Chapter 45 Nutrition Needed
Lu Qingmian let go of Jiang Jinyue's hand, turned around and looked down at the table. He didn't move or speak for a long time.
Jiang Jinyue was very nervous. He pulled his stool closer and asked quietly, "Lu Qingmian? Why aren't you talking?"
Lu Qingmian suddenly looked over, his eyes red, as if if Jiang Jinyue said a few more words, he would burst into tears on the spot, looking extremely aggrieved.
This was the first time Jiang Jinyue saw Lu Qingmian like this. Even when Lu Qingmian jumped off a tall building with the intention of committing suicide, his eyes did not tear up.
"I..." Jiang Jinyue's heart tightened, a little distressed. He stiffly changed the subject, "Let's talk about what I just mentioned later, okay? Haha... The weather is so nice today... Look, there's not a single cloud outside!"
Jiang Jinyue pointed at the sky exaggeratedly, but Lu Qingmian didn't buy it and still looked at Jiang Jinyue with his red eyes.
"Hmm..." Jiang Jinyue racked his brains and thought of the incident with the campground owner's grandmother. He told Lu Qingmian about her and her son, and also about the two black butterflies that had been circling around her. "I want to find a chance to see her grandmother again... and ask her if she wants to meet her son."
Jiang Jinyue thought Lu Qingmian wasn't interested in this kind of thing and would ignore him like before. He could go on his own, but Lu Qingmian lowered his head and said calmly, "Okay, when do you want to go? I'll go with you."
I'll accompany you.
Jiang Jinyue's heart softened even more.
Lu Qingmian had never blamed him or stopped him for any of his weird requests or ideas. Ever since he started the random Mary Sue incident, Lu Qingmian supported everything he did.
It would be better if Lu Qingmian, who is so good, was not 19cm. Jiang Jinyue sighed softly, thinking that this was probably because no one is perfect.
Seeing that the spiritual love affair he had just mentioned seemed to be over, Jiang Jinyue said, "Today is free time. I think I'll go up the mountain to see my grandma in the afternoon."
As for whether his grandmother would believe him after meeting him, or whether she would think he was crazy, Jiang Jinyue didn't think about it carefully. The grandmother gave him a very friendly feeling, and he subconsciously ignored these possible crises.
"Okay, let's go up the mountain in the afternoon." Lu Qingmian agreed, but his eyes never looked at Jiang Jinyue again.
He was playing with the phone on the table, tapping the back of the phone lightly with his slender fingers, as if thinking about something.
Jiang Jinyue didn't think much about it and wanted to run away after getting Lu Qingmian's consent. He really didn't know how to face Lu Qingmian like this.
Lu Qingmian stopped Jiang Jinyue and asked, "Where are you going?"
Jiang Jinyue stopped, grabbed the big black umbrella and made an excuse: "I'm going to prepare the things I need to go up the mountain this afternoon!"
Lu Qingmian flipped the upside-down phone over with a "click". The slight sound scared Jiang Jinyue so much that she trembled, like a child anxiously waiting to be scolded by the teacher.
"Are you hungry?" Lu Qingmian asked.
Jiang Jinyue covered his stomach and said, "I'm not hungry!"
In fact, he was a little hungry after waking up. He had just eaten a full meal before going to bed, so he shouldn't feel hungry so quickly after waking up.
Lu Qingmian's long eyelashes drooped as she glanced at Jiang Jinyue's belly. She did not expose his lie and let him go.
Jiang Jinyue ran back to the tent and started packing things into his backpack. Actually, he didn't need to prepare anything when going up the mountain, but Jiang Jinyue had things to do this time and would stay longer, so he packed some bread, snacks and water. Finally, he zipped up the backpack, but suddenly stopped halfway.
His eyes fell on the wet wipes thrown in the corner of the tent.
Every time Lu Qingmian fed him, he would prepare the things and clean up afterwards. Jiang Jinyue only needed to close his eyes and eat, and never had to worry about anything. But the red eyes of Lu Qingmian just now appeared in his mind, and Jiang Jinyue felt that he should be more considerate.
His white fingertips slowly reached out to the half-used wet wipes bag, grabbed the wet wipes and stuffed them into the corner of the backpack. Jiang Jinyue thought for a while, then took out a new pack of wet wipes and tissues and stuffed them into the backpack together. The big backpack was stuffed full by him.
Although today was a free day, Cen Yingjie still led everyone to prepare lunch at noon. Jiang Jinyue sat next to Lu Qingmian and ate a little symbolically. In the afternoon, he said goodbye to everyone and prepared to go up the mountain.
As soon as they left the camping area, a man ran up to them.
Jiang Jinyue looked at the girl standing in front of him, panting with her knees supported, and was a little surprised.
"Zheng Yue? Why are you here?"
Zheng Yue took a deep breath, tugged at the backpack strap on her shoulder, and said, "Jiang Jinyue, are you guys going up the mountain to play? Can I come with you?"
If Jiang Jinyue was just going up the mountain to play, it would be fine to bring Zheng Yue along, but Jiang Jinyue had something to do today, so it would be very troublesome to bring Zheng Yue along.
He wasn't the type to reject others outright, so he stood there awkwardly.
"We're going on a date, why are you following us?" Lu Qingmian didn't have as many concerns as Jiang Jinyue and refused coldly.
Zheng Yue knew that she was being very tactless, but she hadn't been able to find a chance to be alone with Jiang Jinyue these past few days. She kept what she wanted to say in her heart. If she kept it in any longer, she was afraid that she would never have the courage to speak it out again.
"I won't disturb you, really! I'll just follow you from a distance!" Zheng Yue promised.
Lu Qingmian's face turned cold. He simply ignored Zheng Yue, hooked his arm around Jiang Jinyue's shoulder, and walked up the mountain with Jiang Jinyue holding a big black umbrella.
Zheng Yuezhen did as she said. She waited until she had put some distance between herself and Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue before walking up the mountain. She kept a distance from them and did not get close to them.
Jiang Jinyue took advantage of the umbrella to look back several times, frowning slightly and looking a little worried.
Lu Qingmian suddenly handed the umbrella to Jiang Jinyue and said, "Go ahead. I'll go talk to her."
Jiang Jinyue grabbed Lu Qingmian's sleeve and shook his head, not wanting Lu Qingmian to go.
Lu Qingmian pulled the corner of his mouth: "Are you worried that I'll scare people?"
Jiang Jinyue quickly shook his head and loosened Lu Qingmian's sleeves.
Lu Qingmian patted Jiang Jinyue's back gently and asked him to continue climbing the mountain, while he stopped where he was.
Seeing this, Zheng Yue, who was at a distance, paused but still walked forward.
When Zheng Yue walked in front of Lu Qingmian, she stopped on her own initiative.
Although she was a little taller than Jiang Jinyue, she was still short when standing next to Lu Qingmian.
It was the time when the afternoon sun was at its brightest. Zheng Yue was standing under the scorching sun, but Lu Qingmian's cold eyes made her feel cold all over.
It was not until this moment that she realized that Lu Qingmian had a deep hostility towards her, but he had been pretending and not showing it.
Why? Zheng Yue was puzzled. She clearly didn't know Lu Qingmian before.
Could it be that Jiang Jinyue had recognized her and told Lu Qingmian about the past?
Thinking of Jiang Jinyue's calm look when facing her, Zheng Yue overturned this guess.
Putting herself in his shoes, if she were Jiang Jinyue, she would definitely not be able to remain so calm when facing him.
"I've investigated you." Lu Qingmian went straight to the point.
Zheng Yue's face turned pale, but she suddenly realized that what Lu Qingmian said was reasonable.
"When your parents took you away from Ze County, you should have used your saved life to stay away from Jiang Jinyue. The farther away from him, the better. Even if you saw him, you should pretend not to know him. Why bother to get close to him?" Because of his height, Lu Qingmian's eyes naturally turned downwards when he spoke, and his expression did not change obviously. However, Zheng Yue's head was getting lower and lower, and the most despicable thoughts in his heart, the past that could not be buried in the end, were all exposed at this moment.
"You're relying on Jiang Jinyue's kindness and soft-heartedness to get her forgiveness, right?"
"Do you truly feel regret and guilt, or are you just trying to find a plausible excuse to continue living in this despicable way?"
"Zheng Yue, if it were me, I would make your life worse than death."
"You should be thankful and grateful, crying bitterly, because you met Jiang Jinyue."
It was also because Jiang Jinyue was there that Lu Qingmian had been letting Zheng Yue go, giving her the opportunity to jump next to Jiang Jinyue.
There are many people who want to thank Jiang Jinyue, not just Zheng Yue.
Those who draw warmth from Jiang Jinyue, who doesn't want to repay him?
Jiang Jinyue's kindness is unique.
Lu Qingmian caught up with Jiang Jinyue. Jiang Jinyue wanted to turn around to look at Zheng Yue, but Lu Qingmian held his shoulders.
"Don't look, it's following you again."
After Lu Qingmian left, Zheng Yue did stand still and did not go up the mountain anymore, but she did not go down the mountain either. She just stood there for a while, and after Lu Qingmian returned to Jiang Jinyue, she took another step and continued to climb the mountain.
Jiang Jinyue didn't know what Lu Qingmian said to Zheng Yue, but he thought it was not anything good. His blood-red eyes flashed, and he didn't look back. He just continued to walk up the mountain with Lu Qingmian.
What’s past should be left in the past. Jiang Jinyue is trying desperately to pull himself out of the quagmire of hell. He is, and he hopes Zheng Yue is too.
Halfway up the mountain, Jiang Jinyue was sweating even with a big black umbrella.
Lu Qingmian suddenly half-knelt in front of Jiang Jinyue and said, "Come up, I'll carry you."
Jiang Jinyue looked at the half of the mountain road that was still there and refused, but Lu Qingmian was extremely stubborn. He refused to get up unless Jiang Jinyue came up. Jiang Jinyue could only lie on Lu Qingmian's back, with his legs hooked by Lu Qingmian and held steadily in his arms.
Lu Qingmian carried Jiang Jinyue on his back, but his steps did not become heavy at all. Jiang Jinyue lay on Lu Qingmian's back with an umbrella in his hand and did not feel any bumps at all.
He gently placed his cheek against Lu Qingmian's neck and said in a low voice, "Lu Qingmian, thank you."
Lu Qingmian didn't say anything, but just lifted Jiang Jinyue up.
The second half of the mountain road was a bit silent. Lu Qingmian's breathing gradually became heavier, but his steps never slowed down.
It was not until they reached the top of the mountain and saw the sign for the picking garden that Lu Qingmian put Jiang Jinyue down.
As soon as Jiang Jinyue jumped down, he wiped the sweat from Lu Qingmian's forehead with his hand, took out a water bottle from his backpack, unscrewed it, and handed it to Lu Qingmian to drink.
Lu Qingmian took a few sips of water and glanced at Jiang Jinyue's open backpack. He saw wet wipes and tissues stuffed in the corner, more than one pack.
His eyes darkened and he handed back the half-finished bottle of water.
Jiang Jinyue took the water bottle and was about to put it back into his backpack when he suddenly mentioned Lu Qingmian:
"Those wipes aren't enough."
Jiang Jinyue's fingertips trembled slightly, and the water bottle in his hand almost fell to the ground.
He hid the wipes and tissues under his backpack, zipped it up tightly, turned around and walked towards the small courtyard in the middle of the picking garden.
Lu Qingmian hooked Jiang Jinyue's fingers and pulled them gently.
Jiang Jinyue turned around and found that the always strong Lu Qingmian now seemed particularly fragile, like a big puppy pitifully waiting for its owner's praise.
"I can go through three packs of wipes in one sitting."
Lu Qingmian lowered his head, facing the sunlight behind him, and looked at Jiang Jinyue seriously with his dark eyes.
He wasn't kidding.
"I can still carry you up three more mountains."
Jiang Jinyue blinked slowly, strangely understanding what Lu Qingmian meant.
Lu Qingmian is proving that he is really worthy of it.
But Jiang Jinyue no longer felt that Lu Qingmian was weak. He didn't expect that Lu Qingmian had remembered it for so long.
He was now more afraid of Lu Qingmian's size, and he even hoped that Lu Qingmian was really weak.
Lu Qingmian pursed his lips and said, "I have good physical strength and I have been exercising."
Jiang Jinyue's heart was in turmoil, pounding in his chest. He subconsciously felt that he could not let this topic continue. At this moment, the voice of the camping area owner's grandmother sounded behind them.
"What are you doing there?"
Jiang Jinyue felt as if he had been pardoned. He turned around and walked quickly towards the boss's grandmother.
"Grandma! I'm here to play again!"
The boss lady was carrying an empty basket, seemingly on her way to the vegetable shed. She nodded at Jiang Jinyue, glanced at Lu Qingmian, whose face was gloomy and cold behind Jiang Jinyue, and asked in a low voice, "Did you have a fight?"
Jiang Jinyue quietly turned around to glance at Lu Qingmian and quickly shook his head: "No, no!"
Lu Qingmian had already walked over and didn't continue the previous topic.
"Any plans?" asked the boss's grandmother.
Jiang Jinyue shook his head. Coming to play was just an excuse. He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to the boss's grandmother about the black butterfly.
"Then help me with some work? I'll make you something delicious tonight?"
Jiang Jinyue readily agreed. The boss's grandmother found an empty basket and handed it to him, asking him to go to the vegetable shed to pull weeds. Lu Qingmian was about to follow, but was directed by the boss's grandmother to go to the warehouse to move miscellaneous items.
After Lu Qingmian left, Jiang Jinyue breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, the boss's grandmother smiled and said, "You still say there was no quarrel?"
Jiang Jinyue's fair cheeks turned slightly red. He didn't know how to explain that the conflict between him and Lu Qingmian did not come from a quarrel, but from the size of Lu Qingmian that scared him. Obviously, this kind of thing could not be told to the elders.
Fortunately, the boss lady didn't ask any more questions and took Jiang Jinyue into the vegetable shed to pull weeds.
The straw hut was covered with several layers of transparent plastic sheets. The temperature inside was a bit high, so you still needed to hold an umbrella to block the sunlight when you went in.
Jiang Jinyue was thinking about what excuse he could use to explain why he had to hold an umbrella when entering the vegetable shed, but he didn't expect that the boss lady didn't even ask.
The vegetable patch in the shed was carefully tended, there were not many weeds, and they were quickly pulled out.
The boss's grandmother also taught Jiang Jinyue how to pick some vegetables that required careful protection of their root systems. Jiang Jinyue learned very carefully. After he got the hang of it, the boss's grandmother asked him to fill a basket and make a big meal for them in the evening.
Although Jiang Jinyue found normal food tasteless now, he was still looking forward to it.
He held a big black umbrella on his shoulder and squatted beside the vegetable field, carefully selecting and picking the fruits.
The empty vegetable basket was soon more than half full. Jiang Jinyue was so focused that she didn't notice the umbrella on her shoulder was quietly slipping off.
He was just happy about digging out a whole potato when the umbrella on his shoulder fell off completely. The sunlight above his head shone down, causing Jiang Jinyue to groan in pain. It was as if all his strength was drained away in an instant, and his body went limp and fell onto the dark ground.
The big black umbrella fell to the side. Jiang Jinyue's fingertips touched the soil, but he didn't even have the strength to move his arms.
The places on his body exposed to the sun felt a burning pain. Jiang Jinyue's breathing became light, blood-red patterns appeared in his eyes, and red light flickered in his eyes. His fair skin became paler and paler, gradually revealing a bit of bluish-gray color.
The emerald green potato seedlings on both sides suddenly began to twitch, and the branches and leaves grew and turned into strange vines.
The vines approached the black umbrella at an extremely slow speed, as slow as a caterpillar.
Jiang Jinyue opened his lips and tried hard to breathe. His body was in so much pain that he couldn't move. Even controlling the potato seedlings was difficult.
"Lu Qingmian..." Jiang Jinyue murmured, tears silently sliding down the corners of his eyes. He felt that he might die here.
Suddenly, a somewhat hurried sound of footsteps was heard. Jiang Jinyue thought that Lu Qingmian had come. He moved his eyes, but he didn't expect to see an old face.
The person who came was the boss's grandmother. She was carrying a basket full of vegetables. The mutated potato vines climbed over the old woman's shoes, and her old face was full of surprise.
Jiang Jinyue's snow-white eyelashes trembled and she closed her eyes in despair.
He knew that he must look very strange now, and there were even some mutated vines clinging around him. This kind of direct observation of abnormality was completely different from his proactive mention of the black butterfly.
He was going to die, and be treated like a monster.
"You little classmate!" The boss lady came back to her senses from her initial surprise. She threw away the vegetable basket, picked up the big black umbrella next to her and held it over Jiang Jinyue.
The sunlight was blocked, the severe pain in his body gradually eased, and Jiang Jinyue finally regained some strength.
He slowly turned his head, his eyes still flashing red as he met the gaze of the boss's grandmother.
The boss lady reached out and touched the back of Jiang Jinyue's cold hand, then touched Jiang Jinyue's forehead. Seeing that the blue-gray color on Jiang Jinyue's face gradually faded away, she slowly exhaled.
She reached out to lift Jiang Jinyue's arm, helped him sit up, and frowned, criticizing: "Children should learn to take care of themselves and not make adults worry, understand?"
Jiang Jinyue stared blankly at the boss's grandmother. He was prepared to be called a monster, or to see the old woman screaming and running away in panic, but he didn't expect the old woman to just hand him the umbrella and turn around to pick up the vegetables scattered on the ground.
Just like she didn't ask him why he was holding an umbrella in the vegetable shed, the boss's grandmother didn't ask anything this time.
The boss's grandmother pulled off the mutated potato vine hanging on the shoe surface, dug into the soil along the mutated potato vine, and actually dug out a potato as big as a basketball.
"Wow!" The old lady was finally shocked.
She rolled the potato to Jiang Jinyue's feet and said, "Get up after you've rested. Take this big potato to the kitchen. I'll use it to make potato balls tonight to see if they taste good."
The potato grew so big because it was mutated by Jiang Jinyue, but the boss's grandmother just found it strange.
Jiang Jinyue picked up the potato, ignoring the dirt on it. The potato was very heavy, and the dirt had stained his clothes. He mustered up his courage and said, "Grandma, I..."
"I'm almost 70 years old." The boss's grandmother suddenly interrupted Jiang Jinyue.
She picked up two vegetable baskets and looked at the crisp vegetables in the baskets. Her wrinkled face softened.
“I haven’t traveled many mountains, rivers, or streams, and the world I’ve seen is only a tiny part of the map. But I know the world is vast and full of wonders.”
She looked at Jiang Jinyue, and her eyes, which should have been cloudy due to age, showed a glimmer of light.
"Little boy, don't think you're so unique. You're just one of us, just living our lives."
Jiang Jinyue touched the rough skin of the potato and looked at the dirt on his fingertips. Suddenly, he felt that this big potato was not that heavy.
The boss's grandmother turned and walked out. Jiang Jinyue quickly followed and said, "Grandma, let me help you!"
"Then be quick."
Jiang Jinyue followed the boss's grandmother to the small courtyard and found Zheng Yue sitting in the yard plucking a chicken.
In order to facilitate plucking, the chicken's surface was poured with hot water, and the feathers were steamed to produce a very strange smell that was particularly unpleasant.
It was obviously the first time for Zheng Yue to do this. She retched from time to time, and her hands, body, and face were covered with chicken feathers.
She saw Jiang Jinyue seemed very nervous and actually stood up holding the half-bald chicken.
"Jiang Jinyue! You, you're back?"
Jiang Jinyue was stunned for a moment, nodded to Zheng Yue, and said nothing.
He looked around the small courtyard but didn't see Lu Qingmian.
The boss's grandmother seemed to have eyes on her back and said, "Don't bother looking. He's already had enough trouble with the warehouse that hasn't been cleaned for almost ten years."
Finally, he reminded Zheng Yue: "Make sure to pluck out all the hair!"
Jiang Jinyue followed the boss's grandmother into the kitchen and started helping out.
After a while, Zheng Yue also came in holding a plucked chicken.
Only after a large table of dishes was ready did Lu Qingmian come back with a dusty face.
His expensive light-colored sports suit was covered in stains, with black patches here and gray patches there. His face was also gray, and his hair was sticking to his forehead in a messy manner. Even his face was covered in dust, and his hands were so black that his original skin color could not be seen.
As Lu Qingmian entered the small courtyard, his eyes immediately fell on Jiang Jinyue. Seeing Jiang Jinyue sitting there unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The small courtyard is covered with a sunshade. The sun is no longer too hot at this time, so it is very cool to sit in the small courtyard.
Jiang Jinyue had already prepared a basin of water. When he saw Lu Qingmian coming back, he immediately went to greet him with a wet towel.
He took a towel, stood on tiptoe and carefully wiped the dust off Lu Qingmian's face. After wiping his face clean, he took Lu Qingmian's hand, led him to the basin, and pressed his hands into the clean water.
"Wash quickly." Jiang Jinyue squeezed the hand soap into the palm of his hand to make bubbles, then rubbed the bubbles on his hand onto Lu Qingmian's hands, washing them bit by bit.
Lu Qingmian did the dirty and tiring work for the whole afternoon, and even dust was hidden in the cracks of his nails. Jiang Jinyue lowered his head and washed very carefully, and even changed the basin of water in the middle.
He carefully searched Lu Qingmian's palm and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Lu Qingmian was not injured.
Lu Qingmian didn't say anything, just looked at Jiang Jinyue quietly.
When Jiang Jinyue wiped the water droplets from his hands with a towel, Lu Qingmian suddenly said, "Are you not hiding from me anymore?"
Jiang Jinyue's cute little ears immediately turned red. He lowered his head, his slender neck drooping softly, and whispered, "I'm not hiding from you."
"Okay, okay, stop being so bored and come and eat!" the boss lady urged.
Jiang Jinyue hurried over and sat at the table, and Lu Qingmian sat next to him.
The boss's grandmother cooked eight dishes, including meat, vegetables, stir-fries, stews and soups. Although Jiang Jinyue couldn't taste any of the flavors, he still enjoyed the meal very much.
Sweet and sour spare ribs should be sweet and sour, spicy and sour soup should be refreshing and appetizing, and potato balls should be soft, glutinous, salty and fragrant...
Jiang Jinyue imagined what these dishes should taste like, and his heart felt warm, as if he could really taste them.
Lu Qingmian first climbed the mountain with Jiang Jinyue on his back, and then worked non-stop on heavy work for the entire afternoon. His physical strength was rapidly depleted, and he was obviously very hungry. He ate up three bowls of rice in a short while.
Jiang Jinyue looked at Lu Qingmian eating with big mouthfuls, and suddenly felt that he had indeed tasted the flavors of these dishes.
Tasted in the heart.
After dinner, the boss’s grandmother urged them to go down the mountain.
"You all look so dirty, hurry down the mountain, take a shower, and get some rest."
Jiang Jinyue then remembered the main mission of his trip up the mountain, and looked at the boss's grandmother with some hesitation.
"Grandma, can we stay here tonight?"
"There's no place to sleep on the mountain." The boss's grandmother refused.
Jiang Jinyue looked at the boss's grandmother, with unconscious concern and sadness in her eyes.
The boss lady looked at Jiang Jinyue, suddenly sighed, and compromised: "Okay, there is only one single bed for you two to squeeze into."
"No problem!" Jiang Jinyue agreed readily.
The boss lady looked at Zheng Yue again and said, "Girl, let's go down the mountain, shall we?"
Lu Qingmian's cold gaze swept across Zheng Yue.
Zheng Yue paused, gritted her teeth and said, "I, I want to stay too!"
The boss lady waved her hands helplessly: "Alright, alright, little girl, squeeze in with me for one night."
Lu Qingmian told the other people in the camping club about their stay in the mountains, and then followed the boss's grandmother to change clothes.
Their clothes were extremely dirty and uncomfortable to wear. There were several sets of clothes left on the mountain belonging to the boss's grandmother's son and his son's boyfriend.
"My son is only slightly taller than you, so this clothing should fit you." The boss's nanny took out a set of clothes and handed it to Jiang Jinyue.
Then he handed Lu Qingmian another set of clothes: "This is the clothes of my son's boyfriend. He is not as big and stupid as you. You can wear it with ease."
Hearing the adjective "big fool", Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but secretly curl up the corners of his mouth.
Lu Qingmian took the clothes indifferently, and both of them put them on.
Jiang Jinyue's clothes were okay, a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants. Apart from the fact that the style was a bit outdated, they fit her well.
Lu Qingmian was in a very bad situation. His pants only reached his calves and looked very tight. The shirt on his upper body was also tightly attached to his body, making Lu Qingmian's chest muscles, which were not exaggerated and just right, look particularly bulging.
Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but look a few more times, but she didn't expect Lu Qingmian to come over and block Jiang Jinyue on the small single bed, asking: "Do you want to touch it?"
"I'm going to find the boss's grandmother!" Jiang Jinyue hurriedly pushed Lu Qingmian away, jumped off the single bed and ran out in big slippers.
The sun had already set at this time, and Jiang Jinyue no longer needed to hold the big black umbrella. He found the boss's grandmother and mysteriously brought her to the corner of the small courtyard.
After making sure that there was no one around, Jiang Jinyue's gaze fell on the boss's grandmother's shoulder.
Two black butterflies were nestled tightly together on her shoulders.
"Grandma, do you want to see your son?"
The boss lady saw Jiang Jinyue looking at her shoulder and subconsciously looked over, but there was nothing on her shoulder.
She realized something, and a rare excitement appeared on her face. "Can I see them?"
Jiang Jinyue added: "It was just a dream."
When the boss's grandmother heard this, her eyes dimmed instantly, "In a dream."
She seemed lost in memories, and after a while she shook her head, "Dreams are too unreal, it's better not to see them."
Jiang Jinyue was stunned. He didn't expect the boss's grandmother to refuse.
The boss's grandmother turned around, looked at the bright moon above her head, and whispered softly, "My son is a very opinionated boy. Because he has so many ideas and is so clever, he has suffered a lot."
"It's been a difficult journey for him and his boyfriend. I've seen it all and have always supported him."
"That year... their small business had a breakthrough. After a few months of hard work outside, they were finally able to go home. As soon as they got off the plane, they called me and said they wanted to eat the dumplings I made."
"I made several plates of big dumplings with lots of fillings. I waited and waited until the police called."
"One car accident and everything is gone."
"At first I didn't want to live anymore. What's the point of an old woman like me living alone in this world?"
"That day, I was sitting on a stool with a rope around my neck, feeling incredibly calm, thinking I was going to see my children, and then I got a call."
"It was a complaint call. A customer at the campground yelled at me, saying the water pipe at the campground had been leaking for days and no one had fixed it."
Having said that, the boss’s grandmother suddenly fell silent.
She looked at the moon, then turned back to look at the small courtyard behind her. She didn't continue talking, but only said: "Okay, go back to your room quickly, your little boyfriend is still waiting for you."
Jiang Jinyue also looked at the moon above his head. There was a gentle breeze and the shadows of the trees were hazy.
He was very happy during the few days he came to the camping area and he liked the camping area very much.
Jiang Jinyue made up her mind and said, "Grandma, tonight at 12 o'clock."
The boss's grandmother looked over in confusion.
Jiang Jinyue laughed, "Prepare the dumplings, they want to eat..." He looked over the boss's grandmother's shoulder, "Pork and cabbage filling!"
The boss's grandmother widened her eyes, "They...they will come?"
Jiang Jinyue smiled without saying anything. He said goodbye to the boss's grandmother and returned to the crowded little room.
In the room, Lu Qingmian was sitting casually on the small single bed playing with his mobile phone, his long arms and legs almost taking up the entire bed.
Jiang Jinyue gently closed the door and walked over.
Lu Qingmian asked, "Are you done talking?"
Jiang Jinyue nodded, his eyes a little vague.
Lu Qingmian sensed something was wrong and sat up straight, only to discover that Jiang Jinyue was walking with his hands and feet together.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Jiang Jinyue took the backpack that was placed aside, slowly unzipped it, and slowly took out wet wipes and tissues. He placed several packs of wet wipes and tissues side by side in front of Lu Qingmian, his eyes fixed on the tissues.
"Lu Qingmian." Jiang Jinyue finally spoke, his voice trembling.
Lu Qingmian frowned and simply pinched Jiang Jinyue's chin to force him to look up. He lowered his voice and asked again, "What happened?"
Jiang Jinyue was forced to look up. He opened his lips slightly, his crimson lips trembling constantly, his snow-white eyelashes drooped down to cover his eyebrows, and he didn't dare to look at Lu Qingmian.
He seemed to be choosing his words, and finally said dryly, "Give me some."
Lu Qingmian rubbed Jiang Jinyue's white neck with his fingers, "Are you hungry?"
Jiang Jinyue nodded, then began to shake his head, "I need energy."
He promised his boss's grandmother that he would let her meet her son and his boyfriend in real life tonight.
But he is not capable of doing that now.
He needs nutrition, lots of nutrition.
But he couldn't express it directly anyway, so he could only stick out the tip of his tongue, tap the tip of his tongue with his slender white fingertips, and said vaguely:
"Give me some, use this."
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