from the past to the future

04

Ling Ya woke up from his sleep, but the world he saw when he woke up was shaking, which made his consciousness in a state of slow reaction for a long time.After a few seconds of delay, he realized that it wasn't the world shaking, but him shaking.

Thinking of the place he was in, Ling Ya's memory gradually pieced together completely. He only remembered that he went to the Duel Temple where the ancient stone statue of Kira was excavated, met the owner there and asked him to keep the ancient statue of Kira. After the card, I happened to meet Yuma's sister on the way down the mountain, and was invited by her to have a meal at home.As one of the few people who did not directly participate in the duel but knew Ling Ya's identity, Mingli's attitude also made Ling Ya feel a lot more relaxed.

Mingli and Ling Ya chatted a lot, from Yuma's childhood to now, about their parents, and about her husband, Ling Ya remembered that the other party seemed to be a man who also liked to travel.Although Mingli has two children, they don't go home often, and every day she can only face the empty dining table alone, deserted and lonely.

Mingli said that fortunately, Xiaoniao often came to accompany her. If she was not there, one day she would really die of loneliness and no one would know.

Ling Ya slept in Yuma's room that night, to be precise, in the attic full of various collections. He slept in that hammock, opened his eyes and thought about many things, thinking of Arite, thinking of Ki Ragu, thinking of Yuma and Akari again, mixed various thoughts in his head, just like that night, and finally fell asleep without knowing it.

Ling Ya was lying on the hammock, the direct sunlight coming in from the skylight dazzled him, he turned his face away, got off the hammock, got dressed, picked up his luggage and climbed downstairs.No one was there on the first floor, but there was a plate with several rice balls in the kitchen. Ling Ya took a closer look, and there was a note under the plate. Sorry for sending him off.Turning to the other side, there was another sentence and a Q version of Mingli Datou, Ling Ya couldn't help laughing.

After getting on the plane, Ling Ya felt as if he hadn't been with such a person for a long time. He had been in the human world for decades. Although he couldn't avoid going out, he wouldn't stay alone for too long, Li Xu No matter how late he and Droube work, there will always be someone who will rush home.Ling Ya understood that they were caring about him. Although he had said more than once that he was fine on his own, but when he actually became a person, Ling Ya felt that he was really not able to persevere as he thought.

When did he become so weak.

Ling Ya leaned on the back of the chair. He had obviously had a good night's sleep before, but now he could still feel a little sleepy. Seeing that the plane had already started taxiing on the runway, he simply closed his eyes and let himself continue for a long time. Falling asleep during the ten-hour flight.

"Ling Ya, Ling Ya! Wake up!"

"...It's so noisy, IV." Turned over and continued to sleep.

"How long are you going to sleep? You're going to be late for the graduation ceremony!" Seeing that the other party had no intention of getting up at all, IV had no choice but to step forward and start pulling up Ling Ya's quilt and hugging him tightly, but Ling Ya was completely determined to die. The appearance of resistance, firmly grasping the corner of the quilt and not letting go.Going on like this will only continue to delay time, so IV had no choice but to let go of his hand first, watching the "caterpillar" on the bed roll to the foot of the bed and gradually stop moving, then suddenly rushed forward and hugged him whole.

In a daze, Ling Ya only felt that his body was lifted into the air, and then he was thrown on the ground... Afterwards, IV stated that he threw it very gently, at least not directly.And the reason why he didn't do that was because he would die a miserable death afterwards.

Ling Ya rolled out of the bed due to the impact and was lying on the ground. When he got up, IV had already slipped out of the room.

"..."

"Why are you angry? Can't you reflect on your sleepiness a little bit?"

"..."

"Hey, Ling Ya, don't keep silent, you should answer me anyway, Ling Ya—"

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"I know, I was wrong to add green peppers to your breakfast this morning, there will be no next time, so don't be angry, hey, Ling Ya?"

"IV, I'm not a child." Ling Ya couldn't bear the feeling in the other party's tone as if he was coaxing a child. I was coaxed because of green peppers, "I can still eat green peppers."

"Really!" Ling Ya's willingness to speak had already reassured IV, and naturally he listened to Ling Ya's defense with joy.

It is early spring, the season of cherry blossoms, and the season of farewell and reunion.God Dai Lingya will celebrate his high school graduation on this day.

For the Japanese who attach great importance to graduation occasions, absence is not allowed no matter what, so IV got up early in the morning and made breakfast, and then started the morning service that lasted more than ten minutes, Ling Ya It's not that I'm angry at IV's rude way, it's just that I'm too lazy to talk to him, although it can't be ruled out that the green pepper is mixed in the breakfast.

However, for Ling Ya, it makes no difference whether he attends the graduation ceremony or not.In the beginning, if it wasn't for Li Xu and Droube's insistence, he would never have finished high school, because it was completely unnecessary.He will not continue to go to college, let alone go out to find a job. Although he can find a job in a convenience house to help deliver goods, it will not be a long-term solution.The reason why he agreed to participate was to draw the curtain on his student life, and Yuma said that he wanted to see how the graduation of Shark and Shark Girl was.

"Ling Ya, act a little bit happier on this kind of day. Come and smile." IV reached out to lift up the corners of Ling Ya's mouth, and was snapped off by the other party.

"Hurry up and go back quickly, you still have something to do with the alliance, don't you?"

"No hurry, no hurry, I still have plenty of time."

"you……"

"Hey——! Shark! IV!" Yuma saw two figures arguing about something from a distance, he raised his hand and greeted them, while III standing beside him was full of smiles He stared intently at his brother and his only friend.

"Good morning, Brother Thomas, Ling Ya."

"Good morning." Ling Ya also responded with a smile.

"This year's graduation ceremony doesn't seem to have any special content. As long as Ling Ya gets his graduation certificate, he should be able to go home first." III has already found a reason for Ling Ya to resign at the end of the graduation ceremony.And this was obviously approved by Ling Ya himself.

Originally, the Xinyuan Academy they were studying in was a facility that focused on education and supplemented by duels. Needless to say, Ling Ya's achievements, duel level has also been quite recognized, and should have been announced on stage as an outstanding graduate representative But I refused the speech on the spot. Of course, the reason cannot be said that it was troublesome. Ling Ya simply explained that he had a bad history, and he really didn't dare to be called a good student.After going back and forth like this, Ling Ya naturally dismissed this troublesome matter.

Then it was Kamdai Rio who made the graduation statement instead of Kamyo Ryoga.After graduating from the third year of high school, she has grown into a slim and beautiful girl, her grades and duel level are no less than Ling Ya's, and she is also a member of the discipline committee, so she is naturally respected by many people.The trouble is that, on the day of graduation, when the sentiment of parting is the heaviest, a wave of boys who tried to pursue Li Xu persevered around her, handing out love letters one after another, and being rejected one after another.Tetsuo was naturally in the middle of it, but before he had time to hand over the love letter, Li Xu, who saw Ling Ya's arrival, ignored a group of suitors and ran straight to his brother, leaving behind a shattered heart.

"...We will graduate from here today. Maybe we will never meet again, but I will never forget the people I met in this academy and the days I spent with you. And I believe, One day in the future, we will definitely be able to gather together again, laugh together, and talk about the scandals of our youth, that must be the most ideal future." Li Xu's voice was transmitted from the stadium to the campus through the campus broadcast Every corner was immediately stimulated so that Tetsuo burst into tears on the spot.

"I will never forget you either! Lixu-san!!"

"Why are you even crying, Tetsuo." Xiaotiao complained helplessly, and standing next to her was Yuma who was also crying bitterly, "Yuma was crying too hard, too."

"Because, because Shark and Shark Girl have both graduated! It will be me soon, and I still haven't passed the homework, what should I do!"

"That's what I'm worried about."

"It's fine, Yuma, as long as you study hard from now on..." III comforted.

"That's why it can't be done..." Yuma felt that he could already see his bleak future.

Having said that, Yuma actually secretly decided in his heart that after graduation, he will travel around the world like his father. Such a self will definitely encounter more hardships during the journey.I heard my father said when I was young that adventure is not just an interesting thing, it is also full of unknown dangers, you will meet all kinds of people, they may be villagers who are kind enough to show you the way, or Maybe it's a thief who wants to lead you to a dead end.To appreciate the world that you have never seen before, that is the great benefit that adventure can bring you.

It must be all right, Dad.

Drube was wandering around the campus, and the broadcast had ended for a while, but he still couldn't find Li Xu and Ling Ya, and he didn't know where they went.He remembered that at the end of the graduation ceremony last year, there was also the matter of taking pictures. When he came with Li Xu, he also heard her say that he would take a photo with her in the classroom, but he waited there for a long time and saw no one, so he had to leave by himself come find.On the way, I ran into Yuma and the others, and they also said that they hadn't met yet, so Droube had to stay with them temporarily.

Fortunately, Ling Ya and the others didn't keep them waiting too long, and they appeared together with Li Xu after a while, with IV by his side.Droube didn't have a good expression when he saw him, not to mention that he was still standing beside Ling Ya, and immediately walked over with a straight face, as if he was about to fight again.

"Leave this guy to me from now on!" Seeing Droube approaching aggressively, IV would definitely fight without hesitation in normal times, but today he just threw such a sentence at Li Xu in a hurry, without waiting. He responded, and quickly grabbed Ling Ya and started running.He has something very important to say, so he can't let other people disturb him.

"IV! Where are you taking Ling Ya!"

"Nash!"

When Li Xu and Drube were about to chase them out, III strode forward to stop them, bowed gracefully and smiled slightly behind him, raised his left arm, unfolded the duel disk, and said firmly, "I'm very sorry , if you want to catch up with brother Thomas, you must first defeat me and then go over."

"IV, it's time to stop, they didn't catch up."

"Huh—?" IV gasped and looked back, and found that no one was chasing him as Ling Ya said, so he squatted down and breathed a sigh of relief.Ling Ya calmly wanted to break free from the grasped hand, but IV had no intention of letting go at all, and in the end he just swayed a few times before giving up.

Ling Ya noticed that the direction they ran all the way was towards the river embankment, and they were still on a forest path, with cherry blossom trees in full bloom on both sides of the road, and for some reason today, no passerby passed by , not even a car, which is extremely rare.

Thinking about it carefully, it must be something that IV did. Indeed, if there is a little bit of traffic in the vicinity, please detour to notify road maintenance. I am afraid that this is the credit of the Kaidou robot.So, what do you want to do to take him away from the crowd and block the road at the expense of doing so?

Ling Ya felt as if he knew the reason, but it was just a fleeting thought.

IV hesitated for a long time, but chose to start with this sentence, "Ling Ya, it has been four years since we dated."

"What are you talking about all of a sudden, IV, the anniversary probably hasn't arrived yet."

"I know! There are still many months! I didn't mean to say this..." IV stuttered suddenly. Although he had practiced hard for a long time and was even laughed at by his brother and father, if he didn't say it now, I will definitely regret it!

"Ling Ya, please listen carefully to what I'm going to say next, because I will never say it a second time..."

"It's better if you speak quickly, the delay is only temporary."

"Ah, I see! I said it's not okay!"

IV turned his back, took a few deep breaths, and kept cheering himself up in his heart, thinking about the expectations of his brothers and father, thinking about his own future, what else could he not say!Thomas Acred!

"IV"

"You will never die, right, but I will die one day. The longer we are together, the more I can feel these differences." IV held Ling Ya, and the two held hands tightly Holding hands, looking at his back, Ling Ya thought that if it was a sunset background, it might be a little more emotional, "So!"

IV turned around sharply, clasped Ling Ya's shoulders tightly with both hands, and strengthened his mind after brewing enough emotions, "So! There are some things I have to tell you, and I have to do it now, no, it must be done! Ling Ya !"

As if his heart was also affected by IV's words, Ling Ya couldn't help becoming tense, the beating sound of his heart gradually filled his eardrums, and IV, whose eyes were red all over in front of him, made Ling Ya feel that what he had to do would be given to him. The future will bring great changes, and the relationship between the two will take a step forward.

Just like in countless shoujo comics, the strong wind always blows through the branches very well, and the cherry blossoms seem to respond to the scene at this moment, slowly flying around the two of them, such gentle and beautiful petals, in only these two teenagers A pink path was paved on the road.

"I……"

"Everyone, the destination of your trip is Athens. The plane will land in 2 minutes. Please fasten your seat belts and don't..."

Half-dream and half-awake, I heard the announcement that the plane was about to land. Ling Ya didn't distinguish between reality and dream for a moment, and IV's words seemed to still linger in his ears. When you listen carefully and smell your teeth.

Nothing at all.