Lemon Lightning

From that night to the next morning, the time seems to have become its original seamless splicing appearance again, without the difference between the date and the hour, and the excessive smoothness between the minutes and seconds is like a dream, until the early morning when I sit on the The door of that black Land Rover was slammed shut, and An Ning finally felt a little waking up from a dream.

It's a bit embarrassing, he's already slept through it, and he always feels like he's still in the back seat of that R1, lying on Qin Weihang's back and hugging him.

When Qin Weihang lowered his head to fasten his seat belt, he heard a small hiccup from the people around him, and he pursed the corners of his mouth to hold back his laughter.

The dashboard lighted up and the car started, and An Ning felt his stomach was too full. It was 45:[-] in the morning. Before going downstairs, Qin Weihang stuffed him with a lot of milk, ham, and bread, asking him to eat more.

"You probably won't be able to keep your feet on the ground before dark."

Qin Weihang's original words were a little inadvertently intimidating, which made him wonder what kind of mountain it was.

There were not many cars on the road, and the road in the dark blue morning light looked quiet and open. The black Land Rover was parked alone behind the zebra crossing and waiting for the red light. Perhaps because the atmosphere of the 70-plus seconds was too quiet, Qin Weihang stretched out his hand and played a song Come and listen.A brisk prelude wafted out of the car stereo. To An Ning's surprise, it was a Korean song with a sweet female voice. He had heard this song before, and vaguely remembered it as the theme song of a certain Korean drama.

When the red light turns green, accompanied by the melody, it seems that even the mood is really different.

It was so sweet, An Ning couldn't help but look at the playback screen, there was the name of the singer and the song on it, it was "Li Baolan - the original location".

Which Korean drama did he hear it in? He couldn't remember. The only Korean drama he had watched was "Signal", and it was obviously the theme song of a romance drama.

"What are you thinking about?" Qin Weihang asked him aloud.

"This song is very nice," An Ning said, "Is it a song from a Korean drama?"

Qin Weihang curled his lips: "I don't know, I just think it sounds good." He asked him again, "Does it sound good?"

"It sounds good." An Ning nodded, thinking, didn't I just say that?

Qin Weihang smiled, and stroked the steering wheel with his palm: "Yes, you said it."

An Ning withdrew her gaze and looked in front of the windshield, secretly thinking, Qin Weihang really looked like a child just now, 13 years old, he couldn't be any older.

***

After more than an hour's drive and nearly an hour's walk, Qin Weihang led him through the valley and the woods. When he was walking in the woods, Qin Weihang stopped suddenly and raised his hand to stop the people behind him.An Ning stopped in surprise, Qin Weihang looked in the direction of one o'clock, and said in a low voice, "Lynx."

An Ning immediately looked over nervously, and only had time to catch a glimpse of a pair of fluffy ears that towered high.

There was a rustling wind in the woods, and the elf-like animal disappeared into the wind.

Qin Weihang said, "It's okay, I'm bigger than a lynx."

Only then did An Ning realize that he was approaching the Qinwei Air Station unknowingly. This was probably the body's instinctive reaction before danger. This reaction disappointed him. He didn't want to be the one who relied on others, but otherwise, could it be possible? Count on him to protect Qin Weihang?

"One time when the teacher took me for a hike, he lied to me that there was a bear," Qin Weihang said, "I also stood directly behind him," he said as he walked, "because I have never seen a bear."

Apparently the phrase "I'm pretty scared" was omitted later. An Ning imagined Qin Weihang, who was fifteen or sixteen years old, standing nervously behind Zhong Jing. The timidity of the young man was also cute.

I heard Qin Weihang say again: "The teacher's wife was there that day, and I was just a tool to satisfy his male desire for expression."

It sounded very displeased, An Ning smiled and said, "Maybe I wanted your teacher's wife to hide behind him?"

Qin Weihang shook his head: "Master knows him too well, she won't be fooled by him. They just bullied me when I was young."

An Ning thought jokingly, how much did you want to be bullied when you were young?

"It won't happen now," Qin Weihang pushed aside the branches on the side, lowered his head and walked under the branches, "It's time for them to hide behind me."

An Ning laughed suddenly from behind.

Qin Weihang stopped and looked back at him.

An Ning was quite embarrassed: "I just think you... talk a lot today." Xin said, do you know how cute you are when you are so unyielding and full of revenge, that's why they want to bully you!

Qin Weihang raised his eyebrows: "Really?" He turned his head away and then back, and asked, "Then I should talk more or less?"

An Ning was confused by the question, but the answer was obvious: "Everything is fine!"

Qin Weihang smiled, turned around and walked forward again, but that smile was imprinted on An Ning's retina for a long time, and the long aftertaste slid into his heart. Qin Weihang's light breath that was accidentally leaked when he laughed, decorated this proud and sure winner laugh.

They finally arrived at the mountain, Qin Weihang was wrong, this mountain is very high, it is not a rock wall of 30 meters at all, it is really a mountain, steep and beautiful, they passed through the forest of holly trees, just to see When they got there, it was like an island in a green ocean, waiting for them to land.

But... An Ning raised his head, it is too high, it is 200 meters, it is like a shortened version of El Capitan, there are long cracks on the granite cliffs, layered on top of each other, like a rock buds.

"Sorry." Qin Weihang raised his head and said flatly, "I lied to you, but it's actually quite tall."

An Ning swallowed, "Can I do it?"

Qin Weihang said: "There are eight routes in total, and it may take some time. You have to be prepared to spend a whole day with me on it."

***

At ten twenty, they were ready to conquer the mountain.

Qin Weihang led the eight sections of the route, which was not too difficult for An Ning. After Qin Weihang pioneered a route, he would set up a protection station and then let him climb up with the top rope.After completing the first route, An Ning felt much easier than expected, but the feeling was very different. When he was climbing on the top rope, Qin Weihang was watching him from above. As soon as he looked up, he could see Qin Weihang condescending. The posture waiting for him at the high place did not know which point he was poking at, making him keep looking up.

Especially when he was about to approach the protection station and could see Qin Weihang's ankles and legs, he actually felt flushed and heartbroken, which was really shameful.

The first protection station was set up on a relatively wide rock peak. Qin Weihang finished plugging and leaned against the rock wall to wait for him.As soon as An Ning looked up, he saw Qin Weihang's feet stepping on the rock above his head.I really climbed too slowly, Qin Weihang has nothing to do, so he can only rely on rest.

When Qin Weihang arrived at the protection station, he bent down and gave him a hand. An Ning grabbed Qin Weihang's hand. The palms of both of them were covered with white chalk, and they rubbed a light powder with a snap.

"Thanks for your hard work," Qin Weihang said, "It's a bit inconvenient to carry a backpack."

"It's okay, it's not heavy." An Ning wiped off his sweat while saying.The backpack was just some logistical supplies, towels, ropes, food and drink, because they were about to have lunch on the rock wall, and Qin Weihang was a pioneer climber, so he couldn't be allowed to carry a backpack.

When he was repairing at the protection station, he thought he could rest with Qin Weihang for a while, but he didn't expect that Qin Weihang was ready for the second climb, and he could start at any time.

An Ning held the water bottle and asked Qin Weihang, "Drink some water."

Qin Weihang adjusted the rope with both hands, and turned his head towards him: "Hey me."

An Ning was stunned for a second, and moved the kettle over without thinking too much.

He held the jug at the angle of Qin Weihang's raised head, water still slipped from the corner of Qin Weihang's mouth and flowed down his jaw to his neck.

The sun was already high, and it was the first time An Ning felt that this winter was so hot.