"I want to take the liberty to ask, don't be angry!" Zhao Ji said to Li Shi.
"What do you want to ask?"
"Promise me not to be angry before I ask, otherwise..."
After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he made a gesture on her face, indicating that she might become angry.
"Okay, I promise you, just ask!"
"Do you hate your father or do you love him? Which emotion has more components?" After Zhao Ji asked this question, he suddenly felt regretful and couldn't help but feel his face burning and his ears burning.
Li Shi saw that Zhao Ji mentioned his father and asked so directly. He didn't know how to answer? Maybe she'd never thought about it.
So, he said nothing and his face turned as red as a ripe apple. Her shy face was stained with a light blush, gentle and cute.
"If you are angry, I will take back my question, okay?" Zhao Ji apologized.
"It's okay, it's okay...it's just..."
Li Shi hesitated to speak, but finally did not say it.
There was a brief silence between them, and they stopped speaking to each other.
They looked at the nearby crystal clear river that looked like an emerald ribbon.
A small boat, like a flat boat, was rowing along the upper reaches of the river.
The boatman, wearing a blue overalls, sat at the stern of the boat, using his hands and feet together, calmly and freely maneuvering. The rippling river water highlights the slender and graceful hull of the boat.
Looking from a distance from the shore, it looks like an ink landscape painting.
"Brother Zhao, why don't you speak? Don't you have anything to say to me?" Li Shi said softly, breaking the silence between the two of them.
"Why did you laugh when you saw me today? It made me laugh so hard!" Zhao Ji asked.
"I'm sorry, please forgive me! I don't know why I want to laugh when I see you. It's just that sometimes I want to cry happily, but instead I smile stupidly in front of you. I am a person It's so weird, you shouldn't blame me based on my laughing behavior..."
"Haha..." Zhao Ji laughed.
This smile, like the ripples of a clear spring, overflowed from the small vortex at the corner of his mouth, and his face was as bright as a chrysanthemum.
This laughter, open, generous, optimistic, and brave, not only eased the awkward atmosphere between them, but also made Li Shi feel extremely comfortable listening to it.
However, Zhao Ji did not speak.
His laughter was more effective than any words he could say.
"Oh, I guess you know the story?"
"What story?"
"In ancient times, Emperor Yao had two beautiful daughters, and they married Emperor Shun at the same time. Later, Shun went to the south for inspection, but he did not return. The two women worked tirelessly to search and learned that Emperor Shun was dead and buried in the At the foot of Jiuyi Mountain, they hugged the bamboo and cried bitterly. Their tears stained the green bamboo, and they died of tears, so they called it "Xiaoxiang Bamboo" or "Xiangfei Bamboo"..."
"I know, this story is called "Ehuang Nv Ying"."
I like this love story..." Li Shi raised her head and shook her curly hair.
"But this love story is too sad and sad..." Zhao Ji said disapprovingly.
"Oh, I think it's pretty good. It's touching because of the tragedy. Watching it makes me burst into tears and makes me feel miserable." Li Shi retorted unconvinced.
"Haha, I know. Based on your weird temper, I guess you like this...as long as you like it." Zhao Ji joked, and he smiled again.
…
At this time, a burst of intermittent, hard, monotonous sound reached their ears and penetrated their eardrums.
Listen carefully.
It turned out that there was a group of elderly people in a nearby square who were singing and practicing their voices. They repeatedly sang popular songs in a rhythmic and ups and downs tone.
They are tone-deaf and their voices are "frozen", but they are extremely affectionate.
I also saw a group of elderly people, uniformly dressed in red clothes, holding billboards high, beating gongs and drums, and walking in line along the street...
"Haha, it's so fun! I wish I could go to the streets with these old people to hold up signs!" Li Shi said while looking at Zhao Ji, while listening carefully to the songs that gradually faded away.
"Don't you think that would be fun?"
"Of course it's fun." She continued, "How else would we spend these boring days? As the days pass by, life will eventually disappear, but what can we do?"
"It is commendable that you can think of this problem, do not want to waste your time, and are determined to build a career." Zhao Ji said, "When a person comes into this world, he always leaves some traces behind him..."
"You mean, the passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their names, right? But as a girl, what can I do to leave traces after my death? Is this possible?"
"Of course this is impossible." Zhao Ji almost said this...
But he looked at her shining eyes and didn't want to dissuade her enthusiasm, so he had to say softly: "Just give it a try. If you don't try, how will you know it's impossible?"
"Then, please tell me now!" Li Shi was silent for a while and then started talking again. At this time, an indistinguishable shadow passed over her pale face.
"What are you telling me?" Zhao Ji asked softly.
"You like her very much...do you remember?"
"Which one is she?" Zhao Ji didn't understand what she was asking. He thought she already knew that he was divorced and was asking about his divorced ex-wife.
"Have you forgotten? She is the one who my brother bought beer to celebrate the health and happiness of your sweetheart at the Tusi Tower ruins on the second day after we met?"
Oh, so that’s it!
Zhao Ji felt relieved and laughed.
"Your brother was joking with me, but you took it seriously. For now, I haven't liked any woman yet, at least I haven't fallen in love with any woman yet. .”
"Haha, does that include me?" Li Shi asked mischievously.
"What do you think?..." Zhao Ji did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"What do you like most about women?" Li Shi asked carefully, with an innocent curiosity, tilting his head back and staring straight at Zhao Ji.
"This is such a strange question! I really haven't thought about it yet. Can I not answer this?" Zhao Ji thought it was a bit strange for Li Shi to ask this question.
Li Shi herself felt a little embarrassed, her face turned as red as a ripe persimmon, and she quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at Zhao Ji again.
"I know, you think this question is a bit strange." Li Shi had insight into Zhao Ji's inner activities.
"I didn't intend to ask you such a strange question, did I? Please forgive me, I'm used to talking nonsense in my mouth whenever I think about it."
"Your character is straightforward and you won't turn around..."
"Well, it's for this reason that I'm afraid of speaking...I'm afraid of saying the wrong thing."
"You don't have to be afraid in front of me. You can say whatever you want, and I can understand you." Zhao Ji continued, "I'm really happy that you are finally no longer afraid of me."
Li Shi lowered her head and laughed, letting out a low, gentle laugh.
He had never heard her laugh like this since they met.
