don't go near that tree

Chapter 32

After Wu Chun went back, he stayed up all night, huddled in a corner by himself, and cried for a long time.

Grandpa saw that he was in a bad mood, so he didn't say much that night, but after preparing breakfast the next morning, he took a bench, sat beside Wu Chun's bed, and asked softly.

"How's the ankle?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Xu Shi cried for too long last night, causing Wu Chun's voice to be a little hoarse at the moment.He reached out and touched the ankle lightly. When he came back last night, his grandfather put a plaster on it. Even after one night, the smell of the plaster still lingered around the ankle and could not go away for a long time.

"Chunchun, were you unhappy with that child last night?"

When grandpa asked this question, his tone was very cautious, as if he was afraid of disturbing himself, but the urgent worry about his nephew in his heart made him have to ask.

Wu Chun looked at his grandfather's wrinkled face and most of his hair that had turned white, thinking that the old man probably didn't sleep well last night because of himself.

Feelings of guilt surged up in an instant.

Grandpa mostly admired and thanked Xu Shiyao.

Born and raised in this village, imprisoned by a certain kind of thought for a long time, I am afraid that even the fact that Wu Chun likes boys is unacceptable, let alone that what Wu Chun likes is not human beings.

Wu Chun pursed his lips, "It's okay, it's just that someone cut down a tree last night, and when I ran over, I accidentally twisted my ankle."

"Is anyone else cutting down trees?"

"En." Wu Chun nodded. The sudden accident last night made Wu Chun and Xu Shiyao ignore it.

It stands to reason that ever since Xu Shiyao was given the name of a god, the people in the village were full of a sense of awe towards Shili Mountain, for fear of offending the god on the mountain. Wu Chun really did not expect that to happen last night.

"It seems that there are still people who dare to take risks. Did you see who it was last night?"

Wu Chun shook his head.

Last night, Wu Chun's heart was all on Xu Shiyao, and he didn't pay attention to this matter at all.

"Well, you rest at home first, and grandpa, I'll go out for a walk."

……

After his grandfather left, Wu Chun lay on the bed alone, holding the pine cone that Xu Shiyao had given him in his hand.

Recalling that Xu Shiyao said that whenever he spoke to the pine cone, the other party could receive his message, so Wu Chun moved the pine cone in his palm to his eyes.

"Xu Shiyao, it's me, Wu Chun. It's the second day now, you won't forget what happened last night, right?"

Looking at Xu Shiyao's posture last night, there is a high probability that he will not record what happened last night.

The other party kept him away from Ten Mile Mountain, away from his world, and returned to the original track of his life. It is estimated that he will not record things related to him in detail in the future.

According to Xu Shiyao's idea, he wanted the relationship between them to gradually drift away, and finally become an old friend who was occasionally mentioned in each other's life.

Wu Chun did not follow his wish!

Wu Chun supported the side of the bed and stood up, leaning his back against the wall, holding the pine cone in his hands, staring at the pine cone for a while and thinking, and then slowly said, "We did a lot of things last night! Hugs, And kissed."

Even though Wu Chun attacked so fiercely last night and seemed fearless, he couldn't help but blush when he dictated it now.

The heartbeat of youth is always pure and unique, not to mention that this is Wu Chun's first love, and he treats this relationship with full enthusiasm.

And this enthusiasm will not be diluted because of Xu Shiyao's deliberate indifference.

Wu Chun was thinking last night, what should Xu Shiyao do to weaken his feelings for him.

Wu Chun thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out the answer, or the answer he finally figured out was that no matter what Xu Shiyao did, Wu Chun would not feel hurt, but only feel distressed.

Wu Chun recounted all the processes and experiences from their meeting to the present, and thought of Xu Shiyao's reaction last night, feeling distressed and helpless.

Even if Xu Shiyao doesn't understand what love is, if it wasn't for himself, if it wasn't for the indelible gap between them, how could Xu Shiyao be willing to push himself away and hide back in his lonely world where no one has set foot.

During this period of getting along, Wu Chun could strongly feel the other party's cherishment of this relationship.

The detailed records about himself on the bark, those lifelike paintings, and the phrase "Look at it, do it again." All the signs point to a truth - Xu Shiyao is not willing to push himself away.

It was only sometimes that reason overcame desire and pointed his choice to the side he didn't want.

Xu Shiyao withdrew.

Wu Chun must be close.

In a relationship, there is always one party who has to take the initiative a lot, but in this relationship, the party who takes the initiative can only be Wu Chun.

"Xu Shiyao, it's already too late." Wu Chun stared at the pine cone and whispered, "If you were so indifferent to me before I fully understood you, I might give up, but now..."

Wu Chun laughed out in a low voice, smiling, tears rolling down the corners of his eyes.

"I won't give up." Wu Chun looked at the pine cone and repeated, "I won't give up. If nothing happens in my life, then I will give my life to me when I am 80 years old. I will end my life, I plan to sleep forever under the pine tree where you live, the moment the world closes its eyes, in your world, I happen to meet you, then you won’t reject me, right?”

Wu Chun tightly held the pine cone and placed it on his chest, like this, he could make contact with the other party.

"Xu Shiyao, I still say the same thing, unless you can erase all my memories, if you hide from me, I will stay by that pine tree for 60 years."

As soon as Wu Chun finished speaking, he felt a coolness in his palm. He quickly spread his palm, and saw a pale green light around the pine cone.

Wu Chun laughed through his tears, lowered his head, and gently kissed the pine cone.

"This is the feeling of kissing. I'm afraid you will forget it. Let me review it for you."

Or because of Xu Shiyao's response, the haze in Wu Chun's heart eased a lot. He held the pine cone tightly, and the tiredness from several days in a row surged up again. Wu Chun closed his eyes and fell asleep lightly. go.

Wu Chun was awakened by his grandfather's laughter. When he woke up, he saw his grandfather walking in from the outside with a red rope in his hand.

"Chunchun, I don't know if it's a blessing in disguise for you?"

"What's the matter? Grandpa?"

Wu Chun put the necklace back on and rubbed his heavy eyelids.

"Grandpa went out and walked around just now, guess what grandpa heard?"

"About the man who cut the tree?"

"Yes." Grandpa said, got himself a glass of water, got another glass after drinking, and handed it to Wu Chun.

"I just went out and saw a group of people gathered together on the street in front of the village. I didn't know what they were talking about. I leaned over and listened, and then I heard them say that it was the person who went to chop trees last night. God's true body, God seems to be angry with him, he rolled down from the mountain directly, everyone in the village believed what he said, and now he dare not cut down trees, I reckon what he saw last night It should be you."

"Are you okay?" Wu Chun asked immediately.

"It's okay." Grandpa waved his hand, "Just like you, I twisted my ankle and my forehead was a little bit scratched. It's okay."

"That's good." Wu Chun took a sip of water, he didn't want others to be hurt because of himself.

Although it is something that should be condemned to secretly cut down trees at night.

"He's waiting for his foot to get better now, and he's going to Shili Mountain to apologize, and he said he's going to make a big fight."

Hearing this, Wu Chun choked a mouthful of water in his throat, feeling quite emotional.

They always said that in order to make a living, they had to wield the ax in their hands, but now, for some vain things, they can be extravagant.

big fight...

Wu Chun remembered the ceremony held in the village on the first day he came here.

Perhaps Xu Shiyao would not like this form of nothingness, and those things that they thought were sent to the underworld were just reduced to ashes with a fire, and some functions were to make those people feel at ease.

"I have to go to Shili Mountain." Wu Chun said seriously.

"No." Grandpa refused without even thinking about it, "Your feet are not healed yet, so just stay at home and squat."

"Grandpa, I have to go." Wu Chun refused to back down, looking at grandpa seriously.

"Do you have to go?" Grandpa hesitated a little.

"I have to go."

Even though there was nothing important, Wu Chun had to always appear in front of Xu Shiyao to force him to show up.

He couldn't follow the other party's wishes.

"Is there something important?" Grandpa asked in a low voice.

Wu Chun bowed his head and didn't speak.

One is that if the grandfather does not feel that something is wrong, he will definitely not let himself go, and the other is the guilt in his heart.

Wu Chun felt very guilty for taking advantage of his grandfather's admiration and guilt for Xu Shiyao to satisfy his own personal feelings.

"Then grandpa will take you there, I will go to find you early in the evening."

Wu Chun nodded.

"Thank you grandpa."

……

The hottest days of summer have passed, perhaps due to the lack of rain this year, some farmers in the fields have already started harvesting peanuts.

Wu Chun's foot only stopped the pain temporarily. Wu Chun had walked for a long time from his home to Shili Mountain.

When he arrived at Shili Mountain, Wu Chun was fine, but his grandfather was sweating all over.

"Be careful, grandpa is going back first."

"Grandpa." Wu Chun called to stop his figure who was about to leave, and pointed to the stone slab under the pine tree, "Sit down."

Sit down and rest for a while.

Grandpa smiled and nodded, "Okay, it happens that Grandpa also has something to talk to you about."

With the support of his grandfather, Wu Chun sat down slowly, leaning against the pine tree.

"Chunchun, you didn't just cut down trees last night. Since you went back and came back again, Grandpa felt that you had something hidden in your heart."

Wu Chun lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.

After all, it is the person who watched him grow up, how could he be fooled by his poor acting skills.

"Anyone you like?"

Wu Chun was startled, and stared blankly at his grandfather.

His appearance made Grandpa laugh instead.

"Your mother looked like you when she was in love with your father."

"Grandpa, I..." Wu Chun sighed slowly as he said.

"If you are young, don't keep sighing. You keep saying that you are an adult, and it is normal to have someone you like, but seeing you like this, does the other party not know?"

Wu Chun lowered his head and did not answer for a long time.

He didn't know how to tell his grandfather about this matter. He had to hide his feelings for Xu Shiyao.

"He doesn't seem to like me." Wu Chun said ambiguously.

"Our Chunchun is so cute, why don't we like it?"

"That's right!" Wu Chun said, clenched his fists in a corner where grandpa couldn't see, and lightly hammered the pine tree behind him.

The pine branch behind him swayed slightly.

"Do you like him very much?" Grandpa asked jokingly.

"Yeah!" Wu Chun responded immediately, almost without hesitation, with a very serious tone, "I like it, I like it very much."

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One edamame:

He hides from him and chases him, but it's hard to fly with his wings hahahahahahahahahahaha