Collapse Simulator, why are we drifting apart?

The sky was dim, with a faint golden hue shining through the thick clouds.

The two came to the top of a mountain and looked into the distance. Unfortunately, they did not see the sea. What came into view were snow-capped mountains. There was nothing on them except the white snow and a few dead trees.

This position basically means you are looking directly at the sunlight, but fortunately due to the wind, snow, clouds and hat, the sunlight shining on your face is not strong, but rather very weak.

Fan Mu felt a stinging pain on his cheek, as if an invisible flame was burning his face, but it was bearable.

They sat on the top of the mountain. Even though they were silent and the wind was freezing around them, a warm atmosphere spread between them.

"Are you cold, Xier?" Fan Mu asked softly, his voice trembling a little, as if it was because of the cold, but also as if it was because of the pain.

Xier shook her head lightly, her eyes staring into the distance without blinking. She wanted to see the sun with her own eyes before she left for the last time, and she wanted to feel the warmth of the sun.

"You still say it's not cold!"

Fan Mu took her hands, his eyes flushed with redness and heartache. He moved his butt closer to her, so close that their skin was touching each other.

He held Xier's two little hands in his palms, put them to his mouth, and breathed softly, his eyes full of patience and tenderness.

Xier only felt her hands were warm, which was different from the feeling of being in a stove, so strange...

A thought suddenly popped into her mind: Is the sun's rays as warm as this?

She looked at Fan Mu and saw the tenderness in his eyes. Obviously, he was not much older than her, and she was obviously his bodyguard...

Thinking of this, she did not resist, but sat there quietly, enjoying it all. She felt a warm feeling in her heart with an inexplicable feeling.

Although she had not done any strenuous exercise and there were no monsters around, her heart beat twice more at this moment.

Enjoying and watching, she gradually became dazed and no longer noticed the light in the distance that was getting smaller and smaller.

At this moment, time seemed to pass very quickly and very slowly. By the time Fan Mu felt that the little hand in his palm had become completely warm, and by the time Xier came back to her senses.

The sky had completely darkened and the world fell into darkness. Thick white clouds covered the sky, and there was not a single starlight.

"Hey, didn't you see it till the end?"

Fan Mu was lying on the snow, with a flash of regret in his eyes. Was he feeling sorry for the little brat?

"If you don't see the sun, you can't even see the stars."

He stretched out his hand weakly in the air, as if trying to push aside the white clouds and see the starry sky.

"That's right!" He seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly got up, with a smile in his eyes, and said to Xier: "I have a flower seed here. Although I don't know what it will look like when it grows, I think it will be very beautiful."

"Let's plant it together!"

Xier was stunned at first, then there was a smile in her eyes, "Yeah!"

A seed suddenly appeared in Fan Mu's hand. It was a seed that looked like amethyst. Even in this dim world, it emitted a faint purple light, illuminating the cheeks of the two.

This was what he found in the system space. He originally wanted to plant it in the ground, but given the underground environment, the system told him that it could not grow at all, so he had no choice but to give up. Now is a good opportunity.

The two of them planted the seeds together, but when they said "planting", they actually just worked together to dig a deeper hole with their bare hands and then buried the seeds.

"All right!"

It was such a simple thing, but Xier was even happier after doing it. She looked at the seeds that had just been planted on the ground, clasped her hands covered with soil, slightly opened her thin lips, and prayed sincerely that it would bloom soon!

"Okay!" Fan Mu picked up a handful of snow and rubbed it on her hands to remove the dirt. He pulled her up from the ground, bent down slightly, and patiently cleaned the snow on her clothes and butt!

"It will take six years for this flower to bloom. Let's come back and see it next time!"

"Um!!"

Xier also stood on tiptoe, stretched out her hand and gently helped him brush the snow off his hat and shoulders, holding a bouquet of flowers in her arms.

In the darkness and heavy snow, their actions at this moment looked like they were hugging each other, like a romantic proposal, or like the Snow Princess putting a crown on her knight.

The two held hands, looked at each other, each holding a bouquet of flowers in their arms. The hot breath they exhaled gently blew the hair beside each other's ears. They smiled at each other, and finally closed their eyes.

hum!

There was a flash of dazzling white light, and when they opened their eyes again, they were back in their little nest.

Everyone was asleep and no sound came from outside the house. Fortunately, there was no time deviation between the upper and lower floors.

They brought back a lot of things, including food, toys, but more of them were books. However, the most important thing was the bouquet of flowers in each of their arms.

Even after returning to the cabin, they held hands and did not let go. Fan Mu immediately went to the grocery store and bought two glass bottles and put their flowers in them.

Even though he knew that the bouquet of flowers would wither soon without sunlight and soil, he still carefully stored it and placed it in the middle of the table.

These two bouquets of flowers are like two drops of black ink in white ink. They are incompatible, yet do not appear out of place. They add two touches of bright colors to the house which is filled with black, gray and white all day long.

After drawing the curtains, Fan Mu and Xier lay on the bed.

Xier was holding a picture book in her hand, the one that should have been torn apart long ago. With the help of the light shining into the room through the gap in the curtains, she began to flip through it again.

Every time, Fan Mu also sat beside them and watched along.

He placed his head on Xier's small shoulder, and a scent like the flowers in the painting rushed into his nose.

"This is a flower, this is grass, this is snow..."

Xier pointed at the things in the painting and began to read out their names one by one. She knew the names of all the things in the painting, but Fanmu noticed that she only read out the things she had just seen with her own eyes.

She read it over and over again, and Fan Mu listened patiently over and over again.

Until the picture stopped at the last one, Fan Mu was still stunned when he saw this picture again!

This time, his eyes, which were always full of tenderness and calmness, gradually became lifeless, and then, no one knew what he was thinking about, and he became extremely flustered.

He stretched out his hand and slowly pointed at the plants and trees in the picture. His voice was slightly trembling, but he still pretended to be nothing.

"Xi'er, can you tell me what this is?"

“This is a flower, this is grass!”

Xier tilted her head, not understanding why he asked that, and answered him obediently.

"what about this?"

"This is the sun, this is the bird!"

"what about this?"

“This is a house!”

Xier has always been very patient. Maybe because she was happy, she talked a lot today, as if she had opened up!

"What about... this?"

Fan Mu’s hand finally pointed at the two big little men in the painting!

“This is the master and me!”

Xier tilted her head to look at him, and meeting her blue eyes full of doubt, Fan Mu pursed his lips first, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, with a bitter, "puchi" sound, he laughed softly!

He covered his mouth and tried his best to suppress his laughter. His shoulders kept shaking, but in the end he couldn't control himself and laughed with his hands covering his face.

"Ha ha!"

He finally knew why he was unwilling to do the mission!

It turns out...he has been afraid all along!

In his heart, he had already considered the little brat as a family member, but he never realized it.

He was afraid of losing, so he never took any action. He was afraid that he would die during the mission, and then he would lose the relatives he had finally found again!

He was afraid that this warmth, this unprecedented family affection would disappear!

He was afraid that after completing the mission, the world would disappear. He was afraid that Xier would disappear!

He was afraid of losing... his home...

He is afraid of many things, even though he is already an adult...

He just... wants to have a home and family.

"Xie'er?"

Perhaps because he had been holding back his laughter for too long, his voice was trembling and he hadn't yet caught his breath!

"Ok?"

"Did you have fun today?" he asked.

"Happy!" Xier narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Today is the happiest day of my life!"

"Do you want to go up there to play again in the future? Do you want to stay there forever?"

"Yes!" Xier replied honestly.

She knew this was impossible, but if it was him, if it was him, it would definitely be possible!

"Hahaha!"

Fan Mu smiled, and Xier looked at him and laughed too, without any reserve, but laughed like a child!

A happy mood spread in this small space. At this moment, the two of them seemed to be children of the same age as they looked.

"Xier..." He laughed and laughed. In the darkness, two lines of tears rolled down. No one noticed. He was still laughing. Fan Mu suddenly called her softly. His voice was so soft that only he could hear it!

"Would you be okay with being my sister?"

"..."

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent!"

"..."

"Xi'er, how much do you want to go up and see? Answer honestly!"

"Would never dream of it!"

"What do you want to see?"

"I want to see the sun, the starry sky, listen to Sister Daoshiluwa sing again, see the flowers bloom with my big brother, see the sea, and..."

She said a lot in one breath, but Fan Mu did not interrupt her. Instead, he agreed to everything!

"Okay! I promise you!" Fan Mu's voice sounded with a smile and full of seriousness, "I will definitely send you up there. I will definitely let you see the sun and the stars! See everything you want to see!"

Today was the first time he saw that kind of smile on Xier's face. Today, he finally understood everything!

He figured it out. Rather than living here for the rest of his life, rather than letting Xier die with regret and unwillingness in this gloomy place, he wanted to fulfill her wish!

Even if this road only leads to one result in the end!

He will not lose, and cannot lose. He only has this one chance, and he will definitely win!

"..."

"Don't call me uncle anymore, just call me...big brother. You can also call me by my name!"

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It may look a bit awkward, but there is no way around it. I changed the style in the middle and there is a bit more nonsense in the beginning.