Wu Chun didn’t dwell too long on this artist, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
In the morning, when the weather wasn’t too hot, Wu Chun watered the vegetables in his small garden. After days of practise, Wu Chun became more and more proficient with the staff. In his spare time, he would massage his own shoulders.
“I feel like I’m almost getting calluses.”
Wu Chun muttered to himself as he continued to lift the pole and walk downhill.
Xu Shi Yao’s mother was still around, so Wu Chun didn’t have to go and help Grandma Wang for the time being.
Perhaps because it had become a habit over the past few days, Wu Chun leaned against a pine tree after watering the plants. When he saw Grandma Wang’s garden down the mountain, Wu Chun decided to pay her a visit.
Grandma Wang was sitting under a tree near her house, and when she saw Wu Chun, the old lady stood up with the help of her stick.
“Grandma, please sit down.”
Wu Chun rushed over and helped the old woman sit down.
“I told you so. Yao Yao will definitely come down from the mountain. Yao Yao, tell Grandma, what are you doing on the mountain every day?”
Just then, Xu Shi Yao’s mother happened to come out of the courtyard carrying a bucket of water.
“Auntie.” Wu Chun stood up. Before he could utter the words, “Let me help you,” Wu Chun saw Xu Shi Yao’s mother wave her hand and smile gently at him.
“Stay with your grandmother for a while. Your grandmother misses you. Mom can take care of other things.”
Wu Chun admitted that when he heard the word “Mom”, his heart felt like it had been pricked by a needle.
Wu Chun’s hands, hanging at the sides of his thighs, slowly clenched into fists. After a slight movement of his Adam’s apple, Wu Chun looked at Xu Shi Yao’s mother and said softly, “Alright, Mom.”
Wu Chun seemed to feel that when he uttered the word “Mom”, the pine cone pendant hanging on his chest felt a decrease in coolness, as if a warm current was slowly flowing in. However, it was only a temporary feeling.
Wu Chun skillfully moved a small stool from the courtyard and sat down next to Grandma Wang. The old woman’s speech was always hard to follow, but Wu Chun listened patiently. Whenever she mentioned something related to Xu Shi Yao, Wu Chun would pay extra attention and feel like his brain wasn’t enough. He wished he could remember every word the old woman said about Xu Shi Yao and tell him when night fell.
Unknowingly, a considerable amount of time had passed, and it was time for the old woman to rest.
After helping Xu Shi Yao’s mother put the old woman down, Wu Chun was about to leave, but Xu Shi Yao’s mother called him back.
“Wu Chun, thank you.”
“No need, Auntie,” Wu Chun replied with a smile. “It’s something I should do.”
After saying this, Wu Chun felt that the other person’s gaze towards him became even more intense.
“Why does someone who looks completely different resemble him so much when he stands there?”
Upon hearing this statement, Wu Chun was taken aback, and his inner emotions began to become complicated. In the past, Wu Chun would never have called someone else “mother”, but at that moment, the word “mother” naturally slipped out, and Wu Chun didn’t feel the slightest discomfort.
In fact, Wu Chun couldn’t help but wonder if he resembled the 18-year-old Xu Shi Yao.
Wu Chun smiled faintly as he looked at the woman, whose eyes were slightly red. Finally, he took a step forward and extended his arms to hug her.
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“Auntie, it’s okay. You can think of me as him as well.”
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Wu Chun had thought about giving the pine cone to Xu Shi Yao’s relatives, but every time he thought about it, Wu Chun couldn’t bear to do it.
He couldn’t bear to give the things Xu Shi Yao had given him to anyone else.
…
When he returned to Shili Mountain, it was already nearly 10 o’clock in the morning, and the sunlight was beginning to scorch.
Wu Chun was lying on the branch of a pine tree, staring blankly at the sky through the pine branches. The face of Xu Shi Yao’s mother as she finished speaking remained in his mind for a long time.
Shock, excitement, and a persistent state of uncontrollable excitement. Even when the other person’s hand gently touched his cheek, Wu Chun could clearly feel the trembling.
When he remembered that the other person had said that they didn’t plan on having a second child, Wu Chun had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
After a while, Wu Chun lay down on the branch of the pine tree and let out a slow sigh.
Wu Chun gently touched the pine cone hanging in front of him with his finger. After rocking back and forth a few times, the pine cone finally settled down in front of Wu Chun, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
I should call my family when I go back this time. Wu Chun thought in his heart.
Since I’ve accepted someone as my godmother, I should still inform my family.
“Xu Shi Yao, why do people say that we resemble each other?” Wu Chun crossed his legs, put his hands behind his head, and thought to himself. “Is it because we’ve been in contact too much? Have I absorbed your aura? Or is it that we are similar by nature?”
Wu Chun leaned towards the first possibility. In terms of appearance, he and Xu Shi Yao are completely different individuals. But when it comes to temperament…
Wu Chun carefully remembers the face of eighteen-year-old Xu Shi Yao. Among the factors that influence a person’s overall temperament, the gaze is perhaps the most telling. The look of an eighteen-year-old Xu Shi Yao is different from his own.
It’s probably just like what people often say: when you spend a long time together, you start to resemble each other.
“I wish the night would come sooner.”
Wu Chun looked at the sun hanging high in the sky and wished he could bring it down.
Wu Chun likes the atmosphere when he’s with Xu Shi Yao more and more. Unfortunately, their time together is very limited. One is a human, and the other is a ghost. Humans live during the day, while ghosts exist at night. Their only intersection is the few hours from the moment night falls until Wu Chun prepares to go home.
Despite spending most of the day by Xu Shi Yao’s side, Wu Chun suddenly found himself being called out.
“Young man!”
The abrupt call caused Wu Chun to roll off the pine tree, but fortunately, the branch held him back, causing only a slight pain.
The branch itself couldn’t bear much weight, so it was obvious who had helped him.
Wu Chun climbed up from the ground, supporting his waist, and immediately became furious when he saw that the person approaching him was the greasy middle-aged man.
“Old man, what exactly are you trying to do? I already told you not to disturb this tree, didn’t you hear?” Wu Chun said impatiently.
“It’s not that, young man; calm down. I just wanted to ask because I heard that there are ghosts haunting this forest. Is that true?” The greasy middle-aged man said.
Wu Chun really wanted to roll his eyes at him.
“It’s true!” Wu Chun suddenly raised his voice. “There are evil spirits in the mountains. If anyone dares to draw attention to the trees, they’re finished. You better leave quickly and never come back to this place.”
Wu Chun did not expect to scare the other person with his words. However, he was taken aback when the person suddenly lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
Wu Chun was surprised.
Did I actually manage to scare him?
“Hey, mister, you better leave quickly. This is not a good place. There are really ghosts roaming around here,” Wu Chun continued, seizing the opportunity.
However, Wu Chun didn’t expect that his words would suddenly excite the other person. They muttered excitedly, “It’s great if there are ghosts! With ghosts around, there must be a solution.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Chun couldn’t help but feel confused. He began to suspect that this person had escaped from a mental hospital, as his speech was incoherent and his actions were different from those of ordinary people.
However, Wu Chun’s inner alarm bells began to ring. The person’s obsession with this particular tree had exceeded his imagination. Wu Chun glanced at the tree behind him and furrowed his brow slightly, wondering if he should spend more time guarding this place.
“Young man, I will leave now.”
The oily uncle finished speaking and turned to leave, occasionally glancing back at Wu Chun’s location.
The look in the other person’s eyes disgusted Wu Chun. Because of that look, Wu Chun didn’t even dare to go home for lunch.
Xu Shi Yao was not allowed to show up during the day. If someone wanted to damage the trees, it would be easy, but there were orders against it. The risks were greater during the day. Besides, most of the villagers in the foothills were busy farming during the day, so it was rare for someone to come and cut down trees during that time.
However, this greasy uncle was a potential danger.
Wu Chun stayed by the pine tree all day, not leaving its side, afraid that if he didn’t pay attention, he would come back and find a short stump in its place.
After enduring the day, Wu Chun finally made it to the evening. When Xu Shi Yao came out of the pine tree, Wu Chun was already so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back and his stomach was growling loudly.
Feeling Xu Shi Yao’s gaze on his stomach, Wu Chun rubbed his belly awkwardly.
“I haven’t had lunch, so I’m a little hungry. It started to growl uncontrollably on its own.”
“Is it because of that person?” Xu Shi Yao asked.
“Of course it is!” Wu Chun immediately approached Xu Shi Yao and angrily shouted, “You didn’t see the look in his eyes. Let me tell you, it was disgusting. You could tell that he had an ulterior motive. He even mentioned that he wanted to turn you into some kind of exhibit. Disgusting!”
Wu Chun patted Xu Shi Yao’s shoulder as he spoke, “Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, he won’t lay a finger on you or any of the tree branches.”
In the next moment, Wu Chun’s feet left the ground, and he was lifted around the waist again and placed on a pine branch.
“Does it hurt?”
“Are you talking about when I fell out of the tree?”
Xu Shi Yao nodded.
“It’s fine, thanks to you. Apart from my butt being a little sore, I didn’t hurt anywhere else.”
It was all because it was difficult to stretch properly on tree branches. If they were on the ground, Wu Chun would definitely perform a small jump for Xu Shi Yao.
Wu Chun doesn’t exaggerate. This fall during the day really hurt his butt.
“What are you doing!”
One moment, Wu Chun felt that the place was limiting his performance, but the next moment, he almost jumped off the branch.
Suddenly, his butt was pinched, which startled Wu Chun.
“Why did you pinch my butt!”
Wu Chun held a small pine branch in his hand, keeping some distance from Xu Shi Yao. If one looked closely, one would notice Wu Chun’s slightly blushing earlobes.
Should he mention it or not? That pinch just now made Wu Chun feel as if an electric current had passed through his entire body.
“I’ll give you a massage.”
Wu Chun still held the small twig and stared at Xu Shi Yao in silence.
“Maybe it can ease the pain a bit.”
Wu Chun: “…”
Knowing that Xu Shi Yao had good intentions, whenever Wu Chun felt tired, he would always ask Xu Shi Yao to massage his arms and legs. After Xu Shi Yao’s massages, the feeling of fatigue would be alleviated quite a bit.
But now, because of Xu Shi Yao’s previous actions, Wu Chun couldn’t help but feel that there was an indescribable meaning in the atmosphere between them.
Wu Chun rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, “Xu Shi Yao, don’t touch my butt in the future.”
“Isn’t your butt in pain?”
Wu Chun sighed in frustration once again, but couldn’t bring himself to explain. It seemed that in Xu Shi Yao’s eyes, getting a massage for pain was just a normal thing, and Wu Chun felt that explaining it would only make things more awkward.
Just as Wu Chun was deep in thought, contemplating a strategy, he saw Xu Shi Yao standing up quickly and looking down at the mountain for a while. He calmly said, “Someone jumped into the lake.”
“What!” Wu Chun was also very surprised.
Sooner than the last time?
Wu Chun was about to climb down the tree to see what happened when Xu Shi Yao grabbed his arm.
“What is it? Xu Shi Yao?” Wu Chun asked in a deep voice.
After a short pause, Wu Chun finally received an answer from Xu Shi Yao.
“He jumped down on purpose, and he’s not dead.”
Yi Zhi Mao Dou:
Kaven, oh Kaven….
All this chapter I feel “???”
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»Wu Chun seemed to feel that when he uttered the words “Mom”..« word
»“ Wu Chun, thank you.”« “Wu
».. resemble me so much when he stands there?« resembles him
».. someone else “mother,” but at that moment, the words “mother”..« “mother”, & word
»Despite spending most of the day by Xu Shiyao’s side..« Shi Yao’s
».. don’t touch my butt in the future.« ” is missing at the end
Ha? Now he also wants to be a ghost hunter? Srsly, who is that guy?
(The butt massaging can wait for later? xD)
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)