Chapter 70: Friends
When the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the clouds in the sky red, a touch of blush imprinted on the girl's cheeks, like a good rouge color.
Li Wangchen grinned slightly, stared at the incoherent girl in front of him, and said calmly: "It's not a matter how old the girl is, the girl doesn't need to be so restrained!"
Li Wangchen's simple words made the girl even more overwhelmed, and her face became even redder, like a ripe red apple. But when the words came to her mouth, she could only say stupidly: "She...... By the way, your friend...... I helped her change her clothes and she's still asleep!"
The young man in front of him was like water, lazy and free, standing in front of the girl with the last afterglow of the sunset, looking free and easy. The girl tilted her head slightly, and could clearly see the young man's handsome and extraordinary face and feel the sunny breath emanating from the young man's body. The girl's heart was pounding, and it was a very special feeling that she had never had before.
Hearing the girl's words, Li Wangchen's eyes flashed with a slight sense of disappointment. He didn't pay attention to the changes in the girl's heart in front of him, so he smiled and lifted the fish in his hand and shook it in front of the girl's eyes, and said slightly: "It's okay, hard girl." I've caught two fish, let's make a soup for her!"
"Oh!
The girl's eyes were a little evasive, and she didn't dare to look at Li Wangchen's eyes again, but she just stretched out her hand to take the fish in Li Wangchen's hand, and she didn't want Li Wangchen to retract the hand holding the fish, and said lightly: "Don't bother the girl, I will cook some food in the future!"
With that, he carried the fish sideways and entered the door.
The girl turned her head to look at his long and slender figure, straightened up, a smile appeared on her face, and she caught up with him in a few steps and said, "I'll help you!"
Li Wangchen nodded, not refusing the girl's kindness. The two went into the back kitchen, Li Wangchen pulled up his robe, and directly began to kill fish. I lived with my grandmother who was seriously ill, frying, stir-frying, cooking, frying, boiling, boiling, stewing, slipping, burning, and everything was common, and as for the stewed fish soup, it was naturally not a problem.
The girl looked at Li Wangchen's skillful movements in his hands, her eyes were straight, she stood aside, holding a palm leaf fan for fanning the flames, and she always felt that she couldn't help.
After Li Wangchen prepared the ingredients, he blanched the cut fish meat in an iron pot, filtered it into a clay pot blackened by firewood, added some auxiliary ingredients such as onions, ginger and garlic, put water on it, closed the lid of the can, and squatted on the ground to stuff firewood into the stove. The red flames reflected his face, and the complexion of his skin reflected a different charm.
He didn't say a word, he didn't look at the girl, he just concentrated on the fire.
This made the girl standing aside feel extremely embarrassed, and after a little thought, she still clenched her fingers and took the initiative to speak, and whispered: "My name is Gu Jinxuan, what is your name?"
"Li Wangchen!"
Li Wangchen, who was busy, didn't bother to look at Gu Jinxuan, and slipped straight out. For a moment, he walked back again, but he had an extra jug of wine in his hand. When he came to the stove, he leaned on the dry grass behind him in a semi-recumbent position, and tilted his head to sip the wine in his hand carelessly.
The night has come, the stars outside the window are dazzling, the moon is beautiful, and it is a thousand miles. A cool breeze blew in through the open window, and the wisps of burnt charcoal shone red in dots of light.
The faint aroma of stewed fish soup came out of the clay pot, and it reached the tip of Gu Jinxuan's nose, and the eyes that had been looking at Li Wangchen flashed smartly, like the waves of the sea.
"Brother Chen, it's so fragrant!"
The delicate and cowardly voice reached Li Wangchen's ears, and he paused his action of raising his head to sip wine, and in surprise, he glanced at the excited expression on Gu Jinxuan's face strangely, and the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally-Brother Chen?
"I'll stew a lot, wait a while, and give the ancient girl a taste!"
Li Wangchen retracted his legs, changed to a comfortable posture again, and raised his head to sip the wine.
Gu Jinxuan was curious about why Li Wangchen was so addicted to alcohol, but after thinking about it, she raised her cheeks to find a topic and said: "Brother Chen, the fairy sister in the room is so beautiful! She is like the round moon in the sky, holy and elegant, which makes people love and reverie - it's just that when I changed her clothes, I didn't find any injuries on her body, why did she fall unconscious?"
When Li Wangchen heard this, he put down the wine jar, looked at the firewood and said with a wry smile: "There will always be many things in life that you don't want to do but have to do, that girl used to be as innocent as you, she ...... I should have lived happily!"
The second monk Gu Jinxuan was puzzled, locked his brows and shook his head, unable to understand Li Wangchen's rather profound words for a while.
"Perhaps, everyone can fight for their own life, but the original intention will still be complicated or simple because of the world, because of every big and small thing, will change because of every different person, whether it is good or bad, I don't know!"
Li Wangchen seemed to be talking to himself, picked up the wine jug again, saw him swallow two sips of "grunt", and drank all the wine in the jug in one go.
Happily putting down the flask, he bowed down slightly, and uncovered the lid of the jar with a rag, and a richer smell of meat reached the tip of the nose of the two of them with the moment he uncovered the lid, which was fragrant and appetizing.
Gu Jinxuan was attracted by the fragrance of fish soup and left everything Li Wangchen said. Hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hand and fanned the fish broth in front of him, couldn't help but close his eyes and took a deep breath, and exclaimed: "Brother Chen, your skills are awesome!"
Li Wangchen smiled and served two bowls with a spoon, handed one of the bowls to Gu Jinxuan, and said with a smile: "There are many more in the jar, don't waste the fish and meat, you eat more!"
With that, he went up to the second floor with another bowl of fish soup on the table. When he came to Luo Yu's door, he gently pushed the door in, and what caught his eye was a sleeping beauty lying on the bed, with green silk combed by Gu Jinxuan, tied on the top of her head with a white hairband, and sloppily to her chest, and the light blue rough gown was worn on her body, which still couldn't hide her naturally beautiful handsome face.
Li Wangchen put the case on the table, rolled up the curtain that hung down slightly, sat at the head of the bed, looked at Luo Yu's slightly dry lips and pale face, and a trace of tenderness like water flashed in his eyes.
He helped Luo Yu's body up, scooped up the fish soup in the bowl with a spoon, carefully blew it cold, and then sent it to Luo Yu's mouth, slowly, slowly.
The wind on the table shone faintly, and a white moth flew from nowhere, desperately rushing into the flame of the candlestick, but was stopped by the veil. After countless failures, it collapsed on the gauze cover, looked at the candlelight at the end of the world, retracted its wings, and fell into a quiet sleep.
The night was quietly darkened, and the thick fog spread out layer by layer, creating a calm and peaceful night, and the white mist was dyed a faint gold under the light of the soft lantern in front of the door. Under the moonlight, the leaves of the trees "flutter", as if playing a quiet tune, graceful and poignant, deep and beautiful, the beating notes seem to jump out of the hazy moonlight, intoxicating.
Li Wangchen, who had fed Luo Yu fish soup, went out and closed Qihu, returned to his room, sat down, and immediately entered meditation.
On the second day, before the sky was completely opened, Li Wangchen, who opened the door, walked around in front of Luo Yu's door, with a faint smile on his face, walked down the wooden ladder, led the horses out of the shed, and beat the horses away.
When Gu Jinxuan ran down from the room, she saw Li Wangchen whipping the horse and leaving, and she hurriedly chased out, but how could she still see Li Wangchen's shadow.
"Is he gone?"
Gu Jinxuan stood in the morning breeze, suddenly feeling that the wind was a little cold, and she was slightly disappointed. With a lamentation, she returned to the inn alone, and sat on the threshold with her cheeks propped up, looking sullen.
I don't know how long it took, she remembered that the fairy sister was still in the room, and in a hurry, she ran up to the second floor again, knocked on Luo Yu's door, and hurriedly called: "Sister, Brother Chen, he's gone!"
Luo Yu, who was asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, the star eyes that were as elegant as mist, the lips as beautiful as cherry blossoms, and the skin as delicate as porcelain, all revealed a fairy temperament. But she couldn't be happy, her head still had some faint pain, she rubbed her head with her hands, turned over and got up, remembering the scenes on the battlefield before she passed out, her heart was still very painful......
At the other end, Gu Jinxuan, who had knocked on the door for a long time, pushed open the room with a "whoosh", and saw Luo Yu with a pale face, sitting on the bed, looking at her with unfamiliar eyes.
"Sister, you...... Are you awake?"
Gu Jinxuan was stunned for a moment, and when she saw this beautiful person wake up, her starry eyes seemed to carry endless sadness, and she swallowed the words that mentioned the tip of her throat and replaced them with this simple greeting.
"Who's gone?"
It is like the sound of the yellow oriole crying in the mountains, and it is like the sound of the clear stream of the mountain spring, which is ethereal and beautiful. Luo Yu opened the curtain, his pale face showed a hint of frustration, and asked again, "Is it Li ...... Forget the dust?"
Gu Jinxuan nodded vigorously and did not say anything.
Luo Yu saw Gu Jinxuan's nodding movement, and his heart was already full of unspeakable bitterness. Li Wangchen's departure was caused by herself, and she will not forget what she said to Li Wangchen that night.
But when he is gone, why is his heart empty?
Luo Yu put on his shoes, and his eager figure flashed past Gu Jinxuan, walked out of the unfamiliar inn, stood under the willow tree in front of the door, silently stared at the official road in front of him, stood for a long time, without saying a word, and there seemed to be a sparkling wave in his eyes.
She really thinks Li Wuchen is a friend!
He is upright, dissolute, cynical, and has a heart of love and righteousness, but she can't see his bloody killing of innocents, she cares very much!
The soft wicker blew on Luo Yu's face with the wind, and the soft feeling almost made her mind almost collapse.
"Li Wangchen, you liar! When I find you, I will definitely cut you with a thousand knives!"
Time passed minute by minute, Luo Yu, who was standing under the willow tree, finally couldn't control the flood of inner feelings, a pale face was like powder, natural, but her voice was sad, but her body was trembling!
Gu Jinxuan stood behind her, quietly waiting for the beautiful person in front of her, she seemed to be able to feel Luo Yu's mood at this moment. Although she had just met Li Wangchen, Li Wangchen said goodbye, which also made her feel a little uncomfortable!
"What lied to you?"
Suddenly, a clear voice came from the other side of the broken wooden bridge full of wildflowers. The breeze blows the grass and rolls like waves overlapping.
The familiar voice made Luo Yu and Gu Jinxuan stunned at the same time, and they turned their heads excitedly, and saw the young man walking over unhurriedly with his right hand behind his back, his face was like three springs, and he had a lazy smile, which caused the wildflowers on the broken bridge to sway, as if beckoning to him!
Luo Yu cried with joy, wiped the mist on his eyes, and said with a smile: "I thought you left me alone?"
"Didn't you let me leave?" asked Li Wangchen!
As soon as Luo Yu heard this, he was furious, stepped forward angrily, grabbed the corner of Li Wangchen's clothes, and scolded: "If I let you go, will you go?"
Li Wuchen was not afraid, and said lightly: "Then what's not?"
"You ......"
Luo Yu was so angry that she didn't know how to answer, so she had to let go of Li Wangchen, took a step back, and looked at this familiar smiling face, she found that the distance between the two was much farther.
"Gu girl, this is for you!"
Li Wangchen stretched out his right hand, and saw that there were several strings of rock sugar gourds, all of which were round and red, and the outside was wrapped in a layer of shiny sugar coating, which looked like a delicacy. Luo Yu had never seen such a bright round fruit, and when he remembered that he hadn't eaten yet, his stomach suddenly grunted, staring at the gourd string in Li Wangchen's hand, and his eyes were about to look off.
Li Wangchen left one string and gave the other two to Gu Jinxuan.
"Thank you, Brother Chen!"
Gu Jinxuan was holding two strings of sugar gourds, which made her very happy. She opened her lips lightly and bit her mouth, and the sweet and sour soft glutinous suddenly wrapped her mouth, and she couldn't help but praise: "Brother Chen, it's so delicious, it's very sweet!"
When Luo Yu saw this scene, she suddenly felt that the tip of her nose was a little sour, she was so angry that she pursed her mouth, turned around and left.
A string of rock sugar gourds came to her mouth at the right time.
Li Wangchen smiled, like a spring breeze, looked at Luo Yu, who had changed his face, and said softly: "This is yours, eat it, it's sweet to the heart!"
Luo Yu smelled the smell of rock sugar gourd, and slightly restrained his temperament, but he still kept shaking his head and refused, but his eyes were staring at the gourd string in front of him, and he couldn't leave it for a moment.
"If you don't eat it, I'll eat it!"
Li Wangchen, who was observant of his words, had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly opened his mouth, and was about to take back the rock sugar gourd and put it into his mouth.
"No, I want to eat!"
When Luo Yu saw this posture, he was in a hurry, and he didn't care if he could wrap a whole rock sugar gourd in his mouth, so he bit down suddenly.
"Here, take it, eat slowly!"
Li Wangchen saw Luo Yu bite the gourd in his mouth, and the cherry-like mouth couldn't contain the rock sugar gourd, but he could see her chewing vigorously. When encountering food, this girl's pretended anger disappeared without a trace, and her face was rarely flushed.
The morning dew and the breeze are muddy, and it is really a beautiful day.
In front of Luo Yu, Li Wangchen took out a small wooden figure from the pocket of his chest, the wooden figure was only the size of a palm, but it was exquisitely carved, whether it was eyes, nose or ears, they were full of charm, vivid and lifelike!
Luo Yu froze as he ate the rock sugar gourd, staring at the little wooden figure in Li Wangchen's hand, his eyes were slightly shocked, and he asked in disbelief, "Is this me?"
Li Wangchen smiled softly, letting the wind blow in the forest and blow on his forehead, whether it was the long hair in front of his forehead or the hem of Luo Yu's clothes swaying.
He went out early to-day, but in fact he went to the market, and sold his horse for a coil. When he came, he saw an old man carving this expressive little wooden figure on the street, so Li Wangchen sat down and followed the old man to learn carving. Therefore, the portrait of Luo Yu in his hand was actually carved by him.
"I carved it and gave it to you!"
Li Wangchen handed the wooden figure to Luo Yu, a few white clouds in the sky floated leisurely, and a few wild flowers on the ground gradually bloomed.
Luo Yu gently took it in his hand, unconsciously clenched it very tightly, and an indescribable emotion rose in his heart, and it took a long time to raise his head and ask, "Are we friends?"
"Yes!"
Li Wangchen's smile bloomed into a brilliant flower, and with a gust of wind, it was sent into Luo Yu's innocent heart, filling it to the full.