第1节

Section 1

Five hundred years ago. Lei Yingying looked down at the young man in the courtyard and said calmly, "Ah, mortals... compared to 'eternity', we're but a fleeting moment of life... That's all. I'll just entertain you for a while." Five hundred years later. On a sickbed. "Wow, wow, you wretch, fight for your life! Don't die!" The sapling I'd planted for years, watered day and night, never saw its branches and leaves flourish. It died the night before my lover returned from her studies. Both held high hopes, yet the two, one man and one god, drifted further and further apart, never to see the day she emerged from the Pure Land and opened her heart. After years of feeding fried tofu, the little fox grew into a full-grown fox, while I slowly aged, unable to lift any kitchen utensils. Sacred cherry blossoms, waka poems, plum wine and snacks, sardines and salt, a shrine strewn with fallen petals, a summer appointment I couldn't keep again. I wanted to buy osmanthus flowers and wine, but I left as an old friend. It's not like the youthful journey. Human lifespan has a limit. "Companionship is the most profound confession of love—but I'm sorry, as a mortal, I can't always say: 'I love you'."

五百年前。雷电影俯视着庭前的少年，平淡地道：“呵，凡人么..于‘永恒’而言，只是须臾的生命而已...罢了罢了，便陪你消遣一段时间罢。”五百年后。病榻。“呜哇哇，死鬼你争点气啊！不要死啊！！”种了许多年的小树，日夜灌溉，见不到它的枝繁叶茂，死在爱人求学归来的前一晚，明明双方都满心希冀，却渐行渐远的一人一神，等不到她从净土里走出来，敞开心扉的那一天了。喂了好多年的油豆腐，小狐狸长成大狐狸，而我慢慢老去，再也拿不动厨具。神樱，和歌，梅子酒和点心，沙丁鱼与盐，铺了一地落红的神社，夏日的约定，我又不能赴约了。欲买桂花同载酒，而我作为故人离去。终不似，少年游。人类的寿命是有极限的。“陪伴是最长情的告白——可对不起，凡人的我，无法一直说：‘爱你’。”