Lu Li raised his head in confusion, his dark eyes never leaving the girl for a moment.
Anna pinched the hem of the skirt and showed it to him: "Do you also think the skirt is beautiful?"
"...it's not the dress that's beautiful."
A blush rose on Anna's cheeks, and her clear eyes were slightly lowered, looking forward to a certain answer.
"It's this manor."
Lu Li looked around, seeing the warm auditorium, the bright crystal chandeliers, the flowing soothing music, and the smell of food and perfume.
The body temperature is gradually rising, and the numb limbs are regaining consciousness.
Anna quietly clenched the palm under her ruffled sleeves, then quietly released it, and stretched out her hand to Lu Li: "Don't be embarrassed, get up quickly..."
Lu Li held the soft and warm white palm and climbed up from the red carpet. At this time, the music changed.
The crystal chandelier was half extinguished, creating a charming atmosphere. The auditorium turned into a dance floor, with handsome and beautiful men and women embracing each other.
"The dance has begun!"
Anna let out a soft cry and frowned at Lu Li's dusty clothes: "This is the only way..."
She took Lu Li's hand and walked towards the dance floor. Lu Li stood still, like a frozen corpse in the ice and snow.
"Do you want me to continue to take the initiative!"
Anna's cheeks flushed angrily, she grabbed Lu Li's hand and threw it on his soft waist.
The cold touch made her stiffen slightly, and then she quickly moved closer to Lu Li, leading him to dance with the flowing music.
"You're still the same..."
The gentle whisper ringing in his ears made ripples appear in Lu Li's calm black eyes. He wanted to lower his head and be held tightly by Anna.
"Let me lean on you for a moment..."
She snuggled on Lu Li's shoulder and murmured softly.
"Loneliness...death...pollution...tragedy...deception...I feel the hardships you have experienced over the long years..."
The stiff body gradually relaxed, and Anna leaned better on Lu Li's shoulder.
"I'm sorry... for leaving you alone outside..."
Anna was forced to leave Lu Li because at some point, Lu Li became only a few centimeters taller than Anna. The cuffs covered his thumbs and the windbreaker looked too wide.
"Don't doubt the truth here, you will be noticed by the manor..." Anna hugged Lu Li tightly, but it was no use. Lu Li was still shrinking, his skin became delicate, his hands retracted into his sleeves, his clothes became smaller and smaller, and he was even shorter than Anna.
, like a little boy.
Anna picked up Lu Li, who was getting younger. Amid the astonishment of the dancers around him, Anna ran out of the ball like a ball of clothes. She stumbled off her high heels and broke into the utility room at the corner of a long corridor.
"Hide here and don't go out, and don't open the door when anyone comes!"
Putting down Lu Li who had turned into a little boy, Anna paused for a moment and said seriously: "...Including me."
Anna grabbed the hem of her skirt and left the utility room, her footsteps disappearing into the increasingly chaotic corridor.
Lu Li pulled on his trouser legs and sleeves and stretched out his hands and feet. His body was about ten years old, and the clothes were like several layers of blankets wrapped around his body.
The noise outside the door continued, and Lu Li approached the door to listen... There was a knock on the door suddenly. Lu Li remained quiet and stared at the trembling door.
After more than ten seconds, the knocking on the door faded away, and then the doorknob slowly turned.
Lu Li stretched out his hand and blocked the handle, preventing the doorknob from swinging.
The "clucking, lackling" movement continued for a while, and then the silence returned as the footsteps left.
The chaos continued in the mansion, and a few minutes later, new footsteps stopped outside the door.
"Lu Li, I'm back..."
Anna's voice sounded from behind the door.
Lu Li was indifferent and continued to press against the door.
"It's me... open the door quickly, they are looking for me too, I..." Anna's voice gradually became clear and childish, just like Lu Li before, "Do you remember our past, Belfast... Detective Agency
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Anna cited many examples of their past life together to prove that she was really her, but Lu Li still rejected her.
The childish voice gradually turned into a childlike voice, and finally only the cry of a baby remained, disappearing——
Lu Li could no longer maintain his composure, and the palm he held against the door turned to hold the doorknob. Suddenly, the door was pushed open by a force. Lu Li was knocked backwards, and his loose clothes were entangled in him, causing him to trip.
Anna, wearing a white ball dress, rushed into the utility room, closed the door and leaned her back against the door: "Fortunately you didn't open the door."
"What's going on outside?"
Lu Li fell to the ground and his little head with messy black hair emerged from the pile of clothes.
"The guests know that an uninvited guest has come in...it is you, and you are looking everywhere."
"What are the guests and the estate?"
"I don't know how to say it..." Anna hesitated to reveal the truth, "We believe that we are still alive and believe that this place exists, so we are really alive and this place really exists. If we have doubts, we will be like you..."
I don't know whether the shrinkage affected his thinking or the influence of the manor itself. Lu Li had difficulty maintaining his thoughts and could only change his navigation weakly while drifting with the current.
"I want to leave here..."
"Why?"
"I want to go back to the other side of the mountains."
Anna's eyes showed confusion, and then all doubts turned into determination: "...I will take you away."
Anna pulled out a dusty blanket from the garbage pile, covered Lu Li with it, picked him up and left the utility room, and hurried along the corridor to the outside of the manor.
Many malicious intentions were directed at the blanket wrapped around Lu Li, but Anna blocked it. She unswervingly led Lu Li towards the door and rushed into the raging snowstorm.
Lu Li's body shape suddenly returned to normal and he fell from Anna's arms.
Climbing out of the snow, Lu Li grabbed the blanket and braved the blizzard with Anna, who was supporting him.
The strong wind pulled Anna's long hair and dress, and the wind and snow gradually became unbearable for her thin body. Lu Li put a blanket on Anna's body and pulled her towards the top of the mountain in his memory.
Not far away, businessman Anthony waved to him and told him that Jojo was back and that if he followed him, he would take them back to the land of light.
Lu Li ignored the businessman Anthony and moved on.
The vellum and the Evil Spirit Chess suddenly appeared on the side, lying quietly in the snow.
A door stands in the snowstorm, and behind the door is the laughter of reality.
Lu Li ignored all the temptations and illusions along the way, and before he froze to death in the snow, a cliff finally blocked the road ahead.
Stopping at the edge of the cliff where the cold wind was howling, Lu Li looked at the thin figure wrapped in a blanket.
"Do you really want to leave here?"
Anna's lips turned purple from the cold, and her face was pale as she said to Lu Li: "Here we can be together happily..."
"But these are false."
"Is there beauty in the real world?" Anna looked at him reluctantly: "You want to save everyone, but you can't even save yourself."
Lu Li fell into silence.
"Don't come to me again..."
Continuous shadows approached from the wind and snow, and Anna suddenly pushed the silent Lu Li to the cliff.
The loose rocks took Luli and he fell into the abyss. In addition to the roar, Anna's whisper was heard in his ears.
"...We will meet again eventually, in reality."
The blanket slipped from Anna's shoulders, and the blizzard blew the pale skirt, covering her sad face.
