Deer in deep forest

Chapter 7
When it was getting dark, Xi Guang called Tang Su on the phone.

The old lady turned down the radio with a cattail fan, and began to ramble about the mode, "Is the new environment suitable?"

Xi Guang said: "Adaptation, when I was young, I traveled the world with my sword, and my home is everywhere."

The old lady asked, "Do you get along with your roommate?"

Xi Guang said: "Get along well, everyone in the world is brothers, don't worry about having no confidant in the future."

The old lady hated iron but not steel: "Can you stop being poor? Speak well, I am old and have a bad heart."

Xi Guang said, "Grandma, I miss you, very much."

"What are you fantasizing about?" The old lady's throat was blocked, and she slowed down, and said arrogantly: "Okay, I understand."

The sounds of the cicadas on both ends of the receiver come and go, as if they echo each other and form a song. The distance between the two cities seems to be separated by a wall.

Before the old lady finally hung up the phone, she couldn't help coughing a few times, and her nasal sound came out.

Xiguang immediately called Aunt Qin from the neighbor's house, and after only a short question, she poured out beans and said, "Yes, Mr. Tang has a cold. It happened a few days ago. Nanyao's side suddenly To cool down, the elderly may not pay attention to adding or subtracting clothes for a while..."

Xi Guang frowned, "She keeps talking about me, she's sick."

"Don't worry, child. There are a few of our old neighbors here to help, and nothing will happen." Aunt Qin said, "Yesterday she was sitting outside under the locust tree hanging water, and chatting with people, don't mention How happy!"

"That's right," Xi Guang recalled that Tang Su was indeed like an old urchin sometimes, "Is it because grandma's former students came to see her?"

"I don't think so. Teacher Tang has been retired for a long time. How can there be such a young disciple?" Aunt Qin described vividly: "The person who came is a young man in his 20s, really handsome, with a rare and outstanding temperament. Playing chess, listening to music, and practicing calligraphy in the courtyard with the old lady, I stayed all afternoon, and was picked up by a black car when the sun went down."

Xi Guang thought about it and guessed the identity of that person.

Aunt Qin added: "I seem to hear that he, like you, also calls Teacher Tang grandma, maybe he is a relative of some family."

Xiguang was even more confused.

In her impression, like her, there should be no relatives who call Tang Su grandma.

In the dim night, the silver convertible braked to a sudden stop, and the wheels rubbed against the ground making harsh noises.

Xie Feinian answered the phone, then leaned over, leaned against Yu Sui, loosened the seat belt for her, and raised half of the corner of her thin lips: "A Sui, I'm sorry, there is something wrong with Nuonuo, I have to go get her first."

Xie Nuo is Xie Feinian's younger sister, a princess who grew up held in the palm of Xie's family.It should be more important than a cheap girlfriend like her.

Yu Sui couldn't see any dissatisfaction and complaints in his smile, and he opened the car door consciously, "Then I'll go to the hotel by myself, it's only a few steps away, not far away. Grandpa Xie's birthday party starts at [-] o'clock, so you all come early , don't be late."

"Good." Xie Feinian obviously liked her obedience. He blew an ambiguous kiss from the air, started the sports car with a wicked smile, quickly turned around and disappeared on the winding mountain road, without a trace.

The blush that appeared on Yu Sui's face completely faded away, and the smile also disappeared.With her head down, she walked slowly along the steep road alone, and occasionally a vehicle speeding past her would lift up her hair and the corners of her skirt.About 10 minutes later, I finally saw the low-key and luxuriously decorated lintel of Qiaoshan Hotel.

Yu Sui was stopped at the gate, and the welcome lady had an international standard smile on her face: "Please show the invitation card."

Grandpa Xie Jiangchuan's [-]th birthday was attended by people who were either rich or noble. She was an unknown little girl, and she was really suspicious.She was careless, and originally thought that she could just brush her face with the second young master of the Xie family beside her, and she would definitely be able to enter and exit unimpeded.

All Taoists are better than heaven, who knows that there is no one around at this time, only she is left.

Fortunately, she had an invitation card, but it was left in the apartment.Feeling ashamed, Yu Sui quietly hid behind the music fountain and sent Xi Guang a text message.

——Xi Guang, I forgot to take an invitation card, and it was stuck in the book "No Place in the World" on the bedside table, can you send it for me?I'll wait for you at the gate of the Bridge Hill Hotel, please please.

Xi Guang threw away the phone, lifted the mosquito net and got up from the bed, picked up the book and shook it, a thin card fell out of it.

The plain Shu embroidered satin surface is embellished with two auspicious clouds outlined by gold thread, and the hollowed-out four corners are folded to form a traditional Chinese character for longevity.It looks simple, but it was designed with ingenuity.

Qiaoshan Hotel is built on a Jingshan Mountain in the center of Qiaoshan Forest Park, surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and is a unique natural oxygen bar.If the weather is the reason, there will be heavy fog suddenly, it will be more like a fairyland above the clouds.Xi Guang has to sigh, the Xie family really knows how to choose a hotel.

The last stop of the bus was only at the foot of the mountain. Xiguang got off the bus and looked up at the halfway up the mountain. There were crowds of people under the dizzy yellow street lights, and many people took out their mobile phones to illuminate. The starlight that snaked all the way gathered into a bright ocean.

Only then did Xi Guang suddenly remember that today is September [-]th.Every year on this day, people in City A call it the Water Festival.Lovers like to go to the top of the mountain to watch fireworks on this night, which means that they will never leave each other.Probably because Qiaoshan Park is the most beautiful and has a long-standing reputation, everyone likes to go to the top of the mountain in this geomantic treasure.

Xi Guang went up the plank road and walked among the lively crowd climbing together.

Fireworks explode above the head from time to time, and the huge flower spikes bloom in an instant, and then wither in vain in the night, and are absorbed by the vast sky, which has a touching beauty.

Going higher and higher, cherishing the light and looking at the fireworks, I inadvertently noticed a huge electronic poster displayed on a tall building not far away.The dark gray background paints a vast expanse of sky. A girl from the Protoss with white wings sits alone on the top of a mountain, with all living beings crawling under her feet.

This is a promotional photo for the upcoming movie "The Rite of the Gods".

Xi Guang recognized the girl's face, it was the star of the movie, Xie Nuo.

Xiguang usually has three things to do online, posting on QQ, stealing vegetables, and fighting landlords.Even if he doesn't care about news and gossip in the entertainment circle, he also learns from the small boxes that pop up every time on Tencent that a new star has risen in the film and television industry in recent years, the little princess of the Xie family, Xie Feinian's younger sister.

She is indeed a very beautiful girl.Back then when Xi Guang was still in the Gu family, I heard the bully of the Xie family show off to the slugs behind me many times. I have a younger sister who is in the United States. !
He had heard his name before, but Xi Guang had a little bit of curiosity in his heart before he could see his true face.It's just that when Xie Nuo returned to China, she had already been sent to Nanyao Town.

While stepping on the wooden steps under her feet, Xi Guang was distracted, and the voice from the front caught her attention.

"Second brother, how did the Water Festival come about?" The girl's clear and sweet voice.

Xie Feinian, who was supposed to go to the banquet with Yu Sui, appeared here, and he sneered behind the girl's back: "Your second brother is illiterate, go ask Dadu Niang." After finishing speaking, he looked at the other person walking beside him with ill intentions: "Yan Shu, you are an outstanding student of E University, so I can give you some pointers."

The girl booed even more, shaking a pair of exquisite high-heeled shoes in her hand, she softened her tone to the man, and acted coquettishly: "Yes, Young Master Gu, is there any allusion to this, let's hear it."

Xiguang paused, her heart skipped a beat, and the man was two steps away from her.

Black slacks, white shirt.He tilted his head slightly, revealing half of his handsome side face through the hazy moonlight and mist at night, with a pair of quiet eyes under his black forehead hair, when he spoke, his voice was somewhat indescribably deserted Taste: "City A is near the sea. It used to be a thousand-year-old city, and legends are indispensable..."

"It is said that there was a beast in ancient times, which was shaped like a white deer and had four horns. It was called Huzhu, and when it saw it, it would flood the city. Huzhu was a disaster to the world, and was subdued by a butcher named 'Yu'. Yu accompanied Huzhu all his life, and he After death, future generations may suffer another flood, so they will be by Fu Zhu's side in disguise. Sit with him, listen to music with him, and watch fireworks on the top of the mountain with him, just like you are here."

"Later, it gradually evolved from generation to generation, and it has been passed down to this day, and it has become a water offering festival."

Xie Feinian whistled loudly to express his appreciation, while the girl on his back looked at Gu Yanshu with admiration, passed the pen in his hand, and half-truthfully said: "Come on, Young Master Gu, sign your name. "

"Nonuo, your second brother is here, can you stop seeing other men!" Xie Feinian lifted the girl up and weighed her up, "If you keep doing this, come down and walk by yourself, don't rely on me to carry it on your back."

The girl laughed, the pen in her hand lost her grip for some reason, fell to the ground with a thud, and rolled down two wooden steps, "Too bad! That pen was given to me by my grandfather on my birthday last year."

The girl hurriedly jumped off her brother's back and wanted to find him, but Gu Yanshu was already one step ahead of her.

Xiguang saw the movement over there clearly, then looked down at the pen parked under her feet, was stunned, and squatted down to pick it up.A shadow suddenly fell over her head, and Gu Yanshu bent down in front of her, reaching out and grabbing the other end of the pen.

Xi Guang looked up, the boy in the white shirt just lowered his head, his eyes met.

That was the person she had dreamed of seeing for six years. Suddenly, she was sent to her by fate. The distance was close enough for her to take a good look at his features and appearance.But this unreliable silly girl lost the chain at a critical moment, opened her mouth again and again, but couldn't make a sound, and her throat hurt from tension.

I don't know how to explain it medically, her damned aphasia.

Until the cold blue and white lacquer body was taken away, he said "thank you" and crushed her heart lightly.It's like a basin of ice water pouring down from the top of your head, it's a chill.

"Gu Yanshu—"

Xiguang stomped her feet, her eyes turned red, and she yelled as if dying.

This name may have taken root in my heart a long time ago, and it was so familiar that I blurted it out. It seemed abrupt in the crowd, and many people looked this way.

Xiguang once accompanied Gu's mother for a walk after dinner, and listened to Gu's mother talking about the day Gu Yanshu was born. In the corner of the courtyard of the house, an acacia tree that had withered for more than ten years quietly bloomed in the twilight.Grandpa Gu said that the child might be a lover when he grows up, so after careful consideration, according to the somewhat legendary scene, he picked up the pen and wrote the word "Yanshu" on the rice paper with a flick of the pen.

Delay means late and late.

The tree actually refers to the acacia tree.As for whether the tree is now lush and lush, or withered again, Xi Guang has no way of knowing.

It's just that she couldn't let go of this person in her lifetime.

Xie Nuo heard Xi Guang call Gu Yanshu's name, jumped to Gu Yanshu's side with bare feet, took his arm innocently, and looked back curiously, "Young Master Gu, I seem to hear someone calling you." She pointed at Xi Guang Guang, "It's that girl with long hair that looks a little curly at the end, is that your old acquaintance?"

Xie Nuo's voice was not too loud, enough for Gu Yanshu, Xi Guang, and Xie Feinian, who was watching the theater with his arms folded, to hear it.

Xi Guang was anxious, and saw Gu Yanshu's faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his cold eyes fell on her lightly.The reunion after six years seems to be a little worse than expected.

But what happened next was even more unexpected.

Someone in the crowd yelled across the valley: "Xie Nuo! Look, it's Xie Nuo!" It is estimated that Xie Nuo has been too popular recently, with fans all over the world, and the scene suddenly became out of control.The people in the back squeezed forward frantically, the people in the front turned their heads and looked behind, and gathered in the middle in confusion, blocking the plank road.

Xi Guang was pushed and shoved by the people rushing up from behind, his feet were unsteady, and he suddenly fell onto the wooden railing next to him, stepping on someone's shoes in his panic.

While staggering, a warm hand grabbed her elbow. The firm and inescapable force made her flesh ache a bit.But at that time, she couldn't care less about these things, she had a conditioned reflex, like a drowning person grabbing the only piece of driftwood in the water, she boldly and swiftly stretched out her hands to hug the man's waist.

The fresh-breathing embrace froze suddenly, probably frightened by the bold and quick movements of the little girl, the boy's slender five fingers hesitated for a second in the air, then he ruthlessly rubbed her hair as if in revenge, and quickly He hugged her tightly, dragged her out of the crowd, and sent her to the remote side path.

Xi Guang went limp, sat on the bushes, blinked, looked up, but there was no one in front of him.

The shadows of the pitch-black vegetation were reflected mottledly on her face, and the excited screams from the plank road had turned into out-of-key howls and curses.

Xi Guang was frightened, her face was wet, and an unknown liquid flowed down her cheeks.She stretched out her hand to touch it, and then she could see clearly in the faint light that it was blood.

It should be that the branch cut her forehead when she got into the path just now. If she hadn't exited the crowd smoothly, she would probably be squeezed into a meatloaf at this moment, the kind with sandwiches.

It's just that sudden hug, is it an illusion?

(End of this chapter)