Gu Xu has never had a big appetite.
After eating three skewers of barbecued meat, two skewers of baked potatoes and a plate of baked tofu, he felt full.
So, in the next time, he sat quietly, watching Shi Xiaohan sweep away all the barbecue on the table like a wind and a cloud, making "huchihuchi" sounds from time to time, and his mouth and hands covered in shiny oil stains.
"Check out!" After eating, Shi Xiaohan shouted out of habit and prepared to pay.
Gu Xu stopped her immediately.
"As promised, I will treat you today."
Shi Xiaohan looked at him seriously: "Don't pretend to be fat."
Gu Xu smiled slightly: "It's just a barbecue. I can still afford the money."
After that, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the aunt selling barbecue.
"Gu Xu, it seems that after you went to the Lu family's haunted house, you even became rich with money." Shi Xiaohan stood up from the bench and looked down at Gu Xu, " Did you gain a lot there? Why don't you ask me to go with you?"
Shi Xiaohan is petite and has to raise his head when talking to Gu Xu.
So at this moment, when she looked down at the other party in such a condescending posture, she felt quite fresh.
Seeing Shi Xiaohan's posture, what Gu Xu thought in his mind was: The water in Lu's haunted house is too deep, and you, the heroine, can't control it.
But what he said was: "The ghosts in the haunted house are all bluffs. In fact, they are not as powerful as the rumors say - people like me can easily deal with them, there is no need to Lady Heroine takes action.”
This kind of thing sounds like nonsense.
But it just hit Shi Xiaohan’s point of satisfaction.
She couldn't help laughing, showing her little tiger teeth dipped in chili flakes.
"You're right!"
Gu Xu smiled, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her: "Hurry up and wipe your mouth with this handkerchief , your claws. If someone sees your oily mouth, they might think you are a wild child from the country."
Shi Xiaohan took the handkerchief and said, "You are looking down on me. "Is Xia sloppy?"
"I just think that Shi Nuxia looks very heroic now." Gu Xu immediately changed his mind.
"Of course," Shi Xiaohan said with a smile, "Isn't the happiest thing in life a big bowl of wine and a big mouthful of meat?"
Gu Xu thought to himself: Shi Nuxia Ah, Heroine Shi, you are someone who can get drunk even if you drink rice wine, but you still dare to talk about drinking from a big bowl! Aren't you afraid of being drunk and kidnapped someday?
Shi Xiaohan carefully held the corner of the white and clean handkerchief with two fingers, faintly feeling that his body temperature still remained on the handkerchief - he really couldn't bear to get it dirty!
She hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to put away the handkerchief and use her sleeve to wipe her greasy mouthWipe it clean.
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After checking out, the two of them walked down the narrow alley and continued towards the outskirts of the city.
There are white walls and gray tiles on both sides, and smoke is curling up from the kitchen.
The sun shines on the bluestone pavement, glowing with dazzling white light.
“The houses on both sides of this alley were all newly built when Yishui was rebuilt eight years ago,” Gu Xu introduced as he walked, “At the beginning, the Nine Infant Snake Demon came towards this place. He blew out a puff of fire, and the entire neighborhood was reduced to rubble."
Shi Xiaohan listened silently and said nothing.
When the "Nine Infants Disaster" happened eight years ago, she was not in Yishui County, but stayed in Laizhou Prefecture with her father, so she did not witness the hellish horrific scene with her own eyes.
However, she had heard that Gu Xu’s parents died in the disaster.
"He has come here all these years alone," she raised her head and looked at the boy beside her with a pair of clear almond eyes, "it's not easy."
At the end of the alley is the Yi River.
When the two of them came here, their field of vision suddenly became wider.
Under the sun, the surface of the river sparkled, reflecting the bare trees on the riverside and the scattered houses around it.
Gu Xu pointed to the river and said to Shi Xiaohan: "There is a jujube tree there, which is called the 'wishing tree' by the residents of Yishui - it is said that as long as you write your wishes on the wooden tablet, you will Tie it to the branch of the 'wishing tree', and the wish will come true."
Shi Xiaohan looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough he saw a jujube tree not far away - its branch. There are hundreds of red ropes tied on it, which looks like a bride's red hijab from a distance.
"Do you believe it?" she asked.
"Just be skeptical!" Gu Xu replied, taking the lead to walk towards the "wishing tree".
On an inconspicuous branch of the "Wishing Tree", there is a wooden ultimatum written by the original owner of the body when he was fourteen years old. The content is: "I want to kill everyone in the world." "Gu Xu, our ideal is to kill ghosts, you are worthy of being a fellow!" Seeing the immature words on the wooden certificate, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but stand on tiptoe. He patted Gu Xu on the shoulder and said, "Besides, your handwriting is much better now than before."
"Thank you for the compliment." Gu Xu smiled lightly.
He paused for a moment and then continued: "Shi Nuxia, the end of the year is coming soon. How about we make another wish together today and see if it works?"
"Okay!" Shi Xiaohan agreed without hesitation.
Hearing what she said, Gu Xu squatted down and took out two special wooden certificates from the box set up on the ground. One was handed to Shi Xiaohan, and the other was held by himself.
Then he took out the charcoal pen he carried with him from his pocket.
"Who writes first?" he asked.
"I'll do it first!" Shi Xiaohan snatched his charcoal, and then "She turned around with her back to him and said, "This is my secret, you are not allowed to see it!" ”
“Okay, okay, I won’t read it. "Gu Xu closed his eyes.
The world instantly turned into darkness.
The sound of wind, the sound of Yishui water, and the rustle of Xiaohan's writing could be heard in his ears. .
After a while, Shi Xiaohan tugged on his sleeve and stuffed the charcoal into his palm: "I've finished writing, it's your turn. "
Gu Xu opened his eyes and saw her empty hands, and couldn't help asking: "Where is your wish? "
"Already hung up. "Shi Xiaohan pointed to the red rope on the tree.
I saw densely packed wooden stipulations hanging on it, and it was impossible to find which one was written by Shi Xiaohan.
However, , Gu Xu noticed that when Shi Xiaohan was talking, he kept glancing here and there, as if trying to avoid his eyes.
“You really don’t want to tell me what you wrote? "
"No! "
"Then you are not allowed to see my wish. ”
“No problem! This heroine works openly and aboveboard and never peeps into other people's secrets. "As she spoke, she covered her eyes with both hands to show that she meant what she said.
Gu Xu chuckled lightly, picked up the charcoal pen, and started writing directly in front of her.
The wish he wrote down was simple: “Become a saint before the age of thirty. "
At this moment, Shi Xiaohan listened to the sound of his pen tip rubbing against the wooden tablet, and felt itchy in his heart, as if a cat was scratching him.
"I really think about it so much. I know what he is writing about. ”
She stamped her feet and suddenly regretted what she had said before.