Reborn Star Singer

Joining the so-called search for love seems like a no-brainer, but Alva looked at the couples around him and it was clear that their unusual threesome stood out.

"It's really filial, and you don't forget to bring the elderly at home with you on a date." The woman next to her said with a gentle smile.

"...No, it's not like that—" He is not the old man in my family, no, it should be said, this is not a date at all.Alva thought while preparing to explain.

But the old man seems to be very satisfied with this statement, he happily took Alva's hand, and said to the lady with a satisfied expression,

"Yes, my children have always been so filial."

"...No, it's not..." This is Alva.

"Speaking of which, your two sons seem to be quite right." The woman who spoke to the old man glanced at Gran with a serious expression, then at Alva with a helpless expression, and couldn't help but smile.

Alva raised his forehead and said it was not like that, why no one wanted to listen to him.Too lazy to correct it, Alva began to look around.

"But there are really a lot of people!" he exclaimed.

"Of course, it's the first time for you two to participate." The woman said while looking at Gran and Alva.After glancing at Alva's face, he looked at him again, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Alva looked away unnaturally.The woman smiled apologetically, "Ah, I'm sorry, but...I always feel like I've seen you somewhere before."

Alva quietly supported the wig, and after making sure that nothing was showing, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's probably because I look more ordinary."

"Probably..." The woman was obviously not persuaded by Alva, but she didn't have time to think about it because the crowd suddenly started moving.Gran asked her a question before she was about to leave.

"You said it's the first time to participate, is it the second time for everyone here?" Is this competition difficult?What Gran wanted to ask was.

The woman covered her mouth with a chuckle, shook her head, and walked back towards the intersection where her lover was waiting.

"No, this is the sixth time my wife and I have participated, and I think we'll keep coming to this race until we can't walk anymore."

The woman's smile is sweet and beautiful, filled with happiness that is warm to the bottom of her heart.Seeing that Alva was taken aback, he couldn't help but take a step forward and called out to the woman.

"Then, do you know... what love is?"

The woman obviously didn't expect to be asked such a question suddenly, her expression froze for a moment, and then she smiled even more happily.

"Love is a feeling of infinite courage when you are discouraged, and a very warm feeling when you are cold. If you have to say what it is, it should be the happiness that represents a miracle.

"It is happiness that does not change no matter when you are frustrated or proud." The woman said.

Alva half-understood, and wanted to ask something, but the woman looked into his eyes and shook her head, and Alva stopped talking involuntarily.The woman waved to the three of them and trotted away.

"I hope you can find your own happiness."

Alva felt a sense of loss when he was close, but missed.He muttered to himself, "At the end of the day, I still didn't understand anything."

With a sudden warmth on his head, Alva raised his head and looked at Gran.Gran watched the couple go away and said with a smile

"It doesn't matter, I will understand in the end."

Alva looked at Gran, and smiled involuntarily. The sense of loss in his heart dissipated immediately, and he looked in the direction the woman left.

"……makes sense."

"In this case, the adventure of love begins!" The old man took out the old box issued by the General Assembly more excitedly than they did, opened the cover covered with dust, and took out the precious paper.

"The bell rang at twelve o'clock, and the girl's red shoes were covered with a thick layer of dust..." Alva leaned over and began to read after the old man.

"A guessing game...?" Gran also stood beside Alva, considering the only sentence on the puzzle.

Alva turned the paper over, and there were no other words behind it.

"Judging from the fact that the paper is used, the edge of the paper is rough, and the paper is yellowed or even softened, this should be a piece of paper that existed during the great development period. In this case, the clock mentioned here should not be new. The electronic clock is the clock tower that probably existed during the period of large-scale development.” Alva analyzed calmly, and occasionally caught a faint disappointment on the old man’s face.

"Young people nowadays are too smart, and such questions are becoming more and more difficult for you." The old man admitted frankly.

Dare you always look forward to seeing me in distress?What kind of bad taste is this.Thinking that the old man could not be counted on, Alva skipped over the old man and asked Gran directly.

"Brother, which clocks in this town have existed since the era of great development?"

"As for the clock tower, there is one in the Old East, one in Oceanus, and two here in the South, but there is nothing related to shoes around Oceanus."

"Was the Old Eastside used to be a business district?"

"No, the East District has always been a research center, the business district has always been the South District, and the shoe store has the same history as the town, let me check—"

Just as he was about to turn on the communicator to search for a map, the old man held down his hand, and Gran looked at the old man puzzled.The old man laughed twice,

"There are some things that you can't find without looking for them yourself."

Alva shook his head helplessly. He didn't understand the relationship between the so-called love and checking the map, but he followed the old man's meaning.

The three of them were walking on the crowded street, and from time to time, people who were also holding papers while thinking and searching walked by.They were very lucky. When they found the first clock, they also found the shoe store with a long history.

When the clerk saw the three people holding the paper, he was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Welcome, may I help you?"

"Excuse me, are there any red shoes from the big development period here?" Alva tried to ask.

"Sorry, customer, the shoes from so long ago are generally not placed in the store. If you need, I can help you consult the newly built general warehouse in the West District."

The clerk smiled politely. I don't know if it was Alvado's heart, but I always felt that the smile had the same meaning as the old man.He thought about it, but still refused.

"What's this?" Gran walked to a pair of shoes, picked up a small pink lace box in front of the shoes and asked.Alva also noticed the cardboard box in front of each pair of shoes.

The clerk was still smiling, Alva walked up to a pair of red shoes, picked up the box and asked hesitantly,

"Can I open this red shoe front carton?"

"It is for customers who buy shoes, but if you are willing to buy it, the box will naturally be given to you."

"Is this red shoe related to the red shoe mentioned on this piece of paper?" Although he knew that the other party could not answer, Alva still asked.

Sure enough, the clerk smiled and said nothing, while the old man continued to laugh unfathomably.

I always feel... Suddenly, the world is full of black belly.

Alva put down the box in his hand, and asked, "Are there any rumors or legends related to red shoes on this street? It started from the era of large-scale development."

Only then did the clerk show a real smile, and said with a happy smile, "Of course."

Alva learned from the introduction of the clerk that it was a long, long time ago...it was really the beginning of the tradition.

In short, a long time ago, there was a girl who immigrated from the earth. She came to Mercury because she was looking forward to life on Mercury, but she spent all her savings to come to Mercury. He was penniless and had nothing to earn a living except dancing. ability.In order to make a living, she dances in this small venue under the bell tower every day.

Despite some hardships in life, the girl is happy to be on Mercury.The girl has always dreamed of dancing on Oceanus on Mercury and becoming a famous dancer.So, she practiced very hard every day.

Her passionate and hopeful dance has infected many people. Passers-by who see the girl will be impressed by her bright eyes full of hope and brisk dance steps.Gradually, girls have a fairly stable source of income, and finally even have a dedicated stage.But she still insists on performing outdoors every day.

Because, girl, she's in love.She fell in love with the young officer who would come to see her dance no matter the weather, the young officer who never left from her penniless to the limelight, and even criticized.

The girl once wanted to talk to the officer, but the shy soldier always left before the end of the performance. Every time the girl finished dancing, she would step on her high heels to search in the crowd, but found nothing.

She asked everyone, "Do you know that officer?"

No one could answer her.

As time went by, the girl became timid and stopped looking for her.She wondered if he wouldn't come if I talked to him?Or, what if he doesn't like me?All kinds of worries filled the girl's heart, making her extremely tormented.Since then, seeing that familiar face has become her happiest time every day.The rest of the time, she was plagued by various worries.

One day, the soldiers really didn't come.

Because the war started.

The girl stood in the empty square, her heart was as silent and lost as the deserted square.

She thought, if he is gone, who else should I dance for.After staying in the square for a while, the girl thought again, is there any point in not dancing my dance for him?

The girl lived in contradictions, and finally she couldn't stand the torture, and came to the square wearing the red dancing shoes that had been with her all along.

When she took the first swirling step under her feet, her heart seemed to be released.

Smiling and spinning, raising hands and jumping, life is blooming with the dance steps.

The girl couldn't tell whether she fell in love with dancing or the person who admired him dancing. The air was flying with her sleeves, and she couldn't stop no matter what.

Love, dance, fly with the time in the jump, and merge with life unconsciously.

The girl was getting older and older, until she could barely dance twelve steps in the square with her dancing shoes on.

And the soldier she was waiting for never showed up.

People were moved by her love, and after her death, the square was named after her.

"You don't know, the full name of this Natalie Square is Natalie Boardman, and people of the older generation call it Red Shoes Square. This is the square that represents the loyalty and strength of love." Miss the clerk He smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to the day when I can tell the story I heard to others. This is the first year I have inherited this store. When I see every customer who comes in with a note in hand, I will My heart was pounding with nervousness."

"If I bought the pair of shoes just now, wouldn't I get the correct answer?" Alva asked suddenly after being silent for a while after listening.

The clerk shook her head, "The so-called love has no right answer at all. My grandmother told me that there are different clues in the box in front of each shoe, and each clue is true. People have different feelings because of different choices. Encounter. Some people are very casual, they don’t even care about the color of the shoes, as long as there are clues, some people will go to the store for red shoes, some people will go to the warehouse in the South District to find old red shoes, of course people There are also people who are willing to ask more about the ancient rumors about the red shoes, although it is a very simple thing, but few people can do it, this is probably everyone's different attitude towards love."

The clerk smiled and looked at Alva.The boy turned his head a little embarrassed.

"But there is another sentence at the end, what does it mean that the red shoes are stained with dust?" Gran noticed the second half of the sentence that was omitted on the paper.

The clerk smiled slyly, "This is the time to test you. Love is to be found by yourself. Only the love you find in this way is your own love."

Alva and Gran walked out of the shop.Standing in the sun, Alva's expression seemed a little moved. He took out the recording microphone that he carried with him and thought for a long time.Gran looked at the boy's serious profile in the sun, and watched him press the delete button without hesitation.Alva looked back at the signboard behind him, pointed at the words red shoes, and said,

"Brother, it turns out that love is not the same for everyone."

A beautiful encounter, an irreplaceable time, and an irreplaceable person.

On this nostalgic, faltering, and lonely road, every step belongs to each person and unique happiness.

This is the miracle of searching.

"Brother, if I can't find it, will I lose?" Standing in the sun, Alva suddenly asked fearfully.

Gran put his hand on Alva's head, rubbed it heavily, and said,

"It's okay, I will find it, for sure."

The author has something to say: I suddenly like the theme of love

I have been in class for eight hours today, so I will take a rest first, and I will reply to the message at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning, and touch all the reels of the message.