not with you

After a month of peace like this, Li Ping has almost forgotten that night, and it can't be said that he forgot, and it made him feel that that night was just a strange dream.

In the evening of this day, he hurried through the woods again.

The changes in the wind and cloud in summer are always unpredictable. It was still a fine day in the afternoon, but it began to rain cats and dogs in the evening.

Li Ping walked into the woods wearing a rain canopy. The rain was so heavy that streams of rainwater flowed down his cheeks and into his clothes.He touched the rain on his face, raised his head inadvertently, and froze for a moment.

By the stream in the woods, a small wet figure was standing there, still covered in snow-white, still weak and petite, she stretched out her hands as if playing in the rain.

When her eyes lightly passed over Li Ping, she turned around and walked under a big tree, turning her head lightly, as if she hadn't seen him.

If that night made Li Ping feel like he was in a dream, then the gray sky at this time made Li Ping soberly aware that it was a person, a living person, not his dream.

When this thought flashed through Li Ping's mind, Li Ping's heart beat violently for no reason.He stood and watched foolishly for a while, but finally he couldn't control his footsteps, and couldn't help but quietly walked forward.

Seeing him approaching, the girl seemed to be frightened by something, she took a step back suddenly, and stared at him with questioning and cold eyes.

Li Ping quickly stopped, and explained incoherently: "I, I just saw that you were soaked, I, I just wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help?"

The girl felt his kindness, and the questioning in her eyes faded away, but her expression was still cold and repulsive.

Looking at the cold and silent girl in the rain, Li Ping's heart beat even faster, and he blurted out, "If you don't mind, why don't you go to my house to take shelter from the rain?"

The girl seemed puzzled and surprised by his words, and looked at him with a trace of strange fear in her cold eyes.But this timidity gave Li Ping more courage to protect her. He smiled, walked up to her, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I have no malicious intentions, really." He took off his awning and put it on her.The girl trembled slightly but did not escape.

The rain outside the window is still heavy, "crackling" on the eaves.Li Ping came out of the inner room with a stack of clothes in his hands, looked at the girl leaning against the window and said, "Do you need to change your wet clothes?"

The girl shook her head, and Li Ping said: "It's better to change it, or you will get sick. I'll dry your clothes for you, and you can wear mine first." He added: "I wash all these clothes Clean."

The girl looked at herself for a while, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with her, she was still hesitating, but Li Ping had already stepped forward, and then carefully put the clothes on her hands, saying: "Go in and change." , I'll wait for you here."

Li Ping is not tall, and he belongs to the thin type, but his clothes still look fat and big on her body. Maybe it is because of the clothes, Li Ping feels that the person who should be on the cloud suddenly I got a lot closer to him, and couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed in my words, and said with a smile: "You are too thin."

Holding her wet clothes in her hands, the girl looked down at herself from side to side, and said, "It's because the clothes are too big." Her voice was soft and soft like her own.

Hearing her speak for the first time, Li Ping was stunned and said: "You can talk, I thought you were..." He quickly stopped speaking because she was frowning slightly.

Li Ping quickly changed the subject and said, "Oh, right. Let me dry your clothes first." He reached out to grab the clothes in her hands, but the girl suddenly hugged the clothes tightly as if frightened and backed away.

Li Ping was puzzled and said, "I just want to dry your clothes for you." The girl still hugged her tightly and shook her head vigorously.Li Ping had no choice but to give up, and said: "That's up to you, you sit for a while and I'll cook. If you don't mind staying and eating together."

The girl watched Li Ping walk into the kitchen. She quickly and lightly pulled out a sword from the clothes. It was no more than one foot long and two fingers wide. It was as thin as a wing and as light as a bamboo leaf.She quickly hid the sword in her baggy clothes.

She also walked into the kitchen with the clothes in her hands, handed them to Li Ping and said, "Can you dry them for me?" Li Ping took the clothes in a daze, completely puzzled by her behavior.

The rain outside the window has stopped, and the dim sunset reflects the dim rainbow, revealing a trace of desolation in the refreshing air.Looking at the rainbow, the girl suddenly turned her head and smiled and said, "Wait for me." She opened the door and ran out.

Li Ping was amazed by his smile when he turned his head back, and he watched her go away, and waited for her to come back, until the sky was as dark as ink, and there was still no sign of her.

Sitting by the table, Li Ping was caressing the neatly folded set of snow-white clothes. Without this set of clothes, Li Ping would feel like he was having another dream.

The door was pushed open suddenly, and Li Ping’s depressed heart was also suddenly pushed away. He stood up immediately, and there was a big stick of flowers coming out of the door—red camellias, pink roses, golden tulips, white lilies, purple violets...

Behind the flowers is that face that is more beautiful than flowers.The girl put the flowers in his hand and said, "Here you are."

Li Ping has been a gardener since he was a child. Countless flowers bloomed in his hands, but none of them really belonged to him. He was full of surprises and said repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you."

The girl said: "If you like it, I can give you more."

Li Ping carefully placed the flowers on the table and asked, "Where did you pick them?"

The girl said: "In the valley."

Li Pingqi said: "Valley? What valley?"

The girl said: "My valley." She gestured again, "It's not too far from here."

She seemed to be very bad at talking, and Li Ping couldn't understand her words in short and simple words.The girl took out another piece of paper and handed it to Li Ping, saying, "This is for you too."

Li Ping took it and saw that it was a 100 tael silver note.Li Ping was puzzled, "Why did you give me so much money?"

The girl frowned, thought for a while and said, "I won't return your clothes. You can buy new ones." Only then did Li Ping realize that she had changed into another set of snow-white clothes.

Li Ping's expression darkened suddenly, the snow-white clothes and the valuable bank notes seemed to outline the long distance between him and her, Li Ping smiled at himself lightly, and said: "I have never seen so much money in my life." With that said, he returned the bank note to her, and said calmly: "I can't take your money, it's just old clothes, worthless."

The girl felt Li Ping's displeasure, and asked strangely: "Don't you like money?"

Li Ping said flatly: "I like money, but..." His eyes shifted to the stick of flowers, and there was some luster in his eyes, and he said softly: "However, I like these flowers more, really."

The girl was a little at a loss, and said, "Don't people outside like money more than spending it?"

Li Ping smiled a little, turned his eyes and said: "No matter what, I can't just take so much money from you, I don't even know your name..."

Suddenly, the girl interrupted him and said, "Ouyang Xue."

Li Ping was startled and said, "What?"

The girl repeated her own words for the first time, saying: "Ouyang Xue, my name."

From that day on, Ouyang Xue would wait for Li Ping to come back by the creek every day, and then go home together, cook together, and watch the starry sky at night together... she would not leave until late at night.

Although Ouyang Xue seldom spoke, the fear and coldness in her eyes dissipated day by day.

Li Ping, on the other hand, was very happy because of her company. Although he was always a little uneasy, he often thought that Ouyang Xue might be a ghost in the endless mountain range behind Lijia Village, or that the fairy in the sky was fascinated. He fell into the mortal world unintentionally, so she would not dislike his dilapidated hut and his simple food, and she was always happy to help him light fires, cook vegetables, and do all kinds of heavy and dirty chores.

However, there is no doubt that Li Ping has never felt that life can be so beautiful and happy.

August is the most elusive day, and it was another heavy rainy day. Li Ping walked back in a hurry, and before he got close to the stream, he heard that soft voice calling: "Ping Brother." Not far away, Ouyang Xue came running dripping wet with a smile on her face.Li Ping said in surprise, "Why don't you bring an umbrella? You're getting drenched like this again."

Ouyang Xue said with a smile: "I don't like umbrellas, I like rain."

Li Ping quickly opened the awning and pulled her in, hugged her, shook his head and said, "You will get sick, you know?"

Ouyang Xue lay on his chest, giggling, but didn't answer.Li Ping didn't say anything, just hugged her.Her body is so soft, so cold, and so exciting.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Ping pulled Ouyang Xue into the inner room, found a dry towel and handed it to her, saying: "Wipe first, I'll find some clothes for you to change."

Ouyang Xue didn't pick up the towel either, she shook her head and said, "I won't change it."

Li Pingqi said, "Why don't you change it? You'll catch a cold."

Ouyang Xue said with a smile: "It feels good to have the rain against me, I like it."

Li Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he picked up a towel and helped her wipe her hair and cheeks... For the first time, when they were so close, Li Ping's wiping hand gradually stopped. .Li Ping slowly lowered his head and began to kiss her lips, carefully and carefully.

When he stretched out his arms to hug her and kissed her, Ouyang Xue was suddenly dumbfounded, she could only tightly grasp the skirt of Li Ping's chest with her big black eyes, completely at a loss, Li Ping pressed Then she fell on the bed.

Li Ping's lips began to move, kissed her mouth, kissed her cheek, kissed her earrings, kissed her pink neck...

Ouyang Xue felt that her breathing was hotter than ever.However, when she realized that Li Ping was trying to tear off her skirt, she jumped up in shock, pushed Li Ping away vigorously, pulled the quilt on the bed and hugged her chest, and shouted: "Don't, don't want!"

Li Ping woke up suddenly, feeling ashamed in his heart, and quickly comforted him: "I'm sorry, Xue'er, I didn't mean it."

Ouyang Xue stared at him, with tears in her eyes, she kept shaking her head and said: "No, no."

Li Ping smiled, leaned forward and held her thin shoulders with both hands, and said, "It was my fault just now, I was too impulsive and scared you. Don't cry, please? I promise there won't be a next time."

Ouyang Xue's tears became more violent, glistening teardrops rolled down her snow-white cheeks.She choked up softly and said, "No. Brother Ping won't like me, never will."

Li Ping said anxiously: "How could it be? You don't know how much I like you."

Ouyang Xue just kept shaking her head and crying.Looking at her sad appearance, Li Ping blamed himself and felt heartbroken, but he was completely helpless.Suddenly, he patted Ouyang Xue on the shoulder and said, "Wait."

He stood up and opened his dilapidated suitcase, took out a small jade pendant, took Ouyang Xue's hand, put the jade pendant in her hand, and said softly: "Xue'er, if you don't think I'm too poor If so, marry me, okay?"

Ouyang Xue stared blankly at the jade pendant in her hand, blinked and shook off the tears on her eyelashes, and said, "You want to marry me?"

Li Ping smiled and said: "Yes. This jade pendant is my mother's dowry, and it is also the most valuable dowry gift I can give."

Ouyang Xue's bright eyes are shining with countless colors, like joy, like sadness, like happiness, like pain...

Li Pingdao: "Maybe, you need to think about it?"

Ouyang Xue shook her head gently, without saying a word, as if returning to the time when they first met, the strangeness chilled Li Ping, he sighed: "If you don't want to, I will never force you. "

Ouyang Xue jumped up when she heard the words, and cried softly: "No, no, I don't want to, no!"

She threw herself into Li Ping's arms and murmured: "I, I really like Brother Ping very much, I like it very much, I like it very much, I like it very much..."