Mu Xiaowan's fingers were held tightly by Zhou Luancheng, unable to move. She could smell the faint scent of soap powder on his body, like the wind blowing from the valley, cold and fresh.
Her face instantly turned red, and she stuttered: "No, I didn't think about anything."
Zhou Luancheng's face was serious, but his tone was gentle: "Mu Xiaowan, in the hands of some people, weapons can become a weapon of justice, helping the weak and suppressing the strong. But in the hands of some people, they can become an extreme weapon of murder, destroying others and themselves without regard for the consequences."
Mu Xiaowan swallowed and said, "I didn't, I didn't think about anything."
Zhou Luancheng changed his approach: "Then tell me, who did you think of when you pulled the trigger just now? Who do you think is standing opposite you?"
Mu Xiaowan stopped talking for a moment, bit her lower lip tightly, and stared ahead silently, not answering Zhou Luancheng's words, nor paying any attention to him.
Zhou Luancheng cut off the bolt, pulled Mu Xiaowan's hand, asked her to let go, and took the gun from her hand: "If you really like it, let's come back at another time. It's a little hot now because of the sun. I'll take you to the mountains."
Before Mu Xiaowan understood what was going on, she had already followed Zhou Luancheng out of the shooting range and climbed up the mountain along the path.
The more I climbed, the more annoyed I became: "Why did I start climbing so well? I'm not afraid of the heat. I even brought a straw hat."
Zhou Luancheng smiled and said, "I'll bring you here in a few days. The recoil of the gun is very strong. If you don't feel it now, your shoulder will hurt when you go back tonight. So let's stop here today."
Mu Xiaowan felt a pain in her shoulder when the bullet was fired, but she didn't believe what Zhou Luancheng said. It must be because of her distraction just now?
He thought about Zhou Luancheng's words again and again in his mind, and simply shut up.
Zhou Luancheng walked slowly, saying to Mu Xiaowan: "Go a little further up, there is a wild fruit forest. There should be wild apples now, and walnuts and red dates later."
Mu Xiaowan looked in the direction Zhou Luancheng pointed and said, "Why didn't I know there was such a place in Beijing?"
If she knew, she wouldn't have to run around stealing fruits. She could have just picked them here.
Zhou Luancheng smiled and said, "This is a restricted area. Ordinary people can't come here. Besides, there is only one way to get here, from the shooting range."
Mu Xiaowan pouted: "If I want to come and pick walnuts and red dates, can I still come?"
Zhou Luancheng nodded: "Okay, I'll bring you here when the time comes."
Then he suddenly changed the subject: "I remember when you went to the countryside, you were in Lingnan Red Star Commune, not far from Zhangbei, and there were many walnut fields there."
Mu Xiaowan didn't think much about it: "I don't know either. I stayed at the educated youth center for less than a year. Due to health reasons, I returned to the city."
Zhou Luancheng glanced at Mu Xiaowan. Although she was thin, her face was ruddy and she looked very energetic. He asked casually, "Why are you not feeling well? Are you not used to the local climate?"
Mu Xiaowan opened her mouth and hummed. She didn't want to say that she was bullied by those people. They suspected her of stealing things, and when they failed to search her, they made her fetch water from the river in the middle of winter. They also set up obstacles on the riverside and made her roll into the river, where she almost drowned.
Fortunately, she was lucky enough not to die, but she was left with a chronic illness. She had a high fever for several days and then kept coughing like a tuberculosis patient.
She couldn't work and her health was not good, so everyone was afraid that she would die there.
It was the village party secretary who was kindhearted. It was mainly because she secretly gave him a Plum Blossom watch that allowed her to retire and return to the city due to illness.
She didn't want to talk about such bad things.
Zhou Luancheng naturally noticed her momentary trance and knew that the problem must be here. After all, from his investigation, Mu Xiaowan started studying with a friend of Mu Lao shortly after returning to the city, and she herself was doing very well in Beijing and was very comfortable. Even her relatives were helpless about her.
So the problem should be that he did not investigate it during the period of Lingnan Red Star Commune.
Since Mu Xiaowan didn't want to say it, he didn't ask any more questions.
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Sheng An Ning was looking after the children at home while waiting for Mu Xiaowan to come back. She wanted to ask if the shooting range was fun. She waited until An An and the others woke up from their nap before Zhou Luancheng and Mu Xiaowan came back.
Mu Xiaowan seemed very happy, with her bag full of wild apples and wild grapes. She called out to Sheng Anning, "These wild apples taste quite good. Let's take a basket with us and pick some more to make fruit leather."
Sheng Anning looked at Mu Xiaowan in surprise as she took out a bunch of wild apples and wild grapes: "Are you guys going on a picnic?"
Mu Xiaowan scratched his head: "No, I had nothing to do after shooting, so I went for a walk in the nearby mountains."
Sheng An Ning couldn't gossip because Zhou Luancheng was nearby, so she picked up a wild apple, wiped it casually, took a bite, looked at Zhou Luancheng, then looked at Mu Xiaowan. It was already like this, and nothing had happened?
Take shooting for example. A lot of ambiguity can occur in the process of teaching and learning.
For example, if Zhou Luancheng wanted to correct Mu Xiaowan's gun holding posture from behind, would he have to get very close to her? In this way, their breathing would be entangled, the atmosphere would be ambiguous, their heartbeats would speed up, and they would be unable to control themselves?
For example, when they were climbing a mountain, the road was difficult to walk on, and Mu Xiaowan accidentally twisted her body and was about to fall, and then Zhou Luancheng hugged her waist and supported her. Could they feel each other's body temperature rising through their clothes?
Why are they both so calm? It doesn't look like anything has happened?
Sheng An Ning bit the wild apple suspiciously, various scenarios flying in her mind.
Zhou Luancheng rested for a while, changed his clothes, and went back to work.
Sheng An Ning asked the three children to go play with their aunt. She quickly pulled Mu Xiaowan to dig deep into the matter, but none of the scenarios she had assumed occurred.
"You guys did a good job keeping your distance."
Mu Xiaowan thought this was normal: "Is there something wrong? Didn't you say that I should hold back and wait for Zhou Luancheng to confess to me? I didn't see that he liked me today."
Sheng An Ning didn't know either, but her feeling was not wrong. As for what Zhou Luancheng was planning, she, a mortal, could not guess the mind of a Buddhist.
In the evening, Zhou Shixun came back and told Sheng Anning that he would take a day off tomorrow.
Sheng An Ning was quite puzzled: "How can you bear to rest? Did you suddenly realize that it is important to combine work and rest? But you can't take a leave to rest..."
"It will be cloudy tomorrow."
Zhou Shixun interrupted her.
Sheng An Ning was a little confused: "If it's cloudy tomorrow, I can skip work? Changsuo, are you so superstitious now? Do you have to depend on the weather before going to work?"
Zhou Shixun said helplessly: "It will be cloudy and windless tomorrow, which is suitable for shooting. I will take you to the shooting range."
Sheng An Ning was stunned, then she screamed and happily rushed towards Zhou Shixun...
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