Chapter 20: Exhausted
"Sen, who told you to run around early in the morning, and didn't tell us, look! Wrestling. Lingxin complained as she wiped the wound on my face with a wet towel.
Her expression seemed very focused, and I could see that she was a knife-mouthed tofu heart; Although she likes to argue with me on some things, when I really get into trouble, her heart softens.
When a woman is serious, that is the most beautiful. I looked at her and couldn't help but smile and grabbed her hand to make her look at me.
"Mori, what are you doing! There was still a little blood stain to wipe it off. She was surprised to see that I had grabbed her hand. Maybe she thought I was a little impatient—when our eyes met unexpectedly—and our hearts beat faster in that instant.
I don't remember who opened the hand first, but it was like an electric current flowing through each other. She blushed instantly, brushed the hair hanging from her ears, and lowered her head silently.
"Why, go on." I smirked. After some skin-to-skin contact, Ling Xin still had the courage to continue to wipe my wounds, only to see her raise her head, put the towel to my chest, pouted and said, "Dream! Get it yourself. ”
Lingxin's skin belongs to the kind of fair, blemish-free skin, as long as it is red, it is particularly noticeable, and it will not fade for a long time. I took the towel and gently rubbed the wound. The dirt left on my face caused the wound to burn a little, and I "hissed".
Hearing this, he was worried: "Sen, does it hurt?" ”
"It doesn't hurt, at least look at you, it doesn't hurt." I say.
I don't know how to tease, I have to tease hard, so that she looks at me with contempt. But it's worth it, whether she is happy or angry, it is beautiful into my soul - her eyes are as clear as autumn water, the kind of people in the world, you can't let go of it at a glance.
"Cough~cough~cough~ I didn't bother you two!" Maybe it's because when men and women fall in love, the people around them will disappear, and we didn't even notice when Professor Xia appeared. He said, "I didn't bother you both!" Obviously, it reveals a sense of unbearable look.
"No, no...... Not. I got up, patted the dust off my body, and looked at him. He is ready, and it seems that we are waiting to answer his call.
"Dad, when did you come?" Lingxin may have been worried that the conversation between us would be overheard by Professor Xia, so he asked tentatively. At this point, the flush on her face was still there. She subconsciously lowered her face with her hands.
"Just here—have you packed up? Let's go while it's still early! Professor Xia replied. I could tell from his expression and the tone of his voice that he was a clumsy liar: he must have been here for a while, and he had caught up in his ears what we were saying.
But he already knew about my close relationship with Lingxin, and I didn't need to explain anything to him. It's just that this kind of sweet show can be avoided in front of him, otherwise I, as a male compatriot, can feel the indignation in his heart.
After responding to Professor Xia's call, Lingxin and I simply packed our bags. Afterwards, we divided the only can into three cups and served it as breakfast for the day.
After heavy rain, the mountain road looks a little wet, but it is not muddy. It was covered with solid sand, and the rain of last night had not drenched it, but had only been absorbed by the surface. The dewdrops on the surrounding leaves, shining through the morning light, look like white pearls. The air was exceptionally fresh, perhaps thanks to the rain last night, which washed away all the impurities that remained in the air.
There are chirping birds to open the way, our mood is not so heavy, and our faces are full of longing for a new day. The higher the road, the more distinct it became, and the weeds on both sides failed to grow in the middle of the road. I don't know if it's due to the lack of nutrients in the sandy soil here, or if it's due to other reasons. However, the road surface is cleaner, and it will not look impetuous and restless when walking.
"We have 10 minutes to get to the old church." I don't know when Lingxin noticed that the laptop had responded, but she re-searched the navigation and reminded us. She looked very happy and looked very expectant.
As for Professor Xia, his expression turned from excited eyes to a trace of worry floating on his face. For him, it was quite a headache for him to have two new trainees. For safety reasons, his concerns are human.
As a boy who has a little longer experience than Lingxin, I have a responsibility to do my best as a team. In this regard, I said to Professor Xia: "Uncle Xia, what is the need for a while, you can just command!" ”
Perhaps it was because of the fact that I was so sensible, Professor Xia's sorrow was replaced by the relief that followed. He smiled, the kind of smile of pride and slight glee, a row of snow-white teeth gleaming.
Seeing that the two of us were chatting interestingly, Lingxin rolled his eyes at me. She seems to want to tell me that you two are so bored, and you have all kinds of assumptions and worries before you arrive. For the upright her, it seems that she hates such dragging mud and water.
As the slope of the road became steeper and steeper, almost from walking to climbing, we could not withstand such a devastation physically because we only ate a jar of fruit porridge, and they both sweated hotly.
"Hold on a little longer, we're almost there." Professor Xia encouraged us. But he was so tired that he bent over, supported his legs with his hands, and gasped for breath. The 10-minute journey mentioned by Lingxin is actually a theoretical route, excluding objective environmental factors and physical energy consumption, and we want to reach that ancient church, in fact, it is far more than that.
"Drink some water, you guys!" I said. Lingxin, who had just been jumping and jumping, was tired in the face of the steeper and steeper mountains, and squatted there, looking at me sadly. If it weren't for the fact that we had filled a few bottles at the foot of the mountain yesterday, and there was no water to drink—they both knew that there were only two bottles left of the water, and they refused to take it.
"You drink first, I'm the best in the team. Wait a minute, let's go up and look for water - maybe there's an old well near the church or something!" I analyzed the two of them. In fact, my mouth was already dry, and I longed to dry these two bottles of water, but now it was the two of them who needed water - one was there, and the other was so weak that the wind could blow.
"Lingxin, you drink some first, I'm not thirsty." Professor Xia said. He's still the same, stubborn. She saw that we were actually thirsty, but she didn't know how to persuade us both, maybe we were all so stubborn along the way, and we didn't bother to persuade us. She nodded to us, unscrewed the cap, and took a symbolic sip; Maybe she didn't drink at all, and I didn't see her swallowing.