Early in the morning, while his grandfather was still asleep, Wu Chun carried a wooden tub and stuffed the sheets into it. Then he sneaked out to the small stream in front of the village.
Wu Chun didn’t know the exact source of the stream, but it eventually joined up and flowed ten miles downhill to the lake.
The weather was cool, and a group of people had gathered by the stream.
Most of the people from the village came here to do their laundry. It was spacious and lively, so they could wash their clothes and gossip at the same time.
At that moment, Wu Chun was surrounded by a group of women, and he had to rack his brain to deal with their constant stream of questions.
Wu Chun heaved a sigh of relief. He vigorously rubbed a certain spot on the sheets, and whenever his thumb brushed against it, he felt a rush of warmth throughout his body.
There wasn’t much to see on the sheets, but Wu Chun felt embarrassed.
The visual impact from last night had already shaken him, but he never expected to experience it personally in his dream, especially with Xu Shi Yao.
Even at this moment, as long as Wu Chun closed his eyes, the images from last night’s dream would quickly reappear in his mind. When Xu Shi Yao’s fingers lightly brushed across Wu Chun’s back in the dream, even though they were clearly icy cold, they left a trail of intense heat wherever they went.
Wu Chun’s hand jerked, causing the sheets in his hand to fall into the stream, creating a splash of water.
“What’s wrong, young man?” a nearby aunt immediately asked worriedly.
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
He hastily retrieved the sheets from the water and shook his head vigorously, trying to shake the images from his mind.
Wu Chun’s parents had always been conservative and rarely mentioned such things in front of him.
During his school years, dating was strictly forbidden by Wu Chun’s parents, a rule they had set for him since junior high school.
While others might experience youthful infatuation, Wu Chun never did. He was like a block of wood, never having met a girl who made his heart flutter. Although he had had similar dreams before, none of them had been as impactful as this one. Wu Chun felt a sense of unease because of his physical reaction last night.
How could this be?
Wu Chun’s mind was confused. How could he happen to encounter such a scene on his way home? Not only did he have a sensual dream last night, but the subject of the dream was Xu Shi Yao.
The fact that it was Xu Shi Yao made it something that Wu Chun couldn’t calm down about for a long time.
Wu Chun let out a slow sigh and sat down on a rock. He desperately tried to find something else to occupy his mind and divert his attention. However, after thinking about it for a while, most things were closely related to Xu Shi Yao. Whenever he thought of Xu Shi Yao, those images would flash through his mind.
Concentrate on something productive!
Wu Chun’s inner self began to blame himself. Today, he needed to come up with a plan to spread the “story” he had discussed with Xu Shi Yao last night, and it would be best if everyone in the village knew about it.
“Should I go find the village chief?” Wu Chun muttered to himself.
However, he didn’t expect that as soon as he finished speaking these words in a low voice, an aunt next to him would catch his attention.
“Young man, what did Sun Xian Gu tell you when you were on the mountain?” the aunt asked.
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As soon as the aunt’s voice fell, the other aunts who were engaged in their own conversations immediately stopped and temporarily put aside the clothes they were holding, turning all their attention to this side.
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Speed of spread?
These few words quickly flashed through Wu Chun’s mind, and his eyes instantly lit up. A smile curved at the corner of his mouth as an idea germinated in his mind.
“Of course! I actually wanted to talk to the village chief earlier, but since I met all of you today, let me explain it to you first.”
Wu Chun meticulously recounted the story he had discussed with Xu Shi Yao the night before, leaving out no detail. After he finished, the faces of the women in front of him all showed a look of sudden realization.
“No wonder! Two years ago, I accompanied my husband to this mountain, and I felt that the tree was extraordinary. I didn’t expect it to be a deity.”
“Exactly! That tree looks so beautiful with those two branches. Doesn’t it look like a pair of hands?”
“I’m grateful now. Luckily, Sun Xian Gu arrived on time that day. Otherwise, we would have truly insulted this deity.”
“Wasn’t it supposed to be on August 8th? How about we organize a group to go together? I can slaughter a chicken that day.”
Upon hearing the last sentence, Wu Chun felt that things were going in a direction he didn’t want to see. He quickly spoke up to intervene, “Actually, everyone, Sun Xian Gu also mentioned that this god doesn’t like extravagance and waste. So it’s enough for everyone to just pay a respectful visit.”
“Oh, I see… Okay.”
Wu Chun breathed a temporary sigh of relief. He wasn’t worried about these people’s ability to spread rumors, but he believed that in the end, this matter would definitely be embellished with a more colorful story.
As long as the pine forest on the mountain could be effectively protected, even if the story was exaggerated, it would still be for the better.
After washing the sheets, Wu Chun carried the wooden basin and returned to his grandfather’s house.
For the first time in broad daylight, Wu Chun had nothing to do, but he didn’t go running to Shili Mountain. Instead, he sat on the bed, lost in thought.
At this moment, Wu Chun had no idea how to face Xu Shi Yao.
Not to mention Xu Shi Yao’s face, even this tree, Wu Chun couldn’t bring himself to look at it.
Whenever he approached the place where Xu Shi Yao was and felt the coolness emanating from him, Wu Chun would think of those scenes.
That cold body intertwined with his own, yet so passionate.
Even just thinking about it now, Wu Chun could feel his body becoming restless and overheated.
“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!”
Wu Chun curled up in bed and covered his head with a blanket.
Thus, when evening came, Wu Chun had to get out of bed, hastily eat a few bites of food, and reluctantly head towards Shili Mountain.
During the day, he could avoid it, but at night, he had to go.
Before the sun completely set, Xu Shi Yao would definitely come out of that tree and stand under the pine tree waiting for him.
He was eager to see the “Wu Chun” whose every detail had been written on the bark of the tree by himself.
And in the past, no matter how exhausted Wu Chun was, as long as he could walk, he would rush to Shili Mountain.
So the other person would definitely wait for him.
Just the thought that if he didn’t go today, for him, it would just be a day without seeing Xu Shi Yao. But for Xu Shi Yao, it would mean missing an opportunity to get to know Wu Chun.
With this in mind, even though Wu Chun felt uneasy, he dragged himself with clumsy steps towards Shili Mountain.
The distance that usually took about ten minutes ended up taking Wu Chun half an hour tonight.
On the way, Wu Chun kept thinking that he must not let Xu Shi Yao notice anything unusual. He tried his best to disguise himself as normal, hoping to avoid situations where a seemingly ordinary gesture from Xu Shi Yao would make his face blush.
While thinking, Wu Chun made plans for himself, such as how to greet Xu Shi Yao naturally, how to chat with him about the progress and things happening in the village just like before, in a relaxed manner.
Even while standing at the foot of the mountain, Wu Chun cheered himself up. After jumping more than ten times, he finally took a deep breath and climbed up the mountain.
However, when he saw Xu Shi Yao under the night sky, still standing there as usual with her hands behind her back facing him, Wu Chun’s heart skipped a beat.
Seeing Wu Chun, Xu Shi Yao’s slightly tense expression seemed to relax slightly. His lips twitched, and even though there wasn’t a very obvious change in his facial expression, Wu Chun could still sense that he was happy at the moment.
All the mental preparations Wu Chun had made along the way collapsed in an instant and proved to be of no use at all.
It was only now that Wu Chun realized that the chaos he had experienced all morning was simply because he hadn’t seen Xu Shi Yao. The moment he saw Xu Shi Yao, the anxiety in Wu Chun’s heart gradually calmed down.
The coolness emanating from Xu Shi Yao’s body extinguished the heat that had been burning inside Wu Chun, but the fire burning in Wu Chun’s heart grew even stronger.
Wu Chun stared blankly at Xu Shi Yao, and for a long time, there was silence between them.
“Wu Chun?”
Wu Chun was taken aback, and then he collided with the confusion in Xu Shi Yao’s eyes.
In a way, this was Xu Shi Yao’s “first time” seeing him, and perhaps it was his own reaction that made Xu Shi Yao feel confused.
Wu Chun lowered his head and rubbed his thumb and index finger together. It didn’t take long, and when Wu Chun raised his head again, his face regained the usual smile he had whenever he saw Xu Shi Yao during the nights.
“It’s me,” Wu Chun said with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the confusion in Xu Shi Yao’s eyes quickly disappear, and then Xu Shi Yao extended a hand to Wu Chun.
“Shall we look at the moon together?”
Wu Chun: “…”
This guy probably recorded last night’s moon-watching incident on the bark of the tree as well.
Wu Chun looked up at the night sky, and the moon seemed to challenge him, shining brighter than ever before. It didn’t give Wu Chun any excuse to refuse, especially considering the faint anticipation in Xu Shi Yao’s eyes, which almost made Wu Chun impulsively agree without thinking.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, it seemed to have no effect. In the end, the result was still the same: Wu Chun ended up sitting on the treetop with Xu Shi Yao in the same posture as last night.
The seemingly fragile treetop unexpectedly had such strength.
“How did you manage to do that?”
Wu Chun asked casually, but after hearing Xu Shi Yao’s answer, he couldn’t help but give himself a few slaps.
Xu Shi Yao spoke a long string of seemingly professional words.
Wu Chun gleaned the most important information from this conversation – he was seemingly sitting on the pine tree, but he was actually being held in Xu Shi Yao’s embrace.
Wu Chun blinked his eyes, his expression was blank, and his entire body became rigid.
Why didn’t he tell himself the truth like this before?
He remembered that in the past, no matter what time of the day or night, he had always climbed up that pine tree by himself. At that moment, Wuchun wished he could find a crack to hide in. However, the other person was afraid that he would fall, so one hand held his waist tightly.
After living for eighteen years, this was one of the rare moments of embarrassment for Wu Chun. However, it was different from his previous embarrassments. In the current embarrassment Wu Chun found himself in, it seemed to be mixed with something else.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Wu Chun tried hard not to look at Xu Shi Yao’s face, but the presence of the other person was too obvious, especially now that they were so close, with only a thin layer of clothing separating them, almost as if their skins were touching.
Once again, images flashed through Wu Chun’s mind. He turned his head to the side, but accidentally bumped his head against Xu Shi Yao’s chin.
Wu Chun lifted his head slightly, only to find Xu Shi Yao’s face right in front of him.
The other person had pale purple, thin lips. Wu Chun remembered how those lips had kissed almost every part of his body in his dream. At one point, he even initiated it by teasing the other person’s tongue, and their tongues intertwined.
The feeling in Wu Chun’s dream was sweet, with a hint of coolness.
Wu Chun pursed his lips and stared at Xu Shi Yao’s lips for a long time, the images from last night’s dream flashing back and forth in his mind.
It’s likely that the dream left a strong lingering effect, causing Wu Chun to stare at Xu Shi Yao’s lips for a while before making a gesture that he himself couldn’t understand.
Wu Chun tilted his head back and involuntarily leaned towards Xu Shi Yao, and their lips happened to met.
A soybean:
Hehe! Hehehe! Hehehehehehehe!
First kiss!!!!!!
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Uhhh some of the words are gibberish and i don’t know whats that suppose to mean. I don’t know if its my brain that doesn’t work cause its in the middle of the night or what