Dihuazhou.

The poetry competition venue was decorated very elegantly.

Lanterns are placed along the winding stream, and there are also flower lanterns in the water.

The stage is half surrounded by a screen, and a row of pinewood bookshelves with books are placed on them, creating an elegant atmosphere. Huge colorful curtains flutter beside the stage, and from a distance, the stage looks like a fairy flying in the sky.

Below the stage are small tea tables with bamboo chairs, distributed in groups of three or two, so that no matter where the audience sits, there are scenery all around, where they can enjoy the flowers, lights, or water.

Before the competition started, the place was already crowded with people.

"This place is really beautifully decorated. Ogihua Island is rarely so lively."

"Yes, there is a deep meaning behind choosing Dihuazhou this time. It is said to be to commemorate the contributions of the Yakshas to Liyue and to guard the entrance to Liyue from being invaded."

"I see. That's really thoughtful. I think I should go to the Tongque Temple and burn some incense when I have time."

"This time I'll write it directly on the screen. My handwriting is ugly. Please help me write it later."

“I wonder what this year’s theme is?”

As he was speaking, Keqing came to the center of the venue with a scroll.

"The theme of tonight's poetry reading is—" She opened the scroll in her hand.

"It's a full moon."

"Tonight is a full moon night. This kind of theme, which expresses emotion through scenery, can be used to recall the past and express longing. There is a lot of content to write about, and everyone can write a few words. It's really good." Zhongli nodded in approval.

"Hehe, I think so too." Heidi smiled. There are so many poems containing the moon.

Let’s give Liyue culture a big boost.

Which one should I choose?

Heidi felt that this time the poems would be selected for publication in a collection of poems, so she did not dare to make any changes on her own and decided to choose one to write in its entirety.

"Zhongli, I'm going to ask you for help again this time." Heidi handed over the pen.

"Okay." Zhongli took the pen and walked to the screen.

Heidi chose Zhang Jiuling's "Looking at the Moon and Thinking of the Distant One", after all, the first line of the poem is so famous.

“The bright moon rises on the sea, and the world is at this moment together.

The lover complains about the night, and the lovesickness begins at night.

Extinguishing the candles, the pity is full, and the cloak feels lucid.

I can't bear to give it away, but I still have a good night's sleep. "

"This poem..." Zhongli, a Liyue native, looked at the words he had written on the screen and fell into deep thought.

I instantly thought of many old friends and many stories.

"I saw this poem in an ancient monument. The title is "Looking at the Moon and Thinking of the Distant One", and the author is Zhang Jiuling." Heidi told the truth.

The main thing is that it hurts my conscience to say that I wrote such a great poem...

"It is a blessing for Liyue culture that you are willing to share this poem. This poem is simple and emotional, and is a rare masterpiece." Zhongli commented carefully, "The last sentence is very romantic. It's a pity that I can't hold this full moonlight in my hands and give it to you. I can only look forward to a beautiful reunion in my dreams."

"In my dream..." Heidi looked up at the moon with complicated eyes. She wondered what she would encounter tonight.

She made a wish to the moon, hoping that Xiao would sleep well tonight.

This poem, written in Zhongli's simple and vigorous writing style, seems to have been tempered by thousands of years.

Everyone under the screen recited the poem silently.

“This poem is really well written.”

"The bright moon rises over the sea, and the world is at this moment together."

"That's a great sentence. No matter where you are, you are bathed in the bright moonlight. Oh, my hometown in Qingce Village. I haven't been back to visit for a long time."

"I like the second line. Lovers who are separated don't like the long night. They can't help but feel endless longing all night longing. Isn't this talking about me and brother Chaoxi? I ​​don't know where my Chaoxi is now."

"Um, didn't anyone tell her that Tide is an old scumbag?"

"Hush! Let's just read the poetry."

Everyone was commenting on it, and it was almost unanimous that this poem must be included in the collection of poems.

……

While Heidi was reading the poems on other screens, she saw a figure in the distance where the lights were dim.

She approached quietly.

"Hey, catch a Xiao bird." Heidi jumped to Xiao's side.

Heidi knew that since Xiao allowed her to meet him, he must be willing to do so, otherwise he would have left long ago.

Then I became a little bolder.

Xiao just shook his head, "Ti Mouse is unreasonable."

After saying this, he looked at Heidi steadily again.

He didn't want to show up, but he saw Heidi in the crowd from afar. Although she was still lively and talkative, her face was cold and she looked a little haggard.

His eyes were filled with concern, but he didn't know how to start.

Heidi sneered, sat down by the stream, and pulled out a horsetail grass to play with in her hands: "You can't see the poem on the screen from here."

Xiao just stood beside her, "It's okay, the wind will bring it, I can hear it."

"Oh? So amazing! Have you heard "Looking at the Moon and Missing the Distant One"? "

"Well, it's well written."

Heidi looked back at Xiao. He was staring at the full moon in the sky, his amber eyes hiding too many worries.

"The second sentence 'Lover complains about the long night'. If it were me, I would write 'The rat complains about the long night'. Haha, I also think the night is too long. I hope it will be morning in the blink of an eye, so that you don't have to suffer so much." Heidi smiled while looking at the moon.

After listening to this, Xiao thought for a moment, "If the first half of the sentence is changed like this, shouldn't the second half also be changed?"

"How to change?"

"Since you want the night to be short, let's change '夕' to '朝'. 'I miss you the most in the morning.'"

After listening to it, Heidi recited it to herself: "Heidi complains about the long night, and misses you in the morning."

This means that I don't like long nights, and when I wake up in the morning, I feel endless longing...

The key is that the one used in the first half is Tigris, and the one missed in the second half is... Xiao!

Heidi looked at Xiao silently...

Xiao also reacted after hearing this, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked at Heidi with a panicked look...

Both of them blushed unconsciously, one looked at the sage in his hand, and the other turned his gaze to the wooden bridge by the water.

"Heidi, my karma should be borne by me. If I could make a wish to the moon, I just hope that you can sleep peacefully." Xiao broke the silence and expressed his feelings.

He didn't want to see Heidi suffer the pain that she shouldn't have to go through.

"Well, thank you for your kindness. This is for you." Heidi handed it to Xiao with both hands.

But his hands are empty.

Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he reached out and took it seriously, "Thank you, the moonlight is beautiful."

……

Suddenly there was a huge explosion in the east, and a beam of golden light shot straight into the sky, shining with the moon in the sky.

Before anyone could react, Zhongli waved his hand and a transparent rock shell appeared out of thin air, blocking out the loud noise.

The poetry meeting in Dihuazhou went on as usual. Everyone saw the golden light but heard no sound, and thought that it was an immortal coming out of the mountain, so they kowtowed and made wishes.

Keqing nodded to Zhongli, then paid close attention to the movements outside the field. If there was any unexpected situation, she would immediately organize an evacuation.

Xiao rushed towards the direction of the golden light immediately, and Heidi followed.

I saw a bright crack appear out of nowhere above the river, emitting a golden light, which was extremely strange.

The two of them didn't see any monsters or anything like that coming out.

"Who am I?" a voice came from inside.

Xiao was stunned. This voice was...

Heidi looked at the crack in confusion, not understanding where the sound came from.

"Jin Peng..." Another voice came from the crack.

"Brother...is that you?" After hearing this, Xiao couldn't help but take a few steps closer to the crack.

"Brother? Fushe?" Heidi looked at the crack in shock.

Isn't Fushe already in the abyss...? Why is it here?

What a crack!

Ruota said that Xiao's karma worsened because of the crack, so this voice now is trying to lure him in.

Is it dangerous in there?

No, we have to go find Zhongli.

As soon as Heidi turned around, she saw Zhongli and Ruota rushing over here.

"Zhongli, come quickly! Xiao..." Before Heidi could finish her words, Xiao had already stepped into the crack and disappeared in an instant.

Heidi was left standing there in a daze. She had no idea where the crack led to, and the fear of the unknown made her dare not move forward easily.

"Heidi." Zhongli stepped forward. The appearance of the crack today was within expectations. After hearing Fushe's voice, he knew that Xiao was bound to go in and he couldn't stop him.

"I'm sorry, I'm scared." Heidi lowered her head and stood beside Zhongli.

She felt a little guilty for not being able to stop Xiao, and she also hated herself for being so timid in battle.

“People are afraid of the unknown, so there is no need to blame yourself.”

"It looks like this is a crack in time and space." Ruota looked at the crack that was shining with golden light.

"Time and space? Where does it connect to? Can Xiao come back?" Heidi asked, feeling panicked.

Ruo Tuo shook his head. "It's all unknown. The cracks may disappear at any time."

Heidi looked at Zhongli again, hoping to get a better answer.

Zhongli just nodded silently, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"unknown...."

Heidi was already feeling a little weak, and the vague uneasiness made her look even more frosty.

Did Xiao just disappear like that?

Impossible, he still has to protect Ogihua Island, he will come back.

She looked at the full moon in the sky and thought quietly.

“Forget it, just treat it as a dream.” Heidi suppressed the fear in her heart and looked at Zhongli with a smile, “You still owe me a fortune telling. Do you still want to keep it?”

"Of course." Zhongli knew what she was going to say, "Heidi, the space-time rift could disappear at any time. You can't take that risk."

"That's why I asked you to tell my fortune." Heidi smiled and took out three Moras and the small turtle shell.

Heidi knew that as the emperor, Zhongli could only defend and not attack.

He did not rush into unknown power, his mission was to protect Liyue.

As for Xiao, he has his own destiny, and it seems that his karma cannot be cleared. Perhaps it is inevitable for him to enter this rift.

But I am different. I am free and can freely choose to enter or not.

"What do you want to count?"

"I want to calculate whether Xiao is safe on this trip." Heidi answered seriously.

Zhongli took Mora and the tortoise shell and began to tell fortunes. He stared at Mora for a long while, "Safe."

"Hey, then I feel relieved. I'll go." Heidi plucked up her courage and ran into the crack, fearing that she would retreat if she hesitated.

"Oh." Zhongli was helpless.

"It's rare to see you lamenting. Never mind. I'll go with her." Ruo Tuo looked at Zhongli's unhappy expression and shook his head.

"I'm counting on you, old friend."

"Well, when did you learn fortune-telling?" Ruota suddenly turned around and asked.

"I have never learned it." Zhongli stood there, "but just follow your heart."

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