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A bonfire was lit on the empty concrete floor, illuminating the faces of everyone sitting together.On the barbecue grill, the rabbit meat is fragrant and mouth-watering, and the shiny oil juice falls into the firewood pile, making a sizzling sound.

Ning Zhi held the rabbit leg in his right hand, chewed it slowly, tasted it carefully, and firmly grasped a few paper towels in his left hand, wiping the oil on his chin from time to time.

It was so delicious, he squinted his eyes happily.

"Xiao Ning, can you drink some more?"

After a day of getting along, the horsemen are already familiar with Ning Zhi, especially Yu Fu who watched Jiang Chan grow up, has no children, and is very kind to young people.

Ning Zhi nodded with a smile. In fact, even if Yu Fu didn't persuade him, he still wanted to have another glass, because the green plum wine on the table was light and refreshing, and he liked it very much.

It is said that the green plum wine is brewed by the horsemen themselves. Last year Yu Fu bought dozens of catties of plums from the orchard. Everyone worked together and it took a lot of effort to brew two or three jars.Ning Zhi was lucky, and he caught up with them to open the seal as soon as he came.

Yu Fu picked up the jar and wanted to pour it down, but Ning Zhi happily went to pick it up, but was stopped by Jiang Chan on the way: "Can you still drink?"

"Why not?" Ning Zhi loudly proved his bravery, "I drink very well."

"That's right, what are you afraid of, this little wine!" Yu Fu also persuaded happily.

Jiang Chan had no choice but to let go, Ning Zhi sat down with the full wine glass, took a sip in satisfaction, and raised his eyebrows at him proudly and provocatively.

Except for the two of them, all the seats were old employees, and the longest seniority even exceeded 20 years.Everyone ate, drank and played around the bonfire, joking with each other, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Ning Zhi is an outsider, eats more and talks less, and listens attentively to the stories told by the elders.

The desolation and depression of the racecourse in the early days - Yu Fu has the most say on this point. He was Jiang Qiping's earliest horse breeder. At that time, the vicinity of the racecourse was full of wasteland. A lonely lamp, falling asleep with the opera on the radio, even in the daytime, can only talk to horses and birds.Aunt Li also said that one year, Mr. Jiang's horses had some strange disease. Within two months, more than a dozen horses died one after another, and then they recovered inexplicably, which is very mysterious.

Among all the stories, the one they told the longest and most affectionately, and everyone sighed with lingering fear, was the story about Jiang Chan who was almost cheated by human traffickers.

Ning Zhi was terrified when he heard the beginning, the rabbit leg was stuffed in his mouth and he forgot to bite, his eyes were wide open, Jiang Confessed calmly, and argued, "I didn't." Then he said, "You can't be sure. That man is a liar."

It's a pity that no one listened to him. The elders pieced together a thrilling past with each other.Yu Fu drank too much, mistook the light bulb at the entrance of the ranch for another moon, pointed at the light bulb and sighed: "The young master misses his mother, that woman looks a bit like Madam."

Ning Zhi kicked the leftover bones into the bonfire, and quietly peeked at Jiang Chan.

Holding the wine glass, Jiang Chan neither admitted nor refuted, the orange-red flames danced on his face, reflecting a melancholy smile.

The wine was drunk to the fullest, and it was only late at night.

Ning Zhi walked back to the room with Jiang Chan's shoulders on his shoulders, his lips opened and closed, exhaling the sweet aroma of wine.The road was not long, and he didn't arrive after walking for half a day. He was unhappy and complained, "Jiang Chan, can you walk in a straight line?"

Jiang Chan was too lazy to argue with the drunk, so he squatted down, put his left arm around Ning Zhi's waist, and put his right hand through the hollow of his knee, intending to hug him back, but Ning Zhi suddenly struggled, his tomato-like face showed an angry look, and his black eyelashes Overcoming drowsiness, I swiped a few times with difficulty: "What are you doing? Don't hug me!"

Neither carrying nor hugging, Ning Zhifei said that he was not drunk and could walk, Jiang Chan had no choice but to move back to the residence crookedly.

When he arrived at the place, Ning Zhi lay down on the bed, felt comfortable, closed his eyes and took a long breath.This staggering walk caused him to sweat a lot, and his skin became redder and brighter, making people happy to watch.

Jiang Chan wiped Ning Zhi's sweat with a paper towel, ate some tofu by the way, and asked, "Do you want water?"

Ning Zhi shook his head.Although he was drunk, he was not completely unconscious, and he knew how to drive people away: "I'm going to sleep, you go, good night."

White-eyed wolf.Jiang Chan pinched his face, causing Ning Zhi's mouth to grin high, like a clown in a circus. Ning Zhi was naturally angry, but unfortunately he was powerless to resist, and could only express his condemnation with a pair of misty eyes.

Jiang Chan didn't want to hurt him, so he quickly let go and said, "This is my room."

Yeah?Ning Zhi's consciousness was drowsy, he tried his best to prop up his head, and looked around, but couldn't see anything, so he lay back heavily, with an expression of "I'm going to sleep here, what can you do with me".

He felt hot and the light was harsh, and he muttered "turn off the lights" as he went to unbutton his jeans.

After eating too much barbecue at night, his belly was slightly bulging. Ning Zhi couldn't unbutton his button, so he let out a very irritated "ah", his eyebrows were drawn together, and he cursed.

Jiang Chan had no choice but to continue to be an old mother, helping him take off his clothes and cover him with a quilt, making his head sweat profusely.

"Okay, go to sleep." He lowered his head and pecked Ning Zhi's lips.

Ning Zhi stared at him blankly, and blinked dully.

Jiang Chan laughed, and walked to the bathroom while taking off his clothes. When he came out of the shower, Ning Zhi had already fallen asleep, and a pair of healthy, shiny, carrot-like long legs came out from under the quilt.

Jiang Chan lay down next to him, and turned off the light with his hand.

Darkness crept in, and the night deepened, endlessly.

Ning Zhi fell into a deep sleep.There was a big temperature difference in the suburbs of the county, and in the middle of the night, his alcohol had subsided, his back felt a little cold, and he couldn't help but arch toward the heat source next to him.Arched and arched, he yawned and opened his eyes a crack.

He saw the faint moonlight, the still room, and the preoccupied Jiang Chan.

"Aren't you asleep?" Ning Zhi asked, his voice rustling.

Jiang Chan froze for two seconds before turning to look at him.

Ning Zhi asked again: "Miss your mother?"

Jiang Chan didn't deny it: "That's right."

Ning Zhi remembered the story he had heard not long ago that Jiang Chan was almost cheated by a woman who looked like his mother, his heart was full, and he didn't know what to do, so he moved a little closer to him.

"Human feelings are so strange." Jiang Chan frowned and thought for a while, then said to Ning Zhi: "Obviously I have never gotten along with my mother, but there is a picture of her hanging at home. The feeling of living next to me. She became flesh and blood, and I even knew her character, I just never touched it."

In fact, he was not sad, but in the dark, his voice always seemed lower than in the daytime, as if something that had been buried for a long time saw the opportunity, pushed and shoved impatiently, and took the opportunity to vent.

"I understand how you feel. The moment I went back to my mom's place a few weeks ago and pushed the studio away, I had a strong feeling that my dad was in there. I didn't see him, it was just because he was playing hide-and-seek with me. Ning Zhi paused for a moment, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Although he has never played hide-and-seek with me."

Jiang Chan looked at Ning Zhi, and Ning Zhi also raised his eyelids to look at him, staring at each other for a while, and couldn't help laughing.

They are like two travelers who meet by chance on a winter night, you share the remaining spirits one by one, and you tell the irreversible past one by one, without tears and sympathy, they have already been comforted.

"Ning Zhi."

Jiang Chan called his name, but didn't speak immediately, the pause made Ning Zhi gradually nervous: "Why?"

Jiang Chan let out a soft laugh, pinched Ning Zhi's chin, and slowly kissed his lips.

"Good night," he said.

Thanks to the blackout curtains, when Ning Zhi woke up, it was already eleven o'clock.Jiang Chan was not around, and the double bed gave him plenty of space to play. It was only when he was getting dressed that he realized that he was sleeping sideways.

After looking around in the room, but Jiang Chan was nowhere to be seen, Ning Zhi gave up and decided to have lunch on the first floor of the hotel.Just as he opened the door, he bumped into a beautiful woman with a capable temperament.

"Sister Xiang Han, why are you here?" Ning Zhi was a little embarrassed. Yesterday he asked the other party to open two rooms with integrity, but he was caught at Jiang Chan this morning. No matter how you look at it, he is a bit hypocritical and hypocritical.

Fortunately, Xiang Han didn't say anything, with a gentle and amiable smile: "Master, let me see if you've woken up."

"Oh," Ning Zhi closed the door behind his back, "Where did he go?"

"Mr. Zhang from Luquan Liquor Industry came to play. I heard that the young master is here, so I invited him to dinner." Xiang Han glanced at his watch and told Ning Zhi regretfully that Jiang Chan might not be able to get away for a while.

"It's okay, I'm familiar with it here, so I don't need him to take it with me." Ning Zhi thanked Xiang Han and let her go to work.Xiang Han was somewhat worried, and said that he wanted to find someone to play with him, but Ning Zhi declined.

Ning Zhi has his own little plan, he wants to take advantage of Jiang Chan's absence to have a good ride on the horse.

After dinner, he took a walk to the stables. On the way, he met a few horsemen who had dinner with him last night. He stopped and chatted for a while, and learned that Yu Fu had suffered from the wind and cold, so he asked for a half-day leave for the first time.

The man who loaded the fodder at the door of the stable was a young man, about 20 years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, short hair, dark skin, and a strong arm waving a pitchfork.

Ning Zhi was still struggling with how to speak, but the young man had already seen him, and ran up to greet him enthusiastically, calling him "Mr. Ning", and asking if he wanted to ride a horse, with a very respectful expression.

Ning Zhi nodded, a little dazed by the other party's grand reception.The young man asked him which horse he liked, and Ning Zhi said Quinton without hesitation.He only thought that the young man was tired from work, and chatted with him, but he didn't know that the other party had a key, which really led the big star "Quinton" out.

"You..." Ning Zhi was astonished, and felt that the key chain in his hand looked familiar, "Is this Uncle Yu's key?"

"Yes," the young man named Shen Hao seemed very proud, "I am Uncle Yu's apprentice. Uncle Yu is sick and couldn't get up this morning."

"I'll go see him."

Ning Zhi asked Shen Hao to lead the way, but Shen Hao shook his head: "Uncle Yu has fallen asleep after taking the medicine." When Quinton was led to the entrance of the ranch, he remembered to ask, "Mr. Ning must be very good at riding, right?"

Shen Hao was not at the racecourse yesterday, so he didn't know that Ning Zhi was a novice. He only heard that Jiang Chan valued this friend very much. Go along with the flow and offer a courtesy.

Ning Zhi had long admired Kundun, and Shen Hao didn't explain it when he was misunderstood. He gave a vague "hmm", entered the locker room excitedly, and changed into the rider uniform.

"Thank you, go get busy," Ning Zhi took the reins, put on a confident look, and drove Shen Hao away.

Isn't it just riding a horse? What's the problem?Jiang Chan was very relaxed yesterday.Ning Zhi stroked Quinton's mane, comforted the horse, and rolled over awkwardly.

Sitting on the horseback, the grassland became wider, and the sky and the earth seemed to merge into one. Ning Zhi breathed out nervously, and gently kicked the horse's belly with his spurs.

Whoosh, Quinton leaped high, like a fired bullet, rushing towards the horizon.

Although Ning Zhi was prepared, he was still taken aback. Due to inertia, his upper body leaned back and bent into a bow.He pulled the rein desperately, but the direction of the horse's forward direction was uncontrollable, and he could only shout in vain: "Slow down, Quinton! Stop!"

Quinton spread his hooves and ran faster and faster. In the eyes of others, its speed was about the same as that of a normal car. But Ning Zhi felt dizzy and dizzy while sitting on the horseback, and his heart was about to be shaken by the bumps. Spit it out.

The scenery in his eyes lost its details and turned into color blocks colliding with each other. The blue sky was like a big umbrella, covering the front, back, left, and right roads. Ning Zhi didn't know where he was going.

"Quinton! Damn, stop!" Ning Zhi's palm was so hot and painful that he was about to lose control of the steed, and his roar seemed to frighten Quinton, and he started to charge more and more chaotically. .

A hazy call came from a distance, very urgent, Ning Zhi vaguely heard it, but couldn't tell the slightest bit of attention.

"Stop! Stop!" Under his desperate tugging, Quinton's speed finally gradually slowed down.Ning Zhi was out of breath, struggling to get down on the ground, the hair on his forehead was soaked in sweat, and stuck to his pink face.

Suddenly, there was another sound of horseshoes approaching from behind, and Quinton became agitated. Ningzhi grasped the reins tightly as if facing a formidable enemy, thinking that it was going to gallop again, but Quinton stopped and neighed loudly.

Ning Zhi turned his head and saw a menacing steed, being chased by splashing mud, running towards his direction.Sitting on the saddle was a tall and handsome man with a straight figure. When the two sides were about to collide, he pulled the rein and turned a corner, stopping the horse a few steps away.

Ning Zhi was sweating coldly and sweating hotly, and his five senses recovered at this time. He realized that his heart was beating wildly, his chest and back were wet and sticky, and every pore was filled with excitement and panic.

"Jiang Chan," Ning Zhi blurted out under various emotions, "It's so cool to ride a horse..."

His voice was very soft, like a sigh, and he was still immersed in the wonderful feeling of adrenaline rush.

However, it was Jiang Chan who responded angrily: "Did I allow you to ride?"

Ning Zhi was stunned, opened his lips embarrassingly, but had nothing to say, he was in a stalemate for a while, and lowered his head in a lack of confidence.