Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

Zhan Zhao felt that he should put on a stern stance, and never soften his heart easily, so that he could teach Ah Lan a lesson.After all, no matter what, Ah Lan has disrupted his original plan, which annoys Zhan Zhao the most.As a matter of character, he was extremely reluctant to see the situation get out of control.If it is not Alan who is causing him this kind of trouble right now, but someone else, Zhan Zhao will never hold back his temper and educate him patiently.

He will teach that person a lesson he will never forget.

But Ah Lan is always different, although Zhan Zhao can't tell what's different, probably because he's been with him for too long, so he always has some feelings.The girl surnamed He has already stood up and left with interest, and only Zhan Zhao and Alan were left in the yard looking at each other.

I don't know how long it took before Ah Lan walked over slowly, and said, "You're here."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao managed to hold his breath, and forcibly looked away from Alan's pale face.He pointed to the wood beside him and said lightly, "Sit down."

A Lan hurriedly sat down, put her hands on her knees obediently, and kept her back straight.She seemed to sense that Zhan Zhao's mood was extremely bad at the moment with her keen intuition, so she put on a cute appearance, trying to calm him down.There was a moment of silence around, so the wind blowing from the sea was extra noisy.The last ray of blood-colored sunset was also swallowed by the darkness, and the only oil lamp in the yard gave off a faint light, making Alan's brows and eyes a little blurred.

"I'm waiting for your explanation." Zhan Zhao's fingers tapped on the wood below him like a plucked string, making a series of muffled sounds, and he looked at Alan patiently.

Alan lowered her head in shame when she heard the words, and said in a low voice, "I, I peeked at your map." She confessed honestly, revealing the most direct reason why she appeared here.

"..." Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to be angry or to laugh for a moment, he raised his eyebrows and said, "You're quite capable, it seems that you planned to chase after me early in the morning?"

When Alan heard that Zhan Zhao didn't get angry immediately, she boldly raised her head quietly, peeked at Zhan Zhao from under her eyelids, and stammered, "No, I..." She bit her lip, "I just, just want to know that you are here where."

"Then tell me, why did you come here in the end?" Zhan Zhao looked at A Lan and said patiently, "If you are an obedient and good boy, you should stay in Mo's martial arts gym right now. Don't I Did I treat you badly by sending you to the martial arts school? Why don't you stay there?"

Zhan Zhao made troubles one after another, and Ah Lan was unable to answer the question for a moment, she could only shake her head vigorously, her face flushed from the suffocation.She wanted to say something to Zhan Zhao several times, but finally bit her lip again.

Although A Lan failed to speak out, Zhan Zhao could see the hidden meaning from her expression.He felt unbelievable, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that Mo Chenfeng treated you badly?"

A Lan didn't speak, but raised her head and silently looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help being silent.He thought that Mo Chenfeng would treat Alan kindly because of their friendship, even if he didn't treat him preferentially, he wouldn't treat him badly.But seeing Ah Lan's aggrieved and pitiful appearance, she was not only treated badly, but also seemed to be bullied.Inexplicably, he remembered what Chen Yin had said before, so he frowned and asked, "Did she hit you?"

In fact, when asked this question, Zhan Zhao still didn't want to believe that Mo Chenfeng would beat Ah Lan.When Chen Yin said it, he didn't really believe it. After all, what Mo Chenfeng showed in front of Zhan Zhao was completely rational and gentle under the candor, and he never had any bad records of bullying.Coupled with the fact that Mo Chenfeng has a close friendship with him, Zhan Zhao feels that Mo Chenfeng should not, and dare not, beat A Lan even if it is due to the morality of the world.

But Ah Lan didn't say anything to deny it, as if he was silently affirming Zhan Zhao's statement.

Zhan Zhao: "..." What does this mean, Mo Chenfeng really made a move on Ah Lan?Very good, Mo Chenfeng, he remembered.

However, this unexpected development made it difficult for Zhan Zhao to teach Alan any more. He felt a little ashamed of Alan, so he asked softly, "Did you learn from your teacher when you were in the martial arts school?"

A Lan shook her head, and said in a low voice: "I just wrote down my name, and set a date to worship my teacher and serve tea. It's just, it's just me..." She ran away before that day.

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said again: "It's a good thing you didn't have a teacher. You must remember some rules of the world. After you have been a teacher, you are your master's person. If you escape from the teacher's door without authorization, you are considered a traitor. Your master can kill you at will. Even if I don’t want to intervene.” This is a lie, even if A Lan really became a teacher, Zhan Zhao would not let Mo Chenfeng do whatever he wanted.

The big deal is to tear your skin off with her, what are you afraid of her?But there is no need to tell Alan this, it is not good for children's education.

The two talked so much that the night was already deep.Zhan Zhao stood up and said, "Take a rest first, and you stay by my side, and we can discuss long-term plans after I finish my work."

He still has some words to say, and that is his own selfishness.Zhan Zhao thought, since people always miss people when they are not around, it would be better to keep them.This will also prevent the situation from developing further out of control.

The He family siblings generously gave up the main house to them, while they went to sleep in the back room.However, there is only one bed in the main room, Zhan Zhao thought about it, and said to A Lan: "Go to sleep, I'll just sit at the table overnight."

Alan waved her hand quickly: "No need, I've been asleep for a long time. You go to sleep." She was very determined, and Zhan Zhao started to feel sleepy after a while with her, so he had no choice but to take a step back.

It was only when Zhan Zhao lay down on the bed that he realized that it was impossible for him to really fall asleep.Because Ah Lan was sitting at the table, only a few steps away from her.It was too late at this time, and it was not easy to drive her out, so Zhan Zhao could only close his eyes and rest.And Ah Lan's gentle breathing was always lingering in his ears, giving Zhan Zhao the illusion that his ears were itching.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhan Zhao heard Ah Lan's breathing becoming longer.He slowly opened his eyes and found that Alan had fallen asleep lying on the table.So he got up, and carefully carried Ah Lan from the table to the bed, while he sat cross-legged on the ground and leaned back against the edge of the bed.

A Lan slept soundly, she must be really tired.Even being in a coma for a day and a night did not bring her back to life.Zhan Zhao would sometimes hear Alan babbling continuously, and occasionally twitching and whimpering slightly, as if he was having a nightmare.He didn't know what A Lan experienced in the jungle, maybe after a while, he could ask.

But Zhan Zhao was also very tired after all, and he finally fell asleep when the sky was getting dark.

When A Lan woke up, it was already broad daylight, and Zhan Zhao didn't know where he had gone.She rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed, only to realize slowly that she had snatched Zhan Zhao's bed.After all, she was in such a hurry all the way, she almost didn't sleep in order to catch up with Zhan Zhao, and spent a day and a night in the jungle fog, she really needed a good rest.

Alan got up with limp hands and feet, and when she went out, she found that Zhan Zhao was talking to sister He's family.She remembered that the girl said that her name was He Lian and her younger brother was He Zhou.

Zhan Zhao seemed to be listening to He Lian. When Ah Lan passed by, he heard the girl say, "We need to wait for the right wind direction to go to Kuguo Island. It will take at least two to three days in this season. You might as well stay here first. The seaside is fine." Walk around as you please, just don't go near other people's houses and don't go in the jungle."

When He Lian spoke seriously, Zhan Zhao nodded in response, turned around and saw Ah Lan, he couldn't help laughing, "I woke up." He probably only slept for less than half an hour, but he had already fully regained his energy.Seeing Ah Lan still sleepy-eyed now, it both hurts and is funny.

Alan's face was a little feverish from Zhan Zhao's smile, and he nodded vigorously.

"Miss He just said that we have to wait a few days to go to Kuguo Island. Just in time, you also need to rest, I think you lack energy." Zhan Zhao stood in the morning light, his stern eyebrows and eyes looked soft under the warm pale gold .

Alan let out an "oh" and smiled embarrassedly.Afterwards they had a simple breakfast, although it was only a rough meal, but for two people who had just finished a long journey, it was already quite rich.He Lian seemed to have endless work to do. After clearing the dining table, she went on to mend the fishing nets in the afternoon.Zhan Zhao said that he wanted to walk along the coast alone to relax.Alan sat down on a reef by the sea alone, looking at the waves that kept beating gently on the shore in front of him.

This is a novel sight, at least for A Lan.She grew up in the Central Plains, and even the lakeside was seen more after she went south with Zhan Zhao. Such a boundless sea, Alan could not even imagine it in the past.

There is a pleasant smell of sea salt in the air, although it is a bit fishy, ​​it is not unpleasant.A Lan poked his head out from the reef to observe a tide pool not far away.Inside was a fish swimming around, as if trying to find a way out of its shackles, but could only circle the pit in vain.There are also several kinds of shellfish and shellfish that Alan can't name, with soft bodies hidden under hard shells.Alan envied their defense mechanism, although they were soft inside, they had strong armor and shields.

Maybe one day, she'll have tough armor too.Alan thought childishly, so that she would not be afraid, and could protect what she wanted to protect.She thought of those unpleasant memories in the martial arts hall, and quickly buried them, deciding not to bring up these old things again.

Zhan Zhao actually didn't know Mo Chenfeng, or it could be said that he didn't know a woman like Mo Chenfeng at all.That's why he thought that after he rejected Mo Chenfeng, the other party would treat Ah Lan well.

Ah Lan hugged her knees, she actually had some resentment towards Zhan Zhao in her heart, but this feeling was only weak, and disappeared the moment she saw Zhan Zhao.She felt that Zhan Zhao probably felt that she was burdensome, and maybe when she became strong enough, she would be qualified to follow Zhan Zhao instead of holding him back.

During that time in the jungle, Alan thought that he might never see Zhan Zhao again.She was lost in the mist, unable to tell the direction, and could not even see the path under her feet.At that time, she had hoped that Zhan Zhao would appear again, like the previous few times.

But no one showed up.After staying in the jungle for a long time, Alan even felt in a trance, as if he could always hear whispers in his ears, and he could see the twisted and extended trees around him from the corner of his eyes.She had the feeling of being watched by countless pairs of invisible eyes, the cold and humid mist seemed to be breathing, and the strong heartbeat from nowhere made her eardrums go numb.

It took a long time for Ah Lan to realize that it was her own heartbeat, so strange that it didn't belong to her.

She walked in the jungle for a long time. Although it turned out that it was only one day and one night, A Lan felt that she had been there for more than ten days, or even more than ten months.There, time becomes a vague symbol, and day and night change silently.A Lan kept walking in one direction, but felt that she was circling around a certain point.The similar scenery around will indeed give people this illusion, as if they are in a desperate situation, and the best way is to stay where they are and wait for rescue.

But who will come to her rescue?Will Zhan Zhao come to rescue her?A Lan was not sure, and because she didn't want to always rely on the other party, she endured exhaustion, hunger and thirst, and kept moving her feet.

Until she saw a figure appearing in the mist.

That's He Lian.

The author has something to say: The first step in the Long March, Mr. Zhan, come on!