After dinner, Yun Qiao insisted on forcing Xi Lanting to take a walk with her.
Xi Lanting didn't want to go to the Xi Family Courtyard. Although the Xi Family Courtyard was huge, like a big park, the probability of meeting anyone was low. After all, everyone was eating at this point.
He said to go to the river.
The two of them walked out of the prevention corridor and walked along the river embankment.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, the sky light had not dissipated, and there was still a ray of clear light. Weeping willows stood quietly by the river, with swaying graceful shapes.
"Time flies so fast." Yun Qiao sighed to Xi Lanting, "I have been living in Xi's house for more than a year. This time last year, Uncle Qi also gave me a pair of hairpins."
Xi Lanting was in a daze after hearing this.
It turned out to be last year? He thought it was yesterday. Time meant nothing to him. In the long years, he lived like one day for thousands of years.
"If you like it, I can give you a lot of things." Xi Lanting said.
Yun Qiao: "I like it very much, but it's not about the things, it's about Uncle Qi's heart."
Xi Lanting was silent for a moment.
Seeing that his testing was fruitless, Yun Qiao changed his strategy. He smiled and changed the subject and asked him: "Uncle Qi, are there any fish in the river?"
Xi Lanting: "This river is connected to the sea. There must be fish. This is a river of living water."
Speaking of the sea, Yun Qiao said that pearl divers can dive into the depths of the water - all insignificant gossip.
She talked non-stop, talking all the way, and anyone could see that she was in a good mood.
Xi Lanting did not find fault. He looked at her side face in the last ray of sky, and felt a little warmth in his heart for no reason, just like this last ray of sunlight.
As Yun Qiao spoke, he was about to walk under the river embankment: "Uncle Qi, I'm going to see if I can fish."
Xi Lanting: "Be careful, the river embankment is very slippery and it's easy to fall."
Yun Qiao didn't take it seriously: "No, no, I'll walk slowly...ah!"
She only took two steps down, but her feet slipped uncontrollably, and she fell forward several steps involuntarily. She only focused on the wet mud, but forgot that the slipperiest thing on the riverside was the moss.
She stepped on it and almost fell into the river.
Xi Lanting grabbed her collar from behind and almost strangled her to death, but finally made her brake in time.
"Come up." Xi Lanting said, "I'll get wet in a while and have no clothes to change."
Yun Qiao was just on a whim, and had no intention of actually seeing if she could fish. She obediently stepped back, following Xi Lanting's force, taking every step carefully.
After retreating to the river embankment, Yun Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned around to leave by herself, but her step slipped again, and Yun Qiao rushed towards Xi Lanting,
Xi Lanting was unprepared because Yun Qiao didn't mean to do it. When she stepped back, moss stuck to her heels and was now everywhere.
So she was still slipping when she came up.
Xi Lanting was wearing cloth shoes today, and the soles were not slippery. When Yun Qiao pounced on him, he stepped back slightly and stepped on moss. The two of them fell down the river embankment again.
He tried to stand firm, but Yun Qiao rushed to make amends and struggled to pull him: "Uncle Qi!"
The darkness invaded, night fell, and everything was dark. Yun Qiao's "good intentions" were all used in the wrong place. Xi Lanting was caught off guard and pushed down several steps by her.
Moss and wet mud were mixed together, and even though Xi Lanting was able to be careful, she fell into the river with Yun Qiao.
The river water was not too cold in mid-March, but it was windy at night, and Xi Lanting shivered.
Yun Qiao became honest at this time and lay still in his arms.
Xi Lanting was furious. He felt that she was like a naughty child sometimes, curious about everything and causing trouble everywhere. He asked coldly: "You can't show off now?"
However, Yun Qiao nestled against his chest and did not move.