Chapter Seventy-Four: The Story of an Ugly Duckling
"Hey, let's go for a walk by the river. β
Li Mu was stunned, does this sister want to play a drama where the Yangtze River is rolling eastward and we go to see the sea?
The river wind in early spring can blow people into stupidity*, how good it is to lie down at home with two pieces of five-piece flower tea and old yellow calendar newspapers, but he can't refuse no, "Okay." β
Ruoxi and Lin Lin had strange eyes, and there was a hint of suspicion in Li Mu's eyes, too, it is unbelievable for a fairy to take the initiative to ask a single person, and the key is that the man still looks reluctant.
The Yangtze River on Qing Island enters the sea, the big ferry not far from Li Mu's house is the estuary, the moonlight spreads all over the earth, the whole river is covered in silver, like a big mirror, the place where the river and the sea water meet is a waterfall that goes straight down 3,000 feet, cough, to be precise, it should be three feet straight down.
The wind caused by the waterfall crashing into the air ruffled Anchixia's long hair, and the moonlight on her face seemed closer to a real fairy.
Under Li Mu's stupid gaze, An Zhixia said softly: "Do you know why I suddenly left Zhongnanhai?"
Li Mu shook his head, and in order to avoid embarrassment, he consciously turned his head to the confluence of the river and the sea
"I don't know. β
An Zhixia pinned her hair to the back of her head, "Heh, if I say that I am here to escape from marriage, do you believe it?"
"You?ha......"
Looking at Li Mu'an, who was as stupid as an idiot, Zhixia didn't know why his words made him feel funny.
Li Mu rarely showed a surprised expression, but at first glance, I heard that fairies would also encounter the bloody plot of forced marriage, if it was from someone else's mouth, Li Mu might not be so funny, but it was an Anda fairy, and with this expression, if you use one word to describe it, it is strange every year, and this year to your house.
Li Mu touched his chin, "There is such a thing as a fairy being forced to marry? You are a person from the Military and Political Department, as long as you report this name, it is estimated that your unwarranted object will have to walk around when he sees you." β
"The No. 1 head of the Military Administration Department is my father. β
Li Mu was dumbfounded, that group of perverted leaders actually need to exchange their daughter's happiness for some kind of benefit?
"Isn't the other party a group of guys who are more perverted than the Military and Political Division?"
"Do you know the darkness?"
Li Mu felt ridiculous, this neurotic organization has existed since ancient times, and their purpose is even more neurotic, and they claim to be the guardians of the whole world, but what they do is to spy on themselves, always thinking that they will beat them all into scum, just a group of perverts with persecution paranoia.
"I guess I know. β
"Huh?"
"Hey, no, why are you telling me this? I don't have a boring idiot who saves the beauty and then elopes in the sea. β
An Zhixia's face showed undisguised disappointment, and Li Mu continued: "It's still not right, shouldn't it be sneaky to escape marriage, the more low-key the better?"
What's the deal with running away from marriage and bringing a group of bodyguards?
"Do you think that no matter how low-key I am, I will be able to escape the eyes of the military secretary? Also, I don't like the word fairy!"
Also, if you praise it, it's okay, those people really regard An Zhixia as a fairy, and the sincerity of their eyes can be seen, and if you hear this kind of talk too much, you will have the feeling that others scold you for not being human.
"Okay, Ann...... Miss. β
"You can call me Zhixia. β
Li Mu kicked the small stone under his feet with some embarrassment, "That...... Isn't it a bad idea to call it that? β
An Zhixia looked at the waterfall calmly, "I have heard a story since I was a child, there is a heroic man with one man and one sword, Kunlun defeated the strongest man in the world, just to see a woman. β
Li Mu touched his head, "It's a very old-fashioned story, shouldn't they live happily together next?"
"No, on the contrary, the beauty dies and the hero returns. You know, I used to admire that hero when I was a child, and I always fantasized that one day he would marry me in colorful auspicious clouds and wearing golden armor. β
"You've stolen movie lines. β
"Later, he is no longer my hero, he is full of twilight, maybe the knife can't be held, but this time I hope my hero can come, just to satisfy a little girl's heroic dream, he may not remember that the little girl just went out when he personally prayed for her, and then the little girl carried his blessing and grew up healthy, not ugly, and finally lived up to his blessing, after all, the little girl was black and thin when she was a child, and she was not very popular. β
"Are you talking about the story of the ugly duckling turning into a white swan?"
"Sort of. β
"The reason why the ugly duckling became a white swan is not because it broke through many difficulties, she was originally a white swan. β
"Now the white swan is about to be given away as a gift. β
"If you don't want to, the world is so big. β
"But the hunter's shotgun will tear it to shreds. β
"As long as the white swan is fast enough, it's not a problem. β
An Zhixia's black jewel-like eyes were bright and full of spirituality, "Is there a shelter for white swans in the vastness of heaven and earth?"
Li Mu shook his head, "No, hunters' shotguns are everywhere, and everything can only rely on the white swan itself." β
The bright eyes suddenly dimmed, "Now hunters don't just have shotguns, they also have big nets and nasty hounds! If there is no shelter for the white swan, it will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being caught in a big net, maybe it is better to be an obedient pet." β
Li Mu smiled and shook his head secretly in his heart, after all, he was too tender.
Li Mu told Ruoxi Lin Lin the story of An Zhixia's version of the ugly duckling, and Lin Lin scoffed, "This white swan is too timid, if I would rather be killed by a shotgun than a canary." β
Lin Lin, who was so immortal, said to An Zhixia: "Did you say yes, Sister An." β
An Zhixia, who was pale, laughed at herself, she knew that Li Mu was sarcastically mocking her as the shrunken goose.
Ruoxi leaned over and disagreed, "I don't think so, although I don't know who the white swan you are referring to, but she did this because she didn't want the habitat to be destroyed, and she must have made a lot of determination to do it." β
Li Mu smiled and looked at An Zhixia in the distance: "What do you think?"
The seemingly innocuous words made An Zhixia's heart tremble, and he said uncomfortably: "I don't know." β
That night, the cold wind was bitter, as if it was still winter, and the budding spring of the French plane tree was just a joke it played.
An Zhixia lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling in a daze, she had never been so upset since she was a child, even if she knew that she had a fiancΓ©, it didn't make her so upset, but this was just her subjective conjecture at the moment, she was less than ten years old when she knew this.
Li Mu's room was dark, and the night suddenly became substantial, making the smoke between his fingers appear brighter and redder.