At night in Arakawa town, the sky is purple and blue, and a full moon hangs sadly overhead, just like the heart of the night.

Xiang Jingyi threw her travel bag into the grass and sat down in the grass. "Oh, hey-I really can't walk!" She rubbed her sore calf and complained repeatedly.

"You really are! Call after walking so far! " Tong Nan gave her a white look, and then looked down to study the map in her hand. With the weak light of the flashlight, he can clearly see the complex marks and lines on the paper.

Jingyi pouted impatiently: "It's all you! I said I wanted to see the broken lake, but I didn't find it and got lost. I said that your map is reliable or not! "

Seeing that Tong Nan 'an didn't seem to be listening, Xiang Jingyi began to educate him again: "I have told you several times-a hundred times-not to buy things from vendors of unknown origin, but you just don't listen. It is a good thing to drink the northwest wind in this barren mountain! "

A scene is still talking, and Tong Nan 'an is scratching her messy hair impatiently.

"Ka-"Xiang Jing rudely grabbed the map, but it was just a broken map. Is it necessary to study it for so long?

"Huh?" She touched her chin. It was really amazing. According to the route marked in this picture, if you want to leave here, you should take this route. Yes, but they have been walking for a long time and are still going around in circles.

Thinking about thinking, her palms felt sweat and her face became dignified.

This is not a graduation trip without a return trip, is it? If you disappear here, mom and dad will be nervous looking for me everywhere, right? She took out her mobile phone from her pocket, and its screen glowed blue in the night. "DuDu ... DuDu ..." The machine made a faint call, and the battery was almost dead.

She turned and reached for the mobile phone in Tong Nan 'an's pocket, and there was a battery left.

"It's no use," Tong Nan 'an sighed. "I have tried, and I can't get a signal here."

She has read in books before that the police can track the location of suspects according to their mobile phones. If someone finds them missing now, it will be good to track their location. She thought, touched her shriveled stomach and collapsed on the grass.

A green light on the pine branch has a light green shadow.

Suddenly the wind blew, and the wind on the mountain road blew up her messy long hair, and she unconsciously tightened the collar of her coat.

The full moon scatters gentle and lovely clear light in the slightly moist air, and the illusory swaying brilliance makes people feel like they are in an illusion. A little warm floral fragrance mixed with the fragrance of borneol floated down like a vortex of snowflakes and flashed like a phantom. Delicate and gentle, like a breath, it will disperse after a little wind.

It seems to be responding to the call of fragrance. The blue light like fireflies in the void gathers from all directions, keeps spinning and rising, and complements the green shadow of the Green Lantern, forming a bright road leading to the unknown darkness.

A fine aunt touched the sleepy and got up from the ground.

"Hey, south bank! Look there! " She pushed Tong Nan 'an's arm with some excitement.

Tong Nan 'an clumsily got up from the grass. When they look at the colored light, they feel that everything is full of unreal dreams.

They walked carefully on the light belt, just like a pontoon bridge in a dream, and the bright light under their feet gradually became less and less with the progress step by step. Xiang Jingyi gripped Tong Nan 'an's hand and followed carefully. When she looked back, she found that the mountains and forests in Arakawa Town had disappeared behind her, leaving only a piece of dark black, and even the way back disappeared, so she had to move on. This is another road with no return trip.

Mound of forgetfulness

Further on, the black as deep as ink began to become gloomy, like the ink gradually diluted by water in Chinese painting. A ray of light projected from this dark background, countless bloody lights suddenly emerged in the air, revealing huge dark red scales, and suddenly my eyes were suddenly enlightened-

The colored light band at the foot extends here and disappears without a trace, while a brand-new land extends to the foot. The beige land only makes people feel like a barren gully. Looking up at the same barren sky, there is no cloud, and the red sky is divided into huge dark red scales.

Desolate, desolate

It is Xiang Jingyi's first impression of this place. It seems that this is destined to be a strange graduation trip.

"Tickle-tickle-"sounds like the sound of a machine running, and they walk in the direction of the sound source.

A huge playground stands in front of us, but the facilities are in disrepair and look like a huge abandoned processing factory.

Jingyi walked to the carousel. It is like a bright lighthouse, calling the children home.

The horse's head has exposed its skeleton-like support and its eyes are sunken. It rings violently every time you jump. Jingyi sits on a wooden horse, and Tong Nan 'an sits behind her. He put his arm around her waist, and she grabbed the rusty pillar with her hand and rose and fell with the wooden horse.

She breathed the notes of the playground, as if she had gone back in time. In order to date Tong Nan 'an, before she left home, she always dressed up in front of the mirror for a long time, put on her most beautiful skirt and dressed herself like a pink Barbie doll. Then they go to a nearby playground together. He always buys her lollipops or marshmallows from clowns.

She turned to look at Tong Nan 'an with a smile and felt that nothing had changed. A strong breeze swept her hair hanging in her ear, and wrapped them in two people hugging each other like flying wings. Only two people between heaven and earth are relatively still, which feels good.

Later, the amusement park in the city closed, and bulldozers leveled it again. Then new tall buildings were built on that land, and their memories were buried in the ruins and rubble. However, in this barren gully, I can meet the abandoned playground again and get back my original memories, even though this splendid playground stands on this barren land, which is so uncoordinated.

The year I met Tong Nan 'an, she was 19 years old and just a freshman. They are classmates. At first, she didn't notice the boy or talk to him.

She failed in CET-4 twice, and her English is really poor. If Chinese and literature didn't help her score in the college entrance examination, I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to get into this university. Under the introduction of a friend, she learned that Tong Nan 'an's English was very good and wanted to ask him to help her with her lessons.

That day, three people met in a cafe near the school. Although they usually have classes in the same big classroom, they hardly pay attention to each other. Perhaps it should be said that the interpersonal network during Xiang Jingyi University is basically concentrated in the dormitory circle.

On the surface, Tong Nan 'an seems to be a very low-key boy. In fact, he is not shy at all when he speaks, and he is particularly talkative. Xiang Jingyi feels that she has found a good teacher. In the process of tutoring, the two gradually became acquainted. Even in their usual study and life, Tong Nan 'an takes care of Jingyi more like a big brother.

Fifteen minutes before each rough class, the teacher will draw lots for students to give speeches on stage. She asked the class representative to write the name of each student in the class on a piece of paper, fold it and put it in a sealed jar prepared in advance. Before each class, she randomly asked a student to draw a name tag from the jar, and the drawn students were ready to give a speech on stage. There is no limit to the content of the speech, which can be current news, jokes or stories.

Theoretically, everyone's probability of being drawn should be equal, but strangely, Jing Yi's probability of being drawn is surprisingly high, and she will be drawn three or four times a month. She's depressed. Isn't RP great?

Growing up, she was afraid to speak in front of so many people on the stage. Every time she stood on the stage, she felt that she was short of breath, too nervous to speak clearly, and even attracted ridicule and contempt from her classmates.

The first time she drew it, she dawdled on the podium. She thought of a good story, but when she saw the crowd under the stage, she was too nervous to speak.

For a long time, the whole class spent in such silence. The silence was not broken until a hand was stretched out under the stage.

"Teacher-"Tong Nan 'an suddenly volunteered to tell a story to Jingyi.

The audience immediately burst into warm applause and booing. Since then, rumors have been circulating in the class that Tong Nan 'an and Xiang Jingyi are in contact.

Later, with the help of Tong Nan 'an, Xiang Jingyi finally passed the CET-4 successfully.

During the class spring outing, Tong Nan 'an finally got up the courage to confess to Jing Yi. He squeezed her hand and asked, "Would you like to stay with me?"

She turned to look at him. His eyes are bottomless pools. She nodded vigorously.

Mysterious girl

"Squeak-squeak-"sounds like a machine running. They sat on the merry-go-round and looked at the huge Ferris wheel in the distance. Under the dark red sky, the black silhouette of a girl appeared on it.

The girl is wearing a long flowered skirt and a lovely flowered hat on her head.

When she approached them, Xiang Jingyi couldn't help but stare big eyes.

The girl has similar facial features and face, but her dress makes her look more like a beautifully dressed Barbie doll.

"You ... who are you?" Jingyi asked doubtfully.

The girl smiled. "I'm your sister."

"Sister?" Children's South Bank exclaimed, "Jingyi, what's going on? You never told me you had a sister. "

In the face of the sudden appearance of her sister, Jingyi also felt puzzled: "You said you were my sister? Is there any evidence? "

"Do you still recognize this necklace?" The girl took out a beautifully decorated necklace from her chest.

Jingyi stare big eyes, ah! She wears the same necklace around her neck.

She quickly untied the necklace from her neck, and then put her necklace and the necklace in the girl's hand together to form a pair of complete angel wings.

The girl smiled and said, "Mom made a pair of necklaces before our sister was born, one for you and the other for me." We were twins, but I died not long after I was born. "

Jingyi nodded, surly. "Yes, my mother told me that I have a twin sister who died shortly after birth. My mother said that I was really lucky, and the rescue was timely. But, what is this place? Is it heaven? Why are you here, sister? " Jingyi is full of questions.

"No, this is a border time and space refuge." The girl explained.

"What does that mean?" Tong Nan 'an asked.

"In short, it is a refuge outside the normal space-time orbit. As far as I know, some things are easily forgotten in normal time and space, such as this playground abandoned in urban planning and transformation, which will grow in this brand-new land. There are also some invisible' garbage', such as an idea, a real voice and a rumor that people have unintentionally produced ... once they are made, they will become invisible garbage and be recycled here. In fact, this space-time field is not as small as what we see with the naked eye, and there may be many things we don't know. "

Jingyi lost in thought. Did my sister grow up in such a barren land? How lonely it is to spend more than twenty years in such a desolate place.

"What? So you mean that we are out of the normal orbit of time and space? " Tong Nan 'an was quite shocked.

The girl nodded. "You can say that."

Tong Nan 'an is even more depressed. "Do you know how to get out?"

"You idiot! If my sister knew, she would have gone out long ago. How can she stay here all the time? " Scene suddenly interjected.

Girl "sloped" a smile, "although I don't know how to get out, but I can take you to see someone, he may know. Because I don't belong to normal time and space, he won't tell me the way out. But if it were you, he would help. "

Children's south bank patted the palm of your hand, "great! Then take us to see him quickly! "

The wise man in the temple

If there is a camera at this time, Xiang Jingyi really wants to take pictures of Tong Nan 'an's clumsiness.

"Drive faster, you," urged Xiang Jingyi, who was sitting in the back seat of the tricycle.

Tong Nan 'an sitting in the front seat was panting with fatigue. "Young lady, don't look at how fat you are. It's hard for me to pedal. "

My sister suddenly pointed to an old shrine in front and shouted, "Hey-look at that! Did you get a look at him? The person we are looking for lives there! "

This is a shrine dedicated to the gods, and the dark green trees in front of the door are lush. A boy in white was sitting on the stairs of the wooden club hall in the shadow of the shrine, with an oval black stone in his right hand. He put his ear close to the stone and listened carefully, his eyes slightly closed.

If it weren't for my sister's introduction, Jingyi wouldn't believe it. The boy in white turned out to be a clever man here.

"Mr. Wise Man, we have come to ask you the way out of here." Tong Nan 'an directly cut to the chase.

"Tan Tian, they don't belong here. You can always tell them how to leave. " My sister stared at the boy's face.

The boy was silent for a long time before he slowly raised his head. His voice was extremely low, as if shielding all emotions: "Two people who have gone astray again. The only way to get out of here is to find the Pearl of the Sea, which is the only key to get out of here. "

"Where is the sea city heritage bead? Can you take us to find it? " Tong asked Nan 'an expectantly.

The boy looks serious. He said quietly, "I know you are eager to leave here, and I am willing to help you." However, the deep sea is full of crises, and it is not so easy to get the orb. It is very likely that your life will be in danger. You have to think it over. "

"No matter how difficult it is, we will try." Tong Nan 'an made great determination.

Sister and Jingyi also nodded, but Jingyi had a sense of foreboding.

"Five days later, the full moon night is the weakest time of Haicheng cannibal kwai. We will do it again at midnight that night, so you can live in the shrine first. "

Behind this shrine, there is a pond full of lotus flowers, which is Jing Yi's favorite place to go in her spare time, because she can listen to the secrets and true voices of different people.

There are oval black stones piled randomly by the pool. The shapes of those stones are the same as those Tan Shitian held when he first met him.

It is said that these stones record the voices and secrets of different people.

Jingyi crouched down and picked up a black stone on the ground. She bent her index finger, tapped the stone surface three times, then put her ears together and listened carefully.

A shrill woman's voice came from the stone: "Oh, hey, I'm dying. This bastard goes out drinking all day, drinking everywhere, regardless of his family. I'm tired all day, and neither of us will die (dialect) ... "

To worship a couldn't help but sloped a loud laugh.

She picked up another stone and knocked it three times. A little boy's voice came out: "Old bitch and old maid, I'm exhausted from arranging so much homework ~ I want to play games!" " I want to play games! ! ! "

Those stones that record secrets and sounds have become zoom machines of city life, which not only show a quiet life, but also show contradictions, desires, personalities distorted by sadness and so on under indifferent expressions.

She listened one by one, and then, she heard-

"God created a place called' time and space refuge' to recycle things that are easily forgotten in normal time and space and some invisible' garbage'. God brought people's lost conscience and kindness together, created a boy named' Tan Tian', assigned him to guard this place, guided people who had gone astray, and found what they had lost ... "

She put down the stone and searched for a long time by the lotus pond before finding the stone that belonged to her sister. She tapped on the surface of the stone three times, and the stone made her sister's voice: "My sister Jing Yi and I were twins, and died unfortunately shortly after birth. My sister was lucky to survive after being rescued by medical staff. God is really unfair. Why did my sister get so much love from her parents when she was born, but I was destined to grow up in this place without warmth? Why? "

After listening to the stone, Jing Yi's expression is dim, and the undead who don't want to become Buddhas will also be sucked into this space-time refuge.

So, what did Tong Nan 'an and I get sucked in for?

Jingyi lost in thought again.

Pearl of Haicheng

A full moon night in five days. Purple stone.

The sea was dark and only the sound of water could be heard.

Tan Tian, who is in charge of the boat, slowly shook his oars. He whispered, "Don't be greedy. If you accidentally disturb the fish monster at the bottom of the sea, you will never get out again. "

Jingyi and Tong Nan 'an nodded, and they took out diving equipment from their backpacks.

When everything was ready, everyone dived into the sea in the dark.

Under the illumination of searchlights, you can clearly see the fish and aquatic plants on the seabed. Jingyi felt that she was floating in the void, and her black hair spread like a fin.

They paddled their limbs and swam to the deep sea where the sphere was located.

Soon, you can see the legendary underwater cave, surrounded by sparkling pearls, shining like stars. Jingyi crept closer and looked around carefully with a searchlight.

When she turned to look at Tong Nan 'an, she found that he was already frantically cutting pearls. The snakeskin pocket around his waist was quickly filled, like a bag full of fireflies.

Suddenly, the cave wall was crawling with the growth of cannibal sunflower, and a loud noise broke out. Bright red vines suddenly stretched out from the stamens and wrapped around Tong Nan 'an's waist and legs, followed by. Huo Ran pulled out a long knife from her waist, and it shone brilliantly. He cut off the trunk of the vine with one knife, but it attracted more crazy attacks from man-eating sunflowers.

"Straight-"The sky was covered with bright red vines.

"Let's go! Go! " Tan Tian motioned for the crowd to evacuate in despair, and they quickly swam forward with their hands and feet.

Tong Nan 'an rushed to the front and Tan Tian fell behind. Suddenly, he turned around and scattered a bag of scale powder around his waist into the void.

Thousands of bright red man-eating sunflower vines will wither and wither. "pengpeng", vines will fall apart, like yellow leaves, floating to the deep sea floor like ink.

Everyone was waiting for a rest, but there was a low moan from the depths of the sea. As the groans gradually became clear, the sea gradually formed a huge whirlpool, and Jingyi's chest jumped up.

They struggled to paddle forward, and the sixth sense told them that the giants were getting closer and closer to them.

Tan Tian waved Tong Nan 'an to throw away the snakeskin bag around his waist, or they would all die!

Tong Nan 'an suddenly showed a ferocious expression, as if the ventilator was out of order, and his expression was distorted because of poor breathing.

Jingyi swam to him nervously, and Tong Nan 'an suddenly grabbed the breathing mask on her face and pushed her away.

Jingyi was frightened and struggled in vain. She felt that her body was slowly sinking into the abyss of the sea.

She watched in despair as Tong Nan 'an put on a breathing mask and swam to the sea. The light of snakeskin pocket is slowly disappearing into sight.

Weakness and despair devoured her body and mind bit by bit. In an instant, she suddenly lost the courage to struggle. In such a life-and-death battle, she fully saw the selfishness of human nature.

As deep as ink, the sea wrapped her and slowly sank.

Just when she thought she was going to drown, she was suddenly held up by a pair of big hands behind her.

In the dim light, she saw the boy in white and put her breathing mask on her head. He held his breath, held her in his arms and strode up.

They soon caught up with Tong Nan 'an, who still refused to give up the bag of pearls around his waist and was still struggling to get rid of the fish monster behind him.

Tan Tian gave Tong Nan 'an a look back, and the fish monster had opened his mouth to him.

Tan Tian gasped when they surfaced.

Jingyi looked at the sea around with a pale face. She knew that Tong Nan 'an would never come back.

Tan Tian gasped: "Don't look, it's no use, greedy people will only get lost in this dangerous deep sea forever."

Jingyi smiled sadly. "I almost died, but I got nothing."

"Not necessarily," Tan Tian smiled slyly and held out his hand.

Jingyi let out a scream, "oh my god-"

A bright and transparent pearl was firmly placed in his palm.

"The first time I ran away, I put this baby in my mouth and almost swallowed it, choking me to death." Tan Tian wry smile way.

"Hey-are you two still alive?" Not far away, my sister waved to them while shaking her paddle and drove slowly towards them.

As soon as the boat approached them, my sister couldn't wait to ask, "What's the matter? Have you found the Pearl of Haicheng after going so long?"

Tan Tianhuang waved the baby in his hand, and the dazzling light made his sister squint.

"Pull us up!" Tan Tian urged.

Sister held out her hand to him, and Tan Tian was exhausted. He climbed up almost rolling and crawling.

Jingyi grabbed the boat and tried to climb up by herself.

My sister suddenly came over and gave her a hard push. Plop 1, Jingyi fell into the water again.

"Do you think you can go back alive?" My sister suddenly sneered, and her cold expression swept away her gentle image at ordinary times.

Jingyi, who was floating on the water, was in shock and looked at her sister timidly with big eyes.

"Why? Why are you doing this to me? " Jingyi is almost sad.

"Why can have so many parents' love at birth! And I died unfortunately not long after I was born, and I was destined to grow up in this desolate place without any warmth! Why? It's not fair! Unfair! " My sister's whole face became twisted and ferocious because of anger.

Jingyi was speechless, and tears fell from the corner of her eyes.

"I want to take everything that belongs to you!" Sister opened her eyes wide.

"You want that sphere so badly, you can take it!" Jingyi sobbed with tears, "I listened to the stone that recorded your secrets and feelings. I know you really want to get out of here. I thought we could go together by picking a few more pearls! Even if there is only one key to leave, I will choose to leave it to you! But ... I really didn't think that you would do this to me! "

My sister was in a daze. She didn't expect that her sister had decided to keep this opportunity for herself.

"You are crazy!" Tan Tian shouted, "You have the heart to do such a thing to your sister!" He stretched out his hands at Jingyi, dragged his tired body and pulled Jingyi up.

Immersed in cold water for too long, Jing Yi was shivering with cold.

My sister sat pale at the stern, and they said nothing to each other.

Tan Mo Tian shook the oars and headed for Golden Beach.

Last goodbye

Another full moon night. Purple stone.

The full moon sprinkled the radiance on the lotus pond of the shrine, making the water sparkling.

Jingyi took her sister's hand and put the orb in her palm.

"Sister, after you go home, help me take care of my parents." She smiled. "I'll leave you the cat named Zhang Sanfeng at home. Also, remember to water the mint grass on the windowsill every day. "

My sister nodded, and tears fell quietly.

"What's more, my father likes to eat pineapple cake in the south of the city's Imperial Cooking House, and my mother's birthday is May 12 ..." Jingyi was not at ease, desperately searching for more details to explain to her sister in her head. Although the two sisters look alike, if she wants to fool her parents, she needs to let her sister do her homework.

"It's about time," Tan Tian has some impatient, he really can't stand this farewell scene.

The two sisters finally embraced. Jingyi saw her sister's orb light gradually enveloping her in a piece of white light. She smiled and waved to her.

The white light suddenly strengthened, and my sister's figure finally melted in a cold flame and disappeared without a trace.

Night fell, as if nothing had happened.

Tan Tian came over and patted Jingyi on the shoulder and said with a sigh, "Don't you regret it?"

She shook her head gently, and tears fell from the corner of her eyes.

Another summer.

In a blink of an eye, I have spent a year in this time and space refuge. Summer has come, and the lotus pond in the shrine has blossomed again. It turns out that this barren land still has such beautiful scenery.

Jingyi sat on the wooden stairs in the shade of the shrine, holding an oval black stone in her right hand. She bent her index finger, tapped the stone surface three times, then put her ears together and listened carefully.

In The Story of the Stone, Tong Nan 'an sounds:

"This world is really unfair. When a person is in the womb, he has already doomed his life. No matter how talented you are, it is difficult to break through the inherent class limitations. And some people, with plain looks and average qualifications, can live the life of a big lady because they have a very rich father, such as Xiang Jingyi.

As an orphan, I really envy what she has. I was so happy that I laughed when I saw her standing on the stage speechless. I raised my hand to the teacher to show my willingness to speak in her place. The teacher agreed. The moment I stood on the stage, I was sincerely proud. I want to prove to each of you. What about someone with a good background like her? In fact, he is just a man with developed limbs and simple mind.

I even secretly stuffed a few pieces of paper with Xiang Jingyi's name on it and watched her make a fool of herself in a jar full of name strips. Such a prank was not discovered by teachers and classmates.

I proposed to her during the spring outing. She almost refused, so she agreed. What a simple person. If she wasn't a rich second generation, I wouldn't even look at her ... "

"Bang bang bang", Blackstone slipped from his hand and landed on the steps with a harsh sound.

Jingyi is pale. She can't listen any longer. Why does everyone have such a selfish and hypocritical side? If she hasn't heard of it, can she still live a happy and self-righteous life?

Tan Tian lightly sighed. "In fact, people who are missing something in their hearts are likely to be sucked into this space. God created this space to let people look for what is missing in their hearts. Whether they can leave in the end is not the most important issue. The key is whether you can find what you really lost in this process. "

"Lost something?" Jingyi is puzzled. "What is missing in my heart?"

Tan smiled. "You have lost yourself. Since childhood, you have always been a child who lacks independent mind. You always do what your parents say. Even if you have a boyfriend in college, and the other party proposes to associate, you will not hesitate to agree. Now, you finally made an important decision for the first time, giving your sister a chance to leave. In fact, you have found yourself. "

Jingyi suddenly realized.

"There will be Tong Nan 'an, who is sucked into this space because of jealousy and dissatisfaction with reality and inner lack. Regrettably, because of greed, he abandoned his conscience and kindness in his heart and finally gave up his life. " Speaking of which, Tan Tian shook his head regretfully.

"What about my sister?"

"Although your sister didn't want to be realistic, under your influence, she finally learned to be tolerant." Tan Tian took a black stone from his pocket and handed it to Jingyi's hand.

Scene one picked up the stone and knocked three times. Stone sister's voice:

"I returned home safely, and my parents are very good, because I colluded with my sister in advance, and my parents didn't find that I was not the real Jingyi. The cat named Zhang Sanfeng at home is getting fatter and fatter. She ran to the yard all day to have a private meeting with wild cats. I water the mint grass on my sister's windowsill every day.

I found a stable job in a magazine some time ago. After work, I wrote a novel about my experience in the space-time refuge. At present, I have talked with the publishing house about publishing.

I don't know what happened to my sister there. Sister really misses you and forgives her for hurting you. My sister really wants to say sorry to you ... "

Jingyi smiled. Actually, I have forgiven you, sister.

It turns out that in this desolate place, not only dark things can be seen, but also many beautiful things exist. As long as you are willing to believe, they will always exist.

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