"If the end is destined to be a tragedy and there is nothing at the end of the road, then don't go on!"
"Su Mingan, do you have a way to prevent the end from coming?"
He moved closer, his white hair fluttering, his eyes fixed on the empty space, as if there were a few butterflies fluttering there. His eyes seemed to be begging, his bloodshot eyes trembling like a string about to break.
Su Mingan did not answer, his eyes looked into the distance.
So that the end will not come?
He can indeed die and rewind the game, making time freeze from then on and no longer move forward, but so what?
It's just confinement, just bondage.
It was just him, who was too stagnant in civilization to let the river come to an end.
The white-haired young man who was close at hand had a serious look in his eyes, and his green eyes seemed to be speaking.
——We just don’t want you to die, Su Mingan.
The only sound in the quiet room is the rain.
A swallow flew past the window, flying high in the rain.
"Do you want me to win or lose?" Su Ming'an looked at Lu Shu steadily and said suddenly.
"I hope you can realize your wish and stay alive." Lu Shu said firmly.
"Does that mean you want me to win?"
"I want you to live."
"Does that mean you want me to win?"
“Alive,” Lu Shu repeated, as if this was the only word left in his mind and he couldn’t hear anything else.
“…alive.”
He wanted everyone to be alive.
It was raining heavily outside the window, the moonlight was dim, and the sound of a violin could be heard from afar.
Raindrops pattered on the glass. Su Mingan's eyes trembled, and he patted Lu Shu's shoulder lightly but solemnly. The force was so small that it was almost like brushing away the dust on his shoulder.
It seemed like a century before he slowly spoke:
"... Lu Shu, I will definitely win."
He didn't promise any extra words.
There was no longer that firm promise that they would go home together.
He no longer said confidently that he would not leave.
He no longer smiled and said that he would survive.
He just said it softly.
——I will win.
But only he knows what winning this bet means.
He knew that if he told the truth, Lu Shu and the others would definitely do something impulsive. So...please let him take advantage of a small loophole in words and let him be cunning for once.
Lu Shu seemed to have finally been forgiven and heaved a sigh of relief. In his eyes, winning the bet meant everyone was happy, which was equivalent to Su Mingan's promise that they would live together.
So he nodded happily and said:
"good."
Then we'll wait for you to go home together.
The rain was so heavy that he couldn't see the faint moonlight tonight.
——Naturally, he was unable to see the deep sorrow hidden in Su Mingan’s eyes.
They looked up at the sky, as if they could see the deep starry sky through the rain.
The universe is so deep and vast, with stars connected into lines and beautiful blue and purple nebulae overlapping and intersecting, as if there is endless vastness.
The scale of the universe is so vast that humans occupy only a millisecond in eternity, and the time spent between generations is just a drop of rain falling in the long evolution.
But this drop of rain... spread from under their feet to the whole world.
If the universe is a long and vast concerto, human beings are just one of the short notes. People will still pluck this note to make it soft and beautiful, just like their fragile yet precious nature.
They watched the rain quietly until there was a hurried knock on the door and Lin Yin called them to eat.
"Come for supper, busy people! Luna is cooking today, and it's northern cuisine with unique flavors! There are also cream puddings made by Beiwang himself, and Aini also made grilled fish..."
The girl's voice broke through the darkness of the night, like a warm light.
Su Mingan stood up and said with a smile:
"I won't go. I'll take a nap. You go eat, Lu Shu."
From beginning to end, he only played the first note.
Lu Shu nodded and walked out. Downstairs were Yamada Machi and others. They were holding hot dishes, smiling and waving.
"Come and have a midnight snack!" Isabella waved her hand, holding a homemade mango pastry in her hand.
"If I don't come to eat, I'll be so sleepy..." Beiwang yawned.
"Aini's grilled fish is very delicious, much better than his secret of fire..." Yamada Machiichi smiled quietly, holding a plate of strawberry pudding.
Aini, who was standing nearby, heard this and immediately grabbed Yamada Machiichi, asking him to take back what he said. The two of them hugged each other, and the hall was filled with happy laughter. Everyone's eyes were shining, and the fire was crackling, and the heat was overflowing.
Lu Shu nodded with a short smile on his face. As he turned around and closed the door, Su Mingan's barely audible voice suddenly rang out from the room.
The sound was so quiet that Lu Shu even thought it was an auditory hallucination. He almost had to lean against the door to hear it clearly.
"Give me a little more time..."
Su Mingan's voice was trembling, with a slight tone of crying.
Speaking in scattered, broken, vague words:
"I certainly will."
"We'll find a way to have the best of both worlds..."
“I want to win.”
…
"I don't want to die..."
…
After nightfall, it rained heavily.
While Lin Yin was cleaning, she found a dead black swallow in the yard.
The swallow was soaked in too much water and fell to its death in the mud. Its wings were broken and its black eyes were covered with dust, staring blankly at the sky.
She buried it, erected a small mound of earth, and transplanted a newly blooming lily for it.
On the small nameless grave, a pure white lily bloomed beautifully, nourished by the corpses of swallows.
…
——It sways gracefully in the rain, like a spring that has not yet been touched but is particularly beautiful.
…
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