Chi Yunyan smiled and said "Okay".
He put the cigarette behind his ear, tore open a bag of bread and took two bites. The worry he felt earlier turned into warmth that flowed through his heart.
Back in Yuanyun Mountain, Wen Qizhou drove the car into the forest under the Taoist temple as usual, waited for Chi Yue, who was deliberately lagging behind, to put it into the space, and then walked together to the road to the Taoist temple.
He pulled the fishing line under the door and waited for a while. Yan Shuo, who heard the bell, came over to open the door for them.
Entering the main hall of the backyard, Chi Yue introduced them to each other. The Ge brothers and sisters handed all the remaining sausages, sweet potatoes, red beans, and dried kelp to Mingzhang, and then took their luggage and settled in the west wing.
While they were sorting clothes in the west wing, Chi Yunyan and Xie Changxiao dealt with pheasants, hares and fish.
When it was time for dinner, they skewered the meat with a layer of oil on it and grilled it on the fire that radiated heat.
Ge Qinyao swallowed: "I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time." It was still barbecue with no shortage of seasonings and oil.
"Then you can eat more later." Wen Yaxian felt sorry for their plight and handed them two grilled fish.
"Thank you." The brother and sister buried their heads in eating.
They were immersed in the delicacy of being burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, and could not say a word. Others who often ate barbecue held a twig with pieces of meat on them and chatted while eating, talking about things outside the mountains. previous life.
Chi Yue took two sips of tea and looked around them: "What were you doing at this time the year before last?"
Yan Shuo: "Yaxian and I are visiting relatives."
Xie Changxiao: "Research and development of new projects." He looked pityful: "If I had known that a natural disaster would come, I wouldn't have spent so much time in the laboratory."
"Who doesn't want to 'know it earlier'?" Chi Yunyan also had regrets. He sighed and his thoughts returned to the question raised by Chi Yue: "I seemed to be in a hot spring with my friends at the time."
He turned his head: "Brother-in-law, what about you?"
"Your sister and I were skiing." Wen Qizhou slowly picked off the fish bones, put a piece of fish meat to Chi Yue's mouth.
"That's great." Wen Yaxian raised her head and wiped the oil from her mouth: "I haven't skied or soaked in a hot spring in almost three years."
Xunsong: "You can take a dip in the back mountain."
"There are hot springs in the back mountain?" They have been hunting in the back mountain for so long, but they have never seen any trace of hot springs.
"Yes." He puffed up his cheeks and said vaguely: "But Xun Song has forgotten where he is, and the master will know."
They stared at Mingming like a torch.
Mingming was stared at by those pairs of wolf-like eyes, and felt uncomfortable: "I'll take you to go swimming tomorrow."
"No!" Xie Changxiao handed him a skewer of freshly roasted rabbit meat and said with a smile, "I think it's suitable tonight."
Chi Yunyan: "I think so too."
They and Xie Changxiao had the same idea. After all, there was nothing else to do. After a while, they could still have a good sleep.
Mingming agreed.
After they had filled their stomachs, they went back to the wing to find some clothes for hot spring bathing, and then followed him to the back mountain with a flashlight.
The hot spring in the back mountain is very hidden. He led everyone around the stream and bamboo forest to a cave full of moss.
Passing through the cave, a natural hot spring emitting steam was illuminated by the light of a flashlight, and the smoke curling around it came into their sight clearly.
Chi Yue took off her coat, shoes and socks, put on the short-sleeved nightgown, stepped into the spring pool, bent her knees and sat on the long stone close to the green rock, letting the warm spring water cover her heart.
She relaxed her body and mind and used the light of the flashlight to take a look at the people coming down one after another, and her eyes fell on Wen Qizhou again.
Two eyes collided.
She smiled and heard Qizhou hooking her fingertips under the water, holding it in her palm and stroking it: "Is the soak comfortable?"
"not bad."
He lay next to Chi Yue's ear, and his low voice sounded like a cello pulling the strings: "Then let's come here alone another day?"
Under the hazy light, his rolling Adam's apple looked particularly out of character. Chi Yue couldn't help but reach out and poke him gently.
Burning temperature hits the fingertips.
She muttered: "I don't want it."
"Are you talking sarcastically again?"
"Where is it?"
"Every time you say no, you always..."
Hearing the word "yao" stuck in Qizhou's throat, before he could say it out, the catkin stained with water drops covered his lips.
"There are still people here." Chi Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she glanced at the people around her frequently, for fear that they might accidentally hear her.
The temperature of the spring water made her face red. Wen Qizhou couldn't see her changes at the moment, but he could detect her shyness.
He expressed "I know" with his eyes. When Chi Yue took away the hand covering his lips, he moved to her neck, breathed in, and called his wife: "Do you want it or not?"
"……No."
"Are you tired of me?" He lowered his head, exuding an aura of frustration, looking like he was hurt by Chi Yue.
Chi Yue was stunned for a moment.
She thought Wen Qizhou was really sad, and her shy mood turned into confusion, and she subconsciously hugged his thin waist.
"No." She rested her chin on his shoulder, her clear voice full of seriousness: "How could I be tired of you?"
"Um."
"Really!" Not knowing how to coax him, she imitated what he had done before, covering the side of his face and giving him a shallow peck.
The sweet fragrance hit the tip of his nose, and the soft lips fell on his skin, tickling his heart like feathers.
A smile appeared in Wen Qizhou's eyes, but the expression on his face remained unchanged: "How true is it? Can you prove it to me?"
"how to prove?"
"What do you think?"
"Then let's come over quietly tomorrow night." She slipped her fingertips into his, and then clasped her fingers with his: "Okay?"
"No." He changed his mind.
Wen Qizhou put his arm on the edge of the pool, moved forward slightly, and held her shoulders: "I want to see the rabbit pajamas more."
"..."
When they got married, Ge Qinyao gave her a box of unspeakable pajamas. She had always hidden them in the closet, but then he accidentally saw them in the space and took a liking to them.
But she hasn't worn it yet.
"Wife?" When he didn't get a response, Wen Qizhou acted again. He said in a low voice, "If you don't want to, forget it."
"……willing."
Thinking of the rabbit pajamas, Chi Yue's cheeks became hotter and hotter, without realizing that he was tricking her.
She retreated from his arms to avoid being suffocated by the heat, but the images that lingered in her mind were all the images of him pestering her and causing mischief every time, and she couldn't calm down.
Xunsong, who was still staring at the flashlight, interrupted her and brought her thoughts back to reality.
"Master, the flashlight is moving." He pointed at the slightly shaking flashlight and said with a sullen face, "Xunsong didn't touch it."
Mingming suddenly opened his eyes.
Like him, Xie Changxiao and others, who had their heads thrown back and were about to fall asleep, immediately looked at the flashlight as soon as they heard Xunsong's words.
