The next day, Chu Li not only came, but also brought a lot of things.
Crickets, storybooks, shadow puppets, ceramic rattles...all the toys that children love most, she packed them all in a bag and brought them to him.
"Fifth brother, look at this storybook, it's very interesting!"
"Do you like sweets?"
"Fifth Brother..."
She is so lively.
Just like a bird, chirping all the time, she never has a moment to rest, but it is her appearance that brings life to Qingfengju.
Looking at her delicate and pretty face, he slowly let down his guard from his initial caution.
Since then, she has come every three or five days.
Sometimes I brought some books.
Sometimes I bring some music scores and tea.
Sometimes I would find some strange and weird things and share them with him.
In winter, when the ground is covered with snow, she likes to put on a warm cloak, step on the snow in the yard, and build tall snowmen. Her hands are red from the cold, but she seems to be completely unaware of it.
When the weather was extremely cold and everything was silent, only her laughter filled the entire Qingfengju.
In spring, everything comes back to life and trees sprout new buds. He makes tea in front of the window, and she likes to sit on the window with her legs crossed, not like a girl at all.
He knew that she was a woman.
In the summer, she actually sent people to start a major project to dig an artificial pond in the courtyard of Qingfengju, filled the bottom with silt, poured in clean water, planted lotus flowers, and raised koi.
She likes climbing trees.
The crabapple tree growing against the wall was so big, with such lush branches and leaves. She jumped up with her hands and kicked her legs like a cat, then climbed up quickly.
She is so lively.
She can't sit still.
For the first time, he felt a sense of self-hatred and powerlessness.
How he wanted to be with her, play with her, run and jump with her, have fun together, and go to many places together.
But, he can’t…
He can't do it.
He was afraid and felt inferior. If one day she got tired of his boredom and never came again, how would he get used to it?
In autumn, the fruits are abundant and the geese fly south.
She pushed him out to the courtyard to bask in the sun, and the two of them lay in the rocking chair together, like two lazy cats, watching the clouds rolling in the sky and the geese flapping their wings, and reaching out to grab a fallen poplar leaf.
"Fifth brother, this is Yang Ye. The sound it makes is similar to the sound of wild geese, low and melodious."
"I'll try."
He stretched out his hand, and just as he touched her fingertips, she loosened her fingers and brushed off the poplar leaves.
"You can't blow it now."
"Why?"
"If the geese heard it, they might disrupt their formation." She raised her head and pointed to the sky, "Look."
"Every autumn, wild geese fly to the warm seaside to spend the winter, and fly back next spring. Year after year, year after year, when the poplar leaves blow again, it will be spring, and we will meet again."
The same goes for people.
Year after year, year after year.
Looking at her raised profile, she had some baby fat, with stars twinkling in her eyes. The warm sunlight shone on her face, so delicate that you could almost see every pore.
At this moment, his breathing seemed to stop.
She looked up at the sky.
He looked at her.
Autumn goes and spring comes, year after year, year after year... warm times and amazing years.
"Will you keep visiting me?"
"meeting."
"Will we...stay together forever?"
"meeting."
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The dim room was filled with the sweet smell of blood. On the bed, the man lay quietly, but a tear flowed from the corner of his eye...
"Princess."
Outside the door, Xiang Yue walked towards me. I hadn't slept properly for several days and nights, and I felt extremely tired.
"The Chu army has set up camp 20 miles away. It looks like they are planning to storm Lancheng."
Tuoba Mingyue stood in front of the dressing table, looking at her own reflection in the bronze mirror. It was unknown what she was thinking, and it took her a long time to look away.
Turning around, he said, "They don't dare."
Lancheng is a mountain city with steep terrain and rugged mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are at least 80,000 to 90,000 people in the city.
If the Chu army launched a forceful attack, it would be unless they no longer wanted to kill these civilians.
"But Lan City has been sealed off. If there is no supply coming in or out, we can't keep wasting time here! What if... the people of Lan City revolt and unite with the Chu army inside and outside..."
Their current state is very passive.
It can even be said that there is no way out.
Tuoba Mingyue rubbed his brows and quickly adjusted his state:
"How many of us are there?"
"The Wu Gu army was completely annihilated, the infantry was destroyed, and there were only more than 10,000 cavalry left..."
"Where are my trusted ones?"
"Two thousand people."
Their combined strength was less than 20,000, but the Chu army had several times more people.
The sensible thing to do is to flee.
As long as they withdraw from the territory of Chu, I believe that Chu will not pursue the Southern Barbarians.
But Tuoba Mingyue cannot retreat.
If the city was returned, all the hard work of the past few months would be wasted, and so many soldiers would be killed, which would seriously damage her prestige.
Besides, Brother Ye Li is still in a coma and needs to rest. His body cannot withstand the slightest setbacks or fatigue.
No retreat!
"Immediately send someone to rush back to Southern Xinjiang and ask Uncle Yin to send reinforcements."
"yes!"
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The wind blows.
It's autumn again.
Chu Li stood in the courtyard, reaching out to catch a falling poplar leaf, but a painful image flashed through his mind:
"You can't blow in autumn."
"The geese fly south."
"Will we always be together...will we...?"
She swayed slightly and staggered half a step.
"Xiao Jiu!"
A big hand grasped her lower back, holding her steady, and anxiously looked at her dazed look, "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"I……"
She doesn't know.
It seemed like I was trying to remember something, but my mind was blank and I couldn't think of anything.
But why does my heart feel so depressed and dull?
She opened her palms and found that Yang Ye had been crushed into pieces.
Mu Yu!
She remembered!
When she was little, she liked to play with Yang Ye and Qin Muyu and her eighth brother.
The three of them fought together, skipped school together, and were scolded by Master Jiang together.
"Muyu has left?"
Chu Dichi frowned slightly, and although he felt a little jealous, he endured it: "Let's go. I sent four experienced lieutenants to accompany him, with 50,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to protect his safety."
Chu Li felt a little uncomfortable.
She seemed to be worried about Qin Muyu, and seemed to be suppressing something else...
She couldn't explain it either.
"You are standing in front of me, thinking about someone else. I have arranged everything for him. If you are still worried, I will call him back immediately?"
"That's not what I meant." Chu Li grabbed his wrist.
Why is he speaking in such an aggressive tone?
"I just suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, as if... I forgot something very important when I was a child..."
The man's eyes gradually darkened, and suddenly became so deep that one could not see the bottom:
"Does it hurt?"
"Um."
"Then don't think about it. It's best not to remember it forever."
forever.
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