lanterns illuminate rivers and mountains

Summer passed quickly, and autumn in Miaojiang was fast and fierce.It seems that just getting up one morning and pushing the door, the outside world changes completely.

The air is so humid that it seems that you can squeeze out a handful of water just by grabbing it out of thin air.The forest in the early morning is covered with mist, and from a distance, it looks like a fairyland surrounded by clouds and smoke.

Ye Zhen was herding sheep in this fairyland, and met Heisawa every now and then, and was fed severely, and went home contentedly.

Later, he learned to order. When we parted one time, he held Kurosawa's hand and said solemnly: "Chuan Chuan! The glutinous rice dumpling you brought last time was delicious, remember to bring more next time!"

"..." Kurosawa was silent for a while, and finally said: "It was brought by my subordinates when they came from Japan. Besides, the season is not right recently, so we may not be able to get it."

Ye Zhen didn't say anything, and left with his tail drooping in disappointment.

During that time, Bao Weng was concentrating on special training—teaching Ye Zhen to climb trees.The thousand-year-old tree on the back mountain of the Miao village soars into the sky. Bao Weng asked people to watch from under the tree, and Ye Zhen made Ye Zhen climb up with bare hands without any protective gear. When he climbed to the highest point, he stayed on it and meditated.

Ye Zhen is a good boy, he will learn as Bao Weng teaches.At first he only dared to climb more than ten meters, then gradually more than [-] meters, more than [-] meters... until finally he even dared to climb to the top of a thousand-year-old tree with a height of [-] meters, and sat cross-legged for several hours alone.

One day Baoweng changed the teaching content, put him on the top of a tree when it was dark, told him to meditate all night alone, and said that he would send someone to pick him up at dawn.Ye Zhen had nothing to do, and he didn't feel scared at all. He nodded and said: "Then remember to ask someone to prepare breakfast for me and take it there."

Bao Weng sneered: "Do you know how strong the wind is in the middle of the night in the deep mountains and old forests? It's also a treetop [-] meters above the ground, so it's good to be able to sit still and not be blown off! A little distraction will be your body smashed to pieces! What breakfast do you still care about? "

Ye Zhen: "..."

Ye Zhen felt that he had been insulted, so he went up the tree angrily.As a result, the twilight merged, the sun went down, and the sky was dyed into black ink bit by bit; in the middle of the night, the wind finally blew up, and Ye Zhen was almost blown two miles away.

Ye Zhen clutched the tree trunk tightly, howling like ghosts and wolves: "Old man—! I was wrong—! Quickly call someone to pick me up, young master, I admit defeat—!"

In late autumn, the wind from the deep mountains was like a long whip, whipping Ye Zhen like a storm.Not to mention calming down and meditating, Ye Zhen could hardly even sit still. He could only hug the tree trunk thicker than his body with both hands and feet, and every second was a torment.

He only felt that the heat from his whole body was blown away, his fingers were so cold that he almost lost consciousness, and he barely managed to grasp the tree trunk several times.This is actually very dangerous. His position at this time is too high. If he is really blown down by the wind, even if he doesn't fall straight to the ground, he will hit countless long and short, large and small sharp branches, and his whole body will be strangled. There are seventeen or eight holes.

Ye Zhen didn't pay attention, his fingers relaxed slightly, and his body suddenly sank. He was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged the tree trunk tightly, and immediately burst into tears: "Mom—! Dad—! I was wrong I will never fight with Dad again, Mom, come and take me home..."

He was crying hard, when suddenly there was a rattling sound from the branches under his feet, and a huge monster rushed out, almost frightening Ye Zhen out of his wits: "What!"

The sky was too dark and the trees were full of shadows, so I couldn't see what was in front of me clearly. After a while, I heard Kurosawa's familiar voice, saying calmly, "It's me, don't be afraid."

Ye Zhen opened his eyes wide, and then he was startled by the sudden light of the flashlight, squinting his eyes.

I saw Kurosawa holding a flashlight in his mouth, climbing the knotted tree trunk with one hand, and holding a bloody dagger in the other.Not far below him, a half-thick snake body hung between the branches and leaves, swaying back and forth with the strong wind.

Half of Kurosawa's shoulder was splashed with wet black blood, which gave off an unpleasant smell, and some of it was also splashed on his cheek.He put the dagger in his pocket, wiped it without hesitation, and grabbed Ye Zhen's wrist again: "Follow me down there, there is a tree hole big enough for the two of us."

"You...why are you here?"

Kurosawa didn't answer, took Ye Zhen's hand and walked down slowly.Getting down from the tree was far more difficult than climbing it. They walked more than a dozen steps for a long time, and Ye Zhen almost stumbled a few times on the way, rolling all the way down the tree trunk.

After finally reaching the edge of the tree hole, Kuisawa held onto the branch tightly, letting Ye Zhen, who was shivering from the cold, lean into his arms; with the knife in his other hand, he split open the scattered branches and leaves at the entrance of the tree hole, and then pushed Ye Zhen in. After settling down, I groped my way in.

The tree hole was made by moths and then slowly rotted. It smelled salty and musty inside, but it was much warmer than the strong wind blowing outside.Ye Zhen shivered for a long time, finally warmed up, shrank his body and complained pitifully: "I'm hungry."

Kurosawa took out a fragrant and sweet white paper package from his trousers pocket, and threw it to him silently.

Ye Zhen sniffed it with his nose, and said in surprise: "Dumpty glutinous rice balls! Didn't you say there are no more?"

"Someone brought some more."

Ye Zhen didn't care about it at all, he was so hungry, he immediately spread out the paper bag and buried himself in eating.

When he was eating, his body was curled up, his head was arched, his mouth was stuffed, and he was wheezing like a small animal who was concentrating.Kurosawa narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully under the faint skylight, his breathing was deliberately light after being restrained, but his eyes were full of undisguised warmth.

He knew that no one could see his eyes and expression at this time, and no one could detect the unethical yearning and desire he had for a child whose parents had died because of his family's persecution.

Outside the tree hole came the sound of the wind whimpering through the treetops, long and sharp, like a distant and sad cry.

He vaguely remembered that in Japan earlier, this kind of feeling actually existed. The Bushido spirit originally allowed the elder high-ranking person to guide the handsome young junior, teach him swordsmanship, improve his status, and provide protection and support, but also possessed his body.In ancient times, many such same-sex loves were not only not criticized, but were passed down as good stories, passed down from generation to generation.

But the problem is that the Bushido spirit also allows young and weak subordinates to resist.If he is unwilling, he can still refuse the courtship of the high-ranking person; even if the other party keeps pestering him, he can kill the other party by force without being too harsh by the law.

Kurosawa closed his eyes and sighed heavily.

After Ye Zhen finished eating the glutinous rice dumpling, he licked his fingers and asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Kurosawa remained silent and did not open his eyes to look at him.

Ye Zhen was dissatisfied, and kicked Heisawa's leg: "Hey! Chuan Chuan! I'm asking you something!"

Kuisawa moved his leg, but Ye Zhen had sharp eyes and quick feet, and lightly touched his thigh with the tip of his toe: "What are you hiding, I care about you! I never care about Japanese pirates. You are a string..."

Kurosawa suddenly opened his eyes, and grabbed Ye Zhen's ankle before he could retract like lightning. His eyes were cold in the darkness, and he stared at Ye Zhen motionlessly.

There was silence in the tree hole, only the ebb and flow of their breathing was heard.After a long while, Kurosawa slowly let go of the boy's ankle, and said lightly, "I was just thinking, I'm going back to Japan soon, what can you do here alone."

Ye Zhen originally planned to fight with all his strength, but when he heard that Kurosawa was leaving, his attention was immediately diverted: "What? Why are you going back to Japan? Of course, there is nothing wrong with me being here alone... But Why do you want to go back to Japan?"

Kuisawa didn't have time to answer, Ye Zhen continued on his own: "Chuan Chuan, the people of the motherland still love you, hurry up and get out of the ranks of Japanese pirates and return to the big family of the Chinese nation, the people don't care about past suspicions! The Shandi family doesn't have any good products, and since you brought me so many chocolate balls, I really can't bear to see you sinking into the mud..."

Kurosawa patiently listened to his ramblings, and then said: "Our family undertakes a national martial arts fighting competition every year. This is one of the most important commercial projects. I have to go back and host it. There is nothing else. Don't think too much about it."

Ye Zhen didn't like it, but he couldn't think of anything wrong, and it took him a long time to realize: "...what does this have to do with my overthinking?"

Kurosawa looked at him quietly, neither speaking nor smiling, just watching him without moving.

Ye Zhen felt uncomfortable all over, so he lowered his head to play with the white paper wrapped in glutinous rice balls.There was still a sweet smell on the paper, and Ye Zhen couldn't eat enough, so he put the white paper on his nose and sniffed, like a puppy begging for food.

Kurosawa raised his hand a few times, and then put it back a few times, as if that lift weighed a thousand catties.After repeating this several times, he finally stretched out his hand slowly and tentatively, paused in the air, and then gently touched Ye Zhen's soft and cool hair.

"Ye Zhen, I'm leaving now...I have a few words that you probably don't want to hear."

Ye Zhen didn't raise his head: "Then don't say it."

Kurosawa smiled silently, and said: "Although the mountain brothers are all my cousins, my mother severed ties with her natal family 30 years ago. In recent years, the interests of the two families have conflicted greatly, and our relationship has become very tense. I also don't like their family's usual style, so when Shan Diren wanted to trouble you, so did I... I also stopped him."

Ye Zhen raised an eyebrow, but didn't speak.

"You are still young, not even an adult; I don't approve of your revenge, not because you protect the Shandi family, but because I hope... I also hope that you will grow up well and become an adult as soon as possible. I just want to watch you Wings grow hard, even if one day you grow up, please let me continue..."

Ye Zhen listened ignorantly, but Kuisawa suddenly stopped talking, as if he woke up suddenly, and didn't say any more.

"Continue to what?" Ye Zhen couldn't help asking.

Kurosawa stared at him, but only opened his mouth, and finally said nothing, only smiled slightly: "No, nothing."

Ye Zhen was full of doubts: "What's the matter with you! No matter how you say it, you can't say it completely! What are you going on with? If you don't tell me, how do I know that you want to say something?"

He stretched out his foot to kick Heisawa, but Heisawa let him kick him. After struggling for a while, he pressed Ye Zhen's foot onto his thigh and grabbed it. Alright."

Ye Zhen said angrily: "It's getting more and more excessive, Hey Chuan Chuan! Are you treating me like a three-year-old child!"

However, no matter how much trouble he made, how much he tossed about, Kuisawa completely ignored him, and just closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Ye Zhen was tired after arguing for a while, and leaned against the wall of the tree cave angrily, looking at Kurosawa with angry eyes from time to time, and said in his heart that the little Japanese was born with an inexplicable blood, and he spoke and acted so strangely, This is a nation of neurotics.

But he just thought about it in his heart, and didn't say it in front of Kurosawa.Because Kuisawa always stares at him with that peculiar, gentle gaze that has never been seen by others, sometimes it makes Ye Zhen very uncomfortable, and he is ashamed to scold him too presumptuously in front of Heise.

At that time, he only felt that although Little Japan was bad, Kurosawa's eyes were different from others, as if they were like glutinous rice balls, which made him feel gentle, sweet, and able to wrap the whole person in warmth.

Ye Zhen didn't know what that gaze represented, so he comforted himself that it was because Kurosawa was a Chuan Chuan, not the same as the Chinese, but also different from the Japanese, so naturally there was something strange about him.

It wasn't until a long, long time later that he realized why Kurosawa's eyes were so strange at that time.

That's because whenever he looks at Ye Zhen, his eyes hide his deep longing for a young man, and the uncontrollable love that he tried to hide but still can't be completely hidden.