While Gao Yuan was still pondering in extreme shock, the girl who had been brave again and again suddenly raised her head and counterattacked, "You like me too, don't you?"
yes.
I like you, to the point where I am surprised and scared even myself.
But Gao Yuan couldn't say it so straightforwardly. He touched her cheek with his hand, and under her expectant eyes, he answered her lightly, "It's not the time yet."
Xiaoxue's eyes clearly flashed with disappointment and frustration, but she refused to give up. She held his face close at hand with her hands and said seriously: "I know what you are worried about, Gao Yuan, I can wait. Even if you are willing to stay
I can wait for you in the army or in the special forces. But before that, I want to hear from you that you like me."
Her little hands are so warm...
It warmed his heart, which had been silent for many years. How long had it been since the jungles of southern Xinjiang had almost worn away all romance in the soldier, and he could still have moments of excitement?
He parted his lips and smiled.
"I like you, Xiaoxue."
I really like you, I like you hundreds and thousands of times more than you like me.
do you know?
It's not just like, it's another word, a word that I can't mention to you yet.
Gong Xue's black eyes were terrifyingly calm at first, and then suddenly a fanatical joy overflowed from them. This kind of joy burst out from the seams in the bones and from the depths of the blood.
It was his words that she was waiting for...
"We agreed, I'll wait for you in this life, and you won't let me down." Her promise was not something she could make lightly. She made a promise that would last forever and would never be changed.
Gao Yuan's expression was shaken and he was silent for a long time. He nodded solemnly, "Okay, I promise you. Our agreement will last until I leave this world."
Her hand suddenly clasped on his mouth, and what came into view was her panicked black eyes, shining uneasily in the night, "We will be fine, we will be fine."
His mouth was covered and he could not speak, but his bright and deep eyes were always focused on her.
On the way back, he held the thermos bucket in one hand and held her in the other, walking in the quiet woods.
Gong Xue, whose eyes had adapted to the darkness, discovered that the road he was taking her was a path that had been trampled into flat ground. On this road, there were no vines, no dead grass, and only a light earth color, which was different from the surrounding dark environment.
Seeing her staring at the road under her feet in surprise, he explained in a calm tone: "I walked out. Don't worry, I won't trip you or get lost."
Gong Xue's heart stung a bit after hearing this. How many times would he have to walk back and forth before he could cut a shortcut?
What she didn't know was that the pain he suffered during the four missed years could be felt just from the path under his feet.
"Do you also like to swing?" In order not to worry him, Gong Xue asked him an unrelated topic.
Gao Yuan nodded as expected. He pointed to the shadowy vines around him and said, "Swinging was my favorite when I was a child. Do you have a swing frame with hemp ropes and leather cushions in your military compound?"
Gong Xue thought of the swing set that was being snatched by children on the fitness field outside Gong's yard.
A smile appeared on her face, "Yes. I used to play with it when I was a child, but I often had to fight with boys to get it."
He laughed out loud and tapped the palm of her hand with his big hand, "Naughty!"
She smiled contentedly, feeling that her heavy mood suddenly became better. He must have such magic power, an irresistible, magical charm.
"When I was a child, I first liked swinging to vent my emotions." His eyes were far away...
She was puzzled, "Oh? Why?"
There was a faint smile on his face, "Because my rebellious phase came earlier than others, and I particularly reject my stepmother."
She looked at him and regretted that she had talked too much. "If you don't want to say it, don't say it."
He smiled, held her hand tightly and said: "There is nothing that can't be said. My stepmother married my father when my brother and I were young. My brother was eight years old and I was six. Maybe we
The word "stepmother" is too harsh and serious. I thought she was just like the one in the fairy tale book, a cruel stepmother. So, my brother and I tried to find trouble with her in various ways. I saw it several times.
She cried secretly behind her back. At that time, my brother was obsessed with playing basketball and played outside every day. As for me, I was obsessed with swinging. In addition to going to school every day, I spent a lot of time getting close to the swing set.
"
Gong Xue found the word "near" very interesting, so she repeated it in a low voice.
Gao Yuan stopped and tapped her forehead with the hand holding the thermos bucket, "Naughty again!" His tone revealed a natural feeling of doting, which made Gao Yuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"It's fun." She murmured in a low voice, and then when he wasn't paying attention, she quietly put her hand through his arm and hugged him tightly.
The posture became more intimate.
Gao Yuan looked down at her, but Gong Xue turned her face to one side, showing a slightly wider smile, then turned her head and asked him pretending not to know anything, "What happened next?"
Gao Yuan didn't speak for a while, but when he spoke again, his tone was obviously filled with guilt. "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and I am no exception. One time, I lost my temper with her because I couldn't find my sportswear.
Then she threw the new sportswear she bought me out of the window. Later, I saw her picking up clothes from upstairs and felt very relieved. Then I quickly forgot about it and went to play on the swing with my good friends.
But I didn’t expect that something would happen that day.”
Gong Xue looked at him nervously.
He pursed his thin lips and gave her a comforting look, "I fell off the broken swing just like you. However, I swung higher than you, like a flying cannonball, from
It fell from the sky. At that time, all the friends I was playing with were frightened, and my mind went blank. Only the whistling wind blew past my ears..."
Feeling his arms tighten, he looked down at Gong Xue. Her dark eyes were full of worry, as if she had followed him back to the thrilling childhood...
"I also thought I wouldn't survive, but when I landed, it wasn't the coldness of the concrete floor, nor the pain of my broken bones waiting for me, but a rock-solid person who caught my rapidly falling body. A huge
Due to inertia, we fell to the ground at the same time. I was fine, but the man was knocked four or five meters away by me before he stopped."
Gong Xue's eyes were firmly locked on Gao Yuan's face, trying to confirm her guess from his expression.
Gao Yuan looked into the distance guiltily, "You are right, that person is my stepmother, Lin Suran."