Lu Li raised his head in shock, his black eyes never leaving the girl.

   Anna pinched the skirt to show him: "Do you think the skirt is beautiful too?"

   "...pretty is not a skirt."

   Anna's cheeks flushed, her clear eyes drooped slightly, looking forward to a certain answer.

   "It's this manor."

  Looking around, the warm auditorium, bright crystal chandeliers, soothing music flowing, filled with the smell of food and perfume.

  The body temperature is gradually rising, and the cold and numb limbs are regaining consciousness.

  Anna quietly clenched the palm under the folded sleeves, then released it quietly, and stretched out her hand to Lu Li: "Don't be ashamed, get up quickly..."

  Lu Li grabbed the soft and warm white palm and climbed up from the red carpet. At this point, the music changes.

  The crystal chandelier is half off, setting off the charming atmosphere. The auditorium turned into a dance floor, with handsome and beautiful men and women embracing each other.

   "The dance begins!"

  Anna let out a soft cry, frowning at Lu Li's dusty clothes: "That's the only way..."

   She took Lu Li's hand to the dance floor, Lu Li stood still, like a frozen corpse in the ice and snow.

   "Do you want me to continue taking the initiative!"

  Ana blushed angrily, grabbed Lu Li's hand and threw it on her soft waist.

   The cold touch made her slightly stiff, and she quickly got close to Lu Li, leading him to dance to the flowing music.

   "You're still the same..."

   The gentle whispers in his ears caused ripples in Lu Li's calm black eyes. He wanted to bow his head and be hugged tightly by Anna.

   "Let me lean on for a while..."

   She leaned on Lu Li's shoulder and whispered softly.

   "Loneliness...death...pollution...tragedy...deception...I feel the hardships you've gone through over the long years..."

  's stiff body gradually relaxed, and Anna leaned on Lu Li's shoulders better.

   "I'm sorry... leaving you out alone..."

  Anna was forced to leave Lu Li, because Lu Li became only a few centimeters taller than Anna. The cuffs cover the thumbs, and the trench coat appears voluminous.

"Don't doubt the truth here, you will be noticed by the manor..." Anna hugged Lu Li tightly, but it was useless. Lu Li was still shrinking, his skin became delicate, his palms were indented into his sleeves, and his clothes were getting smaller and smaller, even shorter than Anna. like a little boy.

  Anna picked up Lu Li, who was getting younger, and ran out of the dance with a ball of clothes in the surprise of the dancers around. She staggered and kicked off the high heels that were in the way, and broke into the utility room at the corner of a long corridor.

   "Hide here and don't go out, and don't open the door when anyone comes!"

   Putting down Lu Li, who had turned into a little boy, Anna paused a little and said seriously, "...Me too."

  Anna grabbed the skirt and left the utility room, and the sound of footsteps disappeared on the gradually chaotic corridor.

  Lu Li pulled his trouser legs and sleeves and stretched out his hands and feet. His body shape around ten years old made his clothes look like several layers of blankets wrapped around him.

   The noise outside the door continued, and Lu Li approached the door to listen... The door was suddenly knocked. Lu Li remained silent, staring at the door that was shaken by the knock.

  After more than ten seconds, the knock on the door faded, and then the doorknob slowly turned.

   Lu Li stretched out his hand and blocked the handle, preventing the door handle from swinging.

   The "gah la la la" movement continued for a while, and the silence returned with the sound of footsteps. …

  The chaos continued in the mansion, and after a few minutes, new footsteps stopped outside the door.

   "Lu Li, I'm back..."

  Anna's voice came from behind the door.

  Lu Li was indifferent and continued to press against the door.

   "It's me... Open the door, they're looking for me too, I..." Anna's voice gradually became crisp and immature, just like Lu Li before, "Do you remember our past, Belfast... Detective Agency..."

  Anna cites many examples of living together to prove that she is really her, but Lu Li still keeps her out.

   The tender voice gradually turned into a childlike lake, and in the end, only the cry of the baby was left and disappeared—

   Lu Li could no longer maintain his composure, and the palm that reached the door changed to holding the doorknob. Suddenly, the door was pushed open by a force. Lu Li was staggered backwards, wrapped in loose clothes and tripped him.

   Anna, who was wearing a white dress at the ball, rushed into the utility room, closed the door and pressed her back against the door: "Fortunately, you didn't open the door."

   "What happened outside?"

   The fallen Lu Li had a small head with black hair and messy hair emerging from the pile of clothes.

   "Guests know there's an uninvited guest...that's you, looking everywhere."

   "What are the guests and the estate?"

   "I don't know how to say it..." Anna hesitated to reveal the truth, "We believe that we are still alive, believe that this place exists, we are really alive, and this place really exists. If there is doubt, it will be like you..."

  I don’t know if the shrinkage has affected the thinking, or the influence of the manor itself, Lu Li can’t maintain his thinking, and can only change his navigation slightly in the drift.

   "I'm getting out of here..."

"why?"

   "I'm going back to the other side of the mountains."

  Ana's eyes were puzzled, and then all doubts turned into firmness: "...I'll take you away."

  Ana took out a dusty blanket from the junk pile, covered Lu Li with it, picked him up and left the utility room, and hurried along the corridor to the outside of the manor.

   Many malicious throws towards the blanket that wrapped Lu Li were blocked by Anna again. She steadfastly landed and ran to the gate, dashing into the raging snowstorm.

  Lu Li's body shape suddenly returned to normal, and he fell from Anna's arms.

  Crawled out of the snow, Lu Li grabbed the blanket, and walked with Anna who supported him through the blizzard.

  The strong wind pulled Anna's long hair and dress, and her thin body gradually couldn't stand the wind and snow. Lu Li put the blanket over Anna and pulled her to the top of the mountain in memory.

   Not far away, the merchant Anthony waved to him and told him that Jojo was back, follow him, and it would take them back to the land of light.

   Lu Li ignored the merchant Anthony and moved on.

  The vellum and the evil spirit chess suddenly appeared on the side, lying quietly in the snow.

   A door stands in the blizzard, behind which is the laughter of reality.

  Lu Li ignored all the temptations and illusions along the way. Before dying in the wind and snow, finally, a cliff blocked the road ahead.

  Stopped on the edge of the cliff where the cold wind was howling, Lu Li looked at the thin figure draped in the blanket.

   "Are you really going to get out of here?"

   Anna's lips were frozen purple, and she said to Lu Li with a pale face, "Here we can be together happily..."

   "But these are false."

   "Is the real world still beautiful?" Anna looked at him reluctantly: "You want to save everyone, but you can't even save yourself."

   Lu Li fell silent.

   "Don't come to me again..."

  Continuous shadows approached from the wind and snow, and Anna suddenly pushed the silent Lu Li towards the cliff.

  The loose rock belt landed Lili and fell into the abyss. In addition to the whistling, there was Anna's whisper in his ears.

   "...We will meet again, in reality."

The    blanket slipped from Anna's shoulders, and the blizzard ruffled the pale skirt, covering her sad cheek.