To my frozen hometown

Chapter 94 Even My Journey Is To Die

The next morning, when Liuyuan woke up, Al had already woken up. At this time, the girl was lying beside her bed, as if secretly looking at something.

The girl was startled by Liu Yuan's sudden opening of her eyes, but she didn't immediately get up and run away, but continued to squat beside the bed, looking at Liu Yuan with a guilty conscience.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yuan, probably feeling a little uncomfortable being watched by the girl, stretched his shoulders and sat up from the bed.

"Liu, Liu Yuan, let me tie your hair for you." Standing behind Liu Yuan, the girl said nervously.

"Huh?" Liu Yuan glanced at the girl in surprise: "Yes, yes, but what's wrong with you, why do you want to comb my hair all of a sudden?"

"Because Liuyuan has always taken care of me, so I want to help a little bit."

The girl whispered, but it made Liuyuan even more strange.

Al is usually very well-behaved, and he often helps out with some things, but this is the first time he is so proactive.

With permission, the girl took a hair tie from the bedside table and carefully tied Liu Yuan's hair.

Her fingers were very slender and her movements were very gentle, which made Liu Yuan gradually calm down, and even unconsciously squinted his eyes, like a lion basking in the sun, lazily flapping his ears.

It should be after a while, maybe suddenly thought of something, Liuyuan turned his gaze sideways, and said to Al behind him.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?"

"Yeah." The girl who was told her mind blushed and nodded, then hesitated for a moment, and spoke her request.

"Liu Yuan, can you tell me more stories in the future?"

Facts have proved that Liu Yuan may have a talent for storytelling.

Because in her story, there seem to be some things that girls born in the post-disaster era have never understood.

Facing the girl's request, Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows and responded flatly.

"Is it just this matter, yes."

"Great!" The girl whispered joyfully, but she didn't make much noise, but she didn't hide her joy.

She stretched out her arms to hug Liu Yuan, and then ran out of the room happily.

As for Liu Yuan, he sat on the bed blankly with his half-combed hair, and after a while, he shook his head helplessly, and tidied himself up.

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The snowstorm has stopped today, and the old man is still writing his report in the laboratory.

The observation station has a good view, and it always makes people feel that here, it seems that the end of the ice sheet can be seen at a glance.

After taking care of the affairs on the first and second floors, Liu Yuan and Al were also staying in the laboratory doing simple cleaning.

The old man is a very organized person, and he basically doesn't get dirty anywhere, so the so-called cleaning is just to prevent dust from accumulating.

This kind of thing is very simple, just take a cloth and wipe the place that is easy to accumulate dust.

Probably because of Yanagihara's relationship, Al is very happy today.While cleaning, he was still humming a song, which could be discerned after listening carefully for a while. It seemed to be a song that Liz often played on loop in the room.

But the old man was a little surprised by this, he didn't know why the girl's mood changed so quickly.

Obviously yesterday he still had a look of bitterness and hatred, so why is the sun shining today?

Sure enough, the old man thought and shook his head.

After all, have I lived alone for too long, so that I can't even understand other people's emotions.

Liu Yuan stood beside the old man unhurriedly, arranging the documents and items on the experimental table. She seemed to have changed her hairstyle today, and the old man noticed this just now.

In the past, she didn't tie her hair very much, but today she took care of her hair and tied a simple ponytail.

Well, it seems to have refreshed a lot, which is nice.

After looking at it for a while, the old man didn't pay any more attention, and continued to write his own report.

With the sunlight coming in from the outside, there is a trace of tranquility in the laboratory.

Time passed bit by bit, and while cleaning the left experimental table, Liu Yuan suddenly saw a calendar in front of the old man.The mark on it marked every day that had passed, and today, it happened to be September [-]nd.

"Is this time accurate?" Perhaps thinking of something, Liu Yuan suddenly asked the calendar.

"Huh?" The old man raised his head, followed Liu Yuan's gaze to look at the calendar in front of him, then smiled clearly, and said.

"It should be accurate. I am worried that I will forget the time when I stay alone, so I ask the greenhouse to send me a copy every year."

Even Liu Yuan himself couldn't remember how long he hadn't distinguished the current year, so he just saw it suddenly and remembered it suddenly.

September [-]nd, after doing the math, it seems that the Ghost Festival is almost here.

In the not so clear memory, Liu Yuan seemed to remember some past events.

So, she looked at the old man again, hesitated and asked.

"Wait a minute, can I borrow something from the lab?"

"Sure." The old man said indifferently, "But what do you want to borrow?"

"Paper, glue, steel wire, and cotton balls." Liu Yuan thought for a while, and roughly stated his needs.

"No problem, there are paper and glue labs. As for steel wire and cotton balls, I think there should be some in the warehouse."

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At night, under the curious eyes of the old man and Al, Liu Yuan used the materials she brought to make a strangely shaped paper lantern.

It looks like an irregular rectangle, closed on all four sides and above, and a cotton ball is fixed below with a steel wire, which looks like a small hot air balloon.

"What is this?" Looking at the thing in Liu Yuan's hand, the old man sat aside and asked.

"Sky lanterns, also called Kongming lanterns, are a small custom in my hometown." Liu Yuan replied softly, fiddling with the paper lanterns in his hand.

"At this time of year, we will make some paper lanterns like this and put them in the sky to worship the dead."

"Will it fly into the sky?" Al asked in surprise. Obviously, this was another thing she had never seen before.

"Yeah." Liu Yuan glanced at the girl, smiled and picked up the paper lantern and said.

"We will also write in it what we want to say, rumors, so that those who have died can also see it."

"Really?" Hearing this, looking at the paper lantern in Liu Yuan's hand, the girl's eyes seemed to light up with some inexplicable brilliance.

"I don't know." Liu Yuan shrugged his shoulders, "It's just that my elders told me so."

"Then your hometown is really a place full of romanticism." The old man commented with a smile.

As for Al, he glanced at Liuyuan nervously, and carefully made a request.

"Then Liu Yuan, can you make me one too?"

"Of course." Liu Yuan nodded casually: "This is not a difficult task, is it?"

It can be seen that she is in a good mood.

It seemed that the feeling of revisiting the customs reminded her of some beautiful past events.

So she looked at the old man again, and under Liu Yuan's gaze, the old man raised his eyebrows with a smile.

"Give me one too, it looks interesting."

It was already late at night, and when the three of Liu Yuan walked out of the observation station, they were holding an undelicate paper lantern in their hands.

Standing in the snow, looking at the windless night together, Liu Yuan lit the cotton wool under the three paper lamps with a lighter.

In the yellowish light of the fire, the paper lanterns slowly flew towards the sky.

Al stared intently at the light spot slowly rising under the starry sky. After a long time, he showed a faint smile.

Sister, can you see it?

I am living very well now.

Please don't worry, even if my journey is to die...

(End of this chapter)