【Skeletal Clouds and Early Mist Clouds】Ivory Tower

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"what is this?"

When he opened the link sent by Liudao Mu with his mobile phone, Spedo already understood what it was, but Mule, who was sitting across the dining table, refused to let go of the opportunity to play tricks.

"Growing up declaration. I finally have to say goodbye to the bad family of origin, and I am one step closer to the beautiful life of the two of me and Kyoya~" He smiled and poked the vegetable salad with a fork, but was blocked by Spedo's knife open.

"The native family refuses to provide food to unscrupulous children." The man swiped the phone screen with his other hand.What I sent over was a web page information about a house for rent.Graduation matters are settled, and the work trial period is about to start, and the location is in another city.This means that Mukuro will leave the house.Spedo roughly scanned the webpage to confirm the conditions of the house in all aspects and the authenticity of the information, "Share the rent with Skylark Kyomi?"

"He has his own house. In fact, I suspect that their family has real estate in every city." Mukuro shrugged, "But if he is willing to come to me..."

The young man quickly entered his imagination, and Spedo rolled his eyes and didn't ask any more questions.Recently, Spedo has begun to adjust to this transition—his (pseudo-)parenting for more than a decade is finally coming to an end, and the day when the birds leave the nest is getting closer and closer.

"Don't be sad, I will wait until you come back from a business trip before moving out," Liudaokuo rolled the pasta into a ball on the fork, probing half-truly in his eyes, "so don't forget to bring me a souvenir."

"From now on, there will be no more for you." Spedo made a gesture of shouting long live. "My old swan, I can finally get rid of the bear child! This golden bachelor will take advantage of this business trip to go to the beach to catch some beauties and enjoy the tail of youth."

"Okay, I wish you catch the mermaid soon." Mukuro raised his glass, and the two touched each other tacitly.This is as close as expected, Spedo thought.They all hoped that the transition would be completed in this way, without any overly tender or sentimental scenes, between pushing the cup and changing the cup, the little kid who grew up under his nose suddenly became an adult like this.He wanted to say something, but in the end just smiled.

***

"Xiaozheng and I are engaged!"

Mukuro looked at Bai Lan in disbelief while laughing while hooking Irie Masaichi with his arm from nowhere.He looked at the invitation in his hand, and then looked up at the two people. His former "enemy" was smiling happily, while his former roommate looked like he had a stomachache.

"You promised him!?" Mukuro said in shock, "Irie, did you get hit on the head by some big dictionary in the library?"

"You're very rude, Mr. Mukuro."

"If you don't agree, he will be very annoying..." Irie, who chose to stay in school to continue his doctorate, pushed his glasses, and was really a little embarrassed. A big shining diamond ring on his finger was not at all the same as his plaid shirt. Lining, it must be Bai Lan's interest.This pair of unscrupulous rich second-generation x CP, who doesn't like to socialize, became the first pair of engaged lovers among the graduates of the same level, which was the most sensational news at the breakup dinner.Although Bai Lan and Mu's grievances have long been a thing of the past, his high-profile flaunting style has not changed at all. While accepting the blessings of his classmates with a smile, he gestured to Mui when Irie didn't see it, as if Said: I can make Xiaozheng wear gold and silver, can you?

"Senior, forget it." Zetian pulled his clothes desperately from behind, fearing that they would fight again.

In fact, Muku was not particularly angry, but more speechless.However, after sitting down again, he was still a little unwilling, and turned to look at the skylark sitting beside him.Because of the family education policy, although Hibari Kyouya is not inferior to Bai Lan in terms of background, almost no one in the outside world knows that he is the heir of the business giant Fengji Consortium.Thanks to this, Mukui has no chance to show off to others.

At the moment they are sitting at the lively party table, everyone is crazy, for the school days that are about to say goodbye, and for the infinite future that is about to unfold.But Yunque still has an undisturbed aura lingering on him. He looks the same, with a snow-white shirt and black trousers, indifferent to the world, only interested in the sashimi on the plate.Mukuro stared at him for a while.

"Kyoya, do you want to wear gold and silver?"

"Huh?" Skylark answered simply, "I don't want to."

Liudao Mukuo imagined a skylark wearing a big diamond ring, somehow it was a little funny.He knew that Skylark was definitely not rare, but that didn't mean he didn't wish he could make Skylark's life better.But then again, isn't it good enough now?

The phone beeped.Mukuro was still immersed in the theater in his head, so he didn't go to watch it right away, but then everyone's mobile phones received messages one after another. "Tsunami warning..." he heard someone say.

The table where they were sitting was suddenly quiet.Skylark put down his chopsticks.

"Muku, where is the place Spedo went to?"

***

Mermaid caught.

Spedo thought it was just an ordinary academic forum.In a seaside town in Southeast Asia, it's just a meeting and a stroll around the scenery.Sitting under the stage, he was still absent-minded until the host announced the name of the next guest in the speech.

——The person who stepped onto the stage turned out to be Alaudi.

He found himself back in his teens, they were walking in the evening spring breeze, hugging the sleeping little Liudao Mukui, with reference books and papers stuffed in the schoolbag.He thought he was more sensible than a child, that he still had a lot of time, that he would become stronger when he stepped into society and could handle everything calmly.However, these turned out to be all illusions.He screwed up, missed, and somewhere inside is still vulnerable.

The only difference is that now he can no longer playfully hug each other cheekily until Alaudie agrees to help him.They are all middle-aged.

During the tea break, Spedo thought about it and went to say hello to Alaudi. Since we met, he couldn't pretend not to see him. "I thought you were practicing law abroad."

Seeing him coming, Alaudi didn't seem surprised. "The past two years have turned to economic law."

Spedo nodded. "Um... go out for a walk?"

It's hard to believe that this is their long-lost conversation for more than ten years.When walking side by side on the coast with Alaudi, Spedo suddenly felt very tired.He was still talking about those appropriate topics, but he didn't care about the answers to them at all in his mind, but what he really cared about was that he had lost the ability to ask the person concerned.It was Alaudi who asked, "How is Muku?"

"That kid is very good, and recently he has been clamoring to move out to live by himself." Spedo shook his head. "Did you know he called me 'bad native family'! Am I that bad?"

It seemed that the complaint made him recover a little bit of his old style, and Alaudi blinked slightly.

"Isn't the focus on the 'family of origin'?"

Spedo was taken aback for a moment, and then realized the implicit recognition this word represented, and couldn't help but be speechless.Then he was struck by another fact: even after all this time, Alaudie was still sharp.

"And you."

"Ok?"

"If Mukuro moves out, how about you?"

"I'm on my own," Spedo said, feeling his throat dry and aching, "and I can always find something to do. Like come here to fish—I mean, on a business trip…"

He found them standing on the golden sand.The sea and the sky are endless, only Alaudi stands in the middle, and Alaudi's appearance seems to have not changed at all, making Spedo suspect that he is dreaming, because Alaudi looks at him, and the eyes are still the same Dimly bright, looking at him is still like looking at that idiot many years ago.

"Muku found a boyfriend." Spedo said, not knowing what he was talking about, "...a bit like you."

The corners of Alaudi's mouth twitched slightly, but then the phone rang, and he turned and walked away to answer the call.Spedo looked at his back, at the shallow shoe prints he left on the sand.There is a voice in the back of Spedo's heart saying: Go after him, keep him, maybe never have such a chance from now on.But Spedo stayed put.Until Alaudi hung up the phone and said sorry to him, I have to go back to deal with some things first, and he just expressed his regret politely.

"Nice to meet you."

Move

"Take care."

get moving

"Say hello to Mukuro for me."

he can not.His feet just couldn't move, as if they had taken root in the sand.

***

"I have to find Spedo."

When the news of the tsunami disaster was broadcast overwhelmingly in the media, Hibari heard Mukuro's voice.The graduation activities were all interrupted, and the students gathered in the dining room and watched the pictures on TV anxiously and silently. "Are you going to the tsunami zone?" Zetian said in surprise, causing Collom and Fran to turn their faces away. "Senior, even the Bingsheng coast is under traffic control, not to mention overseas...what are you going to do..."

Of course Mukuro knew this.Spedo has been unable to get through on the phone, which is the worst area of ​​​​the tsunami.He also knew that going local was like finding a needle in a haystack—the word sent chills down his extremities.But he couldn't stay here and just wait.

His eyes looked around in a daze, and for a moment he met Lark.Mukuro didn't want Skylark to see his abnormality, but the light from those black eyes had already penetrated him.Skylark didn't say anything to him, just took out his phone.

"Caobi, I want to use my reserves. ——to do tsunami relief projects. I remember how many overseas factories the Fengji Foundation has over there?"

Now Zetian and the others all turned to Hibari.Mukuro looked at him in surprise.Kusakabe's voice stammered. "Mr. Gong, our business there has never been negotiated with the local... If you insist on going..."

Skylark paused.So Mukuro took it.

"I'll talk." After he finished speaking, he remembered to ask for advice. "May I?"

"Yes." Skylark said decisively. "From today onwards, you are an official employee."

Later that day, they flew directly to the place where Spedo disappeared on the private jet of the Fengji Consortium.The search process was not smooth, and the environment in the tsunami area was very harsh. They slept in tents for several days in a row, and Muke always suffered from insomnia. Lark was originally a light sleeper, so there was no real rest.But they stayed together.

One night, Muke sat up quietly in the dark, holding his breath, but soon heard a rustling, knowing that the skylark had also got up. "I'm sorry, Kyouya... I just..." He took a deep breath, thinking that fortunately the dark skylark couldn't see him.

"Just suddenly wondering if we'll never find that guy."

Lark was silent.Comforting people is really not Skylark's strong point.

"Spedo is my only relative, although he is not related to me by blood. When he was in college, there was an accident in the club he belonged to, because they had a dispute with some people in the society. A girl was in He was pushed down the stairs in the confusion. He always felt that the girl's death was his responsibility."

"He was always like that, sarcastic, a lot of times like a slick guy, but he gave me a home. ... And the last thing I said to him was that I was moving out of the house."

Liu Dao Mu hugged his knees, slowly rested his forehead on it, and closed his eyelids.

"I think he was trying to tell me something then, and now I guess."

Not everything will get better when you grow up.The five flavors of life have just begun, with sweetness in the back and bitterness in the back.

For a long time, Mukuro stopped talking, because he felt one of Hibari's hands gropingly put on his shoulder, and then patted him awkwardly on the back a few times, like patting a baby.They kissed each other's lips in a place far away where the light of the stars could not illuminate.

***

he can not.Because they are all middle-aged, sensible, mature, damn middle-aged.So he hung his fishing rod in the air, just quietly watching the fish return to the sea.

Originally, it should be like this.

But this time, Dahai made the decision for Spedo.

When the monstrous waves came from a distance, just a second before their heads, Spedo forgot everything.The shell he had spent more than ten years building was instantly shattered by the violence of nature. He forgot the reason why they separated, the pain and stubbornness of the past, and before death, he was left with only one thought and one instinct: to pull Araudie's hand.

Spedo woke up in a makeshift hospital.His vision was blurred, and he only saw the person lying on the bed with moon-white hair.

He hooked the corners of his mouth effortlessly, and smiled to himself.

Is it only in this way... Is it only natural and man-made disasters on the level of destruction that can force him to face up to his heart, and only the huge torrent of doomsday can push them towards each other?Spedo didn't know.All he could see now was the finished result.With his slight movement, Alaudi raised his head.

"You're still like this, you wake up at the slightest movement," Spedo said.

Alaudi declined to comment, saying only: "Muku came to you."

He got up and walked out of the room, went to call Liudao Mukuro who was standing outside the door, and then stayed at the door.On the other side of the door, Hibari Kyouya was standing against the wall. This was the first time he and Araudie had met.

"Are you a dead...?"

Araudie didn't finish his question, but Skylark understood and said "Yes".They all know that when the door of the ward opens again, they will start a new time.

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Catch up with 9 ah ah ah ah! ! ! ! !

I'm racing against the clock (vomit blood)

Belated FT: This article has not been updated every year, every two years?I haven’t written any homework this year, thinking I have to write something, and I don’t have enough time o(╥﹏╥)o

I finally filled in this hole. I am sorry that this article was written too hastily. I just roughly outlined the ending plot that I had thought about a long time ago, and gave an explanation to everyone, mainly to the grandma in the article. (This ending was decided at least two years ago, but never wrote orz)

Many detailed settings can no longer be expanded.Just... so o(╥﹏╥)o

The ivory tower series has too much time span, and the styles of each chapter are not uniform. It is just a story collaged from fragmentary fragments.Sincere thanks to the girls who like it!In the past two days, I also looked through the previous articles. I feel that I really wrote a lot of random things in the early years. I still have to say that I am very grateful to everyone in the Baiyun circle for their tolerance.I hope I have made some progress now>

Never forget your original intention!Love life love fog cloud! !

postscript 2/

Some less important plot additions in case anyone wants to ask:

05 Zhang Baiyun met his parents and the result was a disaster (hello).It will take a long battle to gain recognition.It is possible that the request from the consortium is for Muku to start as a probationary employee so that we can investigate ww "About how my partner became my boss"

"Since Ah Que is so good, why did he work so hard to get sponsorship?" - one reason is that he has not yet obtained the reserve fund for his heirs, and the other reason is that if he cannot overcome the difficulties at that time by himself, then he will have no The meaning of participating in the community.

In addition, regarding the title "The Day Out of the Tower", on the one hand, this tower is the general title of the ivory tower, and on the other hand, some people may think of a song "Hammer Song and the Tower of Sorrow".In the end, Spedo finally left his own Tower of Sorrow~