Chapter 5 chapter Five

The moon was blocked by clouds, and the night sky was dark and dull. In the lotus pond there is a sound of frogs croaking. It looks very empty in the lonely night. Ruge sat by the lotus pond with her knees hugged, staring at the empty water in a daze. She felt a little cold. She couldn't help curling her body tighter to prevent the cold air from rushing towards her chest. I do not know how long it has been. A white figure sat gently beside her. Ruge immediately straightened her body, turned her head away, and smiled at the dazzling flowery man: "Xue, thank you for helping me."

On a moonless night, Xue's face seemed to glow, and she chuckled, "How can I thank you?" Ruge was slightly taken aback. Xue smiled charmingly: "You can't be without sincerity when you say you want to thank me." Ruge said: "You say, I will do." Xue opened her arms and slightly hugged her shoulders: "I want you to cry in my arms." Ru Ge froze. After a while, she raised her head and smiled: "Why are you crying?" "No, you promised me." Xue was a little angry. Ruge sighed, and slowly leaned her head into his arms.His white clothes seemed to be contaminated with the cool air of the night, with a icy and cool smell, like the fragrance of winter flowers, and like snowflakes on a spring night.

Xue held her in his arms and gently closed her eyes. No matter what, with her in his arms, everything was suddenly so beautiful. As for that curse. Not as good as the feeling of her in my arms. The moon is in the clouds, revealing a little light. Ruge pushed him away: "But I really can't cry." Xue lowered her hands in frustration: "You are obviously very sad, why don't you cry?" Ruge thought about it, and smiled: "Perhaps, it's because the pain has lasted for too long, all the blood has coagulated in pain, and when the knife comes up, the blood can't flow out."

Xue said angrily: "Does Zhan Feng make you like that?!" Ruge smiled wryly, "It's meaningless to say these things now." "You don't like him anymore?" There was a light of joy in Snow's eyes. Ru Ge stared at the lotus pond that had been deserted for three years, and said slowly, "Wait until I finish the last thing." That night, Ruge didn't sleep all night. She guarded the lotus pond, as if waiting for it to bloom overnight with lotus flowers reflecting the red sky; however, the miracle did not happen, not a single lotus flower, not even a lotus leaf.

Snow fell asleep quietly beside her. When the first ray of sunshine dawned, Ru Ge quietly left Xue, who was sleeping like a child, and left the lotus pond. The morning dew fell from the leaves to the eyebrows of the song. Holding a delicate wooden box in her arms, she stood outside Zhan Feng's house. Knock on the door. The door opened with a "squeak". Zhan Feng smelled heavily of alcohol, and his dark blue clothes were somewhat stained, as if he had vomited once; seeing Ru Ge, his eyes suddenly became terribly blue, and the gemstone in his right ear shone brightly. His voice was a little hoarse: "It's you."

Ruge hugged the wooden box tightly, and smiled at him lightly: "Can you come in?" He stepped aside and let her in. The house is still the same simple, without any extra furnishings and decorations. There is only one bed, one table, and one bench. There was also a strong smell of alcohol, and several wine jars were piled up messily under the window. She sat down on the bench, put the wooden box on the table, and accidentally saw a pair of shoes under the bed. The white background and the blue surface are made of hemp thread. The stitches are very dense and not very neat, but they have been sewn back and forth twice to make it stronger.She knew that there was a dark brown spot on the soles of these shoes. It was three years ago when he came in suddenly when he was taking out the soles. In order to surprise him, she hurriedly hid and accidentally pricked her finger with a needle.

Her blood was on the shoe. He never wore one. Ruge looked away, with a thin smile: "Do you still have these shoes?" Zhan Feng looked at the pair of dust-free shoes, and said hoarsely, "Yes." She laughed: "It should be thrown away." "yes." Then there was silence. She frowned and inhaled lightly: "Do you know what I came to you for?" His eyes were as dark as the sea: "You shouldn't come." She laughed and coughed a little: "Zhan Feng, do you have to be so cruel when you leave?" Zhan Feng stood upright. Can not see any trace of emotional fluctuations.

Ru Ge gently stroked the wooden box on the table. Her voice is very cool: "I have liked you since I was very young. The way you stand, the way you walk, the way you eat, the way you talk, the way you practice martial arts, the way you are quiet... I I like to run after you, I will go wherever you go... What exactly do I like about you? What do I like about you? I forgot too. I just know that I like you very much." Zhan Feng remained motionless. Ruge suddenly smiled and glanced at him: "Zhan Feng, have you ever liked me?" Zhan Feng's fist was clenched by his side, his finger bones were pale.

Ruge asked again: "Have you ever liked me?" Zhan Feng seemed unable to stand any longer, walked to the window, and left her dark blue back. Ru Ge looked at him, feeling extremely funny: "You can say you don't like me in front of everyone, but now you can't say it?" She stood up, walked behind Zhan Feng, pulled him back with force, looked straight into his eyes, and said angrily: "Say it! You didn't finish what you said last night, let me tell you everything now." Listen!" Her hands grabbed his arm. His body was as stiff as iron. "talk!"

She shakes him! Zhan Feng was cold and stubborn, and the smell of alcohol welled up in the blue eyes. Looking at her, his breathing gradually became faster! Suddenly, he hugged her tightly! Kiss her angry expression with stiff lips! Ruge struggling! But Zhan Feng seemed to hold her to the bone, and kissed her indulgently and desperately! He devoured her lips! He used such force that he seemed to use all his emotions to kiss her into pieces! He held her head down and sucked all the juice in her mouth! His eyes are as violent as the sea in a hurricane! Ruge bit him hard! The blood rushed into the mouths of the two, and the blood dripped down from between his and her intertwined lips...

But Zhan Feng still kissed her firmly, his despair made him refuse to let her go! Ruge punches! The deadly fiery fist hit him in the chest angrily! He was shot three feet away, and he vomited blood with a "wow", which was stained on the blue clothes, and the bleeding lips could no longer tell which ones were bitten out by her and which ones were punched out by her. Zhan Feng vomited blood and laughed cruelly: "Try it again, you are still tasteless!" Roaring like a song── "Fight──! Maple──!" The air is stagnant with blood! Zhan Feng in blue, Ruge in red, a pool of fresh blood on the ground... early morning. There are birds singing softly. There is a cool breeze. The leaves seemed to be new, shaking with the laughter of the wind. Ruge in the room turned her head. She slowly picked up the wooden box on the table, and gently opened it with her fingers. Inside was a bunch of dried lotus flowers. These lotus flowers used to be her treasures. She put them in the sun to dry carefully, and carefully collected them one by one in the box. They are the young man's love for her. Among the green lotus leaves in the sky, the young man holding the lotus shyly kissed her cheek and told her that he would protect her forever. She used to cherish these lotus flowers so much. However, she suddenly discovered that these were just lotus corpses. The dull petals, lifeless, withered and fragile, the mummified corpses of the fourteen lotus flowers looked so ugly compared to the vibrant flowers and plants outside the window. Ruge looked at Zhan Feng: "I came here to return you the lotus flowers you gave me. Return them to you, and you will have nothing left with me." The morning sun shone on her stubborn face: "From now on, you are just my brother and I am just your sister. Other than that, you and I have nothing to do with each other." A gust of wind blows from the window, hula la rolls out the lotus in the wooden box... The lotus is frivolous and fragile, and it is blown up and flying all over the sky, and the broken flower crumbs are floating on Zhan Feng's face and body; so light, it seems that it has never existed, and it is so light that it can take Zhan Feng's life away. In the wind of the lotus, Zhan Feng's dark blue hair fluttered and he struggled angrily; his eyes were filled with pain, surging like the sea; Wringing his guts, he clenched his teeth to keep a moan from leaking. Why did his heart feel like biting pain when he heard her words? Why did he impulsively want to shake her crazily, forcing her to take back what she said just now, why did her words break him down and make him want to die in pain? ! If Ruge glanced at him at this time, he would definitely feel strange. If she had looked at him, maybe she wouldn't have walked out like that. However, Ruge didn't look at him. From what she said just now, she seemed to never see him again. Ruge walked to the bed, bent down to pick up the pair of white-bottomed and blue-topped shoes, and said to himself, "This should be taken too." Just like that, she took a pair of shoes, walked around Zhan Feng, and walked out of the room. Walked out of Zhan Feng's yard. When she walked to the deserted lotus pond, she threw the pair of shoes into it. "Dang Dang Dang Dang!" The knife is flying on the chopping board, and the potato shreds are thin and even. Ruge wiped her hands in satisfaction, glanced at Lavender and Dieyi, who looked weird, and said with a smile: "How about it, my understanding is quite high, I can go to the restaurant to help me with this vegetable chopping skill." Dieyi frowned, was the young lady so disturbed by the stimulation, she stayed in the kitchen all day for a few days, begging the masters to teach her cooking skills.In the beginning, the masters didn't dare to take it seriously, they just played her perfunctory. Later, seeing that she was really hardworking, they also taught her carefully.Up to now, Ru Ge has learned a decent job. It's just, what does she learn to do? Lavender smiled gently: "Yes, the craftsmanship is very good. If you go out of the village and walk, you can support yourself." Ruge staggered guiltily, hehe laughed and said, "Sister Xunyi likes to joke." Lavender smiled half-smile: "I hope so." Dieyi looked at Ruge suspiciously: "Miss, are you planning to leave the village again?" Ruge blinked, not daring to speak. Dieyi glared at her: "I tell you, if you leave without saying goodbye again, I will never talk to you again!" Lavender sighed: "Miss, we will worry about you." Ruge's eyes became moist, she took a breath, and smiled: "Don't worry, I won't slip away quietly, even if I really want to leave, I will let you know." The more Dieyi listened, the more wrong she became, her eyes widened: "What are you talking about? Could it be that..." Lavender stopped her, and said to Ruge: "As long as you think clearly, as long as you feel happy, we will support you." Ruge bit her lip and said emotionally, "Sister Xunyi..." Dieyi stomped: "Lanyi, what are you talking about!" Lavender smiled but said nothing. Ruge looked at the sky, and suddenly remembered: "Oh, my father and I made an appointment to drink tea at this time." Saying that, she ran out in a hurry. A stone table in a bamboo forest. A pot of freshly brewed green tea. Ruge brought tea to his father, quietly watching him sip it carefully. Lie Mingjing put down his teacup, stroked his long snow-white beard, and laughed loudly: "Good! My daughter's tea art has improved!" Ruge sat down on the other side of the stone table. She held her chin, looked at her father, and said in a low voice, "Father, it's been a few days, why don't you scold me?" Lie Mingjing eyeballed: "My daughter is my pride! Why scold me?!" Ruge said: "During the banquet..." Lie Mingjing patted her hand and sighed: "Ge'er, it's Zhan Feng who has blind eyes, so don't be sad." "Father!" Ruge shouted softly, "I disobeyed you in public, how can you not be angry?" Lie Mingjing was startled, as if he thought her words were very funny: "You are my daughter, I wish I could give you the best things in the world, how can I be angry?" Ruge lowered his head. "But father is the overlord of the world, no one can break the rules without being punished, even if it is father's daughter." Lie Mingjing Humu showed his power: "The rules are set by me, so naturally I can change them!" Ruge shook her head: "You can't hurt father's dignity because of me." Lie Mingjing sized her up and suddenly laughed: "Ge'er, do you want to come up with Lie Huozhuang Village?" Ruge's face turned red, and he said in disbelief, "Father!" Lie Mingjing stroked his beard and smiled, and the scar on his right cheek became kindly: "Haha, how could I not understand my daughter!" She stared at him: "Father, do you allow it?" Lie Mingjing sighed: "How can a father be willing to let his daughter leave his side?" Ru Ge lowered her eyes in disappointment: "Is it not possible?" Fierce mirror observes her. "Ge'er, why do you want to leave the village?" Ru Ge thought about it, and said: "No one can be protected for a lifetime. If you want to live, you must learn the ability to survive." "and also?" Ruge smiled: "I'm not happy in the village." "one person?" "Yes." If you follow a bunch of girls and servants, what's the difference with the village. "Can you?" "If you don't try, you never will." "The world is far more complicated than you think." "You also came here step by step to lay down this foundation." Lie Mingjing suddenly found that his daughter had grown up, her childishness was gradually disappearing, and the light between her brows was too strong to be ignored. She was no longer a little girl hiding in his arms and acting like a spoiled child. She's struggling to live her life the way she wants. Lie Mingjing pondered. After a while, he finally said, "I can promise you, but you must accept one condition." Ru Ge thought, what kind of conditions would it be?But after thinking about it, I knew that my father always loved her very deeply, and he would never bring it up if he was not good to her, so he replied: "Okay." Lie Mingjing was very pleased, and took out a fiery red token from her bosom, and put it in her palm. "Remember, you are its master." Ru Ge is Lie Huo Zhuang who left in the evening. She only brought a small bundle, which contained two sets of clothes, a few pieces of dry food and a dozen taels of silver. She went out from the gate of Liehuozhuang Village openly and aboveboard. There were no tears and exhortations to see her off, only Dieyi's angry expression and Lavender's gentle smile. As usual, Lie Mingjing listened to the people reporting to him the situation in various places in the hall, but the moment Ruge stepped out of the gate of the villa, he raised his eyebrows and laughed. His songs are growing up. The night sky is very bright. The stars are bright. Ruge walks on the wide grassland, her eyes are very bright. She didn't go to an inn to stay, she walked all the way to get here. The night wind blowing over, with the clear fragrance of green grass, made her take a deep breath peacefully.She chuckled, sat on the grass, put down her burden, lay down, and rolled twice on the green grass, grass clippings stained her eyebrows, and bugs hit her cheeks. She took a long breath, closed her eyes and fell asleep. Under the starry night sky. Ru Ge in the red clothes rested her arms on the blue grassland, as if she had already fallen asleep. Here, it seems that everything can be forgotten. She is like a newborn baby who can breathe slowly and sleep peacefully... The moon showed its bright face. The sky is full of stars twinkling. Ru Ge fell asleep gently... suddenly. Like a gust of snow, the bright light floated quietly, quietly lying beside her, getting very close to her, teasing her slender eyelashes with a mischievous smile. itchy! Ruge wrinkled his face, turned over and refused to wake up, and babbled in his mouth. The snow-like light floated over, continuing to tickle her itch. Itchy──ah! Ruge protested with a mournful face: "I hate it!" Don't you know that the sleeping person is the biggest? !Who is so bad? ! Open your eyes and take a look. Her jaw nearly dropped! Xue smiled like a night elf, lying on top of her head, caressing her sleepy hair with her delicate lips. "It's you?!" Ruge screamed! Xue gave her a lazy look, and twirled her hair with her fingers: "I said I would follow you, why did you leave me behind? What a heartless brat!" Ru Ge snatched her hair back, and said helplessly, "I'm poor and white now, you will suffer if you follow me!" Xue smiled and said, "Then you just follow me, I will let you enjoy yourself." "Following you?" Ruge's face wrinkled, "Do you want to let you go back to the brothel again? Let's forget it." The circles of Xue's eyes were red, and the tears were rolling: "I know! You just dislike me for selling myself! You look down on me!" His crying made Ruge feel extremely sinful, and quickly explained: "I didn't mean that! I just—just—" "Just how?" Snow sobbed. "It's just—" Ruge said nonsense, "I just care about you, I just can't bear it." Snow forgot to cry. His white clothes are like snow, and his smile has a breathless happiness: "Girl, tell me—you care about me..." "Yeah, yeah." As long as he doesn't cry, her head is getting big. Xue lay on her back on the grass, looked at the stars and smiled: "Okay, then I will forgive you." Ruge smiled wryly: "Thank you." God, how could she let him go? Xue seemed to hear the voice in her heart. He breathed the breath of her body, secretly said— Smelly girl, I will follow you wherever you go. The starry sky is so beautiful. The two people on the grassland have their own thoughts.