Early autumn, slightly cool.

In the evening, on the banks of the river in the city of Sioux.

A handsome girl wearing a pure black sweatshirt, ripped jeans, and black canvas shoes is patiently communicating with a scavenger next to her in sign language.

The girl's name is Lin Gesheng, today is her 18th birthday, ten minutes ago, when she was walking by the river, she met this uncle who needed help.

The uncle was about sixty years old, with a ravine-covered face, a rickety waist, and a worn-out woven bag at his feet.

The bag was listlessly shrugged to the ground, and it didn't seem to contain a few bottles.

At this time, he looked at the person in front of him with an anxious expression, and pointed to a red plastic bag floating on the water waves a few meters away, and from time to time he made a 'ah-ah' sound from his throat with difficulty.

After understanding the uncle's intentions, Lin Gesheng squatted down without hesitation, ready to take off his shoes and jump into the water to scoop up the red bag containing cash for the uncle.

But at the moment when she squatted down, before her hand could touch the laces, she was suddenly hit to the ground by a huge impact.

Then, her eyes were captivated by the dust raised, and she felt only that she was firmly encircled by a strong arm.

Then, the two of them uncontrollably rolled down the slope of the shore and fell into the water together.

The coldness of entering the water instantly made her sober, and after unconsciously taking a few sips of water, she subconsciously struggled a few times.

However, before she could fully react, the powerful arms dragged her back to the shore with her body.

After being passively pushed ashore, Lin Gesheng shook his wet hair vigorously, raised his hand to wipe the water droplets on his fair face, let his clothes and pants drip, and walked towards the scavenger with an apologetic face.

While walking, he gestured with his hands, trying to comfort the other party, telling him not to be anxious, and when she and the person who pushed her into the water finished settling the account, he would continue to fish for him.

The uncle was obviously frightened by this sudden situation, pointed to the red bag again, shook his head at her 'babbling', pointed to her clothes again, pointed to the distance, and signaled her to go back and change her clothes, so as not to catch a cold.

Lin Gesheng followed the direction of the uncle's first finger and glanced at the surface of the water, and the red bag that was close to the shore just now was pushed farther and farther away by the layers of water waves stirred up by the sudden entry of the two of them just now......

Seeing that the bag had drifted so far, her anger ignited at once, and she turned around and prepared to go to the person who had just pushed her into the water to settle the score.

And the owner with strong arms was still standing where the two of them had just come ashore, with embarrassment and apologies written on his face, and he looked like he was waiting for trial.

Judging by his face, he should be about the same age as her, and judging by his clothes, he should be a child of a rich family.

It was only a few meters away, so she quickly walked in front of him.

When the distance between the two was only half an arm's length, he could see her face clearly, and suddenly, a red mist flew on his face, and his heartbeat began to accelerate wildly.

Seeing that his expression suddenly became weird, and the whole person revealed a sense of shyness, Lin Gesheng secretly rolled his eyes in his heart.

She has seen a lot of this kind of boy who is just beginning to fall in love and this kind of shy demeanor, and it is not unusual.

However, at this age, it was the first time she had seen a boy with such pure eyes.

In addition to the red mist on his face and the shy demeanor, the clarity of those eyes alone is probably not comparable to that of a three- or five-year-old child.

Although her heart shook slightly because of these eyes, it was not enough for her to give up holding him accountable.

It's just that she didn't expect that she had just deliberately raised her eyebrows and was about to open her mouth to ask, but the other party suddenly asked first: "You...... Is it mute?".

After finishing speaking, he first pointed at Lin Gesheng, then pointed at his mouth, and finally used his slender index finger to quickly draw a question mark in the air.

Lin Gesheng, who was thundered by his operation, was stunned for an instant, as if at this moment, the afterglow of the sunset suddenly covered his handsome and clean face.

And those eyes that were as clear as water were infused with the color of the setting sun, and at this time they were showing her a warm and warm orange......

After losing her mind for three seconds, she swallowed her saliva unconsciously, retracted her gaze in a bit of a panic, and decided not to entangle with this boy anymore, because she also had a feeling in her heart that she had never felt before.

In addition, the sky was getting dark, the breeze was blowing, and the wet clothes made her feel a little cold, so she decided to forget it, not to worry about him, and the top priority was to help the uncle get the red bag back.

But when she made this decision, when she looked back to look for the figure of the red bag, she found that it had already blurred into a small red dot.

In this situation, it is too dangerous to enter the water to fish again, even if her swimming skills are quite good, but in the spirit of being responsible for her own life, she wisely chose to give up.

In addition, today is her birthday, Aunt Qin must have prepared a sumptuous meal waiting for her early, and if she doesn't go back early, Aunt Qin should complain about her again.

As she looked down in thought, the boy looked at her expectantly, giving her enough time to understand his three simple sign language gestures, waiting for her to nod or shake her head in reply.

But Lin Gesheng ignored him after thinking about it, and without even looking at him, he strode towards the uncle who was still waiting a few meters away.

After walking in front of the uncle, she took out a few hundred-yuan bills that had been soaked in the river water from her trouser pocket, and gently shook the water droplets attached to them.

First, he carefully uncovered two bills from the sticking together, and after a pause for a second, he took out one more from the remaining ones, and put them together with the two bills just now and prepared to hand them to the uncle.

But before the hand holding the three banknotes stretched out, he instinctively stopped, pursed his mouth and struggled in his heart for two seconds, and finally simply stuffed all the five banknotes into the uncle's hand.

The uncle was so frightened by his action that he took several steps back, kept waving his hand and shaking his head, and tried to tell Lin Gesheng in non-standard sign language that in his red bag, it was only a few dozen yuan, and she was willing to go into the water to help just now, and she was already very grateful, and he would never accept these hundred yuan bills.

Although Lin Gesheng is very helpful, his personality is a little domineering.

Therefore, although the uncle refused, she insisted on not taking back the thin banknotes, and between the two of them, the boy who had been hanging not far away for a while began to tentatively approach the two.

Feeling his approach, Lin Gesheng, in order to avoid talking to him more, took advantage of the uncle's unpreparedness, and quickly put the few large bills on the towering woven bag, and ran towards the road like a wind.

Because the stagnant water in her shoes has not yet dissipated, every time she lands on her feet, she can feel the sound of 'chirping' on the soles of her feet.

The boy obviously didn't expect her to suddenly run away at the speed of a 100-meter race without saying hello, and after reacting, he immediately chased after the thin black figure.

Who knows, he just chased a few steps, and suddenly remembered something and turned back to the uncle, and when the uncle was still holding the five hundred-yuan bills at a loss, he quickly took out a wallet from his trouser pocket.

After quickly pouring out the water in the wallet, he took out all the banknotes in his sight without hesitation, and there was a whole small pile, but he didn't have time to shake off the water droplets on the money like Lin Gesheng, and directly stuffed it into the uncle's hand.

Before the uncle could react, the boy's figure was only more than twenty meters away from the black figure.

After watching their figures disappear, the uncle sat down tremblingly, and calmly uncovered and separated the soaked banknotes very carefully, and spread them on the grass next to him.

He pressed the corners of each one firmly with a small stone to prevent them from being carried into the water by the breeze, and after pressing the last one, he counted them, and there were 36 small stones......

After doing this, the uncle's eyes were slightly red, and the warmth in his heart grew, and then he closed his eyes, and looked up at the face full of traces of time in a rare and comfortable way, quietly feeling the cool autumn breeze and the little sunset afterglow......