CH 106

After dawn, the faint sunshine shone warmly on Zhao Lanxiang.

She stretched her neck, her thick eyelashes trembled and slowly opened.

She found that she had fallen asleep in the grove where she used to make appointments with He Songbai, with her back leaning against a big tree. And her head was resting on He Songbai's broad shoulders. She squinted her eyes and stretched.

"Brother Bai."

Seeing her wake up, He Songbai helped her up and silently followed her home along the tree-lined path.

For a few days, Zhao Lanxiang followed He Songbai to guard the valley. The original valley flowers were Zhao Lanxiang and Jiang Li. In the eyes of the male educated youth, they were a pleasing landscape. When they were tired of work, they looked on the girls' side, and they became more energetic than mealtime. After Jiang Li left, Pan Yu came to guard the field. The male educated youths gradually discovered the country middle-school girl's beauty.

But she only came one day, which was regrettable for many people.

However, when they thought that the girl had reached the marriageable age, they had hope in their hearts. When all the food was sold, they could take out their family's savings, and they could always gather the gift money. If only Miss Pan would see them.

After the millet had been basked under the sun for three to four days, carts that delivered grains were continuously pushed to the county. Li Dali and Li Laifu decided to "falsify" the data. This year's total output increased by 48% compared to last year, but they reported it was the same as last year, only over a ton.

In the morning after they paid grain for taxes, when He Songbai had just returned from the pig farm and was about to rest, his door was knocked.

He thought his girlfriend would give him a 'surprise," so he lay in bed and pretended not to move.2

After a while, his door was knocked again, so He Songbai knew that it was not Zhao Lanxiang. If it were her, she would only knock on the door once to notify him politely. Then, she would just open the door and entered.

He Songbai put on his clothes and went to open the door.

An unexpectedly inexplicable person stood in front of him.

Pan Yu was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt. In the hot and enduring summer, she dressed as if they just had passed the late autumn. The huge clothes on her made no sense. She was too thin. Her healthy complexion no longer existed. The whole person seemed to be salvaged from the deep well. She was clammy and pale.4

He Songbai was so surprised that he didn't know what to say, so he asked, "Sick?"

Pan Yu shook her head.

She pursed her pale lips and said nothing, but fall into the arms of He Songbai. Her tears were flowing down.

"Brother Bai, I'll ask you again, can you marry me?"

He Songbai felt pain in the back of his head. His temples twitched suddenly, he pushed the person subconsciously with a dark face, but the body he moved was trembling. Her two shoulder blades on her back seemed overwhelmed as if she would shatter if he pushed harder.

He hurriedly caught the person, and he said sincerely, "I have a girlfriend."

"I'm happy with her. You only depended on me. This is not love."

...

After finished making breakfast, Zhao Lanxiang planned to ask He Songbai to eat together. As soon as she entered the house, she heard He Songbai speak.

She pushed open the door to see, and the woman in the blue jacket turned back suddenly, her eyes were sullen with tears.

She has black hair and a melon seed face. Although she is thin, she has excellent breast development. The 18 or 19-year-old girl is at the most youthful and energetic time of her life. Pan Yu's tearful look made the smile on Zhao Lanxiang's lips disappeared. She was about to open her mouth when the woman passed her by and disappeared like a kite with a broken thread.2

He Songbai's head was sweating, and he felt that he was about to face a violent storm. His lips flapped twice, tried to explain, "Lanxiang, don't, you..."

Zhao Lanxiang's heels were sticking to the ground, and she never looked back. He Songbai could not see her expression at the moment.

He walked over, grabbed her hand, and looked into her eyes.

After a long while, Zhao Lanxiang recovered.

There was a fire in her heart, and the volcano erupted immediately. Her face was quiet and scary.

But Pan Yu's look before she left shocked her. She was immersed in Pan Yu's desperate face for a long time.

Zhao Lanxiang shook her head.

"I don't want to be angry with you."

She paused and said, "But you have to tell me one by one, piece by piece, what were you doing?"

He Songbai scratched his head when he heard her words, and said embarrassedly, "Just... she just say a few words without any boundaries. Asked me to let her to be my wife."

"But I told her clearly."

Zhao Lanxiang recalled the last time before her attack in the grove. Pan Yu also escaped from the grove with such a sad and tearful look. She believed He Songbai and thumped his chest angrily.

"He Songbai, you really have to turn the sky up. Poor boy still has the ability to attract bees and make butterflies. You really give me a good reflection!"4

He Songbai's eyes were darkened, and he turned to glance at his cabinet, and then looked at his angry girlfriend.

"Don't be angry. I can have such a good girlfriend. I must have burnt incense for three lifetimes. You can see this poor boy; one of your eyes must be blind!"

He Songbai said this to coax her.

Zhao Lanxiang looked at his helpless and innocent look as if he wished to take his heart out if it would make the fire in her heart disappeared.

"Go to breakfast." He Songbai touched her's head and said this.

Zhao Lanxiang went to call Eldest sister and Sanya, and He Songbai was one step behind. He silently took out a box in his drawer and threw it away.1

Busy days are like running water. He Songbai turned like a tireless machine for a day and forgot to return the box.1

At night, Zhao Lanxiang lay in bed and had a nightmare.

She dreamed that she came out of He Songbai's room, and the scene in front of her immediately turned into a whirling river. She heard the crowd shouting, "Come-I am a Jade Emperor, full of power. Disrespect, disrespect."

Superstitious farmers knelt on the ground and knocked their heads on the ground. Someone pulled a drowned body from the water.

The corpse's black hair resembled the tangled plants. Water running from under the body, and the body was swollen. There was a bad smell. However, farmers were accustomed to pig manure and cow dung and didn't care about the odor. They don't feel dirty when they salvage someone from the water.