falling snow galaxy

In October of this year, the decisive battle between the Kingdom of Snow and the Kingdom of Clouds broke out completely.

National conscription.

"Xiyou, you!"

"Xinyi, I signed up..."

This day came so fast.

Zhang Xinyi's nose was sour, but he didn't shed a single tear.

Unexpected, expected.

Zhou Xiyou packed his bags.Zhang Xinyi silently followed and bid farewell all the way to the golden wheat field.

"Haha, it's good that you're gone. Finally, no one will fight me for elbow skin."

Zhou Xiyou didn't want to look back.Because he was already full of tears.

He really wanted to rush over to give Zhang Xinyi a hug.

Finally, he didn't look back.With big strides, he stepped into the distance and disappeared into the golden waves.

It's the annual Qingxiao Festival in the Kingdom of Clouds again.

In a small town not far from the border between the two countries, red silk threads fluttering on the branches, ribbons and bells complement each other;

People put on masks one after another, lit red candles and poured sake.

Light up all kinds of exquisite lanterns, gently put them into the river water, and sway to the distance with the ripples...

Orange, red, sweet, clear... the air seems to be filled with intoxicating colors.

No one seemed to care about the flames of war that were about to engulf this place.

Steal the floating life for half a day.

A gray figure in a windbreaker passed through the crowd and stood by the river.It seemed to be looking for something, and it seemed to come to take a breath.

The man inadvertently caught a glimpse of a young man in a white shirt on the small bridge.

The boy was wearing a white cat mask, squatting halfway, and gently sent the lotus lantern in his hand into the river...

The golden thread twists and outlines layers of overlapping and interlaced petals, rendering the light pink of cardamom branches from the spotless white.

The red candle in the center of the petals is indistinct, and the hills overlap with golden lights.

There was light snow in the sky.

The shape of the hexagonal wafer is printed on this light pink tulle, and it is dense.

"This lamp is so beautiful." He walked towards the boy in white shirt.

The boy stood up and took off his mask...

He has seen thousands of people and ghosts.

But no matter what, he would never have imagined that the face under the mask would permeate the countless days and nights of the rest of his life...

He froze.

I have never had such spotless eyes, shining with starlight, oh no, it is a bright galaxy...

"My name is Zhou Xiyou," the white-clothed boy smiled, "I happened to pass by here to join the army in the north."

"Oh, my name is Liu Chong. I'm a teacher. I'm here to visit relatives."

The two sat down along the bridge together.

Liu Chong took out a jug of wine and chatted without saying a word.

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"So, I don't know why I joined the army. Maybe it's because I don't think of myself as myself. Maybe I want to see who I am..."

Don't think of yourself as yourself.Liu Chong's heart was shocked.

A mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, all the way in the intrigue, hands covered with blood.There is no "self" to speak of.The lingering soul has already become an empty shell, why on earth can it persist in living?

Is he also such an empty shell?But the Milky Way in these eyes is obviously something that he never had.

The lantern swayed gently, spun, and gradually faded away, and was finally swallowed by the night.The fleeting beauty always makes Liu Chong feel a little regretful.

Lanterns are to the night, life is to annihilation, so why not steal half a day of leisure.

Zhou Xiyou on the side looked at the lanterns receding in the water, reached out his hand to catch a snowflake, and looked at it carefully.

"But as long as you're alive, interesting things will happen, right..."

Liu Chong carefully looked at Xiyou beside him.

"Yeah, there's no point in being alive. But good things always happen, just like you met that snowflake... just like I met you."

Zhou Xiyou looked back at Liu Chong blankly.

"Hahahaha, just kidding! Wouldn't it be nice to meet a bosom friend in another country! Come on, do it!"

"Hahaha......"

Late at night.

Liu Chong quietly stared at Zhou Xiyou's receding back.

In a trance, there was a burst of distress.

"Xiyou, you are not fit to go to war. Your galaxy will be shattered, you can't hold it..."

"Hey, you all say that..." Zhou Xiyou laughed through his drunkenness, "How do you know how vast my galaxy is! Hahaha..."

Zhou Xiyou walked away.

Two figures walked towards Liu Chong.

"General, how about this investigation? It's fine to leave this kind of thing to our subordinates, why do you personally..."

Liu Chong smiled, "...I'm just feeling bored today and want to go out for a walk. The Kingdom of Clouds is really an idle place, and there's no sign of war at all... But, I just met a very interesting person..."

Liu Chong used the word "interesting" to many people.

At the beginning, Liu Chong also thought that, just like those people before him, he would naturally forget about it after two days.