Chapter Twenty-Eight: "Can I Chase You?" ”
In the middle of the night sky, the stars shimmered faintly, like distant rays of hope.
The night breeze in late autumn gently brushes the cheeks, bringing a hint of coolness and making people feel sober.
Shen Zhiyi shuddered from the sudden wind.
Because she wanted to come to the mountains with Gu Zhiyu to see the starry sky for the first time, she deliberately picked out a good-looking lilac dress from the luggage she brought, and even made a good-looking hairstyle before going out.
But she forgot that the mountains were already cooler than usual, and now it was even more cold, so she had to choose a seat near the barbecue grill and sit down.
Song Jie, who was busy grilling skewers, saw Shen Zhiyi move from his position to the stove, thinking that he wanted to eat the lamb skewers he had just grilled.
So, Song Jie handed over the mutton skewers that had been sprinkled with cumin powder in his hand.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the mutton skewers that suddenly appeared in front of him, was slightly stunned, and then turned his head to look at Song Jie who was standing by the barbecue stove.
Facing her gaze, Song Jie smiled: "Freshly baked, taste it?" ”
Shen Zhiyi smiled and thanked Song Jie, reached out and took the mutton skewers in his hand and ate them.
Song Jie reached out and took a few napkins on the side to wipe the sweat on the top of his head, and sat down next to Shen Zhiyi: "Sister, how does it taste?" ”
"It's delicious."
In a short time, the few skewers of mutton in her hand were completely wiped out by her.
Song Jie looked at the clean mutton skewers in Shen Zhiyi's hands, and his smile deepened a little: "Sister, do you want to try barbecue?" ”
"Okay."
Shen Zhiyi stood up and came to the barbecue stove, doing it step by step according to Song Jie's instructions.
Just as she vigorously brushed the egg whites on the beef skewers, she suddenly felt a dazzling white light flash in front of her.
Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment in brushing the egg whites, and when he raised his head in astonishment, he saw that Song Jie, who was still beside him just now, was holding his mobile phone, and the camera was facing her directly.
I saw Song Jie stunned for a second, quickly took back his mobile phone, and scratched his head a little embarrassed:
"The ......"
A flush drifted through his ears: "I just think the photos taken like this are beautiful......"
Listening to Song Jie's pale explanation, Shen Zhiyi smiled and continued to bow his head and brush the egg liquid: "It's okay, will it be convenient to send me the photo later?" ”
"Okay, okay."
Song Jie nodded hurriedly, and suddenly heard him say, "Gu, Professor Gu?" ”
Hearing Gu Zhiyu's name, Shen Zhiyi's hand moved, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Gu Zhiyu appear by the stove at some point, his mobile phone in one hand, and the other hand casually inserted in his coat pocket.
Shen Zhiyi turned over the skewer in his hand and greeted Gu Zhiyu: "Hello Professor Gu." ”
Gu Zhiyu, who had just come back from answering the phone, turned around and saw the girl standing by the barbecue stove busy, and he took a step to the stove like a ghost, looking at the girl's serious barbecue.
Gu Zhiyu nodded lightly and watched Shen Zhiyi sprinkle cumin powder on the skewers.
"Professor Gu, would you like to try it?"
Shen Zhiyi raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile.
Gu Zhiyu, who has never liked such greasy food, said unprecedentedly: "Okay." ”
Shen Zhiyi, who received a satisfactory answer, handed the skewers in his hand to Gu Zhiyu with satisfaction, watched the man put the mobile phone back into the windbreaker, and took the skewers in his hands with his slender hand.
"Try my craft," Shen Zhiyi smiled and put the rest of the skewers on the dinner plate and handed it to Song Jie, "How about evaluating the taste?" ”
Song Jie sent Shen Zhiyi's barbecue to the stone table where everyone was sitting together, Shen Zhiyi was still standing in place, looking straight at Gu Zhiyu, opening his mouth to bite off the beef from the skewer in his hand and chewing it slowly.
Obviously, he was eating a simple barbecue, but Gu Zhiyu still had a noble smell in his gestures, and even Shen Zhiyi looked at the ordinary skewers he was holding in his hand as if it had risen a notch.
Shen Zhiyi nervously waited for the man's evaluation: "How is it?" What do you think? ”
"Not bad."
Shen Zhiyi, who was praised, showed a satisfied smile on his face: "That's delicious!" ”
Gu Zhiyu looked at the excited expression on the girl's face, and was about to say something more, but was called over by the old professor who was making tea not far behind him, while Shen Zhiyi was called by Song Jie to play a game at the stone table.
"Sister, you bake it really delicious!"
Shen Mingyue on the side looked at Song Jie with a flattering look, and couldn't recognize it: "Look at your little bit of talent." ”
Song Jie smiled embarrassedly: "What are you doing, I can't praise your sister anymore?" ”
Shen Zhiyi smiled and sat down by the stove and pulled the topic away: "What game to play?" ”
Song Jie's reaction was the fastest among the inside: "Let's play a game that I have you don't have, whoever loses will have a big adventure!" ”
"Okay."
The big guys all agreed energetically.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Song Jie moved his gaze to Shen Zhiyi's body: "Sister, what do you think?" ”
Shen Zhiyi nodded: "Yes." ”
After obtaining consent, Song Jie bore the brunt: "Then I'll come first!" When I was five years old, I got into a fight with my village mates and caught a dead mouse and threw it in front of them! ”
Shen Mingyue's eyes widened: "I rely on Song Jie, I didn't see that you were so strong when you were a child!" ”
Song Jie scratched his head a little embarrassed: "Hehe, isn't this young and ignorant." ”
Everyone pressed their raised hands down one finger.
The second is a girl: "When I was ten years old, I confessed to my crush on a male classmate. ”
Followed by the third and fourth.
Until, Shen Zhiyi, who had already lost before his turn, put down the last erected finger.
"Sister lost!"
Song Jie looked at Shen Zhiyi and scattered the big adventure cards in his hand: "Sister, you can draw one." ”
Shen Zhiyi resigned herself to drawing a card, and the punishment on the card was not excessive, so she quickly completed the big adventure.
Shen Zhiyi's eyes caught a glimpse of the man not far away, Gu Zhiyu was sitting by the clay stove boiling tea at the moment, the slender and white moonlight shining on his white and slender hands, holding a ceramic cup in his hand.
The professor who was beside him didn't know where they had gone, and he was left alone at the moment.
From time to time, he took a sip of the ceramic cup, and his eyes kept staring at the dark forest in the distance, making it impossible to understand what was going on in his heart at this time.
"Sister, sister," Song Jie looked at Shen Zhiyi, who was staring at someone in a daze, "Are you still playing?" ”
Shen Zhiyi retracted his gaze, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face: "You guys play, I have something to do." ”
After speaking, she stood up from her position and walked in the direction of Gu Zhiyu.
Gu Zhiyu put down the cup in his hand and was about to pick up the teapot on the side to add tea to himself, but a figure fell beside him.
After a pause in the action of adding tea, he raised his eyes and saw the girl's smiling face, and then continued to add tea to himself as if nothing happened.
His tone was flat, so that no one could hear a trace of emotion: "What's wrong?" ”
Shen Zhiyi propped one hand on the edge of the tandoor, tilting his head to watch the man's action of adding tea: "Professor Gu is here alone, so he came." ”
Gu Zhiyu stretched out his other hand, took out a clean cup from the side, poured tea and handed it to Shen Zhiyi: "Listen to what you mean, you came to accompany me on purpose?" ”
Shen Zhiyi didn't expect Gu Zhiyu to speak so bluntly, and a faint flush appeared on his face.
She reached out and picked up the teacup and handed it to her lips to take a sip, and said, "Of course, is the professor moved?" ”
"Impressed?" Gu Zhiyu raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
He stared down at her, a slight smile on his lips.
In just a few seconds, his eyes were filled with dots of broken light, and Shen Zhiyi's heartbeat missed a beat in vain.
Shen Zhiyi pretended to be calm and smiled without speaking, and also looked away from the man's face.
She sat in a folding chair and looked up at the stars twinkling in the night.
A deep black sky covered with a web of stars. The shining stars, set in this silent night, are like shining gems.
A faint crescent moon hung faintly in the corner of the sky, like a smiling bent brow.
Looking at this quiet and beautiful night sky, Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful night sky." ”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiyu also raised his eyes to look at the night sky.
After a long time, Shen Zhiyi heard the man's deep voice ringing in her ears: "It's beautiful." ”
The autumn breeze penetrated the coolness of Xi Xi, burrowed into Shen Zhiyi's thin skirt, and gently brushed her cheeks, making her sneeze defenselessly.
She reached out and rubbed her nose, and suddenly felt the weight on her shoulder.
She raised her eyes and saw that the black coat on Gu Zhiyu's body was draped over her shoulders at the moment.
Gu Zhiyu's fingers inadvertently brushed her hair, and at that moment, their eyes met, and the autumn breeze blowing gently seemed to be suspended at this moment.
His coat was wide and warm, with a nice and distinctive smell of cedar on his body.
His body temperature also warmed her body through the black coat.
Gu Zhiyu sat back in the position just now: "The temperature in the mountains is low, remember to wear more." ”
Shen Zhiyi reached out and pulled the man's coat draped over him, and reached out to pin the hair next to his cheek behind his ear: "I know, I know." ”
She tilted her head to admire the man's side face, and from time to time there was a sound of playing in her ears.
Suddenly, a small sugar orange appeared in front of her.
Shen Zhiyi stretched out his hand to take it, and the sugar orange was still a little warm, because it was roasted on the clay stove.
She held the small sugar orange in her hand, and the warm afterglow slowly spread from her palm to her body.
After a while, she lowered her head and peeled the sugar orange in her hand.
While peeling off the sugar orange in his hand, he couldn't help but call Gu Zhiyu: "Professor Gu." ”
Gu Zhiyu looked sideways at the girl's action of peeling sugar oranges: "What's wrong?" ”
Shen Zhiyi threw the orange peel into the trash can at his feet, and handed the peeled sugar orange to Gu Zhiyu.
She tilted her head to look at the man and said very seriously:
"Can I chase you?"
Gu Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, and wondered if there was a problem with his ears: "What? ”
Shen Zhiyi endured the shame in his heart, and repeated what he had just said: "I said, can I chase you......"
“......”
Shen Zhi advised Gu Zhiyu not to speak, and continued to speak: "That's it...... I...... I want to ask you...... Do you agree that I am chasing you? ”
The more he talked about it, the more confident Shen Zhiyi became.
Gu Zhiyu looked at Shen Zhiyi, his dark eyes were heavy.
Shen Zhiyi licked the corners of his mouth with some uneasiness, and said in a low voice:
"If you agree with me chasing you......"
"You'll take this orange ......"
"If you don't agree......"
Before Shen Zhiyi's words were finished, the sugar orange in his hand was reached out by the man to take it.
Shen Zhiyi, who felt that his hand was empty, raised his eyes in surprise, and saw that the man had already eaten the sugar orange he had just peeled.
"You ......"
Shen Zhiyi's brain was stuck for a few seconds, and soon her face showed uncontrollable happiness:
"Did you agree with me chasing you?"
Gu Zhiyu chuckled helplessly:
"Am I not obvious enough?"