Chapter 368: Ascending the Mountain (2/4)
The winter sun always makes people feel extra clean.
It is not as hot as a summer day, but the same dazzling light reflects on the cheeks, only a faint warmth.
The dome's already white little face looks even whiter and more tender in the sun, reflecting a faint fluorescence.
The big red scarf around her neck looked like her cheeks were a little smaller.
She grabbed Aoki's hand, and almost half of it was hanging on Aoki's arm, like a chirping bird, and her voice was pleasant: "What do you want to do at the shrine?"
"Well, let's pray for it." Aoki Tsukasa raised his head with a smile, everything on the side of the country road was a little new to him.
Moreover, all this gave him a strange feeling of déjà vu.
He didn't know where this feeling came from, but whenever he saw the side streets, the scattered houses, and the withered trees, he always felt as if he was in some kind of movie screen, and there was a sense of novelty that he had seen before, but it was indeed the first time he had experienced it.
"What do you want to pray for?" asked Aoki Tsukasa as he looked thoughtfully at the scene on the street, but he didn't look like he was going to do anything for a long time.
"Ah, I hope your body can get better soon, and I hope that everyone around me can be happy." Tsukasa Aoki looked at her with a smile.
"Really....... Then I'm going to pray for Si Neng's happiness. Dome smiled and said, "I heard that in general, this kind of thing is not effective if you pray for yourself to bless yourself, but if you sincerely pray for others, God will hear." ”
"God" Aoki Tsukasa smiled dumbly, "Hopefully." ”
The two of them walked along the road in front of their homes, the road to the shrine, through the deep forest, to climb the ridge, Aoki Tsukasa walked a little hard because of yesterday's muscle strain, not to mention the already weak dome.
The two of them walked for half an hour, and the dome was already tired and sweaty.
It's just that she stubbornly didn't say a word, holding Aoki Division's hand and walking, if it weren't for Aoki Division, she was a little strange why she didn't speak for a long time, and she almost didn't realize that she was tired like this.
"Take a break!" Aoki Tsukasa had already walked out of the village with the dome at this time, and the deep path in the forest meandered endlessly into the distance, everything in the forest was very quiet, as if leaving the world, returning to the mountains and forests like a leisurely feeling, so that Aoki Tsukasa only felt open-minded, and his troubles disappeared for the time being.
Dome gasped and nodded, and sat down on a stone chosen by Aoki Tsukasa with some weak legs.
Aoki straightened her scarf and rubbed the cheeks of the dome, which was a little cold from the cold wind, before sitting down beside her: "Why don't you say it when you're tired, stupid." ”
"I ......" Qiong's little face was half covered by the scarf, she pulled the scarf, her expression a little depressed: "It's nothing." ”
It's only been half an hour since he and Si walked....... She pursed her lips and lowered her head.
Aoki Tsukasa's hand rested on her head again: "Take a break, don't force yourself, I'm too tired today to go up." ”
"No, I'm fine!" Dome shook his head hurriedly.
Seeing this, Aoki didn't say much, just straightened his legs, looked up at the blue sky, and breathed in the incomparably fresh air leisurely.
Dome sat for a while, then stood up: "Keep walking"
Tsukasa Aoki looked at her with concern: "Is it really okay?"
"Hmm!" She nodded emphatically, and the two ponytails that she had tied before going out were swinging behind her head, looking very cute.
Tsukasa Aoki also stood up: "Okay, it shouldn't be far away." ”
On the road after that, Aoki took the initiative to grab the hand of the dome and used a slight force to bear part of her weight, making it easier for her to walk.
But even so, it didn't take long for the dome to be sweaty and out of breath again.
Aoki looked at the time on his phone that it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, thought about it, and suddenly stopped: "Na, Qiong." ”
"Ahh
Tsukasa Aoki reached out and wiped the sweat from her forehead, and proposed, "Let's play a game."
"Suddenly........ What game to play" Dome was a little confused.
"Rock-paper-scissors, I'll carry you up if I lose, and pull me in front of me if I lose, and the time is five minutes." Aokiji's words made Qiong a little bitter: "But....... All right. ”
Dome stretched out her hand a little nervously, to be honest, she has a bit of trouble walking by herself now, if she loses and then pulls Aoki Tsukasa........ She might really be making a fool of herself.
She really didn't want Tsukasa Aoki to feel like a burden.
However, it was rare for Si to make a suggestion, and she couldn't bear to refute it.
So, she stretched out her hand: "Rock, scissors, paper!" ”
She held out two fingers.
Tsukasa Aoki stretched out a full palm.
"I won!" Dome laughed a little delightedly.
Aoki Tsukasa looked frustrated: "Ah...... I originally came up with a stone. ”
"Hey, hey." Dome smiled and stretched out his hand: "You can't play tricks." ”
Aoki turned around and squatted: "It's just five minutes!" Five minutes later, it's time to do it again! ”
Thinking that after five minutes, he would be able to recover a little, so Dome nodded and agreed, and trotted onto Aoki's back.
“ok! Let's go! Tsukasa Aoki carried her firmly on his back and stood up.
The body of the dome is light, like a feather.
She hugged Tsukasa Aoki's neck tightly, her little head resting on his shoulder, and stared blankly at his side face from behind.
Tsukasa Aoki didn't look tired at all, and walked striding along the mountain road with his dome on his back.
After only walking for about a minute or two, Dome whispered a little reluctantly, "It's almost there, five minutes." ”
"It's only been two minutes, I'm not lazy, and you can't be lazy for a while." Tsukasa Aoki rejected her with a smile.
Hearing this, Qiong hugged his neck tighter: "Hmm. ”
After a while, he deliberately lost to the division and punched a little slower.
Tsukasa Aoki really put her down in about five minutes, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he looked at her with a smile again: "Rock, scissors, paper!" ”
Dome deliberately slowed down the speed of his shot, but strangely, Aoki Tsukasa still put his hand in front of her at the same time.
"Ah, I lost again." Aoki's expression was a little distressed: "I originally wanted to play a little trick." ”
It turns out that Si also wants to punch slowly.......
"Fouls don't count, let's do it again." Qiong smiled and was about to come again, but Aoki Tsukasa shook his head: "No, I'm willing to gamble and lose, I'm not someone who can't afford to lose." ”
With that, he crouched down again.
Five minutes later, Aoki lost again.
"Eh" Qiong looked at her hand in disbelief, she obviously saw that Aoki Tsukasa was out of the fist, so she planned to temporarily change her hand to scissors, but she didn't think that the cloth in her hand had just turned into scissors, Aoki Tsukasa opened her fist suddenly, just right, and lost again.
Tsukasa Aoki grimaced and squatted down again.
Dome climbed onto his back thoughtfully.
After walking a few steps, Dome put his arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "Si....... It's on purpose. ”
"How can you deliberately lose in any guessing boxing, isn't it all by luck." Tsukasa Aoki denied it again and again.
The dome just buried his head in his back.
After a long time, he burst into a sentence: "Am I becoming an oil bottle again." ”
Tsukasa Aoki stopped.
Dome jumped off his back, his eyes slightly reddened, "Don't lie to me. ”
"Uh......" Aoki Tsukasa was a little at a loss when he saw her drooping appearance, and hurriedly squatted down, looked at her and said, "I'm just afraid you're too tired." ”
"Sure enough, Si deliberately lost to me." Dome lowered his head, his hands behind his back, and gently bit his lower lip.
"Well, the dome is as light as cotton, and it doesn't get tired to carry it." As soon as Aokiji's words fell, he watched as Dome slowly stretched out his hand and put it on his forehead.
Cold little hands wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Big liar."
Dome wrinkled his nose, held back his tears, and showed a smile: "Let's go together, I've really rested enough, and it's not so comfortable to be carried." ”
Aoki Si was slightly stunned when he heard this, he was ready to coax her, but at this time he had to hurriedly say: "Ah, good! ”
Standing up, he reached out and took her little hand again.
"I just looked at the sign, it's only a few hundred meters." Aoki Tsukasa said excitedly: "Let's get to the shrine and rest." ”
Dome nodded quietly and walked side by side with him.
Halfway, her small voice was exceptionally clear on the quiet path: "Sure enough." ”
"Ahh
"I'm still ......."
"What"
"I think Si is the best."
"Uh, yes, yes"
"Division, Saigao!"
"It's a bit of an exaggeration."
"I like Si the most."
"Okay, you can't just say that."
"Hey, but ....... Still like. ”
"I can't help you ....... it"
The words of the two of you, one by one, gradually faded away, and finally disappeared into the woods.