There was a string of blue wind chimes hanging at the door, all of which were all the shapes of small fish. They were both tall. As soon as they entered, their heads made the wind chimes ring and the ding bell ring.

“Welcome.”

The owner of the cake shop is a slightly fat middle-aged man with a pair of drooping eyes and looking very kind. When they entered, he was rubbing the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window. When he looked up, he saw a little surprise in their eyes, because their appearance was really outstanding and there were not many in this city.

"What do you need? Just take a look, there are some tastings there, you can try it." The boss was wearing the pastry chef's clothes and a hat, which looked like the dessert chef in the animation that Wei Huan saw when he was a child.

There are all kinds of beautiful and exquisite desserts placed in the cabinet. Soft cream and shiny jam can always bring people a good mood. Wei Huan smiled and said, "We want to book a cake for engagement. Can we choose a style?"

"Is the style? Yes." The boss touched his stomach, scratched his head, and looked in the cabinet behind him for a while, "I'm sorry, I just moved and I haven't packed up a lot of things."

"Don't worry." Wei Huan lay on the cabinet. He found that he particularly liked the atmosphere of this small shop. There were many exquisite and human-filled handicrafts everywhere, as well as beautiful flowers. He couldn't help chatting, "Boss, why are you moving here from the anti-revolution?"

"The child is going to kindergarten." The boss wiped his sweat. "The child's mother fell in love with the education of this city. We went to see it yesterday. The kindergarten is very beautiful, with many trees and flowers, all of which are organic flowers and plants, and the air here is good. We also changed to a big house and raised pets for the child. There is also a small lake in the backyard. Our child especially likes water." He realized that he was talking a little too much and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm a little talkative. Don't care if you are talking."

"No," Wei Huan raised his arms and held his face in his hands. "It's so happy." He turned his face and looked at Yun Yongzhou, "Yes."

Yun Yongzhou also nodded.

"Oh, I remembered it." The boss slapped his thigh, "The custom pattern of the big cake is at home. I'll let my wife take it here." He brought coffee and cake to Wei Huan and Yun Yongzhou and asked them to sit down. A few high school girls in school uniforms came to the store, chatting about the evening dinner, buying the few cream caramel pudding left in the store. They were holding fried chestnuts in their hands. The sweet aroma stirred the sunshine that filled the floor-to-ceiling windows, softly filling the entire cake shop.

Wei Huan lay on the table and looked quietly at Yun Yongzhou sitting opposite him. He was looking at the pedestrians passing through the window. His fair skin was shining by the warm autumn sun. The sunlight is a good thing, making the guy's sharp outline softer. If you look closely, you can see tiny fluff.

He remembered Yun Yongzhou's description of himself - a killer with a plush toy appearance.

Then he should be a furry iceberg. Wei Huan couldn't help but smile a little silly.

Yun Yongzhou seemed to notice it, turned his face and raised his eyebrows slightly, as if asking him what was wrong. Wei Huan's chin was placed on the back of his hand and shook his head, "It's nothing, you look so good."

Made of his frankness, Yun Yongzhou lowered his head and took a sip of coffee.

"Can we open a cake shop in the future?" Wei Huan asked.

Yun Yongzhou had no expression on his face, "My hands-on ability may be more suitable for tearing a cake shop."

Wei Huan blinked, "That's right."

The wind chime rang again.

Wei Huan, who was facing away from the gate, heard the boss's happy voice, "Here you come? Why did you bring Xiaoxi too?"

"He had a cold today, so I'm going to take him to the hospital to see it. Here, I'll give you this."

After a while, the boss brought a huge cake menu to Wei Huan and Yun Yongzhou, "Here's here, let's take a look."

Wei Huan thanked quickly, turned his head and saw that the boss's wife was also smiling at them. She looked very gentle when she smiled. She said hello a little, and she turned around and took out a thermos pot and said to the boss, "I brought you some soup, let's drink some." Wei Huan discovered that there was a child hiding beside her, with her white and tender little hands pinching the hem of her mother's clothes, revealing half of her little head was secretly staring at them.

The little guy wore a gray-green woolen hat and a snow-white mask, revealing a pair of big, slightly drooping eyes, as soft as a glutinous rice ball. Wei Huan looked at him with one hand, feeling it interesting, so he smiled at him.

The boss talked to the boss's wife and drank soup. The little guy actually let go of his mother's clothes and walked towards Wei Huan tremblingly. There seemed to be a small spring in the soles of his feet, as if he was bounced forward. Wei Huan was afraid that he would fall and was ready to catch him at any time.

Fortunately, the little baby Ping Ping An An walked up to him. He stared at Wei Huan two or three steps away. His round and large eyes did not blink. After seeing Wei Huan, he turned his head to look at Yun Yongzhou.

"Your name is Xiaoxi?" Wei Huan just heard this and happened to get close to him. He handed the little guy a chestnut that he had just bought, "Will you eat it?"

Xiaoxi shook her head, talking through the mask was so silly. It was a bit difficult to communicate when she was too young, "Mom said, cough." He waved his hand.

"You can't eat sweets when you cough, right?" Wei Huan leaned down and talked to him, touched his little hat, "You are so good."

He suddenly found that there was a very shallow birthmark under the child's eyes, which looked like a tear.

This made Wei Huan's heart suddenly jump.

Yun Yongzhou, who has always been not so interested in children, suddenly spoke up, "How old are you?"

The child lowered his head and used his right hand to clamp the fingers of his left hand. He first broke three of them. He was about to lift them up and found something was wrong, so he added another one.

"Four~" he said a little while, but he didn't say it too clearly.

Hearing this number, Wei Huan turned his head and looked at Yun Yongzhou, and the two exchanged glances. Wei Huan asked again, "What did you just say?"

The little guy was about to speak, but blinked twice, looked back at his mother, and saw that she and dad were talking, so he quickly took off his mask quietly. Both of them were stunned when they saw the whole face.

It's really too similar.

"I, I said, I'm about to celebrate my birthday, so, so I'm four years old~"

Four years old.

Not bad at all, why is there such a coincidence?

Wei Huan tried hard to hold back the surging mood in his heart and asked him softly, "When is your birthday?"

Xiaoxi tiptoed, held her hands behind her back, raised her face, and two shallow dimples appeared on the corner of her mouth.

“It’s today~”

This smile is so familiar.

Wei Huan's brows frowned slightly, and his nose felt sore. He quickly lowered his head to hide his emotions.

The demon has no afterlife, and he has never expected anything, not a single one. He has lost so much and obtained so much, and Wei Huan has no longer dared to expect any miracle that would happen. Even if Su Buyu told him confidently in his dream that there would always be a next time, he still couldn't believe it.

At this moment, he even had a trance thought, perhaps it was also a dream. He just tossed and turned and didn't want to wake up, so he fell into another dream vaguely.

In his sight, these small feet moved forward again. His soft little hands gently placed on Wei Huan's knees. The chubby voice brought a hint of confusion that was exclusive to the children, "Brother?"

Wei Huan sucked his nose, pursed his lips, reached out and touched Xiaoxi's face, "So amazing, Xiaoxi is a four-year-old child."

His voice was a little trembling, and Yun Yongzhou could hear it. He got up and walked to Wei Huan, squatted down and held his hand, then turned his head to look at Xiaoxi, "I just heard your father say, do you like water?"

Xiaoxi nodded obediently and said, "I can swim."

"You are so awesome." Wei Huan felt sad when he looked at him, but he was afraid to scare him, so he could only smile, "You can swim at such a young age."

"I can, I can hold it in." Xiaoxi said with a hint of brows, and her small arms also waved, "I can open my eyes and be in the water."

Hearing Xiaoxi's words, Wei Huan remembered the first time he saw Su Buyu.

At that time, he was hiding under the water and watching himself.

"Xiao Xi?"

The proprietress turned around. Xiaoxi quickly put his mask on. The mother came over and smiled at them embarrassedly, "I'm so embarrassed. This child is usually terrible. He is very timid and doesn't say a word when he sees people. This is the first time I have brought him to the store. I don't know what's going on, but this child actually pesters you." After saying that, she pinched Xiaoxi's hand, "Did you see that the brothers look good? Hum?"

Who knew that Xiaoxi actually nodded, looking very serious.

Yun Yongzhou stood up, "He was born four years ago today?"

"Have you told me all this?" Mom was a little surprised. "Yes, today is his birthday, so we will close early today."

“Is it… born in the afternoon?”

Mom was so shocked that she couldn't speak, "This...this...you..."

Yun Yongzhou explained, "Ask casually, the child is very cute." He picked up the menu and chose a five-story cake, "I want this, I'll bother you."

"Okay, you're welcome." The boss lady took the menu and took it to her husband. They paid the money and said a few more words. Wei Huan was afraid that it would seem suspicious if he asked too much, so he stopped talking.

They were about to get the cake and they were about to leave. Xiaoxi was abnormally twisted and stared at Wei Huan's direction, as if he was reluctant to leave. He stomped on the edge of the door frame and looked at Wei Huan who was about to leave. Finally, he couldn't help but speak, "Brother, go?"

"Yes." Wei Huan squatted down and touched his head, "You have to get better quickly. Brother brings you delicious food when he picks up the cake, okay?"

Xiaoxi nodded.

Wei Huan looked at the dimples at the corner of his mouth, his heart surging. After hesitating for a few seconds, hesitated and put his hand behind him, and a blue light shone out from the palm of his palm.

"Today your birthday, my brother happened to have a small gift for you. Do you want it?" Wei Huan smiled gently.

Xiaoxi nodded again, but her eyebrows quickly frowned and said in a low voice, "But, mom doesn't allow it."

Wei Huan also lowered his voice, "It's okay, you can just take it away and hide it first, and tell your mother when you grow up."

Xiaoxi ummed a few times, her eyes narrowed with laughter. Wei Huan clenched his fists and stretched out his hand, and Xiaoxi held his little hand and took it.

What fell down was a round and beautiful gray-green bead with a hint of imperceptible red pattern on it. The moment it touched Xiaoxi's fingers, the mermaid bead emitted a faint and warm light.

"Shh, this is our secret." Wei Huan smiled at him.

"Secret, I know." Xiaoxi hid the mermaid bead in the small pocket on his chest, carefully pressed the button, and patted it twice.

"Don't throw it away."

Yun Yongzhou, who was standing aside, suddenly spoke, "It will follow you."

Seeing Xiaoxi's eyes widened, Wei Huan turned his head and pretended to be fierce for Yun Yongzhou, "Don't scare the child, blame uncle."

Wei Huan stretched out his hands and said to Xiaoxi, "Can I hug you?"

Xiaoxi also followed his example and stretched out his arms and threw himself into Wei Huan's arms.

At this moment, he did feel the gentle aura that was so familiar that he would never forget, moistening things silently like water, flowing quietly.

His eyes were slightly red, and he held back tears on the child's shoulders.

"Which is your Shrine?"

"Well..." the little guy thought for a while and replied softly in his ear, "Hi... hope."

"Good name." Wei Huan let go of him and showed a smile.

"Nice to meet you."

Decisive choice to die and rebirth into hope.
To be continued...