Seeing that Man Lin ran out alone so late, Bai Shuo hurriedly chased him out, wanting to send Man Lin off, but Man Lin refused to let him, asked Bai Shuo to stay in the inn, and said a little angrily: "I am more familiar than you here, what are you worried about, I will do what I tell you to do, otherwise I will ignore you!" and then quickly left and disappeared into a stone alley.

When I woke up, the sky was just dark, the air was full of moisture, and the river was shrouded in a thin layer of smoke. As the water vapor slowly evaporates, it seems that the night's silence is about to pass, and the ancient town will be rejuvenated. The morning is full of hope, on the riverbank, smoke curls everywhere, making beans, hot fried meat dumplings, fried stinky tofu, vast and ordinary. Bai Shuo made a cup of tea, sat on the veranda and reminisced about what he experienced yesterday, and waited for the first rays of sunlight to pierce the mist and wake up the ...... the earth.

After the day was fully opened, the ancient town began to be lively again. Bai Shuo walked out of the inn, strolled through the ancient town in the morning, and unconsciously walked along the stone lane where Manlin disappeared last night. It is not easy for two people to walk side by side in the one-meter-wide stone alley, and the stone walls on both sides are full of traces of time, and Bai Shuo is just a momentary passerby for these stone walls. Walking out of the stone alley, the road widened. Bai Shuo found a breakfast shop on the side of the road, and felt a little hungry again, so he walked over and asked for a bowl full of chili oil and similar cold powder. Who knew that after eating it in one bite, even if he usually liked spicy taste very much, he was choked with tears by this bowl of things.

Finally holding back the spicy taste, Bai Shuo frowned, looked at the bowl, and was considering whether to eat a second bite. Suddenly, there was a crisp laugh from the side, Bai Shuo turned his head and saw Xue Manlin standing not far away laughing at him, but the healing smiling face made people angry. Today, Man Lin tied her hair into a ponytail, wore a pair of dark green sunglasses, and was still wearing a pair of denim shorts on her lower body, and a white long-sleeved shirt on her upper body, with a slightly open neckline, just revealing the necklace pendant on her chest, the sleeves were rolled, and the corners of her clothes were tied into a knot at the waist, revealing half of her stomach, and the curve of her waist was also outlined very obviously. The overall look is very sexy. Bai Shuo suddenly stood up very excitedly, accidentally knocked over the remaining half of the breakfast, and went to hold the bowl and pick up the chopsticks on the ground in a panic. Man Lin laughed even harder, she walked over, took out a paper towel to wipe off a little oil stain on Bai Shuo's clothes and the chili oil on the bowl just held on her hand, and then said "wipe your mouth" and covered Bai Shuo's mouth with the paper towel that had just wiped her clothes and hands. Bai Shuo didn't dodge, but told Man Lin that she should wipe her mouth first and then her hands, but Man Lin said that she liked it.

After breakfast, Man Lin began to forcibly help Bai Shuo move, so Bai Shuo simply packed up his things and moved from his house to the Nanshui Hotel, which was far away from the river. The conditions in the room are obviously much better than the inn near the river, although there is still no air conditioning, but there is an extra TV, which can meet the information acquisition of Bai Shuo.

In order to show his gratitude, Bai Shuo was forced to say that he wanted to treat Man Lin to a big meal, but Man Lin obviously did not have the idea of killing Bai Shuo. After lunch at noon, Man Lin took Bai Shuo around along West Street, passing through an alley, with high walls on both sides, and only a very narrow passage in the middle, which made people feel very depressed, and seemed to feel that the people who lived in the high walls were also equally depressed.

At this time, seeing a motorcycle parked in front of a family next to her, Man Lin suddenly said to Bai Shuo: "There is nothing to visit in the town, let me take you to the beach to have a look?" The motorcycle roared, and Man Lin, who was wearing a helmet, turned her head and looked at Bai Shuo: "What are you still doing in a daze, can you go?"

Bai Shuo put on his helmet and rode on the back seat of the motorcycle, gently holding Manlin's waist with both hands, because Manlin's clothes were not too thick, the feeling that came from his hand was a slender but not soft, but full of strength. Man Lin drove the motorcycle out abruptly, and a strong force made Bai Shuo's hands wrap forward hard. Bai Shuo felt extremely embarrassed, shouldn't this be a man's trick to tease a girl, and now he deeply felt that he was being teased.

Manlin rode the motorcycle fast and steadily, out of the town, along the not wide, but fairly smooth path, about 10 minutes to see the vast sea. Manlin continued to drive along the beach and drove up to a sandy area with waves on both sides. After getting out of the car, Bai Shuo found that the beach he was on was a long strip extending from the coast, about five or six hundred meters long, but only ten meters wide, and there were water waves on both sides, but the color of the water was different, one side was blue and deep, and the other side was clear blue waves.

"This is the sea, and the river is flowing from the town," Manlin explained to Bai Shuo.

Bai Shuo was deeply surprised that such a sandy land actually separated the stream from the sea, creating a rare wonder of nature. Then look out along the direction of the sea, it is an endless ocean, listening to the sound of the tide, blowing a slightly salty sea breeze, which is a completely different artistic conception from the ancient town.

Bai Shuo and Man Lin rode along the beach, and soon saw a white sand beach again. The beach stretches all the way to the sea, making the sea here very clean and clear, it can really be described as blue sky and white clouds, and the water is clear and white. Bai Shuo walked over barefoot and felt that the white sand here was delicate and silky, making people feel very comfortable to step on. Man Lin also took off her shoes, stepped barefoot on the beach, and walked with Bai Shuo. Watching Man Lin's soft, smooth, and pure white feet step on the white sand, leaving deep and shallow footprints, it is also a very beautiful picture.

"The water here is shallow, and there are more beaches to play on, but the water on that side is deeper, and the waves are quite fierce. But I didn't dare to go there. Man Lin pointed to the coast in the distance and said, Bai Shuo looked in the direction, but the coast over there was completely different from this side, seeing the sea surging against the cliff that was not too high, from the strength of the prodigal son, it could be seen that the sea water there was obviously very deep and deep.

At this time, it was not early, and Man Lin told Bai Shuo what other interesting places were nearby, but today was obviously the only end of it. After a simple pack-up, Man Lin rode the motorcycle again and drove towards Nanshui Town with Bai Shuo.

After dinner, Bai Shuo did not appreciate the night of the ancient town again, obviously the day's travel also made them a little tired. Man Lin accompanied Bai Shuo back to the hotel, eating snacks leisurely and chatting. After a while, a recent hot drama on TV attracted the attention of the two, and Man Lin leaned on the head of the bed to watch TV, Bai Shuo sat on the sofa chair by the window, opened a can of beer and drank it alone. While watching the show, did I look at Man Lin twice, and after a while, I was unconsciously a little sleepy and confused. I don't know how long it took, Bai Shuo heard the TV still arguing in a daze, but Man Lin's voice was gone, and when she woke up suddenly, Man Lin actually fell asleep on the bed. I saw that her left face was against the sheets, her mouth was slightly open and almost against the bed, her hands were raised above her head, and the whole person was lying on the bed, her left leg was straight, her feet were beyond the edge of the bed, and her right leg was curled. The whole looks like a crab with a few legs missing, and the sleeping position is really not beautiful.

Bai Shuo stood up lightly and came to the window, lit a cigarette, took a hard breath, and looked at the moonlight outside the window. Lanterns are still hung high everywhere, but the hotel floor is higher, and this height can see this night more clearly and completely, unlike yesterday, just being in it, feeling confused. And the moonlight is also soft like a scarf covering the ancient town, and the little lights are also very affectionate in this scarf.

It's late, and Man Lin on the bed doesn't look like she's going to wake up at all, but she just turned from lying on her stomach to turning sideways, grabbing her hair or stretching her legs from time to time, Bai Shuo sat next to her, watching her fall asleep, her white legs were very charming on the white sheets, and the buttons on her shirt were loosened at some point, and she could faintly see the pale yellow underwear, and she didn't know if she should wake her up. Finally, Bai Shuo still patted her on the shoulder. Man Lin looked at it with half-squinted eyes in a daze, and mumbled twice.

"The TV series is over, and you can't get up yet?"

Man Lin sat up slowly, stared at the TV for half a minute, and then scratched her hair: "Oh, why did I fall asleep".

Bai Shuo said, "It's late, I'll send you back, right?"

At this time, Man Lin puffed out her mouth, her eyes opened a little reluctantly, and she murmured: "I opened this room, why do you want me to leave, I want to sleep." Before he finished speaking, he fell down again, and pulled the quilt onto his body indiscriminately with one hand. Bai Shuo was very helpless to help Man Lin tidy up the quilt, it seems that he can only deal with it on the sofa for one night today.

Early the next morning, Bai Shuo found a world map and a map of Bagui Province with the help of Man Lin and studied it seriously. ”

Bai Shuo didn't explain much, but found a pencil, kept drawing on the map, and worked for most of the day before throwing the pen away, and suddenly said to himself: "So that's the case, it seems that I have time to study and demonstrate it when I go back." ”

Bai Shuo looked at Man Lin with great energy. "Hey...... The fool is finally back to normal," Manlin let out a bored sigh.

In the next few days, Bai Shuo continued to visit many places near Nanshui Town, saw many amazing scenes, and one evening saw the fluorescent flakes in the canopy again. Bai Shuo not only sighed that this place is really a good place with good mountains and rivers.

Bai Shuo once asked Man Lin strangely, I heard that the people here are quite xenophobic, but they don't feel like this these days. Man Lin explained that because of her company, everyone knew that Bai Shuo was a guest of her house, so she was also very friendly. Although most of the people here belong to the Han nationality, they have moved here since the Ming Dynasty and gradually integrated with the locals, due to the remoteness of the terrain, they are often slow to accept new things, and gradually they are somewhat out of touch with the real Han culture, resulting in the people here are not ethnic minorities but also do not look like the Han people. Different customs and closed cultures also make people here very reluctant to outsiders and cultures. If there are outsiders who appear here for no reason, they are often not treated well by the locals. There were a few businessmen who wanted to invest here, and after tossing around the neighborhood for a few days, they annoyed the locals, and finally got beaten up before they escaped. Not only Nanshui Town, but almost all the surrounding towns and villages have the same situation.

Bai Shuo asked Man Lin how many people there were in this area, and Man Lin couldn't say, but roughly calculated, Nanshui Town should have a population of about 30,000, and there are more than a dozen other such towns and villages, and it is estimated that there are three or four hundred thousand people. Bai Shuo couldn't help but be a little surprised, this area is also vast, the natural resources are also good, but the population is not much, even compared with the population density of Bagui Province, it is very rare. Suddenly, Bai Shuo asked Man Lin, "If I want to come here to do some business in the future, can you help me?"

Man Lin smiled: "Okay, but I have to wait until next year when I graduate from college, and then I will come back here to help you work." ”

Bai Shuo heard that Man Lin didn't believe that Bai Shuo would really come to such a barren place to do business, because she also felt that there was no business to do here. However, Bai Shuo already had a plan in his heart, although this plan still needs some preparation and demonstration. Maybe in the near future, Bai Shuo will really recruit Man Lin to his banner to engage in his so-called business, and it is still a very big business, so big that many years later, Man Lin looks back on today, and he can't help but sigh: The trajectory of his life has slowly deviated from the original route from this moment on.

A week has passed in a blink of an eye, and it is time for Bai Shuo to return. Xue Manlin borrowed another motorcycle and delivered Bai Shuo to the humble bus station in the county seat. Along the way, Man Lin didn't like to talk about it like to make trouble like the previous two days, she was very quiet all the time, Bai Shuo occasionally chatted with her, and she just smiled shyly. When the general minibus slowly stopped at the boarding place, Man Lin sent Bai Shuo over, but stopped about 5 meters away from the minibus, and watched Bai Shuo leave very quietly. Bai Shuo got into the car and looked at Man Lin through the window for a few seconds, then suddenly got out of the car and walked straight towards Man Lin. Man Lin looked at Bai Shuo in surprise, but Bai Shuo stopped after walking in front of her, without any movement, just looking at her quietly. In the end, it was Man Lin who smiled, and then stretched out her hands and hugged Bai Shuo very lightly.

"We'll meet, right?" asked Manlin softly.

"Definitely. Bai Shuo replied firmly.

In the end, it was Man Lin who gently pushed Bai Shuo away and said in a very calm tone: "Hurry up, the car is going to go." Suddenly, Bai Shuo felt that Man Lin was completely different from the little girl who had not grown up in her impression, at this time, her expression and voice were full of the feeling of a mature woman, and the immaturity and cuteness of the little girl had been replaced by a charm and style called a woman. The minibus drove away slowly, and Man Lin was gone, but Bai Shuo's eyes flashed when he looked out the window: "I will come back." ”