In the evening, after a comfortable soak in the hot spring with my classmates for a few hours, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. At Tan Yanyan's strong request, the teacher agreed to assign the three of them to a room.

Meiyan uses a hair dryer to dry her long hair, Tan Yanyan's hair is also shoulder-length hair, and only Jingqi's hair is the shortest. She lay on the bed, looked at their chins, looked at them, and said, "I envy your long hair, and I want to have it too." ”

"Okay, then we'll be the long-haired trio!" Meiyan said bluntly.

"What, I've heard of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, but I haven't heard of the Three Heroes with Long Hair!" Tan Yanyan teased. Jingqi couldn't stop laughing, she said: "Beauty is a hero with few tendons." ”

"Okay, you two are teaming up to bully me now, aren't you?" Meiyan pretended to be angry and stopped the hair dryer in her hand. tiptoed over to Jingqi's side, and then suddenly reached out and tickled her. Jingqi was most afraid of this trick, she couldn't resist and couldn't stop laughing, and she couldn't stop at all. She could only shout weakly: "I was wrong, I was wrong, the hero spares his life." Yeon-yeon come and save me~~hahahaha~~~"

"Squad leader, don't come here, I'll itch whoever comes." Meiyan threatened, and the movements of her hands never stopped.

Seeing Jingqi smiling and dying, Tan Yanyan couldn't care so much, she also jumped on the bed, ready to wait for the plane to resist the beauty. All of a sudden, the three of them twisted into a ball like twisted flowers, and the pillows and quilts on the bed were all thrown to the ground. Laughter spread to every corner of the room, and Sister Moon in the sky recorded a happy scene for them.

In the middle of the night, looking at the two sleeping beauties, Jingqi couldn't fall asleep over and over. She seemed to recognize the bed a little, and although the bed was soft and comfortable, she either had her own bed or couldn't sleep. She took out her mobile phone and swiped Weibo boringly, and then posted a Weibo "I can't sleep, I suddenly want to see the same lonely kapok tree, I hope the road won't be too dark." ”

Putting on Yixuan's coat, she gently put on her shoes and went out. It's past 12 o'clock in the morning, and the bustling surroundings are quiet. She guessed the location of the kapok tree based on her memories during the day, but fortunately there were street lights along the road, so it was not too dark. But walking alone on the silent road, she still felt a little hairy in her heart. It's really bold to look at the kapok tree in the dark at night!

Approaching the bridge, she found a figure standing there, nervously took out her mobile phone to turn on the flashlight function, shone at the figure, and shouted, "Who?" ”

The other party blocked the light with his hand, he was Liu Yichen! Jingqi recognized him at once, and asked strangely, "Yichen, why are you here?" ”

Yichen smiled and asked jokingly, "Is there a rule that I can't come here?" You think you're the only one who can't sleep? ”

"Ah~~ It turns out that you read my Weibo, so I said, it's impossible for you to come here." Jingqi, who met an acquaintance, obviously calmed down, but she was not alone in the dark night.

"Huh? Your coat is so familiar, like someone. Yichen noticed that the clothes on her body should be Yixuan's.

"Ahh In front of him, he can't say it's his brother's, he should know that it's Yixuan's. Jingqi smiled embarrassedly: "Today I took the cable car and Yixuan in the same car, he saw that I was cold, and lent it to me temporarily, don't get me wrong." ”

"Misunderstanding? What could I be mistaken? Misunderstood that you like him? Or does he like you? Or do you like each other? A little aggressive, Yichen didn't realize that there was vinegar in his tone.

I didn't expect him to ask so much, Jingqi suddenly didn't know how to answer. She was silent.

"Haha, I'm kidding you." Noticing her embarrassed expression, Yichen hurriedly changed the topic, he knew in his heart that the person she liked was Yi Xuan, and he knew it from the first time they met. He pointed to the kapok tree and asked, "Have you ever seen a kapok?" ”

Jingqi shook her head, she said, "The first time I saw it today, its bare trunk is so strange. The trees next to it have dead leaves, but they are still surrounded by green leaves. It's only a lonely tree of light, is it about to die? ”

"No, it's not." Yichen had some knowledge of the kapok tree, and continued: "When the harsh winter comes, the kapok tree sheds its leaves, and it looks like it is dead, but it contains the infinite vitality accumulated in the trunk, waiting for the arrival of spring. It doesn't have many leaves, and the flowers that bloom are red, orange but large, and they are beautiful when they bloom. ”

Jingqi listened attentively, and when she saw that he didn't say anything, she hurriedly asked, "When will it bloom?" Why can't I see it? ”

"I heard that there are a lot of them in Guangdong, but there are fewer in our side. Blooms in March and April in spring. Look, isn't it the tallest tree here? The kapok tree is a fast-growing, strong positive tree species, the crown is always higher than the surrounding tree groups nearby, in order to strive for sunshine and rain, the spirit of kapok and the bright red flower, is known as the hero tree, hero flower. ”

"Hero tree? Hero flowers? Why why? Curious and curious, she couldn't wait to learn more.

Yichen saw that she was so curious, and said with a smile: "If you are so curious, you can go to Baidu." ”

"Aren't you my Baidu? Come on, go on. She pleaded coquettishly. Yichen secretly laughed at herself, and came here in the middle of the night to be her Baidu. However, he still kindly continued: "It is said that in Wuzhi Mountain, Hainan Island, there is a hero named Jibei, who has led the Li people to resist foreign enemies many times, and has repeatedly made military exploits and won the love of the people. Later, because of the traitor's betrayal, he was besieged by the enemy on the mountain, and he was hit by several arrows, but he still stood on the top of the mountain, and his body turned into a kapok tree, and the arrows turned into branches, and the blood turned into red flowers. In order to commemorate him, later generations honored Kapok as a hero tree and called Kapok a hero flower. And kapok can also be used in medicine. Whenever the petals fall, someone picks them up. ”

"That's amazing! It's really a tree that can't be seen! After listening to this, she couldn't help but have a reverence for this kapok tree, and at the same time admired Yichen: "You are so powerful, you can understand so much." Is it possible that if I point to a tree, you can tell its history? ”

"You're kidding, aren't you? I'm not that good. I just happened to have read a book about the kapok tree. Yichen grabbed his hair and said with a little humility.

"Do you read a lot? What type are they? She grabbed the railing of the small bridge with both hands and leaned back slightly, looking comfortable. Being able to open up and chat with Boysage Captain Liu Yichen on a dark night in the fresh environment of this strange city, she felt more comfortable than ever.

Seeing her completely let down her guard and relaxed, it was as if she had rediscovered each other today. The dim streetlights reflected on her face, soft and warm, and her short hair fluttered lightly in the wind. At this moment, in his heart, he felt that she was very beautiful. After coming back to his senses, he replied in a low voice: "Because I was born in a family of scholars, I have been dealing with books since I was very young. Parents always say that boys must study more and learn more skills in order to adapt to society. ”

She continued to ask enviously: "Your parents are right, do you have a lot of books at home?" I can imagine Yichen burying his head in the study and reading, and the sound of pots and pans colliding from his mother in the kitchen, and when his father comes home from work, a family of three laughs and whispers at the dining table. The heartwarming scene is familiar.

"It's okay, there are two big bookshelves in the study and my room, and I can't read Dad's books yet."

"What do your mom and dad do?"

"Lawyers and housewives." Yichen felt that her curiosity was different, usually girls would be interested in him, but she was interested in his parents. "What about you? It seems that you only know your brother Ye Qingcheng. ”

"I ...... I don't have much to say. She turned her face away, not wanting him to see a sad expression. Put away his flat mind and said defensively, "In this world, I only have one relative, my brother, and my parents died unexpectedly." ”

Unexpectedly, it was such an answer, Yichen hurriedly said, "I'm sorry!!" I don't know about your parents......"

"It's okay, I'm used to it." When it comes to her parents, she seems to be a different look, reluctant to elaborate, reluctant to mention, or reluctant to touch.

The two of them suddenly fell into a dead silence, and both of them stood silently, silently watching the flowing water under the bridge.

"Let's come to see if the kapok blooms in the spring, okay?" At this moment, Jingqi completely forgot Yichen's identity, she completely regarded him as a friend, and she was so relaxed in front of him, so relaxed that she sent him a spring date.

He couldn't bear to refuse and said, "Okay, let's see the kapok bloom again in the spring." ”

When she finally came back to her senses, she said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I forgot your identity, you are so busy, how can I ask you out?" She patted her forehead in distress. Is it because I didn't sleep too late and my head was foggy?

In a hurry, he grabbed her right hand and patted her forehead, and he asked, "You don't treat me as a friend?" Only Yuze or Yixuan can? ”

"No!" She remained motionless and said firmly, "I want to be your friend more than anyone else, but I know that I am more difficult to be your friend than anyone else." ”

The posture of the two remained unchanged, as if they were bent on gaining more persuasive power for their arguments. Yichen asked puzzledly: "Why is it difficult, where is the difficulty?" ”

"Because I'm Ye Qingcheng's sister!" She pinpoints the root cause of the problem. continued: "Being too close to you will make others say that I have ulterior motives, and even the last slander with Yuzawa, your fans said that I deliberately hyped it up in order to increase my brother's popularity." I don't want to hurt my brother and implicate you, do you understand? ”

Yichen found himself selfishly thinking from his own point of view. After learning that she was embarrassed, he had an urge to hug her, but his reason was very clear and controlled his behavior. Jingqi realized that her hand had been being pulled by him, she shook it off like an electric shock, and then looked around, before she said with confidence: "Fortunately, it's the middle of the night, otherwise people will see it, and I don't know what to say." ”

I turned on my phone and looked at the time, and before I knew it, it was half past one in the morning. She said to Yichen heartily: "Thank you very much for staying with me for so long and telling me so much about the kapok tree. Forget about the unhappy words in the future. ”

She was about to turn around, as if thinking, "Oh, yes. She took off Yi Xuan's coat and stuffed it into Yichen's hand, she looked very thin in only a single dress, and said with a smile: "You help me return the coat to Yi Xuan, thank you." A gust of cold wind swept by, and she shivered with cold. But when facing Yichen, she forced a smile again.

Just as he turned around to leave, Yichen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly opened the coat in his hand, chased her with long legs, and put the coat tightly on her from behind, and he gave her a deep hug from behind with the coat between the two. Jingqi widened her eyes and opened her mouth in surprise, her breathing was almost suffocating, she didn't expect Yichen to make such a move, "You ......" she struggled, what if someone saw it?

"Ye Jingqi, on the day of the basketball game, you encouraged me to persevere, and now I will give you encouragement, please rest assured that I am a friend. I just want to have one more true friend. As he spoke, Yichen relaxed his arms, he didn't expect her to answer, he felt that he could just say what was in his heart, she just knew.

Jingqi's mind was blank at the moment, and she wondered if she was sleepwalking? I didn't dare to look back at Yichen, I didn't dare to stop for a moment, I didn't dare to reply. She grabbed her coat and ran away. What happened to Yichen? What's wrong with me?

……

Running back to the door of the hotel room, she stopped, only to realize that it was really not sleepwalking, and the embracing warmth just now seemed to be still there. She shook her head and knocked the door. Until she saw the beautiful face who came to open the door, she hugged the beautiful face tightly and gasped.

The ignorant beauty asked inexplicably, "How did you come back from outside?" Where did you go in the middle of the night? ”

"I'm sorry, beauty, I shouldn't have gone out, I shouldn't have gone out......" She suddenly felt sorry for beauty, although it was just a hug, she felt ashamed like cheating.

"Alright, alright, alright, come in and sleep." Meiyan yawned and pulled her in the door, then closed the door and fell back to the bed to continue.

In the second half of the night, Jingqi had been suffering from insomnia, and she couldn't understand Yichen's words and his strange movements.