"Why are you red?" Twilight smiled slightly, her slightly narrowed peach blossom eyes tinged with a hint of amusement.

Meng Liangjiang's cheeks seemed to be burned, and he was even more embarrassed when he heard this. He simply turned around and sat down under the roots of the big tree, hugging his knees and saying nothing.

Twilight was just trying to tease her, so she walked to the root of the tree and sat down.

The autumn leaves are breezy, but the weather is not good tonight, not to mention the dark clouds covering the moon, not even the slightest starlight. The candle flame in the lantern is hazy, and I don't know how long it will last.

"It's weird. ”

"Huh, what's strange?" Twilight turned to look at her.

Meng Liangjiang clasped his hands on his knees and leaned back slightly against the trunk: "I remember that I was lost once when I was a child. But instead of being framed, he ran around and got lost in the woods. ”

Twilight Ran put one hand behind her head, her lips always wiping a shallow smile that seemed to be nothing, and her eyes never left Meng Liangjiang.

She continued: "At that time, my mother had not died, and my father was much more loving to me than he is now. But do you know how I got home at that time?" Meng Liangjiang turned his head and looked at Twilight with a slight smile, as if he was telling someone else's story.

"Did your father find you?" Twilight guessed, but apparently wasn't particularly convinced.

Sure enough, I saw Meng Liangjiang shaking his head: "I walked back by myself." ”

Twilight's face changed slightly, but she didn't speak again. Come to think of it, I guessed the answer.

This seems to have happened more than once, although Meng Liangjiang was disappointed in his heart, he didn't show a little more on his face, and said: "That forest is really big, big enough to trap a seven-year-old child who can't walk out for a whole day." ”

"And how did you end up walking back?" Twilight changed her position, her face becoming a little heavy.

"Am I very powerful?" Meng Liangjiang looked at him, his bright eyes were curved into a crescent shape, but the light in them only lasted for a moment and then disappeared in an instant, "When I walked back alone, my mother cried so much that she fainted several times. When my father saw me, the first thing he did was not worried about whether I was hurt, but he complained about why I had been away for so long, which made my mother afraid of me. ”

There was a lot of loss and sadness in these words, and Twilight didn't know how to comfort her, and tried to pat her on the shoulder to appease her, but the raised hand paused several times, and finally just hung down silently.

With tears gathering in his eyes, Meng Liangjiang sniffed and forced a smile: "It's okay, I've long been used to it." From that moment on, I knew that I could count on no one but myself. ”

"Do you know that you obviously have a father, but you don't seem to have the taste of a father?" Meng Liangjiang looked over, his eyes were facing each other, his eyes were as calm as water, and there was no wave.

Twilight looked at her at the moment, and for a moment she felt a little sad.

"Forget it. Meng Liangjiang shook his head, "You won't understand." ”

"I really don't understand. ”

There was silence for a long time, and just when Meng Liangjiang thought that he didn't want to speak, he suddenly heard him say this. At first, I was stunned, but then I thought it didn't matter. After so many years, I shouldn't have gotten used to it, and I've long been used to it.

"I have no parents, no relatives, only a friend who is like a brother and a friend. ”

"You ......" Meng Liangjiang seemed to be shocked, opened his mouth, and only said, "I'm sorry, I don't know ......"

"What's the matter,

I don't care at all. Twilight said casually, and even more casually, "Sometimes it's okay to be alone. I can do whatever I want, I don't have to think about the consequences, I don't have to think about others, and I can be free, isn't it that many people can't afford it in their lifetime?"

Meng Liangjiang was stunned for a long time, as if he had been trying to figure out the meaning of his words.

Twilight Ran raised her hand and stopped at the top of Meng Liangjiang's shoulder, and then only patted it lightly, and said nothing.

Meng Liangjiang didn't know that he had such a background, so he couldn't help but ask, "You said you don't have a family, only a friend?"

"Hmm. ”

"Then where does your family live, and how did you come to Tong'an City?"

Twilight thought for a moment, "My family...... In a particularly remote place, but it is beautiful, a paradise and uncontested. As for why I came here, it was just because I was tired of being in one place, and I wanted to walk around and have a look, and it was just a coincidence that I came here. ”

"I see. Meng Liangjiang responded lightly, unable to tell what it was like in his heart, but felt a little empty.

"So, you've been in Tong'an City for a short time, and you might be leaving soon, aren't you?"

"Originally, I was just passing through here to rest, and I was ready to leave in three or five days. Twilight replied cheerfully, and her tone suddenly calmed down, "But I didn't expect to meet you." ”

Meng Liangjiang raised his head suddenly, his eyes seemed to be shocked, as if he was surprised.

Twilight smiled and raised her hand to gently smooth the messy hair on the top of her head, and there was tenderness in her eyes: "I have traveled many places, met many people, and encountered many things, and among all mortals, you are the most special one I have ever seen." ”

"Mortal?" Meng Liangjiang couldn't understand for a moment.

Twilight Ran withdrew her hand with some embarrassment: "The world is beyond people's expectations, all living beings, aren't they all ordinary mortals, is it any different?"

Even if this explanation was far-fetched, Meng Liangjiang couldn't think of anything else for a while, so he didn't answer.

Suddenly, Twilight seemed to smell a shallow scent, and when she smelled it carefully, it seemed to come from Meng Liangjiang, and she couldn't help but be a little curious: "What kind of smell is this? I've never smelled it before." ”

Meng Liangjiang was stunned, and suddenly remembered: "It's my sachet." With that, he untied the sachet from his waist and handed it to Twilight.

Twilight took the sachet in her hand and looked at it. The material used in the sachet is delicate to the touch, but it is only made of common cloud brocade in the mortal world, although the stitches are smooth, but they are also very ordinary, and there is nothing special. But when you put the sachet on the tip of your nose and smell it gently, it smells fragrant, like a floral fragrance, but it is more clear than ordinary floral fragrance.

"What kind of incense is this?" he asked.

"I think you're very smart, why don't you guess?" Meng Liangjiang held his cheek with one hand and smiled, "There is a prize for guessing correctly!"

"Oh, what awards?" Twilight smiled as well.

"You guess first, and if you guess correctly, you'll know. "Meng Liangjiang deliberately sold a pass.

Twilight was noncommittal. Then he put the sachet on the tip of his nose and sniffed gently, and said while screening: "There are orchids, peonies, lotus, osmanthus, hibiscus, and plums," and sniffed carefully, "There is also the fragrance of bamboo...... But I'm curious, how do you manage to combine these flavors without conflicting at all?"

Meng Liangjiang listened to him at first

The results were particularly shocking, after all, over the years, there were very few people who could smell the real taste, but Twilight was able to say that the score was not bad for a while. But when he asked later, he was relieved.

"Although you have analyzed it well, you still haven't guessed how I made this incense. Meng Liangjiang winked playfully, "If I answer you, is this right for you?"

Twilight couldn't help laughing, and after getting up, she bowed with both hands and said, "Please also ask Miss Meng to give me advice." ”

Meng Liangjiang smiled "Okay, okay, sit down, I'll tell you." ”

Twilight sat back down and handed her back the sachet.

I only heard Meng Liangjiang say: "My mother's family was originally a big incense maker, but because of the gradual decline of the ancestors, they did not continue to make incense, and in my mother's generation, the craft gradually disappeared." The incense in this sachet is called 'Zhuyan', which my mother accidentally saw in the codex, and the smell of the incense made is different from all the incense, so I kept it. ”

"When it comes to the process of making incense, it is very complicated. It is necessary to have orchids in February, peonies in April, lotus flowers in June, osmanthus in August, hibiscus in October, and plum blossoms in December, and the dew on the bamboo leaves at the beginning of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and put them in a porcelain urn to be steamed and distilled, and then buried under the bamboo forest at the beginning of spring in the next year, taken out every three months, and then kneaded into incense pills with honey. This fragrance is long-lasting and enduring. ”

Speaking of the complicated process of making incense, Twilight Dye was even more confused, but he wrote them down one by one.

"Although the process of making this incense is complicated, the taste is really rare. He said.

"Do you like it?" Meng Liangjiang asked him, reaching out and handing the sachet over, "If you like it, I'll give it to you." ”

"How does this make. Twilight politely excused herself.

"You saved me tonight, and if you hadn't just shown up, I'd have spent the whole night in this barren mountain tonight. I don't have anything to look at, and I don't look down on those cheesy things, that's all I have. Meng Liangjiang was silent, "If you refuse to accept it, I really have nothing to repay." ”

"If you don't like it, then I'll ......"

"I like it. Twilight took it, "Thank you." ”

"No, I don't. Meng Liangjiang lowered his head and smiled slightly, suddenly a little sleepy.

Twilight took the sachet into her arms, then sat down closer to her, patted herself on the shoulder, and said, "Come over and rest for a while." ”

Meng Liangjiang hesitated, but politely refused: "This is not good, I just sleep against the trunk of the tree." ”

"Stop inking. Twilight Ran went straight to her hands and pressed Meng Liangjiang's head against her shoulder. The sachet in his arms exuded the unique taste of "bamboo", which instantly made both of them inexplicably feel at ease.

Meng Liangjiang was indeed tired, not only tired, but also sore. Fang was distracted by speaking, and now that he has calmed down, he feels that his whole body is sore and painful, and sleepiness is coming, but after a while, he has fallen asleep leaning on Twilight's shoulder.

Twilight Ran looked sideways slightly, and she could see Meng Liangjiang sleeping deeply, only to smell the shallow breath even and long, and she couldn't help but smile on her lips.

The night was dark, the breeze blew away the dark clouds, a bright moon appeared, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the two of them, as if they were pacing their brilliance, and there was a quiet state of time.