Li Yi's slow steps became faster and faster, and at last he almost rushed down the mountain, but as he approached the bottom of the mountain, he slowed down again, trying to disguise that he had come by no intention rather than premeditated.

He didn't leave the barrier, just looked around near the foot of the mountain.

A figure bent over and with his head bowed, slowly moving in front of him. She was very focused, not noticing the figure that had been silently watching her for a long time, until a familiar voice came through the barrier.

"What are you doing?"

Jin Yunlan was startled, and looked in the direction of the person who spoke in shock. Seeing the appearance of the visitor, she sank down and smiled faintly at him: "Ah Yan, it's you." How did you get down? ”

Li Yan coughed lightly and said with a little resentment: "I'll take a walk." But you're sneaking around here, and you don't come up. ”

Jin Yunlan replied, "I'm looking for something." ”

"Is that it?" Li Yi took out a longevity lock with three bells hanging from her cuff and showed it in front of her eyes.

Jinyun Lan was pleasantly surprised when she saw it, and quickly nodded and recognized the lost item. She subconsciously reached out to take it, but she forgot that the enchantment existed, and her fingers were painful against the hard barrier. She screamed in pain and shook her hands constantly.

"Fool." Li Yi separated the barrier and laughed at her.

Jinyunlan clutched her numb fingers, glaring at him with disgust for his gloating.

Li Yan restrained his smile, "Stretch out your hand, I'll take a look." ”

Jin Yunlan cooperatively spread her five fingers and stuck them on the enchantment.

After Li Yifang finished taunting her, he was also stupid, and subconsciously stretched out his fingers to rub her red fingertips, and he realized his stupid behavior after hitting the wall.

Although separated by a barrier that was not thin or thick, Jinyunlan still felt the gentle touch from Li Yi. The pain in his fingertips quickly dissipated, and most of the depression in his heart disappeared the moment he saw him.

She looked at him quietly and smiled quietly.

Li Yi looked at her strangely and reminded, "Longevity lock, do you want to take it back?" ”

She nodded, "I'll come in." ”

"Forget it, I'll come out for you." Li Yi said.

Jin Yunlan hesitated. At the same time, Li Yi had already walked quickly along the foot of the mountain towards the secret path. She didn't wait, and ran along the periphery.

The two arrived at the inner and outer entrances of the tunnel one after another. She helped remove the shield from the exit and reached out into the passageway.

There was a "snap", and the two hands successfully met at the exit of the tunnel.

Jin Yunlan smiled slightly, and pulled him into the tree-shaded ravine to sit down.

The two huddled in a small and cramped place, quietly exchanging objects, like rebellious children who had sneaked out and didn't want to go home, terrified but infatuated with this thrill.

Li Yan asked her about the origin of the golden lock plate. She wanted to make a long story short, but she didn't want to make a start, and she couldn't stop talking about it. It doesn't matter whether it's embarrassing or not, all of it is revealed.

During this period, Li Yan's expression changed with what happened to her, revealing many rare expressions. After listening to her narration, he immediately asked, "Have you apologized to your sister?" ”

She bowed her head, "She won't see me." Because of Jinyun Chong's words, I don't know how to face my mother. ”

Li Yi disagreed: "Those words came from your brother's mouth, and your stepmother's thoughts may not be as your brother said." You should ask her directly, not just listen to what others say. ”

She hesitated: "But after all, they are mother and son." ”

Li Yi replied: "So what? Your brother is hostile to you, and it is not known whether he intends to provoke you. As for your friend's imminent marriage, I don't see what upsets you. Could it be that her blind date is your sweetheart? ”

She exclaimed in surprise when she heard this, and immediately proved herself, "How is it possible? What I liked was ......"

She stopped talking abruptly, bit her lip in embarrassment, lowered her head with a red face, and unconsciously pulled up the weeds in front of her.

Li Yi's reaction was also not very calm, and he turned his face to the other side, trying to hide the fluctuations in his eyes.

The two were silent for a long time, and Jinyunlan's feet were soon bare.

Li Yi took out a puppet from his sleeve and held it in the palm of his hand to meet her vision. He still didn't look at her, but said, "This is for you." ”

Jin Yunlan took it and observed this puppet by the moonlight, it was not so much a puppet as a cotton doll. The form is not like the common tiger or rabbit, but the cute iron-eating beast. Its distinctive dark circles are eye-catching.

"It's not going to be, Gardenia, you did it." Her eyes lit up and she asked him tentatively.

Li Yi nodded implicitly and said a sullen "um".

She looked the lifelike puppet up and down, and sat quietly. Round, hairy, grinning, squinting. It holds an emerald green bead in its left hand, which appears to be wrapped in green cotton thread, and the rest of it feels like it is made of real hair.

She was amazed: "Gardenia, your hands are so skillful. If I have half of your good skills, the female celebrity will not be ridiculed by the group. But do you really want to give it to me? ”

"No, for your sister." He paused, "I hope she can forgive you." ”

Jin Yunlan's heart warmed, her eyebrows and eyes also glowed with a soft brilliance, and even the puppet in her hand was warm in her palm. She curled her fingers slightly, tucked them into her fist, and carefully tucked them into the cuffs. She turned to him and made a request, "I want one too." ”

Li Yi peeked at her: "Wait for the next time Tie Tie loses his hair." ”

Hearing him evoke this nickname so familiarly, Jinyunlan secretly amused. She looked up at the moonlight, then tiptoed into the distance. The original glorious lights dimmed one after another on the long street, leaving only a few places. She thought for a moment and turned her head to say goodbye to Li Yi.

Li Yi couldn't help but tug at the corner of her sleeve and asked implicitly: "I have memorized "Guan Ju" backwards, when is the next lecture?" When, of course, I asked for the children, and they kept clamoring. He forcibly excused himself, but his acting skills were not superb enough, and he covered it up very poorly.

He didn't understand why this simple sentence froze her in place. Similarly, because of her silence, he also felt embarrassed.

She suddenly smiled, tears glistening in her eyes. She lowered her head slightly and muttered to herself, "Sure enough, my insistence is not wrong." She exhaled with relief, looked at him with a torch, and smiled, "Soon! Next time, we'll learn "Pu Jia". The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost......"

The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side.

The day of the next meeting will surely come soon, so until then, be patient.

Early the next morning, Jinyunlan went to Jialan Courtyard. At that time, Xiuxiu was practicing calligraphy in the room. She crept into her room, crept up behind her, covered her eyes, and whispered in her ear, "Guess who I am?" ”

Xiuxiu was in a good mood, and guessed the names of several maids one after another, but was denied one by one. A little annoyed, she pulled her mischievous hands apart. When she opened her eyes and saw the light again, a delicate and small doll caught all her eyes.

"Hello, Miss Xiuxiu." Jin Yunlan shook the doll's body and greeted her.

Xiuxiu took it in surprise and held it in the palm of her hand to watch it carefully, obviously this rare but honest doll image captured her heart at once, making her forget to see who it was for a while.

"Like it? If Xiuxiu likes it, then my sister will give it to you. ”

Hearing this, Xiuxiu followed the prestige. Seeing Jinyunlan's true face, her first reaction was to be happy, but she was soon dominated by her pride and hid her smile.

She clutched the cute doll in her hand, and she couldn't put it down, so she couldn't complain about her sister's fault three days ago.

Jin Yunlan's sincere apology did not make the little sister's dilemma last too long. Xiuxiu saw her sincerely admit her mistakes, her face was full of deep guilt, and her arrogance couldn't rise, and she was finally doused with a basin of cold water.

"Alright then, I'll forgive you this time. But don't make an example, or I will really ignore you again. She frowned, pouted, and "threatened" her in a childlike voice.

Jin Yunlan hurriedly gave her enough face and gave her a proper salute, "Yes, Miss Xiuxiu." ”

Xiuxiu held the puppet and smiled like a flower.

Jinyunlan smiled but didn't say a word, she quietly hung the longevity lock around her neck, wrote with her for a while, and finally left Jialan Courtyard under Xiuxiu's reluctant gaze.

After her sister left, Xiuxiu held the doll in one hand and stroked the pattern of the longevity lock with the other, fascinated.

The patriarch's wife entered the door at this time, saw her smiling, and asked her what had happened. Xiuxiu trotted towards her, hugged her mother coquettishly, told her what had happened, and showed her the gift her sister had given her.

When Mrs. saw that the sisters were relieved of their previous suspicions, she couldn't help but sigh, "I'll just say it, my sister naturally has you in her heart." Look at how dedicated she is to find such a rare doll for you, and this gold lock plate, it's really exquisite. In the future, you are not allowed to be angry with your sister. ”

Xiuxiu is on the rise, she is too obedient, she nodded like garlic to her mother's teachings, "Actually, I don't blame my sister for being absent." It's just that my brother always said that my sister doesn't miss me and doesn't care about me, so I got angry with her. Actually, I didn't annoy her for a long time. ”

Madame sighed secretly. She picked Xiuxiu up and sat her on her lap.

Xiuxiu opened the conversation, and the topic all revolved around Jinyunlan. She tugged on her mother's sleeve and said seriously: "In those days, my sister braved the rain to direct flood control, and we went to the scene together to deliver food to my sister. Although the rain drenched her, I thought she was so powerful, commanding loudly and powerfully, and doing no worse than the men. At that time, I made up my mind that I would be a heroic woman like my sister in the future. ”

The patriarch's wife laughed when she heard this, and scratched her little nose affectionately, "Our Xiuxiu has this ambition, and we can't do it without worrying." ”

"But my brother said that my sister was profligate, unruly, and not a serious girl. He also said that his mother was always flattering her, and he was very annoyed to look at it. Xiuxiu spit out the truth in one fell swoop.

A crack appeared in Madame's gentle countenance, and an indescribable anguish emerged in the faint wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"The first time I saw Arashi, she was crying in her cradle with her diaper. At that time, I was just a girl who had just come out of the cabinet, and I didn't know what she was crying about or what she needed. I clumsily took her into my arms, and soon she stopped crying. Only then did I realize that she was missing her mother. Xiuxiu, you have a father, a mother, a sister, and an older brother. But my sister was born without a mother, how pitiful. So I secretly decided to be kind to her and be more tolerant. Even if I do a thousand, as long as she can feel a little bit, that's good. ”

At this point, her eyes were full of tears, and her trembling cry made her unable to say a complete sentence coherently, "But I don't want Chong'er to hate me and have such extreme thoughts." Maybe I'm still doing it wrong. ”

Xiuxiu didn't know why, but seeing that her mother couldn't cry, she took out a handkerchief and kept wiping away her tears.