Neverland

Although a sweet answer is a kind of enjoyment, the waiting process is also worth looking forward to, so there is no need to rush.

Xu Muzhou boarded the carriage with the most beautiful rose and a kiss from Robert's manor, turned his head to look at Yan Cen before closing the door, and smiled at him.

—Never see you again, he mouthed.

Yan Cen obviously saw this, he nodded slightly at Xu Muzhou, and watched him board the carriage.

The groom waved his whip, and the flexible whip made a sound of breaking wind in the air. The tired horse reluctantly took steps, and slowly moved forward with the carriage under it.

Xu Muzhou and Song Yan sat opposite each other, and Song Yan left him an inverted seat facing the manor. Xu Muzhou looked out the window and found that Yan Cen was still sitting at the gate of the manor.

"Come back to your senses." Song Yan joked: "Why, do you think this mission world is not enough?"

"No." Xu Muzhou was not sure if Song Yan had seen his "farewell" to Yan Cen, and scratched his face with his index finger uncomfortably: "I was just thinking that we would be carried by a carriage Where to go."

"Probably each world is limited to only one area, so that I feel that this is still a well-preset large-scale game scene." Xu Muzhou said: "I can probably understand the feelings of those staff, about It's just...not real."

"Do you think work is boring?" Song Yan asked with a smile, "Do you want to return to the original world as soon as possible?"

"...No." Xu Muzhou pursed his lips, his heartbeat hadn't completely calmed down, and every unsteady beating was mixed with the shadow of another person.

This feeling is a bit heavy, but it doesn't make people feel burdened.

"Actually, it's pretty good here." Xu Muzhou didn't quite understand what he wanted to say, so he could only describe his current experience bluntly: "From the perspective of work...compared to the world I live in, There is no survival pressure or social pressure here. Work...is also fun, and generally speaking, it’s not a torment.”

"That's right, it's a good thing you have a companion." Song Yan pointedly: "This is already much luckier than most people."

Xu Muzhou didn't speak, he pursed his lips and smiled, acquiescing to this statement.

The speed of the carriage was not slow, and at the moment of speaking, he had already traveled a certain distance, and the lights of the castle were far away, connecting together in the night.

The progress bar of the hydrangea is only a thin point, but this point is extremely firm, dangling with the carriage, but it has not completely disappeared.

Xu Muzhou took off the hydrangea flower and held it in his palm, waiting for the countdown to the end of the mission.

The carriage gradually left the streetlight field at the gate of Robert Manor, and the road conditions became difficult to distinguish. The wheels accidentally pressed a sharp stone, and the body suddenly tilted. The suitcase that was originally placed next to the inner door was swayed to the side by gravity. Shaking, fell down.

Xu Muzhou bent down to help, but found that there was a delicate piece of paper stuck at the side seam of the suitcase, which should have been stuffed in by someone.

He opened the lock strangely and took the card out of the suitcase.

"What is this?" Song Yan asked.

"I don't know." Xu Muzhou was also full of doubts. He untied the ribbon tied on the card and unfolded the folded card.

Then Xu Muzhou discovered that this was a brand new invitation.

As Xu Muzhou opened the card, a folded stamped paper fell out from inside. Xu Muzhou put the invitation on his lap and unfolded the stamped paper.

——This is probably the answer he hasn't found all this time, Xu Muzhou thought.

The paper was written in Robert's voice, more like a letter to someone than an "invitation".

【Thank you for coming, my friend.

Before starting today's topic, I think, first of all, I would like to express my high respect to Catherine.

In the decades of my life so far, I have never felt such a sublime and pure love.

She loves me with a love that never fades like the sunset on the Seine.

Today, I have spent ten years of spring and autumn with her.

Under the witness of the Lord, we tolerate each other, love each other, and regard each other as the only comfort in this long life.

Catherine, here I must say, you changed me and saved my soul.

The day we first met in late autumn 12 years ago - yes, I'm reminded of this.When I was looking through the photo album you left in the study, I saw the essay you wrote on the back of the photo.

I followed the image of the photo and remembered that day, you followed a certain brother and accidentally strayed into the war-torn zone and almost died.And I happened to lead an army into the city that day, and rescued you from the dire straits.

Oh Catherine, that was the best day of my life, a gift from God.

That day I was riding a horse, and you stood beside me wearing a top hat with a veil, and you shyly and gently gave me the eternal flower decoration on your belt.

My life was filled with color because of that day, and I felt the blessing of God and Aphrodite's preference for me.

I got her ten years ago today, and now it's time for her to get me. 】

The letter paper ended here, Xu Muzhou didn't see the signature, so he picked up the jammed paper on his lap, and as expected, he found the rest of the text inside.

[My dear friend, thank you for coming in your busy schedule.

Thank you also for your willingness to witness today's grand ceremony here together with the gods.

Witness our love and bless our wedding with God.

—Charles L. Robert & Catherine G. Robert]

This is a wedding invitation.

Xu Muzhou had just finished reading the invitation, and before he had time to speak, he heard the coachman exclaim outside.When Xu Muzhou raised his head, he realized that the originally dark night was infiltrated by the inexplicably spreading light, and the surrounding environment suddenly brightened.

The moving carriage was moving at a considerable speed, before Song Yan could stop him, Xu Muzhou had already rolled down the window manually and leaned out from the narrow window.

The Robert Manor, which was thrown away behind him, spread soaring flames, Xu Muzhou squinted his eyes, and found that the place where the flames were soaring was the attic near the master bedroom.

The only advantage of a straight road is that it stretches people's vision farther. Xu Muzhou struggled to identify the other end of the road, and found that Yan Cen was still sitting at the gate of the manor.

Only this time, not just him.

"Stop!" Xu Muzhou yelled, then retracted his body and twisted the fixed latch on the carriage, and jumped down before the carriage stopped.

He held the invitation card and ran back a few steps, the fire in the castle squeezed out from the vents and the gaps in the stone bricks.Xu Muzhou had stayed in that dungeon before, and he knew very well that there was a pile of hay there, and there was a wooden building structure inside the stone bricks. Once it was burned, that side would definitely collapse.

But since it was a completely enclosed space to the castle, the flames would be blocked by stone bricks so that it would not harm other guests in the castle.

It was Yan Cen who set the fire, Xu Muzhou was absolutely sure.

Yan Cen at the gate of the manor had been waiting for something. A distant bell sounded from the bell tower on the other side of the castle, and Catherine in full attire slowly walked out of the darkness.

The grid-shaped veil covered most of her face, and the waistline of the white dress was tied up high. There was an abrupt messy thread on her belt, and there should have been something on it.

Catherine walked up to Yan Cen wearing high heels and carrying a skirt, and asked softly, "Charles, where is my present?"

"I gave it to someone I love." Yan Cen said with a smile.

Catherine's fingers clenched tightly, as if she wanted to get angry, but Yan Cen had already handed her the dress on her knees first.

"But Robert has something for you," Yan Cen said.

Catherine's anger was easily extinguished, and she blinked, showing a shy expression.

It was a very delicate dress with a wide hem that trailed to the floor.The material of this kind of cloth is very strange, when it is worn on Catherine's body, it will sparkle with dots of light.

The flames burned the sky as red as day, so the moonlight and stars that had nowhere to go came to the world in a hurry and landed on Catherine's skirt.

"Charles." Catherine held up her skirt playfully and bowed in front of Yan Cen. As the streamer tilted, she anxiously asked that question for the last time: "Do you miss me?"

"Charles Robert, miss Catherine all the time." Yan Cen said.

The fire spread more and more, but because Yan Cen had made arrangements in advance, no guests or servants ran out of the manor in a panic.

Onlookers saw this as a gift from Robert to Catherine—and it was.

The last beam was shattered by the flames, the stone bricks of the roof fell down, and the impact force of the falling shattered the outer wall. The secret deeply buried here by Robert was finally revealed to the world.

"Did those people die for you?" Catherine asked.

"Of course not." Yan Cen followed Catherine's wish and replied, "They are not in this fire, because they are not qualified to die for me..."

The bell rang at nine o'clock, interrupting Yan Cen's words.The band in the castle paused briefly for two seconds, and the cello and piano suddenly and forcefully played this piece of music, playing a section of notes that was completely different from the previous piece.

"Everything that happened tonight...whether it's good or bad." Yan Cen said: "Whether it's love or crime, it will all be revealed to the world before dawn."

"After that, Charles Robert will only be left with you." Yan Cen said: "In a hundred years, these two names will cross the River Styx together."

Catherine covered her face. At this moment, she could even make people forget that she was already a dead soul. Because of Yan Cen's words, she was revived and became the angel in Robert's diary.

She blinked, and the water light dripped down her eyelashes, turning into a wisp of light fluorescent light.

Even Catherine herself didn't realize that from this moment on, she was dying slowly.

"Catherine." Yan Cen turned a blind eye to this, stretched out his hand to her, and said, "The dance is about to begin."

Xu Muzhou suddenly understood what Yan Cen meant by "promise to Catherine".

"No wonder we were asked to leave first." Song Yan got out of the carriage at some point, stood behind Xu Muzhou, and said with emotion: "If you were also in that castle, I'm afraid this mission would not be completed."

Xu Muzhou didn't recover, but subconsciously responded: "Huh?"

"A woman's intuition is very accurate." Song Yan said: "A look full of love can't deceive anyone. As long as there is 'reality' present, even if Yan Cen's acting skills are superb, he can't deceive her again."

The dungeon of the castle collapsed completely, making a loud bang.

The hydrangea in Xu Muzhou's hand gave a response for the last time, the progress on it was completely cleared, and the task was completed.

Xu Muzhou let go of his hand in silence, letting the hydrangea fall straight from between his fingers.

In the flames of the sky, Charles Robert and Catherine Robert held hands, stepped on their own movement side by side, and walked into the castle to attend the last dinner.

——Their love started from a war, and was reborn from a gunpowder.