Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Can he kiss her?
After a long while, Gu Zhi said, "...Miss, are you alone outside the mountain?"
Nan Qiong Shuang nodded obediently, "Yes. I'm on the river every day, crossing back and forth. Everyone I see is a guest, coming and going, no one can stay." She glanced at Gu Zhi with a smile, "Unlike you, young master, all the people around you are in the mountains."
Gu Zhi smiled, "I've been locked up in the mountains since I was little, so naturally all my relatives are around me."
Nan Qiong Shuang continued meaningfully, "Then the young master's surroundings are naturally bustling with activity."
Gu Zhi was silent for a long time, then smiled and said, "I guess so. My senior sisters and uncles are always by my side, but my father is in seclusion all year round."
Nan Qiong Shuang laughed and teased, "'Also?' Why does it sound so forced?"
Gu Zhi didn't know how to answer for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and shook his head, "Senior Sister has a strict and aloof personality and doesn't like people to get close to her. Uncle is used to punishing me. As for the others, when they heard the words 'Young Sect Leader', they scattered like birds and beasts and didn't dare to play with me."
Nan Qiongshuang tied up a strand of hair from her temples. The light from the lantern shone softly on her face. She suddenly smiled and asked:
"Where is Master Li Xuanbai?"
He was silent for a moment.
"Miss Chu cares about him a lot?"
He lowered his eyes, not looking at her, but was obviously a little uncomfortable.
"Not really." She smiled, resting her elbows on her knees, tilting her head, and smiling a little coquettishly. "I just think that Mr. Li is as good as you in training, and he has a say in the mountain. Isn't he the best choice for a friend?"
"Xuan Bai and I have different paths." He raised his eyes and looked into the starry night sky. "When I like something, I hold on to it. He is more free and easy."
"I know." She lied casually, "When he brought me back that day, I asked if there was anything I could do to repay him, and he said it was not necessary."
"Miss Chu, please stay away from him." Gu Zhi suddenly said.
Her heart tensed for a moment. Did he also realize that Li Xuanbai's identity was not ordinary?
"He's frivolous," he said.
Nan Qiongshuang listened and couldn't help but chuckle.
How could such a gentleman talk about others behind their backs just because of these two sentences? Like a child.
In the soft lantern light, Nan Qiong Shuang held a spoon and scooped a red hawthorn dumpling into her mouth. "So, does that mean that although it looks lively around you, you're actually very lonely?"
"I don't think about whether I'm lonely or not..." The mountain breeze blew the petals off, and Gu Zhi lowered his eyes, almost in a Zen mood.
Nan Qiong Shuang understood, resting her elbows on her knees and smiling. The warm lantern light made her look gentle, her hair filtering through the light, fluffy and edged with a thin golden rim.
Gu Zhi was stunned.
Her bags under her eyes and the tip of her nose were brightly illuminated by the light, and her eyes were surprisingly clear and bright.
A serious look and a pure, refined and cute smile.
The moment he looked into those watery smiling eyes, Gu Zhi was stunned for a moment as if his soul was captured by the lake of light shining in the eyes.
Falling petals.
Brushing across her smiling eyes.
When the falling petals brushed from the top of her hair to her chin, Nan Qiong Shuang spoke softly:
"Yes, people who are used to being lonely won't realize they are lonely."
The sound was so beautiful, like the low sigh of a mountain spirit in a deserted place deep in the mountains.
Gu Zhi's Adam's apple rolled for a moment, and he pinched it with the hand on his knee.
He lowered his eyes as if nothing had happened and didn't look at her.
Is he lonely?
He really hadn't thought about this question.
There are too many things going on in the mountains, and Uncle Huide doesn't care about anything except important matters. Every day, there are countless things waiting for him to decide.
He didn't have the time to think about this problem, and he didn't have the time to feel sorry for himself.
But, if you really ask...
Is he really not lonely?
My father has been in seclusion all year round, and my uncle favors Li Xuanbai and Song Yaojie.
Naturally, he couldn't get the love of his uncle, so it was a good thing that he wasn't punished.
Not to mention his father, who was still in seclusion, and even if he came out, he might not be willing to open his eyelids to look at him. For more than ten years, he had been trapped in the death of his brother, a genius who died young.
No matter how hard he tried, his father couldn't see him.
Even for a moment.
As for friends...a person who is too busy every day will not have any deep friends.
Even Song Yaojie, with whom he interacted most, urged him to practice martial arts every day, preferably day and night, with the idea of bringing glory to the whole mountain.
Wuduan suddenly remembered what she had just said, "At least we are in the mountains, and there is the young master."
Isn't he...
Gu Zhi's eyes froze for a moment.
Isn't he something?
Miss Chu will only be in the mountains for three months.
Aren't you something?
Gu Zhi said, "Actually, the mountains are great, everyone is very nice, and I'm used to it, so how can I feel lonely?"
The long pause she had just taken had already given her the answer. Nan Qiong Shuang smiled without saying anything, simply lowering her head to eat her iced dumplings.
As she lowered her head, the strands of hair on her temples fell down and accidentally stuck to her lips.
The next second, he found that he naturally reached out his hand and wanted to smooth down her hair.
What are you doing?! He was shocked.
Just as she was about to retract her hand, she suddenly saw the two petal-like lips beside his jade-white knuckles.
The color was so bright, hawthorn red, with a hint of coldness like an ice ball.
Slightly tilted.
Like cold and beautiful rose petals.
She seemed unaware and naturally pulled the hair off her lips.
The thin black hair slowly brushed across her round lips, plump lips, scraped across a few shallow lines, scraped across the corners of her lips, and was pulled out from deeper inside that fragrant and soft place, almost obscenely.
The hair is soaked in sugar water, so it must be sweet.
A thunderbolt suddenly struck his mind.
What is he thinking?
Nan Qiongshuang was completely unaware of this and continued to stir the hawthorn water in the bowl while holding it.
He was just lost in thought, staring at her snow-white neck and the small purple wood earring on her ear.
I looked at it for a moment and didn’t dare to look anymore.
His whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he sat down to the side inconspicuously.
If he was smart, he shouldn't stay here any longer.
However, she propped up her cheek, staring at the moon in a trance, as if murmuring, "What should I do? With you here, I'll feel less lonely."
It felt like something in his chest was burning uncontrollably, threatening to burn a hole in him.
He opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but no word came out.
There was a long silence.
After saying such ambiguous words, I waited for his response but didn't get a single word for a long time.
Nan Qiong Shuang turned to look at him and found that he had no expression on his face, looking unmoved. It seemed that he had no interest in her words and didn't take them to heart.
She closed her eyes in annoyance.
It is really difficult to make a person who is as delicate as ice and snow move his heart.
Forget it, she thought, why not just skip the preparation and ask directly, "It's too boring for me to be alone. If you have time, could you accompany me to go hiking in the mountains?"
Especially, the Star Pavilion.
I didn't point it out clearly because I was afraid he would become suspicious.
She looked at him with a smile, waiting for his response.
But he still didn't speak.
It’s not that Gu Zhi doesn’t want to agree.
He didn't hear it.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the dream.
That dream... She was dressed in gorgeous clothes, crawling on her knees in a narrow boat filled with colorful flowers, lying on him. A pair of slender, fragrant hands slowly, tentatively, caressing his whole body.
From his jaw, to his cheeks, to his nose, to...his lips.
The same two lips, the same moisture, the same amazing color, the same... not too far, not too close, just beside his face.
He froze for a moment, and suddenly realized that something was wrong with his body.
The next second, it was as if someone poured a bucket of cold water on my head.
How could he...
He didn't dare stay any longer. If he stayed for another second, he would be exposed.
He stood up suddenly without saying a word, his face frighteningly cold and hard.
"Gu is busy and won't stay with me any longer."
He turned around and went up the stone steps.
I didn't even dare to show her my front face.
Nan Qiongshuang turned around and looked at his suddenly resolute back, feeling unsure and in turmoil.
What happened? Someone who was always good-tempered suddenly became so unapproachable.
When had he ever been so unapproachable towards her?
I just mentioned hiking.
Is he suspicious?
By now, most of the ice balls had melted. She lowered her eyes and stirred the hawthorn water thoughtfully.
Why did he react like this? It was hard for her to find out that when she took the medicine, he had stared at her lips which were slightly red from being burned. So she specially made this bowl of hawthorn ice dumplings and had him eat it in front of her.
I even found the spot where the fallen flowers were overhead and lit a lantern to illuminate her feet. Her left side looked better, and the lantern's light would also make her eyes brighter.
She even wore small earrings made from seven-element fragrant wood.
Unexpectedly, it backfired.
He was so impatient when he left. Could it be that he had been suspicious of her for a long time, and when he heard her say that she wanted to go to the mountain to take a look, his alarm bells immediately went off?
Or was it because she politely said she wanted him to accompany her, so she felt annoyed that she was clinging to him and left in anger?
How could that be?
Nan Qiong Shuang held her forehead with her hand, rubbed her eyebrows and sighed.
Sometimes, even she has to admit that she really doesn't understand men.
*
After meditating under the cold waterfall for more than an hour, Gu Zhi was soaked all over and finally exhausted. He pushed open the door of Muxueyuan again.
When the door opened, the shadow holding the lantern on the stone steps was gone.
His heart suddenly relaxed for a moment.
He walked into the room like a ghost exhausted both physically and mentally, with water dripping from the corners of his clothes. Seeing that Nan Qiong Shuang's door was not open, he quickly rushed into his room.
Order people to prepare water and bathe.
He bathed for a long time until he felt that everything from his body to his mind was spotless.
He went to bed, changed into dry pajamas, and lit a calming incense.
Finally went to bed.
Then the next day, he lifted the bedding and saw a mess.
He had a splitting headache and could hardly sit still. For a moment he even felt like vomiting.
He didn't know what was wrong with him. Miss Chu could only stay in the mountains for three months, but he was thinking about these things here day after day.
When Miss Chu smiled at him, when she waited for him in the courtyard, when she dressed him, lit the lamp for him, and swept away the fallen flowers.
Did you ever imagine that he would fantasize about her in those chilly spring tides, and put her into those obscene dreams, playing a charming role?
Her... thoughtful and unintentional actions.
If she knew that the man who appeared to be a gentleman had actually been longing for her moist lips dipped in sugar water for a long time.
Will she hate him?
He felt disgusting.
He took a deep, deep, deep breath.
He punched the wall with his fist, causing it to sink half an inch.
The knuckles were rubbed so hard that they were broken and bleeding.
He has never been a person with strong desires.
He even prides himself on self-control.
Then why.
Suddenly I thought of those two rosy lips again.
He couldn't figure it out.
This can't be it, he thought. This can't be it.
*
Gu Zhi’s back that night was so cold, so cold that it made her nervous.
She didn't sleep all night, and when it was dawn, she decided to think of a way to try again.
So, at noon the next day, she knew that Gu Zhi would always go back to the courtyard to take a nap, so she calculated the time, took a round fan, and lay down on the round stone table to rest.
The mountain breeze blew away the fallen petals, and a few of them landed on her cheeks.
The mountain is no different from other places. You can just stay there and enjoy the cool breeze.
The stone table is cold, and if you really rest here, you will inevitably catch a cold.
If Gu Zhiruo saw this, he would definitely come over, pat her shoulder, and tell her to go back to her room to rest.
At the very least, he would bring over a coat and gently put it on her shoulders.
Unexpectedly, today, Nan Qiong Shuang lay in the armpit with her eyes closed, listening quietly to the movements in the yard.
The sunlight filtered through the undulating shadows of the trees and slanted down onto her sleeping face.
But he heard Gu Zhi finish his practice and push open the gate.
There were a few murmured greetings from the people around.
Gu Zhi responded as usual.
The hem of her clothes brushed against the ground as usual, brushing against fallen flowers and leaves, making a slight rustling sound.
Went straight into the house.
He didn't even look in her direction, not even for a moment.
Nan Qiongshuang squeezed her hands, which were resting on the round stone table, almost imperceptibly.
It's like this again.
He was ignoring her again.
How could he not have seen it? Such a careful person, just pretending not to see it.
What happened? Why did he treat her so coldly?
For so long, there has been no man who could resist under Nan Qiongshuang's skirt for so long.
She said in her heart.
There is a bright moon in the world, and it does not care about human affairs. I heard that these are two lines of doggerel written for him by his fellow students.
These two lines of poetry are really well written.
What a pure-hearted, self-disciplined person.
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