Chapter Ninety-Two: Affection and Cowardice
Huo Quzhi listened to my choking and couldn't bear to look at me, but finally came over, took off his robe and draped it over me. My complaining gaze shifted to Huo Quai, biting my lip and not speaking.
Huo Quzhi bent down to pick up the grass roots that were thrown on the ground and walked to my side. Nervously, he reached out and touched the abrasions on my arm from the fall.
"You're not like me, you're rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and you're often injured. It's okay that your abrasions are just skin injuries, otherwise they can't be treated now, but they will be broken. ”
My body froze, my face was still gloomy, but I didn't make a sound, and I didn't move. Huo Quzhi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, pursed his lips, grinded the grass roots with a stone, and applied it evenly to my wounds.
The right arm was cold and indescribably comfortable. Huo Quzhi's hand gently stroked my injured arm.
After tossing for a long time, the wound was bandaged. Huo Quzhi looked at it a little tiredly, nodded with satisfaction, and stood up to turn back to the tree he was sitting on.
I immediately reached out to hold his hand, and Huo Quzhi looked back at me cautiously. I didn't say anything, I turned my face away, but my hand held him.
Huo Quzhi sighed softly, sat beside me, and with a little force, pulled me into his arms, letting the waist fall into his left arm, and the injured right arm lifted with difficulty, caressing my face.
I looked at Huo Quai's face in the moonlight, obediently obeyed his wishes, and rested my head on his thick chest.
Pounding, pounding...... The sound of Huo Quzhi's heartbeat came into his ears.
Perhaps, it's my heartbeat.
"Am I wrong about you?" I sighed, "me, tell me." ”
"Am I supposed to be proud?" Huo Quzhi said softly, "You care so much about me? ”
For the first time in my life, I felt powerless: "What should I do with you?" ”
"Will you believe me?"
I was silent, I wanted to believe. But whether it was in the past or now, in him or Chu Jinmo, what he believed was betrayal, and a wave of helplessness came to his heart.
The Buddhist scriptures have clouds: If a person is in a thorn forest, if he does not move, he will not be hurt. The delusion cannot be afforded, and the joy of constant silence is extinguished, and the delusion will only move after a while, that is, it will be stabbed by all beings.
I muttered, "If you have a heart, you will suffer, but if you don't have a heart, you will be happy." ”
The moonlight was unprecedentedly beautiful, and together with the hateful forest wind, it was also surprisingly gentle. The feeling of cold is gone, and the warm current permeates the veins from the limbs.
Don't say anything, don't change anything. In this way, quietly, so quiet that the heart can hear the voice of the heart. The two snuggled up to each other, watching the moon disappear, the orange-red sun jumping out of the east, and the birds cheerfully and noisy.
It was as if I had woken up from a fantasy that was too beautiful to be written, and I moved lightly and stretched. Turning his head to see Huo Quai, his long eyelashes trembled with his breathing, and he wanted to reach out to touch it, but after all, his hand fell in mid-air and did not fall.
I moved slightly, and just wanted to stand up, but Huo Quzhi's arm couldn't break free like an iron hoop, and suddenly he opened his eyes and smiled at me: "It's really like a dream!" ”
I was slightly stunned and blurted out, "What if... Is it really just a dream? ”
Huo Quzhi took my hand and put it on his chest, and said with a smile: "You touch it, can you feel my heartbeat in your dreams?" ”
My face flushed, and my hand touched his heartbeat, and I immediately retracted like an electric shock. I stood up, patted my dress, and said, "Where the hell is this?" ”
Huo Quzhi also stood up and looked left and right: "This is still in the Qilian Mountains, we should be able to get out of the Lu." With that, he reached out to take me, and I hesitated for a second, then put my hand behind my back.
Huo Quzhi sighed lightly: "Are you still annoyed with me?" But you're going back to Chang'an with me after all, aren't you? Although I don't know why you came to Hexi, and I don't know how you have spent the past few months, but since I found you, don't bother me anymore, and don't give me a good look after not seeing you for so long, hey! ”
I said angrily: "Who wants to go back to Chang'an with you!" ”
Huo Quzhi was stunned: "If you don't go back to Chang'an with me, where are you going?" ”
I said, "I'll go back to Whitewater City to pick up Doris first, and then take her to the end of the world with me!" ”
Huo Quzhi didn't laugh angrily, and said, "If you want to pick up people, you have to go out of here first, right?" Let's go! With that, he turned around and wanted to walk forward, but turned to look at me who was still hesitant, and made a gesture of please.
Although I was not happy, my footsteps still kept up with him, Huo Quai's ability to recognize the way was really innate, even in such an unknown and uninhabited valley, he could easily identify the direction.
There was only the sound of birds in the forest, the sun shining through the branches of the trees, the light and shadow were dappled bright, Huo Quzhi took the sword to open the way in front, and cut down all the branches and vines that stood in the way. I followed behind him, watching his back, afraid that he would disappear in the blink of an eye.
Losing and regaining is more of a gain than not getting it, because if you never get it, you don't know how precious it is. And when you get it and lose it, you will cherish it when you lose it and regain it. Maybe in addition to me, Huo Quzhi also thinks the same.
Suddenly, Huo Quai's body froze, and his hand turned back and made a stop gesture to me. He whispered, "Lan'er be careful, don't come over." ”
I followed his gaze and immediately gasped, and a snake coiled on a branch, spitting out letters in the direction of Huo Qu's illness. My whole body was stiff, I didn't dare to move in place, and I was worried about Huo Quai's illness in my heart, and I had no idea for a while.
The snake stared at Huo Quai, and flew towards Huo Quai, and I exclaimed: "Ah! ", reflexively rushed over to hug Huo Quai, if you want to bite, bite me, as long as he is fine! That was the only thought on my mind at the time.
I only heard Huo Quai's heartbeat and smelled the familiar orchid on his body, I closed my eyes tightly, half loud, but I was not bitten by a snake as expected.
It seems like a long time has passed.
Huo Quzhi smiled: "The beauty is in my arms, I am very happy." But if you keep holding me like this, we won't be able to get out of the dark! ”
Huo Quai's words reminded me, and I pushed him away, and saw that the snake had been cut in half by his sword in the lightning and flint that I rushed over to hug him.
I immediately blushed, I was too self-conscious, and I wanted to protect him on my own. He is a famous hussar general, how can he not deal with a small poisonous snake!
Huo Quzhi smiled and said: "It's really time for this snake to appear, I knew that you care about me so much, I really hope that a few more snakes will come out!" ”
I snorted heavily, and turned my face away from him.
Huo Quzhi said: "Let's go!" ”
I snorted and followed him.
Huo Quzhi turned around, I followed closely, and bumped into his back, I rubbed my sore nose and glared at him.
Huo Quzhi smiled: "Lan'er, have you had a problem with your mouth recently, why do you hum, don't you look like some kind of domestic animal?" ”
"Humph!" I snorted again.
Huo Quzhi smiled and reached out to hold my hand, I just wanted to struggle, but my hand moved slightly. Huo Quzhi immediately shouted: "Snake! ”
I subconsciously held him tightly with my backhand, and even the other hand that was not held by him reached over to hold his arm. With his face pressed against his body, he looked left and right and asked softly, "Where?" ”
I didn't find the shadow of the snake for a long time, and I looked up at Huo Quai's smiling eyes, only to realize that I had been fooled. Annoyed, he was about to shake off his hand, but Huo Quzhi grabbed me and pulled me forward: "Let's go, we have to get out of this valley before dark, and let you beat me out of anger when we get out!" ”
"Humph! Who wants to hit you! I was stubborn, but I timidly shook his palm and let him lead me through the woods.
How long has it been since I couldn't remember the temperature of his palm? The phantom of love, hatred, and hatred has softened the time that has passed through thousands of years. Even if ten thousand arrows pierce my heart at this moment, I am unwilling to let go of his hand.
After a day passed, Huo Quzhi looked up at the sky: "It seems that we can't get out of the city today, and I'm afraid that there will be wild beasts in the forest at night, so let's find a place to spend the night!" ”
I pointed to a small dot of light in front of me and said, "What's that?" ”
Huo Quzhi squinted and said happily: "Where there are lights, there are people, great, let's go over and have a look." ”
When I got closer, I found that it was a house with animal skins hanging on the outer wall. Huo Qubing stepped forward and knocked on the door, living was an old couple who lived by hunting, Huo Qubing said politely: "Old man, I and Humble Jing have traveled here, and I hope it will be convenient for us to stay overnight." ”
My old face is red again, when did it become your clumsiness? Fortunately, it is dark and I can't see it really, and at the moment, I am thick-skinned, and I may not be able to see it by others. The old couple readily agreed to come down and give us a clean little room for the night.
I was changing clothes in the house, and when I fell from the top of the mountain, my clothes had long been scraped by the branches, and I was wearing Huo Quai's outer robe all the way.
I heard Huo Qubing asking the old woman outside the house: "Auntie, is there Su Mucao in the mountains near here?" ”
"It's all over the mountains, this grass is rough, and it won't freeze to death in winter, and at the foot of the mountain in front, you can see it when you pull away the snow, and it's a lot of picking." The eldest lady asked strangely, "What do you want Su Mucao for?" Isn't that a healing medicine? ”
"It's nothing," Huo Quzhi said with a smile, "The road on the mountain is not easy to walk, I saw that my lady's hand seemed to be injured, I went to pick some Sumu grass to heal her." ”
"That's right. This herb is the most powerful way to heal wounds, and I think it's better than ginseng. "I'm used to being lonely in a remote place, it's rare to have someone to chat with, the eldest lady smiled, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed.
"Then I'll pick some back."
"There are many rocks on the road, be careful."
Huo Quzhi took two steps, and then turned back uneasily: "Please tell my mother-in-law, I will take the medicine and come back soon." Auntie, you have to help me take care of her. ”