentence: "I'm sorry for making you worry."
"If you do this again, I'll never let you come back."
"Okay, okay, I admit my mistake, I reflect on it, I apologize, isn't that enough?"
"I'm sorry, what I said earlier was a lie. As long as you're back, that's all that matters. You're back... that's all that matters."
Finally, I was able to feel that ultimate warmth in my body again.
The water goddess Xiaoye hugged him tightly, as if he were a precious treasure, and she never wanted to let go of him for the rest of her life.
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