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, for the next time, he sat quietly, watching Shi Xiaohan sweep away all the barbecue on the table like a wind and the remaining clouds, making "huchihuchi" sounds from time to time, and his mouth and hands were covered with bright liquid. Glittery oil stains.
"Check out!" After eating, Shi Xiaohan shouted habitually, ready to pay.
Gu Xu stopped her immediately.
"As promised, I'll 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 had a petite figure and had to raise his head when talking to Gu Xu.
So at this moment, when she looked down at the other person 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 can't control it, heroine.
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, and there is no need for the heroine to take action."
This sounds like nonsense.
But it happened to hit Shi Xiaohan's sweet spot.
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 and your paws with this handkerchief. If others see your oily mouth, I'm afraid they will think You are a wild child from the country."
Shi Xiaohan took the handkerchief: "Do you dislike this heroine for being sloppy?"
"I just think that Shi Nuxia's current appearance is very heroic." 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, Shi Nuxia, you are a person who can get drunk even if you drink rice wine, but you 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 wipe her greasy mouth clean with her sleeve.
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After paying the bill, the two of them walked down the narrow alley toward 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, "Back then, the Nine Infant Snake Demon breathed fire towards this side, so This neighborhood is in ruins.”
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 all these years alone," she raised her head and looked at the boy beside her with a pair of clear almond eyes, "it's really 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 slip and tie it to the 'wishing tree' 'On the branch, your wish will come true."
Shi Xiaohan looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough he saw a jujube tree not far away - hundreds of red ropes were tied to its branches, and it looked like a bride's red hijab from a distance.
"Do you believe it?" she asked.
"Be skeptical!" Gu Xu replied, taking the lead in walking towards the "wishing tree".
On an inconspicuous branch of the "Wishing Tree" hangs a wooden ultimatum written by the original owner of the body when he was fourteen years old. The content reads: "I want to kill all the ghosts in the world."
"Gu Xu, our ideal is to kill ghosts and monsters, we are worthy of being of the same kind!" Seeing the immature words on the wooden certificate, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but stand on tiptoes and patted Gu Xu on the shoulder, "In addition, 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, it's almost the end of the year. How about we make another wish together today and see if it works?"
"Okay!" Shi Xiaohan agreed without hesitation.
After hearing her words, Gu Xu knelt 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, then turned around with his back to him, "This is my secret, you are not allowed to see it!"
"Okay, okay, I won't look." Gu Xu closed his eyes.
The world instantly turned into darkness.
The sound of the whistling wind, the sound of Yishui water, and sometimes the rustling sound of Xiaohan writing could be heard in my ears.
After a while, Shi Xiaohan tugged on his sleeve and stuffed the charcoal pen 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?"
"It's already hung up." Shi Xiaohan pointed to the red rope on the tree.
There were so many wooden documents hanging on it that it was impossible to find out 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 does things openly and will never peek into other people's secrets." As she spoke, she covered her eyes with her hands to show that she meant what she said.
Gu Xu chuckled, picked up the charcoal pen, and started writing directly in front of her.
His written wish was simple: “Become a saint before the age of thirty.”
At this moment, Shi Xiaohan listened to the sound of the tip of his pen rubbing against the wooden tablet, and felt itchy in his heart, as if a cat was scratching it.
"I really want to know what he is writing."
She stamped her feet, suddenly regretting what she had said before.
