I'm Really A Newcomer

Jiang Mian patted his cheek and put the black ring left by Jiang Yubai on his hand.

After observing that no one was around, he stood up on his knees.

The crystals between his fingers emitted a faint red light as Jiang Mian walked deeper into the street.

He casually threw the now smaller lollipop behind his head, and the lollipop turned into three or two flame-striped butterflies in mid-air. The butterfly flew into the distance, and Jiang Mian's shadow disappeared from the ground.

Under a high-rise building in the center of Beijing, a young and strong security guard stared alertly at the young man wearing a plaid shirt opposite.

Jiang Mian looked to the left with feeling, and saw a pure black BMW parked at the main entrance of the building.

A noble woman in smart professional attire got out of the driver's seat.

She handed the car keys to the security guard as usual.

The security guard drove the BMW to the parking lot, and the woman pushed a few strands of black hair behind her ears amidst the roar.

She raised her eyes inadvertently and saw someone she hadn't seen for a long time.

Jiang Mian and Jiang Yaoguang looked at each other across the square paved with white stones.

She wore delicate light makeup, and her eyebrows became colder and colder, as if they were covered with a layer of holy white gauze.

"Brother?" Jiang Yaoguang's eyes became hazy.

She wrinkled her sour nose, and the figure she had missed for a long time was getting closer and closer to her.

…

Jiang Yaoguang has not returned to Rongcheng for three years. After the brief meeting in the "Dawn" finals, Jiang Yaoguang never saw Jiang Mian again.

When the sky suddenly turned red, the world's most authoritative scientists said it was just a meaningless supernatural phenomenon. But as the Great Migration to Beicheng proceeds, even if the national order is still considered stable, public opinion has already turned upside down.

Jiang Yaoguang knew that there must be a problem in Jiang Mian's world.

Fortunately, the red lights of the New Year have washed away social uneasiness. It seems that all the worries of last year have disappeared with the sound of firecrackers.

At home in the old town of Rongcheng, Jiang Yaoguang was alone and leaning against the white wall under the window.

Fireworks all over the sky made the sky gorgeous, and annoying noises still came from outside the closed windows.

Jiang Yaoguang, wearing pajamas, climbed up from the ground in a daze.

She buried her head in the sofa, and there were unfinished cup noodles on the dining table.

Jiang Yaoguang turned on the TV in a daze, and the Spring Festival Gala skit was being broadcast live on the TV.

The comedians tossed one baggage after another, and the audience was laughing happily.

There were faint traces of tears on Jiang Yaoguang's face, like pear blossoms scattered by the rain.

She didn't know which god to pray to, but Jiang Mian never appeared again in the next three years.

In his sophomore year, Jiang Yaoguang and his friends tried to start a business. The software they never expected to create stood at the forefront of the times. After careful consideration, she chose to drop out of school, and her career flourished within two years.

Later, the company was merged into the Yejia Group, and Jiang Yaoguang became the president of the branch and held 20% of the shares.

But Ye Lizhi was not here, and still chose to study at the School of Liberal Arts of Beijing University.

Although it was inevitable to achieve such a huge achievement all at once with the help of the Ye family in the capital, Jiang Yaoguang really held on and impressed everyone including Ye Zheng, the head of the Ye family.

…

Jiang Mian looked at his sister's face in silence.

He wanted to say "I'm back" and he wanted to hug her, but Jiang Mian found that he could no longer make any promises.

"Brother, long time no see." Jiang Yaoguang said with a smile, "It's great."

Jiang Mian looked at the faint majesty passing through her eyes and raised his lips slightly.

He thought to himself that Yaoguang was now a great person.

"Fluttering light." Jiang Mian said softly.

"Um?"

Jiang Mian lowered his eyes and looked at the black ring on his fingertips. Now they should be strong enough to accept the truth.

"I found my parents."

"Brother?" Jiang Yaoguang didn't hear the slightest emotion in Jiang Mian's tone.

"Let's go meet them."

Jiang Mian looked into the distance, and Jiang Yaoguang followed his gaze.

Under the rows of buildings, there was nothing but pedestrians in twos and threes.

But the space around him suddenly became dim, as if the surrounding world was blocked.

Jiang Mian's dark eyes were filled with a hint of gold, and he turned his head.

The space is like ripples, and the world becomes bright again in a blink of an eye.

Jiang Yaoguang looked at his surroundings in shock. Among the flowers were gray-white tombstones.

Before she had time to sigh about what Jiang Mian had done, which was beyond the scope of imagination, her eyes were attracted by the tombstone in front of her.

It was her face in the photo, but it was another name that was dim.

Song Qingwu.

2009.10.13

The alluring woman was dressed in white and she smiled brightly.

Jiang Yaoguang covered his lips in disbelief, tears bursting out of his eyes uncontrollably.

Jiang Mian looked at Jiang Yubai's handsome posthumous photo and said softly, "Mom, Dad. I'm here with the Fluctlight."

"Although we haven't had time to meet each other yet, I have already felt what you are thinking."

He leaned down and gently placed a bouquet of pure white chrysanthemums in front of the tombstone.

Jiang Yaoguang squatted down sadly.

"It would be nice if it rained heavily," she murmured.

Jiang Mian pursed her thin lips.

In the solemn and sacred cemetery, pure white petals and black ashes are floating on the stone road.

Jiang Mian took out a black umbrella from the crystal storage.

He opened the umbrella quietly.

The shadow of the umbrella gradually covered Jiang Yaoguang's body, and she looked up in confusion.

"No need to look." Jiang Mian said gently.

The sky suddenly condensed with a huge amount of water, and soon there was a crackling sound from the umbrella.

The world suddenly started to rain heavily.

Raindrops exploded from the stone slab and splashed onto Jiang Yaoguang's high heels.

In the commotion, Jiang Yaoguang cried without any scruples.

Jiang Mian just rubbed her head gently.