Chapter 61: The Clearing
The mountain road in the rainstorm was too difficult to walk, and Bai Yicong and He Manzhou all relied on hiking, so the road was delayed for a lot of time, and by the time the two of them reached the top of the mountain, it had completely entered midnight.
The deeper you go into the forest, the cooler the temperature becomes. Even leaning on Bai Yicong's arms, He Manzhou couldn't help but shiver, and the interlocking index fingers became the only source of heat in the cold night. Bai Yicong stepped on the muddy road step by step, and the black leather boots were implicated in the traces of fresh water. The light of the moon shone through the clouds and the pale white light spread over the land, the lightning and thunder never stopped, the thunderstorms and storms intensified, and the surrounding scenery was coated with an eerie dullness under the cold electric light.
This wild mountain is inconspicuous during the day, but at night, it is like a mysterious and eerie filter, and it is full of weirdness. The wild grass gave birth to countless mysterious shadows, and from a distance, it looked like clusters of ghosts in the forest, haunting with a cold light under the rain, as if they would turn into evil spirits that would take people's lives at any moment.
The whistling wind was like a creepy mixed with an indescribable horror. Ancient curses, treasures of the kings, goddesses who do not know good and evil, and even more terrifying things behind the scenes, all the peace and tranquility are torn to shreds, and the mysteries hidden in the long river of history are about to be solved.
was immersed in the rare sugar of Boss Bai before, and the sweetness of love diluted many things, so much so that He Manzhou almost forgot his situation, and really thought that he was now on the set of a sweet love date.
But no matter how much psychological hints are made, they can't stand up to the rendering of the environment.
There was another cold lightning bolt in the sky, followed by thunder in the ears, and the electric light tore a hole in the long night, and the ghost and spirit then dived into the boundless darkness. As soon as the pent-up terrible thoughts were released even a little, the fear flowed uncontrollably into the bloodstream and hit the depths of the heart.
In this situation, no matter how big He Manzhou is, he finally feels a little scared.
"Hey, Bai Yicong, where are you going to take me?"
When she said this, He Manzhou's voice trembled slightly, which was completely different from Fang Cai's half-joking jokes, no matter how much she hid her emotions, her panic was still inadvertently revealed.
Bai Yicong sensed something, held her hand tighter, and asked bluntly, "Are you afraid?"
"Cut, who do you look down on," He Manzhou habitually said stiffly, but his eyes were a little wandering, and his words were a little unconfident, "Is it worth me to be afraid of such a little wind and waves, I look like such a timid person?"
Bai Yicong turned his head slightly, watching the girl firmly grasp his hand, and subconsciously drilled into his arms, while his mouth was hard, he felt that I looked very similar.
But Boss Bai knew that he couldn't expose people's shortcomings in public, so he left three points of affection under his mouth, and did not directly pierce He Manzhou's thoughts, but rarely softened his tone and opened his mouth unhurriedly.
"Leaning on my arms when he was cold, he took my hand when he felt scared, and it was fine. ”
This sentence was simple, not even a reassuring or love word, but it was like a magic spell that reassured He Manzhou, and she leaned in the direction of Bai Yicong very obediently.
"Are we going to the top of the mountain, or is it somewhere else, where is the destination? And Bai Yicong, how did you know the route, did you think of the incident that I came with my dad before? I mean, this wild mountain looks like it has not been developed, there are no stone steps, and it is all loess and sediment, are you really on the right route?"
"Have you ever heard of a road in Huashan since ancient times?" Bai Yicong said lightly, "This has nothing to do with tourist attractions or wild mountains, there is no common sense at all, do you still need me to make up for you?"
"Don't talk to me about those crepe crepes, are you the only one who has taken Chinese class?" He Manzhou "cut", and soon said again, "Of course I know how to go up the mountain, but are we here to climb the mountain, aren't we looking for that weird pavilion? can't we just wander the mountains and fields to find a needle in a haystack......
"Didn't you just say believe me, and I won't count so soon?"
"That's what I said, don't count it......" He Manzhou stiffened his neck, and said stiffly without saying a word, "What kind of impression did I leave in your heart, am I like the kind of person who doesn't talk much?"
Bai Yicong chuckled lowly, the corners of his lips raised a little, this faint change in expression was not obvious under the night, but it made the face that was usually tense like an iceberg a little more vivid.
Then, he raised his hand and patted He Manzhou's head with relief.
"Don't worry, it'll be there soon. ”
Even if this is the second time, He Manzhou still has no resistance to touching his head. For a few seconds, her mind stopped spinning all of a sudden, so that she clearly knew that Bai Yicong was a little perfunctory, but she still couldn't compete anymore, and her momentum was a little weaker, and she didn't know whether to continue asking.
"Follow me, don't have so many problems, I will protect you in case of danger, how I take you up the mountain, how will I take you down, so to speak, is it okay?"
"Okay, okay......"
He Manzhou muttered quietly, and was finally coaxed.
But between Bai Yicong's too gentle behavior, there is another problem of Miss He's troublesome play.
It is still unknown whether such a toss tonight can successfully find the mysterious ancient temple in the dream, and the unresolved personal relationship between her and Bai Yicong has made her reverie a lot.
Is Bai Yicong not emotionally intelligent enough, or is he insinuating madly, give it a go, and the heartwarming player becomes a boyfriend.
He Manzhou couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart - I was really too difficult.
I don't know how long it took, Bai Yicong finally slowed down.
Because there were no maps and road signs, He Manzhou didn't know where it was. As far as the eye could see, there was a very gloomy clearing, and perhaps the sudden intensification of the evening wind blew away the dark clouds at the zenith, and the heavy clouds could not hide the moon, so they could only let the cold moonlight fall. So much more open than the rugged mountain roads, but the overall atmosphere is even more intimidating.
If He Manzhou felt that the darkness was frightening before, then at this moment, when she saw the dead branches all over the ground that were plated with a bleak white light, reflecting the dilapidated and muddy after the heavy rain all night, she finally knew what it meant to infiltrate. It turns out that the thriller doesn't deceive me, and the barren mountains and mountains in the middle of the night are really scared to death.
The cold wind passed by, mixed with the rustle of leaves in the silence of the night, and the sound of the wind was like the sudden cry and whimper of a baby in the middle of the night, and if you listened closely, you could distinguish the intermittent echo. The voice was like a wail or a curse, with an indescribable creeping, endlessly reverberating.
"Wait here, if you feel tired, you can take a break. Bai Yicong took a cigarette out of his pocket and held it between his lips unhurriedly.
The firing wire sounded crisply, through a faint mist, and he half-squinted at the continuous rain, and the flickering firelight at the end of the cigarette brought a brief clarity to the bleak night.
"Hey, can you find a better place to rest," He Manzhou complained in a low voice, "This place you are looking for is like a cemetery, what are you resting on, I'm scared to death, I'm not so tired that I can't walk, otherwise I will go up for a while?"
Bai Yicong spat out a puff of smoke rings, his lips touched up and down, and his low and beautiful voice overflowed.
"You don't have to go, this is it. ”
Hearing this, He Manzhou was completely stunned.
She looked at the place many times, but she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. The clue on the two ancient paintings is clearly the domed gazebo, but looking at it, let alone the domed gazebo, even the ordinary gazebo is completely absent, so that she deeply suspects that if she is not blind, then Bai Yicong must be stupid.
No matter how big the love filter is, it is not enough for He Manzhou to point at the deer as a horse.
After a short hesitation for a few seconds, she couldn't hold it back, and said bluntly: "Boss Bai, can we be a little more sincere and take a toss with us in the middle of the night, just to see you become a living person out of thin air...... What about being a little fool? You say this is the destination, but you are completely going to the grave to burn newspapers, and you don't believe the ghosts. ”
Bai Yicong was amused by He Manzhou's sharp mouth, and opened his mouth unhurriedly: "Do you have an enmity with yourself, you are a little fool, and a liar, I haven't said that you are stupid, you are so consciously using these words to describe yourself?"
"You didn't force that. He Manzhou said angrily.
"How?" asked Bai Yicong.
"You still ask me how to say it, human beings have eyes, can you please take a look for yourself, Boss Bai?" He Manzhou pursed the corners of his mouth, and the small dimples next to his cheeks appeared slightly, "You said that this is the destination, but let's touch our conscience and say, what kind of place is this - within a radius of five miles, weeds are reborn, and there is not even a building that can be seen, where it looks like there is a pavilion, let alone the mysterious ancient temple." Seriously, you're not kidding me, are you? It's already very unreliable for us to come to such a barren mountain and wilderness, and you can bring me a Schrödinger-style ancient temple, who can bear it. ”
"What's the point of playing you?" Bai Yicong raised his eyebrows, clearly being accused by He Manzhou, but he didn't mean to be angry at all, and even teased him as if he was passing the time, "Or do you think I braved the heavy rain to bring you over, just to tease you?"
He Manzhou said in his heart, I didn't tease me when you were you, I was completely convulsive when you were you.
Looking back on the whole itinerary tonight, who can understand Bai Yicong's brain circuit? Boss Bai pulled her out of the warm quilt in the bad weather of lightning and thunder without saying a word, and the script of the story was already quite weird, not to mention that he didn't even have an explanation throughout the whole process, so he went straight to the barren mountains and mountains in the suburbs to start the ancient temple adventure.
The wind blew along the way, the torrential rain was also drenched, and even the dead branches and weeds encountered on the side of the road were like hiding ghosts. In this way, she can still ignore it and obediently follow all the way, it is definitely love.
But no matter how much slander he had, He Manzhou didn't dare to say it directly in front of Bai Yicong.
After being silent for a few seconds, she sorted out her mood and asked again: "But, let's talk about it, is there really nothing here?"
"Have you ever heard of a sentence?" Bai Yicong narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the rain curtain in the sky, his expression gradually sharpened.
The tone of this sentence is very light, but it reveals a depth that cannot be ignored.
"I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain. ”