[Sword Three + Lu Xiaofeng] The Crane Returns to the Lonely Mountain

White water rafting

Ye Yuan didn't seem to have thought that Ye Dange would invite him to go with him, he was stunned, and subconsciously raised his head to look at Ye Gucheng who was standing behind Ye Dange, and saw that he still had a serious face, unable to tell Any emotions and expressions.Ye Yuan withdrew his gaze, and shook his head subconsciously—I don't know if it was an illusion, but at this moment, the city lord seems to be a little unhappy?

Seeing him shaking his head, Ye Dange didn't ask any more questions, and nodded to him with some regret, then turned around and looked up at Ye Gucheng: "That's the case, then let's go, City Lord?"

Ye Gucheng nodded, and went out the door without saying a word. When passing by, he seemed to glance at Ye Yuan intentionally or unintentionally. With a slightly chilled back, his expression was a little busy.

It was the twelfth lunar month, and there were very few tourists or businessmen by the West Lake. There were only two or three floating boats parked here and there, and the boatmen were sitting on the prows, chatting idly.

Ye Dange and one of them were obviously old acquaintances. They walked to the bank and called out "Uncle Xu", and immediately one of them turned his head and smiled in surprise: "Miss Ye is here? Are you going to the other side today?"

"Yes," Ye Dange also laughed, "Uncle Xu has to work hard again."

"It's not hard, it's not hard!" The man shook his head with a smile, got up and greeted him, led the two of them into the cabin together, and then backed out.Soon, the two people sitting in the cabin felt that the boat had left the shore and slowly began to move.

Ye Dange took off his cloak, opened the window, and the West Lake after the snow immediately revealed bit by bit in front of his eyes.

"Rafting after snow, although there is no clear lotus pond in summer, it still has a unique charm." Ye Dange smiled, opened the food box in his arms, and turned his head to look at Ye Gucheng who was sitting beside him—— Although there are windows on the four walls of the painting boat, the wind is a bit strong today, only the south one is protected from the north wind after it is opened, so she and Ye Gucheng did not sit facing each other, but sat shoulder to shoulder by the window side.

Ye Gucheng gave a faint "hmm", although he answered, he couldn't hear the tone of half agreement.

Ye Dange took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it into his mouth. The sweet scent of sweet-scented osmanthus immediately spread in his mouth. Against the scenery of lakes and mountains in front of him, he felt refreshed and could not help but bend his eyes and lift the food box up. He lifted it up, handed it to Ye Gucheng, and asked very generously and friendlyly: "Sun Ji's pastry is a time-honored brand in Hangzhou, the city lord, would you like to try it?"

Ye Dange has always been a generous person, and even when she was traveling together a few times, if someone begged on the side of the road, she would always give generously, but now... Ye Gucheng lowered his head, stared at the pastry, full of reluctance The young girl felt a little funny for some reason, shook her head, and said lightly: "I don't like pastries."

As soon as the words fell, the next moment, the girl once again hugged the entire food box into her arms, then raised her head, and bumped into Ye Gucheng's eyes that seemed to be smiling, and immediately turned slightly red with embarrassment He wiped his face, touched his nose with a guilty conscience, coughed lowly, and said embarrassingly: "If that's the case...then I won't be polite."

Ye Gucheng didn't speak, but just looked away, looking at the lake view outside the window lightly.

Ye Dange scratched his head, and glanced at Ye Gucheng—I don't know why, but I always feel that he seems a little strange today?But...it's obviously the same as usual, it's the same, expressionless, not talkative...

Ye Dange couldn't help staring at him for a while, until Ye Gucheng withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to look at her. Then he suddenly woke up like a dream, coughed lightly in embarrassment, and suddenly said:

"Sun Ji's business is always very good. I asked Brother Ye to buy some pastries for me because I had to pack some things this morning. I'm very sorry that I didn't have the consent of the city lord."

——Ye Gucheng, is it because he "ordered" his guards without authorization, and felt that he was overstepping, so he was unhappy?

"By the way," Ye Dange said, suddenly paused, reached out and took out a bank note from his pocket, and handed it to Ye Gucheng, "I wanted to return the money for the cakes, wine and vegetables to Brother Ye. , It’s just that he refuses in every possible way, so I can’t force it. Should I return it to the city lord? I always let the city lord spend money, and I feel quite guilty..."

Ye Gucheng didn't reach out to pick up the bank note, but just glanced at it lightly, then quickly looked away, and said in a cold tone:

"No, I can afford it."

Ye Dange's hands froze slightly, and then his whole face turned red—what, what do you mean by "can afford it"?He said it as if he was keeping some kind of pet... She understood what he meant, didn't she just want to say "this little money is nothing at all"?That's fine, can't you?I have to express it like this...

"Don't forget it..." Ye Dange puffed up his cheeks, muttered in a slightly dissatisfied voice, and stuffed the banknote back into his arms, but simply ignored Ye Gucheng and hugged Ye Gucheng alone. It is a pity that there is no tea and no wine, but with the landscape of this world as a companion, it has a unique flavor.

Ye Gucheng and Ye Dange sat side by side, they were already close, and Ye Gucheng's hearing was very good, so he immediately heard Ye Dange's slightly dissatisfied murmur clearly in his ears. An inexplicable and faint helplessness surged up, her eyes paused slightly, but the side beside her was already quiet——she stopped talking.

Ye Gucheng never liked to talk, so it was impossible for him to speak up on his own initiative, so the atmosphere between the two fell silent.Ye Gucheng didn't feel embarrassed, and looked at the scenery outside the boat calmly.I don't know how long it took, but suddenly my shoulders sank.Ye Gucheng paused, looked away from the window, and lowered his head—the girl in yellow had fallen asleep for some time, probably because of the slight shaking of the boat just now, let her The child leaned on his shoulder, still holding the food box tightly in his arms and refused to let go, and his long black hair spread out on his snow-white sleeves, black and white. The contrast is striking.

Ye Gucheng frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand to push her away, but when his hand touched her shoulder, he suddenly paused—it wasn't obvious when she was awake before, but now she was asleep, but he was At a glance, she saw the blue color in front of her eyes and the faint exhaustion on her face.

Hundreds of thousands of beatings throughout the day, even if the internal strength is as deep as his, I am afraid it is not enough, let alone she has been going on for five full months now?Even if she has learned how to forge swords since childhood, she is only 16 years old this year?It is difficult, he can also imagine...

Ye Gucheng turned his head and looked out of the window—probably so that they could have a full view of the lake, the boat was driving very slowly, and up to now, it had only just reached the middle of the lake.Ye Gucheng's eyes darkened, he sighed for the first time, and withdrew his hand, he caught sight of her cloak hanging from the corner of the eye, paused slightly, but finally took the cloak and put it on her shoulders , wrapped her whole body in it, and then covered the lid of the food box in her arms, finally withdrew her hand completely, and looked out the window without saying a word, but the coldness around her seemed to dissipate inexplicably. Little by little, the whole person gradually softened.

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Ye Dange felt as if she hadn't been so relaxed during the day for a long time. She really liked to forge swords, but this piece of cold iron was undoubtedly a huge test and challenge for her. For five months, nothing but eating and sleeping , I dare not slack off even for a moment.Today, because I had to fetch water, it was rare for me to relax. I didn’t expect to fall asleep unconsciously in such a quiet place, and... this sleep was unexpectedly comfortable and peaceful, and even the dream seemed to bring There is a kind of warmth and tranquility that is ironic.

Ye Dange covered her mouth and yawned gracefully, rubbed her eyes, but froze all of a sudden, and looked down at herself——she had obviously taken off her cloak, how could she put it on again? ?Ye Dange shook her head, finally shook off the last trace of drowsiness, then raised her head stiffly, this time, she didn't even dare to move—she actually... was leaning on Ye Gucheng's shoulder sleeping?

"Are you awake?" Ye Gucheng's cold voice sounded from above his head.

Ye Dange was stunned, and quickly sat up straight and moved away from his shoulders, raised his head, and met his gaze—he seemed to always be like this, so cold that he couldn't show any emotions, but this If there is no emotion, it should be regarded as not angry, right?

"I'm sorry, I may be a little tired from casting swords for a long time, but I didn't think I fell asleep before." Ye Dange blushed slightly, and stretched out his hand to scratch his head in embarrassment, "I'm so offended, please forgive me. "

"It's okay." Ye Gucheng stood up, with a calm expression, turned around and planned to go out of the cabin, "Let's go when you wake up."

"Ah?" Ye Dange was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked out the window, only to realize that the sun was already in the sky, the time was almost noon, and the boat had already docked. According to her past experience, she should It's been a while, but he never woke her up, and he didn't get angry—Ye Gucheng is actually... really gentle, right?

Ye Dange quickly gathered the cloak on his body, put aside the food box with half of the pastries left, got up and wanted to go out, but didn't want his legs to feel numb when he stood up for too long. She staggered a step involuntarily—the girl who just woke up was a little slow in thinking, and she couldn't react for a while, so she rushed forward and slammed into Ye Gucheng's back...

The author has something to say: Xiao Dange, are you sure you really understand what the city lord said...

Suddenly, I was a little regretful why Dan Ge didn't bring a sword, or if he bumped into someone with a sword from behind, he could have knocked down the city lord right away? 【Hello!

In other words, little brother Ye Yuan is too popular, how can he make the city lord, who is the real hero, feel so embarrassed?

☆, light and thin