Chapter 4: Encounters
"Miss, come and see, sachets, handkerchiefs, everything!"
On the bright street, there are all kinds of strange things, loud shouting and selling, and there is a big stage with dancing girls performing, which is very lively. Qu Yanluo likes to be lively the most, but now he has no heart to enjoy it.
She hurried along, thinking that she should speed up and get to Van Gogh as soon as possible. She asked around for the direction of Van Gogh, and the more she walked, the more anxious she became, and she didn't leave time for herself to eat, and only ate a few bites of cold steamed buns in her baggage during the hurry.
But his physical strength was limited, and the sun had set, so he barely walked to the city gate. Hungry and thirsty, she sat down in front of the city gate, took out half a cold steamed bun and a pot of water in a bamboo tube, and gnawed it fiercely.
It was getting dark, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, and the city gate was even more empty, a little bleak and terrible.
Qu Yanluo gnawed and gnawed, her mood became more and more depressed, and she suddenly lowered her head and cried.
"Ding Ding Ding Ding~" There was a strange bell sound in my ears. Qu Yanluo looked around fiercely, but saw nothing.
She was a little nervous, and immediately collected her baggage and ran out of the city gate.
"Hey, little girl, do you need me to give you a ride?" a voice came from behind Qu Yanluo.
Qu Yanluo looked back nervously and saw that there was nothing at the city gate...... My heart was beating faster.
"Here!"
Qu Yanluo looked up, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, a strange head actually poked out from the city gate, the sky was too dark, she couldn't see what it was at all, as if her skin was very white, and she could only judge a pair of eyes and two nostrils under the moonlight.
"Ah!!" Qu Yanluo shouted, ready to run. Suddenly grabbed by a hand, and a faint light lit up beside him.
At this time, the wooden sword on Qu Yanluo's waist suddenly flew out and flew towards her back.
"Ouch!" only heard a scream, the hand behind his back immediately let go, Qu Yanluo looked back, it was actually a young man, he was frantically throwing in the air with one hand, and holding a lantern in the other.
And the wooden sword was flying in the air, forcing the young man to keep retreating. The young man's hair was scattered, and his facial features were twisted together in pain. He shouted, "It hurts me!
Qu Yanluo was also shocked and didn't dare to move, and when she heard this, she came back to her senses and said to the wooden sword: "Go back...... Come back!"
The wooden sword flew back to Qu Yanluo's waist with a swish. Qu Yanluo looked down at the wooden sword with her mouth open, and muttered to herself in fright: "This is ...... What's going on?"
"What's going on? You're the master of this sword spirit, you don't know what's going on, you can't steal this sword, right?" the boy came over with a lantern.
Under the light, the young man's face looked fair and gentle, and his facial features were very delicate with his loose hair. If you don't speak, it makes people feel like a gentle gentleman.
"You're the thief! What do you want to do in the middle of the night, with your hair draped like a ghost?" Qu Yanluo roared angrily.
The young man smiled and said, "Oh, little girl, don't be angry, I see that you are going to go far away, don't I want to give you a ride." After saying this, he snapped his fingers, and suddenly a camel sprang out from the lantern, and this camel was actually white.
Qu Yanluo was so frightened that she took a step back and said, "On the city gate just now, it was your strange white camel that scared me half to death, what kind of heart do you have?"
"Oh, I want to tease you when you cry so sadly!" The young man smiled again and asked, "Little girl, where are you going?" My camel is fast and has good physical strength, so I guarantee that you will reach your destination quickly!"
"Don't call me a little girl! You're only sixteen or seventeen years old! I'm going to Van Gogh, can you camel run that far?" Qu Yanluo looked at the young man with a wary and curious expression.
"Van Gogh, if you walk, you won't be able to get there for two months, but if I take you, you'll be there on the fifteenth. The boy said triumphantly.
Qu Yanluo thought to herself: Go to Van Gogh to cross at least three countries, and I don't know the direction very well, so it's really not practical to go there.
Qu Yanluo glared at the young man and asked, "How much?"
"Hehehehe, it's easy to say, if you look so beautiful, give me fifty taels. The young man said with a smile on his face, and seeing Qu Yanluo's hesitation, he added: "You can go to Van Gogh and give me money, if it doesn't arrive for more than 15 days, I won't take a penny, and I will pay you fifty taels, how about it?"
"Okay, deal!" Qu Yanluo smiled, thinking in her heart, this young man is skinny, he must not be his opponent, if he dares to deceive people, he will be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth.
"Okay, what do you call the girl?"
"What's your name?"
"Xu Fan!"
Xu Fan smiled, got on the camel, and said, "It's called Xiaobai, come up!"
Qu Yanluo glanced at him and said, "It's so high, don't you know how to pull me?"
Xu Fan was stunned for a moment, hurriedly rubbed his hand on his trouser leg, stretched out to her, and said pretentiously: "Guest officer, please get on the camel!"
Qu Yanluo grabbed his hand and felt a brute force, she felt that the whole person was about to fly into the sky, and she fell on the back of the camel, frightened. She sat in front of Xu Fan and rolled her eyes in disgust.
Xu Fan put his hand on her shoulder and patted it, and said, "Let's go, let's find a place to rest for the night!"
The camel was running fast, and Qu Yanluo's face was about to be deformed, but Xu Fan's hair behind him was only fluttering slightly, and he looked handsome and chic. After a while, I found an inn with the lights on.
The two got off the camel, Xu Fan looked at Qu Yanluo's loose ponytail, and the messy hair on his face, he couldn't help laughing.
The two booked two rooms, all of which were settled by Qu Yanluo. Qu Yanluo's face was pale, but because she was too tired, she didn't even have the strength to quarrel with Xu Fan. When I entered the room, I fell asleep.
I slept until noon.
"Hey, Qu Yanluo, wake up, the sun is drying your buttocks, I have met someone who can sleep better than me for the first time!" Xu Fan broke into Qu Yanluo's room and shook her shoulder with his hand.
After shaking for a while, Qu Yanluo opened her eyes. Seeing Xu Fan's gentle face, he couldn't help but smirk "hehe".
Xu Fan flashed away and said, "Qu Yanluo, are you stupid in your sleep?"
Qu Yanluo woke up, pulled the quilt, turned her head and glared at him: "Still beautiful? When she speaks, she looks like a ruffian! Phew!" After speaking, she turned around angrily and muttered in a low voice: "My Ming Heng is ten thousand times better than you, phew!"
"What Ming Heng, what are you muttering there?" Xu Fan bent down and buried his head in front of Qu Yanluo's face.
"Ahh
Xu Fan stretched his head back, "cut", and turned to go out.
Seeing that there was no sound, Qu Yanluo stretched out her head, put on the green Luo skirt, tied her hair up, and after cleaning up, she saw the wooden sword on the bench, hesitated for a while, and tied it to her waist. Then he put his baggage on his back and went out.
As soon as I left the inn, I saw Xu Fan riding on a camel eating buns, with long hair draped on his back, wearing a white dress, and the corners of his clothes were embroidered with lilac patterns, which looked very fresh and elegant. Qu Yanluo thought to herself: "This appearance is quite good-looking, it's just this kind of conduct...... Thinking about it, she saw Xu Fan's fingers full of oil.
Qu Yanluo's eyes widened, and she let out a loud voice: "Hey, disgusting!" walked over and gave him a blank look, ready to climb into the camel himself.
Suddenly, Xu Fan stretched out a greasy hand, and before Qu Yanluo could reach out, he lowered his waist and grabbed her hand, and easily pulled her onto the camel. Qu Yanluo was stunned again, thinking: How did this kid do it, born with brute strength?
Qu Yanluo grinned with disgust, and rubbed the hand that had been smeared with oil and saliva on Xu Fan's knee.
"Eat?" Xu Fan took out a bun wrapped in oiled paper and stretched it out in front of Qu Yanluo.
"You still have a little conscience!" Qu Yanluo took the bun, pulled the oil paper outside, and ate it with relish.
After eating, the two of them were ready to go.
"Let's go!" Xu Fan patted Xiaobai's buttocks, and the camel began to run wildly again.
"Ah...... Xu Fan, can you tell it to slow down a little! I can't stand the wind!" Qu Yanluo covered her face with her sleeve.
Xu Fan snapped his fingers, and Qu Yanluo couldn't feel the wind blowing, but everything around him was still moving very quickly.
Qu Yanluo put down her arm and asked curiously, "This ...... What's going on?"
Xu Fan said solemnly: "Isn't the weather hot, the wind is blowing cool!" The corner of his mouth smiled and said: "My camel is originally a divine object, this situation is normal, don't make a fuss!"
"Cool, my face is deformed for me!" Qu Yanluo stroked her hair and said, "Divine object, you don't look like a god, right?"
"I'm not, but my camel is!" Xu Fan smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"Cut! What are you pulling, where did you steal it?"
The corners of Xu Fan's mouth twitched, and he shouted at Qu Yanluo's ear: "What does stealing ??? mean stealing, this is given to me by someone else, okay?"
Qu Yanluo flashed away suddenly, covering her ears with a look of disgust.
Both of them pouted and suddenly stopped talking, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward......
After a while, there was a sudden sound of "poof".
Qu Yanluo covered her nose and said, "Xu Fan! Why do you know so little about etiquette!
"???" Xu Fan also covered his nose and said inexplicably: "You fart yourself, and you rely on me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the white camel suddenly stopped, and due to the impact of inertia, Xu Fan's chest suddenly pounced on Qu Yanluo's back, his head skimmed over Qu Yanluo's shoulder, and the two of them were face to face. Suddenly, I heard a voice "I put it!"
"Who's talking?" Qu Yanluo cautiously grabbed the wooden sword at her waist.
"It's not me. Xu Fan leaned his head on Qu Yanluo's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Get out of here!" Qu Yanluo pushed him away sideways.
"It's me who is speaking" The white camel under him suddenly turned his head slightly, bared his teeth, and stared at Qu Yanluo with one eye.
Frightened, Qu Yanluo shouted "Ahh......h