The wind in early spring is always a little cool, and the sound of murmuring water is not far away, but the sound of water becomes a deafening rumble when you listen closely. I thought it was a gentle stream of water, but it was actually a magnificent waterfall. Only this hut is still and motionless, whether there is anyone or not, it stands so firmly in its place, and will not leave.

I sat on the steps under the wooden house, thinking about whether Yingfu should hand over the envelope to Meng Yunzhong for a while, but there was still a faint worry in my heart, could he recognize the sweat towel? Even if he did, would he understand the meaning of the sweat towel? Will he come?

I turned my head again and again to stare at the path that winded up from the bottom of the mountain, wondering how he would react when he got the sweat towel, or if there were other people around him? You Ruojun's illness may have been cured, could she have asked him to marry? Did he agree? Although I don't know what happened between him and You Ruojun, what agreement was made, and where their marriage contract came from, but after all, they lived under the same roof, and even if he didn't want to, he couldn't avoid meeting or talking to that woman. Could it be that my bet is a bit far-fetched? I may have been wishful thinking in the first place, it seems that I should not have decided that he was willing to choose me against the worldly agreement because of my unilateral physical connection with Meng Yunzhong, not to mention, the time he spent with You Ruojun was more than just a few months between me and him on this cliff?

A series of self-questions and answers made this waiting even more anxious, I could no longer sit still, so I walked back and forth between the wooden house and the path, my heart beating as fast and uneasy as my footsteps, for a while, I was indeed confused, could it be that this feeling I had for Meng Yunzhong was all imposed on me? Then why should I think that he also felt this way like me?

I stood at the exit of the path and looked deeply into the distance again, and suddenly felt that the road was too long and too winding, and there was no end in sight, and a bend had isolated me in another world. I felt my eyes hot, so I turned around, took an incomparably heavy and feeble step, and walked in the direction of the cabin, never to look back.

"Yinluo, is that you?"

The air around me froze instantly, my footsteps froze in place, I smiled, a little proud, but with my back to the direction of the sound, and when I actually turned around, it was a completely different expression, a feeling of surprise, surprise, and emotion. But when I really saw the person standing in the middle of the path surrounded by green grass, wearing a gray-blue robe, holding a sword in one hand and holding the envelope I had just given to the blessing in the other, confirming that the voice was indeed from Meng Yunzhong, who I was waiting a little anxiously, I still couldn't help but twitch in my heart, but this twitch made me instantly have the strength to slowly regain.

"Brother Yun Zhong......"

When he saw me, there was some pity, some hesitation, some worry, some heaviness, and even a slight frown on his brow, but I still sensed the joy and excitement in the depths of his eyes, and that was enough.

If he hadn't been walking briskly towards me, I would have jumped in his direction by a minute.

He walked up to me and stopped, my shoulders twitched slightly, as if I thought he would come and take my shoulders with his strong arms, but he didn't, he just stood very close to me, looking straight at me, so close that I could clearly feel the warm breath he exhaled, which made my whole face warm, and this heat immediately spread all over my body.

I looked at him like this for a long time, at least I thought it was a long time, until he looked away from my eyes, and then looked at my whole body carefully, and then suddenly came back to his senses, and returned to his previous somewhat melancholy, somewhat cold, but rather rather stable appearance, while I still seemed to be savoring the message in his eyes just now, which was clearly soft, pleasant, or love.

"You're back......"

His first sentence didn't even ask about my sudden departure, and it was as if he was just muttering to himself, without question.

"Hmm...... I ...... the other day"

Coming back to his senses, I knew I should have inserted an explanation anyway, but he interrupted.

"Are there any injuries?"

Even though he was sure that I was okay at this point, he still asked with concern, but this inquiry seemed a little deliberate, as if he was deliberately avoiding my explanation. Doesn't he need an explanation?

I shook my head and said, "I heard that Sister You is sick, but I didn't dare to go to see her...... I wonder if she's feeling better now?"

Since he didn't care about the so-called explanations, I also changed the subject knowingly. I still looked into his eyes, as if I was looking for a little concern for You Ruojun, but I didn't want to find it. But in the end, I chose to avoid his gaze, because the meaning of that gaze seemed too complicated.

"It's no big deal, it's just sick. ”

I looked up at him with some surprise, and I was indeed a little surprised. Do You Ruojun still have an old illness?

"Yinluo ......" He called out my name, but he stopped talking.

"Huh?"

After a moment of thought, he still didn't say anything, only said lightly: "Let's go, go back to the wooden house first." ”

I walked side by side with him, and before I knew it, I was getting closer, but he seemed to be speechless, and I didn't know what to say.

The silence made me even more at a loss, and I had some impulses in my heart, but I still didn't have the courage.

Until he followed him into the cabin, he stopped in the middle of the hall.

"Have you been back for a few days?"

With his back to me, he placed the envelope on the table, and looked at his clean right hand, which he had just stroked from the table.

"yes...... "How could I have actually left here?"

"I'm homeless now, if I don't come back here, where can I go?" Some pathos crept into my heart, but these words were really from the heart, my eyes were warm, I lowered my head, and couldn't help but shed a tear.

But I don't know when Meng Yunzhong has walked in front of me, I raised my head, only half of his vision was blocked by his broad shoulders, and his right hand was sent to my eyes at some point, brushing away the tears that flowed to the corners of my eyes for me, I suddenly felt very warm and relieved.

"If so, stay here. ”

I shook my head and turned my back to him, but this time, I was not just pure warmth and feelings, I remembered the bet I made with You Ruojun, and this bet really started because of Meng Yunzhong's appearance.

"Brother Yun Zhong, I can't stay. ”

"Why?" he was visibly surprised.

"Because of Sister You. "I cried, as if I was going to stop crying.

“......”

Silence, he seemed speechless. I turned to face him again, just to distance ourselves a bit. His eyes were misty with tears, and through the curtain of water in front of him, his eyes became a little blurred when he looked at me.

"I didn't know until I got to the town that the marriage contract between you and Sister You is known to everyone, if I stay, then ...... What will other people think of you? How will they look at Sister You?"

His brow furrowed slightly, but he remained silent.

"Or, in the future, you don't come to the cabin again, give me this place, just ...... When a woman in distress stumbles upon a deserted wooden house as a place to live, you ...... Don't come again......" The curtain of water in front of me was like a pouring waterfall, instantly flowing into a line and deep across my cheeks.

"Yinluo ......" his expression changed from tangled and dignified to endless pity and sadness, "Why do you care about the prejudice of the world? Do you still mind Ruojun's attitude towards you? She is nothing more than impatient, as long as we ...... between us"

"Brother Yun Zhong!" I interrupted him, because I knew what he was going to say next, "I know that if there is nothing else between us, others will naturally be fine, but ...... But...... I ...... to you But it can't be 'nothing else'...... Otherwise, why would I leave suddenly, and now I can't help but come back......"

For a moment, I avoided his gaze, but soon looked straight at him again, with a gaze that seemed to have lasted for generations. I just realized that even though I was acting, I still did it fakely. At this point, all my thoughts have condensed into this deep gaze, and this look has melted my whole person and whole heart into his body, can he feel such an engraved love?

"Yinluo, you ......"

"Brother Yun Zhong...... I'm sorry...... Maybe I shouldn't have shown up at all, let alone come back, and you shouldn't have saved my life in the first place! If I had died, I wouldn't have ......."

He sighed, and sighed long, long...... Just when I really couldn't control my emotions, a pair of warm and powerful arms wrapped me in my arms, my breathing stopped for a moment, and my words stopped abruptly, even I didn't expect this scene to come so quickly. The warm breath in his chest continued to flow into my body, making my heart hang in the air, as if my whole body was about to break.

"Yinluo, don't say such words again. No matter how many times you repeat it, I'll still save you. He said it categorically, but it was so metaphorical that I couldn't tell what he was trying to say.

I broke free of his arms, walked around him, and retreated to the other side of the room.

"I'm sorry...... I just ......" he apparently thought he had violated me, so he looked a little guilty.

I wiped away the tears in my eyes and said, "Brother Yunzhong, you better go back." I'm satisfied to be able to see you again. From now on, you should be deserted here, don't come again. You should have a good life with Sister You...... She is your rightful wife in the future. ”

Maybe it's because I understand his character too well that I have to force him to reveal his true thoughts to me in this way. He has many feelings hidden in his heart, but he has never told anyone, and his joys, sorrows, and sorrows seem to be unwilling to share with others. So, whether it's for the bet I made with You Ruojun, or for him to try to open up, or to give myself an answer, I can't wait to know how he will choose.

Speechless, sighing. He stood there, but I could see that his body was so heavy that it seemed to be about to stomp the floor of the room down. He seemed to have too many words in his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

"Brother Yun Zhong...... Go back. ”

After waiting for a long time, I was inevitably a little disappointed, I still couldn't guess the answer in his heart, even if I vaguely felt that the distance between me and him was not far, but there was always such a layer of paper, which could not be broken, that is, separated by a world.

He didn't move, he just looked at me deeply, as if that gaze had entered my body.

"It's okay, if Brother Yun Zhong is too embarrassed, then it's better for me to leave. ”

I took a difficult step over to the table where he had placed the envelope, and fixed my eyes on the envelope, which had been torn apart.

"Can I take this away?" I just want to take it out if I think of my days in the wooden house in the future, at least, it still smells like Brother Yun Zhong......

After that, without his permission, I picked up the envelope, peeled off the paper shell, took out the neatly stacked sweat towel inside, and held it tightly in my hand. The tears in his eyes stained the sweat towel with drops.

"Yinluo! Don't go ......"

Eventually, he couldn't help but walk up to my side and hold my hand holding the sweat towel, so hard that I even felt a little pain. Suddenly, my heart warmed, whether he said his choice or not, but at least, I knew that he was reluctant to me. I tried to pull my hand out, but he gripped it tighter.

"Brother Yun Zhong......" I raised my head and looked at him helplessly, but he still didn't let go, perhaps, this is how he expressed his heart.

"Stay, and when Ruojun's illness is cured, I will come to you. ”

I looked at him with some surprise, was that a choice that had already been made?

"But, Sister You, she ......"

"I've never been used to the kind of days when the courtyard is locked, so I asked my brother-in-law to build a wooden house here, just to be quieter. As for Ruojun......" Speaking of this, he sighed deeply and shook his head slightly, "As long as she is good, I will be at ease, and nothing else." ”

He spoke a little gloomy, as if he had always hidden a lot of memories, but the answer was enough for me.

He wiped the tears from my cheeks again and took the sweat towel from my hand.

"From now on, don't say anything about leaving. Since you have nowhere else to go, make this your home. ”

I looked at his relieved expression, and suddenly felt very relieved, as if we were going back to those simple and comfortable days. But deep down, another voice reminds me that the comfort of today is very different from the past.