After washing up and resting, Zhang Yu and Belle hit the road again.

Although they don't know what exactly awaits them in Lucheng, this is the only thing they can hope for at the moment.

Maybe it's a bit of luck, although the rafting through the river has caused some deviations in the route to Ashijo, resulting in a lot of distance increase, but fortunately I didn't lose my way, and the rest of the road went smoothly.

Over the mountains and through the canyon, until noon, a small village appeared in the sights of Zhang Yu and Belle.

Unfortunately, after some inspection, not a single living person was found in this dilapidated village, and it was not known whether they had moved to a safe place or been slaughtered by the bugs. Either way, they had no choice but to keep on their way.

"Yu, Brother Yu...... Do you have someone you like? Walking on the mountain road, Belle, whose little face was red from the sun, suddenly asked.

"Someone you like?" Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes, you are not the one." ”

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Belle blushed, her head shaking as fast as a rattle, "I mean, in the world you live in, do you have anyone you like?" ”

"Hmm...... Sort of. Zhang Yu hesitated, but finally nodded.

Belle looked expectant, "Can you tell me about her?" ”

“……”

Seeing Zhang Yu silent, Belle was startled, thinking that she had made Zhang Yu unhappy, and hurriedly said cautiously: "Yes, I'm sorry Brother Yu, if you don't want to say it...... Well, then I won't ask. ”

"It's not that I don't want to say it." Zhang Yu seemed to be recalling something, and his expression was in a trance, but he quickly recovered. He sighed and said, "Alas, it's just that it's been too long for me to know where to start." ”

"Let's start from the first day you met!" Belle saw that Zhang Yu was not angry, and came to the spirit again.

I don't know why, she seems to have a strong interest in this issue, which makes her usually submissive and bold again.

"The first day...... Zhang Yu spoke, and one picture after another appeared in his mind unconsciously.

"At that time...... At that time, I was very young, only 10 years old, in elementary school, and she was a transfer student, and it happened that she transferred to our class, and even more coincidentally, she became my tablemate......"

……

A key primary school.

As the bell rang for class, the bustling classroom slowly quieted down, and a middle-aged female teacher walked in with a little girl.

"Students, there is a new student in our class today, everyone applauds and welcomes...... Kogishi, let me introduce myself. The middle-aged female teacher smiled and said a few words to the children, and then pulled the little girl who was hiding behind her.

The little girl seemed to be very timid, and she stammered a little when she spoke, "Big, big, hello everyone, I, I, my name is Scarlet Shore, I hope, I hope you can be friends with me......"

"Okay Xiao'an, you go...... Well, go to Zhang Yu...... Oh yes, Zhang Yu, come up and help your new tablemate, her eyes are not very good. Originally, the middle-aged female teacher was talking to the girl, but suddenly she realized something, and looked at a boy sitting alone at a table in the last row of the classroom.

The boy was in a daze, but the middle-aged female teacher suddenly called his name, which brought him back to his senses. He looked at the girl on the podium for a while, frowned, and said, "What, is she blind?" Why should a blind man be at my table, I don't. ”

"Hahaha, she's blind."

"That's right, can a little blind man also read?"

The classroom, which had been quiet, boiled over at once because of the boy's words, and the children laughed at the girl on the podium who stammered and never opened her eyes from the moment she entered the classroom. As the children ridiculed, the girl's little face instantly turned red, and she lowered her little head, and her black and smooth bangs blocked the tears that slowly flowed out.

"Quiet!" The middle-aged female teacher glared at the boy and wanted to lose her temper, but in the end she held back, and glanced at the children under the podium, "Then which of you wants to ......"

"Okay, then let her be my tablemate." I don't know if the boy found out about the little girl's crying, or for other reasons, he suddenly stood up, slapped the table, and said fiercely: "She will be my table mate in the future, then I will be her boss, my little brother I can bully, which of you dares to bully, see if I don't tear your face!" ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the podium, and under the stunned expression of the middle-aged female teacher, he grabbed the little girl's hand and walked towards his seat fiercely.

After sitting down, the boy looked at the girl next to him with tears in her eyes and a red face, and said suddenly, "Your name is Scarlet Shore, right?" After mixing with me, if someone bullies you, you will tell me, hum, watch me clean them up...... By the way, you have to call me big brother. ”

"Yes...... But, aren't you named Zhang Yu? Shall I call you Feather? ”

"Feathers? Stupid, it's the universe, not the feather! ”

The little girl was scared and cried.

"Why are you crying again? Oops, I'm most annoyed that girls cry noses, if you cry again, I'll beat you! ”

The little girl cried even harder.

"You ......"

The little girl shuddered, and her snot flowed out uncontrollably.

"I'm really afraid of you, don't cry, okay...... As long as you don't cry, you can call it whatever you like! ”

The girl stopped crying, sniffed and choked, "Is it really possible, Feather." ”

……

In a bar in H City, it is now empty, and there are two young people sitting in the huge field, and the empty wine bottles scattered all over the place indicate that they have been drinking.

Wang Hao, Lei Zi.

"The boss is just leaving...... "After Lei Zi dropped most of the beer in one go, he smashed the bottle on the table with a "bang", and then slowly opened his somewhat moist eyes, revealing the bloodshot eyes inside.

"Yes......" Wang Hao on the other side looked decadent, and muttered blankly in his eyes: "Just leave......"

A month ago, when Wang Hao received the news of Zhang Yu's death, he was furious but didn't want to believe it anyway, but when he rushed to the morgue and saw Zhang Yu's miserable body...... He collapsed.

Of course, he began to get drunk and dream of death.

The other day, Reiko found him...... As soon as they met, the two big men cried together, and then they began to raise a glass to invite Mingyue again as a matter of course, and the shadow became two. I fell asleep drunk, woke up and drank again, and so on, and so on, until now.

"Brother Hao, continue to talk about the boss's previous affairs, I want to hear it." After taking another sip of beer, Lei Zi suddenly looked at Wang Hao seriously.

Wang Hao was silent and didn't speak for a long time.

Lei Zi didn't urge, so he waited quietly.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Hao finally spoke, "I told you before that girl is actually blind in both eyes and is blind...... So even if the boss doesn't bully her anymore, her classmates will still bully her, laugh at her, and tease her......"

"You also know the boss's temperament, he is actually the most unaccustomed to bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, especially the target of bullying is still the disabled, especially a girl, especially his tablemate...... In short, I don't say that you can imagine it, but later because of this girl, the boss doesn't know how many times he fought...... Over time, no one dares to continue bullying girls......"

"This girl who is protected by the boss, because of the presence of the boss, her personality has gradually become cheerful and confident...... And according to the boss's description, the girl becomes very beautiful as she grows older. ”

In this way, the two got closer and closer, and their relationship became deeper and deeper, until they went to junior high school, and the boss who was in love finally found a problem, that is...... Although the blind girl became more and more dependent on him, he himself also became more and more inseparable from the girl...... He seems to have taken a liking to her. ”

"Brother Yu, who understood his feelings, didn't hide it, and confessed directly to the girl, but unexpectedly, the girl actually rejected him with righteous words......"

Speaking of this, Wang Hao didn't know if he was thirsty or what, picked up the bottle and took a big sip of beer, and then burped.

"By the way, Brother Hao, I've actually been curious...... Lei Zi took a puff of the cigarette he had just lit, and said with some doubts: "Didn't you say that the boss never mentioned that relationship, how did you know?" It's so detailed. ”

"After an accident in the old family, I once had a drink with him...... Maybe I drank too much, and I said it inadvertently while drinking. Speaking of this, Wang Hao sighed and said melancholy: "That is, after beating there, the boss will not drink a drop of alcohol." ”

……

Sunset.

On the top of an unknown mountain, Zhang Yu and Belle sat casually, eating not very delicious jerky and canned meat, and looked at the bright red in the distance.

At this time, the sun is like an old man, and I don't know if I don't have the strength to shine a dazzling light anymore, or if I have already looked down on the sharp flamboyance...... It's just mixed in the sunset and slowly sinking.

As the sun set, the mountains in the distance became darker and darker, as if there was an invisible monster devouring the mountains.

"It's so beautiful when the sun goes down."

A gust of evening breeze blew, blowing Belle's long hair a little scattered, but she didn't care, just re-scratched a few strands of hair on the tip of her nose behind her ears, and then seemed to remember something, her bright eyes looked at Zhang Yu, and added: "As beautiful as the young lady!" ”

"Huh." Zhang Yu touched Belle's head and laughed softly: "It's as beautiful as you." ”

Maybe it was Belle's simplicity that made Zhang Yu have no burden, in short, on the road today, Zhang Yu told the story in his heart for the second time. Maybe it's because he held it for too long, but Zhang Yu was unusually relaxed after speaking, as if the big stone in his heart didn't seem so heavy.

"Hey." The sudden compliment made Belle giggle a little shyly.

"Thank you......" Zhang Yu suddenly said an unreasonable word.

"Thank me for what?" Belle was stunned, a little confused.

Zhang Yu didn't explain anything, and looked at the sunset in the west silently.

Belle looked at the angular side face, smiled sweetly, and closed her mouth as well.

Actually, Belle has a good eye.

As the two of them fell silent, for a moment only the whistling mountain wind and the disturbing sound of insects were left on the top of the mountain.

It may be nearly night, and the mountain wind is blowing colder and colder, so that Belle, who is only wearing a cartoon T-shirt, can't help but shudder and shrink her body.

"You girl, just say it when you feel cold, am I a man-eating monster, so afraid of me." Zhang Yu broke the silence, shook his head helplessly, took off his black coat, and then put it on Belle's shoulder, and then naturally took Belle into his arms.

Belle didn't speak, snuggled up to Zhang Yu's chest like a well-behaved kitten, smiling quietly, her big eyes bent into two crescents with her smile.

After a long time, I don't know who said the first sentence first, but in short, the two began to chat without a word.

"Before I knew it, I had been gone for two days...... If nothing happens, you should be able to get to Sihe Town at noon tomorrow, and you will be able to Lucheng the day after tomorrow. ”

"Hmm."

"Are you particularly tired?"

"No, with Brother Yu, you won't be tired."

"It's so exaggerated......"

"Absolutely! Brother Yu, you don't know, as long as I see your face, I will have endless energy! ”

"Is it too ugly and scared?"

"What's the matter, Brother Yu, you are the most handsome boy in the world!"

"This sycophant is a good shot, keep going."

"I didn't make a sycophant, I said everything I was telling the truth!"

Maybe it's the two days of getting along that have made each other familiar with each other, but all in all, it can be clearly felt that Belle is not as restrained as she was at the beginning, and she doesn't speak only to promises...... If it had been in the past, she wouldn't have spoken so casually, always looking around, for fear of making Zhang Yu angry.

Time flew by, the two of them chatted, the sky was dark unconsciously, and then the moon and stars also appeared flickeringly, and a huge and beautiful picture scroll slowly spread out.

"If you're sleepy, go to sleep, and I'll carry you back to the tent later."

Seeing that Belle rubbed her eyes and seemed a little sleepy, Zhang Yu lowered his head and sniffed deeply in her hair.

Smelling the faint fragrance of hair, Zhang Yu only felt extremely peaceful in his heart at this moment.

Thank you for your bravery and thank you for your company......