stay together, down

The time of handover between late night and early morning.The low-hanging full moon illuminated the courtyard pale and bright.The sky is full of stars, as if the rain that did not fall in the evening has frozen into the sky.An astonishingly beautiful starry sky.

It's just such a beautiful quiet night, but no one appreciates it.

Lin An stood barefoot in front of the French window, and saw the apple tree in the courtyard and the three men beside the tree.They are all so perfect that they are a landscape by themselves when standing still.So far, Lin An sometimes finds it hard to believe, how did her ordinary and peaceful life come to this point?Obviously when she looked at them, they were as far away as stars.

At the time of fruiting, the bright red fruits hang all over the branches, like red lanterns hanging full of trees.Does it symbolize celebration?No, if you are familiar with this place and them, you will know that it is actually the temptation of the Garden of Eden.

early morning.

Klaus was sitting in the living room turning the pages of the book.The slender legs are leisurely crossed, the head is slightly lowered, and the ancient books are placed on the knees.When he reads books seriously, he always offsets the tyranny that seems to be engraved in his bones and blood, appearing gentle and harmless.

He remembered that his girl once said that she liked the way he looked when he read a book quietly, like a nobleman who lived in seclusion in a medieval castle, and could be included in a painting.

So he waited here early in the morning, preparing to seduce a young girl with ulterior motives.

In the early autumn morning, the cool breeze has not faded, and the fruity fragrance of the garden is blowing in from every open window.

"Baby, milk." Cole put the hot milk at just the right temperature into Lin An's hands.

Lin An took the milk and glanced at Cole, Lin An knew he did it on purpose.Cole raised his eyebrows, his smile was as bright as the sunlight outside the window.

"My dear brother, I think I have let you go for too long, and you have lost your sense of awe." When Klaus spoke, his eyes never left the book, and his voice warned with casual coercion.But only he knows that since he sat here, the book in his hand has not turned a page.

Cole didn't care, deliberately snatched the milk that Lin An had just sipped, put his lips on the rim of the cup that Lin An had just swallowed, and took a sip with great enjoyment.

Cole's provocation finally succeeded in provoking Klaus' anger. With a "snap!", he closed the book and stood up abruptly, getting up in a hurry, and the high chair under him made a screeching sound of rubbing against the floor.

Following Klaus' movements, Lin An also stood up nervously, watching his angry face anxiously.

The cool autumn breeze, through the pores, blows to the heart, cool thoroughly.Klaus stared at Lin An's eyes, his eyes were piercing, as if he was about to dig out something.Lin An couldn't bear his stare, and hurriedly looked away.Klaus didn't allow her to dodge, like a hunting beast, he shot quickly, but carefully retracted his claws.

Klaus snatched Lin An in his arms, and the panicked "Cole!" of the girl in his arms quickly gathered a storm in his eyes.

Cole has already blocked the door, his smile unchanged. "Sorry, I don't allow anyone to disturb the kitten's breakfast time."

Before the conflict escalated, Lin An stretched out his hand and tugged at Klaus' collar.

All the anger dissipated instantly, and Klaus immediately looked down.

"Cole and I..." As soon as he opened his mouth, seeing Klaus's quickly sullen expression, he quickly changed his words, "I still have some things, our things, we can talk about it another day. Okay?"

It was impossible for Klaus to refuse Lin An's soft and well-behaved tone.

"It looks like I didn't come at the right time!" A melodious and clear voice sounded suddenly.The three people in the stalemate looked at the person coming in the courtyard together.

Under the gaze of the three people, Hong sticks out his tongue, happily jumps under the apple tree, and reaches out to pick a red apple.

Then stepping on the sun, stepping in slowly.

Unlike her usual escape, she walked slowly.The morning sunlight was extremely soft, reflecting the ironic smile on the corner of the girl's lips, so even this morning light had thorns, stabbing at Lin An.

This is a turbulent confrontation between the two of them, and others cannot detect it.It's just that one is sharp and the other is confused and passive.

"We finally met, Lin An!" Hong stopped in front of Lin An, chewing on her name playfully.The apple in his hand is not in a hurry to eat, he holds it with both hands, throws it up, catches it, throws it up again, catches it again...

Lin An felt that the heart in his chest was like the apple that kept going up and down, and it might fall to the ground at any time.She even forgot that she was still held in Klaus's arms at the moment.

The girl Hong looked at Lin An seriously without any concealment, and then asked strangely: "Aren't you coming down? How can I say that I am still underage in terms of physical age."

She said it unceremoniously, even with contempt.Klaus has turned around quickly and put Lin An on the sofa in the living room to sit down.He didn't like that girl, very much.But judging from the information learned in Mystic Falls Town, it is even more impossible for him to kill her now.

Klaus took a closer look at Lin An's expression. She seemed to have just regained her senses, and when she noticed his gaze, she smiled back a little far-fetched.If there is anything Lin An has learned in this world, it is: nothing is impossible here.So, just a person who looks almost exactly like her.

Hong had already followed in bouncingly, sat down opposite Lin An, and the two faced each other again.

As Hong said just now, her physical age is much younger than Lin An, so although the two have similar faces, the differences are also very obvious.She was nestled on the sofa in a small ball, and Lin An seemed to see her ignorant and ignorant self when she first arrived here.

"Crack!" With a sound, Hong hugged the red apple and took a bite. "No matter what you are thinking right now, stop now! Because I will never have even a little bit in line with your imagination."

Lin An looked away, and before he could speak, he heard the girl on the other side continue to say, "We can skip the 'who are you and who am I' link, if you don't have stupid amnesia, you should understand that I'm really impatient ——who let all the advantages be on you.”

Cole sneered and said, "This is really a miracle. Let me guess, you are a witch? Only the witches in New Orleans have gathered the courage of almost the whole world to dare to be so arrogant in front of the Michelson family."

Hong turned slightly sideways, glanced at Cole, and then smiled mysteriously.The high chair that Cole was leaning towards seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, moved quickly, and hit the wall straight, "Bang!", and it fell apart.

For a moment, there was an extraordinary silence.

As if completely unaware of the oppressive silence, Hong raised her hand, and the fire in the fireplace ignited by itself.

She was happy, threw down the half-bitten red apple, clapped her hands and said to Lin An, "Mr. Claus Michaelson asked him to tell you these things himself, maybe he feels closer to you, but trust me, No one is closer than me and you."

Lin An never spoke, and sat quietly.Hearing this, he nodded slightly.The beginning of another story, she was not even interested in asking.This time and space has its own rules, like a huge machine that keeps running, cold and emotionless.Loneliness and death are its unchangeable tracks.The cycle of reincarnation, round and round, never stops.

Some people are willing to stay here, in the name of a magnificent and great guardian.Someone cannot escape.

Lin An's calmness and indifference made Hong narrow her eyes.When the two met, she had worked out all the hard work to get it.She said more than once that the two are very close, but if they had to define their bond, it would be mutual dislike and hatred.

Born out of Lin An, it is probably the deepest thorn in the red heart.She was eager to pull it out.

"A drop of your blood." Hong said, "That's what I want."

Klaus and Cole should not, red is a witch, and anything in the hands of a witch may become a terrifying weapon, and they have a deep understanding of this.

Lin An asked, "Let my parents be safe?"

parents?Hong laughed sarcastically, "Of course, if you ask."

Hong looked at the blood beads oozing from her fingertips, so "connected by blood".Klaus and Cole saw it too.

Red said, "Now you're at ease? I can't hurt her until the bond is broken. I'm sure Mr. Claus is well aware of how 'tight' the bond between me and her is."

Hong took the small glass containing Lin An's blood, and a little bright red liquid sank to the bottom of the glass.

"Do you know what I'm going to do with your blood?" Hong asked.

"Break the connection between us." Lin An said.

They started to speak Chinese, and those things imprinted in their bones and blood will not become unfamiliar after a long time of shelving.But in a different time and space far away from their homeland, the same fundamental things can't narrow the distance between them at all.

"Yes. You are still alive and sitting here. You should really thank me."

"Do you really think living is better than dying?"

"Only those who have lived will know. Mine has only just begun. And no one can stop it."

The sun rose overhead, and the daylight was intense.Hong turned and walked out of the house.

Lin An stared at her back, who said that all the advantages are in me, you have the courage that I never had.

**

If one day, you find out that your life is a deception...

There is a movie called "The Truman Show".The simple and optimistic man named Truman has a happy marriage and a happy life.Even the small town where we live has a perfect name - Peach Blossom Spring.But it's all fake. Parents, wife, friends, all of them are actors who have lived under the camera of the studio since birth.What he cares about, what he doesn't care about, everything is just a soap opera on the screen.

The man in the movie finally escaped from the illusion and went to find his own reality.

But what if this scam was set up by himself?

Lin An didn't have those memories, but she felt that she could understand her intentions at that time: a peaceful and strange place where she could let herself sink quietly and bury all her past.Like a newborn.

Before that, Lin An had extravagant hopes in his heart, and everyone should have extravagant hopes, otherwise it would be too miserable.But extravagant hopes are extravagant hopes. She walked here all the way, walking, and there was no one around her.

Lin An suddenly remembered that she seemed to have raised a cat once.When she was young, she was eight or nine years old.It seemed white, not sure because her eyes couldn't see then, and she stroked it with her hand, imagining its fur as white as moonlight.Later, the cat ran away alone without a trace.

She spent a lot of time looking for it, to no avail.Lin Jun advised her to give up.She said maybe it was waiting there, waiting to be found by her.

She is that cat now.

She always remembered that Lin Jun said, if you get lost, don't be afraid and don't move.I will find you.

……

Or maybe it's just her imagination, and all her memories are a deception in itself.

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