On another full moon night, Ritana leaned against the small window and looked out. In the dark corridor, a chandelier swayed in the wind.
Ever since the last incident, the children's rooms had been locked, and Renata had no chance to sneak out to play.
She had waited for a whole month for this full moon, but the black snake did not come.
Renata had a terrible guess in her heart. Could it be that the nurses were looking for the black snake when they sounded the alarm?
They might have killed it, scraped off its scales, removed its spine, and dried its skin on the roof.
As she thought about it, she couldn't help but shiver.
She walked to the window. The Arctic poppies on the windowsill had withered…
In such an extremely cold area, even the Arctic Poppy only bloomed for two months. She took advantage of the time when the Arctic Poppy bloomed to dig the entire flower back from the courtyard and planted it in a white iron box near the heater, hoping that the withered flower would revive with a little warmth.
But she had never succeeded.
She hugged Zorro tightly and felt like crying again. The black snake did not come, and the Arctic Poppy had withered. In this world, only she and Zorro were left to rely on each other.
At this time, the melody of Christmas songs sounded in the corridor, as if countless people had gathered there to beat the steel castanets. The whole building began to shake slightly in the joyful and peaceful melody.
Dang ~ Dang ~
Ritana turned her head in surprise, her golden snake eyes glistening in the small window.
Ritana tried to push the iron door, and it opened.
The black snake's massive body was entrenched in the corridor, and it had made a hole in the wall, dragging its long tail outside because the corridor could not accommodate it so coiled up.
Zero leaned against Black Snake with her arms crossed. She looked like a beautiful girl in a big city who was driving a new car to find her lover to watch a movie.
There was another figure beside Zero. It was Ye Ye. He smiled, completely different from his usual cold appearance. It was as if he had changed into another person, but it did not feel out of place.
Zero hugged Renata. The black snake is my pet." It was as if the person who wanted to kill Ritana was not her at all, and she had always been Ritana's good friend.
Ritana looked down at her toes and was silent for a long time.""Thank you."
"I said I have a way, as long as you don't force me to marry you." Zero grinned.”
Ritana laughed." How can you marry me? You're not a boy."”
At this point, Ritana glanced at Ye Ye.
A smile hung on his usually cold face, as if the spring breeze had melted the hard ice.
Ye Ye and Ritana both understood Zero's intentions. The incident of " killing Ritana " had confused the nurses. The nurses did not have the mood to manage Ritana and collectively went to " greet " Zero.
Every night, the nurses gathered in Room Zero. One night, Ritana even saw them push a cart full of potions in.
"Are you alright?" Ritana asked.
"Hallucinogen?" "It's like a sleeping pill to me." Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Zero pointed at the roof. Ritana looked up. The roof was covered with golden foil, cut into the shape of petals and deer, like decorations on a Christmas tree.
Ye Ye suddenly picked up Ritana and lifted her up with all his might. Ritana plucked a piece of elk cut out of gold foil. The elk was extremely beautiful. It didn't look like the cheap plated gold foil, but more like it was made of pure gold.
"So beautiful!" said Ritana sincerely.
"Let's go outside!" Zero grabbed Ye Ye's hand and ran.
Ye Ye's other hand was holding Ritana's hand. Zero led him to run, and Ritana also ran.
Zero was more familiar with the spiderweb-like tunnels than Renata.
They passed through doors that were left ajar, passages that were silenced by alarms, and climbed up the rusty iron ladder. Tonight, every corner of the port was open to them.
They held hands and ran wildly. Renata laughed loudly as she ran. It felt like she was flying.
They went into the small church and climbed up to the parquet window on the sacred cross. Ritana rode on Ye Ye's shoulder and pushed open the window.
The moment the cold wind blew against her face, she had the urge to cry. It was as if the world was ending in front of her, so beautiful that it made her feel so lonely.
The jagged iceberg stood in the distance, and the huge ice shell that floated from the polar region slowly floated across the sea. A huge ice gorge cracked in the middle of the ice shell, and in the middle was a dark blue waterway. The sun sank below the horizon, and the horizon was red.
Zero climbed out through the rusted window and pulled Ye Ye up to the rooftop. Ye Ye casually brought Ritana up to the rooftop.
This was the highest place in Black Swan Harbor. A cement cross stood in the snow, engraved with the names of the Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the construction of Black Swan Harbor.
"Over there, 453 kilometers away is the North Pole.”Zero turned around and faced the two men." Over there, 3781 kilometers away, is Moscow.”
A mighty wind blew from under her feet. Ritana hugged Zorro tightly, staring blankly at the north and south. At this moment, Black Swan Harbor was like a small mountain that had been conquered under her feet. She stood high and looked down at the world, suddenly trembling slightly.
It turned out that she was so close to the Earth's pole, but so far away from the human world.
"It's a little cold, right? I have a way!" Zero revealed a smug expression.
Ye Ye smiled in his heart. He took Zero and Ritana's hands and sat down beside the cross. He opened an iron gate covered in snow. The heat of burning charcoal rushed up and drove away the coldness in Ritana's heart.
"This is the only chimney in Black Swan Harbor. We won't be cold sitting on the chimney.”Zero sat next to Ye Ye, humming an unknown song.
Ritana followed suit and leaned against Ye Ye, staring blankly at the starry sky.
"This is for you." Ritanara unzipped Zorro's back and took out the white iron box with the Arctic Poppy. The flowers had withered, but the white iron box was still not bad. It was a gift that she had thought of with great difficulty. She hid the flower in Zorro's body to avoid the nurses 'ward rounds. The nurses were not allowed to bring strange things into the room.
“Papa.verradicatum？”Zero said.
"What?" Ritana didn't understand.
" This," Zero pointed at the Arctic Poppy." The book says it's called Papa.Verradicatum.”
Ritana didn't know that this was the scientific name of the Arctic Poppy. It was called Papa.Verradicatum in the library. Zero had indeed obtained her knowledge from the library because no one had talked to her.
Ye Ye took the white metal box and took out a pale golden hair clip from his pocket. There was a cherry blossom petal embedded in the hair clip. It was warm and comfortable.
As if returning the favor, Ye Ye put a hair clip on Ritana and touched her forehead.
Ye Ye grinned and said," Beautiful girl."
P.S. I'm exhausted.。。。
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