On this day, Xia Ye went down the mountain again, and Xiao Tao rode on the back of a huge leopard called Xiao He and sent him far away, until he couldn't send it anymore, so he reluctantly said goodbye to him, and returned to the sacred tree to continue to wait for his return.

This time, Xia Ye didn't go for long, and returned to the sacred tree on the second day, but he brought a stranger that Xiao Tao didn't know.

The man looked about the same age as Xia Ye, dressed in white and with black hair, tall, with a light and small ink butterfly ornament on his forehead, and many ink-colored butterflies that seemed to be about to spread their wings and fly high on his skirt.

Xiao Tao didn't like this kind of look very much, and she didn't like the butterflies on her body. She remembered that Xia Ye liked the ink-colored butterfly the most, but unfortunately there were none on the mountain, and she had never seen it. She thought that she would definitely like what Xia Ye liked, but now that she saw it on other people's dresses, she felt disgusted, and she hated it for no reason.

"Little Peach, come down", Xia Ye stepped forward and looked up and called softly.

Ye Xiaotao glanced at him, and then at the girl who couldn't get close to the sacred tree, there was a hint of caution in her eyes, but when Xia Ye stretched out her hands to her as usual, she still jumped down from the tree and fell into the familiar embrace.

Xia Ye naturally put the girl who fell into his arms on his left shoulder, and led her towards the strange girl.

"Little Peach, this is Zhuoya. Zhuoya, this is Xiao Tao. ”

"Hello Xiao Tao, I am Ah Ye's friend, and he often mentions you to me."

Ah Ye......

Ye Xiaotao heard Xia Ye's name from someone else's mouth for the first time, and she called it so intimately. She didn't know why she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, as if something was blocked, and she was very uncomfortable, so she sat on Xia Ye's shoulder and looked at her vigilantly, her round eyes rolled around: "Hello Zhuoya, Xia Ye has never mentioned you to me." ”

The girl and Xia Ye were both stunned, they didn't expect Xiao Tao to come up with such a sentence.

"I'm sorry, it's the first time I've seen an outsider", Xia Ye explained a little embarrassed.

"Well, it's true that I've never seen outsiders", Xiao Tao, who was sitting on his shoulder, specially emphasized the word outsider.

She thought that the girl named Zhuoya would be angry and unhappy, but she didn't expect her to smile with relief and look up at her slightly: "It's okay, we'll meet often in the future, Xiao Tao." ”

As it turned out, she was right, and they did see each other a lot after that. Xia Ye walked with the girl named Zhuoya almost every day, and occasionally came to see her with a different decoction.

Xiao Tao doesn't like to drink medicine, and she has never drunk medicine before, because she can't eat any food other than fairy peaches at all, and she can only drink water from a mountain spring not far from the sacred tree. She remembered that once she secretly ate a fruit in the mountains and forests without telling Xia Ye, and then almost died, which made Xia Ye anxious, and she never dared to eat anything else from then on.

Xiao Tao was still a little happy when Xia Ye brought the decoction with Zhuo Ya for the first time, because what Xia Ye asked her to drink must be something she could drink, although the smell was a little unpleasant, but maybe it wasn't bad. But she almost vomited after only taking a sip, it was so unpleasant, how could Xia Ye let him drink such a bad thing!

She raised her head and looked at Xia Ye aggrievedly, but saw that he had a firm face asking her to finish drinking. She cried and drank the bowl of medicine that time, Xia Ye was usually most afraid that she would cry, but that day she didn't care no matter how she cried, just silently watched her drink the medicine, and silently accompanied her for a long time before leaving after she finished drinking.

Later, Xiao Tao hid from afar as she smelled the pungent and unpleasant smell of medicine, but she didn't know what Xia Ye said to Xiao He, Xiao He, who had always only listened to her orders, actually helped them find her together, and brought her back after finding it, if she insisted on refusing to come back, it simply threw her to the ground and grabbed her by the collar and took her back, so that Xiao Tao once looked at no one pleased, and often sat on the tree alone angrily and sulked.

Once when Xiao Tao was angry, Zhuoya came, and the unpleasant decoction was in her hand.

"I don't drink!" She roared before Zoya could speak, her cheeks pursed slightly with anger, and she stubbornly twisted her head to the side.

"Little Peach, do you know what this medicine is used for?" Zoya smiled and looked up at her.

"Isn't it just that I can leave Xiantao and eat something else to live! Doesn't matter! It's a big deal, I'll eat peaches for the rest of my life! ”

"Is that what Ah Ye told you?" Zoya chuckled.

Xiao Tao frowned: "Otherwise? ”

"This medicine can make Xiao Tao grow taller."

"Grow taller?"

"Yes, like a normal person."

“…… But...... Xia Ye said that he didn't mind me being like this......" She didn't know why she spoke subconsciously lowered.

"If that's the case, why would you let this medicine take it?"

“…… You mean...... Xia Ye ...... Dislike me? ”

"I don't know about this," Zhuoya smiled and put the potion on the ground, turned and left. When I came back, the medicine bowl was still in place, but the soup inside had been drunk cleanly.

She picked up the empty bowl and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Tao behind her: "After drinking this, can you really grow taller?" ”

"Not sure," she smiled and looked back, her brows full of girlish softness, "but there's hope." ”

"Can you become like you?"

"Maybe."

Zhuo Ya gradually walked away, Ye Xiaotao looked at her back for a long time, Xia Ye ...... Disliked her?

She stretched out her hand to look at her small palm, ten tender white but short fingers were tightly connected to the palm, which looked very cute, but it was just cute, completely different from Zhuoya's slender jade fingers, and there was no girlish charm at all.

For the first time, she cared so much about the difference between herself and others, the first time she felt that it was good to grow up, and the first time she thought about why she was different from others......

Xia Ye suddenly picked her up from behind and gently put it on his shoulder: "What are you thinking?" ”

"The medicine is so hard to drink."

“…… It's okay if the little peach never grows up", even though she didn't say yes, he could see her thoughts at a glance.

"Xia Ye is a liar."

"Did Xia Ye deceive Xiao Tao?"

“…… There is no ......"

"Then why doesn't Xiao Tao believe Xia Ye?"

"Does Xia Ye like Zhuoya?"

"Xia Ye likes Xiao Tao."

“…… But you still didn't say whether you liked Zhuoya or not. ”

"Xia Ye only likes little peaches."

Night Xiao Tao's immature face finally showed a happy smile again, and she sat on his shoulder and reached out to wrap her arms around his neck: "Xiao Tao only likes Xia Ye." ”

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