"The land here is not very suitable for planting red maple trees, but my mother's old man, because of her words, tried everything to plant a red maple here. Hundreds of acres of fields have all been transformed into forests by him. Even the village courtyard is carefully built with mahogany. Everything here is the work of my mother's deceased for six years, listening to Aunt Biyun... When my mother was brought here and saw the scene, she burst into tears. She had never expected the old man to take her words to heart like this. When she lived here, she looked at the bare fields full of mountains and courtyards, and just said casually: I want to see the red sea of maple forests, dotted with a red cinnabar-like hut, and have a pleasant scenery. And he was remembered by the man for six years. ”

Ning Nan said this with emotion.

When he was young, he listened to Biyun talk about the origin of the reason why this red maple village was built, and his heart was full of yearning for the innocence and simplicity, mutual memory and mutual warmth between his mother and her deceased.

Now, he no longer has to be envious. The young man took the hand of the girl beside him and smiled slightly. At this moment, he also has a feeling in his heart that he cherishes carefully, and this feeling is as innocent and beautiful as Mrs. Cao and her old friend.

"Unexpected... My mother once had such a story. Jiang Chengjia muttered to himself.

She was curious about who the old man in this story was, but she thought that this might be Mrs. Cao's private matter, and seeing Ning Nan's current appearance, she didn't know who that person was. So I gave up the idea of asking. just let out a long sigh and said, "Mother likes this yard... It also makes sense. If someone treats me so hard, I'm afraid I won't be able to repay his friendship in my life. ”

Ning Nanwei on the side heard these words, showed a gentle expression, took her into his arms, and walked slowly on the forest road, but silently wrote down her words in his heart. Looking at the red maple in the garden, I secretly made up my mind.

As long as she lives up to him, from now on, his good will only be for this one person.

Just as the autumn wind was blowing, the red maple leaves were falling down, and the husband and wife were holding hands and walking comfortably on the forest road. At this time, a fluffy puppy suddenly sprang out of the forest courtyard, swaying its fat body and running towards them.

Ning Nan's eyes were all focused on Jiang Chengjia at this moment, and he never saw a fat puppy running over in front of him.

Until the girl beside him let out a cry of surprise and rushed forward and shouted, "Where did the cute little guy come from?" He noticed that at some point at his feet there was a small dog with snow-white hair and a soft appearance, wagging its tail at him with its tongue out, and staring at him with round eyes.

This stuffy animal made Ning Nanwu immediately take a breath, and froze in place and didn't dare to move.

Jiang Chengjia bent down and squatted in front of the little dog, blinking his big eyes, and said with a smile: "How can you... Still having a dog in the woods? ”

She casually looked at the young man beside her. Unexpectedly, his face turned blue, the whole person was stunned, standing there, not daring to move at all, and even later, the whole body was trembling in a state visible to the naked eye.

Then she remembered that he seemed to be afraid of all round-haired animals. Later, she also heard Ji Xianzhi say that in this world, except for pigeons, chickens, ducks, cows, horses, and other poultry, he would not be afraid, and he could not touch all round-haired or wriggling animals and insects. It is said that this is related to Ning Nan's expedition to northern Xinjiang that year. Ji Xianzhi said that he almost died on the battlefield when he was a teenager, and later crawled out of the pile of dead people. Since then, the sight of a hairy animal or a wriggling bug has been extremely terrifying. Even the pigeons, chickens, ducks, cows and horses, and other poultry, it was only later that he forced himself to come into contact with them, and gradually overcame his fear of them. But if he was asked to overcome other fears, he couldn't do it.

Jiang Chengjia took into account Ning Nan's fear, so he reached out to hug the little dog and keep it away from Ning Nan's worries.

But she gave birth to a hand, and the little dog somehow suddenly became irritable, turned his head and snorted angrily at her, and then showed his sharp teeth and glared at her viciously.

Jiang Chengjia was startled, frightened by it, and subconsciously withdrew his hand.

At this moment, the little dog turned its head and continued to look at the young man standing stiffly beside her.

Between the lightning and flint, the young man who stood stiffly did not know what to stimulate, and he pulled his legs and ran deeper into the forest. The speed is like an arrow off the string. And the little dog at her feet also chased after him, barking constantly in the woods.

Jiang Chengjia only felt bad, stomped his feet anxiously, and chased after him without saying a word.

The young man held his breath, sullen, and ran wildly. ran until his legs and feet became weak, and he heard the sound of dogs barking behind him, gritted his teeth again, closed his eyes and continued to run forward.

After a while, Jiang Chengjia, who was chasing after him, couldn't keep up with the pace of this person and dog, and felt that the wound on his back hurt hotly. She couldn't cry or laugh, and as a last resort, she grabbed the branch of the maple tree, flicked her feet lightly, performed light skills, and jumped to chase the barking little dog. Then, the eye quickly grabbed the back of its neck and hugged it into his arms.

She suppressed the little dog's moving head, finally stood still in the forest, calmed down, turned around and looked ahead, and found that this vast maple forest had long since lost Ning Nan's worrying figure.

She became anxious, thinking of his extremely frightened, pale face, Jiang Chengjia became annoyed. blame her for not reacting in time, and pulled him to the puppy.

"Zhaoyuan? Jiro! Jiang Chengjia called loudly in the forest, holding the little dog everywhere to find Ning Nan's worrying figure.

She searched the woods for a long time, until it was getting dark, and she could not find any trace of him.

Jiang Chengjia's whole person fell into panic and anxiety, and when he looked forward, he saw the young man in Xuanyi hiding in a pile of maple leaves in the afterglow of the sky.

She paused, frowned, bent over, and then quietly walked to the corner in the dim light, "Zhaoyuan? Is that you? ”

Jiang Chengjia slowly approached, and found that the shadow was holding herself in a ball in panic, trembling violently, burying her head firmly between her arms, refusing to raise her head to look at her.

She leaned over and said very gently, "Zhaoyuan... I'm Arlo. I'm looking for you... How are you? ”516

The puppy in her arms was no longer manic under her comfort, and was nesting very quietly in her arms at the moment, closing her eyes for a long time and falling asleep.

Jiang Chengjia was afraid that Ning Nan would run away again. He first put the puppy on a pile of thick red maple leaves, and then came to Ning Nan's side with confidence.

She reached out and lightly touched his arm.

The young man reacted violently and ducked back, revealing a pair of frightened eyes.

Jiang Chengjia was so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew his hand, seeing that his face was full of cold sweat and excessive panic at the moment, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

She didn't know what this young man had experienced in the past, such a forbearant and strong person, who was not afraid of swords, guns and blood, why was he so afraid of round-haired animals?

"Zhaoyuan... Don't be afraid... It's me, I'm Arlo. I'm really Arlo. I'm coming for you. She knelt down in front of him, leaned over, and spoke sincerely. I hope he will listen to her.

The man who was cowering in the corner, his body trembling, slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of dark eyes to look at her.

His eyes were full of fear and fear.

The little girl took a deep breath, quietly moved a little ahead, and continued to guide: "Zhaoyuan, Erlang." Don't be afraid, with me, no one can hurt you..."

The man muttered, "Ah Luo? ”

Hearing him call her, Jiang Chengjia immediately nodded and said, "Yes... I'm Arlo. ”

The man seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then slowly relaxed his body and leaned over to her.

Jiang Chengjia looked at him like this, and his heart was really not good, so he leaned over and opened his arms and said, "Zhaoyuan." I'm there for you. ”

"Arlo." The young man called softly, "Ah Luo..."

His dark eyes seemed to be foggy.

Jiang Chengjia no longer waited for him to calm down, leaned over, hugged him into his arms, wrapped him firmly in his small arms, and comforted him softly: "Well, I'm here, I'm here." You don't have to be afraid. ”

The young man grabbed her coat like a child, and sobbed a little aggrieved.

Jiang Chengjia gently patted his back with his hand, constantly comforting.

It was not until the young man slowly eased his emotions and regained some consciousness that he gradually loosened her clothes. Then, as if he remembered something, he suddenly hugged her hard, and said in a hoarse voice: "Am I useless... Arlo... I'm so useless, are you still willing to stay with me for the rest of your life? ”

He choked up. The hoarse voice hit Jiang Chengjia's heart, making her feel heavy pain and pity.

"Don't talk nonsense, in my heart. You are a man who stands up to the sky, how can you say that it is useless? I love you the most, of course I want to be with you for the rest of my life. In this life, even if you let go, I won't let go. ”

The young man was silent for a long time, silent for a long time, as if he had calmed himself. Jiang Chengjia just hugged him like this and didn't let go for a moment.

After a long time, he moved, as if he was about to get up.

Jiang Chengjia got up with him.

He stood up again, his legs and feet were still weak, and he was on Jiang Chengjia's shoulders, almost unsteady.

"That's... What about the dog? Ning Nan said tremblingly.

She pointed ahead and replied truthfully, "It's asleep, there." ”

"It's... There seems to be a master. I think it's... It was accidentally broken into... Red maple forest. Arlo... Bring it back... Waiting for tomorrow... We take it out of Zhuangzi... Let's see if anyone outside the Zhuangzi is looking for it. ”

Listening to his intermittent and incoherent words, Jiang Chengjia was a little surprised. He was afraid that he would become like this, and even noticed that this dog had an owner?