Shanyue doesn't know what's going on

Chapter 7
Xiang Yuan accompanied the tourists on the mountain for a whole day. Tourists are always so tireless, and Xiang Yuan, who is not feeling well, can only force himself to stay with him to the end.When the sun was about to set, a group of people began to walk down the mountain. Nearly half of the distance, a female tourist suddenly screamed, which shocked Xiang Yuan who was in a trance. It turned out that the lady's earrings were lost in the game On the way, it was said that the earring was a birthday gift from her husband. Although it was not expensive, it was very meaningful. She was going back to the city early the next morning, so Xiang Yuan had to accompany them all the way back to search.However, it is not easy to find a small earring on the winding mountain road overgrown with weeds. Seeing that the sky is getting darker and darker, the female tourist and her friend still do not give up. The city people on the mountain road stumbled for a while, and she couldn't bear it if something went wrong, so she had to escort them down the mountain first, and then went back to the original road alone to look for the earrings.

She hadn't been in the mountains for long, and the surroundings were completely shrouded in twilight, and the whereabouts of the earrings were still unknown.In fact, Xiang Yuan knew that the hope of getting it back was very slim, but that lady valued it so much, she had to take some action. Sometimes, she had to do her best to obey the destiny. Xiang Yuan always thought so.

It’s not that Xiangyuan hasn’t gone through the mountain road in the dark. This time, he was prepared to go up the mountain and held a torch. The journey is not difficult, but Xiangyuan, who has not recovered from his illness, is exhausted very quickly, and his clothes are stuck to his clothes with cold sweat. She lifted her back and heard the sound of her own breathing getting heavier and heavier as she heard the cries of autumn insects in the mountains.When passing the mountain stream again, she stopped to wash her face, but she couldn't find the earrings, and she was too tired to straighten up, so she just sat cross-legged on the rock by the stream in a daze.

The moon is very round in the sky, and its reflection becomes broken pieces in the sparkling stream.Under the moonlight, Xiang Yuan, who had been sitting for an unknown amount of time, didn't even notice that the torch was extinguished.When she heard the sound of footsteps and turned her head, she had already seen the flames in front of her eyes.She saw the person coming clearly, smiled slightly, and turned around. Sure enough, not long after, there was another person sitting side by side beside her.

"So late on the mountain alone, not afraid at all?" He asked.

Xiang Yuan shook his head, "You know I'm not afraid of the dark."

He laughed, "But I don't know what can scare you."

Xiang Yuan thought for a while, "In these years, I don't remember when I started to have the same dream. I dreamed of a woman who couldn't see her face, sitting in a place surrounded by whiteness. No. When I woke up, I suddenly felt a little scared..." As she spoke, she also felt a little funny, so she asked instead: "By the way, why did you come up the mountain? I thought you lived in the city. It’s been a long time, and I’m not used to walking on mountain roads anymore.”

Ye Qianze said, "Seeing that you didn't come home so late, I feel a little worried. But to be honest, if I hadn't followed Ayun all the way, I wouldn't have climbed the mountain in front so smoothly. That kid Ayun is the same as you when you were a child, God Not afraid of anything."

Xiang Yuan looked behind him, "You came with Zou Yun? What about others?"

"Let's look separately from him at the fork ahead. He will probably turn back if he can't find anyone. I'm familiar with the road by the stream. I didn't expect you to be here." Ye Qianze said, he paused, and continued , "Xiang Yuan, when I come back this time, I always feel that you are different from before."

Xiang Yuan asked rhetorically, "Aren't you the same?" She immediately sensed her inappropriate emotional agitation, softened her tone, and said, "We are no longer children. When we grow up, we will naturally be different from before. Same."

Ye Qianze was a little disappointed when he heard the words, "Aren't good friends for a lifetime?"

Xiang Yuan opened his face and stared intently at the broken moonlight in the water, yes, aren't they just good friends, holding hands and growing up together, it's been like this in the past, and it's always been like this for a lifetime?

"By the way, is your sister better?" She changed the subject.

"It's almost fine, but she still has a little cough. Thanks to you for saving her from the shore in time, it's just that she has been in poor health since she was a child, so I have troubled you for too long."

Xiang Yuan wanted to say, your sister's problem is not limited to her body, otherwise she would have thrown herself into the river for no reason.But thinking about it again, as an older brother, he might not be ignorant of what happened. Since he didn't mention anything about other people's family affairs, why should she say more.So she just said, "It's nothing to worry about. But, Qianze, your brother and sister seem to have a good relationship."

She said this with a hint of envy, but Ye Qianze answered quickly, "Ye Ling...Ye Ling has been sensitive since she was a child, and my father and aunt are busy, so I inevitably have to take care of her. Everyone in the family is very sensitive. Petting her will inevitably lead to a little temper, you have been in contact with her before, if there is something wrong with her words, don't take it to heart."

Xiang Yuan was a little surprised, "There's nothing wrong with her. She looked happy and polite until she fell into the water. This is probably what others say 'the relatives are distant, and the distant ones are close'. No matter how tempered Humans are always polite to insignificant people, and only make trouble for no reason in front of the closest relatives."

"That's right. In fact, she is very kind. When she was at home, she couldn't bear to see stray cats and dogs. She always carried them home. After a long time, the house is full of these small animals. She spends all day with kittens. Puppies play together, but have less contact with classmates and friends. By the way, Xiang Yuan, is the yellow dog I gave you before still there?"

"Dead." Xiang Yuan said.

Ye Qianze didn't see the dog when he came back this time, so he more or less guessed that it was gone, but he was still a little sad when he heard the news of its death. "Oh, dead, how did you die?"

"I killed it."

He was taken aback by Xiang Yuan's plain words, "Did you kill him? Are you kidding me again?"

Xiang Yuan played with the grass in the crevices of the rocks, "There's nothing to joke about. It's old, and it will die sooner or later. There was a lot of snow in the winter of the year before last, and it was too sick to move. It kept shaking at the door, and I couldn't scream. It's a pain to live like this for a second, so it's better to kill it while it's still alive, and get a meal after killing it. Xiang Yao can't do anything, so I'm the only one here. "

Ye Qianze was speechless, and looked at Xiang Yuan dumbfounded. Is this his friend Xiang Yuan?But hasn't his friend Xiang Yuan always been like this?He knew what Xiang Yuan meant, maybe it was as she said, at that point, it was really a relief for the dog to die early, but thinking that she was so ruthless as to get to know the dog he had raised for many years with her own hands, the bloody scene made him feel sad. He felt a little unacceptable for a while.

"Let's go, let's go back, maybe we can meet Zou Yun halfway." Xiang Yuan patted Ye Qianze's shoulder and stood up. When her hand fell on his shoulder, she seemed to feel a slight stiffness there.

Ye Qianze stood up, and suddenly saw a light flashing in the crevices of the rocks next to the stream under the reflection of the torch, he moved the light of the torch over, "Xiang Yuan, look what this is, it may be the earring you are looking for. "

"Where?" Xiang Yuan immediately leaned over, and what was the earring stuck between the rocks that was not lost by a tourist. "I searched for a long time, and I was almost exhausted. It turned out that it was hidden here." She bent over to pick it up, but Ye Qianze wanted to do it for her, and bent down at the same time as her. Her whole body was weak, and when she staggered, Ye Qianze hurriedly helped her up. She swayed and managed to stand still, but stepped the small gravel that was stuck on the earring into the stream, and the earring fell into the water along with the gravel. Xiang Yuan exclaimed in a low voice, and rushed to fish for it, before it was too late, the earrings, which didn't weigh much at all, were washed away by the rushing stream almost instantly. Fortunately, the earring disappeared without a trace.

The two looked at each other helplessly.

"What should I do?" Ye Qianze smiled wryly.

Sighing to Yuan, the thing he was looking for so hard, it’s nothing more than missing from the beginning to the end, but he happened to see it by accident, stretched out his hand, but watched it fall from between his fingers, until he couldn’t find it again, How can she not be upset.

"What else can I do? Let's go back home. I just said that I have been looking for it all night and I haven't found it at all." She took two steps lightly.

"Wait." Ye Qianze caught up with her and put his hand on her forehead, "Just now when I touched your hand, I felt something was wrong. Why are you so hot?"

"It's okay, I got a little cold yesterday, I'll be fine when I go back."

"You already knew yesterday that you were not feeling well, and you are still alone on the mountain all day today?" Ye Qianze's voice was not only surprised, but also slightly responsible.

Xiang Yuan felt a trace of warmth in his disapproving gaze, but she still waved her hand, "It's really all right."

"Is it okay? You can't walk steadily!"

"What can I do, can you carry me down the mountain?"

Of course she was just joking, unexpectedly, Ye Qianze walked up to her without saying a word, and half bent down.

"Come up!"

Xiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, she was indeed tired, why should she be brave in front of him?So he laughed, took the torch in his hand, and leaned on his back uncompromisingly.

He carried her down the mountain, holding the torch in his hand to Yuan Ban, the light and shadow changing mottledly on the ends of his docile hair.She was afraid that the sick self would not be able to remember this moment. Fortunately, fortunately, that round of mountain moon can testify. After those years, they were so close again.

Along the way, they didn't speak, and Xiang Yuan held on for a whole day. At this moment, it seemed that he had reached his limit. Ye Qianze was walking the mountain road with the weight of a person on his back. Although Xiang Yuan was thin and young, he was not alone. An easy job.

After walking for nearly an hour and a half, they went down to the foot of the mountain. When the village entrance was in sight, Xiang Yuan signaled Ye Qianze to put her down.

"I rested for a while, there's nothing else to do, and you're tired too, let me go by myself. Qianze... Qianze?"

She yelled twice, but she didn't see any response from him, and was wondering, only then did she realize that he had stopped and looked quietly in one direction.

Shaking his head to Yuan, he looked in the direction he was looking at, and saw Ye Ling standing under the old locust tree in the night, holding a torch in his hand, standing firmly in their direction.

(End of this chapter)