Wu Chun escaped.
For the first time, before Xu Shi Yao could say anything, Wu Chun took the initiative to leave.
After returning home, Wu Chun lay in bed, unable to fall asleep.
At that moment, Wu Chun’s mind was in chaos, and the scenes of being with Xu Shi Yao tonight kept flashing in his mind like a movie on an endless loop.
Xu Shi Yao’s look at him tonight…
Xu Shi Yao gently stroked his own head…
Xu Shi Yao took the initiative to lean on his shoulder…
What’s most special is his own portrait in Xu Shi Yao’s memory book…
Wu Chun lay down and arranged his body into the shape of a “大” character on the bed.
In an instant, Wu Chun felt that Xu Shi Yao might be right, he might indeed be sick, mentally ill.
Wu Chun did not know how to express the feelings in his heart. When he saw Xu Shi Yao’s loving gaze, his mind became chaotic, as if a small deer was running wild inside him. When Xu Shi Yao’s hand touched his hair, fireworks exploded in Wu Chun’s mind. And when Xu Shi Yao hugged him, Wu Chun felt his heartbeat speed up instantly. Until he saw his own portrait, Wu Chun couldn’t calm down.
From a certain moment on, Wu Chun no longer dared to look directly into Xu Shi Yao’s eyes.
A single glance would cause him to become unstable.
At this moment, Wu Chun was already in a state of confusion…
In the dark night, Wu Chun let out a slow sigh. He grabbed the blanket he had kicked aside and covered his face with it.
The heat finally left Wu Chun.
In the scorching summer, Wu Chun found a unique coolness.
…
Wu Chun did not sleep well that night. When he woke up in the morning, he had dark circles under his eyes. He went out into the courtyard.
“You didn’t sleep last night?” The grandfather was feeding the chickens and noticed his grandson’s listless appearance. He immediately approached with concern and asked, “What happened? Did you have a talk with the boy?”
Wu Chun nodded.
Grandpa let out a slow sigh. “I apologize to him on behalf of the people of Shili Mountain.”
“Grandfather.” Wu Chun walked over and hugged his grandfather, comforting him, “He said no matter what happens, he will stay and persevere.”
After saying that, Wu Chun suddenly felt a wetness on his arm.
He turned his head to see that his grandfather was actually crying.
“Grandfather.”
Wu Chun hugged the old man. “He told me to thank you.”
“What is there to be grateful for? It should be the people of our village who should be grateful to him,” Grandfather said, wiping away his tears and patting Wu Chun’s shoulder. “Oh, by the way, does his mother know?”
Wu Chun shook his head.
“Don’t tell her,” Grandpa said.
After thinking for a while, Wu Chun nodded in agreement.
“Child, not everyone can sense his presence. Even I, your grandfather, only saw a silhouette when my consciousness was blurred. Five years have passed, and even if his family knew, they couldn’t see him, and he couldn’t fulfill his filial duties. Talking about it would only bring more grief. But you are an exception. Your grandfather has lived for so many years, yet this is the first time I’ve seen him.”
Wu Chun let go of his grandfather and took off the pendant Xu Shi Yao had given him.
“Grandpa, take a look at this. Touch it and see if you can feel the coolness?”
Grandpa held it in his hand and felt it carefully. After a moment, he shook his head and said, “No.
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“This is what he gave me. He said my shoulders were too weak to protect me,” Wu Chun said, his face gradually showing a smile. He looked at the pendant in his hand with tenderness in his eyes.
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“Tfr!”
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As he hurried over, Xu Shi Yao’s mother was sitting in the courtyard having breakfast with Grandma Wang.
” Wu Chun? Why did you come so early? Have you had breakfast? Let’s eat together,” she said.
“Auntie, are you leaving with Grandma Wang today?” Wu Chun asked directly.
“Yes. After all, my mother is getting old, and we can’t always rely on the villagers to take care of her. Since my husband and I are busy with our business, we thought it would be convenient to bring the elderly over and take care of her together.”
“Will you come back then?” Wu Chun asked again.
“We might, hard to say.”
Wu Chun felt a little uneasy.
Grandma Wang was the only concern of Xu Shi Yao’s parents in this village. If Grandma Wang left, the chances of her returning were very slim.
Besides, this village holds the most painful memories for them.
Whenever they see that mountain in front of them, they might think of Xu Shi Yao who has passed away.
Xu Shi Yao cannot come back.
She cannot live in pain forever.
Wu Chun understands the reasoning, but he still feels uneasy in his heart.
Why is it that only he can know about Xu Shi Yao’s existence? Wu Chun can feel it, the emotional changes in Xu Shi Yao’s eyes when he mentions his loved ones.
In these five years, Xu Shi Yao has been so lonely, unable to remember anything, unable to retain anything.
Wu Chun has finally managed to open a crack in that lonely barrier, and he suddenly realizes that one day he will leave this village, and at that time, Xu Shi Yao will return to his previous life
Maybe even worse than before.
If you cannot accompany for a long time, it is better not to appear in the first place.
Wu Chun understands this statement somewhat. He has experienced the feeling of staying up all night talking to someone. But when he finally leaves, Xu Shi Yao will be left facing the pine trees on the mountain with no one to communicate with. How would he feel when he saw all the memories on the bark of the trees?
“What’s wrong, Wu Chun?”
“Oh, nothing.” Wu Chun comes to his senses. “I heard about my grandfather, so I wanted to come and see you off. Um… Auntie, could you give me a family photo of you?”
At first, Wu Chun had some concerns about suddenly asking someone for a photo, fearing that it might seem abrupt. But now that everyone was about to leave, further hesitation meant that Xu Shi Yao might never know what his father or grandmother looked like.
“No problem, I’ll get one for you,” Xu Shi Yao’s mother said.
After a short while, Xu Shi Yao’s mother went into the house, brought back a photo, and handed it to Wu Chun.
In the photo, Xu Shi Yao was holding his college acceptance letter, standing behind his grandmother, with his parents by his side.
Xu Shi Yao’s appearance could be said to combine the best qualities of his parents.
“Thank you, Auntie,” Wu Chun said as he looked at the photo in his hand, his eyebrows gradually relaxing and a smile lighting up his face.
“Wu Chun, auntie wants to go up the mountain for another look.”
…
Once again, Wu Chun followed Xu Shi Yao’s mother to the side of the pine tree where Xu Shi Yao was in Shili Mountain.
After the incident five years ago, every night when I couldn’t sleep, I asked myself, “Why us? My husband and I were honest in our business dealings, never involved in anything shady. My son, YaoYao, was kind-hearted from an early age. I always taught him to do good deeds and not to worry about the future. But why did this happen to us? I felt anger and resentment. In fact, for the first year or two after the incident, I didn’t set foot in that village. But with time, I began to understand. My YaoYao died trying to save someone. He always remembered the teachings of his father and me. In the face of danger, he wasn’t afraid, he rushed forward. His father and I were proud of him. I don’t know why, but every time I approach this mountain I feel his presence. This feeling is even stronger when I stand here. Maybe it’s because I miss him too much.”
Wu Chun turned his face away and fought back the tears.
“Auntie,” Wu Chun forced a smile, “I think he must want you to be happy.”
Just then, a gust of wind blew by. It wasn’t strong, but it caused the pine tree to bend its branches.
The movement was subtle, but Wu Chun could sense that it was Xu Shi Yao responding to him.
Xu Shi Yao’s mother left with Grandma Wang, and Wu Chun accompanied them all the way to the village entrance. When the bus arrived, Xu Shi Yao’s mother suddenly turned around, hugged Wu Chun, and whispered in his ear, “Wu Chun, the deity on the mountain is still vague. Sun Xian Gu said it’s up to us. I’ve heard that you’re studying humanities, so Auntie is entrusting this character to you.”
Specific?
Wu Chun thought all the way back to Shili Mountain.
How can you make a god specific?
It seems that every deity worshipped by the people here has its own specific name.
“We need to think of a name for him first.”
Wu Chun walked around the pine tree for two rounds, but he couldn’t think of a name. Instead, he began to feel sleepy.
Stretching lazily, Wu Chun climbed up the pine tree barefoot. With repeated practice, his tree-climbing skills became more and more proficient.
However, if Wu Chun knew that every time he lay on the pine tree, he was actually lying in the embrace of Xu Shi Yao, he would not feel as comfortable as he did now.
The sunlight was so bright that it was difficult to open one’s eyes.
Wu Chun rubbed his eyes and noticed that the pine branches above his head were converging towards the middle. Soon, they formed a barrier that blocked the path of the sunlight.
Taking advantage of the coolness, Wu Chun fell into a light sleep.
Perhaps because Wu Chun was thinking about what Xu Shi Yao’s mother had entrusted to him, the pine tree in his dream became sentient.
It was still the same pine tree in front of him, but it had undeniably come to life.
Two branches turned into hands, and a pair of feet sprouted. The smooth trunk grew a nose, mouth, and eyes, and it chased after Wu Chun all over the mountains.
All because Wu Chun said it didn’t look good.
In his sleep, Wu Chun’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
This little pine tree was nowhere near as magnanimous as Xu Shi Yao.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the other person insisted on challenging Xu Shi Yao and settling the matter once and for all. However, in the end, they were completely defeated by Xu Shi Yao, and they had no choice but to acknowledge his superiority and humbly retreat.
In the dream, Xu Shi Yao stood in the light, looking even more alluring than at night.
He turned to face Wu Chun.
The light shone behind him as if accompanying him.
Wu Chun saw him extend his right hand and heard him say, “Wu Chun, come here.
Wu Chun extended his hand, and their hands clasped together as they flew under the light. The sensation was unbelievably wonderful.
Slowly, Wu Chun opened his eyes, still not fully awake from the dream. As he gradually regained his senses, he realized that he was clutching a pine branch in his hand.
“What is this!”
Wu Chun hastily let go of the pine branch and jumped down from the tree.
Time passed quickly, and there were only a few hours left until the time to meet Xu Shi Yao.
Wu Chun looked at the vegetable garden, which had dried up again even though it had been watered only yesterday. He rolled up his pants.
“Time to get to work!”
Wu Chun picked up a water bucket and walked downhill to the lake.
Before sunset, Wu Chun finished watering the last bucket of water. He sat on a stone next to the vegetable garden, holding a small twig in his hand and tapping the ground from time to time.
“Ten, nine, eight…”
As the word “one” left his mouth, the pine tree in front of him moved, and immediately after that, Xu Shi Yao appeared in front of Wu Chun.
Wu Chun threw away the twig in his hand and smiled at Xu Shi Yao.
“Shall we watch the sunset together? Hurry up, we can still catch the last bus.”
Wu Chun saw Xu Shi Yao seemingly ponder for a moment, and then, as if in a dream, Xu Shi Yao and the fading light harmonized and extended a hand toward him.
“Wu Chun, come here.”
Wu Chun stood still, stunned. The feeling of their hands clasped together in the dream resurfaced in his heart. Unconsciously, Wu Chun stood up and held Xu Shi Yao’s outstretched hand.
It felt even more wonderful than in the dream, making him greedy and reluctant to let go.
Wu Chun felt Xu Shi Yao pull him gently, and then a chill enveloped his entire body. Wu Chun found himself hugged by Xu Shi Yao.
The other person silently held him.
“What’s wrong, Xu Shi Yao?” Wu Chun asked.
“They left.”
Wu Chun was taken aback. Even though Xu Shi Yao stayed inside the pine tree, he could hear everything Xu Shi Yao’s mother said during the day.
“They’ll be back,” Wu Chun comforted her.
Xu Shi Yao remained silent and held onto Wu Chun for a long time.
Wu Chun remained silent as well, allowing Xu Shi Yao to exert her strength and rub him into her embrace.
It turned out that it wasn’t only humans who were afraid of separation.
When night fell completely, Xu Shi Yao let go of Wu Chun.
“I don’t want her to come back.”
“Why?” Wu Chun asked confusedly.
“I can’t go back anymore. They deserve a new life.”
Wu Chun couldn’t quite describe the feeling in his heart. It was somewhat uncomfortable and even more heartbreaking.
He was the only one who could interact with Xu Shi Yao. If he were to leave in the future, Wu Chun didn’t dare think about what would happen to Xu Shi Yao.
“I’m sorry that we didn’t watch the sunset together.”
Listening to the other person’s dejected voice, Wu Chun wanted to rush over and hug her, but he held himself back. He just gently held Xu Shi Yao’s drooping hand and then smiled and said, “It’s okay, we still have countless sunsets ahead of us.”
A Soybean:
Chapter will be released tonight!!!! I’m so sorry for making everyone wait for so long. We should be able to resume the previous update frequency now, every other day at 8 PM!
I’m almost crying… Just imagine Chun leaving for school…
WHERE IS IT? Where is the heartwarming scenes I was promised? Ó╭╮Ò
All I see is river full of my tears😭. Is this pain ever going to end?(〒﹏〒)
I’m crying so much, my twin’s wondering if I have finally gone crazy…
I cried whole chapter 😭😭😭😭
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