catch the rabbit

When Lin Wanke woke up, he thought he had just had a dreamless sleep.

The first thing he thought of when he opened his eyes was to wake up Lin Baizhi quickly, otherwise he might not be able to catch up with the college class, and he would have a lot of chores to do afterwards, and he forgot to hang out the clothes he washed a few days ago. There is no time to stay in bed.

When he made up his mind to get up, he realized that the room he was in was very strange, and the quilt covering his shoulders was not his own quilt, but a bunch of tangled grass and vines.

The strong smell of herbs made him feel a little uncomfortable, but when he wanted to get up, he found that his wrist was tightly grasped and he couldn't move.

The man was lying beside him, as if sleeping.

Lin Wanke lowered his head, and found that the person beside him was Le Xin, he was almost startled.

He tried his best to recall, he only remembered that he had finished making the pastries ordered by shopkeepers yesterday, delivered them from house to house, and then went back to the shop to wash, cook, clean and tidy up as usual, as to why he stayed with Le Xin in this inexplicable small house , I really can't remember the slightest bit.

"Mr. Le? Mr. Le?"

He gently shook Le Xin awake, and was shocked to see that his face was covered with tears.

"Mr. Le, why are you crying?"

Lin Wanke subconsciously asked, "Did something happen to the academy?"

Le Xin opened her eyes blankly, seeing that he was talking, she asked in a daze, "Xiao Lin?"

Because the distance between the two was too close, Lin Wanke backed away unconsciously, and said, "It's me."

Although he spoke this sentence lightly, it was very clear in the small room.Le Xin was taken aback for a moment, then covered her mouth and nose with both hands, and covered back the exclamation.

Lin Wanke asked the wrong question for himself, and then saw Le Xin staring at him as if he was stunned, he couldn't help but reach out and grope for his face: "Mr. Le, is there something wrong with me?"

"Are you... are you a ghost?" Le Xin hesitated for a moment before asking such a sentence.

Lin Wanke couldn't laugh or cry.

"It doesn't matter if it's a ghost..." Le Xin still looked at him blankly, "Xiao Lin, I really want to talk to you again... Even if it's a ghost..."

He wanted to laugh more and more, so he raised his hands to show Le Xin.

"Touch it, my hand is hot, how can it be a ghost."

Lin Wan really thought it was funny, even when Le Xin grabbed his hand and touched his palm with her fingertips, she thought he was just taking a nightmare for real.

"hot."

Le Xin repeated unconsciously, "It's really hot."

Even Lin Baizhi could tell whether his palms were hot or cold. Lin Wan could see that his face was pale, and he was about to ask if he was sick, but all his words were stuck in his throat the next moment.

Le Xin threw herself into his arms and cried loudly, crying harder than a child, which made him at a loss what to do.

He hugged him tightly and cried loudly, the tears fell on him and wet the skirt of his clothes.

Lin Wanke could only be held by him, his heart was full of confusion, and thousands of questions had been mixed into a ball.

What surprised him even more was yet to come.

He clearly remembered that it was still May yesterday, and the weather was so hot that it was better than midsummer, but when he opened the door, there was ice and snow outside, as if it was winter.

He crossed a path to the front hall, where Wen Jin had just climbed out of the recliner and was folding blankets sleepily.

Seeing him and Le Xin together, the child first stared at them with wide eyes, then screamed, to put it harshly, as if he had seen a ghost.

After he touched Lin Wanke's face tremblingly, he was sure that it was as warm as ordinary people before he calmed down.It's just that the silence didn't last long. After a while, he was crying and laughing, kowtowed and kowtowed all over the room, chanting incoherently.

There are also Lin Baizhi and the tea man. The younger brother rushed to him and cried bitterly when he saw him, and even the tea man stood aside and wiped his tears.

They looked like he had gone to the Hall of Yama and had just recovered his life.

Lin Wanke had no memory of the serious injury and unconsciousness. Maybe what Wen Jin and the others said was true, but there was no trace of injury on his body at all, and he couldn't remember the villains who injured him at all.

After hearing so much, even his own memory began to blur.Putting lotus lanterns on the lotus festival, frying Qiaoguo at a vegetarian restaurant on Qixi Festival, enjoying the moon and watching big dramas in the Mid-Autumn Festival... These things jumped into his mind one after another, linking the May he remembered with this time today. It seems to be perfect, but he always feels that some time has been lost for no reason.

Even my own shop is different from what I remember.

The always tidy pastry shop has not been cleaned for a long time, the tables and chairs are covered with dust, and there is still a musty smell in the bedroom.

It was only then that Lin Wanke believed that he had indeed slept for a long time, and he felt a little headache when he thought that there would be a thorough cleaning afterwards, so he had to sort out some discarded objects first.

There is a potted flower on the window sill, the porcelain pot is very elegant, but the flowers and leaves are all withered.

He took it over and looked at it for a while, then asked, "Is this the flower you raised?"

Lin Baizhi leaned over and said, "No, Brother Xiao Jiang gave you this."

"Brother Jiang?" Lin Wanke read it again and said with a smile, "Who is that, your new friend?"

He still threw away the pot of flowers, leaving only the flower pot, and prepared to bury some ordinary and easy-to-grow flower seeds in the spring.

This year's Chinese New Year came very quickly, and with a few sunny days, the whole city became warmer.

The shops that were closed due to the severe cold reopened again, and the streets were decorated with lights and festoons, with red lanterns hanging all the way, and the aroma of hot food and children's laughter and songs wafted everywhere.

The cold winter is over, and the New Year's Eve is approaching. The capital, which has been frozen by heavy snow for a long time, has returned to its former lively and prosperous overnight, and returned to its proper appearance.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner, the Lin family brothers ate with people from the academy.

Lin Wanke cooked a sumptuous meal with the tea man, Lin Baizhi helped make dumplings, Le Xin arranged the dishes, and ordered Wen Jin to buy a jar of wine.

They happily ate the New Year's Eve dinner, drank and laughed, just like a family.Afterwards, several children from the academy were brought by their parents to pay New Year's greetings to Le Xin. When they saw Lin Wanke, they asked him how his injury was. Only then did he know that many people knew about his injury and coma.

After clearing away the dishes, he asked Le Xin, "Did I really fall asleep for a long time?"

Hearing this, Le Xin put down the wine glass in her hand and smiled at him: "It may be a few days, or it may be a few months, but I think it's as long as decades."

As they approached the door, they started lighting firecrackers. The crackling sound was deafening, and the two children shouted and danced, calling each other Happy New Year.

The light of the fire made the window paper bright and dark, and amidst the sound of firecrackers, Le Xin came over and took his hand, clasping his fingers lightly.

"After decades, I can see many things clearly. I have done many wrong things in the past. I dare not say what I can say, dare not do what I should do, and pretend to not see what is clearly by my side. I think This is good for each other, now that I think about it, it’s just a word of selfishness.”

His hands were so warm that Lin Wanke's palms felt a little hot.

"Mr. Le, I don't quite understand."

He vaguely felt that Le Xin was talking about him, but he wasn't completely sure.

Le Xin stopped talking.

The sound of firecrackers is getting louder and louder, mixing with the sound of fireworks rushing into the sky, and even the night sky is about to be awakened.

All the bustle and hustle and bustle seem to have nothing to do with them.As the fireworks flickered, Le Xin did something that almost made his heart stop.

He leaned down and kissed him.

"Happy New Year." He said softly, "Safe every year."

Lin Wanke's life returned to normal after the Spring Festival.

He still delivered pastries to various restaurants and restaurants every day, and then went home to clean the shop, and then went to the academy to pick up Lin Baizhi on time. Every day was peaceful and peaceful, just like before.

If there is any difference, it is that his relationship with Le Xin has undergone a wonderful change.

Just because of that kiss from Le Xin on New Year's Eve.

Body movements are often more direct and clear than thousands of words. Just this light kiss can give two people the sweet feeling of being in love.It's just that the sweetness came too fast, and it was unavoidably full like a cup overflowing, so I had to be careful and try my best to hide it.

Lin Baizhi is still ignorant, the tea man pretends to be deaf and dumb, and only Wen Jin can laugh and tell some jokes.

Other than that, no one else knew about their relationship.

The secret originally hidden in Lin Wanke's heart became a secret belonging to him and Le Xin.

Lin Wanke's mind was always very simple, he never thought about why Le Xin liked him, and the dream-like uneasiness at the beginning also gradually dissipated in the day-to-day relationship.

He is very satisfied to be able to meet and talk with Le Xin every day, and every ordinary day becomes happy and full of expectations.

In the twinkling of an eye, it is the peach moon of the year, with warm mist driving away the clouds and occasional rain, which is a good time for leisure.

This day, Lin Wanke made two boxes full of spring vegetables and pork cakes and sent them to the academy, but when he opened the food box, he found that one basket was missing.Wen Jin sighed repeatedly in disappointment, saying that little brother Lin didn't know what he was thinking recently, and he always did things without thinking.

After hearing this, he secretly glanced at Le Xin, then raised his hand and touched his nose, saying that he wanted to go back to the shop to get the leftover cakes.

There is no class in the academy today, so Le Xin said that he would go for a walk with him.

Outside the academy is the wall of rose flowers. The flowers bloom early this season, but green leaves cover the wall, and the eyes are full of fresh green.

The path was quiet and deserted, Lin Wanke held Le Xin's hand naturally, and the two walked slowly along the wall, talking from time to time.

There were more and more pedestrians passing by Wan'an Street, Lin Wanke wanted to let go of his fingers, but the next moment Le Xin grabbed his sleeve.

He was a little surprised, and wanted to say that he would be seen by others, but he turned back when the words reached his throat, and only took his hand again, and he didn't let go until he walked to Wan'an Street.

When approaching the corner, there was a faint commotion ahead.

Officers and soldiers escorted two prison carts passing by on the street, and some people pointed at them along the way, saying that the carts held two heinous criminals.

There were so many people watching the excitement, Lin Wanke could only see that the person behind him in prison clothes was still a handsome young man.

"This looks like a scholar, but is he also a villain?"

After hearing this, the others said, "You don't know, these two people are very vicious. They killed their father-in-law for money, and almost killed a teacher. It seems... are they from Zhizhou?"

Another person said: "How did I hear that they killed a very important person? It was because Princess Chengxian, the number one magician in the capital, ordered them to be arrested, and they were caught."

The two insisted on their own words, and they both spoke with a nose and an eye.Lin Wanke didn't listen too much, and only said that murder pays for life, and evildoers will always be punished by law.

"The beheaded monster is scary, so let's not watch it." He said to Le Xin.

Le Xin glanced at the prison car and said, "Well, let's go."

They walked through the crowd holding hands, never looking back at the prison car, nor listening to others' comments, until they walked out of the bustling Wan'an Street.

It just rained yesterday, and there were many puddles on the bluestone road in Fushou Street. Lin Wan was afraid that Le Xin would wet his shoes and socks, so he asked him to wait for a while at the entrance of the alley.

He hummed a song and walked towards the pastry shop, fumbling for the key in his sleeve with one hand.

From a long distance away, he could smell the fragrance wafting from his own shop, his mood became brighter, and his steps became brisk.

The basket of spring vegetables and pork pies was still steaming hot, Lin Wanke packed them in a food box, and was about to walk out the door when he caught a glimpse of whiteness from the corner of his eyes.

There was a fluffy rabbit lying on his pastry table, scratching its little paws, looking listless.

"Hey, whose rabbit is this?" He hurriedly picked up the rabbit to see if it had eaten something.

Small animals like white rabbits are relatively delicate, and if they are eaten badly, they will get sick. This rabbit is probably raised by someone else and ran to the wrong place, and it will be bad if something happens to it.

"Hey, you can't eat anything here, I'll take you to the owner's house."

He smiled and pinched the rabbit's ears, and the snowball-like white rabbit jumped onto his shoulder as if he understood it, and refused to move from its nest when it lay down.

It was the first time for Lin Wanke to see a rabbit who was so affectionate to him, and he couldn't help feeling fond of it, thinking that if he couldn't find the owner, it would be good to keep him like this.

He walked out of the shop carrying the food box, and when he locked the door, he heard someone behind him say, "Jump."

Lin Wanke looked back and saw a young girl who was talking, and asked, "Miss, are you here to find someone?"

The little girl's eyes were red, but she had a smile on her face, "I... came to find the rabbit at home."

Suddenly, Lin Wanke carefully hugged the rabbit off his shoulder.

"I saw it as soon as I got home, and I don't know how I came here."

The white rabbit lay obediently in his arms, even shrinking into his arms.

There was a chubby young man standing beside the little girl, who sighed when he saw this.

Lin Wanke glanced at him when he heard a sigh, only to realize that there were quite a few people looking for the rabbit.

Apart from the little girl and the fat man, there is also a boy with plain eyebrows and a handsome boy in crimson clothes, but none of them is as conspicuous as the other.

This man was wearing light golden clothes, he should have the appearance of a rich man, but unfortunately his face was pale and he looked haggard.Among the group of people, he was the only one who stood a little farther away, with his hands hanging straight into his sleeves.

Everyone else was looking at him, only the young man in the golden shirt looked at the white rabbit in his arms.

"Is this rabbit called Tiaotiao?" Lin Wanke hugged the white rabbit to the little girl, "It's not afraid of strangers at all, it's quite painful."

The little girl smiled and said, "Yes. He seems to like you very much."

The white rabbit had already returned to her arms, but he still seemed to have no energy, limp and motionless.

The little girl thanked him and left with the others.

Before Lin Wanke left, he looked back at them. The young man in the golden shirt walked last, with his hands hanging down by his sides even when he was walking, looking unnatural, as if he had been seriously injured.

"What a strange group of people."

He said to himself, thinking that Le Xin was still waiting for him at the entrance of the alley, he quickened his pace and ran forward.

At the end of the alley, Le Xin leaned against the bluestone wall, looking at the things in his hand.

Lin Wanke recognized it as a key he found in his old pillow when tidying up the academy a few days ago, and asked, "Do you remember where the key is?"

Le Xin raised her head and smiled at him: "Old things, left and right are useless, just throw them away."

He actually raised his hand and threw it out.

The key drew a thin golden arc in the air, and finally fell into a green pool, buried in stones and scrap iron.

"Let's go back to the academy."

Lin Wanke picked up the food box and said with a smile, "Okay."

So he took his hand and slowly walked back along the way.Along the way, the spring scenery is leisurely, and the warblers on the wall chirp melodiously, flapping their wings and circling.

Late spring and peach moon are indeed a good time of the year.