CHAPTER XXXII

Light work

The place was empty, the lights had been extinguished, and there were no more insects and birds in November, so quiet that only the voices of the two of them were heard.

He could even hear drops of water splashing down her chin from the jar and her swallowing the wine.

It's very light, but it's very clear, as if something is knocking on my heart one at a time.

Ye Lin leaned slightly sideways and moved closer. He didn't know what he wanted to do, he just followed his instincts almost thoughtlessly—to be closer, to be closer.

But in fact, the place on the tree is so small, and they are already very close to each other. At this time, as soon as he leaned over, he was almost shoulder to shoulder with her, close together.

Ling Xiao seemed to have drunk a lot of wine and felt a little hot, so he casually rolled up his sleeves and exposed a pair of small arms.

It was obviously the same moon, but Ye Lin inexplicably felt that the moonlight in the countryside was too much brighter than what he usually saw, illuminating her exposed arms almost like mutton fat and white jade.

Ling Xiao took another sip of wine, turned his face away, and tilted his head to look at him.

She had a crimson color on her face that was rarely seen on weekdays, and she was obviously slightly drunk, but her eyes were still the same as usual—clear and open, with a little unbridled arrogance.

Ye Lin actually doesn't like to associate with arrogant people very much, but this person doesn't seem to be the same - arrogant as if he was taken for granted and justified, as if he was born like this. He couldn't even imagine that one day there would be no such willfulness and arrogance in those phoenix eyes......

――I don't feel comfortable even thinking about it.

Luckily, that didn't happen. So Ye Lin only felt that his face was getting hot little by little in such an unscrupulous gaze.

He coughed lowly and shifted the subject somewhat haphazardly: "I'm drunk - you mean you're drunk?" ”

He didn't ask her, "What do you think I'm doing?" Maybe Ling Xiao will casually reply, "It's nothing, look at your good looks, just take a look." She was not at ease at all, but he was speechless. He wouldn't do anything to dig a pit to make himself jump, though...... He actually kind of wanted to hear what she had to say.

Ling Xiao didn't know if he didn't see his abnormality or if he never liked to ask about other people's affairs, at this time, he just vaguely "hmm", and answered slowly: "Maybe......"

"People who say they're drunk are definitely not drunk." Ye Lin raised the bar with her, "Drunk people say that they are not drunk and shout to drink again." ”

Ling Xiao didn't care, blinked his eyes and laughed: "Then drink again." ”

As he spoke, he handed the wine jar to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin only hesitated for a moment this time before reaching out to take it, learning her movements and raising his head to pour the wine.

Then tragedy happened-Ye Ershao originally wanted to be handsome like his own little girl, but he didn't expect that he had no experience in drinking like this at all. The mouth of the jar was not small, and he poured out the wine with too much force, but he drank only a small half—the other half poured out by inertia, and all of it was poured on his chest.

Ye Lin looked down at his chest - his shirt was wet for a long time.

Tonight is really ...... It's a shame to do anything. I don't know if it's because he drank again, Ye Ershao felt as if his face was about to burn, and the wolf bèi couldn't see anyone.

Then he heard a burst of laughter.

Ling Xiao was holding his chin and looking at him with great interest, smiling happily. Probably afraid of waking others, she smiled softly, but still with a kind of customary unscrupulousness. It's not a mockery, it seems that he simply thinks that his stupid appearance is particularly funny, even if he lowers his voice, he still exudes a heartiness, and his phoenix eyes are shining.

Ye Lin shook his collar that had been wet with wine, looked up at Ling Xiao's gaze, was slightly stunned, and then sighed a little resignedly, but at the end of the day, he couldn't help but laugh like Ling Xiao.

How could you be so stupid?

"Wipe it, don't catch a cold." Ling Xiao laughed enough and handed over a handkerchief.

In this era, few people use handkerchiefs anymore - paper towels are thrown away when they run out, and they don't need to be washed, which is convenient and hygienic. But although the handkerchief is troublesome, it has more ambiguous meaning than a tissue.

Ye Lin took the handkerchief, but did not wipe his chest - it was just a very plain handkerchief, and the tentacles still carried the temperature on her body. He can't say that it is any material, but the texture is soft and delicate, and it is obviously extremely delicate and elegant. A bunch of vines was embroidered at the corner of the handkerchief, and a cluster of small orange-red flowers bloomed.

He had looked up this kind of flower -- it was the Lingxiao flower.

Ye Lin stared at the cluster of flowers thoughtfully, and his tone was full of surprise: "You embroidered it yourself?" ”

"Senior sister embroidered it." Ling Xiao shook his head honestly.

Ye Lin nodded unexpectedly, and after thinking about it, he felt a little hesitant: "You like it very much, right?" I borrowed ......"

He knew that there were not many things she had brought with her and followed her to modern times, and he also knew that she had been thinking about the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers in her heart, and this handkerchief was undoubtedly extremely important to her, and for a while she felt both hesitant and a little uncontrollable joy - she was willing to take out such an important thing for herself.

Ling Xiao didn't care at all, and dusted off the hem of his clothes casually: "Things...... It is only valuable when you use it, and you can wash it after use. ”

She has always been so cheerful, Ye Lin felt that she was a little muddy. Immediately he did not say anything more, and wiped the wine stains on his chest with his handkerchief—he was still too embarrassed to spoil her beloved handkerchief, but after a little two wipes, he stopped, and asked her tentatively:

"I'll wash it and give it back to you?"

Ling Xiao let out an "um" and drank the last sip of wine in the jar with his head tilted. Then she checked the wine jar and confirmed that it was completely empty, so she stretched out contentedly and turned her head to look at Ye Lin:

"Not hungry? Then go back and rest. ”

Ye Lin nodded.

Then Ling Xiao came over.

She wasn't used to tying her hair up, and her long hair was always draped over her shoulders a little casually. Ye Lin watched her long hair fall on her sleeves and chest, and her breath was full of her breath - with the usual fragrance of flowers, and contaminated with the residual aroma of wine after just drinking.

Ye Lin felt that he had drunk two sips of wine, but he was already a little drunk.

He watched her stuff the wine jar into his arms, he subconsciously reached out to hug it, and then saw Ling Xiao come over a little, while reaching out to wrap his waist as he had done when he came up before, he raised his eyebrows slightly, stretched out an index finger to his lips, and made a silent gesture.

And the next moment, before he could recover from his stupor, he was taken away from the branch and jumped down without pause!

At a distance of six or seven meters, it is already about two stories high, which is really dangerous. But strangely, Ye Lin didn't feel nervous at all.

It may be that Ye Lin's breath is too steady, Ling Xiao seemed to be a little surprised, turned his head and raised his eyebrows to look at him.

In the next moment, Ye Lin, who had just been "down-to-earth", was once again hit by a sense of weightlessness, and the whole person was taken into the air, but he was already standing at the door of his room in a few ups and downs.

Even if he wasn't nervous or afraid, after all, he hadn't been exposed to such a thing as light gong at all, and Ye Lin's breath finally became chaotic all of a sudden. Finally stopped, and it took Ye Lin a while longer to finally stabilize his body and stand still, turning his head to look at Ling Xiao with a dark face.

Ling Xiao had already withdrawn his hand, winked at him with a smile, and then took the wine jar he was still holding in his arms and waved at him—it was a rare little delicate.

"Good night!" Ling Xiao waved his hand, and before he could answer, he had already turned around and ran away.

Ye Lin stood in place, staring at the little girl's back for a long time, until he finally couldn't see it anymore, then he retracted his gaze and sighed helplessly, but there was a smile on his face that couldn't be hidden.

The handkerchief still seems to carry her body temperature and breath...... The man looked down at the handkerchief he was still holding in his hand and was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, and pushed the door into the room.

……

The second week after returning from Shi Jun's house was the midterm exam, and then there was the parent-teacher conference. Ling Xiao did well in the exam, except for a slight inferiority in English, the other subjects were among the best in the class. But Ye Lin, a young man in his early twenties sat among the parents in his forties during the parent-teacher conference, facing the half-surprised and half-curious eyes of the teachers and parents, and he was really a little uncomfortable.

However, this discomfort was soon completely overshadowed by the pride of seeing Ling Xiao's report card and rankings. Ye Ershao, who was at the top of the grade all the year round when he was a student, looked at Ling Xiao's not very perfect transcript, his waist was straight, and he seemed to be much more proud than when he took the first place in the exam - look, how long has the little girl in his family been studying, and she already has such good results!

Ye Ershao was in a good mood, and on the way home, he made a detour to buy Ling Xiao's favorite cake, thought about it and bought her a pot of wine for the first time, and then went home with the cake in one hand, the wine bottle in the other, and the waist board straight.

was about to sit on the balcony with Ling Xiao for a few drinks, but his good mood was suddenly interrupted and abruptly stopped by a sudden phone call.

"The Jiang family has a youngest daughter who is about the same age as you, who used to study abroad and just returned to China a few days ago. What does your dad mean...... When will you be able to go home and see you? The mother's voice was still gentle, but the words she said made the smile on Ye Lin's face freeze all of a sudden.

Ye Lin sat in place and was silent for a long time, opening his mouth to say something, but his mouth seemed to be choked by something and he couldn't say anything. He reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes, took a deep breath, and whispered:

"Mom, I'm not going to see her, there's no need. Don't be embarrassed, I'll make it clear to my dad myself. ”

After saying this, without waiting for his mother to speak again, he said goodbye and hung up the phone for the first time.

Hanging up the phone and putting the phone aside, he lay down on his back, lying on the floor of the balcony without any image, and suddenly shouted in a low voice:

"Lingxiao."

"Huh?" Ling Xiao sat cross-legged beside him, and looked down at him when he heard the words.

A warm yellow overhead lamp was on on the balcony, which softened her silhouette all at once. In her phoenix eyes, he clearly saw his own reflection - his face was full of exhaustion.

"Ling Xiao, I'm a little tired." His voice was hoarse as he spoke.

Ling Xiao bent down with one hand, but the other hand suddenly reached over and patted him on the shoulder:

"No matter how good your temper is, you always have to rest."