Chapter 174
Her cheeks instantly burned as if they were on fire, and she hurriedly closed her mouth tightly, only hugging his neck without saying a word.
Seeing that she was finally well-behaved, Ling Yuan stifled a snicker.
The rest of the way was all downhill, Ling Yuan held her and carefully walked on the path, and just after turning a corner, he heard the sound of gurgling water.
“Here it is, look.” He said.
Ji Yu followed his gaze and looked up, then was pleasantly surprised to find a small waterfall pouring down from above in the middle of the rugged rocks, not the shocking kind, but gently spilling down, like spring rain, pattering.
A ray of sunlight leaked down from the cracks of the trees and shone in the raised curtain of water, refracting colorful colors.
Ji Yu sighed, “So beautiful.”
“Uh-huh.” Ling Yuan carefully puts her down, then holds her hand, “I accidentally found it in my first year of high school, there are few people here, it’s very quiet, suitable for gawking.”
There was a period of time in his first year of high school when he was annoyed in his heart, so he ran towards the back of the school’s mountain, roaming around the mountains, and then he discovered this place.
Being in the midst of nature, enjoying being subjected to its scent, letting the mind find a peaceful home.
Nature speaks in its strange language to comfort and heal people’s tired hearts.
“It’s so cozy here, it’s not cold or hot.” Ji Yu looked around and found a clean rock to sit on, then patted the side, “Were you tired just now? Come over and sit for a while.”
“Not tired.” Ling Yuan walked over and sat down next to her, pointing his finger at the rocky hole by the water, “See that place? I found mountain crabs there earlier.”
Ji Yu’s eyes lit up, “Let’s go catch crabs then?”
Saying this, she removed her shoes and socks in three or two tries, rolled up her pant legs, stepped in the water with her bare feet, and twisted her head to smile at Ling Yuan, “Come down.”
Ling Yuan stared at her white shiny calves, his throat tightened, inexplicably felt his mouth a little dry, hastily averted his eyes, also took off his shoes and socks, followed her into the water.
The water was shallow and clear, but the rocks underneath were pitted and somewhat difficult to walk on, and Ling Yuan carefully led her forward.
Ji Yu stared at the rocky hole, a little hesitant, “Are there really crabs in there?”
“There is.”
Ling Yuan wasn’t too sure, after all, after such a long interval, he didn’t know if it had run away.
Ji Yu bent down and was about to reach over, Ling Yuan grabbed him, “Wait, don’t you want your hand?”
He looked around and folded a twig and handed it to her, “Use this.”
Ji Yu took the twig and pounded it into the hole a few times, and before long, a very small crab crawled out of the hole.
“Senior, look, there really is a crab.”
The small crab crawled fast, but unfortunately because of its short legs, it was quickly caught by the humans.
Ji Yu stared at the little crab with a look of wonder, “This little thing, it’s really small one.”
It wasn’t as big as her little tail finger.
Because of being caught, the seven or eight feet fluttered desperately in the air, never landing on solid ground.
As soon as the words fell, they saw another five or six smaller ones than the one from earlier crawling out of that rocky hole.
“I’m not supposed to be poking into a crab nest, am I? That was just the crab mom just now?”
Ikkyuu marveled.
“Probably.”
“Why are they all so small?”
Ji Yu’s first time to see such small crabs, mini version, their bodies are still transparent, probably just born, so cute, a few small legs crawling fast, scattered in all directions.
“Senior, let’s release it. It’s carrying so many babies, we can’t leave the baby crabs without a mother.”
Ji Yu was a little intolerant.
“Good.”
Ling Yuan placed the little crab into the mouth of the cave, and as soon as it hit the ground, the little thing ran away without a trace in the blink of an eye.
The two of them looked at each other face to face.
“Pfft.” Ji Yu couldn’t help but laugh out, “Let’s see if there are any snails ah, shrimps or something, right?”
“The water is cold, soak for a long time the cold air is going to come up, go up.”
Ji Yu: “……”
This old-fashioned tone, like her grandfather.
In the end, Ji Yu still obeyed, came up from the water, and just stepped on the green stone with bare feet.
“Come here.”
After Ling Yuan made Ji Yu sit down, he placed her feet on his lap, pulled out a pack of paper towels from his pants pocket, and meticulously wiped the water droplets on them clean for her.
After finishing, he carried her shoes over and was about to help her put on her socks.
Ji Yu grabbed his hand, her face slightly hot, “Senior, I’ll put them on myself.”
“I’ll do it, it’s not convenient for you to bend over.”
Ling Yuan helps her put on her socks and shoes, and even puts down her pants leg by the way.
Ji Yu feels like an ancient young lady who is enjoying the careful service of her servants.
Ling Yuan helped Chi Yu tidy up before he started to wipe his own feet and put on his shoes and socks slowly and methodically.
The two of them leaned back and sat on a rock, neither one of them speaking, quietly enjoying this rare peace.
Although Ji Yu didn’t know why Ling Yuan had suddenly brought her here, she loved it.
It was as if Ling Yuan had shared his secret base with her, and now they had it together.
The clock hand turned slowly round and round according to its fixed trajectory and pace, it felt slow at the time, but when I looked back, I realized that time passed really fast, as if it was May in the blink of an eye.
Senior students from the college entrance examination is less than a month, this period of time, Ji Yu and Ling Yuan chance to meet even less, more is before going to bed to send two messages to say good night.
In order to have more time to study, the senior high school students are competing for time, the senior high school dormitory have turned off the lights to sleep, their classrooms are still brightly lit. But all the students do not dare to shout tired, and do not dare to complain, because, the college entrance examination is destined to be a one-wood bridge walked by thousands of horses, whether they can cross the bridge or not, depends on the last push. They are now preparing for the last sprint.
On the last Friday of May, the sky was clear, and all the senior classes were scheduled to take graduation photos on this day.
Ji Yu and Yan Qimai were lying on the window sill, watching the senior students on the playground taking pictures in their various graduation class uniforms.
They are on the first floor, the view is very good, usually a glance over, all the colorful blue and white school uniforms, this will see different colors, as if someone accidentally knocked over the palette, a variety of colors mixed together, dazzling and colorful up.
The class uniform of the senior class was set in the British style, a group of tall boys with bow ties, standing there in a row, like a row of poplars, looking good.
Ji Yu turned back to Yan Qimai and said, “Qimai, as of today, I don’t seem to have done anything crazy.”
“Hmm?” Yan Qimai was puzzled, “What? You want to go confess your love to the senior in front of the entire senior class?”
Ji Yu shook her head and stood up as if she had made up her mind, “When the teacher comes later, you can help me ask for a short leave, just say that I have a stomachache.”
Without waiting for the other party to respond, she already ran out.
Yan Qimai: “……”