About quarter of an hour later, Chu Yeli arrived.
Judging from his hurried steps, he seemed to be in a hurry. "Xiao Jiu, I heard from the palace maid that you were looking for me?"
His eyes were soft and bright, as if there were thousands of stars in them.
Chu Li looked at the two cups of tea that had just been brewed, clenched her fingertips slightly, and nodded, "Tomorrow is the wedding, I don't want you to be so busy anymore."
Chu Yeli apologized:
"It was my negligence."
After the wedding, he would definitely make time to accompany her every day.
Seeing Chu Li's leisurely look while making tea, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Xiao Jiu, are you in a good mood?"
"sit."
Chu Yeli sat down with a flick of his sleeves, "In the gentle spring light, these carefree days of sitting around the fire and brewing tea are like returning to our childhood."
"Xiaojiu, do you still remember that you always said that the tea I brewed was very sweet?"
Chu Li's eyes looked a little dazed.
When you were a child?
She couldn't remember anything.
He smiled and said, "I remember."
"You really like listening to me play the piano. Now that I think about it, I haven't been this idle for years."
As people grow older, they always become more and more worried, have more and more thoughts, and become less and less happy.
Chu Yeli sighed a little,
"Someone, bring the zither."
Chu Li was surprised, "You want to play the piano?"
"I'm in a good mood today, would you like to dance with Xiaojiu?"
"You think I can dance?"
Chu Yeli smiled and said, "Forget it, my Xiaojiu is completely different from those delicate young ladies. With me here, you don't need to know anything."
Is this a compliment to her or a criticism to her?
When it comes to riding a horse, shooting arrows, wielding a sword or a gun, she is quite capable of showing off her skills.
If it comes to dancing, playing the piano, or needlework and embroidery, it would really be difficult for her.
Soon, two palace maids came carrying a green pear wood harp.
"What does Xiaojiu want to hear?" Chu Yeli walked over, turned around and sat down, folding his wide sleeves up one or two sections.
Chu Li: "It's up to you."
"Then let's talk about the female champion you loved to listen to when you were a child."
This is a lively song that tells the story of a girl who disguises herself as a man during the winter vacation and breaks the prejudices and constraints of the world, passes the imperial examinations, displays her talents, and benefits the people through fairness and justice.
It is the story that women like to hear most.
Chu Li looked at the man who was playing the piano seriously with his eyes downcast. The warm spring sun shone on him, as if covered with a layer of golden light. The fingers dancing on the strings left afterimages of white rainbow light, as quiet as a painting.
She felt a slight pain in her head:
"Fifth brother, I want to hear about the female champion!"
"When I grow up, I want to be as good as this top female scholar!"
"Really? My little Jiu is the best."
"Fifth Brother..."
Chu Li frowned, listening to the cheerful tune, but his head felt sore and painful, as if something was about to burst out.
As the melody progresses, many hazy voices echo in my mind, about to clear the fog, seeming near and far.
quack--
Wild geese fly in the sky.
The piano music stopped, but the lingering sound lingered for a long time. The man looked up at the sky, reached out to catch a fallen leaf, twisted it between his slender fingertips, and pressed it against his thin lips.
The crisp and melodious sound of leaves blowing seemed to blow into the depths of Chu Li's mind, dispersing the fog, and the scenes of his childhood came flooding back:
In Qingfengju, two young men stayed together.
"Fifth brother, this is Yang Ye. The sound it makes is similar to the sound of wild geese, low and melodious."
"I'll try."
The boy stretched out his hand, and just as it touched her fingertips, she loosened her fingers and brushed off the poplar leaves.
"I can't blow it now."
"Why? "
"If the geese heard it, they might disrupt their formation."
Chu Li raised his head and pointed at 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.
The young man looked at her raised profile, which showed some baby fat, with stars twinkling in her eyes. The warm sunlight shone on her face, so delicate that he 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...
The boy asked: "Will you always come to see me?"
"meeting. "
"Will we...stay together forever?"
"meeting. "
Strange yet familiar memories came flooding back. Chu Li accidentally touched the tea set, and the crisp sound brought her back to reality.
She recalled her childhood memories of him!
She raised her eyes in astonishment and looked at the tall, dignified and elegant man sitting under the tree. He closed his eyes slightly, and the sound of the leaves was almost more beautiful than the most beautiful musical instrument in the world.
Those are her memories.
Memories of their childhood together.
"Xiaojiu,"
Chu Yeli slowly opened his eyes and looked at her, gentle as spring light, "The wild geese have come back again, will you always be by my side?"
For a moment, Chu Li felt as if something was stuck in his throat and he almost forgot to breathe.
When she was young, she actually made such a promise to him!
He actually remembered a joke he made in childhood for so many years.
It turns out that a casual remark she made when she was a child was the source of all this today!
Chu Li's heart suddenly became confused.
If she hadn't made that promise back then, would everything be different today?
His paranoia and inner demons were actually caused by her!
She was like a murderer, and she didn't discover the truth until this moment!
It was her fault!
Chu Yeli shook off the leaves on his fingertips and walked over with a smile: "Tomorrow is our wedding. We will always be together, year after year, year after year, just like wild geese. No matter when or where, no matter how the world changes, even if we are separated, we will always meet again."
Even if her heart is not with him, he will keep her.
He picked up the tea on the table.
"etc!"
Chu Li suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"What's wrong?"
"The tea...is cold. I'll get you another cup."
Chu Li hid the panic in her eyes, snatched the teacup from his hand, poured the tea into the flower bed, and replaced it with a new cup.
Chu Yeli looked at her busy figure, and the smile in his eyes suddenly became deeper. He took the teacup and poured a few drops of something into it while his wide sleeves brushed across the surface of her cup.
Colorless, odorless, and leaving no trace.
When I finished, I picked up the cup of new tea and sniffed it.
"The tea Xiaojiu made smells so good."
"I just cooked it. As long as Fifth Brother likes it, it's fine."
"Xiaojiu drinks too."
"Um."
Chu Li picked up the teacup and took two sips. Perhaps he had something on his mind, so he finished the whole cup in three gulps.
Chu Yeli watched her wipe the water stains from the corners of her mouth. In his deep eyes, paranoia and possessiveness were intertwined.
He raised his thin lips slightly, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
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