Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

As if making a little joke, Ye Li shook Qiu Mu's hand and let it go quickly.

Qiu Mu understands that perhaps in Ye Li's eyes, this kind of behavior is just a kind of entertainment among friends, making a joke about his weakness.When I was in the dormitory before, the gay jokes and interactions between a few college male roommates were much more serious than this.So after laughing, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Aunt Huang went out after finishing her breakfast and would not come here until noon.The old man took the puppy for a walk nearby and hadn't come back yet. At this time, only Ye Li and Qiu Mu were left in the house.

Sitting at home was fine, Ye Li picked up a book that he had been reading in his hand for the past few days, and read it.

Seeing that the cover looked familiar, Qiu Mu asked, "What are you looking at?"

finance?stock?Political news?

Ye Li: "Recipe."

"It turned out to be a recipe...huh? A recipe?" Qiu Mu was taken aback for a moment.

Ye Li: "Just take a look."

just looking around?Qiu Mu, who is familiar with Ye Li's temperament, knows better than anyone else that a person with Ye Li's personality, no matter how casually reading books to pass the time, will not read those miscellaneous books that he considers "useless".

Now that you've seen it, it must have been done with a purpose.

Qiu Mu thought for a while and guessed, "Is it for grandpa?"

Because there are many taboos for high blood pressure, the food at home has changed a bit compared to before, and the elderly's appetite has also been slightly reduced.

Ye Li probably researched the recipe specially for this, Qiu Mu thought.

Ye Li glanced at Qiu Mu, without explanation: "Here is a recipe for fried chicken nuggets, it looks delicious, try to make it next time."

Qiu Mu didn't understand, so: "Oh, good."

Seeing that Ye Li was watching seriously, Qiu Mu didn't bother him anymore, sat back in his seat, picked up his phone and read the news of the past few days.

Ye Li suddenly said, "What do you think of Xiao Yu's situation?"

Qiu Mu: "I don't know."

He didn't really want to remember it.

Ye Li: "Although it's strange to meet at this time, if Chen Siqi shows a little bit of meaning to Xiao Yu today, Xiao Yu will definitely fall into the trap immediately."

Qiu Mu didn't speak.

"After all, it's been a year since she and Xiao Yu became friends. It's impossible for Xiao Yu to do nothing—this date is proof that the relationship between the two is getting better and better."

Qiu Mu: "Yes."

"If Xiao Yu and Chen Siqi were really together, would you be able to bear it?"

Qiu Mu's eyes were deep: "Endure?"

Now, what is there to "endure" or not to "endure", he has long been used to this kind of life.

He can wait, and he can wait, because there are still many opportunities.

Ye Li: "If Xiao Yu and Chen Siqi have been together for seven or eight years, are you willing to wait for him for seven or eight years?"

He was waiting for Qiu Mu to say "If they are really together, then I will give up".

In this way, he has the means and the opportunity to pursue Qiu Mu openly.

"Impossible." Qiu Mu replied quickly and decisively.

Ye Li's heart beat violently: "!"

Really? !

Qiu Mu said: "We will break up in a year at most."

Ye Li: "..."

He paused strangely for a long time, and said, "It's not good to curse people like this."

Especially the person who spoke was actually Qiu Mu, the Qiu Mu who never used malice to speculate on people.It's so weird, it doesn't seem like something would come out of his mouth at all.

Qiu Mu: "I'm not cursing them, I'm telling the truth."

Ye Li looked puzzled: "How are you sure?"

Because that's what Gu Yu told him back then, Qiu Mu thought.

"After a long time, Chen Siqi will dump Xiao Yu." Qiu Mu said: "If it's just a netizen, it's fine, but after becoming a boyfriend and girlfriend, Chen Siqi can't bear the feeling of being apart for a long time, and the pressure of studying in high school is also great. Whatever happened, Xiao Yu was not by her side, and the relationship gradually faded naturally."

Ye Li: "...you seem to understand it very well."

Qiu Mu said: "I just know."

He's from the future.

Ye Li: "Then you have to wait until Xiao Yu and Chen Siqi break up?"

Qiu Mu: "...I can wait."

Ye Li frowned and said, "What if Xiaoyu finds a girl from the same school in high school after she separates from Chen Siqi?"

Qiu Mu: "No."

Ye Li: "No one is sure about this kind of thing."

Qiu Mu: "..."

Ye Li: "Do you want to continue waiting?"

Qiu Mu answered honestly, but also weakly: "I don't know, I should wait forever."

Ye Li: "No matter how much you delay, the outcome of the matter will remain the same. You can't become the type that Xiao Yu likes, and Xiao Yu will not change her preferences because of your reasons. Whether you can accept it or not, it has been from the very beginning. It's settled."

Qiu Mu looked at Ye Li.

Ye Li said: "Why didn't you make it clear to him earlier? According to Xiao Yu's character, even if he feels uncomfortable, he will definitely not say too many hurtful things. We should still be friends."

Although the atmosphere will become very awkward.

Qiu Mu answered absolutely: "Impossible."

Ye Li was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Qiu Mu: "I've never treated him as a friend, and I can't be a lover. What are you still doing by his side? Are you not happy for yourself?"

Ye Li: "..."

It turns out that the problem is not with Gu Yu, but with Qiu Mu.

He said, "Then try to treat him as a friend?"

Qiu Mu smiled: "As long as I still like him, it is impossible to treat him as a friend. You like a girl and get in touch with her. The reason for the contact is that you want to fall in love with her, not because you are with her." You can play together. If you really want to find someone to play with, Xiaoyu and I, and so many boys, are obviously more suitable to be your playmates. Why do you want to stay with that girl and let her be your friend? play together and then make both of you feel uncomfortable."

Ye Li carefully understood Qiu Mu's meaning: "So, if you confess to Xiao Yu and Xiao Yu rejects you, you will leave Xiao Yu because of embarrassment or loss, and you will not be able to face him. But if it is me... "

Qiu Mu heard half of it, and felt that the second half of the sentence was not quite right: "Huh?"

Ye Li shook his head and said something irrelevant: "In your eyes, I should be the person you trust the most and have the best relationship with."

Qiu Mu didn't understand, so: "Yes."

Ye Li didn't know why, but looked into Qiu Mu's eyes and smiled happily.

Qiu Mu: "..."

He wondered: "Why are you laughing, isn't this a long-established fact."

Ye Li: "It suddenly occurred to me that I was more important than Xiao Yu, and I found it quite interesting."

Qiu Mu couldn't help but laugh: "What is this... It's completely incomparable, isn't it?"

Ye Li was in a good mood because of these words, so he suggested: "—Anyway, I have nothing to do today, I remember that your coffee beans are almost finished, do you want to go out together and buy some new ones?"

Qiu Mu had nothing to do, and readily agreed: "Okay."

"In this case, why don't we go out and play for a day like Xiao Yu." Ye Li suggested: "How about going to the playground? Or go to a movie."

Qiu Mu expressed that she was willing to accompany her: "Okay, let's go."

......

Standing on the side of the street, waiting for the store's shaved ice to be made.Ye Li and Qiu Mu hid under the parasol, squinting their eyes and looking at the white ground in front of them that seemed to reflect light, sweating non-stop.

Ye Li noticed a young man in his 20s not far away, shirtless and bare-chested, walking in front of him, turned his head and glanced sideways at Qiu Mu.

He found that Qiu Mu's expression was normal, so he said to Qiu Mu in a low voice that others would not notice: "Is it all right?"

Qiu Mu didn't understand, so: "What?"

Ye Li lifted his chin and gestured to the man in front of him.

Qiu Mu couldn't help laughing: "Of course not, what's the matter."

Ye Li: "Is Xiaoyu all right?"

Qiu Mu recalled the scenes of being with Gu Yu in the past ten years, nodded and confirmed: "It's okay."

Not just once, anyway.Aside from the fact that the other party is Gu Yu, this level of exposure is completely acceptable.

Ye Li was thoughtful: "That's right."

Qiu Mu: "Yes."

Ye Li: "I'm afraid that if I accidentally appear in front of you shirtless one day, you will call me a hooligan."

Qiu Mu was inexplicably amused by this sentence, burst out laughing, and kept laughing while clutching her stomach.

"What's wrong with you today, hahahaha..."

The shopkeeper finished the shaved ice, stood behind the shaving ice machine and called Ye Li and the others.Ye Li reached out to take two small cold cups, and handed one to Qiu Mu.

They ate and walked towards the bus station.

"It feels like the smell of pigment."

After eating two bites, Qiu Mu scooped up all the colored "jam" to Ye Li's side: "I'll just eat the ice underneath."

Ye Li was never picky and disliked food, so he lowered the cup in his hand so that Qiu Mu could easily dig up his things: "It's not delicious, it's like eating ice cubes."

Qiu Mu: "I can't stand that smell."

Ye Li nodded: "That's right, whoever makes you have a bigger mouth than anyone else."

Qiu Mu was noncommittal.

There's nothing wrong with disliking bad-tasting food, he thinks it's normal.

When I came to the playground, there were surprisingly many people.

"Today is Saturday, and there are more people than usual on weekdays." Qiu Mu went nearby to buy a hat and sunglasses, and put them on his head: "Everyone is on vacation and come to play."

Looking at the long queues in front of him, Qiu Mu said, "What are you playing?"

Ye Li: "I can do it."

Qiu Mu deliberately said something that sounded very exciting: "Roller coaster?"

Ye Li shrugged: "OK."

Qiu Mu observed Ye Li's expression, and confirmed that Ye Li was really not afraid of these things, and said, "There are too many people, and the queue will take a long time. Let's go to a cooler place first."

Ye Li: "Okay."

Qiu Mu looked around and said, "Why don't we go to the haunted house."

"Haunted house?"

"I don't seem to have taken you there to play." Qiu Mu said, "Go and see?"

Because Ye Li has never been to such a place, the meaning of the word haunted house itself has become a combination of all the impressions of "ghosts" in Ye Li's mind, which has nothing to do with the real appearance of the haunted house. relation.

How scary the concept of a haunted house should be in my mind, and this haunted house in front of me is just as scary.He said, "Isn't it scary?"

As soon as Qiu Mu heard Ye Li say that it was scary, he immediately got excited. He deliberately said: "It's very scary, especially scary."

Ye Li was puzzled and said, "Then why are you going?"

Qiu Mu: "Go inside for a scare on a scorching hot day, goose bumps stand up all over your body, and when you break out in a cold sweat, you will naturally feel cool."

Ye Li said strangely: "Then it's better to go directly into the air-conditioned room."

"Are you afraid?"

Ye Li asked back: "Why should I be afraid?"

Qiu Mu smiled and said, "It's really scary inside. Even adults would run out screaming and yelling when they go in."

Ye Li really believed Qiu Mu's words, thought about it seriously, and said, "I'll try my best not to scream."

Qiu Mu suppressed a smile: "Well, let's go."

The haunted house is indeed strangely cool. I don't know if it's because of the high air conditioning, or because it was transformed from a cave, so the temperature itself is very low, or it's just a psychological factor.

Fluorescent paint covers the walls, guiding the way along this long dark road.Ye Li carefully observed the surrounding environment, and followed Qiu Mu, walking forward step by step.

Not far away, a few men and women could be vaguely seen walking beside them at a slow pace.

Everyone behaved very cautiously, and their steps were light and slow, fearing that they would make any noise, as if they would disturb "some existence".

Ye Li walked a few steps, feeling that he didn't see anything wrong.It was just because of what Qiu Mu said before that he faced everything in front of him with [-]% vigilance.

"Click!"

"Ugh-!"

The men in front trembled all over, and jumped back a step.

A blood-stained, long-haired woman with stiff limbs and joints suddenly jumped out of the notch in the wall, with her arms wide open, and rushed towards the men.

Several people fled in all directions, dodging the woman's attack in a panic, and unconsciously let out a yell that seemed a little funny to outsiders.

After "chasing" those people away, the woman turned back with a "click click" and stood quietly in her original position.

"..."

Ye Li stopped because of the unharmonious voice, and took a closer look in the direction of the woman.

He wondered: "That seems to be a dummy."

Qiu Mu looked in Ye Li's direction. Although he could only see Ye Li's figure, he couldn't see his face and expression clearly—it was too dark here: "Of course it's a dummy."

Ye Li was even more puzzled: "Dummy?"

Qiu Mu had a general idea of ​​why Ye Li asked the question back, and probably wondered why he was afraid since he was a dummy.

Qiu Mu said, "Go ahead."

He didn't believe that Ye Li could still perform so easily in the end.

After taking two steps, an iron bridge appeared in front of it. I don't know if it was painted with paint, or if it was really rusted because of time.

A miserable green river of unknown depth flows under the bridge, and only a little bit of the road surface can be vaguely seen on the bridge.

The few men who were walking in the front stopped at the bridge, motionless.

Qiu Mu knew that they were afraid.In this environment, people's senses will be magnified several times due to the darkness.Visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli will become more intense than ever.Just now I saw them yelling and shouting, but at this moment they suddenly didn't leave. Apart from being afraid, I couldn't guess the reason.

In fact, even Qiu Mu, who was mentally prepared, began to feel creepy at this time. This feeling was uncontrollable, so he could understand it very well.

He looked to the side, where Ye Li should be standing, and said, "Are you there?"

Ye Li's voice was very steady, which made Qiu Mu feel relieved.

"exist."

Qiu Mu: "That's good, don't go far."

Ye Li asked, "Why didn't you leave all of a sudden?"

The men in front probably turned around and glanced at Ye Li, but no one spoke.

Ye Li was puzzled, he stretched out his finger and pulled Qiu Mu, but Qiu Mu didn't move.

"go?"

He didn't want to wait any longer.

Qiu Mu raised his arm and grabbed Ye Li's arm: "Let's go."

Ye Li raised his foot and walked forward.

The men in front looked at Ye Li, and decided to wait for the two of Ye Li to clear the way, and they would follow behind.

The boardwalk under your feet looks fragile and unstable, but it is actually very solid and solid to walk on.

The moment she stepped on it, Qiu Mu's heart settled down.

Ye Li: "Be careful where you step."

Qiu Mu didn't understand, so: "What?"

As soon as the words fell, Qiu Mu stepped on the ground that Ye Li had just walked on.

He was so frightened that his body trembled, and he jumped up and shouted loudly: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Ye Li turned his head, grabbed Qiu Mu's hand with his palm, and dragged him quickly through the short distance.

Qiu Mu had lingering fears: "What, what? Why is the floor shaking?!"

Ye Li: "The agency is still something."

Qiu Mu still couldn't calm down: "Who would come up with such an idea, what kind of vibrations will this kind of dangerous bridge cause, it's frightening to death!"

Because of Qiu Mu's reminder, the group behind walked through that dangerous area with lingering fear, and they were not frightened like Qiu Mu.Standing tightly behind Ye Li and the two of them, he didn't move forward, as if he had followed them.

Ye Li was silent for two seconds, thinking about what Qiu Mu said before, "very scary", whether this horror standard should be lowered according to the performance of these people in front of him.

When Qiu Mu came back to his senses, and stopped worrying about the episode on the bridge, Ye Li asked, "Let's go?"

Qiu Mu nodded——and then realized that Ye Li couldn't see, and quickly added: "Go, go faster."

He began to regret why he came up with such a bad idea.

Ye Li took the lead in the front, Qiu Mu held his arm tightly, followed by a group of men and women whose numbers and appearances were unclear.

The group walked through many places, because Ye Li was the first to trigger the mechanism, and Qiu Mu was the one who felt the impact most intuitively and then screamed to remind the group of people behind where there was danger.So along the way, except for Qiu Mu who was frightened enough, everyone else was fine.Although you are afraid, you don't have to face the "fear".

At this time, in front of Ye Li, there was a blood-stained gate, with the words "Ghost Gate" written on it.

Qiu Mu held Ye Li's hand tightly, almost sticking his whole body on it.

He wasn't alone, the group of people in the back started to grab Ye Li's body or clothes unknowingly, a lot of people crowded around Ye Li, making it difficult for Ye Li to walk.

Anyway, no one can see anyone, and at this time, there is no need to care about face or distance.

Ye Li was silent for a long time for some reason, and was held by Qiu Mu for a long time without moving, until Qiu Mu began to feel that something was wrong, so he said, "I'm going to push the door."

Qiu Mu swallowed: "Yes."

Ye Li: "The brother or sister on the left, can you relax a little bit? I can't lift my hand."

"..."

There was a rustling sound in the air, and Ye Li's arm was finally free.

He raised his hand, and put his palm on the very three-dimensional door. Skulls and pale human skeletons filled the surface, and the "blood" flowing on it could clearly feel the grainy texture of depressions and protrusions.

I don't know if it's because of the humidity and coldness, or the effect of the paint itself.Ye Li felt that the touch of his palm was a little sticky, as if he had really touched a door full of blood that had been there for many years and had become very thick.

The door was slowly pushed open, and behind it was a narrow passage that was even darker, without even the fluorescent paint guiding the way.The cold wind was blowing, and the hairs on the skin stood up, making people's nerves tense by conditioned reflex.

A female voice with a crying voice sounded in the cave, the voice was very soft but very clear: "No, I don't want to go in, I want to go back!!"

The hand on Ye Li's body either became tense, or let go.

Ye Li didn't care what those people's decisions were. He supported the door with one hand, looked down at Qiu Mu who was nestled beside him, and said, "Let's go?"

Ye Li had already asked this sentence countless times along the way, but this time Qiu Mu's answer was longer than the previous few pauses.

"......Um."

Ye Li knew that Qiu Mu was afraid, so he raised his arms, wrapped Qiu Mu in front of his body, and comforted Qiu Mu with the strength of his body.

He led Qiu Mu into the door without saying a word, and the door was closed heavily with an ominous muffled sound.

In front of him was an extremely dark passage, he couldn't see the scene in front of him, he couldn't see the appearance behind him, and he couldn't even see who was accompanying him.

In the cold and dark world, only this warm and reliable body beside him is Qiu Mu's only support.

Qiu Mu didn't care about shame and shyness, she wished she could squeeze herself into Ye Li's body alive and let him finish the journey for her.

Ye Li didn't say anything, only his steady breathing could be heard in the air.

Anyway, she couldn't see anything, so Qiu Mu simply closed her eyes, and just followed him regardless, trusting his steps and decisions, following his steps and rhythm, and walked forward firmly.

Ye Li walked to a certain place, seemed to notice something, and suddenly stopped slowly.

Qiu Mu raised her head cautiously, looked around nervously, and found that it was still extremely dark, and she didn't know anything: "What's wrong?"

Ye Li raised his left hand and touched it tentatively in front of him.

"Did you find anything?" Qiu Mu's voice became lower and lower.

Ye Li stopped at his shoulders, and his arms stayed in the air. For some reason, he didn't make another move.

Qiu Mu didn't dare to ask, and just lay on Ye Li's body, waiting quietly.

After more than ten seconds, Ye Li finally returned to normal from the stuck state. He grabbed something with his arm and swung it forward. The black curtain was lifted, and the too bright light returned to the two people's field of vision again.

Qiu Mu subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands, the glare of the sun made him unable to see normally for a long time.

Ye Li stood beside him, motionless.

After a while, the eyes were able to adapt to the bright range, and Qiu Mu realized that the two of them had reached the end.

When I came back to my senses, I looked back and found that it was a normal passageway that looked ordinary and nothing unusual.Qiu Mu didn't understand why his legs were so frightened in such a place just now.

Looking forward, Ye Li was still holding a soft and thick black cloth in his hand. It was this thing just now, covering the corridor airtightly, without any light leaking out.

Just now, Ye Li should have touched this thing before stopping.

Qiu Mu slowly walked out of Ye Li's arms, the sunshine gave him infinite courage, drove away the panic brought by the dark and cold atmosphere of the haunted house, and his heart finally calmed down.

Although the beating rhythm of the heart is still very fast, and the speed of blood flow in the body has increased significantly, he feels extremely excited as if eating a delicious sorbet that is cool, refreshing, and has an endless aftertaste.

"really interesting!"

Even though she was afraid of being like that just now, the first feeling she felt after escaping from birth was "happy, comfortable, and full of sense of accomplishment", Qiu Mu's eyes were full of excitement.

"Hahahaha, it's so fun!"

Ye Li looked at Qiu Mu with the same expression as before entering the haunted house.Seeing Qiu Mu laughing happily, he also showed a smile: "Yeah."

He was still holding the black cloth in his hand, and the corridor was brightly lit.

There was a sound of the door moving behind him. Qiu Mu looked back and found that it was some strange men.

They were relieved when they saw Qiu Mu and Ye Li, and looked at the ordinary corridor.

"Great, it's finally over."

The voice was very familiar. It turned out to be the "comrades in arms" who followed Ye Li and shared hardships along the way.

They trotted through the "Gate of Hell" at a speed as if they were fleeing.In three or two steps, he rushed across the corridor, and then came to Ye Li's side.

Someone noticed that Ye Li or Qiu Mu were most likely the "saviors" who made people feel at ease just now, so they thanked them: "Thanks to you just now."

A girl didn't seem to expect that the two people walking in front were both teenage boys.The shy and silent mentality slowed down a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm so sorry for holding your hand just now."

If it was an adult man, she probably wouldn't have the courage to tell the truth.

Suddenly grabbing a strange man's hand or something... If she wasn't really scared to the point of ignoring her, she would never be able to do it.

Ye Li smiled: "It's okay, I understand."

A few people stood at the exit, said a few words and then dispersed.The expression on leaving was exactly the same as that of Qiu Mu just now, although she was scared, she was very happy.

Looking at the backs of several people leaving, Qiu Mu suddenly sighed and said regretfully, "Hey, you are really fearless."

I thought I could see Ye Li's flustered side in the haunted house, but I made a mistake.

Ye Li: "If I know there will be no danger, I won't be afraid."

Qiu Mu was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Ye Li thought for a while and said, "The roller coaster has safety bolts, so although it's exciting, you won't feel the danger, and you'll feel at ease. Stairs without escalators look safe, but they make me feel nervous—because I can't walk. If it is steady, it will fall."

Qiu Mu blinked and said with a smile: "Haha, you are really strange."

Ye Li didn't say anything, he lowered his head and took out his cell phone from his pocket, saying, "I just recorded a picture in it, and even took a photo, do you want to see it?"

Qiu Mu asked in surprise: "What? You still did this?"

Ye Li nodded: "Because it was too dark, I couldn't see anything clearly, so I wanted to take a picture of it, and then go out and see what it looks like inside."

Qiu Mu leaned over to look curiously: "What is it like?"

The two looked at the picture on the screen.

"..."

"..."

Still don't be optimistic.

The author has something to say:

The latest update seems to be locked by the mysterious lock... Don't worry, the update is on time every day, even if it is locked for a while, it can be opened.Just might have to wait. _(:зゝ∠)_