The fires all over the sky reflected the ghosts, and the dead branches of the trees were like the dry hands of countless ghosts, who wanted to drag him into hell together.

The flames slowly licked over, getting closer... closer... so close!

He watched the fire sweeping up, but suddenly he was pulled by someone. The fire disappeared and the ghost disappeared. He smelled a little warm fragrance.

Joshua woke up calmly from his dream.

Before dawn, pale moonlight came into the gaps in the curtains. He grabbed his hair and got out of bed to pick up a glass of water for himself. The young man was tall and had a young man. His eyes were drooping with indescribable coldness. He raised his head and drank the glass of water. With this movement, the slow movement of Adam's apple brought out the sharp line between his neck, not to his collarbone.

He put down the cup, wiped the corner of his lips with his thumb, and looked out the window with his eyes half closed. The moonlight was cold, but suddenly reminded him of the fire in his dream.

That was a dream he had every night in recent years. At first it could be called a nightmare, but later he got used to it. It was just a peaceful past that happened again.

Some people say that having experienced one thing many times is like constantly adding wounds to the wound, making the pain last forever, but Joshua feels different.

He just felt bored.

If you repeat an event too many times, it will not actually make people remember the pain, it will only make people numb, indifferent, and then become world-weary.

He sat quietly by the window for a long time, and when he saw the sky turn white, he picked up his clothes and went out.

He just returned to China yesterday, and today he couldn't wait to see her.

Joshua was waiting outside the Jiang family's villa. At six o'clock, she saw a little girl walking out with her schoolbag on her back. She was carrying her schoolbag in a regular manner, and her long hair covered half of her face. It happened that a gust of wind passed by. Joshua saw her face. Compared to when she was a child, the changes were actually very big. She was no longer a round and soft glutinous rice ball. She was graceful and graceful, with the curves and beauty of a girl.

But Joshua could still see the traces of childhood from her eyebrows.

He stood beside him and watched quietly. The little girl walked out of the community. When she saw him, she was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "You...what are you doing here?"

So early in the morning, except for her having to squeeze into the bus to go to school, no one should get up, right?

Anyway, she hadn't seen it before.

Therefore, the boy wearing a mask, baseball cap, and a black hoodie in front of him looked particularly strange.

Hearing her soft voice, Joshua paused and said, "I can't sleep, get up for a walk."

Jiang Xiu was puzzled: "How come he can't fall asleep?"

She has to study every day and does a lot of things. She is very tired, so she never can't sleep.

Joshua said, "Maybe I miss someone too much."

Jiang Xiu is actually a very introverted child. She never talks to strangers. But for some reason, she always feels very familiar with the person in front of her. She seems to have seen an old friend many years ago, so she is a little bolder and whispers: "Do you miss your mother?"

"I don't want her." Joshua said: "She doesn't like me, why should I like her?"

"Ah." Jiang Xiu covered her mouth and said carefully: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Joshua didn't care and said, "I'm thinking of my fiancée."

Jiang Xiu was surprised and widened her eyes: "Do you have a fiancée? You don't look old."

"It was decided when she was a child." Joshua smiled: "When she was very young, she just didn't know whether she still admitted her account."

Jiang Xiu said seriously: "Did she propose it or did you propose it?"

"she."

Jiang Xiu said: "Then she won't admit it. Since she said that, she must like you very much and will marry you when she grows up."

Joshua looked at her gently and smiled: "Really?"

"Yeah." Jiang Xiu nodded: "Of course it's true. I never lie."

She glanced at the time, "Oh! It's already six:30. Brother, I'm leaving first, otherwise I'll be late."

Joshua asked, “How do you go to school?”

Jiang Xiu honestly said: "Make a bus."

"I'm going to go out too," said Joshua. "How many ways are you taking?"

Jiang Xiu said: "Road 818."

"So too." Joshua opened his eyes and said lies, "Let's go together."

This was the first time I was in school, and Jiang Xiu was very happy. He carefully opened his schoolbag, took out a chocolate from it, handed it to Joshua, and said, "Little brother, I'll give it to you."

Joshua looked at the chocolate in his hand, which was imported and not cheap. It was not something that Jiang Xiu could get from the Jiang family at the Jiang family, and asked, "Who gave it to you?"

Jiang Xiu didn't notice anything wrong with this problem and said, "It was given to me by an uncle who came to visit the house last time."

Joshua pinched the chocolate and asked, "Then why don't you eat it?"

Jiang Xiu smiled shyly: "Because... I can't bear to eat it. I'm fine, so I haven't eaten chocolate."

Joshua whispered, “Then why did you give it to me?”

"Because I think you are a good person, little brother!" The little girl turned around and smiled at him: "I want to give it to you."

She looked at Joshua with a gaze: "Try it and see if it tastes delicious."

Joshua peeled off the chocolate under her eyes, and went to stuff it into her mouth while Jiang Xiu was not paying attention, and said, "I don't like to eat chocolate. Since you haven't eaten it for a long time, just try it yourself."

Jiang Xiu was a little surprised and slowly swallowed the chocolate. She narrowed her eyes like a sun-bathing kitten and muttered softly: "How could anyone not like to eat chocolate... How delicious is chocolate..."

Joshua stopped and suddenly said to Jiang Xiu, "You can wait for me here."

“Eh?”

Joshua came back soon, holding a small box of chocolate in his hand. He stuffed it into Jiang Xiu's schoolbag and said, "Hide it."

Jiang Xiu quickly said, "No, no, I can't ask for your stuff..."

"Nothing." Joshua looked at her and thought to himself, what is a box of chocolate? As long as you want it, I will even give you my life.

"It's a reward for you to take a walk with me." Joshua said, "I haven't taken a walk with me for a long time."

Jiang Xiu was confused: "How long will it take?"

Joshua laughed: "It's probably as long as you haven't eaten chocolate."

Jiang Xiu asked curiously: "How do you know how long it took for me to have not eaten chocolate?"
Chapter completed!