The treasure thieves of Teyvat rob Shenhe

The slender elf couldn't bear to witness the irreversible arrival of that day, so she stopped the boy with a kiss.

How stupid the boy is, and how stupid the elf is.

The boy actually mistook the elf's cold kiss of rejection as an acknowledgement of the promise.

The elves had no idea what a kiss meant to humans, especially when they wanted to make a lifelong commitment.

At that moment, the Qingquan Elf made up his mind to leave the boy.

The young man, on the other hand, made a vow to stay by the clear spring forever.

What happened next was undoubtedly the departure of the elf, the self-doubt of the boy, and his encounter with the spring elf as an absurd dream.

However, all these real experiences could not make the boy believe that it was just a dream.

So, the lonely boy stood by the spring, waiting and waiting for decades.

The elf in the pool water stubbornly turned its back and refused to see him, and the stalemate lasted for decades.

Legend has it that whenever it rains heavily, the raindrops falling into the pond are always mixed with the tears of the spring elves.

When the boy finally grew old, he still believed in such nonsense.

Unfortunately, the fountain spirits who evaded their true feelings were also unable to question these facts.

…………

By the time the story was over, old Finch was already in tears.

"It's a very sad story." Shen He said.

Lin Ye turned around and found Shen He standing behind him without him noticing.

It turned out that Shen He, who was having a pillow fight, had been paying attention to the movement next door. He heard the door opening next door, so he quickly "dealt with" Kelly and Noelle, left the room, and left the hotel to look for Lin Ye.

Shen He walked forward and stood next to Lin Ye.

The spring spirit stood behind old Finch.

Chapter 291: Now that things have come to this, why regret

Shen He found Lin Ye and was about to say hello, but after hearing old Finch recounting his past experiences, the polite He thought that he should not interrupt the old man's speech, so he stood behind Lin Ye and listened quietly.

Shen He was lucky enough to have heard the whole story, so the story of "Heart of Clear Spring" left a deeper impression on Shen He.

sad.

After listening to this, the goddess who was once alienated from the human world and whose desires were bound by red ropes used this adjective.

But it is not appropriate enough.

In fact, the source of Shen He's feeling of loss was not sadness, but regret.

Regret is the most melancholy thing. Compared with anger and sadness, it is what you want but cannot get. The choice you made in ignorance did not bring you the fruit of happy end. Every time you think about it, you will half cry and half laugh, feeling lost.

Shen He did not see the spring elf, on the one hand because he did not enter the elemental vision, and on the other hand, Lin Ye was able to see the spring elf not only because of the elemental vision, but also with the help of old Finch's wish.

Wishes are obsessions. Decades of memories will make the wishes even more ardent, and a connection with the spring spirits will be established in some mysterious way.

After Lin Ye had fulfilled two wishes, he became naturally close to wishes, and thus saw the invisible spring elf.

Lin Ye could sense Shen He's melancholy from her tone, which surprised him that Shen He's feelings were so clear. Lin Ye also decided to let Shen He witness the ending of Old Finch and the Spring Spirit.

Lin Ye thought about it and asked seriously.

"Old man, now that things have come to this, do you regret it?"

"Regret?" Old Finch was stunned.

The spring elf standing behind old Finch lowered her head when she heard this. She seemed not to want to know the answer to Lin Ye's question.

replied old Finch.

“Never regretted it.”

And this answer made the spring elf even more sad.

Finch's life has been influenced by her. The spring elf would rather old Finch regret his mistakes early and start his new life early.

After getting the answer from old Finch, Lin Ye looked at the spring spirit and asked loudly so that the spring spirit could hear clearly.

"Do you have any regrets?"

This question is directed at the spring spirit.

Old Finch guessed it vaguely, and he remained silent and waited.

The spring elf knew that Lin Ye was asking himself.

In the game, it was Yandora who asked the spring elf on behalf of Lin Ye. She wanted to communicate with the spring elf and know her name, but the spring elf was unwilling to tell her.

It’s different now. She has been seen through. In front of old Finch, the spring elf is there, so she doesn’t object and just walks away.

But the spring spirit didn't know how to answer.

Do you regret it?

There are two answers.

sorry.

No regrets.

In the mind of the spring elf, both answers are correct.

It is not possible to draw conclusions about emotional matters so easily, just as clear-cut as the answers to math problems.

For decades, the spring elf witnessed little Finch grow into old Finch, but he was still obsessed with her, never married or had children, and became a famous weird old man in Qingquan Town. As a friend of Finch, the spring elf naturally felt distressed. She regretted meeting and getting to know Finch.

The reason she didn't regret it was that the spring spirit believed that what she did was correct and that Finch would indeed grow old and become particularly close to death.

If the spring elf and Finch became lovers and had deeper feelings for each other, how sad every day would be at this time.

One of the fountain spirit's initial concerns was that Finch would change his mind about his oath, but Finch spent decades proving that he had never betrayed his oath.

This moved the spring spirit.

In the end, I still regret more.

The spring spirit said nothing, she just shook her head at Lin Ye.

What the spring elf wanted to express was that Lin Ye should just be a passer-by and not interfere again, but the spring elf's shaking head could easily make people mistakenly think that it had no regrets.

If Lin Ye misunderstood, that's fine. It would put an end to old Finch's thoughts and let him live a good life in the last few years of his life.

Seeing this scene, Lin Ye sighed deeply.

Whatever.

A forced melon is not sweet, and Lin Ye will not force his will on others. Now that he knows the answers of old Finch and the spring elf, that is enough.

"What did she say?" asked old Finch.

"...Old man, how can you be sure that I saw the spring elf? After all, everyone thinks it is just a legend." Lin Ye asked back.

"You believe the experience I told you." Old Finch stared at Lin Ye and said seriously.

"What answer do you want?" Lin Ye asked.

"...any answer is fine. I'm already old and don't have many years left to live. I just want to see her one last time before I leave this world...it's my paranoia that made her choose to leave me."

"I can pass on a message for you... but there's no need for that. Just say it directly." Lin Ye said.

Old Finch was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he gave Lin Ye a relieved smile.

Old Finch turned around. In his field of vision, the view of the pool under the moonlight had not changed from the past few decades. There was no girl he expected to see.

However, old Finch wiped his tears and said in a trembling voice.

"How are you?"

"..."

"Over the years, I have heard a lot. Everyone thinks I am crazy and that I am immersed in a dream and don't want to wake up. I have thought a lot and I think they don't understand me."

"After all, it was me who met you, not them. What right do they have to question my meeting with you?"

"We met in a dream, but our first meeting was here."

As old Finch spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears.

In the eyes of the spring spirit, the old man shed tears, and for a moment the tears of the young man in the past overlapped. The spring spirit took a step forward and subconsciously wanted to wipe away old Finch's tears.

But it finally stopped.

The spring spirit whispered.

"Every day a child stumbles forward, discovering the world for himself. What he sees becomes a part of him. This child stumbles forward for a lifetime."

“When all the stars in the night sky go out, all streams and all dreams can flow into the same sea.”

We will meet again then. The stream of life is still moving forward, please also take a step forward and don’t stop. ”

This was the spring spirit's final answer.

Recounted by Lin Ye.

Old Finch listened to every word and lowered his head. At this moment, he felt relieved, melancholy and helpless.

Shen He saw this scene.

The person you love but cannot have.

Because of life span, we cannot be together, and being together is destined to be sad.

Shen He subconsciously looked at the young man beside him.

Shen He thought.

If it were her, she would be the spring spirit and Lin Ye would be old Finch.

Shen He practiced magic, and her talent was so great that all the immortals thought it was extraordinary. Magic had the effect of prolonging life, and Shen He was not sure whether Lin Ye would die before her.

In the past, Shen He would make the same choice as the Fountain Elf.

Since it's not a happy end, it's better not to start.

But now.

The more Shen He looked at the person she liked, the happier she became, and the softer she felt.

Shen He, who likes Lin Ye, would rather endure the pain of separation and grasp this fate in life.

So, Shen He suddenly said.

"The old man didn't leave, and the spring spirit didn't leave either. Although they never met, they were always together. It doesn't matter whether you regret it or not. Master said that a gentleman judges by deeds, not by heart. Now that things have come to this, why bother to talk about regrets?"

Shen He's words stunned everyone present.

Lin Ye smiled.

Shen He woke him up.

Chapter 292 Schrodinger's Cat Problem

What Shen He said is correct.

Old Finch and the spring elf insisted on their own ideas, but in fact, Old Finch did not forget the spring elf, and the spring elf did not leave Old Finch.

They just don't see each other.

Lin Ye thought it through, and Old Finch and the Fountain Elf, who were involved in the situation, were also enlightened by Shen He's remarks.

Old Finch's expression became complicated. He turned around slowly, opened his eyes wide, and tried hard to catch traces of his lover from the unchanging moonlight on the pool water, but the result was still the same as before.

"If you think that I have wasted my life because I missed you and did not choose a more normal life in your opinion, and therefore I regret it, then I want to say:"

“I’ve never regretted it.”

"And what that lady said is right. Now that things have come to this, what's the point of not regretting it later?"

"When I was young, I thought I hadn't done something good enough, which made you angry and leave me... Decades have passed, and I have gradually figured it out."

"Even if I am a moth to a flame, this is my freedom."