Disciplinary Guidelines

Everything seems to be the same as it was six years ago.

Hokkaido has just experienced a temperature drop. The snow on the ground is thicker than six years ago. The suitcases left two deep tracks on the road, and the crunchy snow creaked under the travelers' feet.

The road was brightly lit, and there were clean and bright light strips glued to the inside of the window. Fine snowflakes fell from mid-air, and then melted into the warm yellow halo.

However, the passenger leaflets handed out six years ago have been replaced by simple and clear QR code links, and there is a little dark rust on the corner of the station sign, which looks like it has been through vicissitudes.

Ji Yao took a deep breath, and the cold, moist water vapor flowed down Ji Yao's throat into his chest.The warm and soft lights on the side of the street formed a line, spreading on the large expanse of snow outside. He looked around, feeling that everything he saw was strange and familiar.

There was a little girl on the other side of the street who was chasing a puppy. Ji Yao looked interesting and wanted to take out his phone to take a picture, but before he could focus, an arm quietly appeared around his waist, gently moving Pull him back.

Ji Yao staggered a step and bumped into the man's arms, his fingers accidentally brushed the camera button, leaving an illusory photo.

"Ah Yao."

Ji Yao turned his head subconsciously, and his eyes just met Jiang Heng's smiling eyes.

In the shot between square inches, the frozen moment just captured a piece of falling snow.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Heng said, tilting his head and looking at the screen of his mobile phone.

The little girl had already chased the dog and disappeared around the corner, leaving only the illusory lights in the photo. Jiang Heng took a fancy to the falling snow in the photo, so he stretched out his hand and clicked save for Ji Yao.

"It's beautiful and well shot."

Jiang Heng straightened up as he spoke, and stuffed a bottle of warm coffee into Jiyao's hand.

Ji Yao naturally exchanged the phone to him, eyelashes drooping slightly, covered the bottle of coffee with both hands for a while, and then touched Jiang Heng's cold face with the back of his hand.

"Is it cold?" Ji Yao asked.

Jiang Heng shook his head helplessly.

Everything is the same as it was six years ago, even the temperature of the coffee bottle is the same.It's a pity that Lawyer Jiang can no longer insist on demeanor and not temperature like six years ago. Dr. Ji was afraid that his fragile stomach would catch cold in the ice and snow, so he wrapped him tightly before going out, even the scarf was thickened with fleece.

"Where should we go first?" Ji Yao asked, "Do you want to eat? Let me tell you first, you can't eat raw food."

"understood."

As Jiang Heng said, he took off his right hand glove, naturally took Ji Yao's hand and put it in his pocket, then pulled the suitcase, and led Ji Yao to the other side of the road.

"Go and pack your luggage first." Jiang Heng said, "Don't worry about eating."

Familiar body temperature came continuously from the skin-to-skin contact position, and Ji Yao couldn't help moving his fingers while following Jiang Heng's footsteps.

A thin layer of sweat soon oozes out from the clasped palms, Jiang Heng couldn't grasp Ji Yao who was moving around, so he simply took his hand, interlocked his fingers forcefully, and held him in his palm inside.

"Hurry up." Jiang Heng said with a smile, "If you get lost, the guide is not responsible for finding it."

The last time I came to Hokkaido was six years ago, but Ji Yao’s memory has not been completely buried by the trivial daily time. He walked beside Jiang Heng for a while, and the more he walked, the more familiar the route became, until he reached a At the alleyway of the bamboo and wood building, he seemed to have finally determined something, and turned to look at Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng noticed Ji Yao's gaze from the corner of his eye, but he just pretended not to know, and led Ji Yao into the alley.

Six years later, the town here has been re-planned. Originally, there was an Edo-style alley outside the hot spring hotel, but the general architectural layout has not changed, and the shadow of the past can still be vaguely seen.

It is now 09:30 in the evening, red paper lanterns have been hung on the left and right sides of the alley, and the lanterns depict simple and abstract asakura patterns. Inside the transparent oil paper, ancient candles are shaking gently with the night wind.

"That store..." Ji Yao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it still open?"

Jiang Heng hummed.

"It's open." Jiang Heng said: "I asked before. Although the business has not been as usual in the past few years, the proprietress said that it will continue to open."

At the end of the alley, special lanterns were lit at the door of the hot spring hotel.There was no signboard in their house as usual, only a young and strange little waiter waited outside the door ahead of time, came up from a long distance, and took the suitcase in Jiang Heng's hand.

"Welcome." He said in broken English, "Guests from East Garden."

For some unknown reason, Ji Yao's heart suddenly jumped. He took Jiang Heng's hand and followed the waiter into the B&B. He walked through the familiar dry landscape courtyard. When he opened the door, he saw an elderly man The woman stood behind the counter and greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Welcome." The woman said, "Guests from afar."

Everything in this homestay remains the same as it was six years ago, including the direction of the floor and the style of the lanterns—even the notch on the pillar on the right hand side of the door is exactly the same as it was six years ago.

The heat in the homestay is steaming, and the smell of sulfur fills every corner of the courtyard. The temperature of the underground hot springs has opened the out-of-season hydrangeas in the house. beads.

At that moment, Ji Yao suddenly had the illusion of standing in the old time and space.

The old scene suddenly reappeared in his mind. He knew that next the waiter would take their luggage to the East Garden, and Jiang Heng would walk up to talk to the hostess of the hotel, and then the next second after handing over the documents, Jiang Heng would turn around. Come, take his hand.

Time and fate seemed to respond to his heart, and the next second, Ji Yao saw Jiang Heng in front of the counter turned around, extended a hand to him, and smiled at him.

"Let's go, Ah Yao." Jiang Heng said, "The proprietress is going to take us to the room."

Ji Yao seems to have returned to the origin of everything, and it seems that he has never left here.

Under the dim light, he couldn't control himself and walked forward to hold Jiang Heng's hand, then walked with him through the courtyard to the east room.

This time, there were no other guests in the B&B, and it was quiet along the way. Several courtyards were locked, and it was dark inside. Only a lantern was lit at the entrance of the East Garden.

The waiter put their luggage into the room ahead of time, and Jiang Heng hung the door key by the door, but he didn't turn on the light, and just closed the door behind his back.

In the night, everything was just an illusory outline. The door to the courtyard was wide open, and the warm water vapor was blown into the room along with the cold wind, raising a few dry bamboo leaves on the balcony.

All of this seemed quiet and stable. After a while, someone in the night sighed softly. Then, the edge of the dark outline blurred for a moment, and the two cold lips pressed against each other, bringing a warm feeling. Hot and lingering kisses.

The natural hot spring in the courtyard was gurgling, and the thin and winding waterscape circled the empty balcony. Amidst the whimpering wind, someone stole a sentence from this long kiss.

"I love you," he said.