Chapter 4: Death

Murong Chong's unintentional rescue made Qingcheng have a good impression of this taciturn young man from then on. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info She is always looking for every opportunity to approach him and express her kindness to him.

But Murong Chong didn't seem to want to accept this sudden kindness, as well as this lively and cheerful girl. He often turns a blind eye to Qingcheng's enthusiasm, and his concern for Qingcheng allows him to pretend to be nothing.

Indifference and enthusiasm are always in stark contrast, which makes Qingcheng very confused. He hated himself so much, why would he save her? She couldn't understand, and what made her even more puzzled was, how could a person live alone and live alone? No one is an island, but Murong Chong is an island that rejects people for thousands of miles.

The days slipped day by day, and Qingcheng was accustomed to Murong Chong's coldness. She is not a person who gives up easily, and the more cold the other party, the closer she wants to get to him. Probably because Qingcheng was too enthusiastic, one day Murong Chong finally said to her: "You are such a nasty girl." ”

When he said this, his tone was warm and his eyes were soft, and Qingcheng stared up at him and said, "Yes, but I don't hate you at all." ”

Daylight hid Murong Chong's handsome silhouette in half-light and half-darkness, and he smiled for the first time in his life, and that smile was so sunny and warm that Qingcheng could still recall the boy standing under the elm tree and bathing in light many years later.

I don't know when, Murong Chong was surprised to find that he gradually let go of his guard in front of this girl named Qingcheng. He told her about his hometown, about the places he had been, the roads he had traveled, and the people he had met.

He said that his ideal is to be a traveler who travels all over the world, without any obstacles, and travels everywhere. He also told her that one of his favorite places was called Yan Kingdom. That's where he grew up, where his mother was, and the vast grasslands and the Gobi.

Qingcheng was completely attracted by the wonders described by Murong Chong. She was born in Qingzhou since she was a child and has never left here, and she really doesn't know how big the outside world is. Whenever there was a dead of night, she would involuntarily recall Murong Chong's hometown of Yanguo. She felt that it was a vast, magical place.

The time with Murong Chong was small and warm. But good days will always come to an end, this is what Sister-in-law Gui often says.

As soon as the autumn wind swept off the leaves on the trees, two uninvited guests came to Sima's mansion. The two men were tall and short, and the tallest one was lame, and he walked with a limp, and he had to hold on to his cane. The shorter one was a fat man, with a large disc face dotted with two rat eyes, and he looked very shrewd.

As soon as these two mysterious people came to Sima Mansion, they went into Sima Nan's study and did not come out until the evening of the next day. Qingcheng looked at these two unfamiliar faces curiously, and suddenly his heart began to beat suddenly. She stretched out her right hand and stroked her chest, guessing where the two men came from. As she spoke, Murong Chong kept staring at Sima Nan's study, falling into deep thought.

For some reason, Qingcheng felt that Murong Chong seemed to know the origin of those two people. She asked him if he knew him, and Murong Chong was silent for a moment before telling him that he was going to take her on horseback riding tomorrow.

Qingcheng stared at him in surprise and said, "Father, we are not allowed to ride horses." ”

Murong Chong smiled slightly and said that he would convince his uncle. When he said this, his expression was cold and arrogant, which made Qingcheng feel that his father seemed to be afraid of the silent teenager in front of him.

In the evening of the next day, Murong Chong took Qingcheng to the outskirts, where they rode their horses for a long time, and Qingcheng was very happy. It was her first time riding a horse, and she was riding with the reins in her hand and galloping into the wind, enjoying a free time that she had never had before.

Murong Chong quietly looked at Qingcheng, who was overjoyed, and once again understood the taste of parting. When they stopped to rest, Murong Chong told Qingcheng while weaving a wreath that he was leaving here and going to the north.

Hearing this news, Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, "What? Are you leaving? ”

Murong Chong's hand shook suddenly, but Qingcheng didn't notice it, and he told Qingcheng that his father was back and was going to take him to the north.

"Will you ever come back?" Qingcheng asked in a low voice, tears shining in his eyes.

Murong Chong gently touched the broken hair on Qingcheng's ear and did not answer. In the distance, smoke wafted from the rooftops, and crows in the trees flapped their wings and flew to their nests. Murong Chong put the braided garland on Qingcheng gently, and said seriously: "Yes, you will wait for me, right?" ”

Qingcheng touched the flower on his head, nodded, and suddenly said, "However, you gave me a garland, and I haven't given you a gift yet." “

Murong Chong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took out the red shoe in the sleeve of his robe and said, "Are you willing to give it to me?" “

Qingcheng didn't expect that her missing red shoes were actually there with Murong Chong, she looked at the red shoes and Murong Chong in a daze, and nodded. A glimmer of light flashed in Murong Chong's eyes, but that light was fleeting. He looked up at the sky and told Qingcheng that it was time for them to go back.

Early the next morning, Murong Chong left Sima's Mansion accompanied by two people, one tall and one short. He left in such a hurry that Qingcheng didn't have time to say goodbye to him, and she cried for a whole day.

Later, by chance, Qingcheng learned that the red shoe had become her and Murong Chong's appointment in that year and that day. It's a pity that she didn't really understand the meaning of Murong Chong's words at that time.

For many years after that, there was no news of Murong Chong in Qingcheng. She often felt that she might never see this arrogant and deep boy again in this life, but she still often remembered in her dreams what she looked like when she first met him.