After rebirth, I found out that I have a childhood sweetheart

Considering that Lin Youxi was only a ten-year-old child at the time, watching his closest and only friend pass away in front of him——

Mei Fang couldn't imagine how much pain the little Lin Youxi had endured at that time, and whether that scene would linger in her mind like a nightmare.

So now it is completely understandable that the door of my heart has been closed since then.

The moment she put her arm around Lin Youxi's shoulder, Mei Fang also deeply felt the heavy burden on her shoulder.

It's not that she is cold-hearted by nature, but that the world has too much malice towards her...

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in lamenting the sufferings of the past.

Xia Yuan's house was not locked, and Mei Fang pushed the door open with force.

The swinging solid mahogany double doors made a loud twig-like sound when pushed, and a wide living room could be seen at a glance.

However, the furnishings in the living room were completely different from what Xia Yuan saw in the mirror world.

All the valuable furniture had been moved away, even the chandelier had been dismantled; only a coffee table with one leg broken off was left lying in the middle of the worn carpet, and the doors of the TV cabinet were also rotten and drooped on one side of the living room, but it looked like it had not been moved for a long time;

A tall glass crystal chandelier fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, the curtains were half torn down and hanging there, the windows were covered with cobwebs, the sunlight shone into the house through the broken windows, the shadows of the tree branches swayed gently on the ground with the breeze, and the sound of branches rustling after the wooden door was pushed open could be heard throughout the house.

Although it was noon, the weird atmosphere was already overwhelming. With the intention of protecting Lin Youxi, Mei Fang took the initiative to walk in front.

"This is just like exploring a haunted house..."

"Are you scared?" Lin Youxi tilted her head, "I feel like you are shaking."

"Haha, what are you talking about? How could I possibly--"

An unknown creature suddenly emerged from the aisle and frightened Mei Fang so much that he suddenly let out a wow. He held Lin Youxi's arm and trembled. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was a rat.

"..."

Lin Youxi stared at Mei Fang, who was sweating profusely, with a blank expression on his face.

"I'm not afraid of mice! Don't you feel scared when you hear the sudden noise?"

"will not."

Lin Youxi shook her head. "If you just want to ease the atmosphere by being a clown, I don't think it's necessary. I'm not as fragile as you think. It's okay for me to live alone all the time."

After hearing Lin Youxi's words, Mei Fang was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and laughed, "You figured it out... Is this the strength of a god of learning?"

"Stop bragging to me and get down to business."

Lin Youxi shook off Mei Fang's hand and took the initiative to walk in front. Mei Fang felt humiliated and walked side by side with Lin Youxi.

Today they wanted to find clues related to the Mirror in the House.

"Should we search separately? This will be more efficient." Lin Youxi asked.

"Don't do it!"

Mei Fang shook his head violently and said, "Yuanyuan's house is so big and the house is very old now. If something happens and the other person is not rescued in time, Yuanyuan will definitely blame herself and feel guilty."

"Well, she is indeed that kind of person."

Lin Youxi nodded, "Then let's act together."

Mei Fang first followed Lin Youxi and searched the living room for a while. When they found nothing, they went to the kitchen and dining room, around the yard, then to some empty rooms, and finally to the second floor.

There are more rooms on the second floor, including a study, Xia Yuan's parents' master bedroom, a piano room, a small living room, and two guest rooms. Because the house had been cleaned before, the valuable things in it had long been moved out, and there was nothing noteworthy about the remaining furniture.

So, in the end, only Xia Yuan's room was left to be searched.

Although Lin Youxi behaved very calmly when searching with Mei Fang, searching carefully for possible clues.

But when she stood in front of her former best friend's room, it seemed as if many scenes from the past emerged in her mind, so that when Mei Fang was about to push the door in, Lin Youxi once again grabbed the corner of Mei Fang's clothes.

Lin Youxi had done this before she first met Xia Yuan, so Mei Fang realized it at the first moment.

"Would you like to wait until you can catch your breath before going in?"

"Um……"

Lin Youxi nodded slightly. She picked up the drink bottle in her hand and was about to take a sip when she found that she had finished drinking the water.

Seeing this, Mei Fang subconsciously handed the water in his hand over, but after handing it over, he realized his mistake.

"No...mind if I drank."

Lin Youxi didn't argue with Mei Fang any more. She took the water directly from Mei Fang and drank it all in one gulp.

Then she stood behind Mei Fang for a while.

Mei Fang just watched the gently swaying shadows of the trees cast from the second-floor window.

……

After about five minutes of silence, Lin Youxi patted Mei Fang on the back.

"Okay."

So, Mei Fang gently opened the door of Xia Yuan's room in the real world.

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This place was almost empty. Not even a frame of Xia Yuan's princess bed was left. Only some yellowed cartoon stickers were vaguely left on the pink walls. The desk was not taken away because it was nailed into the wall.

It doesn't look like a place where you can find clues.

Mei Fang finally stood in front of Lin Youxi at this time, and Lin Youxi followed behind him, still holding the corner of his clothes.

……

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi were standing on the desk with a large glass plate on it. Under the glass were many cute cartoon stickers and some old photos, all of which were photos of Xia Yuan in kindergarten and elementary school.

Of course, there are no high school photos.

Lin Youxi's eyes fell on the upside-down photo frame on the desk. She slowly lifted the frame up. The glass of the frame had been broken, but the photo inside was empty.

"..."

Seeing Lin Youxi's puzzled expression, Mei Fang asked in surprise, "Do you know what was originally in this photo frame?"

"Yes, I know. It's a family photo of Yuanyuan's family of three. No one should have taken this photo away on purpose."

"Maybe it's Yuan Yuan's grandma?"

Mei Fang asked doubtfully, "She wants to take it back as a souvenir, which is understandable."

"wrong……"

Lin Youxi pondered, "If that's the case, she could have taken the photo frame along with it. Besides, there are a lot of Yuanyuan's photos underneath, so she should have taken them along as well instead of just leaving them here."

"Hmm... that's true."

But there are no more clues at the moment, so I can only make a note of the photo frame.

Mei Fang opened the drawer of the desk. Apart from a few old crayons, there were only a few yellowed exercise books.

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi took out all the notebooks and looked through them. Most of them were Chinese and math homework books, and there was nothing like essays or diaries.

"It would be nice if we had something as convenient as a diary," Mei Fang said.

"Yuanyuan writes her diary in a very beautiful locked password book. These books are not used for writing."

Although he said that, Lin Youxi carefully flipped through every page of the homework book.

Suddenly, something like a bookmark fell from an exercise book.

Mei Fang caught the falling "bookmark".

It is a light blue origami crane.

Lin Youxi took the thousand paper cranes from Mei Fang and observed them. At this moment, Mei Fang suddenly hummed.

"Ah."

"What's wrong?"

Lin Youxi looked at Mei Fang, who had a puzzled look on his face.

"I feel like I've seen this thing somewhere before... and I saw it recently."

Mei Fang scratched his head, "But I can't remember it at all."

"But, this paper crane... I remember where it came from."

Lin Youxi whispered, "This is the first time Yuanyuan taught me to do handicrafts."

"Isn't that something that happened in kindergarten? You still remember this."

Lin Youxi nodded, "I remember."

"I only have these few good memories, of course I remember them."

Lin Youxi said softly, "However, if you have an impression of it, it means that this thousand paper cranes may be one of the clues to unlock the secret in the mirror."

"So put it in my bag first."

Mei Fang unzipped the shoulder bag he was carrying and asked Lin Youxi to put all the clues she had collected into the bag, including exercise books, broken photo frames, and paper cranes.

Lin Youxi carefully wrapped the paper cranes in tissue paper and put them into her bag.

They searched Xia Yuan's room again, but found no other clues that seemed useful.

As the sun set, Mei Fang looked at his watch and it was already past four o'clock.

"Yuanyuan should be awake by now."

Mei Fang asked Lin Youxi, "Let's go back and check on Yuanyuan, and then take her to explore the end of the mirror world. My mom will be back from get off work soon, so will you still have dinner at my house tonight?"

"Let's see Yuanyuan's condition first before making a decision... cough, cough cough."

Maybe it was because there was too much dust in the old house, Lin Youxi was coughing a little now.

"Then let's go back."

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi walked out of the house together.

Just as he walked out of the iron gate, Mei Fang suddenly felt a chill on his back, and he subconsciously looked back.

Then, Mei Fang suddenly discovered that there was a black figure standing under the curtains of the piano room on the second floor!

Mei Fang was so nervous that he broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't even speak.

At this time, Lin Youxi noticed Mei Fang's abnormality and looked in the direction he was looking.