Afternoon,

Ashan suddenly ran into the inn holding a large bouquet of flowers.

Qiu smiled and reminded him at the counter: "Run slower, don't fall."

Ah Shan waved his hand nonchalantly, then looked around, not looking at anyone: "Sister Qiu, where is Brother Shi Jin?"

A Qiu pointed to the outdoor terrace next to the living room and said, "We should feed the rabbits there."

"Okay."

Yu You, who had just come out of the kitchen after washing his hands, saw him: "Hey, isn't this Ah Shan?"

Ah Shan glanced at him and said sweetly, "Brother Yu You."

Yu You walked over and touched his head: "Don't you have class today?"

Ah Shan shook his head: "Today is Teacher's Day, the teachers have a day off."

Teachers' Day...

Yu You thought about it and it seemed to be true.

"Are you here to play with your brother Shi Jin?"

Ah Shan nodded and walked to the stage: "Yes, Sister Qiu told me that Brother Shi Jin was feeding the rabbits. Brother Yu You, do you want to come with us?"

Yu You: "That's fine. I'm free anyway."

The two of them did not lower their voices when they spoke, and Shi Jin could hear it clearly from the outer stage.

He lowered his head and touched the rabbit that was chewing the carrot obediently, then looked up.

Ah Shan happened to walk in at this time. When he saw Shi Jin, his eyes lit up and he rushed over to him: "Brother Shi Jin!"

But he still remembered the lesson from Yu Ci yesterday. He slowed down his pace when he rushed in front of the person, and finally squatted in front of Shi Jin with small steps: "Brother Shi Jin, I'm here to play with you! Are you happy to see me?"

Shi Jin: “Happy.”

"You're lying, you didn't even smile." Ah Shan protested: "Ah Mom told me before that I can only be happy if I smile."

"But it's okay. It's okay if you're unhappy now."

Ah Shan smiled and held up a large bouquet of flowers in front of Shi Jin: "Hey, Brother Shi Jin, these flowers are for you."

Shi Jin was slightly stunned.

His eyes dropped slightly to the bouquet in front of him.

This is a large bunch of wild flowers. The tiny flowers are tender yellow, and the branches are covered with small tender green leaves. It is not bright, but extremely bright.

Compared to the beautifully packaged and well-matched bouquets in the flower shops outside, this bouquet of flowers is undoubtedly simple, but...

Shi Jin took the flower, a faint smile appeared in his eyes;

This seemed to be the first time he received flowers from someone else.

He curved his lips: "Thank you, Ashan, I like it very much."

Ah Shan said you're welcome a little embarrassedly, then raised his head to take credit: "I got up early this morning to pick this flower at the foot of the mountain. I was afraid it would wilt, so I put it in a bucket to keep it."

"This flower isn't the most beautiful one. The most beautiful flower is on the top of the mountain. I'll pick it for you when I have a day off on Saturday!"

"Ouch." Yu You poked his head out from behind and said, "Why is it that only Brother Shi Jin has flowers? Ah Shan, you are biased."

Ah Shan said without any guilt: "Because Brother Shi Jin is good-looking."

Yu You glared: "Am I not good-looking?"

Ashan looked at him and said nothing.

Yu You was unhappy. He dug in his pocket and took out a small mirror. He looked at his face and said, "What's wrong with me? Don't I look good?"

He has big eyes, fair skin, and perfect facial features. It's okay to say he's good-looking, right?

Yu You put down the mirror with a look of doubt in his life, and said in a depressed tone: "What about your brother Yu Ci? Is he not good-looking? Why don't you send him flowers?"

"Brother Yu Ci is also handsome." A Shan nodded.

"But I like Brother Shi Jin more." The boy, who was not even as tall as a waist, raised his head and looked at Shi Jin with a pair of clear black and white eyes: "Brother Shi Jin, when I grow up, will you marry me?"

Shi Jin was stunned.

Yu You laughed out loud without giving any face: "Hahaha, you little brat are quite precocious."

Ah Shan retorted: "I'm not a brat."

After saying that, he looked at Shi Jin again: "Brother Shi Jin, is this okay?"

"If you marry me, I will treat you well." The boy lowered his head and began to count his fingers: "I will play flying chess with you, and I will not laugh at you if you lose. I will also buy you breakfast in the morning and help you pick the most beautiful flowers on the mountain..."

He counted a few and couldn't think of anything else he could do: "Anyway, I can help you with many, many things."

Shi Jin laughed.

He squatted down and looked at Ashan at eye level, his light-colored eyes showing a hint of smile: "Ashan, you are amazing."

"But I'm a boy and I can't get married."

Ah Shan answered without thinking: "Then I will marry you. I don't mind."

Yu You took two steps forward and said, "Alright, alright, what are you talking about when you're a kid? Go to school first and talk about this when you grow up."

Ashanyan said "oh" in a vague way.

Shi Jin took him to the front of the rabbit and said, "Do you want to try feeding the rabbit?"

"Yes!" Ah Shan said loudly, "I want to feed the rabbits."

Shi Jin handed the chopped carrots to Ashan and watched him lower his head to feed the rabbit.

The furry white rabbit held the carrot in its two front paws and nibbled on it with a crunching sound, its cheeks bulging.

Ah Shan was very happy to see it: "Brother Shi Jin, what is the name of this rabbit?"

Shi Jin: "Its name is Xiaobai."

"Xiaobai." Ah Shan reached out and touched Xiaobai's fur, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, isn't Brother Yuci here today?"

"He's upstairs."

Ashan nodded and said "oh".

Shi Jin paused: "Do you want to go up and call him?"

Ah Shan raised his eyes: "Can I?"

Shi Jin pursed her lips, her eyes flickering for some unknown reason: "Okay."

Ashan cheered and went up the stairs step by step.

Yu You leaned against the fence and looked at Shi Jin meaningfully.

Shi Jin avoided his sight, bent down to pick up the carrot that Ashan had just thrown away, and continued to feed the rabbit.

Ashan came back very quickly.

The wooden stairs creaked as he stepped on them, but among his somewhat disorderly footsteps, there was also a lazy and slow sound.

Yu Ci came down.

Shi Jin lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on the little snow-white fur.

There is no door between the hall and the outer stage, so the sound from both places can be transmitted unimpeded.

First, there were the sounds of two footsteps, one light and one heavy, stepping on the flat ground, and then Qiu's soft whisper, as if asking him if he wanted to eat.

Then the footsteps came towards the outer stage, accompanied by Ashan's laughter from time to time.

The footsteps reached the outer stage.

Shi Jin tightened his grip on the carrot, pursed his lips, and raised his eyelids with a calm expression.

The sunlight on the terrace poured down from above, and the warm yellow light and shadow fell on the face of the man near the door, and a clear boundary was drawn on his high nose bridge.

The man curled his lips, and the smile in his eyes neutralized the sharpness of his eyebrows, making him look extremely handsome in the sunlight.

However......

The smiling gaze flashed away as if it was electrocuted when it met Shi Jinshi. Yu Ci's face changed and his ears turned red instantly.

Before the rising irritability surfaced on the side of his face, he took a step back, not knowing who he was talking to: "Well, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, I'll go upstairs first."

Without waiting for an answer, he turned around and left, his back somehow giving off a sense of escape.

Ah Shan stood there in a daze, looking at Yu Ci and then at Shi Jin: "What's wrong with Brother Yu Ci?"

Shi Jin lowered his eyelids calmly: "Maybe something urgent happened."

Xiaobai, who had been trying hard to chew the carrot, suddenly found that the carrot in front of him seemed to be squeezed tighter. His little red eyes were a little confused, and he increased the strength of his front paws.

“Pah.”

The carrots fell onto the plate.

Xiaobai happily picked up the carrot from the plate and started to eat it with a crunching sound.

Shi Jin pursed her lips, washed her hands in the sink on the side, and then apologized to A Shan apologetically: "A Shan, I feel a little unwell, so I can't play with you today."

Ah Shan nodded quickly after hearing this: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Shi Jin, you should go upstairs and have a rest. I'll find Brother Yu You to play with me."

Yu You had nothing to do, so he nodded readily: "You take a rest, I'll play with this little brat, and I'll make him exhausted."

Ah Shan said disdainfully: "No way, you must be the one who got tired first."

Yu You: "Hey, you are so arrogant..."

——

The quarreling sounds behind were gradually drowned out by the sound of voices on the second floor.

Shi Jin returned to her room, changed into pajamas and lay down under the quilt.

The discomfort he just mentioned was not an excuse.

Perhaps because his body has not yet fully adapted to the mountain climate, he has felt dizzy from time to time in the past two days and occasionally felt like vomiting.

Just now, the sudden chest tightness made him a little breathless, so he decided to go upstairs to rest.

Then, although my body was tired, my consciousness was exceptionally clear.

Shi Jin lay in bed with his eyes closed for a while, and finally climbed out of the quilt.

He sat on the bed for a while, then stood up and took out his backpack from the closet.

He didn't bring much with him. The clothes that he had hung out to dry in the morning were all dry and he put them away after dinner. They were now hanging quietly in the closet.

Shi Jin took down the hanger, folded the clothes and put them into her backpack.

The screen of the mobile phone placed aside lit up. Shi Jin stopped what he was doing, clicked on the message and took a look. He found that it was the taxi driver he had booked yesterday who sent him a message to confirm whether everything was OK for tomorrow's trip.

Shi Jin replied yes.

The driver quickly sent him another text message, asking him to wait at the gate of Qingliuzhai on time.

Shi Jin replied to the message, put the phone back on the table, and continued to pack.

He didn't tell anyone about his return, so when Qiu saw him coming downstairs with a backpack the next morning, he thought he wanted to go up the mountain for a walk. It was not until he said he wanted to check out that Qiu was surprised.

"Brother Shi Jin, are you leaving?"

Shi Jin's expression was gentle: "Well, I have something to do at work, so I need to go back first."

"Is that so?" Qiu said with some regret: "Then come back next time when you have time, I'll give you a discount."

"good."

Ah Qiu was operating the computer to check out. While waiting for the system to generate information, she suddenly remembered something: "Does Brother Yu Ci know that you are leaving today?"

Shi Jin paused: "I don't know."

He had intended to tell him about this yesterday, but…

Yu Ci seemed to be avoiding him.

Shi Jin lowered his eyelids: "Please tell him for me later."

Ah Qiu was puzzled in his heart, but nodded: "Okay, no problem."

Shi Jin paid the room fee and asked A Qiu if there was a place to receive express deliveries in Qingliuzhai. After getting a positive answer, he left the address and left the inn with his backpack.

It was a rainy night when we arrived and a sunny morning when we left.

Shi Jin held an umbrella, slowed down his pace, and took in the scenery of Qingliuzhai.

Before we knew it, we arrived at the entrance of Qingliuzhai. A yellow-red taxi had already stopped at the intersection and was waiting.

Shi Jin quickened his pace, opened the back seat, and put the cage in his hand first: "Sorry, I kept you waiting."

The driver waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, you're not late, fasten your seat belt."

He glanced at the cage, a little curious: "What's in this cage?"

"rabbit."

"Rabbit." The driver nodded, then turned back to drive: "No one else, right? If there's no one else, I'll leave?"

"Well, it's just me."

The red and yellow taxi started and swayed all the way away from Qingliuzhai.

The author has something to say:

I want to say goodbye, idiot!