"haven't seen you for a long time."
Her eyes finally regained their luster, as if she had just woken up from a big dream that she had long forgotten.
"Five years? Ten years? Where have you been for such a long time?"
The fog that shrouded everything finally lifted.
The gentle girl is walking in front, and the sun is rising on the lake in the distance, coating the surrounding distant mountains and ultramarine with a false light gold.
"I'm married, you know?"
Ning Yun just listened without saying a word.
"He's as good-looking as you, with red eyes and black hair."
She held an umbrella, walked slowly, and talked to the people behind her.
She couldn't tell the end of this path, and Ning Yun also knew that this was a journey destined to have no end, so they tacitly chose to keep silent about the weirdness of the current situation.
"look."
She pointed to the luxurious mansion by the lake and smiled sweetly, "That's the house he built."
“His and my family lived in it.”
"He also left a room for you, facing the sun, warm in winter and cool in summer."
"Many...many people want that room, but he won't give it to them."
The ultramarine is brilliant and the trees are in bloom.
I haven’t seen it for many years, but the trees here are as tall as before.
Every creature here is a spirit from all living beings, and every tree here naturally comes from the seeds of the predecessors.
So, who were they then?
"He's a lot like you."
"It looks terrible."
"But he gave me a home again..."
"I love him so much."
"There are also those sisters with awkward personalities. They are almost all talkative and mean-spirited. They are the ones who look down on me and scold me. They are also the ones who give me medicine for my wounds, food and drink."
"By the way, what about you?"
She turned back, cocked her head, and smiled.
Like a little girl who has never lost anything.
"How have you been lately?"
"Have you eaten anything delicious? Met anyone interesting?"
"When something sad happens, is there anyone you can cry to?"
Ning Yun was silent. Time and time again, he wanted to hold her face in his hands to see how she was doing over the years.
But he can't.
"Do you remember when you were a kid?"
"When I was little, you were my favorite." Unaware of Ning Yun's silence, she took a step forward and continued walking, "I ask you every day before going to bed."
"Mom, when will he come?"
"He's busy, he's busy, he's busy."
"My mother always says this. Sometimes, when I get impatient, I start to make trouble."
"My mother will always love me."
"She thought I was lonely, so she called everyone in the forest, lit a bonfire, sang and danced."
"Actually, no one can really dance, but there are always people who are willing to have fun."
"Abba is the same. Every time I cry, he runs to the woods to find sweet fruits for me."
"That kind of fruit is actually not as sweet as the honey you brought, but as soon as my father brought it, I felt that all my worries disappeared."
"I love my family very much, even though I was too young to remember at that time."
"But I really love my family, you know?"
She took Ning Yun to the mountainside and reached the bottom of the valley.
"You're my family too."
"I love you like my mother."
"do you know?"
This is where they once lived.
Before Ning Yun left, this place had a very nice name.
Bailuo Valley.
Spiritual flowers are blooming, and swords are dancing across thousands of valleys.
Legend has it that every child of the Linghua family will find a partner in Bailuo Valley who will accompany them throughout their lives when they reach adulthood.
It might be a stone, it might be a flower, it might be a branch.
No matter what, the people of the Linghua family can always find their lifelong destination here.
No matter what, the swords wielded by the Linghua family members are never lonely.
"She's my child too."
"My child, I will protect it."
"I don't allow my child to see war, so I won't take her away."
"One day, the war will end."
"One day, the sun will shine on this land that belongs only to all living beings."
"One day, I will take her to the most prosperous market, eat the most delicious food, see the most magnificent scenery, and read the most beautiful poems."
"Until then, let her continue her previous life in this valley."
"I remember, that's what you said when I first met you, right?"
Ning Yun was silent and said nothing.
As he had sworn, he would never defend himself.
"I have always been a coward."
"So once something happens, I will look for the reason within myself."
"Ayan always criticized me for this. He said that things are unpredictable and you don't need to forgive everyone."
"He said, no matter how much he understands you, no matter how many difficulties you have, I should hate you with all my heart."
"He, and those sisters who, although awkward, have always taken care of me, always say this, and I always make up my mind to change. I have always thought so."
"But every time, every time, after something irreparable happens, I still wonder, did I do something wrong again?"
"Have I lost something again?"
"Am I falling again?"
"Are you still where you are, with your hands spread out, waiting for me to catch me?"
She looked at the road ahead that was getting clearer and clearer, and her steps became more and more determined.
"But, in the end, what have I been waiting for?"
"In the end, I just waited for you."
"Just waiting to come."
The illusion around him was no longer stable, and as he awakened, trees and mountains began to break.
"More important than anyone else."
"More gentle than anyone else."
"More than anyone else, you want to save me."
"But he took away everything."
"you."
Scarlet blood, like sunset, began to spread from the sky.
He raised his head and looked at the afterimage of the valley that was about to collapse. Immediately, there was only the last sigh of humanity left in the world.
I hate you.
In an instant, the illusion was shattered, the beautiful girl turned into a twisted monster, the scars of the past were once again healed by time, and the most beautiful elf in Bailuo Valley once again turned into a malicious skin.
I hate you who just want to save everyone.
I also hate that everything was taken away from me, but I still love you the most.
Countless tentacles, with the determination to die together, overwhelmed Ning Yun in an instant.
Ning Yun didn't resist.
There were so many reasons, but it was obvious that he could only smile.
He didn't grow up with her, and he couldn't stop the war for her.
The abyss still exists, and the afterglow of all living beings is almost dim.
The last time he saw her was on that rainy night when the lake was red with blood.
In the end, he failed to fulfill any of the many promises he made.
He didn't even dare to think about how much suffering his Arao had to go through before he ended up in this sunless place. If he really thought about it seriously, he would have to face another, more cruel problem.
In his endless journey, was this innocent child the only one he really abandoned?
