Summer of Fireflies

The little fox yelled loudly in her arms: "Yeah ほたる You bullied me, me, me, I, I, I will tell grandpa!"

Hearing the screams of a fox killing a pig, he really stopped crying.

"What are you looking at! Have you ever seen a crying monster!" The little fox glared at him, then ran away into the forest.

The girl spread her hands to him, and said with a smile in her voice, "Look, monsters are actually nothing to be afraid of."

She took him frightened through the forest and came to a place like a fairyland, with bridges, flowers and water, and lotus flowers blooming on the creek.

Sitting on the bridge, he watched the girl's bare feet dangling in the water, and suddenly asked her anxiously, "Is ほたる really a monster?"

"It's more correct to say it's a ghost rather than a monster." The girl held her chin and said, "I used to be an ordinary human like you, but I died later, and my obsession refused to ascend to heaven. The mountain god has mercy Me, turn me into a ghost."

"However, Lord Mountain God's magic is very fragile. As long as I touch a human body, I will disappear."

So, he suddenly realized, no wonder she let himself lead the stick when he first saw her.

"Who is the Lord Mountain God?" She mentioned the Lord Mountain God just now, and he was a little curious.

"The god of this monster forest is actually an old man with a long beard." The girl smiled slyly: "Do you think if I cut off the long beard of the old man, will he jump in anger?"

"..."

The third day and the fourth day... Every day of this summer vacation this year, he ran to the mountains to find the girl, and then the girl led him through the forest, having a great time.

Some seemingly boring things in the forest can give him all kinds of fun in the hands of the girl. He is very happy because he finally found a human who is willing to play with him, although she calls herself a ghost.

In the city, whether it is a kindergarten or a neighbor, because of his useless physique, he seems to be unable to do anything well, and has been clumsy all the time, so other children are unwilling to play with him.

After meeting a girl at the age of 7, he spent his childhood in the true sense.Every summer vacation, his parents would take him to his grandmother's house, so every summer, he looked forward to Ai Ai and looked forward to the arrival of summer vacation.

One time, the girl's fox mask fell off while playing a game, and he saw the girl's face under the mask, with light-blond hair and light-gold pupils, her eyelashes fluttering like a golden butterfly, bathed in the sun, and there seemed to be something in her eyes. Starlight is jumping.

"ほたる is obviously good-looking, why do you wear a mask?" He asked.

The girl's smile froze in the sunlight, and she smiled at him again in an instant: "Don't you think it's fun to wear this fox mask?"

……lie!He had a faint feeling that she was lying, so he didn't ask for a reason.

"Idiot, idiot, idiot!" The girl standing in the water stared at him with her hands on her hips, "If you catch fish like you, the fish would have been chased away! You are so stupid!" The girl most likes to talk to him when she is angry. "It hurts, it hurts..." He immediately hugged his head and screamed, until a small bag was knocked out of his head with a stick, and she began to teach him again with satisfaction.

He told her about his things in the class, almost all the things about him being ridiculed and bullied by his classmates. Being isolated or even bullied by classmates, the girl at this time would scold him with hatred: "How can there be such a stupid and kind person like you in the world!"

He scratched his face and smirked.

In fact, he doesn't mind being bullied and isolated by his classmates anymore, because he has found the childhood fun he lost in the girl.

When he saw other monsters, he would still cry in fear, and the girl would put her hands on her hips and scold him: "Cry like a girl, when you grow up like this, no girl will like you!"

He smiled shyly: "Don't you ほたる like me?"

"...That's different!" The girl was so angry that he slammed the stick on the top of his head: "Young Gangji, can you be more promising!"

When the girl is happy, she smiles brighter than the sun, and when she is unhappy, she likes to knock his head, and her mouth is also fierce. Whether she is happy or unhappy, she likes to play tricks on him. Will be bullied by her, but he doesn't feel sad at all.

As long as he hears her hearty laughter and sees her smile without haze, he will feel warm in his heart.

There are many interesting things to do in the forest, such as catching fish in the river, picking flowers on the mountain or flying a kite. The girl will not only help him with his homework, but also teach her various games. It is said that she played those games when she was a child. Yes, every time she taught him a new game, he couldn't learn it because of his clumsy hands. She scolded him as a "stupid" and then patiently taught him again after she finished scolding.

He has always known that a lively and cheerful girl is actually a very gentle person, and he is sure that he likes girls very much.

At first he didn't know what he liked, so he ran to ask his mother what he liked, and his mother rubbed his head and answered him with a smile:

"To like is to have someone I want to cherish very much."

He seemed to understand.

In the sixth summer when he met her, he blushed and said to the girl

: "Well, I like ほたる very much, does ほたる also like me?"

"It hurts." The girl hit him with a stick, "ほたる, why are you hitting me again?" His voice was aggrieved.

"You little brat who can't even tell the difference between longing and liking, of course I will beat you!" The girl stared at him with her hips on her hips, her tone still fierce: "Young Gangji, do you have any friends of the opposite sex in school?"

"No." He answered honestly.

"That's right." She pointed to herself again: "Then am I your first friend of the opposite sex?"

He hesitated, then nodded.

"I'll answer your question when you understand the difference between longing and love."

Later, when he finally understood the difference between longing and love, she was no longer there.

This day when the stone steps came down, he turned his head with a feeling in his heart. He didn't know if it was because his question just touched the loneliness buried deep in her heart. The girl who turned her back and looked up at the sky, the setting sun hit her face, The side face covered with golden light only left him with the deepest loneliness.

The girl standing not far away seemed to be close to him, but in reality he was always out of reach.

He wanted to step forward to soothe the loneliness in her eyes, he raised his hand to grab something, leaving a clear sound of wind chimes on the steps, clenched fists, and finally he could only hang down powerlessly.

The author has something to say: The last update, the diving guys, come out and have a clubbing~~ I tried my best to finish the remaining 270 episodes and Bailan episodes, but the latter episodes will be included in the customization as benefits, and then The tile can be customized~~