[Spirited Away] River of Time

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The Amber River was filled with mud, and if Bailong returned to the human world, it might disappear...

At this time, the god just came out of the bath, and Chihiro wiped the dirt on the bathroom floor with a towel.The next god will be received soon, and Xiao Ling came over to tell Qian Xun to remember to go to the frog supervisor to get the bath card, but seeing the girl's distraught appearance, she couldn't help asking: "Xiao Qian, what's wrong with you?"

Chihiro wakes up like a dream, seeing the floor that has been wiped spotless and even a little shiny by herself, she hurriedly raised her head: "I..."

Xiaoling looked at her: "Do you have something on your mind?" After thinking about it, "Is it because of Mr. Bai?"

Chihiro knows that nothing can be hidden from the clever Xiaoling.

"It seems that Mr. Bai told you the story of the fox demon and the baby." Xiao Ling said.

Chihiro was surprised: "You also know?"

"Not only do I know, but I also know the disappeared fox demon. I am also a fox demon, have you forgotten?"

Chihiro hurriedly said, "Of course I haven't forgotten it. But, I don't know that you know it too...why didn't you mention it?"

"Because this matter has nothing to do with you." Xiaoling said rationally.

Nothing to do with oneself.Grandpa Boiler, Xiaoling, and Bailong all said so.But Chihiro felt that she couldn't stay out of the matter—is it because she swore in Grandma Tang that she would give the baby a home, or because the fate of the fox demon is likely to be the fate of the white dragon in the future?

"I'm not sure if I will disappear. After all, I am a god, and I have found my name again, which is different from the fox demon." To Qianxun's question, Bailong replied, "But, only by returning to you, The name 'Ji Zao Jian Amber' is meaningful."

His tone became firmer: "After the winter is over, I will leave here with you."

"Going home, what kind of feeling is it?" Xiaoling said confusedly, "Xiaoqian, your family doesn't want you anymore; Mr. Bai too, the river he guarded has been buried...why are you all Want to go back so much?"

Chihiro had no way to answer.She thought of Granny Tang's dark words - "It's just that the fallen leaves return to their roots, you and Bailong both want to go home and die."

At this time, the frog manager came over and urged: "Xiaoqian, Xiaoling, hurry up and get the bath card!" The two separated temporarily.

Chihiro ran barefoot on the steamy, water-filled promenade, but ran into the faceless man head-on.It holds a large pile of bath signs in its arms.As soon as he saw Qianxun, he put the bath sign into her hand.It was so stuffed that it couldn't fit, so I took a wooden bathtub to hold the rest.

At that moment, as if the past had recurred, Qianxun looked down at the bath card in her arms, and was completely stunned.

"I... I don't need that much!"

However, the faceless man showed a look of loss and injury in his eyes. He let go of his hand, and the bath tokens in his arms fell into the stagnant water, making several popping sounds.At that moment, a certain ferocious aura exuded from its black robe.

Chihiro was suddenly startled.

But at the same time, there was a decision in my heart.She made an action that she hadn't done ten years ago - stepped forward and took the faceless man's hand.Its little hands were as cold as snow.

The faceless man seemed taken aback.Naturally did not break free.

Chihiro didn't say anything, just pulled it gently, and walked on the magnificent and bustling corridor, turning a blind eye to the strange eyes around her.

When I passed the elevator, I happened to meet Bailong coming out, leading a monster with its face hanging down like a white radish.The monster greeted Chihiro, its bean-sized eyes wandered around the hands held by Chihiro and the faceless man.But Bailong didn't look at Qianxun, he led the monster and Qianxun passed by and walked away.

In silence, Chihiro led the faceless man to the end of the corridor, and opened the wooden paper door.The fine snow falling like thousands of flying paper butterflies.She gently pulled the faceless man into the snowy yard.

"This is not where you should be." Chihiro said softly to the faceless man, "Don't come here again."

The faceless man muttered.On its face was the humble and flattering expression Chihiro was familiar with.

Just as Chihiro was about to say something, the faceless man bent down, picked up a dead branch, and wrote on the snow:

——"Qian, I want to stay by your side."

Looking at the words spelled out in hiragana in the snow, her breath seemed to tremble, and Chihiro suddenly burst into tears.

After a while, tears fell drop by drop on the snow.The faceless man turned pale with fright, the dead branch fell, he was very flustered, he didn't know where to put his hands, he wanted to touch Chihiro's cheek, but he was timid.

"Let's meet outside the oil house later."

After saying this vaguely, Chihiro hurried back to the bathhouse.

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In the middle of the night, in the water heating room, Grandpa Boiler sat on a chair and worked, holding a bag of minced meat in one long hand, and lifted the lid of the small pot hanging on the fireplace with the other hand.White steam rose up, and the aroma of millet porridge immediately permeated the entire boiling water room.The black briquettes on the ground moved forward and sniffed covetously.

"This is not for you! Hurry up and go back to work!" Grandpa Boiler yelled loudly, but saw someone passing by the door.Who is it not Chihiro?It stretched out its long arms to open the door.

The wind carried snowflakes drifting in one after another.Annoyed, Chihiro rubbed the tip of her nose, she had already turned around and wanted to leave, but unexpectedly the door of the boiling water room opened, so she had no choice but to turn around.

"Come in when you come. This child."

Chihiro walked in nonchalantly.A smell of millet porridge came.The fragrance is different from the delicious and strong smell in the world of Shenyin, it is as light as home-cooked food.Chihiro was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Grandpa Boiler, are you eating?"

"It's not cooked for me. We monsters don't eat these. Bailong asked me to cook some rice porridge when I have time, so that he can feed the baby."

The lid of the pot made a few "pop" and "pop" sounds. It turned out that the minced meat inside was cooked. Chihiro went over to lift it, and picked up a spoon to stir the rice porridge.She thought of the sweet baby in the swaddle.My own parents, they also hugged her like this, and cooked rice porridge for her like this...

Inexplicably, he sighed.

"Qianxun often sighs after she comes back." Grandpa Boiler, who was working, said casually without looking up.

The aroma of millet porridge filled the room.Qianxun thought of her parents, who were so gluttonous that they turned into pigs, and Qianxun had to work in an oil house because of them... But all these things have passed.

When did it start that my parents were strangers, and they finally wanted to meet in court?

Over the years, Chihiro has traveled back countless times to find the answer.Feelings deteriorate little by little, like snowflakes melting inadvertently. When Chihiro turns around, the water has passed without a trace, and there is no trace to be found anymore.Perhaps, many things are originally unsolvable, right?Especially the relationship between people.

"Chihiro, you seem to blame yourself for the separation of your parents." Grandpa Boiler said sharply.

Chihiro fell silent.Finally, nod.

"Just like ten years ago, I didn't persuade my parents not to be gluttonous in time, but ran away... They turned into pigs, and I have the responsibility to rescue them.

"In the past ten years, after leaving the world of Shenyin, I have been too focused on my homework, and I have not discovered the problems between my father and mother in time...Maybe if I care more about them, they will not come to this step……"

As he spoke, Chihiro choked up.The damage this incident caused her was indescribable.

Grandpa Boiler looked at her benevolently, and stretched out his arm to pat the snowflakes on Qianxun's head: "I know you're not feeling well, but, my child, you really don't need to be too sad."

"No need to be sad?" Chihiro repeated in bewilderment.

"When I'm working, I like to count the time by the sound of steam when the lid is opened." Grandpa Boiler pointed to the cooked millet porridge, "Similarly, many things will have their own time.

"A day has mornings and nights. A story has its ups and downs. The same goes for feelings. Your parents got married and started a family. With you, they turned into pigs when you were ten years old, and when you were 20, they separated... this It's time for your parents.

"The end of a relationship is not anyone's fault, it's just that the time has come."

In the trembling voice of Grandpa Boiler, Chihiro felt that a certain corner of her heart gradually became brighter, as if being slowly illuminated by a warm lamp.

She continued: "My parents now have their own partners... After the lawsuit is over, my parents will each start a new family."

Grandpa Boiler looked at her tenderly: "Isn't this bad?"

Chihiro felt a sudden grief in his heart.Tears that had been suppressed for a long time welled up in her eyes, she nodded soberly: "This is good." After a pause, her voice was in deep pain, "It's just that I don't have a home anymore."

Ten years later, Bailong wrote her name in the snow, but she could never return home.

Grandpa Boiler looked deeply into Chihiro's eyes.His voice is kind and distant.

"I understand that this is difficult for you to accept. However, peace of mind is home - remember to listen to your inner voice at all times. It is like light and will lead you to find your way home."?