Summer of Fireflies

Japanese pickled vegetables, no wonder I smelled a very strong aroma at the very beginning; Janice gave me a pack of Darjeeling black tea, the price should be quite expensive, but her husband is rich; Anna gave it to me A pair of earrings, off-white oval pendant, small and delicate, the pendant below is shaken when picked up.

I'm not used to wearing earrings at work. I don't know why Anna always tells me to try on earrings, because she is an earring lover herself, and the earrings she wears every day are different designs and styles.

For Anna's dedication to earrings, and she never forgets to devote herself to cultivating me to be like her earrings, I can only smile and shake my head, I didn't expect her to be so good, she gave me a pair directly on my birthday Earrings, a birthday gift and a heart, if you wear them, you have to pierce your ears every day, if you don’t wear them, it’s like blowing people’s hearts, what a headache... What’s wrong with giving them a pair of earrings in winter, I said Didn't she deliberately come here to annoy me on my birthday?

Just after unpacking the presents, the doorbell rang again. I got up to open the door. The courier brother delivered a big box. After signing, I put the box on the coffee table in the hall. After removing the circles of packaging outside , a big birthday cake was exposed inside, with three or four layers. Next to the cake was a large bouquet of roses, which took up the rest of the coffee table.

I frown at the cake and roses on the tea table, the same unsigned roses as before, except that there were 99 roses before, but now there are 99 roses, the cake ignores it, I hold the rose Flowers go out.

The weather in Palermo in winter is slightly cold, and the cold air with slight humidity blows in. I blocked it with roses, and soon I walked to the public trash can. Without looking at it, I put the bouquet Nine hundred and ninety-nine roses were inserted and stuffed into the trash can.

I used to not be able to guess who sent the roses, but now I can probably guess who is playing a prank and will send me roses. I can't think of anyone else who would take advantage of roses except for that poor quality brandy Come play tricks on me.

Before I guessed that it was Bai Lan, I would feel sorry for the poor roses. After I guessed that it was from Bai Lan, I would feel sorry for Mei

Rose no longer has any pity.

The relationship with Bai Lan was completely severed by me five years ago, and now he wants to disturb my life again, I will not let him do what he wants.

I have never forgotten that Bai Lan is a veritable mafia, as long as it is related to Bai Lan, I don't even want to have anything to do with him.

As for the cake he gave... In line with the principle of not wasting food, the cake will not be thrown away, not to mention that An An also likes cakes very much.

Smelling the scent of the cake, the little guy jumped over, staring at the cake box with sparkling eyes, and almost jumped on the cake. Seeing me take the cake away, the little guy's affectionate face immediately turned into an expression of pain , I saw it and laughed on the spot.

If I told him that this cake was given by Bai Lan, the little guy would definitely not want to eat it, so... I'd better not tell him.

The doorbell rang again. I wondered why there were so many express shipments today. When I opened the door, I found that there was no one outside. There were two gift boxes on the ground. I searched through the notes outside and found no signature. My first reaction was: Is there anyone else who can't play tricks like Bai Lan?

Just about to open the package to see if there is any signed note or something, JOY came out of the house: "Lisa, is anyone here?"

"No one, but I don't know who gave this gift." I pointed to the gift box on the ground, and JOY squatted halfway to unwrap the gift, and I didn't object.

"Hmm... Wouldn't it be better to open it inside the house?" I bent down and watched JOY unpack the outer cardboard box round and round.

"It's not good if it's something dangerous." JOY's voice was flat and without ups and downs.

"That's true." I nodded in agreement. I've seen a lot of prank tricks on TV by giving people bombs. What if there is a notebook with blood written on it?We adults don't care if we see it, but it's not good for An'an. Children's education is very important.

After the two boxes were opened, the bottommost big box was a cake, and the top box contained a pair of female gloves. There was no signed note in the two boxes. Without a signature, I don’t know who gave the gift. for me.

I hesitated whether to accept this unknown gift, "I remembered Lisa." JOY suddenly patted his head and stood up suddenly: "I sent this gift half a month ago. I thought I forgot to sign it..."

"It's really you who sent it?" I looked suspicious.

Don't blame me, I doubt JOY's memory, it is a very strange thing that he would send me a gift, anyway, I can often see it, Christmas in previous years

It's the same, wouldn't it be better to bring the gift to me in person?Instead of sending it?I had never seen him send me a present before.

"Oh, by the way, these can only be regarded as Christmas presents, and today's birthday presents have not been delivered." JOY changed the subject in time, and he took out something that looked like a ring box from his pocket.

In fact, I didn't guess wrong, there was indeed a ring inside.

My eyes were slipped by the shiny ring: "...JOY, you don't mean to give me a promise ring, do you?" Are you making an international joke? !

While I was in a daze, JOY took my right hand and put his ring on my finger. When I came back to my senses, I saw the ring on the middle finger of my right hand.

Fortunately, it was not the ring finger of the engagement, and I was really relieved. Let me just say, if JOY really gave me a promise ring, unless his brain is burnt out.

"It fits well." JOY's expression was quite satisfied, "Lisa, there is a small mechanism on the ring, where the blue diamond protrudes." I looked down at the ring, and I saw a protruding blue diamond. , looked and looked curiously: "This institution?"

"Don't press it yet." The outstretched left hand was pulled back in time by JOY: "There is a small needle with a strong anesthetic effect inside. If you press it, I will have to sleep for a day and a night today."

Just now my ring was facing JOY, no wonder he would stop it, I suddenly realized.

"Can your powerful anesthetic needle numb an elephant?" I asked curiously.

"Ten elephants are not a problem." JOY grinned, "Well, in short, if you are in danger next time, you can press that mechanism on the enemy, and you only have three chances to attack people." He scratched himself The hair made the already messy hair appear in the shape of a bird's nest, and I tried my best not to let my mouth break into laughter.

It turned out that he still remembered the last time I was killed. I didn't ask him if he knew Tsuna Ji-kun, nor did he ask about the relationship between me and the young man. God knows what bad incident I will be involved in next time. JOY has always been a very careful person, I didn't expect him to even think about this important consideration for me, and I was touched inexplicably for a while.

"You won't get this ring by improper means, right?" I was moved. A ring with organs must be very expensive.

"I didn't rob a bank, I bought the ring before, and I made the organ myself."

I glanced at him in surprise, "...so you were helping me tinker with this thing while you were in the lab a while ago?!"

As soon as I looked up, I faced his enlarged face, and I was shocked by his actions

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If it were the usual JOY, he would definitely not be willing to take the initiative to approach me to show affection. I always feel that JOY's behavior today is a bit strange, so I gave him a strange look.

After JOY put down his hand, he felt something cold sticking to the tip of his nose was brushed off by him.

"It's snowing." He spread the white snow particles in his hands.

It turned out that the snow had stuck to the tip of my nose. I touched my nose and exhaled. The moisture in the air immediately turned into smoke and drifted away. I found that the surrounding area was still covered with a layer of white snow. The streets and streets are all white, like a world covered in silver, beautiful and spectacular.

In a blink of an eye, I saw JOY's handsome face smiling brightly at a certain place at the moment, my skin turned cold, and I could smell a hint of conspiracy from his enlarged smile just now: "JOY, what are you doing to me? Who made a bad idea?"

Whenever JOY smiles brightly at someone, it is when he is plotting someone in his heart.

Following his long gaze, he was surprised that what he was looking at was actually the young man's villa next door.

Since the young man moved away, the young man's villa has been vacant, and I have never seen the young man return to this villa. It must be a lie to say that he is not lost.

Even though I know it's impossible, I still hope that he can come back to see me and An'an often, just for one glance, and I won't admit that I miss him.

I thought that with the passage of time, I would gradually forget the excitement that I had on the island. After returning home, the emotion that was once sprouted did settle down as I wished. The feelings that I like can settle down, but the only thing I miss is Will not settle.

"It's windy outside, let's go back to the house." JOY withdrew his deep gaze, held the gift in one hand and dragged me into the house, which was still in a daze.

The heating in the room suddenly dilutes the cold surrounding me. I took a deep breath and unconsciously rubbed my cold hands.

Skipping over the pair of female gloves that JOY put on the table, a ridiculous thought followed