[And maybe, he can really make the whole world brighter. ] [Every time you think of this, you stop trembling, and fear is always overwhelmed by another emotion. ] [You have never experienced this kind of emotion in your short life. It is probably - pride. ] Chapter 8: Peace of Mind After hearing Lu Mian's words about missing home, little Kallian tilted her head, looking as if she understood but not quite. She has never really left home, and she cannot see through Lu Mian's true feelings buried deep in his heart. But this did not stop her from comforting the other person. "Here, this is for you." As she spoke, the girl took something out of her pocket and put it into the young man's hand. Lu Mian opened his palm and saw that it was a candy wrapped in candy paper.
A few handfuls of soil from my hometown and a piece of candy from a foreign country. It's quite interesting indeed. He stretched out his hand and pinched little Karen's smooth, fair and pretty face, and teased: "Is it a bit to use the candy I gave you to coax me?" "Hey, I left this here on purpose," the little Kallen who was exposed didn't blush at all, and took out another candy and put it in her mouth, "Well, didn't you say 'everything will be fine after eating candy'?" After saying this, she smiled sweetly, as if she was sweetened by candy. Lu Mian looked at little Kallian and couldn't help laughing. Silly girl, I was lying to you. Actually, this was the first time I received candy from someone else. Lu Mian finally couldn't refuse little Karen's kindness, and he put the candy into his mouth. Well, it’s very sweet, almost as sweet as little Karen’s smile. After carefully putting away the candy wrapper, Lu Mian savored the sweetness and looked at little Karin calmly, but he was moved. Although he had been taking care of both children before, he always had a clear preference for little Otto. And at this moment, this bias was forcibly corrected. Maybe, maybe he should try to guide little Kallen... Under the tree, little Otto huddled in the shadows with a calm expression. He leaned against the tree, stroking the handle of the wheelchair beside him, and carefully chewing over every word of the conversation between Lu Mian and little Karen. Finally, he nodded slightly, as if he had made up his mind. [After eating the candy given by Karen, your favorability towards Karen has increased. ] [You have the idea of guiding and protecting Kallen. ]
[This thought lasted until the next day.] [Just as you were thinking about how to hold Otto and Kallen on your left and right, the two little guys ran up to you. ] [They said they wanted to give you a surprise, so they wanted to separate you from them for a while.] 【what? 】 [July 7: I started this new diary to record my own journey after I had some private time. I need to finish reading a famous book first...] [July 7: The second day of my private time, I really miss Otto and Kallen.] [July 7: The third day of my private time. I really miss Otto and Kallen.] [July 7: Lu Mian, oh Lu Mian! How could you be so depraved! You waste your personal time instead of using it to improve yourself. Don't do this again!] [July 7: The sixth day of having some private time. I really miss Otto and Kallen.] 【...】 [The two little ones are still with you for the rest of the day, you just simply can't get used to being alone. ] [After all, if you don’t think about them, you can only think about the bad things in the real world. ] [As for cherishing this time, using it to make arrangements, secretly stirring up the entire European situation or something like that...] [If you really would do such a thing, you wouldn't be able to live peacefully in your hometown until you are 18 years old.] [After several days of torture, this torture is finally over. ] At noon, Lu Mian held his "funny diary" and thought about how to destroy it as decently as possible. At this time, two little cuties, Otto and Kallen, came together. Little Karen was pushing little Otto's wheelchair, while little Otto was holding something covered with a red cloth in his hands. I guess this is the "surprise" they prepared. Lu Mian pondered over it and calmly put the diary away. "Ahem, is this the surprise you prepared?" "Well, we've been preparing for a long time together." This is little Otto. "Well, I helped a lot too. Come and take a look. I guarantee you'll be surprised." This is little Karen. Although little Karen only did two things throughout the process: handing tools to little Otto and entertaining little Otto when she had nothing to do, this did not prevent little Otto from recognizing that this was the result of their joint efforts. So there is nothing wrong with the two statements "prepared together" and "helped a lot". “…” Lu Mian, who received a gift for the first time, pursed his lips, but suddenly realized that his heart was beating very fast. Is it anticipation? Is it excitement? Or both? With mixed feelings, he reached out and uncovered the red cloth covering the object held by little Otto. What comes into view is a snow globe held in two hands.
The sphere was extremely clear and was supported by a mahogany base, standing quietly on little Otto's legs. Lu Mian might have guessed what surprise the two had prepared for him, but he was still stunned when he saw the snow globe in front of him. I'm amused. In this day and age, it's okay to be able to make airplane models, but how can one also make a snow globe? Is this something that should exist in this era?! Honkai energy, omnipotent, right? Otto's ability is amazing, isn't it? Lu Mian's thoughts were in a tizzy, but his eyes were fixed on the snow globe - in the snow-covered scene, quaint buildings stretched out and swirled. This is the Great Wall... [Suddenly, your ears are deaf and your mouth is speechless, because your eyes recognize the building and its origin.] [You don’t miss your hometown, but you were born and raised there, drank the water there, ate the food there, and have been going there for eighteen years. This is the past that you will never be able to let go of in your life.] [Your hometown constitutes everything about you. You don’t miss it, but if you have the chance, you would probably like to die there and be buried there.] 【Based on this alone, there is no place in the world that can compare. 】 [It’s a shame to say that you spent your whole life studying in a small county town, and you couldn’t leave the small county town until you died. ] [Naturally, I have never visited the beautiful mountains and rivers of my hometown, let alone the Great Wall. ] 【However, you don’t need to watch it anymore. 】 [You gently stroke the snow globe, as if you were touching the Great Wall in the snow through the glass, or as if you were touching the feelings placed on this snow globe.] [After a long while, you carefully put away the snow globe and took Otto and Kallen in your arms, one on each side.] [It was only then that you could no longer control your trembling shoulders.] [You didn’t cry when your father died; you didn’t cry when your mother ran away with someone; even when you received the news of your grandparents’ death after taking the college entrance examination, you didn’t cry at the same time. ] [It's not that you are cold-blooded and don't value feelings, but you think that compared to shedding a few worthless tears and crying a few times when the people who really need to be conveyed can't hear, continuing to move forward is what people who live should really do. ] [In other words, you resist releasing your grief and prefer to handle everything by yourself.] [It was like when I just traveled through time and endured the pain of cramps and skin peeling, but I didn't make a sound, just gnashing my teeth until they creaked.] 【However, there are always exceptions. 】 [You can't bear it. ] [You have been in this world for many days, and have been with Otto and Kallen for some time. ] 【But only today do you truly live in this world. 】 【The world is divided into true and false, and the two realms are clearly defined. 】 【Ask a foreign country my hometown, but it is the place where my heart is at peace. 】
Chapter 9: Love and Being Loved A lonely night and a vast sky. Sometimes the stars are dim and the clouds are heavy. Inside the house, lights flicker and warm light floats. The child and the young man sat opposite each other. The light kneaded the young man's eyebrows, making them particularly gentle, "Dalang, come, drink the medicine~" "..." Little Otto looked at the smiling Lu Mian, and then looked at the medicine in front of him. The soup in the porcelain bowl was clear and emitting a golden glow, with a flower of the same color floating on it. That flower is indescribably elegant and holy. I don’t know if the medicine is a good one, but the expression on Lu Mian’s face when he held the medicine was definitely not a good one. It made little Otto always feel that this was a bowl of...heart-wrenching soup? Even so, he still didn't care, took the bowl of soup and drank it all, then showed the empty bowl with only flowers left to Lu Mian. "Okay, okay," Lu Mian nodded with satisfaction, picked up the flowers and put them petals one by one into little Otto's mouth, "This is also a good thing, don't waste it." Little Otto was forced to chew a peony like a calf and ate the entire flower. The next second, a sudden change occurred. After finishing the medicine, Otto suddenly felt hot all over, especially between his legs... Could it be that kind of medicine? ! Too good, no...too bad! "What on earth is this?" He asked shyly, his face flushed. In response, Lu Mian just smiled and said, "This is a magical soup. After a few courses of drinking it, it can make you stand up." He deliberately prolonged his voice with malicious intent, successfully aroused little Otto's curiosity, and then said something that sounded like a fairy tale in an extremely calm manner. After he finished speaking, little Otto was stunned for a full second, then his body tensed up and he shivered violently. The force was so great that even the sturdy wheelchair beneath him began to shake. “Stand up!!!???” He didn't know whether he could stand up after drinking the medicine, but this time he almost stood up. "..." Lu Mian held little Otto's wheelchair and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. [To be honest, you didn't expect Otto to be so excited. ] [Yes, you have both legs intact, so you naturally don’t know the desire and pursuit of people with disabilities to be down-to-earth.]
[The young bishop had imagined countless times the beautiful scene of himself being able to stand up.] [It's like secretly fantasizing that someone can love him, someone can hug him. 】 [He also knew that he was ridiculous, and he also knew that he was pathetic, but he never thought that these vague and intangible fantasies could become reality.] [Perhaps, no, he was sure that he had lived in the world for several years but only today did he truly become a living person.]