At that time, the snow seemed to fall from the sky forever.
The naive little hand opened, and the snowflakes fell gently to the palm of the hand, and a delicate touch was brought up on the fair skin.
Then, the snowflakes melted.
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The girl¡¯s eyes were blank, as if without focus, she looked at the small drops of water that fell from her hands and dripped on the snow without a trace.
The little hand is gathered, the fingers and fingers are against each other, friction.
But I can never wipe away the coldness that goes straight to my heart.
"Tifa, what's wrong with you?"
The boy next to her stopped and asked.
His tone of voice is very strange, lazy, but it makes people feel comfortable, just like the sun in winter.
The girl raised her head, her eyes focused on the caring and worried face. She paused for a moment, then shook her head gently, and then looked expressionlessly at the snow-white front.
It¡¯s just that the other hand holding the boy tightened slightly.
The young man glanced at the two folded hands and shifted his gaze to the girl's lovely face. She was beautiful but emotionless. Even her eyes were empty. She looked like a doll. He couldn't help but sigh silently.
However, the young man's sighing expression didn't last long and was replaced by a warm smile. He held the girl's hand and continued to walk forward. At the same time, he said slightly cheerfully, "Hey, Tifa, my brother will take you to a certain place today." It¡¯s a place where you have to stay for a few days, but it doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯ll come back to pick you up soon. And there are children there who are about the same age as you. They are still very interesting little guys. I think you will like that place. of."
The girl didn¡¯t know if she heard what he said, she just nodded instinctively.
The young man didn't pay attention, smiled slightly, and at the same time gently wiped the snowflakes from the girl's head with his other hand.
Soon, the young man saw the destination of his trip.
He walked to an ordinary British-style building, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and a very young voice suddenly came from the door.
"Wait, it's coming soon."
Not long after the voice fell, the door was opened, and a little red-haired head was revealed.
The red-haired child looked up, and the two bright black and white eyes on the cute face turned around in the boy's face, and he was instantly filled with smiles.
¡°Brother Hans, you haven¡¯t been back to the village for a long time!!¡±
The child laughed as he opened the door and made way for a passage.
¡°Well, I also have something to do, Negi~~¡±
Hans¡¯s hand pinched Negi¡¯s tender and smooth face, his eyes blinking with smiles.
¡°I hate it, it¡¯s so cold.¡±
Negi wrinkled his nose in dissatisfaction, but did not swat Hans¡¯ mischievous hand away.
But he soon focused his attention on the girl Hans had brought.
"Brother Hans, is she?"
"This is my sister, Tifa~~"
"Eh!? Brother Hans actually has a sister!?"
"Hey, what does this unbelievable expression mean!? Can't I have a sister!?" Hans gently patted Negi's head, then turned to look at Tifa, "Tifa, come and give Neji a sister!" Say hello Kat.¡±
"Hello."
Tifa glanced at Negi indifferently, then looked away, still maintaining a cold expression, without even a hint of curiosity.
"Uh, hello, I'm Negi."
Negi scratched his head. At a young age, he didn't know how to respond to someone who didn't want to pay attention to him at all.
"Sorry, Negi, Tifa is just a little shy"
Does this mean you are shy? Girls are really weird.
The young Negi seemed to have some wrong perceptions in some aspects.
"Why are you alone? Where are your sister and Neil?"
Hans led Tifa and Negi into the living room. He looked around and found that some familiar people were not there.
"Neil is lying in bed again, and his sister is waking him up."
Negi obediently brought hot water to the two of them and explained to Hans.
"It's almost ten o'clock now, I'm still sleepingAh, I can't do that anymore, I want to sleep too."
Seeing Hans lying down on the table and starting to snore, Negi was very ashamed. At the same time, he felt that his brother's behavior seemed to have something to do with the guy in front of him.
"Hans, you're here."
Gentle and sweetThe sound seemed to be an alarm clock. Hans, who was originally like a dead fish, immediately jumped up. His eyes were bright and he could fight the legendary hero for three hundred rounds.
"Ahaha, I just came hereuh, isn't this kid awake yet?"
Hans laughed happily, but when he saw the child being held by Nijiane, his smile couldn't help but stiffen.
"I should be awake, but I didn't want to get up when I heard you were coming."
Nijiani brushed the child's silky hair one by one, with gentle doting on her face.
At this time, Tifa, who was sipping water, turned her attention and saw a blond girl about the same age as her brother walking out of the room. The girl was holding a child in her arms. The child looked like a cat. In the owner's arms, the little arms were wrapped around the girl's neck, and her head was buried in the other person's hair, twisting gently from time to time, and the gorgeous long hair was gently swaying.
Tifa¡¯s eyes moved to the child¡¯s face, a face very similar to Negi¡¯s but softer. His eyes were closed, and his slender eyelashes were curved and raised, very beautiful.
¡ª¡ªWhat a beautiful child.
This was Tifa¡¯s first thought about this person.
"Hey, little guy, are you looking down on me?"
Hans walked over and looked at the child with his hands on his hips and squinted eyes.
The child opened his eyes slightly, and through the slits he could see a pair of crystal clear purple eyes. He glanced at Hans, then turned his head back, grunting angrily but mumbling in a babyish voice, "Huh, I'm not talking to you. What a big liar."
"Huh? When did I lie to you?"
"You missed your date last time, Hans."
Seeing that Hans was confused, Nejane couldn't help but smile and remind him.
"Last time?" Hans held his chin and thought for a long time, then suddenly realized, and then shook his head, "No, I told Negi clearly that I couldn't come because of something Uh, Negi, you kid didn't tell Neil ?"
"Eh? Is this happening?"
Negi was very confused, and then imitated Hans¡¯s posture and started to think back, ¡°Well, it seems there is.¡±
"What does it look like! It's obviously there! Are you a bird? You just forgot about what I told you!?"
"What! It's obviously Brother Hans and you suddenly said, "I'm going to save the world" and ran away. Who knows what you mean! ! "
Tifa looked at this noisy group of people, not knowing what kind of feeling she had in her heart, and the emotions in her eyes fluctuated slightly.
Immediately it fell silent again.
Afterwards, Hans and Nejane chatted for a while, told Tifa a few words, and left the room. For a period of time when Tifa stayed here, Tifa seemed to have no awareness of the things around her. She seemed confused and always stayed quietly in the house. Although Nejia took special care of her, Neji also kept looking for various people. She talked to her on various topics, but unfortunately there was no response. Neil blinked his bright eyes and looked at the strange girl, saying nothing and staying quietly aside.
it's getting dark.
Tifa looked out the window at the night where snowflakes were still falling. She was alone in the quiet room and suddenly felt very cold. She hugged the thick quilt tightly, trying to warm up her body. However, no matter how hard she hugged and rubbed, she was always cold.
The hands, feet, joints, and even the heart are all numb.
¡ª¡ªBecause I am the only one left.
"Woo¡ª¡ª"
I tried hard not to cry, but my throat was in pain and I could not control my cry.
Her parents and the friends she grew up with all died in the war.
Touching her mother's cold palms that day, she could only cry and wake up crying. She didn't know how long she lasted. By then, the tears were no longer flowing, and her throat was so hoarse that she could no longer recognize her original voice. , she could only cry repeatedly.
She can only do this.
Until her brother rescued her, from that moment on, there was no smile on her face, and even her head stopped functioning.
At night, she would be haunted by nightmares and unable to sleep. Only in her brother's arms could she fall asleep lightly.
And now, her brother has also left and is no longer around.
A strong sense of loneliness enveloped the girl.
She seemed like a child abandoned by the world.
Click¡ª¡ª
The slight sound of the door opening attracted the girl's attention.
I saw the kid named Neil turning the handle and walking in, wearingUndressed, his long hair was scattered, as if it was emitting a faint silver light. He raised his eyes and looked at the girl who was crying. His purple pupils were very bright in the dark room, and all the light seemed to be concentrated in those eyes. .
"ah¡¡"
Tifa let out a low cry because of Neal's appearance, and even forgot that her crying posture was in the eyes of others.
Why is this person here?
With tears streaming down her face, Tifa just stared blankly at Neal's sudden arrival, and wondered why he came to her room.
However, as if there was no reason at all, he came to her and gently touched the side of the girl's face with a small palm. The girl's eyes widened and she stared blankly at the child who seemed to be clumsily wiping away her tears. .
The touch on the face is soft and warm.
An unprecedented peace of mind.
Neil stretched out his hands and gently hugged Tifa to his chest, his shallow lips softly pressed against her forehead, letting the girl's tears wet his pajamas.
Tifa came back to her senses, she didn¡¯t push Neil away, she leaned against Neil¡¯s small body with a slight trembling, sobbing quietly, and then, gradually, she burst into tears.
The loneliness that had filled the body for a long time seemed to disappear with this cry, and more, it was filled with incredible warmth.
She could not forget the warmth of that moment until many years later, she was still as attached as she was tonight.
Tifa didn¡¯t know how long she cried, or when she fell asleep. She only knew that it was the first time since that nightmare that she slept so peacefully.
When she woke up, the soft sunlight slowly poured into her field of vision, followed by a lovely and peaceful face.
¡ª¡ªIt¡¯s not a dream.
Tifa slowly narrowed her eyes like a crescent moon, smiled lightly and purely, feeling simply happy.
Looking at the face that was so close, she could even feel her breathing. Tifa subconsciously slowly reached out her hand to touch him, very slowly, and the sound of her heartbeat echoed in her ears like a drum.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Tifa was so frightened that she immediately retracted her hand and pulled the quilt up to cover her hot face. Neil also woke up and sat up, rubbing his sleepy eyes. .
"Tifa, are you up?"
"Um."
Seeing that Neal was getting up, Tifa had no choice but to get up too and responded softly.
As soon as Nijiane pushed the door open and walked in, she saw Neil who was in a daze, and immediately tapped his head angrily.
"Ugh, why are you knocking me, sister?"
"What can you say? Why did you fall asleep here? This is Tifa's room. Although you are still very young, you must know from now on that boys cannot just walk into a girl's room."
A boy?
Tifa was stunned for a moment, and her mind began to recall some things that she had not noticed when she was confused, such as Hans and the others' names for Neil.
Brother, boy
Hey, hey, hey! ? This guy turns out to be a boy! ?
The familiar voice brought back Tifa's memories. She was stunned for a moment, then picked up the tea cup in front of her to cover up her slight gaffe.
"It's nothing, I just remembered the TV show last night." Tifa covered up the topic without leaving a trace, then looked straight at the boy sitting opposite her and smiled slightly, "By the way, Negi, what's going on?"
I saw Negi lying on the table with a gray face, and Meowsas was lying on his head, meowing angrily from time to time to make his presence felt.
¡°In Neil¡¯s words, this is the price of love.¡±
Negi wrapped Miusas off his head, with a healing smile on his face like a messenger from heaven. It would be best if the tattered suit and dusty face could be ignored.
Fortunately, under Yiwen Jielin's care, he had trained his body to be able to be rubbed and stepped on without any harm. Otherwise, it would be difficult to guarantee that his hands and feet would not be broken under certain killing skills such as the Cross of Heaven and the Hammer of Hell.
¡°Well, he doesn¡¯t even know where the 9-year-old Kureha got these super S-level special moves.
"Even though you said that, I still feel a touch of sadness."
Tifa turned her attention to the children who were having a lot of fun in the yard, and Alicia who was making more fun than the children, and she was speechless.
Alicia your wisdom?Actually, it¡¯s right to stay at the five-year-old stage.
"No wonder Neil let you stay here and go to the supermarket to buy groceries with Aunt Zhumei and Huayue."
"Yes, this is definitely a prelude to cheating."
Neji suddenly burst into tears like the Yellow River.
"Meow¡ª¡ª"
"Woo, you still have a conscience, Meowsas."
Looking at Negi being comforted by the kitten, Tifa couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he and Nier were very similar brothers.
¡°By the way, where are Chifuyu and Miss Fujimura? I didn¡¯t seem to see them at home when I came here.¡±
"Sister Fujimura, if there is anything else she wants to do at home, take Chifuyu over to help. She should be back later."
After Tifa answered, she turned her head, holding her cheek and looking quietly outside the room.
Negi looked at her for a while, then lowered his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Tifa, Neal is having an affair?"
¡°Cough cough cough¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡±
Tifa felt her breath being choked and coughed violently. She took a breath and stared at Negi, "What did you say all of a sudden!?"
"No, no, no," Negi quickly shook his hands and his head, "Because I think you seem to have something on your mind, laughing and sighing at times. You feel like those heroines in TV dramas who are worried when they find out that a third party is involved. Same."
"That's not true!!! Neil and I are not"
Tifa groaned angrily, her face so red that she couldn't say the next words.
"Eh? Aren't you Neil's contractor? You also know that Neil doesn't like tentative contracts very much"
Negi said thoughtfully, and Tifa naturally understood what it meant. She blushed slightly and didn't know what to say, but looking at Negi's obviously teasing eyes, she suddenly lost her temper.
As expected, you have to play tricks on him.
"Oh? Is that the kind of relationship between contractors?" Tifa glanced sideways at Negi, with a smirk on her lips, "Then you have several girlfriends. I didn't expect that such an honest Negi would He will be such a playboy, and it seems that the talkative Neil is much better than you."
"Oh, I, I don't want to"
In front of Tifa, Negi felt ashamed, even though Kazuka-san had already confessed to him.
And just when Negi was extremely embarrassed, the voice from the entrance came to his rescue. It was like the gospel of the Lord.
"My life is at an end."
Damn it, such a sad greeting is not the gospel of the Lord.
Tifa and Negi naturally knew who the owner of the voice was, and only that guy could say such things. However, when they saw the person who appeared in front of them, they were speechless.
The clothes on his body were so torn that they turned into strips of cloth, with rags hanging lingeringly. His originally straight hair was curled up as if it had been electrocuted, and there were green onions stuck in the holes on his shoulders. The messy look was comparable to Brother Sharp.
The tragic momentum cannot be described in words.
"Neil, you just came back from the Middle East."
Looking at the appearance of his brother, Negi felt a sense of despair coming to his face. He suddenly felt that the play he just played was actually nothing.
Neil shook his hair that was no longer flowing, and said with great disdain, "It's not enough to make a plan."
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"Conspiracy with your sister, who wants to plot all these messy things with you?"
Negi thought so.
¡°Neal is so weak, he only managed to grab two green onions¡¡±
Zhu Mei followed in with a convenience bag, and her first words were full of contempt.
How dare these two green onions stuck in the clothes be the result of a battle instead of medals for injuries! ?
"Oh, hehe, Neil is actually quite good like this, but he can't even get close to the airs of others."
Hua Yue covered her mouth and chuckled, revealing the crueler truth.
Negi looked at the two ladies who had no loss at all. The contrast was really deeper than the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.
"Tch, the special price period in the supermarket is the romance of a teacher's wife."
"Who are you talking about?" Neil was hit hard on the head immediately. He yelled an incomprehensible "Long live Demacia" and fell to the ground. Zhu Mei didn't notice it and blew a whistle. Yan's fist said, "I'm still in the Shui Lingling stage."
"Okay, Neil, don't pretend to be dead, go back to the room and change clothes."
Tifa said as she took Neil's feet and walked towards the room.
??Negi looked at Neil who was being dragged away and bumping on the ground. He really didn't know what part of his body was still good after he woke up.
Well, actually, his life or death is unknown now.
Negi silently exited the room and walked to the corridor with Mousas in his arms. He looked up at the ceiling and felt that the fact that he did not move back on impulse was the best thing he had done since he was born.
PS2: Originally the title of the previous chapter was going to be "The Man Who Can't Get Hard Again", but I thought it was too disappointing, so I decided towell, you know.
PS3: I finally figured out the first meeting between these childhood sweethearts. Well, I¡¯m a scumbag.