Spear Teacher

A year later, I stood on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro again.

Coincidentally, this time was similar to the situation I encountered last time. A couple also took out the rings they had prepared in the morning light and proposed to each other tacitly.

At this moment, I looked down at the "mud" at my feet.

For the first time, the soul that always claimed freedom was supreme had the idea of ​​stopping the boat and returning home.

For a second, I even found myself touching my pocket subconsciously.

Unfortunately, there was no ring representing the belonging of the soul there.

"Jiang Qiyu."

I called her.

"..."

No response.

"Sister Tianshen."

Facing the rising sun, I looked down at her.

She was exhausted and as soft as a boneless paramecium, but she still struggled to get up and die with me:

"...I'm going to kill you."

I bent down, gently caught the hand that was trying to be raised, and held it in my palm, and then sat down beside her.

"Jiang Qiyu."

"..."

"Have you ever heard of this saying?"

"What?"

"Biological research has confirmed that the main factor of love is the result of dopamine secreted by the human brain stimulating the nerves, but the human body cannot always withstand this stimulation, so as dopamine decreases and disappears, the feeling of love will also fade away, and the average value of this cycle is about 18 months."

"...I don't understand."

"It means that our current relationship can only last about 18 months in theory."

"What about after 18 months? Will you die?"

"..."

"Qi Yu, it is enough for a person to have some moments in his life. Qin Shihuang, who was so powerful, could not live forever. Is your love more awesome than Qin Shihuang?"

"How do you know that Qin Shihuang is dead? Maybe his immortality technique is rebirth."

"...Okay, you actually saw through me."

I was amused by her, and my thumb gently stroked her at the moment. The root of the ring finger, which was not white but still slender and tender, said in a light tone:

"Although love has a time limit in theory, what if you fall in love with the same person repeatedly at different times?"

"... Then I think you are awesome."

I raised my hand and rubbed her hair, which was already messy due to night crawling, and felt the excitement brought to me by the constant stimulation of dopamine:

"Jiang Qiyu, if I hadn't run away ten years ago, do you think we wouldn't have wasted so many years?"

"... It's hard to say."

"What kind of answer is this?"

"The way of life is to always look forward. If you always worry about the scenery behind you, how can you enjoy the present?"

"You..."

"What? Do you feel the spiritual shock brought to you by my philosophical qualities? Have your hormones with a validity period of 18 months been refreshed?"

"Indeed, a little."

"But what you said reminded me."

I calmed down, and she suddenly seemed to be interested in my topic.

The person who was lying on the ground got up with a groan, leaning most of his weight on my side, squinting at the red sun rising above the rolling sea of ​​clouds in the distance:

"I am the best me now, there is no need to look back, but if there really is a so-called parallel universe, I must be the insensitive superman... let the turtle be the sensitive and fragile little white flower."

"...What did you say?"

"Nothing."

"I have accepted the love of the gods, but still the turtle?"

"...Damn it ! Say it again! "

I stood up neatly, avoiding her desperate pounce, picked up the travel bag that weighed two people and put it on my shoulder:

"Let's go, we still have to go down the mountain from the other side."

Of course, she continued to lie on the ground and threw a tantrum as I expected:

"Why don't you just treat me as dead."

"I can carry you down the mountain if you're alive, but I can only kick you down the mountain if you're dead."

...

I weighed the always naughty sister Tianshen on my back, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace.

"Brother, why are you walking so fast?"

"I want to go down the mountain."

"Excuse me, are you in such a hurry to go down the mountain because of something?"

"Yeah."

"?"

"Something's on my mind."

If there is really a parallel universe outside this world.

Then it's not certain that the wish she made at an altitude of 5,895 meters will come true.

Just like there are snow-capped mountains on the equator,

People who are destined to meet can meet again no matter how far they go.

But now,

No matter what,

I urgently need a ring.