[Rat cat] Mirror City

"Ah Choo!" Zhan Zhao sneezed fiercely, breaking the tranquility of the night.Zhan Zhao shrank his neck, couldn't help but shrink his hands and feet.

Although the weather is not cold now, at night, the clothing for the daytime temperature is slightly insufficient.Those who don't stay in the room at night, but run under the almond tree, sit on the cold stone platform and wait for others, will feel cold after all.

While shrinking his neck, a soft blanket fell from the sky, wrapping Zhan Zhao tightly.Zhan Zhao raised his head, and saw Bai Yutang smiling at him.

Satisfied, Zhan Zhao wraps himself tightly with one side of the blanket, pulls away the other side and looks at Bai Yutang expectantly, silently urging Bai Yutang to sit down quickly.

Bai Yutang smiled and scratched the tip of Zhan Zhao's nose, and sat down close to Zhan Zhao.Picking up a large part of the blanket that Zhan Zhao gave out, Bai Yutang covered Zhan Zhao a little more tightly, and then wrapped himself in the blanket.

"You've been there for so long, so you went to get a blanket." Zhan Zhao's voice trembled from the cold, but he was still very happy.

"Yeah." Bai Yutang hugged Zhan Zhao's shoulders, looked at the door, "Chen Mu invited us outside, it must be very cold so late. Speaking of which, why hasn't he come out yet?"

Zhan Zhao also shook his head in confusion.After dinner, Chen Mu stopped the three of them and asked them to meet under the almond tree outside the house at night.After he did this, Zhan Zhao and the others knew that Chen Mu was determined to tell them about him.

"Maybe he wanted to show us something. Didn't he ask Gongsun to help? It must be something big." Zhan Zhao was confident that Chen Mu would definitely tell them.

But self-confidence is self-confidence, and the blanket slid down a little while talking, and the heat that had been accumulated dissipated all of a sudden, and Zhan Zhao shivered again.

Bai Yutang held Zhan Zhao's hand, because Zhan Zhao had been sitting on the stone platform, Zhan Zhao's hand had already become cold, and it didn't seem to warm up after being wrapped in a blanket for a while.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao's hand worriedly, but luckily it didn't turn blue.He breathed a sigh of relief, took out a small cup of hot wine from the wine warmer he had just brought, poured a cup for Zhan Zhao, and stuffed it into Zhan Zhao's hand.

"Wow, you still dug this out from his house?" Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up when he saw the steaming wine glass.Although he doesn't drink much, drinking hot wine is the best way to drive away the cold at this time.

But Zhan Zhao is not a greedy person, this hot wine is still the most suitable for warming hands.So Zhan Zhao held the wine glass in both hands, closed his eyes and felt the heat from the wine.

"I went back to get the blanket, and I met Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen took this out." Bai Yutang put the wine warmer away, and when he turned around, he saw Zhan Zhao holding the wine glass in a daze.The hot air hit his face, and Bai Yutang could clearly see that Zhan Zhao's face was covered with a hazy layer.Bai Yutang helplessly raised his hand to help him brush away the water curtain.

Zhan Zhao smiled but said nothing, and after drinking half a glass of wine, he handed the glass to Bai Yutang.Just now when Bai Yutang's fingers touched his face, Zhan Zhao realized that Bai Yutang's hands were also cold.

Bai Yutang took the wine glass, raised his head and drank the wine.The steaming wine entered the body, and a stream of heat surged up, driving away the lingering chill.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sighed comfortably, leaning together and looking up, watching the apricot blossoms fall, and tasting a pot of fine wine.Bai Yutang looked at the white apricot trees in front of him, and suddenly thought of the peach tree in the courtyard of "Zhan Zhao" in his dream.

In the dream, the scene of the peach blossom rain was an unforgettable scene in his life. The lives of "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" are Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's private memories, their secrets.

"Cat." Bai Yutang suddenly turned his head, just in time to see Zhan Zhao staring at him with open eyes, "When shall we go to see peach blossom together?"

"Looking at the apricot blossoms, do you think of the peach blossoms?" Zhan Zhao turned his head to look at Bai Yutang and smiled.How could he not know what Bai Yutang was talking about.Bai Yutang once saw the peach tree in his dream, and he had no chance to see the scene, so it is good to be able to experience it.

Zhan Zhao glanced at the wine warmer in Bai Yutang's hand, and suddenly smiled, "Then why don't we just be drunkards for a while, and why don't we learn how to make flower wine?"

"You want to be a drunk cat?" Although he said so, Zhan Zhao's idea just hit Bai Yutang's idea.There are many, many things that he wants to take Zhan Zhao to try.Whether he has seen it or not, in the days to come, Bai Yutang wants to give Zhan Zhao everything.

Zhan Zhao nodded, looked at Bai Yutang and smiled.Bai Yutang looked into Zhan Zhao's eyes for a long time, he liked to stare into Zhan Zhao's eyes.Zhan Zhao's eyes are always bright, quietly reflecting everything he sees.But now, in Zhan Zhao's eyes, he saw the most beautiful star.

Sometimes, some things, intentionally or unintentionally, just happen, because everything is just right.

It just so happens that the outside of the house at night is so peaceful;

It just so happens that the rustling of green leaves and white flowers in the night wind is so heart-warming;

Coincidentally, the chill of the spring night made them close to each other;

It just so happened that the thin blanket surrounded the two of them, and there was almost no distance between them;

It was so coincidental again, just looking into Zhan Zhao's eyes, Bai Yutang wanted to do that - wanted to bend down and kiss him.

It just so happens that there is only space under the thin blanket for people to have nowhere to escape, and Zhan Zhao doesn't want to escape.

"Hey Gongsun, why did you stop all of a sudden! It's about to fall!" Chen Mu's voice suddenly reminded him, disturbing the rare tranquility and beauty.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang separated immediately, but they seemed restrained by the restraint of the thin blanket.All of a sudden, the two of them scratched their hair in embarrassment, looking away from each other.

The two finally made some progress, and they were interrupted like this?Gongsun Ce looked at the sudden change in astonishment, and glared at Chen Mu angrily.If it's two steps too late, these two will be done.

Gongsun Ce has a kind of child of his own who finally seized a chance to marry off, but was disturbed by others, and the progress of the last effort was slowed down again.This is the same feeling as when you are suddenly interrupted when you are charging and you cannot use your big move.The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Anyway, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had been alarmed, so Gongsun Ce simply let go without doing anything.

Chen Mu has been carrying things backwards since just now, so he doesn't know what happened at all.When he wanted to ask for clarification, the thing in his hand fell down, and it hit Chen Mu's foot in a flash.

Chen Mu sat on the ground with his feet in his hands, "Gongsun, why did you let go? This is..." As he spoke, Chen Mu wanted to complain to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, but when he turned around, he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang The two looked embarrassed.

As smart as he is, how could he not know what happened to him and Gongsun Ce when they were not there just now.Or——judging from Gongsun Ce's expression, something should be about to happen.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also reflected immediately, lifted the thin blankets on their bodies and walked over.Without asking Gongsun Ce and Chen Mu any more, the two of them worked together to move the Mu Shi they moved out to the side of the stone platform and set it up.

After a little distraction, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not too embarrassed, and sat on the stone platform again, covered with a thin blanket and waited for Chen Mu and Gongsun Ce to pass by.

Chen Mu rubbed his chin to watch the movements of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and couldn't help nodding his head, "These two children are not bad, Gongsun, you said that it's really not the right time for us to come back."

"I know you still say it." Gongsun Ce gave him a cold look, and hit Chen Mu hard on the waist when he passed by.

Chen Mu clutched his waist, really unable to express his pain, "It's a good thing he didn't say another word, otherwise he would definitely make my life worse than death." In fact, Chen Mu originally had another sentence: If Bao Zheng were here, he would definitely treat you the same way.

However, Chen Mu still felt that it would be better for him not to provoke Gongsun.It was just now that they made peace, and he couldn't take it anymore if he offended Gongsun.

Smiling, Chen Mu picked up the wooden box that was put aside just now and walked towards the three of them.Whether Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang or Gongsun Ce, they also saw the wooden box from the very beginning, but no one asked.

Gongsun Ce took a cup of hot wine and drank it, squinting his eyes at Chen Mu who had been smiling all the time, "Chen Mu, this time you have to explain everything clearly to the two of us."

"Of course. The three of you take turns to fight, I have already agreed, right?" Chen Mu opened the wooden box and took out a folded dress from it, "It's just that things have to be done slowly. Tonight, I want to show you something."

He turned around and hung his clothes on Mu Shi.With Mu Shi, the whole dress was unfolded in front of the three of them.

This is a waist-length skirt.Just by looking at it, you can see that the clothes are made with great care.This skirt is very plain, with white as the background color, red petals are embroidered on the cuffs of the jacket, and further down, there are branches embroidered on the skirt, red flowers blooming on the branches, and the whole dress is dyed fresh and tender. pink light.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up, only then did they confirm that the embroidered skirt was red apricot.

After finishing these, Chen Mu sat on the stone platform.Leaning back, Chen Mu supported the stone platform with his hands, just staring at the skirt, his gaze was rare and soft.

At first, Gongsun Ce thought that this dress was made by Chen Mu, but looking at it now, it seems that this dress is self-made, and it may have passed an unimaginable age.

What does it mean?Gongsun Ce and the others didn't understand what Chen Mu meant, and looked at Chen Mu in confusion.

"Everything wrong with me in the past two years started with this dress." Chen Mu drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, pointed at the dress, his tone was full of joy and pain.

That was the day he first came to this place.Passing by a store, I was finally attracted by this dress and couldn't put it down anymore.So he bought this piece of clothing without hesitation, and carefully treasured it. However, he never expected that when he bought this piece of clothing, his peaceful life would be completely turned upside down.

Chen Mu looked at this dress with love and hatred, and the wine bottle and glass in his hand never stopped moving.After drinking seven or eight glasses of wine, Chen Mu smiled and asked Gongsun Ce and the others, "Do you think it's too monotonous with only a few white apricots here?"

Monotonous?Will it be monotonous?Before Zhan Zhao and the others had time to think about this question, Chen Mu had already continued on his own, "Anyway, I think it's a bit monotonous."

"Since it's monotonous, shouldn't you use other colors when planting trees?" Gongsun Ce asked following his words.Although I feel that Chen Mu's words are a bit out of bounds, but it doesn't matter, anyway, isn't Chen Mu's characteristic just being out of bounds?

"Originally, I wanted to do this." Chen Mu lay on the stone platform, not caring how cold the stone platform was, as if he had done this action countless times, "But later, I found a more beautiful one. So it’s okay, so no need.”

Chen Mu put the wine glass aside, folded his hands behind his head, looked at the white apricot above his head, and stared at the skirt hanging on Mu Shi.Gongsun Ce stared at Chen Mu,

The skirt was stretched open by Mu Shi, and the pink cloak lightly wrapped around Mu Shi fluttered in the wind.Inadvertently glanced in Mu Shi's direction, they even felt that it was not a skirt, but a girl.

Zhan Zhao was about to look away, but found that there seemed to be something different on the skirt.

Bai Yutang noticed that Zhan Zhao was silent, and looked at Zhan Zhao strangely. Even if Zhan Zhao was sitting quietly, he still liked to make some small movements. Now that he was quietly doing nothing, it made him feel strange.

Then he discovered that Zhan Zhao had been looking at that skirt all the time.Zhan Zhao also noticed that Bai Yutang was looking at him, and he quickly tugged on Bai Yutang's sleeve, "Yutang, help me see that dress, is there something different?"

"Different?" Zhan Zhao's words immediately caught the attention of Gongsun Ce and Bai Yutang, who also stared at the skirt.But before they all just glanced at the skirt, it was a bit strange to be told by Zhan Zhao, but they couldn't tell what was so strange.

"The petals on the cuffs seem to be getting redder...there are more red apricots on the skirt?" Zhan Zhao said uncertainly, his eyes were still glued to the skirt, as if looking at it for a second longer, You can see the changes.

Chen Mu patted his knees with his hands, laughed and praised, "It's Zhan Zhao who noticed. Gongsun, Bai Yutang, you two, one of you is staring at me, and the other is full of cats, no wonder you didn't notice it. .”

Chen Mu's words were a disguised acknowledgment of Zhan Zhao's question.The three of Zhan Zhao got even more excited, they all stared at the skirt, hoping to see the process of its change.

"Oh, you are all short-tempered." Chen Mu patted Gongsun Ce on the shoulder and handed him a glass of wine, "There is no need to rush this thing, the longer you wait, the less it will disappear. As for the three of you, just let me know Sit and drink with me every minute, and when the time is up, I should show you something, and it will be there."

Gongsun Ce and the others had no choice but to let go and sit here drinking with Chen Mu.Suddenly there were three more people drinking with him, and Chen Mu was even happier.He has always been happy to have someone to drink with him.

Although Zhan Zhao and the others were not focused on drinking, there was nothing they could do.And this wine is easy to get addicted while drinking.At first, Zhan Zhao and the others were absent-minded.But after drinking a few cups, the four of them gradually talked more.

Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce, and Chen Mu had a lot of common topics, and the three of them got involved as soon as they chatted.Seeing Zhan Zhao's red fingers, Bai Yutang wanted to take another small cup of wine from the wine warmer.

As soon as the lid was opened, a red petal fell into the container, floating gently on the water.Red...red petals!

At first, Bai Yutang thought it was a dream.But soon, a few sporadic petals fell in, circling with the water waves.

"Cat." Bai Yutang called Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao turned his head when he heard the sound, and then, an incredible scene appeared in front of everyone.

The night wind did not know when it got stronger, but it was still gentle, not making people feel colder, but it was more powerful.More white apricot blossoms fell from the branches, and the embroidered skirt, unbelievably, had countless red petals floating out, as if they had spanned hundreds of years and converged here.

Pure white and bright red are intertwined, dancing in mid-air.They either rise up in the sky, flutter and scatter, or fall to the ground to meet the grass.More do weave in mid-air.

There is a full moon in the sky tonight.And they are like the fragments of the bright moon, shining with cool light, calm and happy, and agile, the red of red apricot and the night, blending with the pieces of white, touching people's hearts.

"This...is incredible." This was the only compliment Gongsun Ce could say.

"It's beautiful." Chen Mu looked at the beautiful scene nostalgicly, and couldn't take his eyes off for a long time, "Once a year, this is this year. It's been two years, two years. I planted this white apricot, also Just to set it off."

After that, no one said a word.At this moment, here, under this circumstance, any language is superfluous.They just have to sit here and stare.

Sitting on the stone platform was uncomfortable, so Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao sat under the tree, leaning against the trunk and looking up.Maybe it was because the night was so peaceful, but also because the atmosphere was so dizzying.Looking at it, the line of sight gradually became blurred.

Zhan Zhao gradually became a little sleepy, so he leaned on Bai Yutang's shoulder.Bai Yutang leaned his head against Zhan Zhao's head, and breathed out comfortably.

In the haze, Zhan Zhao felt that the petals in the sky seemed to be spinning, like a cyclone.Even more dimly, Zhan Zhao felt as if he saw a girl wearing the skirt worn by Mu Shi, spinning and dancing.

This was his last thought before falling asleep.