This city has what is recognized as the most magnificent building in the world. The original plan for that day was to go in and visit it after making a wish in the wishing fountain.
But after coming out of that strange fortune-telling shop, it was already very late, so he had to start over again according to Jiang Sui's travel plan the next day.
Travel planning.
Jiang Sui actually stayed up in the middle of the night and rewrote her travel plan. If the system hadn't mentioned it to her secretly, she would have had no idea about it.
In this way, Jiang Sui seemed to have made many plans before traveling. Did they all fail?
Lin Xiyue looked at Jiang Sui, who was still playing with the ugly pendant until the next day, and decided to pretend she didn't know.
But——
"Aren't we going to the place we didn't have time to go to yesterday?" She looked at Jiang Sui, who was a little distracted, and reminded tactfully: "It seems that tourists are not allowed to visit there at seven o'clock in the evening."
They had been up late last night, and it was already noon when they got up the next day. It took them a while to go to the famous hanging garden for lunch.
Although it's not evening yet, after all, he stayed up late to do the strategy secretly. If he didn't go today, Jiang Sui would be secretly upset and stay up late to do it all over again, which would be bad.
Jiang Sui hadn't recovered from his thoughts on whether it would be better to carry the pendant with him or hide it in the safe for expedited express delivery. He raised his head and said, "Sure enough, it is safer to put it in the safe."
This stubborn and sincere demeanor is actually difficult to detect from Jiang Sui's consistent performance.
After all, she had always been gentle and considerate in front of Lin Xiyue. She would never argue and would only support Lin Xiyue's ideas, just like a shadow standing behind her.
It was as if all of this was just for the sake of meeting her.
In front of Lin Xiyue, Jiang Sui had no character that truly belonged to her.
Lin Xiyue looked at the design-less pendant tied with a red rope in her hand, and said hesitantly: "This ugly thing... should I put this pendant in the safe?"
"I'm thinking about it." Jiang Sui put it into his pocket. After touching a piece of paper, he finally thought of what he was here to do.
"Ah, I've gone too far!" She almost pulled the prepared guide out of her pocket. It was already the place where they stood together yesterday to watch the sunset. The purple-blue flower branches were still lush and swayed gently in the breeze.
"Qiyue, follow me." She finally showed an expression completely different from the one before, belonging to this ginger age, "I know a shortcut."
At this moment, Lin Xiyue noticed the difference between Jiang Sui at two different points.
Although they are indeed the same person, perhaps it is a matter of age or memory. Jiang Sui still has a childish air now. Although she has been trying to show her reliable side, she will soon quietly reveal her side. A cute expression of annoyance.
Ignoring the system's protests, Lin Xiyue reached out and put it into her pocket, then followed Jiang Sui's strength, two steps behind her.
Both sides of the alley are made of gray-white bricks and stones, perhaps because there is moisture that moistens and evaporates all year round. The corner at the end of the alley is covered with moss, and some unnamed flowers are scattered in it. In the gaps between masonry and moss.
Thunder exploded in the sky, and the weather on the small island surrounded by the ocean changed rapidly. Although it had not rained yet, dark clouds were rising and falling in front, adding a sense of depressing to the already hot weather.
They rushed to the dome-shaped building with an unknown name, only to find a sign on the door saying 'Closed to tourists on Sundays. ’
No wonder there are not many people here today. It turns out to be because of this, Lin Xiyue thought silently in her heart.
After experiencing two failures, Jiang Sui finally couldn't show her calm expression that she had everything under control in front of Lin Xiyue. She took out the travel guide map from her pocket and looked calmly. Said: "It doesn't say it's not open on weekends at all. I must——"
Although Lin Xiyue thought Jiang Sui was cute like this, she knew that if she didn't comfort him right now, Jiang Sui would be tossing and turning in the dead of night and unable to fall asleep.
"Actually, you don't have to go in. It's good for us to just stroll around here." She looked at the delicate and round structure that was not grand enough, and said seriously: "Besides, as long as I'm with you, no matter what I do, Everything is good.”
Jiang Sui creased the paper in his hand, lowered his head and said, "But... I just heard that this is a place where designers must come, so I thought you must go in and have a look."
Her fluttering eyelashes were like butterfly wings, and her amber eyes seemed to be filled with honey-colored water.
Dark clouds rolled in from the other side of the sea. It was obviously an inexplicably depressing atmosphere, but the space seemed so bright, allowing Lin Xiyue to completely see her face and her unhappy expression.
At this time, maybe you should do something to make her happy. Lin Xiyue thought, and according to what she had in mind, she tentatively kissed the corners of her pursed lips.
Her originally downcast expression brightened up as expected, she gently raised her chin, her honey-colored eyes sparkling. It's so easy to coax a girlfriend, Lin Xiyue thought proudly. Just as she was about to take a step closer, she was interrupted by a heavy raindrop falling from the sky.
The downpour fell from the sky without warning, and the whole body was instantly soaked. The black hair stuck to the scalp in strands, and the water droplets followed the curvature of the cheeks and gathered at the chin, and then dripped.
Lin Xiyue wiped her face, and before she could speak, Jiang Sui led her and ran in the rain.
The rain curtain blocked each other's sight, and she could only vaguely see Jiang Sui's shirt that was soaked by the rain and clinging to her back. The butterfly bones spread their wings and were about to fly. The black hair was entangled on the back of her neck. She turned her head , not forgetting to comfort, "I looked at the map here before, and there was an abandoned pavilion in front of me. Let's hide first."
Lin Xiyue was led forward obediently by her, not caring where she followed her.
Soon, an upward staircase made of stones appeared in front of them. They stepped over the stairs and finally got into the European-style stone pavilion that had collapsed a small part.
The pavilion has the same rounded top as the building over there, and the pillars that have not collapsed are also painted with reliefs of animals and plants decorated with colorful glazes. Unfortunately, perhaps because no one has come to repair them for a long time, most of the colors of the reliefs have peeled off. , showing gray-white signs of aging.
Lin Xiyue wrung out the rainwater from her clothes, sat on the stone steps and looked at the rain curtain outside the pavilion.
Fortunately, it was summer in the city now, and it was still very hot even if it rained. When the heat on the ground was evaporated by the rain falling from the sky, she packed up and raised her head, and found that Jiang Sui was standing in the same position as before, watching. It took her a long time.
Lin Xiyue quickly looked at her whole body and found that apart from being really embarrassed, there was nothing strange about her.
"...What's wrong?" She couldn't help but put her hand in her pocket and rub the system's round head, "This shower will stop soon."
"Actually, I saw on the Internet last night that in addition to the religious building here, there is actually a tall tower that can be climbed ten minutes away in the other direction. After the rain stops, we can go up and overlook the entire city. ”
She talked for a long time without stopping, and then concluded: "We don't have to go in, in fact, it's the same outside."
The planner in Jiang Sui's hand that he stayed up all night to make was wet from the rain, and it was lumped into an ink ball whose original shape could not be seen clearly. There were also some traces on his fingertips.
Raindrops slowly slid down her eyelashes. She blinked, folded the soaked paper in her hand and put it back in her pocket. Then she sat next to Lin Xiyue, holding her face with her hands and looking at the rain curtain. .
"...It seems like every time I want to do something to make you happy, something happens."
"The day we met, my performance was very poor." It seemed that the sudden rain that trapped them here caused Jiang Sui trouble. She looked at the water splashing on the ground and said, "Actually, I have always wanted to reverse the situation. My image in your mind must be more reliable anyway..."
Lin Xiyue imitated her and held her face with her hands. Her black pupils no longer had the coldness that was so distant, but instead were filled with a warm smile.
"The day we met?" She thought for a moment, and realized that after Jiang Sui suddenly appeared in front of her that day, she felt that the heavy snowflakes falling from the sky had become warmer.
She remembered Jiang Sui's heart beating in her chest when she pounced on him, her breathing in the white mist, and the warmth of her embrace.
"Even in a few decades, when I look back, I will still be moved, right?" Lin Xiyue turned her head and said seriously: "I was really happy when you suddenly appeared behind me that day."
The sound of rain gradually slowed down, but it was still beating on the branches and leaves standing out around here. The rain here did not make the same rustling sound as hitting umbrellas in the city.
There were several cracks on the stairs, and flowers and plants protruded from these cracks. Jiang Sui held the pendant in his pocket and looked into her eyes.
"But I think it's not perfect yet. I hope that in a few decades, you will be the same..." She changed her sentence and said, "Remember what I look like."
Lin Xiyue looked at the water droplets sliding down from the broad purple leaves on the side. They merged into the small puddles on the ground and disappeared in an instant.
The water waves swayed, and the dark clouds overhead quietly dispersed inadvertently, and the original blue color emerged in the puddles.
"In that case, let's record the travel time with a camera, so that no matter how the future changes, I will remember your current appearance."
"...Take a photo with your phone first?" She posted it and smiled.
No matter what Jiang Sui wanted to say, there was no rush. They might still have a long time to wait for the moment when they could truly open their hearts to each other.
(End of chapter)