Rebirth of Enchantment

Autumn goes to winter, and the whole day is cold.

The boy was originally a stone, and he didn't care much about the temperature when the seasons changed.But who would have expected that after the transformation, it seemed to be no different from a human being, feeling the cold.

He hugged himself tightly with two thin arms, but when the cold wind blew by, it still made him shiver with cold.Even if you imitate human beings and keep rubbing your body, you still don't feel much warmth.

The extremely ill-fitting gray clothes on his body were already full of holes, and they didn't have any effect on keeping warm.Even if you want to find some leaves from the ground to stick to your body, it is very difficult.The only way to feel warm was to find some dry dead branches and bring them back, hide them in the cave and light them up, which would make him feel much better for a while.

When it snowed heavily all night and the boy poked his head out of the cave, the outside was already covered in white.

"It's so beautiful..." Although the boy's skin was red from the cold and his whole body was stiff, he still couldn't help smiling and admiring the snow-white world in front of him.

Really, so beautiful.

No matter how many times he saw it, he couldn't help but marvel at the magic of heaven.

"Meow~" A cat's voice sounded in the not-so-big cave.

The boy turned his head and saw the yellow pear-blossom cat clinging to him and coming to the cave, and followed him to look out at the snow-white world.

The yellow pear cat looks a little skinny and not very beautiful, but it has a considerate temperament and gentle eyes.Its age is not too young in terms of cats.

Its name was little Pearl.

This name was not given to it by a teenager, but by an old lady.

Grandma came to the mountain alone on crutches when the weather was cold, and the boy knew why she came here.

Grandma froze to death on the mountain that night. Little Pearl searched for traces and stayed by Grandma's body for a long, long time.From the beginning, it wanted to grab Grandma's clothes and drag her home, and then it kept howling in front of Grandma's body.That kind of sound doesn't sound like an ordinary cat's sound at all, and it's full of pain that many, many humans can't understand.

It barked for a long time until it could no longer make a sound, and finally lay down beside the neck of the grandma who had fallen to the ground.Looking at it from a distance, it seems that it has died with grandma.

The young man has never been in contact with grandma, but he knows grandma.

Grandma is an old woman in the village down the mountain, and she always lives alone, with little Pearl by her side.

Every time the boy secretly goes to the human village, he can always see the grandma sitting in the yard with little Pearl in her arms.No one wanted to talk to Grandma, and no one went to see her.The children in the village called grandma an old widow behind their backs, and even made up harsh songs.

Grandma didn't care about those things, but with a loving smile on her face, she stroked little Pearl's body over and over again, calling her over and over again: "Little Pearl...Little Pearl...hehe..."

Grandma called, and little Pearl answered.

That's all the boy can know about that grandma.He never appeared in front of his grandmother and the villagers, nor did he say a single word to them.

The boy buried his dead grandmother, and then took little Pearl away.

Probably because the young man buried her grandma, little Pearl has always been extremely docile, but her aging state has gradually been revealed.

It doesn't look as energetic as it used to.

But the young man didn't dislike little Pearl at all, and stretched out his hand to hold little Pearl in his arms.

Little Pearl's soft body and fluffy fur made the boy feel very warm.

"Are all people and animals like this? It feels soft and warm to the touch?" The young man curled up, hugged little Pearl in his arms, and put his cheek against little Pearl. The snoring sound that comes out is very reassuring.

"But... why after I became a human, I can feel the biting cold, but I still can't warm myself up?"

The young man asked calmly, but there was no one around him who could answer him.

It's just that the teenager didn't care that much.

He looked at the white snow outside and heard little Pearl's snoring in his ears. His thoughts could not help drifting to the valley deep in the mountain, and... the person in the valley.

It's so cold now, I don't know if the person who always likes to sit on the stone platform in the middle of the pool is still sitting on it?

If the pond water freezes, will his hair be frozen?

That person doesn't wear much clothes all the time... Could it be that he is also as cold as him?

This kind of problem has been bothering the boy ever since the weather started to cool down.

He originally ran down the mountain secretly, intending to steal some thicker clothes from the village down the mountain to wear for the man in the valley.But those ordinary people at the bottom of the mountain looked really pitiful after the cold weather... In the end, not only did the boy not steal anything, but he left some wild fruits he picked up in the mountain to those who looked particularly pitiful. people.

He was hungry and cold all the time, but he knew he wouldn't die if he was a little hungry, because he was a stone.

Shishi actually doesn't need to eat, but he will always feel hungry after he becomes a human.In the same way, he is a stone, even if he really feels cold, he won't really freeze to death, right?

But, that person in the valley is a human being...

Every time I saw that person, he was always wearing a thin white gown. In this weather... how cold it must be... Maybe that person is not afraid of the cold?

"Meow..." Little Pearl looked up at him, and rubbed her cheek against the boy.

It's so cold outside, it's not young anymore, and it can't find anything to eat with the small stones.If it goes on like this, little Pearl will not be able to hold on...

The young man held little Pearl in his arms, stroked its hair lightly, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"Little Pearl, shall I take you to find someone?"

Little Pearl needed food, and the man in the valley should have no want of food.Little Pearl is so warm, if you give it to that person, how nice it would be to hold her in his arms.

And the temperature in the valley is not as cold as other places on the mountain.

Thinking of this, the young man immediately took action.

After discussing with little Pearl for a long time, he didn't know if little Pearl understood, so he sneaked into the valley with little Pearl in his arms as usual.

The valley at this moment is as white as the outside.

The boy stepped on the snow with his bare feet, leaving footprints one after another. The snow made the boy's feet extremely stiff, but he didn't seem to feel it. He focused on holding little Pearl and hid behind the rocks in the valley, poking around. .

The grass that had been planted around the valley by teenagers to drive away wild animals has now been covered with white snow, revealing only a little bit of withered yellow and dwarfed appearance.

In the valley, the young man did not see the person who usually meditated in the pool, and he felt an indescribable disappointment in his heart.However, he quickly pulled himself together, swept away his footprints lightly, and came all the way to a house deep in the valley.

It's not a very big house, but it looks very elegant.Unlike other places, the roof of this house, and its surroundings, were not covered by snow at all.

When the young man saw such a scene, he was stunned for a long time.

He got closer a little bit, and then found that the surroundings of the house felt warmer than other places.Because when the cold wind blows here, everyone avoids this house.

The boy stood in front of the house, barely wanting to leave.

But he still restrained his own greedy thoughts, but bowed his head and said to little Pearl: "Little Pearl, you just stay here and wait for the master here to take you back, okay?"

"He is a very good person, and he will definitely treat you very well... After he takes you back, remember to eat more, if you don't eat anymore, you will lose weight There are no bones left."

"You have to take care of yourself...and...and then help me take care of him, okay? Just give him a warm hug and warm hands. I will try my best to find thicker clothes..." said By the last sentence, the young man's mood was a little depressed.How could this be, if he could really find thick clothes?

He could not even take care of little Pearl.

The young man looked at little Pearl who was quietly watching him for a long time in a low voice, and then put little Pearl in front of the house where there was no wind, and then secretly hid behind a rock farther away.

It began to snow again in the sky.

White snowflakes fell softly from the sky, covering the boy's traces.

Although it was very cold, the boy still hid behind a distant stone and secretly looked at little Pearl in front of the room.

As the boy had hoped, little Pearl did not run wild, perhaps because she had not much strength left to run.

After staring at the boy's hiding place for a while, little Pearl lay down on the spot.And those snowflakes falling from the sky naturally opened the room and fell aside.

After an unknown amount of time, the boy heard footsteps.

The sound of light but steady footsteps came step by step on the snow.

It was still a white gown, the same long black hair hanging behind her back, and the same pair of cold eyes that seemed to be out of this world.But it strangely made the young man feel close and at ease. He intuitively thought that that person was a very, very good person.

The man in white came to the front of the house, stopped, looked down at little Pearl who was lying there, and little Pearl also looked up at him.

They stared at each other for a long time, until the man came to the house and opened the door, then turned to look at little Pearl again.

Little Pearl stood up, glanced at the direction where the young man was hiding, and then slowly came to the door step by step, and then walked in.

Everything is just as the boy hoped.

Until the frozen boy finally left, the door of that room was opened again.

The man stood in front of the house and looked in the direction of the valley exit, with a different look in his cold eyes.The skinny little Pearl walked up to the man on catwalks, raised her head and called out to the man.

The man lowered his eyes and opened his mouth softly: "...Your name...Little Pearl?"

"Meow~"

"How can there be such a silly goblin in this world?"

"Meow……"

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The little stone lying on the bed unconsciously burrowed into Zhong Daonan's arms. After feeling the warm body temperature of Anan's body, it sighed comfortably in its dream, and murmured unconsciously, "If... . . . I am little Pearl . . . that will be all right."