Follow your sunshine

  Two people for the first time had a whole day to spend together, Whale King felt that sunshine and spring were chasing after Falling Lotus. When Falling Lotus arrived, the rain flower crown was full of spring atmosphere, even the sunlight could make the dry tree branches shine brightly. The morning sun shone through the light-colored window curtains, casting the shadow of the tree branches on the wooden wall, forming a mottled pattern. The weather warmed up instantly in a few days, and tender buds covered the cliff walls overnight. Various butterflies that Falling Lotus had never seen before came immediately after three or two rain showers, and mushrooms also emerged. Falling Lotus spent the whole morning wandering between the cliffs and forests, and then spent the entire afternoon soaking by the sea rocks, searching for hidden shrimp, dried shells, and tiny fish.

  The water troupe urged her to rehearse "Mermaid 2", and school had also started, so Luolian had to return to school. However, whenever she had a little time, she would run to the Rain Flower Crown. Sometimes, as soon as she arrived at school, she wanted to return to the Rain Flower Crown immediately. The journey between the Rain Flower Crown and school was long and inconvenient. If Whale King drove her, it was fine, but if she went by herself, she had to take a bus to the harbor area, then transfer to a boat to Mermaid Island's Rain Flower Crown, and finally walk to the Whale King's house on Whale Bridge. Luolian ran back and forth like this, never getting tired of it.

  The weather was getting hotter and hotter, one evening the dormitory was stuffy, after lights out, the whole dormitory building fell asleep. Luolan didn't feel sleepy at all, she especially wanted to go out. She quietly got up, called Whale King's house, saying she wanted to go to sea now, but the building door was already locked, she felt like living in a prison, she had never been free. She just said so, but Whale King took it seriously, not long after, Luolan didn't think about anything else, turned around and prepared to sleep when suddenly saw outside the window light shining on the beach, an observation ship appeared, a familiar figure walked down from the boat. Luolan sat up at once, jumped off the bed, stood by the window gazing out. Whale King's eyes could see in the dark night that Luolan was standing at the window, he beckoned to her and walked straight towards the school dormitory building. When he arrived at the back door of the school iron fence in front of the woods, he disappeared. Until Luolan saw him again, he had already reached under Luolan's window, indicating she should go to the first floor staircase corner window. Luolan was both surprised and delighted, didn't expect that her casual complaint would be taken as a holy order by Whale King.

  Luo Lian hastily put on her clothes, stepped down the stairs quietly, put on her shoes, and sneaked out of the dormitory. She went down half a floor, opened the window at the stairwell turn, and indeed saw Whale King. He was leaning back, smiling like a flower facing the sunlight. "Come down!" Whale King said softly, stretching out his sturdy arms towards the sunlight. Although it was only half a floor high, it was still difficult for her. She took a deep breath and jumped down, and Whale King caught her accurately.

  "How did you get in?" Luo Lian asked.

  "Never mind for now, hurry up and leave this place, you'll know later."

  The Whale King pulled Luo Lian to a small grove of trees not far from the dormitory building, and through the trees, next to the iron fence, there was a crooked-necked tree that rebelliously stretched out of bounds, which was the "Sky Bridge to Freedom".

  "I'm telling you this secret passage, but don't ever try to sneak out at night by yourself! The outside world isn't safe after all. If anything happens to you, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

  The Whale King climbed up along the trunk, although he looked a bit heavy, but not at all clumsy, on the contrary, the slender and delicate Luolian had to be helped by the Whale King to get up. Along the trunk, after flipping over the iron railing, the Whale King jumped down and landed on the sandy beach, then hugged Luolian down from the tree.