Mist System: Legend of Stars and Moon

Dusk has risen in the sky, and the flowers on the windowsill are in full bloom. Ye Shurou is sitting at the table waiting for someone, with a heart full of joy. She only needs a hug, and she will put it into her soul and keep it forever in the long river of time.

This summer is a special day. It is the season when Viola yedoensis blooms most vigorously. It did not wither as quickly as before. Ye Shurou thought that it was the gentle wind that surrounded it with warmth, making it less willing to leave, because the warm wind would have to wait for four more seasons to bring this beautiful Viola yedoensis.

Today she set up her easel and started her painting again, but the painting had already been completed. She was not here to paint today but to wait for an opportunity, or a chance, an opportunity.

The man had not shown up yet, so Ye Shurou had to hide in the grass behind the tree, picking the surrounding violets and dandelions, and then pulling a long clover to tie them together, so that a bouquet of flowers was ready.

She was behind the tree, listening keenly to the sound of the wind, or the footsteps hidden in the wind, the sound of branches being broken, the cheerful chirping of the gray magpie, and the rustling sound of the trees blew by the wind. Ye Shurou had never noticed the beauty of these sounds before. She was almost always doing her own things and seldom listened to those boring sounds.

She regarded all the sounds as scolding from her parents, but as long as she turned off her ears and ignored everything, it didn't matter as long as she had only her eyes. Today, she has opened up to this new world again.

The person was approaching her. Ye Shurou stood up and looked at the girl through the small gap between the trees. Sure enough, she was coming towards her.

Many days ago, the girl had been watching her from afar. It is said that time is the catalyst of a relationship, but she only watched from afar, stayed for a long time, and would not come closer. Ye Shurou thought that it might be because of her presence that she did not dare to get closer. Will she stay this time?

Now the girl was concentrating on appreciating her paintings. Ye Shurou hid the bouquet of flowers behind her and walked towards her carefully. She tapped the girl's back lightly, and the girl turned around and looked at her in surprise.

Ye Shurou smiled slightly, took the flowers hidden behind her, held them in both hands and handed them to the girl: "Great, you finally dare to come over."

Two little souls met at this moment.

Just because of one action, Xun Diexin was stunned and recalled for a long time.

The girl took the flower and took a step back: "Thank you, I'm a little introverted, I'm afraid to speak, I'm just worried about you, I'll come over."

Ye Shurou did not move forward, but shook her head and said gently: "Don't be afraid, I was actually worried whether you would come today."

The girl suddenly became bold: "I will come tomorrow too."

"In that case, you don't want to come closer?"

"If I hesitate for a few days, I can get up the courage to come up."

"Was there an unexpected surprise?"

"What a surprise, very unexpected. I'm not ready yet. I'll go first!" The girl prepared to leave.

Ye Shurou held her back and said, "It's okay, let's talk for a while."

The girl also wanted to stay, and said slowly: "Okay."

Ye Shurou brought her to an abandoned staircase and took out the paper shell she usually sat on: "I'll give you one."

"Thank you."

Ye Shurou asked: "What's your name?"

The girl picked up a stick and said, "Xun Die Xin, Die means butterfly, Xin means fragrant."

"My name is Ye Shurou. Shu means beautiful."

Xun Diexin said: "Then I will call you Shurou from now on."

"Okay, then I'll call you Die Xin from now on."

"Ah."

Ye Shurou asked Die Xin: "Die Xin, I haven't seen you before. Did your family move here?"

Xun Diexin said: "No, this is my grandparents' house. I came here to play during the holidays this year. My parents wanted me to experience life, so they let me come. But why did they only let me come and not my brother?"

Ye Shurou said: "So that's how it is. Let me tell you a secret code. I also have a brother, but he didn't come back this year. He will come back in winter."

"What a fate."

Ye Shurou secretly put the candy in her hand from her cross-body bag.

Xun Diexin asked her: "What are you doing?"

Ye Shurou turned back and said to Die Xin: "Don't peek!"

Die Xin whispered, "I won't peek."

Ye Shurou clenched her hands into fists, palms facing the sky, and asked, "Die Xin, do you know which hand has the candy?"

Die Xin replied: "I don't know. Can I not choose? I don't like gambling. I'm afraid of making the wrong bet."

Ye Shurou wanted to reassure Die Xin: "Die Xin, we didn't gamble, this is just a guess."

"I'm not actually afraid of guessing wrong at this moment, I'm afraid of how this choice will affect the future."

"So you are worried about this problem? But you are right." Ye Shurou looked at her hands and opened them: "In fact, no matter what you choose, there will be candy inside."

Ye Shurou placed her palm to the ground and said, "Die Xin, stretch out your hand."

Xun Diexin stretched out her right hand to catch Shurou's candy.

The clouds that blocked the sun moved away, and the sunlight passed through the branches of the big tree and shone on the back of Ye Shurou's hand. Die Xin stared at the beam of light that hit Shurou's hand accurately. Shurou's hand was white and bright, so beautiful.

Ye Shurou looked at the gentle light and said, "Die Xin, this is the light that the gods have cast down to us, a blessing for us."

Die Xin lowered her head and said, "Shu Rou, you are so beautiful."

Shurou removed her hand from Diexin's palm and said, "Diexin, thank you. You are also very beautiful. This is the first time I don't dislike these two words."

"May I know why? I want to comfort you."

The beam of light shone on the candy in Diexin's hand. The candy wrapper of the candy was colorful, and it looked crystal clear and dazzling like gold and silver.

Shurou looked at the candy in Diexin's hand and said, "Diexin, this candy has been baptized and witnessed by the gods. Eat it and accept its blessing for us."

"Yeah." Die Xin peeled the candy and put it in her mouth: "I ate it. Can you tell me why? I swear I won't tell anyone, including my parents."

"Thank you, Die Xin, I believe you." Die Xin said, "I used to visit relatives with my parents. When they saw me, they would praise me for being well-behaved and pretty. I would secretly pay attention to their eyes. Their gazes scared me. It was a kind of jealousy from the abyss. I knew they didn't like me and only said those words for the sake of face. From then on, I would be afraid of those compliments. Sometimes I really wished I was just an ugly girl who loved painting."

Ye Shurou hugged Die Xin: "Die Xin, hug me. It's not our fault that we are beautiful. They are people who have been assimilated by the small society. We just need to stay away from them."

Ye Shurou said: "Well, I've gone to school, but it's not that good now. Stay away from that group of people. There is another group of people."

Xun Diexin asked: "If someone bullies you in school, you can tell the teacher."

Ye Shurou picked up the foxtail grass and swept the ground. "It's useless. Teachers are just ordinary people trying to survive. They can't care so much. If I tell the teacher, those boys will only be called in for a talk and then sent back to study. They won't apologize. When I tell the teacher, I will hesitate in my heart. This matter is not that serious. It will pass if I endure it. Why should I tell the teacher? After the teacher knows, I will regret it. Why did I bother them? It doesn't seem that serious."

Xun Diexin picked up a piece of foxtail grass and played with Shurou: "What about telling the parents?"

The hairy foxtail grass rubbed against each other.

Ye Shurou said: "My parents have come to school and told me not to sit with boys, but for some reason girls don't like to sit with me either. So I was arranged to sit in the last row, a row alone. No one paid attention to me, and only the scenery outside would wave to me."

Xun Diexin took Shurou's hand in hers and rubbed it: "I'm sorry, I've been braver and came to play with you earlier."

Shurou said softly, "I think the time we met is just right, before the purple sea of ​​flowers disappears."

Xun Diexin asked: "Those purple flowers look like they can bloom all summer long."

Shurou said, "No, those flowers will come once in the first half of summer, and then the dandelions will fill the entire field, and then they will no longer be seen."

Xun Diexin thought the purple flowers were magical: "I have never seen those flowers before. They are purple and dotted on the green ground. They are so beautiful. It feels like entering a secret place under the shade of the trees."

Shu Rou said: "Yes! Do you like to read fairy tales too?"

"Ah."

They shared their favorite fairy tales with each other and talked for a long time.

Ye Shurou said, "I'll go to the school library to read the fairy tales you mentioned after school starts."

Xun Diexin said regretfully: "If I had known I knew you earlier, I would have brought all the books I read here."

Ye Shurou said: "Don't feel sorry, we still have the next holiday, I will always be here."

Xun Diexin remembered that there was another book in her schoolbag: "But I brought a book called The Little Prince. I will bring it back tomorrow and we can read it together."

Ye Shurou said happily: "Okay! Let's watch it together."

Ye Shurou walked towards the tall ginkgo tree next to her and asked, "Die Xin, do you know what this tree is called?"

Xun Diexin stood up and observed the leaves of the tree and said, "I have never seen it before."

“It’s called the Ginkgo tree.”

“Its leaves are very special.”

Ye Shurou pointed at the leaves and said, "Well, it doesn't bloom, the leaves dance like butterflies."

Xun Diexin knows that there is a "die" in her name: "Just like the butterfly in my name."

"Yes!" Ye Shurou picked two leaves and said, "Let's each take one! They will look great as specimens."

"Thank you!" Xun Diexin immediately said: "So are we friends now?"

"We became friends the moment you took the flower."

"I'm very happy to receive the flowers you gave me." Xun Diexin was happy to have made friends with Ye Shurou.

They sat back in their seats, and Shurou continued, "Die Xin, how old are you?"

"I'm twelve."

Ye Shurou said: "I am eleven years old."

"I was still thinking about the fact that we are the same age."

Ye Shurou sighed, "Hey! He's only eleven years old, still a long way from eighteen."

Xun Diexin said: "Shurou, time is passing very quickly, we don't need to rush."

"I'm actually looking forward to the world after I turn 18, without parental discipline, a secluded school, a childhood without friends, and my brother growing up and running away."

Xun Diexin said: "I am Diexin's friend now."

"But it's great, now I have you as my friend."

"Well, it's nice to see you happy."

Ye Shurou looked up at the sky: "Let's go! It seems like we need to go back now."

Xun Diexin said, "It seems that we were too unplanned and didn't bring any food with us."

Ye Shurou said: "I will make delicious food for you tomorrow."

"Okay, I don't know how to cook, but my grandma knows how to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake. I'll go back and make some with her and bring it over."

"Ah."

The two walked slowly, and Ye Shurou said, "I really hope time can go by more slowly, so that we can talk about many more things."

"Shu Rou, we will have plenty of time later, we don't need to think too much. Even though this is the first time we met, I feel like we will be together for the rest of our lives."

Ye Shurou smiled and said, "You are much more cheerful now. You must keep your word."

"Yeah." Xun Diexin took Shurou's little hand.

Ye Shurou looked at Die Xin and started swinging on the swing by her hand.

They returned to the place where they had just met, and the sun had set in the distance.

Ye Shurou held Die Xin's hand tightly and took her to see her painting: "Die Xin, the picture I drew of you looks good, doesn't it?"

Die Xin looked at herself in the painting. The self in the painting was standing in the sea of ​​purple flowers and looking towards this side. The painting was the dividing point between reality and fairy tale, separating the two worlds.

Later, when Xun Diexin saw this painting, she thought about how nice it would be if she and Shu Rou were born in a fairy tale. She wouldn't have to face the other side of the world, and she wouldn't have to accept the cruelty of reality, that cruel and painful reality.

Xun Diexin replied: "Well, when you pointed the finger at me just now, my thoughts happened to wander into the painting, and I was frightened by you."

Shurou touched Diexin's head and said, "I'm so sorry. I wanted to give you a surprise, but who told you not to come to me on your own initiative?"

Die Xin murmured quietly, "I am just a little bit away, just one small step."

"You call that a small step? It's clearly a very big step." Ye Shurou gestured to Die Xin: "So big, so big."

Shu Rou almost stretched out her arms: "Die Xin, you have to be brave, otherwise, what will you do if I'm in danger in the future?"

Die Xin said: "I'm here to save you."

"Die Xin, we will not encounter any danger."

Ye Shurou took the painting down and said, "This painting is for you. You can keep it in your pocket."

Xun Diexin said: "Diexin, thank you, I will give you one of yours later."

Ye Shurou said: "If you need me, tell me."

Xun Diexin asked: "Can you teach me how to draw?"

"sure!"

"Thank you, I'll go home first then!"

"Well, let me give you a ride!"

Xun Diexin said happily: "Okay!"

Xun Diexin walked along the way, looked at the painting Shurou gave her and asked, "Diexin, why do you like painting?"

Die Xin replied: "I really like to immerse myself in that kind of ethereal or colorful world. I am obsessed with them and I want to sketch them out stroke by stroke."

"Then your world must be very rich! I want to show you my world as well. Let's create a world of our own."

"Ah."