Chapter 10: Life and Death Hand in Hand
Shui Xiaolin has long heard that the scenery of the Gumu Temple in autumn is particularly beautiful, once the frost falls, the maple leaves on the cliffs on both sides are like fire, and some of the red and yellow are staggered, and the layers of forests are dyed. The slopes under the cliffs are undulating and golden. Coupled with the gentle mountain breeze, it is very intoxicating!
So, on the second Saturday morning after secretly stuffing the book into Qiu Zichuan's desk drawer, Shui Xiaolin, who was suddenly eager to do so, took advantage of the middle of the two classes to run to the door of Qiu Zichuan's classroom, and secretly stuffed Qiu Zichuan with a note written about going to Gumu Temple tomorrow and the date and place.
Qiu Zichuan was startled at first! Holding the note tightly in his hand, he wanted to open it, but he was afraid that the classmates around him would suddenly come over, and he was hesitating, and the bell rang again, so he hurriedly ran into the classroom.
In a class, Qiu Zichuan tried to lower his head to see what was written on the note, but he was afraid of being seen by his peers, but he always wanted to know what was written on the note!
Since that day she secretly stuffed so many books into her desk drawer, Qiu Zichuan began to like Shui Xiaolin more and more in his heart, every day after class, when he walked out of the classroom, the first thing he saw was to look at Shui Xiaolin's classroom door adjacent to his classroom, waiting for Shui Xiaolin to appear.
And whenever Shui Xiaolin appeared, Qiu Zichuan quickly turned his face embarrassedly and hurriedly ran away!
And whenever this time, Shui Xiaolin either deliberately smiled and raised her head high, not looking at Qiu Zichuan. Or deliberately hummed a song and walked over to Qiu Zichuan, and made it look like he didn't know Qiu Zichuan!
As soon as the bell rang for the end of class, Qiu Zichuan rushed out of the classroom in one step, found a place where no one was and quickly opened the note. A glance swept by, and the first surprise in his eyes was in his eyes! Then, a happy smile on your face!
As soon as she left the west gate of the city the next morning, Shui Xiaolin saw Qiu Zichuan waiting for her from a distance under a tree not far in front of her, in order to avoid people she might know, they left the road as soon as they met, and ran hand in hand along the path between the fields and sang and danced all the way, as if they had a tacit understanding for a long time!
They plan to climb up the mountain first, then go over the top of the mountain and then down to the ancient animal temple in the valley!
On this day, they played crazy, they sang loudly on the top of the mountain, chasing wild rabbits on the hillside, Qiu Zichuan also took Shui Xiaolin to drink the mountain spring water in the Gumu Temple, and Shui Xiaolin shouted that it was much sweeter than tap water!
But just as they were returning along the hillside, they walked to the edge of a cliff pit, Shui Xiaolin saw a wild persimmon tree still hanging a few red and ripe small persimmons, so he ran over excitedly to pick them, Qiu Zichuan, who was walking in front, heard Shui Xiaolin behind him shouting happily to pick persimmons, but the moment he turned around, he heard Shui Xiaolin exclaim:
Ah!
Seeing the slippery water under her feet, Xiaolin hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab the branches of the tree, but then there was the breaking sound of the branches that had been dried!
Not good!
In a moment, Qiu Zichuan, who didn't have time to think, jumped into the cliff pit that was more than one person deep, thinking that only by catching Shui Xiaolin from below would he not let her fall. When he landed, Qiu Zichuan just turned around and raised his head and stretched out his arms, and Shui Xiaolin, who was holding the broken branch in his hand, immediately fell down with an exclamation, and Qiu Zichuan, who had not yet stood firmly, fell backwards heavily while catching Shui Xiaolin!
After falling, Shui Xiaolin, who was in shock on Qiu Zichuan's body, couldn't care about the pain and quickly got up, she thought that Qiu Zichuan must have fallen hard, and when she heard it falling backwards and landing, Qiu Zichuan's head below "banged"!
"Qiu Zichuan! Qiu Zichuan! β
But Shui Xiaolin, who turned over, was instantly scared stupid!
Qiu Zichuan lay motionless on the ground, his eyes tightly closed!
"Qiu Zichuan! Qiu Zichuan! β
It was almost dusk, and in this empty and uninhabited mountain, the young Shui Xiaolin was frightened by the qiΔ in front of her! While shouting Qiu Zichuan's name loudly, he shook Qiu Zichuan's shoulders vigorously with both hands, and began to cry in panic!
After a moment, Qiu Zichuan frowned vigorously, as if he wanted to raise his head hard, Shui Xiaolin hurriedly stretched out the two hands that were grabbing Qiu Zichuan's shoulders under Qiu Zichuan's head, wanting to help Qiu Zichuan raise his head. But Qiu Zichuan seemed to be in pain, and soon gave up the idea of raising his head!
"Are you alright? Whining! Are you okay? Whining! Seeing that Qiu Zichuan finally reacted, Shui Xiaolin was still crying in panic, and hurriedly shouted anxiously about Qiu Zichuan!
"It's okay...... Don't cry! Qiu Zichuan finally spoke! It's just that his eyes are still closed.
"Woohoo! β¦β¦ Whining! Shui Xiaolin hurriedly knelt forward while crying, she wanted to hold Qiu Zichuan's head higher, and then wanted to put it on her lap, so that Qiu Zichuan was more comfortable, she also wanted to see Qiu Zichuan's head broken!
"I'm fine! β¦β¦ It's just a little confused! It hurts! Qiu Zichuan still closed his eyes tightly, but after speaking, he raised his hand, and then seemed to fall on his face very weakly, wiping back and forth the tears that Xiao Lin shed!
Shui Xiaolin supported the back of Qiu Zichuan's head with one hand, and quickly wiped the tears on her face with the other hand. But the mouth still keeps "whining...... Whining! Crying, but there is no panic in the cry!
"Help me up!" After wiping the tears on his face, Qiu Zichuan tried to shake his head, opened his eyes, closed his frowns again, then opened them again, and then let out a long breath.
Shui Xiaolin, who was half-kneeling, hurriedly held Qiu Zichuan's head with one hand, grabbed Qiu Zichuan's neck with the other, and lifted Qiu Zichuan up forcefully, who was trying to support himself with his arms.
"It's okay! I'm just confused! After Qiu Zichuan, who sat up, finished speaking, he gasped and turned back to look at the place where his head fell behind him, although he felt that his head fell very heavily at that moment, there was still a soft feeling when he touched his head.
"Thanks to the grass!" Qiu Zichuan stroked the long grass that was overwhelmed by his head with his hand, and at the same time turned his head and still held his own Shui Xiaolin said, trying to make a smile on his face!
"You didn't fall anywhere, did you?" Qiu Zichuan, who had been relieved, looked at Shui Xiaolin and blinked as if he remembered something!
"I'm fine! It's just that my shoulder hurts a little! After the shock, Shui Xiaolin felt a slight twist in her shoulders at this time.
"It's me who's too thin! It's good to be fat! I won't be clucking you! Qiu Zichuan tried to make a joke, wanting to relieve Shui Xiaolin's nervousness! While motioning to Shui Xiaolin to let go of his hand, he still wanted to lie down for a while.
"Woohoo......! Scared the hell out of me! Whining...... Whining! Looking at Qiu Zichuan who was lying down again, panting for a long breath and making a calm appearance again, Shui Xiaolin, who had relaxed, shook Qiu Zichuan's neck with both hands and cried again!
"That's it! I'm fine! Qiu Zichuan stretched out his hand and pulled Shui Xiaolin's hand and shook it gently.
"Woohoo! Well! Shui Xiaolin stopped crying, but still sobbed softly!
"That's it! Why are you still kneeling! Qiu Zichuan smiled and pulled Shui Xiaolin's hand vigorously!
"It's all scared of you!" Seeing Qiu Zichuan lying down and kneeling in front of him, Shui Xiaolin, who was embarrassed, sobbed softly while quickly getting up and sitting on Qiu Zichuan's head.
"Lift it! I haven't seen through it yet, I haven't broken it! Shui Xiaolin lowered her head to look at the back of Qiu Zichuan's head.
"Silly! If it's broken, it won't bleed! β
"Huh! It's all scared of you! Shui Xiaolin, who still had tears on her eyelashes, finally burst into tears and laughed!
"Lift it up!" Shui Xiaolin insisted on putting her hand under Qiu Zichuan's head, she wanted to make Qiu Zichuan's headrest more comfortable!
After a thrill, Shui Xiaolin's heart began to rise with warmth, seeing that he was about to fall down just now, Qiu Zichuan jumped down without the slightest hesitation to catch himself, he was so brave! And it's for me! Also, the last time he fought for me, he was also so brave!
He's so nice!
"Were you scared when you jumped down just now?" Shui Xiaolin gently rubbed Qiu Zichuan's head with her other hand and asked softly.
"I didn't think about it!" Qiu Zichuan closed his eyes, and Shui Xiaolin's caressing~ rubbing made him very comfortable.
"Why?" Shui Xiaolin blurted out.
"You're a girl, I'll take you out, I can't protect you if you're in danger, that's still called a man!" Qiu Zichuan said frankly.
"So you're not here for me! Anyone can do it! Shui Xiaolin stared at Qiu Zichuan, and her little mouth began to mumble!
"Of course it's a must for everyone! A man must be brave and courageous! "Closing his eyes and looking at the sky, Qiu Zichuan's words are chiseled!
Hum! Shui Xiaolin is a little unhappy!
"But I can do anything for you! Even if I die, I will protect you! After a pause, Qiu Zichuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Shui Xiaolin without blinking, which seemed to be full of solidification and seriousness, when his face was dripping with Shui Xiaolin's tears just now, he deeply felt that Shui Xiaolin liked himself as much as he liked her! Although my head hurt terribly at that time, I was still so moved!
"That's pretty much it!" Shui Xiaolin raised her face happily and shook proudly! But then he bowed his head and said:
"But I don't want you to die! I want you to be with me forever! β
"Huh! You're afraid that no one will protect you! Qiu Zichuan laughed happily!
"Nonsense!" Shui Xiaolin gently slapped Qiu Zichuan.
"Hey! I really thought you were dead! Scared the hell out of me! Speaking of death, Shui Xiaolin seemed to remember the scene just now, and there was a trace of horror in her eyes!
"Huh! How could it be! My life is hardened! β
"Hey! Are you afraid of death? β
"Don't be afraid!" Qiu Zichuan closed his eyes again.
"Why?" Shui Xiaolin opened her eyes wide again and looked down at Qiu Zichuan.
"The copy of Gorky's Childhood that you gave me last week."
"Hmmm! What's wrong? β
"Do you remember the dead sparrow that Gorky found when he was a child?"
"Didn't he put it in a small wooden box and buried it secretly!"
"I've watched that paragraph several times!"
"Why? What's so nice about that! Shui Xiaolin pressed Qiu Zichuan's forehead and shook it vigorously.
"I don't know, but I just want to see it!"
"Want to see it? What's so nice about that! Shui Xiaolin always felt that Qiu Zichuan had a lot of things on his body that made him curious!
"I used to think that death was so mysterious, but after watching Gorky do it mysteriously, I suddenly felt that people are dead, in fact, it is a change of place, and he is still there! Just like that little sparrow, Gorky dug it up again, it was still the same as before, that little wooden box, it made me feel like a space, another space, if we died that day, we would just go to another space! So, I'm not afraid of death! After reading it that day, I wished I could go to see the space where I would go in the future! β
"Huh! How could you think that! Then I'm not afraid of death! I'll go to your space and find you when the time comes! Hehe! It's a lot of fun! β
"Nope! I don't want you to go! β
"Why?" Shui Xiaolin thought to herself, don't you want to be with me forever?
"I want you to never grow old! It will always be the way it is! It's that I went to that space, and I'm going to look at you forever! β
"Am I good-looking?" Shui Xiaolin suddenly became interested, Qiu Zichuan never said that he was good-looking!
βοΌβ Qiu Zichuan seems to be difficult!
"Say!"
"Why do you have to say it!" Qiu Zichuan was still reluctant to say.
"Nope! I have to say it! Shui Xiaolin hugged Qiu Zichuan's head and shook it!
"Don't! A little dizzy! Qiu Zichuan frowned vigorously!
"Yo! I'm sorry! Thinking of Qiu Zichuan's head that had just fallen, Shui Xiaolin hurriedly held Qiu Zichuan's head with one hand and stroked it lightly with the other.
"Then what do you say! I want to know! Shui Xiaolin still wants to hear Qiu Zichuan say in person that he likes to see himself!
"You know, I'm not going to like other girls, I'm only with you!" Qiu Zichuan said a little slurred, but his tone was firm.
"Huh! Then you just said that if you go to that space, you won't let me go! So who will protect me? I'm so lonely left alone! Hearing Qiu Zichuan say this, Shui Xiaolin became happy!
"yes!" Qiu Zichuan grabbed a piece of grass and put it in his mouth, as if talking to himself, and said: "Then when I die, my heart will definitely be very uncomfortable!" β
"Hmmm! I love to hear that! The feelings expressed by Qiu Zichuan unintentionally moved Shui Xiaolin very much!
"What would it be like if that day came along!" Qiu Zichuan, who was still with his eyes closed, seemed to be talking to himself.
"Hey! I ask you, in the future, if death does come, how do you want to die? The naΓ―ve Shui Xiaolin seemed to have a whim.
"Me!" Qiu Zichuan seemed to start thinking, but suddenly Mimi opened his eyes and looked at Shui Xiaolin.
"Hey! Don't say it yet! Seeing that Qiu Zichuan was about to speak, Shui Xiaolin suddenly smiled mysteriously! He put his hand on Qiu Zichuan's mouth, and then withdrew his hand and took out the pen pinned to it from Qiu Zichuan's jacket pocket.
Qiu Zichuan was puzzled and looked at Shui Xiaolin in a daze.
"We're all writing in the palm of our own hands, and we'll look at it again! All right? Shui Xiaolin's eyes shone with happiness, and she happily looked at Qiu Zichuan who was still holding grass on his mouth.
"Good!" Qiu Zichuan was also very happy to know Shui Xiaolin's thoughts.
"Then you close your eyes, I'll write first." At this time, Shui Xiaolin felt that she had grown so big, and she had never felt the joy and meaning of life as much as she did today!
"Good!" Qiu Zichuan smiled and closed his eyes again!
"That's it! Your turn! For a moment, Shui Xiaolin pushed Qiu Zichuan with one hand, while the other hand was tightly held behind him, and his little face under the sunset was full of happiness.
"Turn your face away and close your eyes! Hehe! Qiu Zichuan, who was still lying down, took the pen with his right hand, raised his left hand high, and signaled Shui Xiaolin to write it herself.
"Are you alright?" Shui Xiaolin, who had just turned her face away, was a little impatient!
"Wait!" Listening to Qiu Zichuan's tone, it seems that he writes very seriously one stroke at a time!
"That's it!" After writing, Qiu Zichuan sat up, but also held the hand with the writing tightly behind him.
"I'll shout one or two, let's stretch together!" Anxious to know the result, Shui Xiaolin smiled and looked at Qiu Zichuan, who was also full of happy smiles, and the foreheads of the two of them were almost together.
"Okay!" Qiu Zichuan wanted to stretch out his left hand behind him.
"One, two!" Shui Xiaolin shouted happily!
In an instant, two people stretched out their left hands in front of each other at the same time!
"I'm going to die holding your hand!" Shui Xiaolin took Qiu Zichuan's hand and gently read the words written on it!
"When I die, I still want you to hold my hand, and you are not allowed to throw it away!" Qiu Zichuan also took Shui Xiaolin's hand, and read the words on it softly!
Then, both of them looked up at each other at the same time!
Immediately, they all pursed their mouths and smiled silly at each other at the same time,
But then, Shui Xiaolin gently pressed her forehead against Qiu Zichuan's forehead, who was almost close together, and slowly twisted, big tears fell down, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was even brighter!
She was excited that at this moment, the hearts of the two of them knew each other like this, and she was even more moved by Qiu Zichuan's hard work at that moment just now, without hesitation!
"Then let's get it!" After a while, Shui Xiaolin put away her smile, her eyelashes flashed with tears, looking at Qiu Zichuan's eyes with a bit of exploration and innocence, and expectation!
"Hmm!" Qiu Zichuan nodded vigorously!
The corners of Shui Xiaolin's mouth smiled again!
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