Chapter Thirty-Nine: Boating on the Lake Talks About the Scenery
The willow leaves along the river are new, and the green ripples are blown along the way. The shallows of aquatic plants are swaggering, and the half pool of green water reflects the sky.
Between the clear water and blue sky, a lotus boat slowly floats from the lakeside.
The girl holding the piano is gone, and at the moment she is concentrating on gently plucking the oars. Every time the paddle board paddles out of the water, it will carry out strings of crystal clear water droplets, which reflect the colorful brilliance in the warm afternoon sun.
Wu Su'er wore a goose-yellow gauze skirt today, without too many gorgeous decorations, and it was light and elegant in its simplicity. Instead of putting her long black and silky hair into a pretty bun as usual, she let it cascade down like a waterfall, casually draped over her shoulders to look more elegant. She watched intently as the lovely pearl-like droplets of water entered the water in the wind, causing ripples and then melting into the turbulence that floated at the stern of the boat.
The young woman in front sat on the bow of the boat with her back to her, a round and beautiful arm like a lotus root stretched out from her wide sleeve, gently supporting her chin, her eyes were lazy, as if she was going to sleep in the next moment, she looked at the lake in front of her like a huge mirror, and the reflection of the blue sky and dome extended to the end of the smoke lock mist, and couldn't help but remind in a low voice,
"It's too far ahead, and you don't know much about water."
"Then be a reservoir dog. Ah, no, it has to be two reservoir dogs. Wu Xu'er giggled, thinking that Aunt Liu was purely afraid that she would fall asleep and have nothing to say, so what could she do if she knew water, could she really swim in the water. Thinking that his little dog shaving can also float for a while, Wu Xu'er is even happier in her heart. Thinking that Liu Xiaoxiao went to the east of the city yesterday, he pouted, "Aunt Liu went to the east of the city yesterday to see the excitement, why don't you want to take me." ”
"You Wu Xu'er is now famous, a group of sons and brothers are chasing very closely, what else do you need to see, wherever you run, it's all lively, I'm doing business, I don't dare to take you casually, it's too eye-catching."
Wu Xu'er hid behind Liu Xiaoxiao and pursed her lips viciously, and muttered very dissatisfiedly, "Aunt Liu, you have the title of Oiran Lady, and it seems that you are less famous than me." ”
"That's all in the past." Liu Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, and did not have any special feelings about this seemingly beautiful past, but said with interest, "I didn't gain anything from going to the east of the city this time, but I met two acquaintances of yours." ”
"Who?"
Liu Xiaoxiao turned around and saw that Wu Xu'er's face was full of curiosity, and she didn't even row the oars, but just opened her eyes wide and waited for herself to reveal the answer, so she chuckled and said, "Wei Mingxuan and Jiang Li." ”
"Yo! It's these two bad guys. The tip of Wu Xu'er's nose wrinkled very beautifully, and blurted out. It's just that the usual coquettish tone in front of Aunt Liu has not been changed, and now with this long tail note, saying the word "bad guy" is too ambiguous and makes people unnecessarily conjecture, so he hurriedly added emphasized, "It's really a bad guy." Both of them are a bad stomach. ”
Liu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and smiled, and explained the situation yesterday in detail. When talking about the young son he met by chance on the hillside, he couldn't help but finally laugh out loud, "What else is Tang Er, my second prince of the Tang Dynasty, but it's not Wei Mingxuan." ”
"I don't even have a good name, I don't feel good when I look at it. I guess he's just as confused as we are. With his suspicious nature, it was enough for him to be entangled for a while. Wu Xu'er said with some schadenfreude, although Wei Mingxuan has been valued by the building in recent years, and he has also benefited a lot from him, but thinking about that overconfident and somewhat arrogant face, it really makes people not like it.
"Don't underestimate Wei Mingxuan, he looks at the general trend of the world, and he may not take these small things to heart. The original intention to do it does not mean that he is willing to work it. Looking at the current situation, Wei Mingxuan will leave in a few days. Liu Xiaoxiao looked at the vast lake in front of her, signaling that Wu Xu'er could turn back, and pondered, "This matter of Li Chengyang is a little strange after all. Let's say that according to Li Xinglin's temper, it is categorically unwilling to let go of heinous sinners like Li Chengyang, but if someone kills him, maybe he will push the boat down the river and be happy to see it, but the team of people in black has gone and never returned, which is very surprising, and it feels unreasonable no matter how you think about it. It is estimated that Wei Mingxuan also felt strange yesterday and wanted to take another look. ”
Wu Xu'er responded crisply, while paddling and turning the bow of the boat, she pursed her lips disapprovingly, and said with a coquettish smile, "I don't need to understand these big truths, I have a headache when I listen to it, what does it have to do with me." It's Aunt Liu, that Jiang Li has a sentence that is true, you have to be careful with that soul incense, don't you think that you are sleeping longer and longer now. ”
"What nonsense, that's spring sleepiness, spring sleepiness!" Liu Xiaoxiao shook her head unconvinced, and looked back to see that Wu Xu'er had already stopped paddling and let the boat spin in the middle of the lake. Seeing that it seemed to him, he raised his head stubbornly, biting his lips lightly, and staring at his eyes with water in his eyes. Liu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, but finally sighed, stood up and took the oar from Wu Xu'er's hand, and paddled gently.
"There are some things that children don't understand." The sound of oars on the empty and silent lake is sighing, drifting against the surface of the lake. Liu Xiaoxiao looked at the depths of the hookah, that was the other shore that she had never expected to reach, there were flowers blooming there, it could be a mud swamp, and more likely, there was still the other shore when she got to it. She took a few deep looks, thinking that melancholy and sentimentality were just superfluous emotions, so she lowered her head and rowed intently, turned the bow of the boat, and headed back the way she came.
I've been here, I've seen it, and I'm going back.
Just like all boys and girls of this age don't like to be called ignorant children, Wu Xu'er's tears that swirled in her eyes finally fell very unhappily. It's just that she didn't refute it, let alone burst into a rage, but covered her mouth and whimpered, "Aunt Liu, I understand, but it's not worth it, it's not worth it." ”
Liu Xiaoxiao touched Wu Xu'er's head dotingly, just put her eyes on the distance where the water and the sky intersected, and said calmly, "Okay, okay, a lot of things, if you don't try it, you will never know if it's worth it." ”
Wu Xu'er hugged Liu Xiaoxiao's slender waist tightly, rubbed her tears on Liu Xiaoxiao's skirt fiercely, and watched the mottled tears on the lilac dress turn to deep purple, and couldn't help but whimper, and choked up speechless. She doesn't know how to persuade at all, she understands these emotional things but doesn't understand them all, but even if she fully understands, how to do it is often another matter. Even at this age when Doukou was in the prime of life, I was afraid that some things would be more decisive than Aunt Liu's.
Because of Jiang Li's words, I thought that no matter how poignant, magnificent, and touching the process was, it was destined to have no good ending like a moth to a fire. She couldn't help but raise her teary eyes, a look of anticipation appeared on her face, and she said as if she had suddenly grasped a life-saving straw, "Since Jiang Li knows that there is something wrong with this incense, maybe he knows something, I want to beg him, he has a bad stomach, and he looks insincere, this is only half said, there must be a way to turn around." ”
"Silly girl, if you want to beg someone, you have to make up bad words about others." Liu Xiaoxiao looked at Wu Xu'er chattering there with tears on her face, she couldn't help but be funny and a little distressed, stopped the oar and took out the silk handkerchief from her arms, and carefully wiped the beautiful face clean, and then said with satisfaction, "It's good that I didn't put on makeup today, otherwise it would be ugly if I cried." ”
"Aunt Liu......" Seeing that Liu Xiaoxiao didn't answer her words, Wu Xu'er was very dissatisfied, turned her head vigorously and pretended to ignore people, and said coquettishly in a long voice. Even if you know that there is no other good way, you have to try it, and I don't know who said it just now, so if you don't try it, you will never know.
Liu Xiaoxiao looked at Wu Xu'er's side face gently, thinking about this girl who has been by her side since she was a child, she has always been very generous and pleasing when she looks at it from this angle, and only by looking at it from this angle can she see the stubbornness in her bones. Thinking that no matter whether she said it or not, she would always find an opportunity to go to Mojiang in the future, so she wouldn't be too entangled in this matter, so she yawned heavily, put the wooden oar aside, and said with a smile, "I was supposed to settle accounts with you today, but I almost forgot about it because you disturbed me like this." ”
"What?" The girl sitting on the boat was barefoot, her frosty white and pink toes resting on the side of the board and making a splash, and when she heard the words, she turned her head and tilted her head and called out without thinking, "I've been living a lot these days, Aunt Liu, where are you looking at me anymore." ”
"Those people in black are all people in the building, do you understand?" Liu Xiaoxiao lowered her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, and stared at the pair of clear and star-bright eyes, knowing that if it wasn't for some solid evidence, she was afraid that Wu Xu'er would keep gagging, "I can still smell the smell of nightshade." ”
"Oh, Aunt Liu is referring to this, that's really wrong, I've been playing with Aunt Liu for the past few days." Wu Su'er pretended to be suddenly enlightened, peeking at Liu Xiaoxiao's cold eyebrows without the slightest change, thinking that this time she was not pretending to be cute and could fool the past, so she hurriedly poured out all the ancient brains, "The person is indeed from the building, and he found Lao Liu a few days ago and asked us to cooperate." It's just that I didn't see the secret text in the building, so I ignored it and quarreled with them. They probably felt the loss and left. I always felt that this matter was strange, and before leaving, I put some nightshade on them, thinking that it would be convenient to track them down all the way in the future. Who knew that these decrepit ghosts went to rob the prison that night, and none of them escaped, but it was a pity that I tried to do it. ”
"That's it, it really can't be real." Wu Su'er breathed a sigh of relief, put on a sweet smile again, and said with a flattering face, "First, I'm afraid that Aunt Liu will be affected, and second, I really want to find out and tell Aunt Liu." ”
Liu Xiaoxiao said "oh", her expression suddenly calmed down a lot, she reached out and rubbed it on that little head, and said softly, "Xu'er, it's really difficult for you." ”
Wu Xu'er was so comfortable that her eyes narrowed, but her mouth didn't stop at all, and she said with grievances, "As long as Aunt Liu doesn't blame me, it's fine." ”
Liu Xiaoxiao smiled.
Wu Xu'er was thinking about whether to squeeze a few tears, so that she could take the opportunity to buy a good job and get some benefits, and she couldn't be wronged in vain by Aunt Liu. But I saw Liu Xiaoxiao reach into his arms and take out a pale golden secret box, what is the mission cipher that he stole from those black-clothed people.
Wu Xu'er's beautiful little face immediately collapsed, and her fair skin looked even more bloodless, and she asked hesitantly, "Aunt Liu, why don't I jump down and swim home by myself?" ”
A faint blue flame rose from Liu Xiaoxiao's palm, turning the golden wooden box and the mission ciphertext inside into ashes. Liu Xiaoxiao clapped her hands, watching the pieces of fly ash fall into the lake with the wind, and then turned back to Wu Xu'er and said angrily.
"Everything has been done, and things can still be kept? I should have kicked you into the river to see if your head was in the water. ”