Bengtie: The first kiss in March was my gray hair

Jiang Chen, who was standing next to him, quietly admired the shy picture of the beautiful girl in front of him...

But his gaze was not like that of March, filled with distracting thoughts. Instead, it was just admiration...

After a moment, the girl gently interrupted his... gaze admiring the beautiful thing.

"Pioneer, I haven't told you the reason for my coming here yet. I've said that I won't hide it from you anymore..."

"I wonder if you... have you ever heard of 'loss of entropy'?"

Seeing the confused look on the gray-haired boy's face, Liuying knew the answer.

After a moment's silence, the girl continued speaking.

"It is a strange phenomenon. People with this disease will experience irreversible chronic dissociation of their physical structure. This means that you are slowly disappearing, but this 'disappearance' is difficult for others to even notice."

"You can still run, jump, and communicate with others. Everything seems normal, but you are always a little slower than others..."

"Then it gets slower and slower, until the outlines of yourself and the world become blurred. You will no longer be able to distinguish between reality and dreams, because they will become equally fragmented."

"So, how can I refuse? ... Can you imagine? Here, in this beautiful dream, I don't have to lie in the cold 'medical cabin'..."

"Here I can put the doctor's words behind me and use my own body to listen, see, touch, think and understand as I please."

"Although everything in this world is unreal, the things I experienced here and the people I met are extremely precious to me."

"..."

"Liu Ying, you..."

Jiang Chen stared blankly at the girl's delicate face, not quite understanding.

Obviously, the girl who was just chatting and laughing with him was suffering from such a serious illness.

Although he didn't know the so-called "entropy loss disease", but listening to Liuying's description, it was very similar to a terminal illness in his previous life - "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis".

According to the medical level before the time travel, ALS still cannot be completely cured, and the disease can only be delayed through special medical means...

In the later stages of ALS, patients will experience numbness, limb paralysis, breathing difficulties, arrhythmia...

Often after these symptoms appear, most patients will experience emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, which in turn lead to problems such as insomnia and loss of appetite.

And according to what Liuying said just now, the "entropy loss disease" she mentioned is obviously countless times more terrifying than ALS.

It was hard for Jiang Chen to imagine what kind of horrible thing the girl in front of him had experienced.

The girl smiled at Jiang Chen and said, "Pioneer, you don't have to make such an expression. You know what? I don't believe in fate! It is precisely because I don't have much time left that I have to work harder and work harder to accomplish something."

"Only then can I ..."

As if she had thought of something bad, the girl stopped talking and the smile on her face gradually faded.

Just when Jiang Chen was wondering why she didn't continue speaking, a crystal teardrop fell from the corner of the girl's eye.

"Please forgive me, Pioneer. For some reasons... there are some things I cannot tell you. Because... if I do, you will be in danger!"

Jiang Chen took out a pack of tissues from his space backpack and gently handed it to the girl.

"In my mind, Liuying is a very strong girl. How could she cry over such a small matter? Didn't you just say that you don't believe in fate? Besides, I don't care~"

"But... I just said I wouldn't hide it from you anymore, and now..."

Jiang Chen smiled and waved his hand, staring into the girl's slightly moist eyes.

"Liu Ying, will you hurt me?"

The girl was distracted for a moment, then shook her head firmly.

"No! I will never go against the pioneers! And I will never hurt you!"

"That's it, Pioneer, I have always believed in you."

"But if you really feel bad for me, Liuying, please treat me to a big meal later. Just think of it as compensation. I won't hold back when the time comes."

"...Thank you, Jiang Chen!"

Jiang Chen was stunned for more than a minute when he heard the girl call his name for the first time.

Seeing him standing there stupidly, Liuying felt a little amused and a little... touched.

The girl turned and looked at the rising sun in the distant sky, her eyes seemed to be burning with raging fire.

"I dreamed of a scorched earth and a new bud breaking through the soil. It bloomed in the morning sun and whispered to me."

After venting the emotions that had been pent up in her heart, the girl looked at the gray-haired boy standing shoulder to shoulder with her.

"Jiang... Pioneer, do you still remember the question on the family invitation letter? Why did life fall asleep?"

"I don't know. This question is too profound for me."

Liuying shook her head helplessly. She knew that the boy in front of her was not as bad as he said.

Most of the time, the Trail Blazers are pretty reliable.

"Here's what I think... The reason why people fall asleep is because they are afraid of waking up from their 'dream'."

"You see, in Pinocchio, this dreamland, everything is allowed and everything is possible. The past that you don't want to look back on is like a bubble, and the tomorrow that you don't want to face will never come."

"..."

Having said this, Liuying seemed to realize that she had diverted the atmosphere again.

"Sorry, I made the atmosphere heavy again without realizing it. It shouldn't be like this. I clearly..."

"Pioneer, wait for me for a moment. I'll think of a better way to liven up the atmosphere."

After thinking for a moment, the girl blinked at Jiang Chen with a bitter face.

"Pioneer, you have a lot of knowledge and friends. If this happened on the train, what would you do?"

"Well, if we encounter this kind of situation, Dan Heng will tell us some jokes in a serious manner..."

The girl looked a little embarrassed. "Tell...tell a joke? I...I don't have much sense of humor..."

"Maybe...we can think of another way?"

Seeing that the girl seemed to have a hard time accepting the previous suggestion, Jiang Chen continued, “If telling jokes doesn’t work, Aunt Jizi will let us drink a cup of coffee to calm down.”

"Coffee? I don't think we have the conditions here. Let's think of another way."

"Then... let's learn from Uncle Yang's way of changing the subject. This will definitely work."

"But... I'm just trying really hard to change the subject now!"

"...Then we can only learn from my Sanyue. Every time at this time, she will pull everyone together to take a selfie...or should I say...a family photo?"

"Selfie, selfie... You're right, I've been here many times and I've never taken a photo here."

"But I'm not used to being alone... Do you want to go together? Let's keep it as a souvenir."

After saying this, the girl's eyes were full of anticipation as she stared at Jiang Chen closely.

Looking at Liuying in this state, Jiang Chen really couldn't bear to refuse, but he couldn't refuse...

Seeing Jiang Chen nod, the girl handed over her cell phone.

It's a very cute white phone...

Just when Jiang Chen was about to reach out to take it, the girl seemed to think of something and retracted her hand.