Lu Lingxi had a dream. Although he didn’t remember most of the content after waking up, he seemed to see Yan Yue in his dream.
Thinking of Yan Yue, Lu Lingxi's face turned slightly red. He stood up awkwardly and changed his big yellow duck underwear. He didn't dare to think about why Yan Yue appeared in such a dream. While Wang Shuxiu was still asleep, Lu Lingxi sneaked to the bathroom to wash his underwear and hung it in a place he thought was hidden, not wanting to be seen by Wang Shuxiu. He knew this situation was normal, but he still couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
While he was doing all this, Dahei followed him quietly, looking at him with gentle eyes.
Lu Lingxi felt a little embarrassed by being stared at, so he squatted down and said to Dahei, "This is another little secret of ours, you can't tell anyone else."
Dahei narrowed his eyes and licked Lu Lingxi's chin. Lu Lingxi raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.
Because he dreamed about Yan Yue and woke up to find that he had a wet dream, Lu Lingxi felt a little unnatural when he saw Yan Yue in Micro Gardening. Although he told himself that he didn't remember most of the content of the dream, and that he remembered Yan Yue because he was the most familiar with Yan Yue, Lu Lingxi still couldn't help feeling a little ashamed when standing in front of Yan Yue. He has never been good at disguising his emotions, so Yan Yue saw his abnormality at a glance.
Yan Yue raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. Seeing Lu Lingxi's reaction made him feel itchy. He felt guilty and embarrassed, as if he had done something bad. Although he didn't know what Lu Lingxi was thinking, the boy's expression made him want to bully him or tease him.
Yan Yue curled the corners of his mouth. Even though he knew that Lu Lingxi was avoiding him, he still deliberately appeared in front of Lu Lingxi.
"Xiao Xi, is it time to water this pot of dianthus?"
"Xiao Xi, I think this pot of green plant goes better with that flowerpot?"
"Xiao Xi, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
"Xiaoxi..."
After a day, Lu Lingxi's worries about the morning not only did not ease, but became more and more serious. As soon as it was seven o'clock, he couldn't wait to go home. But before he could pack up, Yan Yue called him and suggested that they go to the flower garden in the evening. The reason Yan Yue gave was very legitimate. Yu Xiaojuan's land lease contract had been signed, and the next step was to prepare to build a greenhouse. Go and take a look at the plan in advance, and ask Uncle Li's opinion by the way. The existing greenhouse of Micro Gardening is a bit simple, should we upgrade it this time?
Yan Yue's expression was serious, and Lu Lingxi couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he had to reluctantly say something to Wang Shuxiu. Watching Yan Yue drive, he scratched Dahei's chin absentmindedly, hesitating whether to pretend to sleep when he got in the car. He was a little unnatural in front of Yan Yue because of the dream last night, and Yan Yue was special today... What was special, Lu Lingxi couldn't find the right words to describe it. In short, he felt a little strange in front of Yan Yue, and wanted to hide it with an ostrich mentality.
Yan Yue drove the car over quickly. Lu Lingxi was about to get in the car when he was suddenly stunned.
Yan Yue saw his surprise and explained, "Ye Kang drove the car back to Zhongjing and replaced it with a new one."
His new car was still black, and its configuration was slightly worse than before. However, Lu Lingxi didn't care much about these things. Yan Yue kept paying attention to his expression, and seeing that he didn't seem to care, a smile slowly spread in his eyes.
When Ye Kang returns to Zhongjing this time, he will spread the news that he plans to go abroad for recuperation. When An Jie gets the house next to Xiao Xi's house, he will move out of Yin's house. With the help of Third Brother Ye, it will not be so easy for his father to find him. This period of time is enough for him to solve the most important thing in his life.
Yan Yue looked at Lu Lingxi intently. If it was in the past, Lu Lingxi would be too slow to sense anything. But now he was feeling guilty towards Yan Yue, so his reaction became a little sharp. Facing Yan Yue's burning gaze, Lu Lingxi turned his head away uncomfortably, and also looked outside with "intent".
Yan Yue smiled silently and looked back at the road ahead. Without the pressure from behind, Lu Lingxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When they were halfway there, the wind started to blow outside the window, and the sky turned cloudy, as if it was going to rain. Yan Yue curled his lips in satisfaction. He always thought that the accuracy of China's weather forecast was ridiculously low, but this time it was finally accurate.
“It’s going to rain.”
Lu Lingxi looked out the window with some worry. It had been nearly half a month since the last heavy rainstorm in Fengcheng. The air in Fengcheng was very dirty during this period, and the air was full of dust. He still remembered the pollution situation during the last rain, and was a little worried that this time would be the same as last time.
Yan Yue misunderstood his meaning and coaxed him while driving: "There is a place to stay over at the flower garden, and there are also clothes to change into. You don't need to worry even if it rains."
It would have been fine if he hadn't said anything. As soon as he said it, Lu Lingxi suddenly thought of the embarrassing situation when she woke up this morning. What if she had another dream at night? Lu Lingxi looked out the window embarrassedly, and felt that the tips of her ears were burning.
"Xiao Xi?"
Lu Lingxi didn't dare to look back and nodded randomly at the window.
Yan Yue stopped the car at a red light, reached out and rubbed Lu Lingxi's hair, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Lu Lingxi shook his head in embarrassment, ashamed to say that he was worried about having a wet dream about Yan Yue at night. Yan Yue couldn't guess what he meant, but seeing the young man lowering his head in shame, he felt his heart soften into a pool of water.
When the two arrived at the flower garden, it was raining heavily outside. The road was very difficult to travel, the sky was dark, and the road conditions were not good. Yan Yue was worried about accidents, so he drove very slowly all the way. He actually regretted it a little, because he didn't expect it to rain so heavily. The weather forecast said only moderate rain, but it was clearly a rainstorm. Originally, he just wanted to use the rain as an excuse to keep the boy in the flower garden, so that the two of them could be alone together. But with such heavy rain, he was more worried about the boy's safety than anything else. Fortunately, the journey was safe.
From a distance, the two saw that something seemed to have happened in the village. Many people with flashlights gathered outside, and no one knew what they were doing.
Yan Yue drove over, and Uncle Li saw him and walked over hesitantly with an umbrella. The only people who would come to the village at this time were Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi.
"Xiao Xi, stay in the car." Yan Yue ordered, "I'll go see what's going on."
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently.
Yan Yue got out of the car holding an umbrella. Uncle Li was a little surprised. "Why did you come here in such heavy rain?"
"It wasn't raining when we left." Yan Yue explained, "What happened ahead?"
Uncle Li sighed and said, "The big willow tree at the entrance of the village was struck by lightning. A flash of fire startled the whole village. The power was also cut off, and everyone gathered to see what was going on."
Yan Yue had seen the big willow tree that Uncle Li mentioned before. It was not far from their courtyard. It was said that the willow tree had been growing for nearly a hundred years. The trunk looked as thick as two adult men, and one person couldn't hug it. The last time he and Lu Lingxi went to Uncle Li's house for dinner, they talked about this tree. The boy even joked that if they had a nursery in the future, they would prune branches and cuttings from this old tree for propagation. It was said that the people nearby all did the same thing, and that the willow trees propagated by this willow tree were all lush and healthy. He didn't expect to be struck by lightning this time.
"What a pity." Uncle Li shook his head.
Because this willow tree is quite old, some superstitious old ladies nearby privately call it a sacred tree. Every year, they burn incense and tie red ribbons under the tree. Uncle Li doesn't say it, but he actually believes it in his heart. Generally speaking, the common trees in the countryside are willows, elms, birches, etc. Among these trees, willows usually have the shortest lifespan. But this willow tree is almost 100 years old, and Uncle Li thinks it is weird.
But no matter how strange it was, it was still struck by lightning. Uncle Li muttered and changed the subject, "You and Xiaoxi haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go, there's food ready at home."
Yan Yue brought a lot of food in the car when he came, but he didn't expect that there would be a power outage, which was a big problem. Even if he didn't go to Uncle Li's house for dinner, he had to borrow a candle. Yan Yue thought about it and didn't refuse. But he looked at the people gathered in front and realized that the car couldn't go through, so he could only walk there with Lu Lingxi later. He nodded politely to Uncle Li, "Xiaoxi and I will park the car in the flower garden first and then go over."
"good."
As soon as Uncle Li finished speaking, he saw the car window behind Yan Yue open, and Lu Lingxi and Dahei squeezed together and stuck their heads out, looking ahead curiously. "Uncle Li." Lu Lingxi called affectionately, staring at the front in confusion, "What's going on over there?"
Before Mr. Li could speak, he saw Yan Yue walking over with a dark face and an umbrella. While holding the umbrella over Lu Lingxi's head, he scolded with a stern face: "Didn't I tell you to stay in the car? What if you catch a cold in the rain?"
Lu Lingxi waited in the car for a long time but Yan Yue didn't come back, so he couldn't help but open the window to see what was going on outside. Unexpectedly, he was scolded by Yan Yue as soon as he opened the window, and in front of Uncle Li, he immediately retracted his head a little embarrassedly.
Uncle Li laughed, thinking that Yan Yue was watching the little kid too closely. But thinking that the little kid was so thin that he would fall down if the wind blew, he thought that he must have caught a cold. He didn't say anything else, and motioned him to go back and prepare food for them, and asked Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi to go over earlier so as not to be too late.
Yan Yue nodded, and Lu Lingxi curled his eyes at Uncle Li through the window, then retracted his eyes.
After putting away the umbrella, Yan Yue got in the car. Before he could say anything, Lu Lingxi smiled at him. Yan Yue had a smile in his eyes, but his expression did not reveal any clues. He reached out and touched Lu Lingxi's hair. He felt relieved when he found it was not wet.
Lu Lingxi looked at him obediently and whispered, "Brother Yan, you haven't told me what happened before?"
Yan Yue couldn't do anything about him, so he said patiently, "The big willow tree in the village was struck by lightning, and the villagers gathered around to watch. Let's park the car in the flower garden first, and then go to Uncle Li's house for dinner."
When Lu Lingxi heard that the willow tree was struck by lightning, he couldn't help but look over there. Yan Yue knew what he was thinking and coaxed him, "I'll take you to see it when we have dinner later."
Lu Lingxi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled with curved eyebrows.
The two parked the car in the flower garden. Yan Yue got out first and went to pick up Lu Lingxi with an umbrella. There was a lot of mud on the ground in the village. Yan Yue opened the door, leaned down slightly, and said to Lu Lingxi: "The ground is not easy to walk on, I will carry you."
Lu Lingxi refused, and was a little embarrassed, "I'm not a child."
Yan Yue looked gentle and held his hand in front of Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi held Yan Yue's hand obediently, and the two of them held an umbrella together. Dahei squeezed beside them and walked towards Uncle Li's house.
When passing by the big willow tree, Lu Lingxi pulled Yan Yue's arm and stopped.
There were many villagers around. Although it was dark and raining heavily, under the illumination of a bunch of flashlights, one could still clearly see the miserable appearance of the willow tree in the middle of the crowd. This was the first time Lu Lingxi had seen a tree struck by lightning. The trunk, which was originally as thick as two people, was split from top to bottom, almost split in half. The charred heart of the tree was exposed in the trunk, and the willow branches that were originally lush and leafy were scattered and drooped, covered with rain and mud.
A mental scan was spread out, and the white panel indicated that the willow tree had lost its vitality.
"The plant is dead. Should we use some natural power to revive it?"
Lu Lingxi didn't hesitate and secretly chose yes. Although he was reluctant to give up the power of nature, he still wanted to save some to purify the flower garden. But this willow tree has been growing for nearly a hundred years, and it would be a pity to be chopped to death. He still remembered that Uncle Li said that this willow tree was the "ancestor" of many willow trees nearby, and he would feel uneasy if he did nothing.
After choosing yes, Lu Lingxi planned to leave. The power of nature could only give the willow tree new life, and whether it could survive depended on itself. This was different from the last dead willow seedling, where he could still help water it, but this old willow tree could only rely on itself.
Lu Lingxi chose to put away the white panel, but to his surprise, the white panel did not disappear and was still floating in front of him. He was slightly stunned, and then he saw a new prompt appear at the bottom of the panel.
"If we find a tree with the same origin, do we share the same vitality?"
As this prompt came on, the willow tree in the center of the panel disappeared, and a light brown soil image appeared. Above the image, six green dots of light were flashing. Five of them were of similar brightness and were clustered together. Not far from the five dots of light, there was another dot of light that was obviously larger, but the color was dim, as if it could go out at any time.
The first thing Lu Lingxi thought of was the five willow seedlings planted in the flowerbed. He was already surprised that they shared vitality last time, but he didn't expect a similar reminder to appear today. The same ancestral tree? It seems that what Grandpa Li said was really not a joke.
Lu Lingxi came back to his senses and quickly chose yes. He was staring at the white panel, trying to see if there would be any more prompts on it, when Yan Yue reached out and held him in his arms, saying, "It's time to go. Uncle Li is still waiting for us to eat."
Lu Lingxi was worried that he would not be able to see the changes in the willow tree once he was out of the range of the mental scan, so he pulled Yan Yue's arm and whispered, "Let me watch for a while longer."
Yan Yue didn't quite understand what was so beautiful about this dying willow tree, but seeing Lu Lingxi's expectant eyes, he could only nod helplessly and hugged Lu Lingxi in his arms. Lu Lingxi's attention was focused on the white panel, and he didn't realize how intimate he and Yan Yue were at this moment.
A few minutes later, the originally dim green light gradually lit up, while the originally bright five light spots gradually dimmed. Lu Lingxi frowned a little anxiously. The five young willow seedlings had too little vitality. What if... As soon as his thought flashed through his mind, a green line extended from the light spot representing the old willow tree, circled around and connected the original five light spots together, and then circled back to the starting point.
When the six light spots were strung together to form a cycle, Lu Lingxi felt something shock in his mind. The soil within the green light circle seemed to have life and slowly began to change, from the original light brown to translucent white.
"The willow ecological community is formed, soil purification is successful, and the reward is +500 plant hearts."
Lu Lingxi was completely stunned by this change. He looked up at Yan Yue in confusion and whispered, "Brother Yan, pinch me and see if it's true?"
Yan Yue raised his eyebrows, thinking that the boy's words were a little strange, but he still reached out and gently pinched the boy's smooth face. Lu Lingxi didn't feel any pain, but he felt his heart pounding, and had a very strange feeling. He thought that the change in the panel must have made him weird, so he smiled awkwardly and lowered his head to look at the panel again.
After waiting for a few more minutes, the panel remained unchanged. Lu Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief, put away the panel, and pulled Yan Yue to say, "Brother Yan, let's go eat."
Yan Yue's eyes darkened. Just a moment ago, he smelled the fragrance of grass and trees from the boy again.
Uncle Li had been waiting for them at home for a long time. Hearing that Lu Lingxi had stopped to look at the willow tree for a long time, he smiled and sighed that it was a pity to lose the willow tree. Lu Lingxi held back and said nothing, thinking of giving Uncle Li a surprise tomorrow. After the two of them finished their meal, Uncle Li asked them to stay here. There was no electricity or water in the courtyard, so it was not convenient for them to go back.
Lu Lingxi was a little hesitant, and Yan Yue also felt that it was not very convenient. The two insisted on going back, and Uncle Li took a bucket of water for them to take back. Otherwise, the two would not be able to wash. They returned to the courtyard with an umbrella, and half of Yan Yue's body was wet. "I'll go boil some water, you sit still, and don't run around without electricity."
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently. It was the first time for him to encounter a power outage, and he felt it was a bit strange. Apart from the inconvenience of the water outage, he didn't feel any other impact. Yan Yue was boiling water outside, and Lu Lingxi sat on the edge of the kang bored, swinging his legs to tease Dahei who was squatting on the ground.
"Dahei, you can't sleep on the kang today. You can only sleep on the floor."
Dahei whimpered softly in grievance.
Lu Lingxi felt a little reluctant, but Dahei was too dirty after running in the rain. They only brought back a bucket of water from Uncle Li's house, which was definitely not enough for Dahei to take a bath. "Go back and eat two chicken legs as compensation, okay?"
The chicken legs were still very tempting. Dahei's ears trembled and he called out three times calmly.
Lu Lingxi: "...You want to eat three?"
Dahei narrowed his eyes and let out a low cry.
Lu Lingxi thought of Brother Dong’s evaluation of Dahei and began to believe that Dahei had really become a spirit.
The man and the dog were bargaining for a few chicken legs. Yan Yue had already boiled water and asked Lu Lingxi to wash his face. Lu Lingxi obediently washed his face and feet, but found a big problem. The sneakers he wore today were already soaked. How could he get back to the house after washing his feet? There was only a pair of slippers in the yard that he brought last time, and now he was wearing them on Brother Yan's feet.
Lu Lingxi knelt down on the chair in some embarrassment, thinking about this problem seriously. Why not let Brother Yan get on the kang first, and then ask Dahei to bring the slippers over?
Yan Yue looked at Lu Lingxi's tangled expression with a faint smile on his face. He had to admit that he did it on purpose. He deliberately didn't remind the boy and deliberately left only a pair of slippers last time. He walked over slowly, pretending to be surprised, "What's wrong?"
Lu Lingxi said obediently: "My shoes are dirty."
Yan Yue suppressed the impulse in his heart and said casually: "I'll carry you back."
Lu Lingxi was just about to suggest letting Dahei bring the cat over, but when he heard Yan Yue say that, he was stunned.
Yan Yue did not give Lu Lingxi a chance to refuse. He leaned down and held the boy in his arms carefully. He found that it felt good. The boy's body was soft and full of the faint fragrance of plants. The moment he held him in his arms, he almost felt like he was holding the whole world.
Yan Yue tightened his arms and whispered into Lu Lingxi's ear: "Hold me tight."
Lu Lingxi's ears turned red.
There was no electricity in the house, only a candle was lit inside and outside the house, and the dim light couldn't illuminate much. But even so, Yan Yue clearly saw that Lu Lingxi's white earlobe was slowly stained with a layer of red. His mind suddenly went blank, and before he could realize it, Yan Yue had already uncontrollably pressed down and gently kissed the boy's ear.
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