Looking around, she saw a strange red flower in full bloom. The gorgeous red, slender petals stretched upwards, like a pair of hands praying to the heavens. Zhao Pei suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, so she went through the thick flowers to pick it, but when she approached to pick it, she stepped on the loose ground. Her feet slipped and she fell towards the steep cliff.
"Ah!" A scream startled everyone. Looking in the direction, they saw only a flock of frightened birds flying everywhere.
As she fell, a pair of strong hands tightly embraced her from behind. Zhao Pei stared blankly at the earth and rocks rolling down her feet and smashed into pieces on the abrupt rocks, and swallowed hard.
The owner of the hands struggled to pull her half-fallen body up, cursing, "You little bitch, why are you so heavy?" It was Xiao Lun's voice with a hint of annoyance. He was really scared just now.
Zhao Pei came back to her senses from the shock and looked down at the hands wrapped around her chest. Her face flushed, and she broke free and angrily said, "You! You..."
Xiao Lun said with a hint of resentment: "Alas, you are busy accusing me of something. If it weren't for me, you would have fallen to your death by now."
Zhao Pei looked into his dark eyes, knowing that he had saved her life. She grinned and said, "Thank you, Sixth Brother. I was really scared just now." As if she had thought of something, Zhao Pei opened her eyes wide and asked, "Were you following me just now?"
Xiao Lun was speechless, with an unnatural blush on his face, but he looked around and said, "Anyway, you owe me a big favor."
Zhao Pei nodded helplessly, and suddenly smiled and raised the flower in her hand to show him: "Look, I picked a very strange flower."
Xiao Lun took a look, but was stunned for a moment. He suddenly grabbed it and looked at it for a while, then threw it far away as if he had encountered a flood or a beast. A gorgeous red arc fell straight to the bottom of the cliff.
Zhao Pei watched helplessly, stamping her feet in anger: "You, you are such a jerk. I picked it with great difficulty, why did you just throw it away?!"
Xiao Lun looked at her strangely and said, "That's not a good thing. Don't keep it around."
"Hmm?" Zhao Pei was stunned. She had only thought of picking it because she thought it was strange. "Is it poisonous?"
"That may not be the case. It's just that it's called Red Spider Lily." Xiao Lun said calmly, and then looked down at the cliff, "It's really strange, why does it grow here?"
Zhao Pei trembled slightly when she heard the name. She had seen this kind of flower in a book. Lycoris radiata, also known as Manzhushahua, is said to be a flower that grows on the road to the underworld. Groups of Lycoris radiata cover the road, like a river of blood.
When she thought of that scene, she broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly grabbed him and ran away.
The empty space on this side was already full. Zhao Li looked at the two empty seats and felt a little worried, so he asked, "Brother, why hasn't my second sister come back yet?"
Zhao Jie looked up and mused, "Maybe she picked too many and forgot the time. This girl is like that."
Seeing two figures approaching from afar, Xiao Tong smiled faintly and said, "Aren't they coming?"
Looking up, Xiao Lun and Zhao Pei were walking towards him, one in front and one behind. Their clothes were in disarray, and Zhao Pei's hair was also a mess.
Zhao Li asked, "Second sister, where are the flowers you picked?"
Zhao Pei was stunned. Flowers? They were all left there. She felt a little embarrassed and wanted to go back to get them, but Xiao Lun stopped her: "Forget it, don't go get them."
Xiao Ji smiled ambiguously. Zhao Pei saw her teasing look and wanted to explain in anger, but she thought that she would only make things worse, so she gave up and let him imagine. But when she saw the man in white, she was a little flustered. He looked at the two of them with a smile, as if thinking about something. Zhao Pei's cheeks were burning hot, and she slipped to Zhao Li's side and sat down to avoid him.
Xiao Ji still smiled ambiguously. Zhao Jie's face slowly darkened, but he didn't say anything because of the crowd. Yue Rong smiled and combed her hair: "I heard someone screaming just now, but is it sister Zhao Pei? What happened?"
Zhao Pei looked at her gratefully and said with lingering fear: "Just now, I almost fell off the mountain. If it wasn't for Sixth Brother holding me back, I would have died."
"I told you to be careful every day, but you never did." Zhao Jie scolded her, but his eyes were full of worry.
Xiao Ji said with a smile: "Then Miss Zhao Pei will repay your kindness by offering her body to me?"
Xiao Lun laughed: "I have no objection."
Zhao Pei curled her lips and ignored them. These two brothers are just the same. When they have nothing to do, they flirt with women. She thought of his ambiguous posture when he saved her just now, and her face turned red again. Why did she blush so easily now
There was a soft carpet on the grass, and everyone sat around it, eating fruits and snacks while chatting and laughing. It was a very pleasant experience with beautiful scenery, delicious food, and talented people.
Xiao Lun came up with another idea: "It's rare to have a good time, how about playing a flute and a harp?"
Xiao Tong smiled faintly and said, "That's good. But there's only a flute here, where's the harp?"
Xiao Lun looked at him with his head raised proudly: "Brother, you look down on me, don't you? Knowing that there is a master who plays the harp today, why didn't you bring him along?" The "master" he was talking about was Zhao Pei. Zhao Pei swallowed half a piece of cake in her mouth and stared at him blankly. What was this guy going to do? He smiled and looked at everyone, clapping his hands and said, "Zhou Qiao, bring the harp."
The boy in blue ran to the back of the car and took down a zither. He came over holding it, knelt down and presented it with both hands.
"Your Highness the Sixth Prince is quite foresighted." Yue Rong smiled elegantly and turned her head to look at Zhao Pei. "I have known about your great reputation for a long time. How about playing a song for you?"
Zhao Pei looked at Xiao Lun's meaningful smile, hesitated a little, and said with a smile: "Everyone here is better than Pei Pei. How dare Pei Pei make a fool of himself?"
Xiao Lun said with a hint of sarcasm: "You are being modest now. I worked so hard to bring it here, you can't be ungrateful. Brother, it's up to you."
Although Zhao Pei was secretly criticizing Xiao Lun, she couldn't suppress her excitement. She sat down in front of the zither, looked up at the tall and graceful man in white standing beside her, and smiled: "What do you want to play, Your Highness?"
Xiao Tong smiled and said, "Just call me Big Brother. You can choose the song."
Zhao Pei's heart was filled with joy for a while, and she calmed down. She raised her wrist slightly, and gently plucked the strings with her slender fingers, and a beautiful song flowed out, like the sound of gurgling water, crisp and pleasant to the ear. She smiled at the corners of her lips, looking relaxed and contented, and her bare hands seemed like elves dancing with music, as beautiful as floating clouds.
It was a song called "Xizhou Qu". Anyone who listened to it would fall into deep thought and stare at her silently.
Zhao Pei was completely unaware, and just smiled and reveled in the music. Xiao Tong, do you dare to sing along? Do you dare... Are you willing? The melodious and deep sound of the flute sounded, so graceful that it seemed like clouds blooming in the sky. Sometimes it was high and sometimes it was low, matching her zither, the notes were interlocking, and the sound was long and distant, like the sound of nature.
Zhao Pei's eyes were full of smiles. She looked up at him and met his smiling eyes. Those eyes were like black jade, a little tender, a little elegant, a little smiling, and a little...unclear. That gaze fell on her softly, and her whole body and mind trembled. All the anger and fear disappeared in an instant. She only felt his warm gaze, saw his tall and slender figure like jade, and heard the melodious and graceful sound of the sound... Her heart was filled with everything about him.
Zhao Pei finally lowered her eyes, her thick eyelashes trembling slightly to hide the joy and shyness in her eyes. He responded, knowing that it was a song of confession, but he still responded.
A song of "Xizhou", I miss you in my dream. Can you understand my intention, my heart, and can you accept my feelings
It's just that some are happy and some are sad. (To be continued)