don't go near that tree

Chapter 14

The numb and weak limbs made Wu Chun lie on the bed all day.

Even though Xu Shiyao helped Wu Chun relieve the pain at the shoulder carrying the pole, the spot was still slightly red and swollen the next day.

"I told you that you will definitely not be able to do these jobs for the first time, and you still refuse to let grandpa help. Look at your shoulder."

In the next second, a strong smell of medicine rushed to his face, and a plaster was pasted on Wu Chun's swollen area.

"Don't do heavy work for three days."

"I can't." Wu Chun struggled to get up from the bed. His toes were blistered yesterday, and now he looks even more unsightly. Wu Chun's skin is already fair and tender, and even a small wound would be particularly conspicuous on his body. .

The pain made Wu Chun gasp. He sat on the bed, and after a while, he continued to talk to his grandfather, "The vegetable seedlings need to be watered, otherwise it would be a waste of work."

"Don't worry, your grandpa, I'll find someone to prepare for you, don't worry about your few vegetables."

Wu Chun could feel that in the eyes of grandpa, the vegetables he grew were just fresh for a while, and he didn't expect him to grow them alive in that kind of place. Maybe grandpa felt that he was just on a whim, and after the excitement passed, he would Forget about these things, so he is willing to make trouble with himself.

But that's not the case.

In Wu Chun's heart, he really hopes that every inch of land in Shili Mountain will turn green in the end, and he hopes that the people in Shili Village will also take the initiative to protect this green area.

Although no one has ever been able to communicate with Xu Shiyao except himself, if it is like that, when everyone is working hard for a goal, even if Yin and Yang are separated and cannot meet, Wu Chun also feels that Xu Shiyao will not be so lonely .

Not just loneliness, but also the helplessness accumulated for five years.

Because in a word, the other party can stand on the mountain alone for five years, but most of the people down the mountain may still remember the name "Xu Shiyao", but that's all.

Wu Chun looked out the window, the sun had already set, and it was going to be dark soon.

"I'm still going."

Wu Chun endured the pain and got out of bed. He must go to Shili Mountain. When it was dark, Xu Shiyao would stand under the pine tree and wait for him.

"Chunchun, what are you doing going out every night, you have to go now that you are in this state." Grandpa followed out worryingly, and locked the door as he said, "So, grandpa will accompany you. Are you looking forward to it?"

"Grandpa." Wu Chun smiled helplessly, looked at his grandfather, and tried to persuade him, "I'm already eighteen. I'm not a child who needs you to take care of me everywhere. Don't you have something to do at night? Besides, my mother Let me come here because I think I can only study hard, let me experience life, don't worry, I will come back intact at night."

……

After nearly 10 minutes of nonsense, Wu Chun finally persuaded his grandfather, and set foot on the road to Shili Mountain alone.

It took more than 20 minutes to arrive at Wu Chun, which usually takes more than ten minutes.

It was already dark when we reached the pine tree.

Wu Chun first went to his own small vegetable garden and walked around. There were quite a few vegetable seedlings that survived, and they had just been watered, and they looked a little energetic.

"Not bad, not bad." Wu Chun was very satisfied, muttering like an old father, "Grow up soon, don't disappoint my expectations of you!"

Just as he was speaking, Wu Chun felt a chill coming from behind him.

Wu Chun hurriedly got up and turned around, only to see Xu Shiyao standing behind him with his hands behind his back.

"Why did you come out so early?" Wu Chun asked, blinking quickly. Standing here, he could vaguely see the top of Shili Mountain that was dyed red by the sunset. Wu Chun instinctively stood in front of Xu Shiyao.

"Won't this light hurt me?"

Wu Chun paused, then turned around and asked, "Why?"

I remember that Wu Chun learned from the other party a few days ago that the time for the other party to appear must be after the moon replaces the sun, even if it is now.

Ghosts cannot see light, not even a little bit of it remains.

As a result, in just a few days, the other party suddenly changed his statement.

"I don't know either." Xu Shiyao walked around to Wu Chun, looked at the red-stained mountain top in the distance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and it was the first time he came out of the pine tree before the sun had completely dissipated. , Xu Shiyao stretched out his right hand, making a half-clenched fist with the palm of his hand. The afterglow seemed to be held in his palm, and it was the first time he had close contact with the light.

"It seems like this has happened since I met you." Xu Shiyao said and turned to look at Wu Chun, "I'm also looking for the reason."

Wu Chun remained silent, staring at Xu Shiyao intently, it was still different, Wu Chun never wanted to see Xu Shiyao as a ghost, but when the other party stood under the "light", his sick complexion was more obvious.

How can a normal person's skin be as white as this, and it is still lifeless and white.

If you don't look at Xu Shiyao's eyes, there is no life in him. It is not life, but it is more moving than Wu Chun than any life.

"Want to watch the sunset together?" Wu Chun asked with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, Wu Chun felt that his feet were off the ground. When he came back to his senses, Wu Chun had already sat on a pine branch. The pine tree in front of him seemed to have received someone's order. Get a wide line of sight.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chun heard Xu Shiyao's affirmative answer, "Okay."

……

It was the first time for Wu Chun to watch the sunset seriously. A few years ago, because of his studies, Wu Chun's life was almost in line with his home school.

"It's the first time I've watched the sunset." Wu Chun said with a smile, "I rarely see such a scene at home. I usually like to read some newspapers at home. There is a newsstand in front of the school, and new publications are published every week. , I go to buy it every week, and every time I like the section of scenery from all over the world." Chun said, and glanced sideways at Xu Shiyao, only to find that the other party was staring straight ahead, thinking something What.

"What's wrong?" Wu Chun shook his hand in front of Xu Shiyao, "What are you thinking?"

"Nothing." Xiaoying sighed

The other party said this, but the complex emotions in his eyes did not dissipate at all.

"I was just thinking about what you said on the outside."

Wu Chun was taken aback for a moment, and then asked with some distress, "Do you only know this place?"

Xu Shiyao nodded.

That's right, Xu Shiyao has been guarding this place for five years after his death, and his memories of his life have long since disappeared.

He trapped himself in this place, and chose a tree that could see the entire Shili Village clearly. From then on, the entire Shili Mountain was within the reach of the other party's eyes.

If it were an ordinary person, Wu Chun would definitely grab the other person's shoulders at this moment, and then said with a smile, "What's the matter, I will take you out to play in the future."

It's just that when the person who said this sentence was replaced by Xu Shiyao, Wu Chun had no choice but to do so.

As he got closer to Xu Shiyao, this sense of helplessness became more and more obvious.

It may be because of the trivial matters recorded on the bark, or maybe he is the only person Xu Shiyao can talk to. When the other party communicates with him, he is no longer as cautious and repulsive as he was at the beginning.

Their relationship is getting closer, but the closer they get, the more complicated the emotions in Wu Chun's heart.

For Xu Shiyao, Wu Chun has too many emotions in his heart. From the admiration at the beginning to the present, Wu Chun feels that admiration is still there, but at some point, distress has taken over.

Wu Chun felt sorry for Xu Shiyao.

And most of the time, Wu Chun can do very little, such as now, Wu Chun can't even say a word of comfort.

"Have you ever thought about leaving this place?"

Xu Shiyao nodded.

"When?"

This time, Xu Shiyao didn't answer him immediately.

Wu Chun was not in a hurry, he just raised his head and looked at him quietly. After some time passed, Wu Chun saw Xu Shiyao's Adam's apple move.

"When this place no longer needs me."

Wu Chun once again uncontrollably wet his eyes, and his tears flowed down instantly as if he had received an order.

"What's wrong?" Xu Shiyao turned sideways and asked worriedly.

"It's nothing." Wu Chun hurriedly wiped away his tears, but found that they wiped away more and more tears. In the end, he simply put his forehead on Xu Shiyao's shoulder and sobbed softly.

Wu Chun didn't know why he was being wronged, besides being wronged, there was also some anger.

Even when Xu Shiyao said that sentence, Wu Chun almost couldn't hold back and said, "Let's go, leave this place alone."

Fortunately, Wu Chun didn't have you to say this.

This is the place that Xu Shiyao will desperately guard even if he loses his memory. No one can make decisions for him except Xu Shiyao himself.

It's only been five years since...

Xu Shiyao will have to wait a few more years before he is no longer needed.

"It would be great if everyone could take the initiative to protect trees."

If the people living here would consciously protect this pine forest, perhaps Xu Shiyao could leave this place.

It's just that in the current situation, let alone protection, it's very difficult not to destroy it.

"It's getting better." Xu Shiyao suddenly reached out and rubbed the back of Wu Chun's head soothingly.

It is no exaggeration to say that at that moment, Wu Chun felt as if an electric current passed through his body, and he hurriedly moved away from Xu Shiyao's body.

"It will get better." The other party looked at him and repeated the sentence again.

Perhaps as time goes by, the situation will gradually improve, but in that case, the time is too long.

For the first time, Wu Chun felt that besides planting trees, he wanted to leave this mountain and do something.

"You said I was going to publicize it to the people in the village?"

The awareness of protecting trees here is too weak, what if we take the initiative to ingest this knowledge for them?

Will things get any better.

Wu Chun roughly thought about the few people he had come into contact with in Shili Village. Most of them were easy to talk to, and they all had one thing in common, which was to elevate "cultural people" to an exorbitant status.

Wu Chun sometimes felt that a sentence he said inadvertently, especially his mother, would be regarded as the truth by the people here.

They always say, "She is a teacher, she must know more than us. Just listen to her."

"This baby is going to college soon, and she has a lot of cultural ink in her belly, she understands better than us."

"I'll go door-to-door and tell them the dangers of cutting down trees. They may have known a little bit before, but it's not comprehensive enough. How about I give them a detailed explanation?"

As Wu Chun spoke, his eyes lit up, and he became more and more convinced that this method was feasible. The people here should take the initiative to put down the ax in their hands. When the ax was put down, the shackles tied to Xu Shiyao's body would naturally disappear.

At that time, the thousands of worlds will allow the other party to take a good look.

Compared to Wu Chun, Xu Shiyao's reaction was much calmer, his lips moved, and he finally said, "Come to me if you have any difficulties."

The stone in Wu Chun's heart was immediately put down. Now that Xu Shiyao had said so, Wu Chun dared to do it boldly.

As for helping...

Wu Chun looked at Xu Shiyao carefully, and suddenly asked, "Is there any rope?"

As Wu Chun said, he took out the pine cone necklace that Xu Shiyao gave him, "Just the same as this chain."

Xu Shiyao glanced at him, and finally cut off one of his hair, which turned into a rope in his hand, and Xu Shiyao handed it to Wu Chun.

Wu Chun took it over, and then adjusted his sitting posture so that he was facing Xu Shiyao. Wu Chun hooked his fingers towards Xu Shiyao, "First, let me tie your hair."

Seeing the puzzled look in the other party's eyes, Wu Chun added, "The hair is too long, it blocks me from seeing your handsome face."

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