After lunch, Huang Siyao went to the forest. It was a good day, the first dandelions looked like little suns, and the first blooming daisies were white. The leaves of the bushes are half-open and half-closed, and the branches are still hung with remnants of dusty catkins, which look like they have been hooked with lace. The yellow rehmannia has bloomed in clusters, and the petals are blooming, looking at the past pieces of marigold.

In early summer, the yellow stamen is everywhere, and the yellow is gorgeous. The primroses are vigorous, the clusters of flowers are no longer ashamed, and the light yellow flowers are in full bloom. Hyacinths are dark green like the sea, and the buds are like tender corn heads. The forget-me-not on the horse trail is blooming, the purple-blue buds of the columbus are stretching, and the blue eggshells of the crushed birds are scattered under the bushes. Everywhere is full of flower buds, and everywhere is full of life!

Then Lee Kwang-suke was not in the hut. It was quiet, and the brown chicks were running around lively. Huang Siyao turned around and walked towards the cottage, she wanted to find him.

The cottage is bathed in the sun, right on the edge of the forest. In the small garden, the double-petaled wild daffodils leap high by the wide open door, and the red double-petaled daisies bloom along the path. As the dog barks, Flowey appears in the doorway.

The door is wide open, which means he's home! The sun shone on the red brick floor, and she walked down the path and saw him through the window. He was wearing a shirt and was sitting at the table eating. The dog barked softly and wagged its tail slowly.

He stood up and walked towards the door, chewing and wiping his mouth with a red handkerchief.

"Can I go in?" She asked.

"Come in!"

The sun shines into the empty hut, and the smell of stir-fry still fills the room.

"You're too late for lunch," she said, "and keep eating." ”

As she spoke, she sat down on a wooden chair in the sunlight at the door.

"I have to go to a nearby city." He sat at the table, but didn't eat.

"Eat!" She said. But he didn't touch the food on his plate.

"Would you like something to eat?" He asked her, "Would you like a cup of tea?" The water is boiling. As he spoke, he leaned over and stood up.

"Will you let me make my own tea?" She stood up.

He seemed depressed, and she felt that she was causing him trouble. "Oh, the teapot is here," he said, gesturing to the tawny corner cabinet, "and the cup!" Tea leaves on the mantelpiece above your head. ”

She found the black teapot, removed the tea tube from the stove, and rinsed the teapot with hot water, but stood still for a moment, not knowing where to pour the water.

"Splash out," he said, noticing her so, "the water is clean." ”

She walked to the door and spilled the water from the jug on the path. How lovely this place is, so peaceful, it's a real woodland. The trees have grown new yellow-brown leaves, and the red daisies in the garden are like velvet buttons. She glanced at the large sandstone threshold of the doorway, which was full of holes, and saw that few people were in or out of it.

"It's so lovely!" She said, "It's so quiet, it's all alive, and yet it's so peaceful." ”

He began to eat again, slowly, reluctantly, and she could feel that he was not happy. She silently made the tea, and placed the teapot on the iron rack by the hearth, she knew that everyone here put the teapot like this. He pushed the plate away and got up to go to the back room.

Huang Siyao put both cups on the table, a total of two cups. "Have a cup of tea?" Huang Siyao asked.

"If you want to drink, drink it. There are Tieguanyin, Dancong, and black tea. ”

"Aren't you happy today?" Huang Siyao asked.

He immediately turned his eyes to look directly at her and said, "Not happy? No, it's annoying! I have to go and record a confession, I caught two thieves today, and I have to, alas, forget it, I don't like to deal with people"

He spoke calmly, with anger in his words. "Don't you like being a guard?" Huang Siyao asked.

"Be a warden? No, I just want to be alone. But I got to the Public Security Bureau, dealing with all sorts of people, waiting for those idiots to deal with my business, it just drove me crazy......" He smiled slightly, looking helpless.

"Can you be truly independent?"

"Me? I think I could, if you mean barely living on my pension. I can! But I have to work, or I'll die. That means I've got something on my hands. But I have a bad temper and can't work purely for myself. I have to do something for others, and if I do it for myself, I won't be able to do it for a month, and I won't be able to do it as soon as my temper comes up. So I'm pretty rich here, especially lately......"

He laughed as he spoke, and that was a joke about her.

"But why are you bad-tempered?" She asked, "Are you saying you always have a bad temper?" ”

"Almost," he smiled, "I don't know much about my bad temper. ”

"But what kind of bad temper?" She asked.

"Grumpy!" He said, "Don't you know what it is?" She was silent, disappointed that he didn't take her seriously.

~~~~~

"I'm going to be away for a while next month." Huang Siyao said.

"Really? Where to? ”

"Singapore."

"With Boss Zhang? How long to go? ”

"A month," she replied, "the sea can't fly." ”

"Is he staying here?" He asked.

"Yes! He's the kind of guy who just doesn't like to travel. ”

"Oh, poor fellow!" He said sympathetically. The two were silent for a moment.

"I'm gone, you won't forget me, will you?" She asked him. He stared at her with wide eyes again.

"Forget?" He said, "You know, no one forgets. It's not a matter of memory. ”

She wanted to say, "So what", but she didn't say it, but said in a vague voice: "I told Zhang Haifei that I might be pregnant with a child." ”

The words made him look at her, and he nervously searched for something on her face.

"Really?" He finally said, "So what did he say?" ”

"Oh, he doesn't care. As long as the child seems to be his, he is happy. She didn't dare look up at him when she said this.

He was silent for a long time, then stared at her face and asked, "Surely he didn't mention me?" ”

"No, I didn't mention you." She said.

"No, he won't tolerate me doing this for him. So where do you plan to have children? ”

"I can fall in love in Singapore." She said.

"You can," he said slowly, "that's what you're going for?" ”

"But not for love." She looked up at him, defending herself.

"It's just for show." He said.

They stopped talking again. He sat with his eyes fixed on the window, smiling half mockingly, half bitterly. Huang Siyao hated this expression.

"You're not using any contraception, are you?" He suddenly asked, "I didn't prevent it." ”

"I didn't," she said lightly, "I hated it." ”

He looked at her, then looked out the window with that subtle smile. The atmosphere of silence became tense.

In the end, he turned around and sneered at her: "That's why you want me, to conceive a child?" ”

She lowered her head and said, "No, really not." ”

"What is that?" He asked very sharply.

She looked up at him and said resentfully, "I don't know. ”

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then I don't know." ”

There was silence again, and the atmosphere was cold.

At last he finally spoke, "Okay, let the proprietress do what she wants." If you have a child, give it to Boss Zhang. I have nothing to lose. On the contrary, I had a wonderful experience, very good, really! He stretched a little depressedly as he spoke. Even if you take advantage of me," he said, "this is not the first time I've been used, and I've been used very happily this time, even though it doesn't always feel so decent." I've been borrowed! He stretched strangely as he spoke, his body trembling a little, and his teeth clenched strangely.

"But I didn't take advantage of you." She pleaded.

"I'm for the proprietress of the hostess." He replied.

"No," she said, "I like your body. ”

"Really?" He smiled as he spoke, "Okay, so we'll settle down, because I like you too." ”

As he spoke, his eyes became very dim when he looked at her.

"Do you want to go upstairs now?" He asked, his voice muffled.

"No, not here. Not now! She said in a deep voice. But if he forced her, she would obey, because she didn't have the strength to resist him.

He turned his face away again, as if he had forgotten her.

"I want to touch you as you touch me," she said, "and I've never really touched your body." ”

"I haven't thanked the proprietress for making tea herself, that's my honor." He said.