Leader of the Ark Raiders

"Look, cats have sharp eyes, and they know who the bad guys are." Platinum grabbed the kitten's front paw and waved it.

"Meow." The big orange cat yelled at Shen Cangye like a demonstration.

Platinum put the cat back on the ground and walked forward again.

The kitten meowed, and followed her obediently.

The warm sunshine fascinates people, and the swaying petals cast fine shadows on the girl's back, vaguely.

It seems that the fragrance of the earth can be smelled in the air, and the sound of petals falling can be heard.

"Cat, cat, do you think I'm so pitiful? My boyfriend doesn't look at me at all. He wants him to praise me, and even threatens him." Platinum bounced with his hands behind his back.

"Meow." Daju agreed.

"How could I..." Shen Cangye was helpless.

Kuranta gave him a white look, "I didn't talk to you, I was asking the cat."

Shen Cangye had no choice but to follow her silently.

Walking along the trail, there is a grape trellis in front of you.

There is a swing under the three-meter-high grape trellis, next to jujube trees and magnolias.

A gray-haired old gentleman is watering potted plants.

Hearing the voice, the old man turned his head and immediately scolded: "Who allowed you to step on my lawn!?"

"Sorry!" Platinum was taken aback and quickly stood still.

"It's not about you, girl." The old gentleman's tone suddenly softened.

He pointed at Shen Cangye again, and scolded: "——It's about you!"

Shen Cangye quickly raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I didn't step on it."

Daju gave a "meow" and ran towards the old man.

The old man picked up the cat and opened the door of the room behind him, "Come in and have a cup of tea."

"Thank you, old sir." Platinum followed obediently.

Shen Cangye also entered the house.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, the old man yelled, "I didn't ask you to come in! Go to work for me! The Rose Gallery hasn't been pruned yet!"

"How can there be such a difference in treatment, Mr. Ke Oya!" Shen Cangye muttered.

570. Let's Farm Together (Fog)

Seeing that Shen Cangye couldn't argue, he had no choice but to take off his coat and hang it on the fence.

He picked up the gardening shears, gloves, and apron, and said, "Xintreya, I'm going to cut the branches, and I'll be back later."

"Why... have you started doing farm work?" Kuranta was a little at a loss.

She watched Shen Cangye go away, then went to take his coat and hugged it in her arms, and then followed Mr. Keoya into the house.

The old gentleman motioned her to sit down at the dining table, then turned around and put a pot of water on the stove.

Platinum looked around the room.

The house is small, but well organized.

There are oil paintings hanging on the wall, which has a warm feeling.

"Your garden is so beautiful." Platinum sighed, "is it the most beautiful garden in this small town?"

"It's just the best in this town?" Keoya returned to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, "Everyone in Kiesta knows me and my garden more or less. My wife and I are both Gardener, my garden is the best in Kiesta."

"So famous!" Platinum exclaimed, "Then you and Cang Ye knew each other before?"

The girl's exclamation made Ke Oya very useful.

He smiled and said, "I only met that kid about a week ago, and he was also visiting this small town at that time."

"Then...?" Platinum asked, "Is he involved in something again?"

Ke Oya shrugged his shoulders, "It's inconvenient to say this, the kid begged me not to say it, because he felt that it would be embarrassing to others."

"You tell me?" Kuranta asked eagerly.

"No."

"I promise not to let him know."

"No."

"Please..."

Ke Oya sighed, "Forget it, I can't help you."

He looked outside, confirmed that Shen Cangye had really gone to the Rose Gallery to cut the branches, and then said:

"Everybody in the town knows that my garden is never open to anyone, and I don't allow anyone to set foot in my garden. My wife loves flowers and we plan to have a garden, which I created for my late wife. built."

"Ah, I'm sorry." Platinum was stunned for a moment before trying to stand up.

Ke Oya gestured for her to sit down, "Don't worry, I didn't mean to drive you away."

As he spoke, he pulled the corners of his stubble-covered mouth into a smile.

"That brat, knowing that my garden doesn't welcome foreign tourists, still wants to come to me."

"He told me he wanted to bring a girl here and begged me to let him tour my garden."

"He wanted to give me money at first, and I threw the money back at him; the next day he came again, took a blood pressure monitor, and asked if he could give me a full physical examination in exchange for a visit to my garden , I called him crazy, took a broom and drove him out."

"It's really like his style." Kuranta chuckled.

She hugged his coat tightly in her arms and asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, he came to me again and said that he was on vacation, and he was also idle, willing to help me with work, and asked me to allow him to visit the garden once." Ke Oya said.

"I'm curious, how much can he do for this tour?"

"So I left the most tiring work to him, told him to drive to the next town to help me buy seeds, asked him to hoe the ground, weed, build walls, and do carpentry, and that kid was willing to do it all."

Platinum was surprised and said: "Old man, he has done so much work for you, why are you still so aggressive with him! How tired he is!"

Ke Oya raised his eyebrows, "You really love him, little girl."

Kuranta blushed and smiled embarrassedly.

At this time, the water boiled, and the old man turned around to turn off the fire.

"Do you know why I beat him?" Kooya said, "because he was thinking about my rose yesterday."

He made two pots of tea with boiling water, and brought a cup to Kuranta girl.

"That kid used my roses to make rose tea, and he said it can beautify the skin——I keep a pretty face!"

Platinum smiled.

She brought the scented tea to her lips, and the fragrance of rose petals came to her face.

——So, he drives an hour every day, and comes here from the city of Siesta to do farm work, just for a chance to visit the garden?

At this time, Shen Cangye came back with the gardener's shears, "It's done, Mr. Keoya."

"You're back." Little Tianma went up to meet him, wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and then handed him the tea in his hand, "Are you thirsty? Have something to drink."

"En." Shen Cangye took the teacup.

He lowered his head to kiss her, but she avoided it with a playful smile.

Shen Cangye said: "Xintleya, the Rose Gallery has been pruned, do you want to go and see it?"

"Really?" Platinum said pleasantly, "Then sit and rest for a while, and I'll go and have a look."

"Be careful not to get stabbed in your hand!" Shen Cangye warned.

"Okay!" Kuranta ran away happily.

The big orange cat also ran to keep up with her.

"Mr. Ke Oya, I will leave Kiesta soon." Shen Cangye said.

"Sit down." Ke Oya lit a cigarette, "It's been many years since someone has forcibly broken into my life like you, you're leaving, let me tell you a few words from my heart."

"Tell me." Shen Cangye sat down at the table.

571. Old age is more forgetful, but not forgetting lovesickness

Ke Oya took a deep breath of the cigarette, picked up the photo of his wife on the table, and rubbed the yellowed photo with rough hands.

"My wife and I met in college. At that time, I always felt that life was too long, and there were too many things I wanted to experience. I played crazy everywhere, and I couldn't always spend time with her."

"After graduating, I was busy with work again. I was busy on weekdays and wanted to relax on weekends. During holidays, I would always drink and have fun with my friends. Countless times I got drunk and asked her to pick me up."

"We hardly ever had a full vacation together. I always thought it was business as usual. I always thought we had more time."

"Later, I finally retired, and my friends and friends disappeared, only my wife was still by my side."

"We planned a long-lost vacation together for Kiesta. But before we left, a natural disaster took her life."

"I can only come to Xista by myself and build this garden for her...but she will never come back."

"I regret it so much. If only I spent all the time I spent bragging with my brothers when I was young, spending time with her."

Shen Cangye did not interrupt.

He didn't know what the old man wanted to tell him.

"That little Kuranta, she is a good girl. When you first came in, the first thing she thought of was to wipe your sweat and give you water..."

The old man exhaled a smoke ring and said:

"Now that I think about it, my wife likes flowers, and I like flowers too, because my emotions and my body can be healed in the garden. If you take good care of it, it will grow flowers to reward you."

"If you can find someone, you love her dearly, and she repays you with the same love, cherish her well."

"I will, Mr. Ke Oya." Shen Cangye said.

Ke Oya took his last puff of cigarette, and said lightly: "When I was young, I felt that life was long enough for me to experience everything. After my wife left, I just felt that life was too short to love someone well."

After he finished speaking, he extinguished the ashtray on the table, "Okay, let you listen to so much nonsense from my old man-go, go and accompany her."

"Oh - good." Shen Cangye hurriedly stood up.

They lingered again in old Mr. Kooya's garden, tasted some of his homemade jams, and were about to leave.

The old gentleman sent them to the door.

He finally said: "If you like my flowers, just choose a flower and take it away as my blessing to you."

Shen Cangye looked at Platinum.

Little Tianma thought for a while, ran to the rose garden, and picked out a white rose.

Just when Shen Cangye was about to move the flower pot, Bai Jin took his arm again and said, "Can I keep it here? Let's see it together again in a few years!"

"... Okay? Let's come together!" She shook his arm.

"Okay." Shen Cangye gently touched her ear.

"I'm waiting for you." Ke Oya smiled.

They said good-bye to the old gentleman and went out.

"Want to go to the beach?" Shen Cangye asked.

Platinum snickered, "Aren't you afraid that Miss Ceylon and the others have been waiting in the car for a long time?"

Shen Cangye shrugged, "Didn't we make an appointment to meet at 11:30? If they don't play by themselves, that's their business."

"You are so bad!" Kuranta smiled narrowly.

She took a few steps forward, turned around again, and grabbed Shen Cangye's skirt, "Come closer, big villain."

"Huh?" Shen Cangye leaned forward slightly.

The girl held his face in her warm palms, and then pressed a light kiss on his lips.