Juliet Tower

Qiao Yumian woke up early.

The early morning in the grassland was still cold, and even people like An Jiayu who were extremely afraid of heat shrank obediently under the quilt.

In the morning light, there are a few zebras grazing not far from the window. This season, there are at least 200 million adult wildebeest, zebras and gazelles wandering in the Masai Mara grasslands in Kenya, and they are migrating from south to north. During the process, 40 cubs were born.Under the leadership of the wildebeest army, the large troops will rest here for two or three months, and after eating up the aquatic plants here, they will return to the south and return to the Serengeti prairie in Tanzania to recuperate.

In this way, they chase the water source and the new grass, and run round and round in this ecological circle.

Some died on the road, or their throats were bitten off by cheetahs and lions, or they were dragged down by crocodiles while wading through rapids, and disappeared in the rapids.

There are also some who were born on the road, learned to run an hour after birth, and grew up after a narrow escape.

Cruel, tragic, and full of vitality.

"Hmm..." The sun was shining through his eyelids, An Jiayu reluctantly rolled half a circle and hugged his waist, sticking to his back.

Last night, the parents of the violin saw the night sky of the prairie for the first time at such an age. The crescent moon was like a hook, so dim that almost only a gray outline remained, and the sky was full of stars shining brightly, so low that it seemed as if they could be easily reached. He lay sideways on the sofa by the window Staring at this huge jewelry box greedily, he was reluctant to close his eyes.

Qiao Yumian watched with him for a long time, patted the shoulder illuminated by the starlight in front of him, and advised him to go to bed early, because he had to get up early for hunting, so he couldn't stay in bed.

"Don't move..." An Jiayu just turned his eyes, and suddenly pinched his chin, "Don't blink."

"Huh?" How is this possible, he turned over slightly, his eyes chasing the bleak figure who climbed out of the bed.

"Don't move!" An Jiayu fetched a huge SLR camera.The lights were not turned on in the room, and it took a long time just to adjust the parameters. Qiao Yumian couldn't bear the sore eyes. He blinked secretly many times and the man didn't notice it at all. He even yawned in peace.

"Little Qiao, look at me." An Jiayu sat beside him with her knees curled up, with the dark lens on her knees, trying her best to keep still.

click - click -

In the dark, the shutter speed was extremely slow, Qiao Yumian stared at the camera without daring to blink, just repeated, clicking, clicking, and everyone was stunned.He remembered that he used to hate facing the camera, and once someone wanted to take a picture of him, he would unconsciously become stiff.

When did he stop hating it... He looked across the camera, watching An Jiayu biting his lip and seriously taking pictures, searching his memory for a long time, and finally found that crucial moment.

At that time, An Jiayu was chasing and wrestling with him in the thin waves, desperately trying to pat his smile.

"I always hide from the camera, and I can only secretly take pictures of you." An Jiayu seldom gets frustrated, but he has tasted everything from him.

Until now, Qiao Yumian couldn't think of anything in herself that was worthy of being loved by a person like this.

Finally captured a clear picture, An Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief, turned the camera triumphantly, and showed him the electronic screen: "How about it, can I be an amateur photographer now?"

A pair of pitch-black pupils, eyes that had yawned were moist, and the stars were shining.

"Close-up face... Qiao Yumian..." The photographer smacked his lips complacently, completely immersed in his new work, "We are all human, why do some people look so disregarding others' feelings..."

"You don't like it?" Qiao Yumian looked at him covered in starlight, and casually pinned his silver hair behind his ears.

"I really want to." An Jiayu threw the camera on the window sill, leaned against him and played with his eyelashes with his little fingers, forcing him to close his eyes.The man kissed the corner of his mouth with a "boo", "It's best not to like you, so you don't have to worry about it all the time. Today I worry about you thinking about it and hiding yourself, and tomorrow I worry about someone powerful and powerful looking at you and abducting you..."

Kissing and kissing, An Jiayu's whole body was pressed against him, and she couldn't stop dawdling.Qiao Yumian woke up suddenly: "No, tomorrow I have to ride a buggy all day, it's very hard."

"It's okay...it's so delicate..." An Jiayu grabbed his hand and pressed it to the side of his lower abdomen, making a shallow line with force, "Touch it yourself..."

It doesn't feel so soft to the touch, but it's still thin. These lines are just a small result of low body fat. An Jiayu seems to be the same as him.

A stream of moist air flowed towards the ear, and the man seemed to be deliberately teasing him, doing everything he could.Qiao Yumian had no choice but to push him aside while he was relaxing, wrapped him tightly in the quilt, and stuck him in front of him, "Look at the distance."

The tall and straight giant trees on the grassland, the silhouettes of the broad tree crowns are like black clouds floating on the horizon.

"It's acacia, it grows so tall to avoid herbivores." Qiao Yumian whispered, "Now only giraffes can eat it."

"So the giraffe's neck got longer and longer in order to eat it?"

"Well, then it evolved thorns. The giraffe then evolved a flexible tongue, which then evolved toxicity, and the giraffe evolved resistance... Later, the acacia called for foreign aid, let the ants settle on it, and drive it away foreign enemy……"

The same is true for human beings, who grow up slowly and gradually evolve poison and spikes for self-protection, but they are soft and vulnerable to the giraffes they raise.

He kept whispering at a low frequency, An Jiayu seemed to be taken away by him, quietly looking into the distance, Qiao Yumian was getting more and more sleepy, and he didn't know who fell asleep first.When the temperature dropped in the middle of the night, he got into the quilt unconsciously, and was naturally wrapped tightly by a pair of arms, evenly warming him.

"Qiao Yumian." An Jiayu rubbed his eyes, sat up, strangled him, and threw him back into the fluffy pillow, dust flying under the sun, "Didn't you want to tell a story last night, why did you talk about yourself?" Go to bed first..."

"...It's you who don't sleep... You're not a child, and you need someone to tell you a story." Qiao Yumian pointed out the window, "Look, zebra."

"Where is it!" An Jiayu stood up, staring at the direction of his fingers, "Hey...you...were you watching this just now..." After speaking, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he groped under him.

Qiao Yumian was startled, stood up and looked, the group of guys were still grazing warmly and peacefully just now, why did they suddenly...

Zebras are not picky eaters, so most of them are round, plump and cute.At this moment, the two horses were stacked on top of each other, their smooth fur wrapped in plump fat, and they were shaking according to a certain rhythm.

"Little Qiao... this is the call of nature."

No, it's just a natural reaction to getting up in the morning...Qiao Yumian had no choice but to fight with him for a while, but he didn't lose his sense of control until the end of the fight. After a while, the two of them rushed together in the semi-outdoor bathroom bath.

"I looked at the menu, and it seems that I can choose crocodile meat in the morning." An Jiayu tied up her blow-dried hair, wore a sky blue jumper jacket, and a pair of avocado green pants.Qiao Yumian was just the opposite.

"Protective color." An Jiayu put the hat on for him, "I've checked, if the clothes are too bright, it's not good if it irritates the beasts, and black and the locals think it is unlucky. But ordinary people are not allowed to wear camouflage here. Suit, that's all there is to it."

According to this theory, the colors of the sky and prairie are indeed safe, although they hardly get off.

With the roof of the off-road vehicle propped up, they stood side by side in the speeding car and crossed the boundless grassland. At this time, the rainy season had just passed, and the weeds were soaring. Countless wildebeests and antelopes bent their slender necks and buried their heads in the wild. There were no animals. Mind the off-road vehicles rumbling by.

"Look, Leopard." The guide slowed down and pointed to a tree.

It took them a long time to look with their eyes wide open to see the big cat who blended in perfectly with the environment, thanks to the restless and fluffy long tail.

"It's so cute... It's too cat-like... So the leopard is so small?"

More cat-like than a leopard is a male lion with no sense of danger.Lying on all fours among the bushes and bushes, he was sleeping soundly, his belly heaving and falling.

An Jiayu held the safari booklet and muttered something, kept searching and ticking the boxes. Last night, this man was determined to collect all the animals on the grassland.

"I just saw a small one called Thomson's gazelle, with stripes on the side... Then this one is... an impala? It has curved horns, black spots on its feet, and an expression that is more indifferent than yours..." He flinched Get in the car and confirm with the guide, "Impala, right?"

"Yes." The guide's intercom suddenly remembered a string of vague Swahili, and they suddenly turned around and started to accelerate.

"What's going on?" An Jiayu almost bit her tongue.Within a few minutes, they found that many off-road vehicles gathered together from all directions.When meeting cars, the guides leaned over and clapped hands, and had a brief conversation.

"The guides will communicate with each other. It should be that someone found some rare animal and told everyone to go see it together. Maybe it's a white rhinoceros." Qiao Yumian guessed.He pulled An Jiayu to sit down, "Take a break, it's only noon, save your energy."

An Jiayu gouged him out, "Why save it?"

"..." Qiao Yumian was taken aback for a moment, he knew that the artist really enjoyed that matter, but he wouldn't hold grudges so much...

The author says:

The next chapter is about crossing the kingdom of heaven, you can skip it if you are not interested.