The night is hazy, the stars are disappearing, the white skirt is floating, and ghosts are arriving.
At one o'clock in the morning, according to the traditional saying of China, this period of time is the time when extremely sinister things go out and move around. Ghosts, spirits, spirits, all the images that appear in traditional stories will go out and move around during this period of time.
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Naturally, it also includes commemorating the lonely souls in the world.
——"Memoirs" written by the bride on the eve of her wedding
"Huh...huh..."
Dots of fluorescent light float on the gentle breeze of the grass, floating among the silver-white fur. Beside the stream reflecting the starlight, dozens of wild wolves with blue-white fur are lying on their backs, revealing their husky-like silliness.
Sleeping face.
In the center of the wolf pack, the alpha wolf with a huge scar on his waist and abdomen was nestled next to the sleeping man, resting his head on his waist and abdomen, sleeping at the same breathing rate as him, with his ears lowered from time to time.
It trembles and tells its sweet dream of being touched.
"Ouch~!"
The alert male wolf suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, breaking the time and space filled with silence and harmony.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of "will-o'-the-wisps" awakened in an instant, and the sound of scratching the grass replaced the sound of the wind. Under the dim light, vertical pupils exuding murderous intent and warning locked onto things that humans could not see.
"Well……"
Lin Shuwen, who was woken up at the same time, sat up from the boulder he was leaning on, took his left arm out of Aike's tight embrace, and pressed it slightly stiffly to the back of his head, trying to wake up from the state of hysteria.
Meier, who rolled down from his shoulders to his lower abdomen, raised her ears and looked around in confusion. Finally, her eyes locked on the open space not far away surrounded by wolves.
In the vertical pupils, a "Ye Lanxin" covering the right side of his face with his hair is floating in the open space.
"Ahem~ I'm sorry~ Can you let your pets..."
The ghost that looked like Ye Lanxin wore a maternal smile and was helpless to avoid the wolves trying to pounce. It narrowed its eyes and waved its transparent arms like a young woman, asking for help from the hysterical Lin Shuwen not far away.
"Huh? Lan Xin?!"
"Teng!"
Lin Shuwen saw the opponent's appearance and jumped up from the ground. In one second, he completed the operations of landing, drawing his sword, protecting the person, and losing the charm.
"She is my person, not food."
Beside the boulder, Mei'er, who had fallen to the ground inexplicably, was sitting on the grass with dull eyes, beside Aike, who had been awakened.
Aike rubbed her eyes and asked Meier sleepily:
"What's wrong?"
Meier turned her head blankly and yelled:
"Well...well...(It's quite sudden.)"
His eyes returned to Lin Shuwen. After stopping the wolves, he pointed his sword at his side, lowered himself to the ground with one hand, and protected "Ye Lanxin" in a ready-to-go posture.
Then, he turned his head:
"Lan Xin, why are you...huh?!"
"Hehehe..."
Ye Lanxin's guardian spirit, also her biological mother Gardenia, covered her face with her right hand and looked at Lin Shuwen with a smile full of satisfaction and recognition. In her spirit state, she even reached out to cover Lin Shuwen's head and moved it back and forth a few times.
He seemed to be scratching his head.
"Um...Gardenia...Mrs.?"
Lin Shuwen's wide eyes closed slightly, and he finally correctly recognized the identity of the person coming.
"It's so late...you?"
"Shouldn't you call me mom? Ah! Haven't you and Lan Xin confirmed your relationship yet? Yes, yes! Because of the matter with Ru Xin, you haven't confirmed your relationship with her! Instead, you and Wen Xin... ah la ah la~"
Gardenia covered her mouth and giggled. Lin Shuwen rarely blushed. He scratched his head in embarrassment and led her through the circle of wolves to the boulder.
Lin Shuwen raised his right hand slightly, and a European-style sofa composed of dark element crystals was placed.
Behind Gardenia, Gardenia smiled and nodded, and "sat" on the sofa very elegantly.
"Huh? This... I can actually sit down?!"
The cushions of the sofa showed obvious convex and concave movements as Gardenia moved. For Gardenia, who is a spirit body, what was originally just a show of movement turned into a "real sitting down". She had not experienced this feeling for a long time.
While maintaining the sitting posture of a lady, she quietly made some small movements for enjoyment.
"It is my honor to make you feel comfortable."
Lin Shuwen took out a double sofa of the same style from the shadows, and sat down slightly cautiously. Beside him, Meier, who finally came to her senses, got on the sofa first, curled herself up into a ball, and sat comfortably.
Lying on the master's lap, Aike winked and teased Aike who stood aside and puffed up her cheeks.
The remaining space on the sofa was occupied by the taciturn Alpha Wolf, who used it as a bed to catch up on his sleep.
"Dong Shi's frown is ugly. You don't need to learn the lines you're not familiar with. At least on this occasion, I hope I can get along with you normally."
"Like a mom and a future 'new son.'"
The gardenia where the standard noble lady was sitting had a kind smile on her face. Although there were some contradictions in her slightly younger face at the moment, Lin Shuwen could still feel the brilliance of motherhood full of vitality and tenderness.
"Okay, Gardenia...Mom..."
Although the relationship between himself and Ye Lanxin has not yet been completely confirmed, based on his speculation on the reason for Gardenia's appearance this time, Lin Shuwen thought it was necessary to call her this.
"Hey~ He is such a sensible and good boy. Alas... you remind me of my husband. He is different from you. Although he has always been informal, in many cases he is just like a piece of wood."
Gardenia spoke in a calm tone, carefully examining Lin Shuwen who was sitting upright, her translucent pupils seemed to have pierced through time.
"That guy~ Time really flies by so fast... There are obviously many things I haven't told him and the children."
"Mom Gardenia, I'm sorry if you offended me, are you about to...?"
Lin Shuwen bit his lip lightly, his own sixth sense and rationality told him that the sudden visit of Gardenia might be...
"Well, but the child Valkyrie of Tubolhao said some kind words to those adults for me. I don't know the specific time, but I should be able to survive this and end it, right?"
There was a hint of reluctance in Gardenia's smile. She lowered her head and looked at the ground, recalling the past.
When I am still in this world, I only feel that everything is complete and do not feel the sadness of the passage of time.
When I was about to enter reincarnation, I suddenly realized that nothing had happened, and I was just sad that there was no time to express.
"Then why do you come to me? I mean, since you are concerned about the things between us, why don't you come here with Lan Xin?"
"Silly boy, do you think a mother who can transform into a guardian spirit because she is worried about her daughter will have the heart to tell them about her ascension to heaven?"
Gardenia leaned back and leaned on the back of the sofa. She looked up at the hazy moon and said softly:
"You are really an outstanding child, both in terms of character and personality. If you can treat Lan Xin or Wenxin wholeheartedly, I really have nothing more to ask for. However, this is just a little awkwardness of being a mother.
After living here for such a long time, I am relieved of such things. As long as you can treat her well, at least focus on her when you are alone..."
Gardenia suddenly smiled bitterly and blinked:
"No, I still can't let go of this. Please forgive me. As a mother, I am really in these places..."
"I understand, I'm sorry, Mrs. Gardenia."
Lin Shuwen nodded slightly and made an apology on his chair.
"You brat
...Call me mom! It’s not like I won’t let you marry her! Should I say them?”
"Ahem! Wenxin and I are just ordinary friends..."
"Stop pretending, you think I haven't looked for articles during this time... Ah... Sure enough, you guys should be left to solve the problem by yourselves. Oops... It's different what dad brought up. The little girl's family, unexpectedly
Teach me! Lan Xin Ruxin doesn’t even dare to say that!”
"Say...?"
Gardenia completely relaxed her figure and danced on the sofa casually, completely losing her motherly look.
Lin Shuwen put on an awkward yet polite smile.
"Actually, I only have one request for you...your mother Gardenia."
"You say."
Lin Shuwen crossed his hands, straightened his already straight back, and put on an expression of listening attentively.
"I hope that in the future, Ru Xin, Lan Xin, or Wen Xin, no matter whether you can be with one or even more of them in the future, I hope that you can promise me to let them choose their own.
The other half."
Gardenia repositioned her legs like a lady sitting, with her back straight, her hands folded naturally on her thighs, and she looked directly at the prospective son-in-law in front of her.
"As a mother, and even more so as a woman, I know very clearly that girls have a lot of control over themselves and a lot of imbalances in this society. In many cases, it is girls who sacrifice the most, even if
It is their father, and when certain options come, there is a high chance that he will choose to give up his daughters instead of his sons."
"Um."
"So, at least, no, this is my only request as a willful mother. I hope that even if you are not with them in the end, for the sake of the Ye family's kindness, let them follow their own will.
Choose your future partner."
"It can be a useless person! It can be a homeless person with no place to live! It can even be a beggar! I hope you can help them and help them make their own choices under any circumstances and under any oppression.
Choose their own life and their own future, even if they choose to live alone, I hope you can support and help them!"
Gardenia bowed her head, and Lin Shuwen suddenly stood up from the sofa, letting the dark element cover his hands, and reached out to support Gardenia, who was begging him.
"I don't want them to wear dirty wedding dresses because of politics, interests, transactions and other reasons! To marry a man or woman they don't love at all! As a mother! I just want my daughter to at least have this most beautiful thing.
Basic rights! Promise me, okay?"
Gardenia burst into tears and held Lin Shuwen's hands tightly with both hands. Lin Shuwen stared into her eyes seriously and promised unwaveringly:
"I swear!"
"Also! You must also promise me that if you are with them! You must be good to them! You don't want luxury, at least don't worry about one thing and the other! Make them sad and lonely!"
"I will."
"There's more! Dowry and betrothal gift! I will entrust a dream to my husband tomorrow! I won't embarrass you! But I will also guarantee your future life!"
"And more, and more!..."
This nagging of an old mother to her son-in-law lasted for half an hour.
"Finally! The most important thing!"
"Um!"
"You and them, you have to live well! Live with dignity! It's more important than anything else!"
(Don’t die easily, you must...)
Lin Shuwen remembered that Ye Lanxin had said the same words to him in that valley.
Now facing Gardenia, who has transformed into a soul, he seems to have a deeper understanding of the matter of living as she chatters endlessly.