don't go near that tree

Chapter 28

Wu Chun waited for a long time that night.

Wu Chun anxiously searched every corner of the pine forest, but he still couldn't find Xu Shiyao.

Xu Shiyao was gone.

The moonlight was bright, and there was a slight cool breeze on the August night. Before leaving, Wu Chun discussed with the village chief that the annual worship does not need to be too extravagant and wasteful. It only needs to hang a few red ropes on the tree. At this moment The tree was already tied with red strings, which swayed from side to side driven by the wind.

The surrounding area of ​​the tree was also cleaned up and became flat and open. Someone even set up a table with stone slabs in front of the tree, and put some candy on it.

On this mountain, there are traces of Xu Shiyao's existence everywhere, but Xu Shiyao's figure can't be found anywhere.

Wu Chun didn't know what happened in less than a week after he left.

When it was time to leave, Wu Chun still stood by the pine tree, refusing to leave.

"Chunchun."

A friendly shout came from behind, Wu Chun turned around, only to see his grandfather standing behind him with a flashlight in his hand.

"It's so late, why don't you go home?"

Almost instantly, Wu Chun threw himself into his grandfather's arms, crying out loud as if he had been greatly wronged.

"What's wrong? Child?" Grandpa said softly as he comforted Wu Chun's back with his hand.

"Grandpa, I can't find him."

With that said, Wu Chun released all the uneasy emotions that night.

There was also a trace of grievance in this emotion.

I made such a big determination to face up to my heart, and when I was about to confess my feelings to Xu Shiyao, Xu Shiyao disappeared.

The joy and excitement in the afternoon turned into uneasiness, anxiety, and even a tinge of grievance in the midst of unanswered calls.

"Son, don't cry. Maybe he has his own business to do? After all, he is different from us. Go back with grandpa today, and we will come back tomorrow. Maybe he will come back."

Wu Chun cried so hard that his body began to shake.

Grandpa's statement seems to be reasonable, although Wu Chun never regards Xu Shiyao as a different kind, but they are different after all.

"Go back to my son first, it's windy in the mountains at night." Grandpa continued to persuade.

Wu Chun looked at the tree behind him, and finally nodded.

Wu Chun almost stayed up all night. When he saw the lights in the grandfather's house turned off, he got up from the bed, leaned against the window, and stared out of the window in a daze.

Thinking about it carefully, Wu Chun said he knew a lot about Xu Shiyao's affairs, but in fact he didn't know much.

Wu Chun might be able to find out about Xu Shiyao's life from other sources, but Wu Chun could only know as much as Xu Shiyao was willing to tell him about Xu Shiyao's death.

Thinking about it now, Wu Chun still has a lot to learn about the current Xu Shiyao.

What is the other party's world like?Wu Chun didn't know yet, he felt that between himself and Xu Shiyao, it was as if God accidentally made some negligence, forgot to close the door connecting the two worlds tightly, and gave them a chance to meet.

Xu Shiyao also kept saying that Wu Chun was the only human being he could come into contact with in the world.

Wu Chun couldn't help but think that if God found out about his negligence and completely closed the door, then he and Xu Shiyao would be completely isolated in two worlds, unable to see each other.

At night, Wu Chun curled up at his feet, wrapped his hands around his knees, and cried softly.

Wu Chun's heart is full of fear, there are too many uncertainties in this world, but there are some things he can't do anything about.

How insignificant human beings are.

Wu Chun took off the necklace around his neck and held it in his palm. Just last night, he was still looking at this necklace, expressing his admiration for Xu Shiyao, but tonight, he was still holding it. With this necklace, I just hope that at sunset tomorrow, I can see the figure I have missed for a long time in front of the pine tree.

"You must have something to do temporarily, so you can't tell me in time, right?" Wu Chun comforted himself and said, "It's okay, I can wait for you, but don't forget to come back."

When the sunrise was approaching, Wu Chun took a nap.

Within an hour, Wu Chun was awakened by the nightmare again.

A rare layer of sweat broke out on Wu Chun's back. He got up, washed his face with cold water, ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast indiscriminately, and ran to Shili Mountain.

Grandpa said that now the phenomenon of logging on the mountain has been greatly reduced, and there are still people who do it secretly, but today is different. If the people who go logging are known by the people in the village, they will inevitably have to preach.

The harvest season is coming soon, and most of the roadside fields are full of farmers who are working. It is inevitable to exchange a few words when encountering them, which delays a lot of time on the road.

But as soon as he reached Shili Mountain, Wu Chun's heart became empty.

It's quiet here.

Usually Wu Chun enjoys such a quiet atmosphere, he will climb to the pine tree, even if no one talks, he can still talk to himself for a day.

Because at that time Wu Chun knew that Xu Shiyao was there.

just now...

Wu Chun lightly touched the pine tree with his hand, and lightly stroked the trunk with his fingertips, feeling melancholy in his heart.

"Did you come back?"

Naturally, there was no answer.

Wu Chun sighed slowly. After hesitating for a while, he took off his shoes and climbed to the top of the pine tree as usual. He sat on the branch of the pine tree and leaned his back on the trunk.

Everything was the same as before he left, except that he couldn't be sure whether Xu Shiyao had returned in the current pine tree.

Wu Chun exhaled slowly, he couldn't let himself be so depressed all day, he had to find something for himself to do.

It's just that it's not suitable to water the vegetables in the vegetable field now. After thinking for a while, Wu Chun began to talk to himself.

"Actually, when I first came here, I was very disdainful when I saw that people in the village were busy doing the exercises."

Wu Chun remembered that when he first arrived here, he was forced to kowtow three times in front of the mountain, although he played a little cautiously during this time, his forehead did not touch the ground.

"I fell on the ground on the way back after kowtowing, did you make a fool of yourself?"

After all, the place where Wu Chun fell was really flat, and this guy might give himself some warnings based on his appearance.

"I was forcibly thrown here by my mother after my birthday. Just like you at that time, I came here just after my birthday. Xu Shiyao, do you know? Before, I was a staunch non-ghostist. I didn't believe in this at all. There are ghosts or gods in the world until I met you."

After meeting Xu Shiyao, Wu Chun pressed the restart button with a bang.

"You really went too far. At that time, I let that pine cone follow me without saying a word. I was really scared at the time. Regardless of how relaxed I was, it was still a bit difficult to subvert what I believed in and firmly established for 18 years. Difficult, but after seeing you, I seem to have been pressed the fast-forward button, and gladly accepted the things I once rejected."

Xu Shiyao's magical power is that the moment he appeared in front of Wu Chun, the panic and anxiety in Wu Chun's heart disappeared at that moment.

It seemed that the existence of Xu Shiyao was nothing more than a normal thing to Wu Chun.

"How did my state of mind towards you change?" Wu Chun thought about it carefully, but it was a process that gradually changed and was not easy to be noticed, "I admired you when I first learned that you guarded this forest. After some incidents, I just feel distressed, very distressed, and want to help you do something. Later, I don’t know why, every day I wake up and want to come to you quickly, even if I just sit here and do nothing, every day In the evening, I would always complain about why the time we spend together is so short, maybe in this process, my feelings for you have changed."

Wu Chun turned around, wrapped his arms around the tree trunk, pressed his face against the tree trunk, and closed his eyes slightly.

"Xu Shiyao, I like you, can you hear me?"

After a while, Wu Chun added, "It doesn't matter if you don't hear it now, I will keep talking until you hear it."

Wu Chun's heart felt as if it was dead all day long, and it was not until sunset that it fluctuated slightly.

Wu Chun stood in front of the pine tree, fixed his eyes on the pine tree, and silently counted to ten.

When the count was about to reach one, Wu Chun's heart almost hit his throat.

At the same time as the word "one" was said, Wu Chun hastily closed his eyes.

He was a little scared.

I am afraid that there is still only one pine tree in front of me.

Wu Chun was waiting, waiting for Xu Shiyao to call him.

It's just that it's still quiet here, so quiet that only the sound of the wind blowing the treetops can be heard.

As the quiet time continued to lengthen, Wu Chun's heart gradually sank. He seemed to be able to imagine that when he opened his eyes, there was nothing in front of him.

It's just that Wu Chun still doesn't give up, what if Xu Shiyao is waiting for him to open his eyes?

Wu Chun quickly opened his eyes, and when he saw that there was still only one pine tree in front of him, Wu Chun's tears fell instantly.

"why!"

Wu Chun wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, but the tears were out of his control, they wiped more and more, and finally directly blurred Wu Chun's vision and occupied Wu Chun's entire profile.

"Xu Shiyao, where have you been!"

Wu Chun wanted to shout, but he was afraid that others would hear him, so he could only suppress his voice.

At this moment, no amount of excuses in his heart could appease Wu Chun's panic, and he even began to wonder if something happened to Xu Shiyao.

According to the past, Xu Shiyao would never do this.

Unless he clearly stated that he would not come, Xu Shiyao would wait for him no matter how late it was.

Wu Chun remembered that when he left, he said he would come back in a week, and the night after tomorrow was the time he and Xu Shiyao agreed to come back.

"The day after tomorrow, he will definitely be back the day after tomorrow." Wu Chun comforted himself.

It's what he said for a week, so Xu Shiyao may use this time to busy himself with other things.

Less than two days later, Wu Chun felt as if two centuries had passed.

On the appointed day, it began to rain heavily early in the morning, and the rain showed no sign of decreasing.

Grandpa advised Wu Chun not to go up the mountain, because there is a certain risk in such a heavy rain.

It's a pity that Wu Chun couldn't hold back his heart at all.

Wu Chun argued with his grandfather for a long time, and the two reached an agreement that Wu Chun would be allowed to go out when the rain eased a little in the afternoon.

All morning, Wu Chun sat at the door and kept praying for the rain to decrease, but God just did the same thing with him, and the rain became heavier and heavier.

Until the afternoon, there was no decreasing trend.

"Chunchun, let's go tomorrow, it's raining so hard, it's really dangerous."

Wu Chun was very unwilling, but he didn't want his grandfather to worry, so he nodded.

Wu Chun acted as if nothing had happened. After dinner, he chatted with his grandfather for a while, and then lay down on the bed.

When the lights in the grandfather's house went out and the sound of snoring came, Wu Chun tiptoed out of the house.

It was still raining, but it was much less rainy than during the day.

Wu Chun was holding a flashlight. Because of the rain, the road was very difficult to walk, and his feet would always sink in. The mountain road was even more slippery.

Wu Chun was leaning on a wooden stick, with a flashlight in his hand, and the hat of his raincoat was on top of his head. His sight was somewhat inconvenient, and every step he took was not easy.

"Xu Shiyao, if you're not here, just wait and explain to me."

Wu Chun grabbed a pine branch by the side of the road. When he exerted force with his hand, the pine branch suddenly broke, and Wu Chun immediately leaned back.

It’s over.

Wu Chun resigned to his fate and closed his eyes, but the expected pain did not come, instead a coolness swept over his body, and immediately after, the familiar pine fragrance passed over the tip of his nose.

Wu Chun was overjoyed, quickly opened his eyes, and a familiar face appeared in front of him.

Almost at the same time, Wu Chun stretched out his arms and hugged her, tears streaming down his face immediately.

"Where have you been these few days! Do you know how worried I am?" Wu Chun hooked Xu Shiyao's neck tightly, his voice choked up.

The other party didn't speak, but let Wu Chun hug him.

Wu Chun hugged Xu Shiyao and cried for a while before letting go of Xu Shiyao.

After seeing the other party, his hazy mood for two consecutive days cleared up immediately, but after a while, Wu Chun's mood was hit by a word from Xu Shiyao, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Xu Shiyao looked at himself suspiciously, and asked with some vigilance in his voice, "Who are you? How did you appear here?"

Wu Chun's brain froze instantly, and at that moment, he couldn't believe his ears.

"You don't know me anymore?" Wu Chun asked with suppressed emotions.

After the other party was stunned for a while, he still asked in puzzlement, "Have I known you before?"

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