rose nursery rhyme

There are identical buildings everywhere in the vicinity, and several people have been talking in front of the door, but they really didn't pay attention to the house behind Alex for a while.

Looking at it now, there are indeed traces of people living in the house.

The furniture that can be seen through the window is arranged neatly, and the surrounding plants have also been trimmed briefly. Compared with the abandoned house next to it, the old and new are very obvious.

Brace: "You mean... let us live in your house?"

Alex nodded and sighed: "Yesterday, I didn't think about it. I thought you would stay for one night, and he might not appear by such a coincidence. In the end... you also saw that the child cried too much." Noisy, that place can no longer live."

"After all, that's still my brother." He said, "I'm also responsible for letting him disturb the two of you."

Bryce looked at Sidi: "What's your opinion?"

Xidi licked her teeth, tilted her head and said, "I still want to see that kid again."

As soon as they had a face-to-face meeting with the ghost team yesterday, Joshua ran away crying.Sheedy still has a lot to figure out... As for sleep?Young children do not need sleep.

He doesn't need rest, he just needs more fun.

"no!"

Hearing Xidi's words, Brice didn't say anything, but Alex's reaction was unexpectedly big.

He raised his voice, grabbed Sidi's wrist, and then hurriedly let go, as if to cover up something, and hurriedly explained: "You may not have heard that Joshua is... very dangerous now."

Sidi raised an eyebrow.

Alex was a little flustered, he quickly told the two of them the ghost story of the three-fork intersection in a low voice, and said: "Anyway, I'm really doing it for your own good, don't get too close to him, tonight Just stay here, okay?"

The last voice changed its tone, almost like pleading.

It was the first time they had seen him lose his composure like this.

Xidi didn't speak, she lowered her head and drew circles on the ground with her toes.

He didn't express his opinion, so Brice stepped forward, patted the young man on the shoulder as if to appease, and replied for him: "Don't worry, you helped us find a place to live, and we still want to thank you for your kindness, how could you refuse? .”

This is what consent means.

Alex sounded a long sigh of relief: "Thank you, I should."

****

Alex gives Bryce and Sheedy a guest room at home.

He didn't know the relationship between the two, and the guest room was prepared for one person, but what he didn't expect was that the two guests didn't plan to rest at all tonight.

Soon it was midnight.

Xi Di sat on the window sill, pressed the glass window with one hand, and looked down under the bright moonlight.

From this direction, you can just see the gate of Alex's house, and the white flowers that Alex pulled off that afternoon are still scattered on the ground.

There is no wind in the town at night, and the petals have not been blown away yet.

There were barely audible footsteps in the corridor, followed by the sound of a door opening and closing.

The man with the beak mask hurriedly stepped on the petals on the stone road, looked back at the quiet house in the night, and walked into the shadows in the distance.

Sheedy: "He's out."

Brace: "Well, it's about this time."

Xi Di lightly jumped off the window sill and took two steps on tiptoe like a cat: "What is he going to do?"

Without Brice saying it, Xidi answered herself: "He went to find his brother."

The ghost team appeared at midnight yesterday.

Today's weather is also very good.

The moon hangs just above people's heads, and the moonlight is bright and clear.

There was a light smile on the boy's face, and there were light gold circles around his eyes—he was once again intrigued by Alex's ambiguous statement, so he stood in front of Bryce and happily asked Said: "Let's follow and have a look."

Bryce: "Yeah."

He lowered his eyes to answer, but didn't move immediately. He just stretched out his hand and carefully helped the young man close the neckline of his shirt.

The collar was fastened with an interspersed leather cord, and Brice passed the cord through the top hole and tied a neat bow before letting the impatient boy go.

Xidi's mind was no longer here. As soon as Brice let go, he turned and pushed the window open, supported it with his hands, and turned directly out of the window.

This is a small second floor, the young man landed on the ground deftly, somehow he did it without making a sound.

Brice was not in such a hurry, he still had time to put on his cloak, opened the door leisurely and went downstairs, and walked out through the main entrance.

Sheedy stood outside the door and stared at him.

"It's too slow." The boy was dissatisfied, "We're going to lose him."

At this speed, by the time they reached the three-way intersection, Alex must have already done what he wanted to do.

What was so exciting then?

"No." Brice calmly wrapped his arms around the boy's waist and whispered in his ear, "Close your eyes."

Xidi didn't listen to him, and struggled to run, but she was not as strong as him, so she could only be restrained in place depressingly.

"What are you doing?" he whispered, "I don't have time to coax you right now."

He was too busy meeting the Birdhead and the little ghost, and didn't want to cuddle here.

Brace patiently restrained the writhing boy in his arms, and smiled.

"I know," he said, "I'll take you there."

There was a purple halo under the two people's feet, and a huge magic circle appeared out of thin air. The purple light spread and wrapped them together, and then quickly disappeared in place.

Fixed-point teleportation magic.

It would have taken several months to carve the magic circle, place the crystals, and then cast the magic, but it was simply used by Bryce.

The end point is the roof of a house.

The light faded, and the figures of the two reappeared. Bryce let go of his hand, bowed his head and said, "We are here."

Xidi leaned against his arms motionless: "..."

After a long time, he straightened up and rubbed his eyes.

——The light from the large magic circle was too strong, and Xidi's eyesight was particularly good. After being shaken for a while, there were still faint spots of light in front of her eyes.

Thought I was going blind.

No wonder I asked him to close his eyes just now.

The young man was stupefied by this encounter, even the golden circles in his eyes shrank back, and his voice was a bit muffled: "Where is this?"

Brace: "You look down."

Xidi lowered her head and found that the scenery below looked familiar.

It is the three-way intersection in the center of the town.

They are now standing on the roof of the shop where they lived before, and there is a figure standing in the middle of the three-way.

It was Alex, who had also just arrived, facing a road with a grim expression.

There was a faint, ethereal cry on the road.

The ghost on Sancha Road descended on this town on time tonight.

From the intersection, there are warm candles first, followed by a translucent procession.

Alex called his brother softly: "Joshua."

This is not the first time they have met.

He lives in this town, has come to this three-way intersection in the middle of the night countless times, and has also...communicated with his younger brother's soul countless times.

However, I have not been able to make up my mind to take the step that should be taken.

It was his fault that things turned out like this.

Running away won't solve the problem, and it's almost time to face it.

Joshua was pleasantly surprised, crying and elated: "Brother!"

Alex: "...um."

The ghost child's head can't hold so many things, Joshua only knows that he saw his favorite brother again, crying and laughing, with a round face with baby fat, and blond hair following his movements Shake gently.

This is a beautiful child.

Joshua: "You came to me!"

He ran forward like a real child, because he had no legs, so his movements looked like he was bouncing up and down, the hem of his clothes and the candlesticks were shaking, and the flames on the candles were flickering, making the shadows around him erratic .

Seeing his younger brother running towards him, Alex subconsciously took a step back, then he remembered his purpose of coming here tonight, and held back abruptly, looking down at the kid who had just reached his waist running in front of him.

Alex: "Joshua..."

Even at this time, Joshua still didn't stop, still crying.

The ghosts lined up behind him seemed to be very afraid of him. When they saw a child crying, they cowered and backed away, keeping as far away from the child as possible without leaving the team.

Joshua didn't have time to take care of them either. The child stretched forward the candlestick he was holding in his hand full of anticipation, and asked, sobbing, "Woo...brother, brother, can you accept Joshua's gift today?"

"I've been holding it for a long time." While speaking, the child's tears still kept falling, "My hand...it hurts so much, brother..."

The child's ghost logic is confused, while saying that this is a gift, while knowing that this thing will bring harm to people.

He just wanted to give this thing to his brother, but why, he couldn't remember.

Alex stared at the candle with a puzzled expression.

This is something from ghosts. He is an ordinary human being. If he takes over the candlestick, he will be forcibly brought into the team of ghosts.

A living person cannot lead a ghost, so by accepting this candle, he accepts death.

He lied to the two travelers that this candlestick was specially left for him by Joshua, and no matter who else came, there would be no danger.

But he had never had the courage to accept this deadly gift.

Joshua didn't understand why his brother hesitated.

He has asked his brother many times, but his brother has never promised himself.

Joshua didn't mean anything malicious, he just wanted his brother to be happy.

"This... I found this specially..." The translucent child whimpered softly, his hand seemed to be glued to the pattern of the candlestick, and he couldn't take it away, "They said this is something that can fulfill wishes , I’ve carried it with me for a long time, but my brother, why hasn’t my brother come here…”

"Joshua." Alex squatted down, his eyes were at the same level as the crying child, and asked him softly, "Do you like brother?"

Joshua nodded crying.

His younger brother has had a good relationship with him since he was a child. He is a well-behaved and sensible child.

Alex reached out to touch his brother's soft blond hair, but his palm passed through Joshua's head.

He almost forgot that the child in front of him was not human, but just a ghost.

—he didn't deserve to die.

The author says:

I was on a business trip today, I sat on a plane all day, and the boarding gate was wrong, I almost thought I would not be able to update orz in time...