Zhao Ji drove Li Heng's black Audi car toward the Tusi Tower ruins.
Li Heng sat in the passenger seat and called Li Shi to agree on a meeting place.
"Hey, brother, I'm waiting for you at the gate..." Li Shi said intermittently on the phone, "The signal in the mountainous area is not very good, I hung up!"
The road leading to the Tusi Tower ruins is a wide and winding asphalt road. The car wound its way up a lazy, sloping hillside on the road.
There are extremely lush woods on both sides of the road, blocking the sky and the sun, and there may be wild animals.
There is a narrow valley bottom in the valley.
There is a crystal clear stream at the bottom of the valley, flowing noisily through a pile of messy pebbles. It seemed to be hurrying to join the river behind the dark edge of the ridge.
The red leaves on or under the trees are scattered all over the mountains and plains, from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain, from the left to the right. They are like a girl's red lips, charming and beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people unable to open their eyes.
Li Heng shouted: "These scenery are so beautiful!"
Zhao Ji heard this but didn't take it seriously.
But he could tell from Li Heng's words that Li Heng actually had an artistic streak in his heart. Even if he is not a novelist or screenwriter now, he still seems to be an artist who specializes in color.
Starting from the town, it only takes ten minutes to drive to the top of the mountain.
I saw a majestic city standing on the top of a bare mountain rock. There is a white sign with several large red characters written on it: "Tusi Tower Site".
In the city, there is a wooden structure building. After hundreds of years of rain and weathering, although it has lost its outline, the stone-paved streets and the earth-and-stone city walls are still clearly visible.
Although the entire building is black and deformed, as if separated by a crack from top to bottom, it is still extremely strong and will not collapse.
Zhao Ji parked the car in a large parking lot. There were very few parking vehicles. The two got out of the car.
Walking slowly up the stairs along a winding stone road, you walked into the relatively intact gate.
I saw the city wall covered with moss, connected to the Tusi Tower. Some places were covered with ivy. There were several small crooked trees hanging down from the gray embrasures and collapsed arches of the tower.
There is no ticket required to visit the Tusi Tower ruins and it is free.
Despite this, there are not many tourists.
As they were approaching, a figure flashed in front of them. When the two entered the door in a big way, they suddenly heard a "Hi" sound and a woman's voice came from inside the door.
The two of them did not expect this move and were shocked.
It turned out that it was Li Shi who shouted. She saw them coming, deliberately hid inside the gate, and suddenly rushed out to scare them.
"Ashi! What a crazy girl!" Li Heng covered his chest and shouted loudly, "You scared us all to death. I can't stand your scare."
Li Shi giggled happily and ignored her brother's complaints.
She is like a fish, slippery. He quickly slid over a pile of ruined walls, slid to a protruding city wall that was almost on top of the cliff, and sat down.
She turned towards them and smiled, but did not move from where she sat.
You know, this move is extremely dangerous.
The protruding city wall is almost weathered, not strong, and extremely easy to collapse, and there is a cliff below. If Li Shi falls, he will be shattered to pieces.
Li Heng walked over, stretched out a finger, and tapped her head to scare her.
Zhao Ji loudly condemned this risky behavior.
"Li Heng, don't touch her. Didn't you see that she's about to fall?" Then he yelled at Li Shi, "You are so irresponsible for your own life!"
"Forget it!" Li Heng whispered to Zhao Ji, "Don't yell at her, or she will cry."
"It's so scary!"
"You don't know her very well. If you have been with her for a long time, you will know how naughty she is."
"No matter how naughty you are, you can't take your life for granted!"
"Haha, Ashi is such a girl, neither light nor heavy, just like a naughty child who will never grow up."
"It's really naughty!"
"She might even climb to the top of the building, do you believe it?"
"I believe it, absolutely believe it."
Just as he was talking, Li Shi came over.
The three of them came to a small courtyard, mostly covered with wild apple trees and nettles.
In a corner of the courtyard, there is a standard kiosk selling drinks, beer, mineral water, and of course various special souvenirs, handicrafts, local specialties, etc.
Sitting inside was a middle-aged woman wearing glasses.
There are fewer tourists coming to buy things now. The woman has nothing to do, knitting a pink sweater with her hands, while squinting at them through thick glasses.
They sat on a small bench in front of the kiosk. Li Heng bought beer and peanuts and started drinking.
Li Shi sat cross-legged unconsciously, wrapped her head with a gauze scarf, and sat motionless. Her dignified appearance looked clear and beautiful under the clear sky.
However, Zhao Ji glanced at Li Shi from time to time with an extremely uncomfortable feeling today. It happened that Li Shi was looking at Zhao Ji.
The two people's eyes met, and Zhao Ji first averted his eyes.
Li Shi smiled.
From last night to now, Zhao Ji has noticed something pretentious and unnatural about Li Shi...
"Does she want me to notice her through these actions?" Zhao Ji lowered his head and thought quietly, "What is the reason for this? Is it just childish and naughty, or is there some other deep-seated reason?"
Li Shi seemed to have guessed what Zhao Ji was thinking.
Suddenly, he cast a quick and discerning glance at Zhao Ji, chuckled, revealing a row of neat and white teeth, and made another move that surprised Zhao Ji.
I saw Li Shi jumping down from the long stool with bent legs, walked to the kiosk, and bought a bottle of mineral water from the middle-aged woman.
"Li Shi, are you thirsty?" Li Heng asked with concern.
"No, I'm not thirsty."
"Then why are you buying water?"
"Look, there is a withered flower on the wall. It should be watered."
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Li Heng said nothing in reply.
Li Shi held the bottle of mineral water in her hand and crawled along the ruins wall again. Sometimes she stopped, sometimes she bent down, and with a funny and solemn expression, she sprinkled water drops on the flower pot with a serious air.
The water droplets shone brightly in the sunlight.
Li Shi's movements looked really cute, but Zhao Ji still felt unhappy with her, even though Zhao Ji couldn't help but secretly admire her flying swallows and dragons, exquisite and flexible movements.
In a dangerous place on the ruins wall, Li Shi deliberately screamed: "Ah, no, I fell!"
Zhao Ji was so frightened that he looked up and saw that it was Li Shi who was deliberately joking.
Li Shi laughed again...
Zhao Ji felt even more depressed.
"She is so naughty!" The middle-aged woman stopped knitting her sweater and murmured to herself.
"you do not say!"
Zhao Ji thought to himself.
"Don't look so glum, but be tolerant to her." Li Heng patted Zhao Ji on the shoulder.
Zhao Ji shook his head.
Zhao Ji didn't know whether he shook his head with relief or with grudge.
Finally, Li Shi poured out all the water in her bottle, playfully swayed her slender figure in an elegant and moving posture, and returned to the two men.
Zhao Ji looked at Li Shi with an inexplicable smile. The smile slightly touched her slender eyebrows, high bridge of nose and red lips.
The pair of dark eyes were narrowed, half with recklessness and half with open-mindedness.
