Tangled

Chapter 86 Rainy Night
Shen Qiqi glanced at the place the size of a palm, and then at the place covered with hay.

Even she couldn't stretch the palm-sized area by the door, let alone the tall and burly Mu Chengze.

But the place where the hay is laid is not enough for three people to lie down.

She hesitated for a while, bit her lower lip lightly, and poked her head out to answer him, "I've rested at noon, so I can keep watch at night."

The implication is that she can go to rest by the door.

At this time, the heavy rain was pouring outside the house, patting around the hut, the sound was extremely ear-piercing, Shen Qiqi looked up, always had the illusion that the thatch would be overwhelmed by the heavy rain the next moment.

Although Mu Chengze felt that the rain was too scary, what he was most afraid of right now was the dark pupils of the people in front of him.

Let a girl watch the night, no matter how bad-hearted he is, he will definitely not be able to do such a thing.

Under Gu Tingshu's gloomy gaze, Mu Chengze heard himself laugh twice.

"Cousin, let's take a good rest. I'll get some hay to spread here later, and just rest here."

There is still two feet of space behind him, and he can lie down alone, but it is too close to the fire, and if he turns over at night, he may roll into the fire.

Shen Qiqi was about to speak, but Gu Tingshu handed over a baked steamed bun with his backhand. The scorched outer skin of the steamed bun had been torn off, leaving only the soft inner core.

She stretched out her hand to take it, and just as she was about to say more after thanking her, the squatting owl in her other hand was taken away.

Seeing him eating a few mouthfuls, Shen Qiqi immediately forgot what she was going to say, her face was so hot that she could only lower her head and pretend to be serious about eating the steamed buns.

Mu Chengze really felt a toothache watching them. If he had known how they got along, he wouldn't have picked them up.

It's all right now, they are in love with concubines, and they are lonely. It's really annoying.

"Don't be so particular about it outside, just go with it."

"The wind and rain haven't stopped, and Ashu and I take turns keeping watch, in case the thatched hut can't bear the torrential rain."

They have already made a decision, and even if they have any ideas, they will ignore them.

Shen Qiqi ate the steamed buns, sat obediently, and did not talk anymore.

The rain was so heavy that it didn't stop in the middle of the night, and the accumulated water slowly soaked the ground.

The thatched cottage was only a little higher than the surrounding land. It rained for too long and was gradually flooded.

Shen Qiqi was still a little dazed when she was woken up, she half-opened her eyes and looked at Gu Tingshu, allowing him to half-embrace and half-hug to help her up.

Sitting on a stone with a layer of hay under her feet, she rested her cheeks on her hands and stared at the dying fire.

Now it's all right, no need to fight over who will watch the night and who will rest.

Mu Chengze came over and squatted beside her, stretched out his hand to touch her forehead, and then went to get a piece of clothing out.

"It's cold at night, put on more clothes."

Gu Tingshu stood at the door, looked back after hearing the words, but didn't make a sound.

Although the rain outside has weakened, if it stops completely, I'm afraid it will have to wait until sunrise.

There were no extra stones in the house, and among the three of them, he was the only one sitting.

Shen Qiqi clenched the clothes on her body tightly, stood up and tried to make way for her.

"The ground is wet, don't get up."

As soon as she stood up, she was pressed back down by her shoulders.

Mu Chengze took out a small handful of dried fruit from the package, rubbed it clean, put it in her hand, and said in a low voice: "I took it with me before going out, it's just a small handful, you eat it yourself, don't give it to him Ah, or I'll be angry."

It is self-evident who is "he" in the words, Shen Qiqi pursed her lips and smiled, looked at Gu Tingshu, seeing that he didn't say anything, so she nodded obediently.

It's not that he didn't see her movements, Mu Chengze just pretended he didn't.

Anyway, it's enough not to distribute things to others, no matter how many little tricks they have.

Although she was sitting, the stones were no better than a padded chair. After sitting for a long time, she felt uncomfortable.

After moving left and right felt uncomfortable, Shen Qiqi said, "Cousin, I'm tired from sitting."

Gu Tingshu came to help her up, fearing that her shoes would get wet with stagnant water, he helped her up and stood on the stone with her arms around her shoulders.

Originally I got up to let them sit for a while, but I didn't expect to let myself step on it.

Shen Qiqi pinched the corner of Gu Tingshu's clothes and shook it, said with a low voice, "Cousin, sit down for a while too."

The thatched hut was too small, so even though she tried her best to lower her voice, Mu Chengze still heard it inevitably.

He looked over and saw the two standing side by side, so close that they couldn't even fit a piece of rice paper between them.

He pouted, walked to the door and looked out.

For them, the only advantage of this rain is that there is no heat, and the breath is no longer dust, but the fresh smell of mud and grass.

The wind blowing slowly seems to be able to penetrate through the body, blowing away the heaviness of the whole body, leaving only a sense of lightness.

He blew on the wind for a while, then turned his head to greet Shen Qiqi, "Cousin, come here quickly, the wind is light and the blowing is very comfortable."

His tone was brisk, thinking that his body was extremely comfortable at this time, Shen Qiqi was a little moved, but he didn't respond immediately.

She turned her head and looked at the person next to her with the faint light, "Cousin?"

She didn't say much, just said "cousin", and Gu Tingshu understood what she meant.

After hugging her waist and picking her up, he kicked the stone to the door and carried her over.

He was able to control his strength, and the stone stopped when it reached the door, but Mu Chengze subconsciously jumped to the side.

Such a big stone, if it hits the foot, it will be terrible, if it is not for my agile legs, I am afraid that I will be disabled now.

He wanted to say something, but felt that it was too embarrassing to say it, so he took a deep breath aggrieved, and in the end he just rolled his eyes at Gu Tingshu.

Although there is moisture in the wind at the moment, it is indeed comfortable to blow.

Shen Qiqi stood for a while, and then began to feel drowsy again.

She persisted for a while, but finally fell asleep. When she woke up again, the wind and rain had subsided, and a round of red sun was slowly rising from the top of the mountain.

She leaned against Gu Tingshu's arms, rubbed her face after waking up, and then bit her lip and struggled out as if nothing had happened.

Mu Chengze didn't know when the fire was lit again, and several steamed buns have already been baked.

Today's departure time was much later than yesterday, and there was no place to stay, so the few people walked away while eating steamed buns.

There was a lot of water on the road, so they rode on horses and walked slowly.

Shen Qiqi turned her head to look at the stretching mountains. After being hit by the golden sun, it was as beautiful as a picture scroll.

No wonder there are so many beautiful landscape poems and paintings. It is hard for people to sigh involuntarily in this situation.

If it weren't for the lack of ink and wash in her heart, she would have to write a few poems now to describe the infinite world.

"What is my cousin thinking?"

(End of this chapter)