between the lips

In the end, they neither went to the Temple of the Tooth Relic nor Kandy Lake, because Wei Yuhuai suddenly wanted to go to the place where Chuhe did his volunteer service.

"Elephant Orphanage," Chu He didn't put this stop in the itinerary at first, because it was not on the way, and because Wei Yuhuai might not like this kind of public welfare attraction, "it's actually not a scenic spot. Some escaped or injured elephants are only opened to tourists to reduce the financial burden."

Wei Yuhuai said: "Anyway, I want to go and see." Mainly, I want to learn about Chu He's past.

He showed Chu He his most innocent and unreserved side, but he never knew anything about Chu He.He hopes to walk the path that Chu He walked, listen to Chu He's unknown stories, and use this childish way to prove that he is different.

As for why he is obsessed with proof... Wei Yuhuai still doesn't know.

The car could only be parked in the distance, and the two of them walked side by side to the river, and a few tourists looked back as they passed by.

"Many people look at us." Wei Yuhuai reminded, "Is it because we are too high-profile..." Their hands were tightly held together.

"Huh? Am I so popular? Does that mean that in the future, you can raise the price when you ask for a manuscript?" Chu He didn't care about these things, "Don't think so much, come and lead me."

Wei Yuhuai felt relieved, and clasped his hands even tighter.

Walking through a wall, there is a painting of a baby elephant playing in the water, smart and cute, with a candy-colored match.

"Did you draw it?" Wei Yuhuai stopped in front of the painting, "I thought you always drew the kind of paintings that look like real people."

"I drew it with the volunteer team. It's more appropriate to use a cartoon image for this kind of place." Chu He explained, pushing the person forward a few steps, "Let's go?"

But Wei Yuhuai didn't move.He stood in front of a cartoon elephant, stared at it for a long time, and suddenly extended his hand to say hello, "This is just what you drew, right?"

"How do you know?" Chu He was curious.The team's mural needs to be consistent, it should be hard to see.

"Intuition." Wei Yuhuai replied, "I think its eyes are very similar to yours."

Chu He only thought he was talking nonsense.If the eyes of the cartoon look like a human, then there are ghosts.

But what Wei Yuhuai thought about was Santorini's hat and snake.He thinks that Chu He is a young man who is always sincere and can see snakes swallowing elephants.And he is the traveler who is looking for this boy hard.

A group of young elephants howled and rushed to the river, splashing water all over them.

Plop, plop, the elephants drew water from each other's trunks, sprayed it on each other's backs, flicked their ears, and made melodious calls.

"Did you often deal with these little elephants before?" Wei Yuhuai withdrew his eyes.

"We deal with many things." Chu He didn't think it was so different, "Marine life protection, garbage removal,"

"Can tourists help?"

"You can buy food to feed, and there is a donation message posted over there." Chu He pointed to the ticket office, "Oh, by the way, there was a baby elephant that I rescued back then, so it should be over the fence."

Wei Yuhuai walked over without saying a word, threw a stack of banknotes into the donation box, and ran to the shed to look for the elephant.

The little guide followed, and soon found a baby elephant that was far away from the herd, and said with a smile: "On the other side, it is always not with the elephant herd, and likes to hide in the shade and water itself."

Before he finished speaking, the little elephant turned his head to look at them like a psychic, and let out a long howl.It was missing half of its ivory, and there was an inch-long scar on its forehead.

"I guess he recognized you." Wei Yuhuai walked over with a smile, went to the ticket office to buy a box of food, and went into the shed, "Why did you pick it?"

"Our volunteers couldn't pick it. At that time, it was beaten by hunters, and its mouth was full of blood. After the veterinarian rescued it, it said that its cry was different from other people's, and few elephants could understand it. Saying something. But both his parents died in the hunt, so... a lonely baby elephant."

When Chu He talked about these things, his eyes were soft, a look Wei Yuhuai had never seen before.

"Can I talk to it?" Wei Yuhuai asked.

Chu He smiled wryly: "It can't understand what we are saying."

"You have been with it for half a year," Wei Yuhuai said, "It is accompanied by many long-term donors like you."

"But it has no companion."

"Do you see how much fun it has by itself?" Wei Yuhuai looked not far away, the gray long nose was spraying the lake water into the sky, and the higher and higher water column rushed towards the sun, refracting a small rainbow, "You What I said is that existence is reasonable, and living is not to gain the approval of the same kind.”

Chu He shrugged, noncommittal.

Wei Yuhuai also dropped some tips into the donation box, lifted his legs, climbed over the fence and ran to the side of the shed.

Chu He was sitting outside the shed, fanning himself with his hat.

It's too hot.

It was so hot that I was sweating, and my eyes were dizzy, but I couldn't help but look in a certain direction.There was a man in short-sleeved clothes, with the hem of his T-shirt tied up, holding a faucet, smiling like a child.

Those eyes saw the hat under the sun, and waved in this direction.

Chu He also raised his hand in response.At this moment, the little elephant suddenly raised its nose and sprayed water all over Wei Yuhuai.

"Hahaha!" The two laughed across the light and shadow.

Wei Yuhuai rubbed the little elephant's ears, talked to it, and played with it.Drops of water splashed and surrounded them like pearls.

Chu He suddenly wanted to remember these moments in a certain way.

He doesn't have a camera, just a pen and sketchbook in his carry-on bag.

The sunshine in South Asia is very strong, the smell of the sea is very strong in the air, and everything makes people feel itchy.

Chu He spread the sketchbook on his lap and brushed his pen.Smiling eyebrows, flying bangs, raised arms, well-behaved elephants...they are so vivid that they are even more hazy when they fall on the paper.

The tip of the pen stopped, and the people in the shed just came out.

"What are you doing?" Wei Yuhuai smiled, his eyes were crooked, his clothes were wet, and there were a few drops of water hanging on his glasses.Show the man's excellent lines and figure.

"Drawing."

"Painting? Such a short time?" Wei Yuhuai was flattered, took off his glasses, and wiped them with the tissue he carried with him.

"Sketch." Chu He handed out the notebook.

Wei Yuhuai opened his jaw wide in shock.The lines are simple, the expression is lifelike, and the lovely creatures and laughing men come alive on the paper.Although only a carbon pen was used, it looked like a colorful three-dimensional painting from a distance.

"Ah, this..." Wei Yuhuai didn't know how to boast, "Hiss, it's like, it's too similar."

A layman would use "likeness" to judge a painting.But Chu He was very happy, and threw Bao over his shoulder, "That's right, don't look at who I am."

Wei Yuhuai suddenly felt that a certain place in his heart was illuminated.But in the next second, this bright corner was shrouded in a new shadow.

He knew that the high-spirited little painter was returning little by little.

He also knew that the most important thing to say at this time was "Congratulations".Congratulations to Chu He for finally drawing a satisfactory work, congratulations for this journey without any burden, congratulations for the success of the exhibition, and so on.But Wei Yuhuai couldn't say it.

He wanted to laugh out his eight teeth, but the corners of his mouth drooped downwards, and finally he could only curl his lips, "Then do you...don't need me anymore?"

Chu He was taken aback, and asked with a smile why he thought so.

"It's okay, it's okay." Wei Yuhuai reminded himself not to cross the line too much, the two-week couple that was agreed, that is two weeks.But I still couldn't bear the sadness, and the bitterness even overflowed to the corner of my eyes, "Hey! You don't need to worry about me. I think what Yan Hongji said is right. In a relationship, you really have to leave some space for the other party."

Chu He didn't understand the deep meaning of these words, "Why did you say this all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing. It's better for us to be more mature, keep a distance, and stay rational." In this way, when the journey is over, we probably won't be sad when we part.

Wei Yuhuai thought that the high-sounding words of these words would be enough for him to step up, but let the confused little artist guess for a long time.

Chu He returned to his room, took a shower, and found that there was no movement next door, and was going to knock on the door to ask about the situation.

What made Wei Yuhuai unhappy?

Or get bored after a few days?

It doesn't feel like it.

Just as he was puzzled, Chu He suddenly saw a message from Xingbiao's friend:

Wei Yuhuai: [Waiting, have you finished taking a shower? ]

Wei Yuhuai: [You have ignored me for half an hour! ]

Wei Yuhuai: []

1 minute later.

[Wei Yuhuai retracted this message]

Chu He replied dumbfounded: [I saw it, and it's useless to withdraw it. ]

Wei Yuhuai: [Sorry...]

Chu He continued to tease him: [Isn't it necessary to maintain a mature and rational distance and give the other party space? ]

"The other party is typing" at the top of the screen lasted for about 1 minute.

Wei Yuhuai: [I don't want it, I double-standard, I change my face! ]

Chu He smiled and turned off the screen, walked to the door of the next room, and knocked twice.

When the people in the room came out and saw him, they couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes, and the corners of their mouths were obviously upturned but they wanted to press down, "What are you doing?"

"I'm here to keep a distance from you," Chu He pounced on the door before it opened, making the two of them stick very close together, "Is this enough?"

Wei Yuhuai hugged him even tighter subconsciously, "It's not enough...it's more, a little closer."

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The next chapter...you get it!