The numb and weak limbs made Wu Chun lie in bed all day.
Although Xu Shi Yao helped Wu Chun alleviate some of the pain in the position where he carried the shoulder staff, the next day, the area was still slightly swollen and red.
“I told you that you wouldn’t be able to do this job the first time, and you still wouldn’t let your grandfather help you. Look at your shoulder.”
In the next second, a strong medicinal smell rushed over, and a plaster was applied to Wu Chun’s swollen area.
“Don’t do any heavy work for three days.”
“No, I can do it.” Wu Chun struggled to get out of bed. His toes had blistered yesterday and now looked unsightly. Wu Chun’s skin was light and delicate, so even a small wound on him would be especially noticeable.
The pain made Wu Chun gasp, and he sat on the bed for a while before continuing to talk to his grandfather. “The seedlings must be watered after planting, or else it will all be for nothing.”
“Don’t worry, your grandpa has arranged for someone to take care of your vegetables. You don’t need to worry about them.”
Wu Chun could sense that in his grandfather’s eyes, his cultivation of those vegetables was just a passing fad, and he didn’t expect him to be able to grow those vegetables in such a place. Maybe his grandfather thought that he was just acting on a whim, and after the excitement died down, he would forget about these things. So he was willing to join him in his antics.
But the reality was different.
In Wu Chun’s heart, he truly hoped that every inch of land in Shili Mountain would eventually turn green, and he hoped that the people of Shili Village would also take the initiative to protect this green area.
Although no one but himself had ever been able to communicate with Xu Shi Yao, in such a situation, when everyone was working hard for a common goal, even though they were Separated by yin and yang If Wu Chun and Xu Shi Yao could not meet, Wu Chun felt that Xu Shi Yao would not be so lonely.
Not only loneliness but also five years of accumulated helplessness.
Because of a single sentence, the other person was able to stand alone on the mountain for five years, but the people at the foot of the mountain—perhaps most of them—still remember the name “Xu Shi Yao”, but only as a memory.
Wu Chun looked out the window; the sun had already set and it would soon be dark.
“I still have to go.”
Wu Chun endured the pain and got out of bed. Shilii Mountain was a place he had to go. When it got dark, Xu Shi Yao would definitely be standing under that pine tree, waiting for him.
“Chun Chun, why do you go out every night? What are you doing? With your current condition, do you still want to go out?” Grandfather came out, followed him worriedly, and locked the door while saying, “How about this Grandpa will accompany you; what do you think?”
“Grandpa,” Wu Chun smiled helplessly and looked at his grandfather, trying to convince him, “I’m already 18. I’m not a little kid who needs you to take care of everything. Don’t you have something to do tonight? Besides, my mother asked me to come here because she thinks I only know how to study and wants me to experience life. Don’t worry, I’ll come back tonight in one piece.
….
After almost ten minutes of persuasion, Wu Chun finally convinced his grandfather and set off on his own to Shili Mountain. Today, the journey that usually takes a dozen minutes took Wu Chun over twenty minutes.
By the time he arrived at the pine tree, the sky had already darkened. Wu Chun first went to his small vegetable garden and looked around. Many of the seedlings had survived and had just been watered, and they looked alive.
“Not bad, not bad,” Wu Chun muttered, pleased like an old father. “Grow up fast and don’t let me down!”
As he spoke, Wu Chun felt a chill behind him.
Wu Chun hastily stood up and turned around to see Xu Shi Yao standing behind him with his hands behind his back.
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“Why did you come out so early?” Wu Chun asked, blinking his eyes quickly. Standing here, he could vaguely see the mountaintop on the other side of the Shili Mountain Range, which was turning red in the sunset. Instinctively, Wu Chun blocked Xu Shi Yao’s path.
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However, just a few days later, the other party suddenly changed their statement.
“I don’t know either.” Xu Shi Yao walked over to Wu Chun’s side and looked at the distant red-tinted mountaintop; his lips also curled into a smile. It was the first time he came out of the pine tree while the sunlight had not completely dissipated. Xu Shi Yao stretched out his right hand and made a half-fist gesture, and the remaining light seemed to be held in the palm of his hand. This was the first time he had such close contact with light.
“It seems like things have been like this since I met you,” Xu Shiyao said, turning around to look at Wu Chun. “I’m also trying to find the reason.”
Wu Chun remained silent, staring at Xu Shi Yao without looking away. He was still different. Wu Chun never wanted to see Xu Shi Yao as a ghost, but when he stood in the “light”, his sickly skin colour became more prominent.
No normal person’s skin would be white like this; it was a lifeless and dull white.
If you didn’t look at Xu Shi Yao’s eyes, there was no trace of vitality on him—not a living being, but it still moved Wu Chun more than any living being.
“Do you want to watch the sunset together?” Wu Chun asked with a smile.
As soon as the words were spoken, Wu Chun felt his feet leave the ground. When he regained his senses, he was already sitting on a branch of the pine tree. The pine tree in front of him seemed to have received an order from someone, and its branches spread out, revealing a wide view.
Then Wu Chun heard a confident reply from Xu Shi Yao: “Sure.
…
It was the first time Wu Chun had seriously watched the sunset. In the past few years, due to his studies, Wu Chun’s life has been almost a straight line between home and school.
“I’m seeing a sunset for the first time,” Wu Chun said with a smile. “We rarely see this kind of scenery where I come from. At home, I like to read newspapers and magazines. There’s a newsstand outside the school that has new publications every week. My favourite section is always the one about different landscapes around the world.” As Wu Chun spoke, he glanced at Xu Shi Yao, only to find him staring straight ahead with an intense gaze, lost in thought.
“What is it?” Wu Chun waved his hand in front of Xu Shi Yao’s face. “What are you thinking about?”
“Nothing.” Xu Shi Yao muttered.
Even though he said that, the complex emotions in his eyes didn’t disappear at all.
“I was just thinking about what it looks like outside,” Xu Shi Yao said.
Wu Chun was taken aback and asked with some sympathy, “You only know this place?”
Xu Shi Yao nodded.
Well, for the five years after his death, Xu Shi Yao had been guarding this place, and his memories of his life had long since completely disappeared.
He had locked himself in this place and chosen a tree that overlooked the entire Shili Village. Since then, wherever his gaze went, it was the entire ten-mile mountain.
If it were an ordinary person, Wu Chun would definitely put his arm around Xu Shi Yao’s shoulder and then say with a smile, “No problem, I’ll take you out to play in the future.”
However, when the recipient of this sentence was Xu Shi Yao, Wu Chun could only feel helpless.
The more time they spent with Xu Shi Yao, the more this feeling of helplessness became apparent to Wu Chun.
Maybe it was because of the trivial things inscribed on the tree bark, or maybe it was because he was the only person Xu Shi Yao could talk to. When they communicated, he was no longer as reserved and distant as he had been in the beginning.
Their relationship was growing closer, but as they grew closer, Wu Chun’s emotions became more complex.
In his heart, Wu Chun had mixed feelings about Xu Shi Yao. From the beginning, there was admiration, but now he felt that while the admiration was still there, pity had taken over.
Wu Chun felt sorry for Xu Shi Yao.
But most of the time, there was little he could do, like now, when he couldn’t even think of a consoling word.
“Have you ever thought of leaving this place?”
Xu Shi Yao nodded.
“When?”
This time, Xu Shi Yao didn’t answer right away.
But Wu Chun was in no hurry. He just calmly looked at Xu Shi Yao, and after an unknown amount of time, he saw Xu Shi Yao’s Adam’s apple move.
“When this place no longer needs me,”
Once again, Wu Chun’s eyes became uncontrollably moist. His tears gushed out as if an order had been given.
“What is it?” Xu Shi Yao turned to him with concern.
“It’s nothing.” Wu Chun hastily wiped away his tears, but he found that the more he wiped, the more tears flowed. In the end, he just rested his forehead on Xu Shi Yao’s shoulder and sobbed quietly.
Wu Chun didn’t know what he was feeling, except for a feeling of sorrow and anger.
When Xu Shi Yao said that sentence, Wu Cun almost blurted out, “Let’s go; let’s not bother with this place anymore.”
Fortunately, Wu Chun didn’t say it out loud.
This was the place that Xu Shi Yao was determined to protect, even if he lost his memory. Apart from Xu Shi Yao himself, no one else could make decisions for him.
But five years had passed…
If only everyone could spontaneously protect the trees.
If the people living here were conscious enough to protect this pine forest, maybe Xu Shi Yao could leave this place.
But at the moment, it seems difficult to even prevent destruction, let alone protect it.
“There will be an improvement.” Xu Shi Yao suddenly reached out and gently rubbed Wu Chun’s head to calm him down.
To put it mildly, at that moment, Wu Chun felt as if he had been electrified and quickly moved away from Xu Shi Yao.
“Things will get better.” The other person looked at him and repeated this sentence.
Maybe the situation will slowly improve with time, but in that case, time is too long.
For the first time, Wu Chun felt that, besides planting trees, he had to do something to leave this mountain.
“You mean I go to the village to promote it?”
The awareness of tree protection among the people here is too low. What if I take the initiative to teach them?
Will the situation improve?
After thinking for a while, Wu Chun realized that most of the people he had interacted with in Shili Village were easy to talk to, and they all had one thing in common: they held “educated people” in high esteem.
Sometimes, Wu Chun felt that even his own mother’s casual words would be taken as truth by the people here. They would say things like, “She’s a teacher, so she must know more than us. Just listen to her.”
Or, “This boy is about to go to college, and he has a lot of cultural knowledge in his head. He definitely knows more than we do.”
“I will go door to door and tell them about the dangers of cutting down trees. Maybe they already know a little, but not enough. What if I give them a detailed explanation?”
As Wu Chun spoke, his eyes lit up, and he felt more and more that this method was feasible. He wanted to get the people here to voluntarily put down their axes. If the axes were put down, the shackles that bound Xu Shi Yao would naturally disappear.
Then the world would be open to them.
Compared to Wu Chun, Xu Shi Yao’s reaction was much calmer. He moved his lips and finally said, “Come to me if you have any difficulties.
Wu Chun felt relieved after hearing Xu Shi Yao’s words. Since Xu Shi Yao had given his approval, Wu Chun felt confident to proceed with his plan.
As for helping out…
Wu Chun looked at Xu Shi Yao carefully and suddenly asked, “Do you have a rope?”
Wu Chun took out the pine cone necklace that Xu Shi Yao had given him and said, “Something like this necklace will do.
Xu Shi Yao glanced at him and finally pinched off one of his own hairs. The hair turned into a rope in his hand, and he handed it to Wu Chun.
Wu Chun took it and adjusted his sitting posture to face Xu Shi Yao directly. Then he put his finger on Xu Shi Yao’s and said, “For the first knot, I’ll tie your hair.”
Seeing the puzzled look on the other person’s face, Wu Chun added, “Your hair is too long, and it’s blocking my view of your pretty face.”
Yi Zhi Mao Dou:
“What can I say! (A Soybeantrying to attract attention)”
I love long haired men, but long hair shouldn’t hide a beauty
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»Shilii Mountain was a place he had to go.« Shili
»Wu Chun paused and turned around to ask, “Why?« ” is missing at the end
».. Xu Shiyao said, turning around to look at Wu Chun.« Shi Yao
».. confident reply from Xu Shi Yao: “Sure.« ” is missing at the end
»The more time they spent with Xu Shi Yao..« he spent (?)
»“Come to me if you have any difficulties.« ” is missing at the end
So those people really didn’t learn a thing in the past five yrs? Or are they just thinking stuff like “I’ll just cut down a bit, it won’t affect anything if it is just a little bit.” and then everyone thinks smth like that? Well, good luck with educating them. But wouldn’t it be easier to hold a big meeting instead of going from house to house?
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶