Chapter 17: Secrets
Friday.
"You look happy." It was Xuan Xuan who spoke, she leaned against the courtyard door of her house, looking at me as I stumbled home on the road.
Happy, of course happy. It's Friday, and school is closed again. And my brother is sick, and my mother's smile is back. Of course, all this will make me happy.
I stood still and nodded vigorously at her. "Yes, of course I'm happy, because there's something happy!"
She laughed along with me, and then her eyes drifted to passers-by in the distance. "We're good friends, aren't we?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
"Actually, I want to go to a place, a very mysterious place." She pretended to be mysterious and whispered.
"A mysterious place?" I didn't understand what she meant.
"Come along, it won't be long before no one will notice that you're a few minutes late."
Looking at the home not far away, my father was busy in the house, I was a little hesitant, there is a lot of homework today, is there enough time to complete it? I don't want to be a cat at home doing my homework.
"Don't hesitate, come with me." Obviously, Xuan Xuan didn't intend to give me much time to think, so she took my hand and pulled me into a tree-lined path.
When we reached the end of the road, Xuan Xuan took me around a few more corners and bypassed several walls. At this time, there were hardly many buildings left, and at a glance, it was a little empty, only some old buildings that had not been demolished, still standing there. It must be those places that the developers haven't had time to plan yet.
Finally, we stopped in front of a large black iron gate, and Xuan Xuan looked around. When he saw that there was no figure, he pointed to the wall and said, "Jump over there." ”
This is a trespass, right? I looked at Xuan Xuan hesitantly.
"Trust me, it's okay." She found a few bricks and tiptoed over. I had no choice but to follow.
When you jump over, the first thing that catches your eye is a wall that is a little old because of age, and there is a doorway nailed by wooden planks. The door was sprayed with the words "No Entry". Xuan Xuan ran over, bent down and fumbled for a while, moving away a few loose planks, revealing a small hole in the back.
"Now, let's go inside." Seeing that I was still looking at the words on the door, she said, "Never mind him, just to scare the coward." With that, he bent down and went in.
I looked down at the entrance of the cave, and Xuan Xuan's voice came from inside, "Come in, hurry up." ”
I got inside, too, and as soon as I got in, it was pitch black until I was dragged by her into what looked like a small board room.
"Don't make a sound, look!" Under her guidance, I looked out through a gap. This glance almost stopped me from breathing. "Oh my God, it's so pretty."
It turned out to be a large abandoned flower cultivation base, which had been abandoned for a long time and had been occupied by untended flowers and plants. At a glance, there are countless famous and unfamous flowers blooming one after another, and it is a real sea of flowers.
"Pretty, isn't it?" Xuan Xuan asked.
"Oh my God, it's so beautiful, how did you find here?" Surprised, I not only raised my voice.
However, Xuan Xuan immediately covered my mouth. "If you make a little noise, you'll scare them!"
"They? Who else is here? I couldn't speak, so I had to ask Xuan Xuan with my eyes.
"Don't make a sound, you keep watching, be patient." Xuan Xuan lowered her voice and whispered in my ear.
Time passed minute by minute, and nothing had changed outside. Just when I wanted to open my mouth to ask. Suddenly, a pillar of light rushed straight from the center of the sea of flowers, and when it was about to reach the dilapidated glass roof of the greenhouse, it suddenly dispersed, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, one by one, little by little, like scattered fireworks.
"That's, that'......" I could see that it wasn't a pillar of light at all, but an innumerable number of tree charms. The light I saw was the afterglow of the setting sun reflected by their thin silkworm wings, which was simply spectacular.
"Pretty, isn't it? Remember what I told you, that little couple? And they are in it. Xuan Xuan whispered in her ear. You believe it this time. ”
Actually, what she didn't know, the little couple she was talking about, I had already seen it. But that didn't stop me from being deeply shocked by the sight of the scenery.
I didn't even dare to breathe too hard, and Xuan Xuan also held my hand tightly. We just watched the tree spirits in a daze, watching them hover, watching them fly. They shuttle among the flowers, and we are amazed in our hearts.
"Oh my God, how did you find them?"
"Once, I followed the little couple for a whole day, and finally found this place under their guidance." Xuan Xuan said proudly, and took out a pen and paper, and drew it seriously, it seemed that she had been prepared.
"This time I must draw them and make Mom and Dad believe me." Xuan Xuan said.
"What if they still don't believe me?" I asked tentatively.
"Then I'm going to pull them here and let them see it with their own eyes." Xuan Xuan stiffened her neck and said stubbornly.
I didn't continue to say anything, looking at Xuan Xuan, who was serious about painting, I knew that in fact, ordinary people couldn't see these elf-like guys. But should I tell her the truth?
Xuan Xuan's painting speed was very fast, and it was completed in a short time. I took a look at it by the way, and it came to life. I have to admit that she is quite talented in painting.
"Why don't you speak? Is your tongue bitten by a cat? Seeing that I was silent for a long time, Xuan Xuan thought that I was speechless because of the amazement, so she began to make fun of me.
"Let's go." She hid the paper close to her, then crawled towards the hole where she came. He didn't forget to go back and tell me, "Slow down, be careful." ”
Leaving the small board room and groping his way out of the doorway, Xuan Xuan broke the wooden plank back to its original state. After a closer inspection, I saw that there was no trace of anything unusual. He pulled me and ran back like a fly.
"Don't tell anyone, it's a secret between us." It is estimated that she has not recovered from the environment just now, and Xuan Xuan still speaks with her voice down.
"Of course." I say.
"That gentleman ...... a word"
"It's hard to chase a horse." I responded, thought about it, and made up my mind. So I said, "Xuan Xuan......"
"What's the matter?" She didn't look back, and asked as she ran ahead. The ponytail is flicked and flicked.
"Actually, I have a secret, do you want to know?"
"Okay." She replied happily.
"But don't talk to your family about the little ones in the garden until then, okay?"
Hearing this, Xuan Xuan stopped and looked back at me seriously. Then laughed. "Okay, though I don't understand why. But since you say it, there must be a reason, I promise you. ”
Hearing her say this, I breathed a sigh of relief. At first, I was worried that she wouldn't agree, but it seems that I was thinking too much.
"So, when will I see your secret?"
"Well, I think about it. Ten o'clock in the evening, it must be quiet. ”
"Okay......"