Hu Meizi

56.

Before Sun Du went to bed at night, he told Xie Tang about the mountain climbing. He didn't talk about painting to find inspiration, but said that he hadn't been outside for a long time and wanted to go out for a breather.

After hearing this, Xie Tang decided it was fine. The weather has been good recently. In November, City C is mostly cloudy. It is also good to go hiking outdoors on weekends when you have nothing to do.

He was about to ask Sun Du if it was Saturday or Sunday so that he could arrange his time, but when he turned his head, he found that Sun Du was already leaning on his shoulder, sleeping soundly.When Sun Du slept, he either ignored the quilt and covered his abdomen with the quilt, or he retracted into the quilt, with only one eye still outside his body.

He is the second type today.

The hot air in the quilt surged up, turning his white and tender face pink, a few strands of black hair stuck to his face, and he looked innocent and obedient.

Xie Tang turned sideways and pulled the quilt from Sun Du's body to his neck to prevent him from smothering himself to death.In his sleep, Sun Du seemed to feel the quilt slipping away from his face, frowning and raving a few words, he plunged himself into Xie Tan's arms and rubbed him.

Xie Tang stroked his black hair, and put them behind Sun Du's head, preventing it from touching Sun Du's face and his neck.

Xie Tang liked Sun Du's hair very much. Every time he looked down at Sun Du who was lying on the bed, he would see Sun Du Hongze's emotional face - the black hair spread out on the white pillow, as if densely packed, As Sun Du breathed out the desire, people intertwined in it.

After doing this, Xie Tang turned around, lay down properly, and closed his eyes to rest.

In the end, the mountain climbing was finalized on Saturday of this week, and the itinerary was also arranged. They went to Nanshan on Saturday morning, soaked in hot springs in the resort villa on Nanshan in the afternoon, took a rest, stayed for one night, and went down the mountain tomorrow morning.

On Saturday morning, the two of them got up early at six o'clock.

Xie Tang rarely didn't wear his standard handmade suit today. Of course, he can't wear it like this when climbing mountains.He wore a plain black sports T-shirt and a dark blue jacket with no visible brand. His pants were ordinary, just black Nike sweatpants. He stepped on a pair of hiking shoes and tied his knee pads.

Sun Du was dressed similarly to him, also in a dark blue jacket and black sweatpants. The two of them dressed like this, as if they were a couple.

Thanks to their early departure, the driver took the two of them to the foot of Nanshan Mountain in the early seven o'clock.

Sun Du and Xie Tang were carrying hiking bags, ready to climb the wild roads. The so-called wild roads are the kind of forest roads where no one has opened up the stairs. From time to time, there will be stone walls to climb.The two of them have climbed the Nanshan Duye Road several times before, and the difficulty is not too difficult.

Nanshan has a very high green vegetation coverage rate, and the fog in the morning has not cleared away. Sun Du looked up from the foot of the mountain, and there is still white curling around in the dark green. You can also faintly hear birdsong, insects, and under the stones. the sound of running water.

Xie Tang walked in the front, he used to climb various wild mountains, and came to open the road to Nanshan, which he had climbed once. For him, it was easy, not to mention easy.

Sun Du looked at Xie Tang's tall and steady back in front of him, followed with one foot deep and the other shallow. Sometimes a few leaves would blow over and pat him on the face.

"The last time I climbed Nanshan was six years ago," Sun Du said, raising his hand to remove the branches that brushed gently on his face. He sighed, "I didn't expect it to be so long."

Xie Tang glanced back at him, then walked over a few steps and took off a leaf hanging from Sun Du's head.

"In summer?" Xie Tang took down the leaves, and after Sun Du smiled and said thank you, he suddenly asked, "June?"

Sun Du was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "It's the night in June, what's wrong? Is there a problem with this time?" He looked at Xie Tang suspiciously.

Xie Tang pondered for a while, "Six years ago, Xie Zhou's parents' plane exploded and unfortunately died. I went back to country C. I couldn't sleep at night, so I came to climb Nanshan."

He looked down at Sun Du, "Is it the path to the north?"

"That's right... that night, I took the North Road..." Sun Du seemed to think of something, his eyes wandered for a moment, and then he smiled again, "I remember——I fell down at that time I fell down, someone helped me up, but it was too dark, and I didn't see who it was... I thanked me and continued..."

Sun Du looked at Xie Tang's figure and had a flash of inspiration, "That's you, Xie Tang?"

His eyes looked at Xie Tang with sparkle, and his long and curled eyelashes fluttered.

Xie Tang nodded calmly.

For a moment, the two unconsciously stared into each other's eyes, brown-black eyes and dark blue eyes.

16-year-old Xie Tang and 8-year-old Sun Du, 29-year-old Xie Tang and 21-year-old Sun Du, when they meet, they are always caught off guard, even the parties themselves don't know that they have met.

And it was only for a moment, Xie Tang and Sun Du looked away again, Xie Tang turned around as if nothing had happened and continued to open the way, Sun Du followed behind him just like at the beginning, quietly supporting the trunk up the mountain .

It's just that Sun Du, who was walking behind, had unsteady eyes, looking at the weeds on one side and the little bugs on the other side from time to time, but he didn't look at Xie Tang in front.

For some reason he couldn't hold back, Sun Du's ears suddenly turned red.After many years, Sun Du suddenly tasted the feeling of "shyness" that should have been away from him long ago, but he himself didn't know the reason, which is also strange.

Xie Tang, who was walking in front, always had a calm expression, no different from before, and he couldn't see his happiness or anger.It's just that his eyes showed a slight taste of doubt, as if he was facing some difficult problem, and he rarely showed a little bit of confusion.

In order to preserve their strength, neither of them spoke until they reached the foot of a stone wall.

This stone wall is almost [-] degrees perpendicular to the ground, and several large smooth rocks are stacked on top of each other. These stones are so clean that no plant grows on them, and there are only small bumps and gaps in the bare ones, which can be stepped on. up.

"You go up first." Xie Tang said to Sun Du, reaching out to take Sun Du's backpack.

Although Sun Du had a lot of bottles and cans in his bag, Sun Du also had his own clothes and water bottles in his backpack, which was hard to say.

"Then can you? Will it be too heavy?" Sun Du didn't want to give the bag to Xie Tang at first, but it's actually okay for him to carry it.

Xie Tang shook his head, "It's not a heavy burden." He said lightly.

Hearing that Sun Du didn't shirk anymore, he knew how much he weighed.Now that he is 27 years old, he is not as good as when he was 21 years old six years ago, when he climbed up with his feet and hands.

After Sun Du let Xie Tang take over the bag, he looked at the places on the stone wall that could be used for stress. After thinking about the route, Sun Du stretched his wrists and ankles and climbed up the stone wall.

His hand was stuck in a crevice in a high place, and he stepped on a small pit in the lower part of the stone with one foot and pushed up vigorously. Then he let go and stretched out his hand to a higher crevice. legs.Repeatedly, he slowly climbed up.

Xie Tang was carrying two bags, watching Sun Du climb up from below.Sun Du's technique can't be said to be labor-saving or professional, but because he works out regularly and has good waist and abdomen strength, as long as there are no accidents, it can be said that it is more than enough to climb this stone wall.

When Sun Du climbed to the middle, Xie Tang also started to climb up.

Xie Tang's speed was much faster than Sun Du's. Basically, when he touched the force point with his hands, his feet had already stepped up. There was no need to think about the route or time to test the force point.He was light and delicate, as if he was tapping his feet on the stone wall, and he looked like an old hand.

Not long after, he was already behind Sun Du.

Sun Du was groping for the next point of force, seeing Xie Tang following up effortlessly, he lowered his head and smiled at Xie Tang behind him.

Suddenly, Sun Du's left hand lost its grip and slipped suddenly, but he didn't catch another force-bearing point in time, and Sun Du's upper body suddenly tilted outwards. The feeling of weightlessness suddenly made Sun Du confused. He hadn't realized what happened——

Suddenly, there was another force supporting Sun Du—Xie Tang climbed up and supported Sun Du's waist with his left hand, so that Sun Du would not lean out and finally fall weightless, while he himself was forced by one hand and right hand to make himself Supporting himself on the stone wall, it was the first time that the muscle contours of his right arm stood out so obviously, with blue veins popping out one by one.

"Huh—" Sun Du quickly adjusted and climbed back to the rock wall. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at Xie Tang who was already beside him in shock.

Xie Tang withdrew his hand, "Be careful." He looked at Sun Du and said without expression.

Sun Du nodded, calmed his beating heart, slowed his breathing and continued to climb up.This time he was much more cautious, not daring to be distracted, and walked steadily up step by step.

Xie Tang stayed in the middle of the stone wall for a while, watching Sun Du climb to the highest point before starting to climb up.He was carrying two bags and went to help Sun Du just now. No matter how good his physical strength was, he was sweating a little when he climbed up.

Sun Du wiped the sweat off Xie Tang's forehead with a napkin, but Xie Tang didn't refuse, the two looked at each other and then looked away.

It's just that both of them are natural and composed, but there is no embarrassment.

Sun Du took his bag, and they continued to walk to the top of the mountain.

After climbing two more sections of the rock wall and climbing a few forest trails, Sun Du and Xie Tang finally saw the top of the mountain.During this period, Sun Du didn't dare to be distracted anymore, and went to climb the mountain sincerely.

It was almost eleven o'clock before they climbed to the top of the mountain.

Sun Du and Xie Tang took a wild road, and naturally there was no trace of man-made development on the top of the mountain.The top of the mountain is either a flat land or a few stone walls, and there are a few small pieces of bare ground where you can put your feet.

The sun is just right on the top of the mountain, and the fog has completely dissipated. Standing on the top and looking around, there are mountains of different shapes, stretching for several miles.

The sunscreen that Sun Du applied in the morning had already been wiped off when he wiped off his sweat, and he was no longer afraid of tanning. The last time he stood on the top of the mountain was at night, and the surroundings were dark and silent.This time it was near noon, the sun was just right, and the insects not far away could be heard screaming at the top of their lungs.

"Why do you like mountain climbing, Xie Tang?" Sun Du asked Xie Tang curiously.

Xie Tang withdrew his gaze from looking into the distance, "I can't say I like it."

He looked at Sun Du quietly, "University often suffers from insomnia, and I would go mountain climbing at night, so it has become a habit."

Sun Du nodded, he was also aware of Xie Tang's sleep, he asked once and knew that Xie Tang fell asleep by meditation now, and seeing that Xie Tang's mental state was also normal, he didn't say much.

"You always rarely use the words like, hate," Sun Du said with a smile.

"Every time you talk to me about something, you are always concise and concise, but it seems that I am talking at length." He teased.

Xie Tang froze for a moment, a somewhat confused expression was rarely seen on his face.

He looked at Sun Du, and said after a while, "Actually, Sun Du, I can't understand many things."

"For example, emotions." Xie Tang's expression was calm, "It's just that after I'm in a kind of extreme sports, I see a vast scenery, and I feel a little quieter."

"Some things are always in my brain, and they are constantly noisy," he said, "but when I am in Haoda, they will be quiet."

Sun Du listened silently, he also looked at Xie Tang, and asked after Xie Tang finished speaking, "Then do you like it?" He added, "Do you like this kind of quietness?"

Xie Tang looked at Sun Du expressionlessly, and he thought silently again.

He stood facing Sun Du, the sun slantingly shone through his silk hair, but did not illuminate his face in the backlight, so his dark blue eyes looked a bit cloudy and unpredictable.

Sun Du waited for his answer with a smile, not in a hurry.

"I don't know." After a long time, Xie Tang said, "Maybe it's like liking, I don't know."

He looked at Sun Du seriously.

When Sun Du and Xie Tang talked, they both liked to stare into each other's eyes.

But this was the first time that Sun Du saw other than a world of ice and snow through Xie Tang's eyes.

He saw majestic mountains towering in Xie Tang's world, reaching straight into the sky, they were continuous, and the vastness could not be seen to the end.There are sunshine, streams, green trees, red flowers, and shiny black scarabs, all that a mountain should have, but there is no trace of human habitation.

They have been silent in Xie Tang's eyes for decades, magnificent, beautiful, and surprisingly blank.

The author says:

What should you do after climbing the mountain?Hot springs of course!