Chapter 251 White Kite Flower
Heshia stayed until the evening, during which time she walked in the valley with Mel, visited the scenery here, and saw the various extraordinary animals raised by the local residents.
In the evening, Mrs. Hathaway took them to a cliffside hotel in the canyon for dinner. There was a cliff on one side, with a wide view and gusts of evening breeze, which was very comfortable. In the hotel, many local residents could be seen having dinner together for various happy events, which was quite lively.
"Come, Heshia, you can try it. This is our local Chaoyue shellfish, which tastes very good." Mrs. Hathaway pointed to the food that had just been served on the table. There were five wavy shells, which exuded a faint hot fragrance.
After opening a shell, the shell meat inside was already cooked, and it was sprinkled with a proper amount of seasoning.
"Because it is a specially cultivated variety, it has no fishy smell and a smooth taste. It is very popular. The disadvantage is that it has high requirements for water quality and the output is not large, so there are not many outsiders who cultivate it." Mrs. Hathaway introduced.
"Thank you, ma'am." Heshia and Mel each took one and ate it in small bites.
The night breeze was blowing. The three of them were eating dinner while talking about some interesting things. There were bursts of laughter and the sound of wine glasses clinking from the table in the distance. It was neither noisy nor deserted.
"Hershia, stay here tonight. I'll let Mel pick out some souvenirs for you tomorrow and take them back."
"Thank you, ma'am." Heshia was about to decline, but after considering whether this was a bit distant and unkind, she agreed.
"Okay, no need to be polite. These things are not worth much. Giving them to you is also a token of my appreciation." Mrs. Hathaway knew what Heshia was thinking and said with ease.
"Meow~"
Just as the three of them were chatting, a gray-blue cat came to the girl's legs and rubbed against them, making a flattering sound. Its tail brushed the girl's legs from time to time, making people feel slightly itchy.
"Hiss." In the shadow under her feet, a big spider emerged, staring at the strange cat that suddenly ran over, and made a warning sound, which frightened it and jumped up in a hurry, stepping on the knee next to Heshia.
"Ah." Looking at the cat that suddenly appeared, the girl was surprised and put one hand on the back of its neck to prevent it from jumping onto the table and knocking over the dishes.
"Okay, okay, don't scare it." While comforting the cat in her arms, Heshia bent down and said to the big spider at her feet.
However, the big spider was still a little reluctant. Looking at the gray-blue cat held by the girl, it hissed with a little grievance, as if to say, you actually hold it but not me.
Fortunately, this situation did not last too long. A slightly panicked waiter ran over and saw the cat in Heshia's arms, and hurriedly bent over to apologize.
"Sorry, this is our cat. I'm really sorry to disturb the guests' meals."
"It's okay."
After hearing this, the girl picked up the cat and handed it to the waiter. The cat looked at the big steaming shell on the table and meowed several times greedily. Then the waitress covered her eyes and pressed it in her arms with apology.
"I'm really sorry for disturbing you." Then she carried the gray cat away. Hearing her whispered admonitions and slapping along the way, the gray-blue cat was probably going to suffer when she returned.
"It's a very cute cat." Mel felt a little reluctant to see the cat being taken away.
Seeing the cat being taken away, the big spider at Heshia's feet seemed to be in a particularly good mood. It circled around the girl's feet twice, then jumped into her arms and lay down, looking like it couldn't be shaken off.
"Ah, you..."
Heshia patted it twice, but it was not easy to do it too hard. For the big spider, it was just not painful, so she could only let it go.
During dinner, Heshia tasted the rare and fresh food, and occasionally broke off small pieces and fed them to the big spider in her arms and the indigo snake on the chair next to her. The two big guys also accepted everything.
Watching Heshia interacting with them, Mrs. Hathaway on the opposite side of the table showed a loving smile, and recalled some similar scenes in her hazy eyes, as if she had seen such a scene somewhere a long time ago.
"Eat more, don't be too harsh on them." She said with a smile, then picked up the warm wine glass, took a small sip, and looked at the night sky outside the window.
The moonlight sprinkled on the distant mountains, and some clouds floated in the sky, which was particularly clear.
"What a wonderful age..."
The sweet and quiet time passed quietly, and when Heshia left the valley, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
Standing on the platform with Mel, they waved to Mrs. Hathaway and several familiar residents below, then took the tram to the station and returned to the campus of North District 1.
Sitting on the chair in the car, Heshia leaned against the window, looking at the scenery flying outside the window, the sun fell on her eyelashes, the shadow under her bangs was clearly divided and kept passing, and her beautiful face was immersed in the summer breeze.
What a beautiful and wonderful life it is. There is such a vast world outside the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region. After listening to the experience told by Mrs. Hathaway, Heshia had many expectations and fantasies, imagining what kind of scenery she would encounter in the future, what new friends she would meet, and what kind of life she would experience.
If it is said that over the years, because of living underground, the experience of her family, and the overall decline of the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region, her perception of life has always been covered with thick clouds, then the conversation with Mrs. Hathaway in the past two days is like opening a window in the clouds and seeing another world outside.
Unconsciously, it is much brighter, and she is not as anxious as before.
Suddenly, she wanted to record this feeling and expectation. She did it right away. She secretly took out the paper and pen from the storage space under the table, and then took it to the table and used colored paint brushes to outline the imaginary world.
That was the Xuelan star field described by Mrs. Hathaway, the Sea Shell α-3 star, with charming scenery.
In one corner of the picture, there was a tilted sea of flowers. Among the light green grass leaves, there were blooming white irises, with white and long petals and pale yellow stamens. In the opposite corner of the sea of flowers, several young and hazy figures were holding hands and turning in circles, as if there were laughter coming from there. The sky as the background was particularly clear and blue, without a trace of impurities.
Although she knew that the picture of Xuelan star field could be found on the star network, Heshia still resisted the desire to search and kept this fantasy in her heart and on the picture. Perhaps keeping this pure expectation would give her the motivation to explore and go there.
Mel, who was sitting next to her, was holding the gray moon cat at the moment. Both the man and the cat were sleeping peacefully, and their bodies fell in the bright sunshine, which was particularly warm.
After finishing the painting, the girl lifted up the small piece of paper and observed it through the sunlight. As the light and shadow outside the window moved, the scenery and characters in the painting seemed to move, making people imagine the beauty in it.
Putting down the painting, Heshia looked at the big spider lying on the table, then on a whim, she lifted one of its legs, smeared a little light red paint, and then gently pressed it on an inconspicuous corner of the picture, stamped it with a special seal, and wrote the date.
It's done, and there seemed to be a cheerful voice in her heart shouting this, and then the girl rolled up the painting and put it in her secret picture book.
'The place I want to go in the future is under the sky where the white kite flowers are blooming. '
(End of this chapter)
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