Shimmer Forest

He couldn't help but sighed, and he said lazily, with a slightly sad voice: "You, why do you do this now that you know?"

"Bookworm——" the call from a distance interrupted the conversation between the two. Su Jin followed the source of the voice and saw Wu Hao holding A Hua, standing under the clouds of the morning sun, waving happily .

"I like dogs, and I also like people with dog attributes." Su Jin withdrew his gaze and turned to look at his father beside him, his gentle smile bloomed in the light of the morning sun: "I hope that the guys I like We can all be happy, that’s all.”

Without waiting for the other party to say anything, he ran towards Wu Hao's direction.The whitish skyline slowly smudged bright red, and the jewel-like sun slowly rose from the edge of the sky.The clouds rendered in gold and red are light and loose, smearing leisurely on the skyline rendered by rosy clouds.

Su Jingran stared at his figure shrouded in warm light, and smiled slightly.

Ah Hua is a very smart dog. Under the education and pampering of the two, he quickly learned some common sense of life.

For example, when it is hungry, it will look for Su Jin with a rice bowl in its mouth, and when it is lonely, it will rub his legs to attract his attention; when it is thirsty, it will keep licking its mouth; when it wants to go out to play, it will go to the door Lying on his stomach, he looked at the two expectantly.

A'hua's eyes gradually lost the melancholy and haze, and became a little willful, and she liked to cling to the two of them.Watching it slowly change, Su Jin said with some relief and some helplessness, they are still different from us, maybe they... have a shorter memory than us.

Even though she was hurt before, she was still so willing to believe.

After Ahua finally got used to the new home and gradually integrated into the family, her life changed subtly.

I don't know when, every night in the middle of the night, there will be wandering footsteps outside the house.The footsteps were broken and hesitant, always pausing in front of the door for a while, and then continued to walk restlessly.It's like wanting to enter the house, but dare not enter.

As for Ah Hua, who is usually well-behaved and quiet, whenever she hears this sound, she will scream abnormally, break open the door and rush out, looking around in the yard.

Wu Hao and Su Jin were woken up several times, and followed them out in a hurry, but found nothing.They also tried waiting outside the house all night, but the wandering people seemed to know they were waiting and deliberately did not show up.

The strange thing is that as soon as they returned to the house, the sound of footsteps would sound disorderly.Whenever she heard footsteps, Ah Hua would call out.

Its voice was full of anger, alertness, and maybe a hint of hate.

At first, Ah Hua's barking only appeared at night when footsteps sounded, but gradually, even walking on the road during the day, it would bark suddenly.

Its body is always tense, its ears are erected sensitively, and it is always in a state of tension.It is no longer well-behaved and docile, but ready to go whenever someone approaches.

And its restlessness and dependence became more and more serious. As long as it couldn't see them, it would circle around anxiously and bark to attract attention.

People who used to be close to and loved it began to shy away from it, and it was also sensitive to people's feelings. Except for Su Jin and Wu Hao, it almost bit everyone and became very aggressive.

It wasn't until Wu Hao was almost bitten by it while feeding that Su Jin finally realized that Ah Hua had gradually lost control amidst restlessness and anxiety. If this continued, he might really go crazy and never recognize them again.

Su Jingran, who had always turned a blind eye to this, could no longer turn a blind eye to it, and called Su Jin and Wu Hao into the room for a long talk.

He said that the lingering voice is the uneasiness and melancholy hidden in Ahua's heart, and it is the negative emotion in her heart.These emotions are repressed at first, but never eliminated.It has remained in the deepest corners of my heart, expanding with time.That is its demon.

"When it is swallowed by the demons of the heart, it will become a real demon." He paused, looking at A'hua with eyes full of regret and pity: "Neither time nor your love can heal it The pain of the heart. Whether it's the restlessness, the hatred, or the pain of being abandoned."

"That's your dog, and you are responsible for it. You want it to be truly happy, and you can't let it hurt anyone."

"Let it go." He turned his gaze back to Su Jin, and sighed vaguely in his calm tone: "Whether it is for it or for you, it is the best ... and the last choose."

Su Jin looked at Ah Hua who was howling in the iron cage, the voice was like a mournful cry, heart-piercing.

He finally nodded.

Bringing Ah Hua to the entrance of the back mountain, Su Jin stared blankly at the infinite dirt road, as if seeing Ah Hua when he first met, smiling happily, and running.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then led Ah Hua on this road.

Ah Hua seemed to feel something, and quickly backed away.The noisy sound of grass and trees rubbing against each other, mixed with its whimpering growl, reflected that particularly ferocious and terrifying face.

"Ah Hua, be obedient!" Su Jin stroked its forehead, trying to dispel its anxiety and calm it down.

The voices in the grass were strangely noisy, and the sound of messy footsteps sounded.A gust of cold wind disturbed the originally quiet path.

A figure slowly walked out from behind the bushes.It was a human figure formed by a cloud of black mist, holding something like a knife in its hand, and walking towards Ah Hua with steaming black smoke.

A'hua's vision was no longer clear, and the black smoke quickly spread to her eyes and rushed out.It howled and struggled frantically.

Su Jin hugged Ah Hua tightly, letting it bite her shoulder uncontrollably.The sharp teeth pierced through the skin, and blood was dripping immediately.

The figure approached rapidly with a distorted posture, holding the knife in his hand high.

Wu Hao panicked for a while, seeing that Su Jin still didn't want to let go, he gritted his teeth, knelt down and hugged them.

"Don't be afraid, Ah Hua, don't be afraid." Su Jin closed her eyes, tried her best to ignore the piercing pain, and let her voice be gentle and soft: "We won't let it hurt you."

Ah Hua's tense body gradually calmed down, and she buried her head in Su Jin's arms, her thin body trembling slightly.

A bright light suddenly broke into sight, and someone quietly stood in front of the two of them.Su Jin reluctantly looked against the light and saw the figure of a young man.He leisurely stuffed his hands into his pockets, and faced the figure formed by the black mist without fear, his firm back did not waver in the slightest.

The light gradually became stronger, tearing the shadow into thousands of pieces, and dissipated with the ear-piercing scream.

The black mist in Ah Hua's eyes also gradually dissipated, becoming clearer and brighter.

Its eyes shone with joy, it wagged its tail and wanted to rush forward, but stopped a few steps away from the man, lowered its head and began to cry.

"Oh, I finally found you." The man turned around, wearing big black-rimmed glasses on his fair face, looking gentle and gentle, his smile was extraordinarily gentle amidst the light.

He squatted down, put the dog chain on the ground, and said with a smile, "Ah Hua, come quickly."

A'hua's eyes were gradually filled with light, and it became the same as when it was first met, rushing happily.Eyes full of joy after reuniting after a long absence.

After running a few steps, it suddenly stopped and looked back at Su Jin and Wu Hao.Seeing the blood on his arm, the joy in its eyes gradually dissipated, and it walked back hesitantly, whimpering and licking his wound.

"It's okay, Ah Hua." Su Jin hugged it lightly, stroked its cheek, and the smile on the corner of her lips was relieved: "It's great, you weren't abandoned, that's great."

Tears fell from the corners of my eyes, I couldn't tell whether it was joy or sadness.Ah Hua licked his cheeks, letting the tears gradually melt and evaporate on the warm and soft tongue.He patted Ah Hua's head, smiled and said, "It's all right, so, Ah Hua, go back to your master's side. That's where you really want to stay."

Ah Hua groaned softly as a reply, then turned around, and ran towards the place of light without hesitation.

The man put the dog chain over its air-like legs, and the broken legs gradually appeared as the chain went up.He caressed its head, and his gentle eyes were full of guilt: "It's all my fault. If only you had been tied up with a chain at that time, it would be fine. Then you won't lose it."

A'hua looked up at him, her tongue sticking out from her open mouth, gasping for breath, and wagging her tail vigorously, as if saying, it's okay.

The man responded with a smile and looked at the two who were still sitting on the ground.The light gradually spread, covering the area, and the wound gradually healed.

He opened his mouth, and his smile immersed in the light was extraordinarily bright: "Thank you for helping me take care of it."

As if he didn't need a response from the two of them, he withdrew his gaze, put his gaze back on Ah Hua, pulled the dog chain in his hand, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Ah Hua's smile never faded away. It stood together with the man for a while, silently looking in the direction of Su Jin and Wu Hao, wagging its tail as if saying goodbye.

Su Jin stood up and waved his hand.Along with the man, it walked towards the white, warm light.

Wu Hao stood side by side with him, looking at the figure who left with him, one person and one dog, until the figure melted into the light.

Su Jin stared at the direction they left for a long time, praying silently in her heart.

May the gentle it and them be treated gently by the world.