Chapter 21: Meeting
"Who is on the road, stop for Uncle Ben!"
Zhu Ran was thinking about Xiaohe, only to hear a rough male voice from the woods on the right.
"Yo! It's still a little lady, bring it to me! As he spoke, three people dressed as bandits walked in front of Zhu Ran.
The two younger brothers beside the man who spoke escorted Zhu Ran to his side.
"It's really good-looking, with big eyes and smart eyes!" As the man spoke, he touched Zhuran's face.
Zhu Ran took a few steps back, dodged the man's touch, and said in a crying voice: "Big brother, my husband is seriously ill and is in a hurry to find a doctor, you can do well, let my sister go!" ”
The man shook his neck and said with a lewd smile: "It's not that the eldest brother doesn't want to let you go, it's really that the little lady is so beautiful that the eldest brother can't take his eyes off!" ”
"As the saying goes, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and now that my husband is dying at home, if my eldest brother is embarrassed at this time, how about you call my sister!" Zhuran continued to cry and beg.
"It's not impossible," the man snorted, "You accompany your brother now, if you can accompany your brother to the United States, my brother will take you wherever the lady wants to go." ”
The man said, winking at the two younger brothers behind him, and the two of them fixed Zhuran's arms knowingly.
"Phew!" Zhu Ran spit out to the two, "The blue sky and the white sun, the reason of the sky is clear, you bandits, sooner or later you will be punished!" ”
Seeing that the man was about to tear off his clothes, Zhu Ran couldn't do anything, she didn't expect that she had just escaped from the kang and encountered the brazier again.
"Stop!" Suddenly, someone shouted.
"In broad daylight, you can do such a dirty thing! It's just a man in vain! ”
Zhu Ran saw a long sword flying, brushed the shoulder of the man next to him, and pierced it straight into the tree.
The three men first exclaimed in surprise when they saw the situation, and then fled.
"Girl, are you alright?"
Zhu Ran was arranging his clothes with his back, and when he heard this voice, he was ecstatic in his heart, stopped his movements, quickly turned around, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Lu, is it you?" ”
"Ran!" Lu Zihan dismounted.
The two stood and looked at each other, and the love at the end of the world was speechless when they met.
The spring morning breeze swept through Zhu Ran's soft but somewhat messy black hair, and Zhu Ran looked at the gentle man who lived in his heart and smiled.
Lu Zihan also threw an affectionate smile towards Zhuran, thinking: It is worth it to meet her openly and honestly like this.
Seong lost his horse, he didn't know if it was a blessing, the former lovers, standing together, no one spoke, but they thought of this sentence in their hearts.
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"Didn't expect to meet here?" Zhu Ran leaned on Lu Zihan's back and said with joy in his heart.
Lu Zihan's horse rode very slowly, "I've thought about ten thousand encounters, but no matter which one it is, as long as I can see you, it's worth it." ”
Hearing him say this, Zhu Ran suddenly thought of something, "Brother Lu... I..." She wanted to say that she had changed, she was no longer hers, but Lu Zihan's back was too steady, and Zhu Ran was reluctant to leave.
It was difficult to say goodbye when we met, and Zhuran was reluctant to refuse his care, because care was too rare in her life.
Lu Zihan took Zhuran to a courtyard, and there were no people around the courtyard, just a wasteland.
"Where is this? Why is there only this one family? ”
"This is a paradise that I created for Ran'er, a place where there are just the two of us." Lu Zihan helped Zhuran to get off the horse and said.
"Then why here?" Zhu Ran blurted out, why was she so uneasy in her heart, she and Lu Zihan met by chance on the road, but why did he take her for less than a few miles before coming here.
Seeing that Zhu Ran seemed to be suspicious, Lu Zihan lightly touched Zhu Ran's shoulder, looked at Zhu Ran seriously and said, "Let's go into the house and say, okay?" ”
Zhu Ran withdrew the doubts on his face and smiled slightly: "Okay..."
The furnishings in the room are simple, but very clean, as if people have lived in it from time to time.
"I found this two years ago on my way home, when I was wounded by a thief and fled. When I woke up the next day, I found myself lying in the house, and most of my injuries were healed. Just about to get up and leave, I saw a letter left next to it, the letter said, 'Childe, you and I know each other is fate, yesterday I have treated the wound for Childe, if Childe does not dislike, as chess is willing to give this house to Childe." Although the cold house is cold, it is really an elegant place, such as chess with important things to leave helplessly, I hope the son cherishes it. That's the way it is. ”
Zhu then regretted his suspicion of Lu Zihan just now, listened to Lu Zihan's detailed and careful explanation, looked at Lu Zihan with a smile and said, "Like chess!" His people are like chess, lonely and elegant. ”
"I think exactly!" Lu Zihan looked at Zhu Ran, the shallow smile on his face was so comforting, and how he hoped that he and her would live together for a long time.
"Something? Isn't it dirty and embarrassing? Zhu Ran saw Lu Zihan looking at him distractedly, and hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve.
"It's still as beautiful as ever!" Lu Zihan suddenly approached Zhu Ran, and the affection in his eyes was distressing.
In close contact, Zhu Ran could feel the hot breath exhaled from Lu Zihan's nose, they used to be so close, but why did they feel so strange and uncomfortable at this time.
"I've been running around for two days, and I'm sweating..."Zhu Ran said as he moved his body back, avoiding Lu Zihan's gaze and caressing.
Lu Zihan looked at the empty hand, held back the loneliness in his heart, looked at Zhu Ran with a smile and said: "The peach blossom curtain is still open, and the people in the curtain are more beautiful than the peach blossoms." I remember the first time I saw Ran'er, Ran'er's smile was as bright as peach blossoms, and when I met again, Ran'er stood in the peach orchard, and Yanran's smile was better than the peach blossoms in the garden, which made people fall in love. ”
Zhu Ran looked at Lu Zihan, she and his past were indeed as sweet as peach blossoms. At that time, he was dressed in a moon-white robe, gentle and handsome, and with a graceful demeanor, which was all her hope.
"Do you see the peach tree outside? I planted it two years ago, and in a few days, it will bloom again. Would you like to join hands with me to enjoy the peach blossoms and share the wine? ”
Zhu Ran looked at Lu Zihan's eyes, sincere and full of longing. If it was once upon a time, she would have agreed without hesitation. But at this moment, she didn't even have the courage to look at him directly, let alone agree.
"The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year. Three years is enough to change everything, and now we have changed, I ......" Zhu Ran tried his best to hold back the twitching of the corners of his mouth, but his eye sockets were already full of tears.
Lu Zihan leaned in and kissed Zhu Ran's forehead lightly.
Zhu Ran knew that she should avoid it, she was a married woman, but her body was not under her control.
"Don't cry Ran'er, no matter what Ran'er has become, I don't care."
"I... I'm married, doesn't Brother Lu care? Zhu Ran said that tears could no longer flow uncontrollably, line by line, line by line.
"Don't care!" Lu Zihan stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face for Zhu Ran, and his voice was firm.
"But I care, you... Forget me! Go and start another spring in your life, just like this year's spring, bright and warm. After Zhu Ran finished speaking, he turned his back to Lu Zihan.
Lu Zihan looked at Zhu Ran's back that was sobbing but trembling, and said in a small but powerful voice: "Forget, die, heart can only be forgotten when the heart is dead, Ran'er's smile is deeply engraved in my heart, telling me how to forget." Do you remember what I once said, the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, but my true feelings remain the same. It's still like this, what I like is Ran'er's heart, what if you get married. Didn't Ran'er once say that she doesn't like the world's pursuit of fame and fortune, and use her scheming, as long as Ran'er is willing, after I complete the great cause, I am willing to give up everything and go to the end of the world with you, roaming the mountains. At that time, we will make heaven and earth our home, unfettered and free. As long as Ran'er nods, we can live like that! ”
"Brother Lu, I..." Zhu Ran's heart moved, her heart really moved, but reason told her that she couldn't.
"You don't have to reply in a hurry, you're too busy today, and you're bound to be tired!" Lu Zihan took a step ahead of Zhuran and said, he was afraid that she would refuse, and he was afraid that he himself was hopeless.
Lu Zihan laid out the quilt for Zhu Ran, and Zhu Ran lay down, really feeling tired. At this moment, she can sleep well, and all her defenses can be put down, because he is by her side, and she is at ease.
"Sleep! I'm here to watch! ”
Zhu Ran felt that before he could nod, he had fallen asleep.