Zhao Li stepped forward in disbelief and stretched out his hand toward the bed.
The silver-grey wolf looked at him quietly, his eyes were clear and beautiful, like a mountain stream after the snow melted in early spring.
Zhao Li's hand touched his back.
The tundra wolf lay down meekly, but its tail couldn't hide its mischievousness, and it swung over and brushed his hand.
"What's going on?" Zhao Li asked unconsciously, and at the moment he blurted out, he didn't know whether he couldn't believe it or didn't want to believe it.
Tundra wolves can't speak, only a low "Ow".
"Do you still know me?" Zhao Li was not sure whether Tao Qiran still had a sense of "human", "Do you understand me?"
Tundra Wolf made a short "Ow" sound, as if dissatisfied, and the next second he turned around and grabbed Zhao Li's hand, grinding his teeth.
In the slight pain, Zhao Li's heart was relieved for the most part.
Or Tao Qiran, that's fine.
It has been five hours since the tundra wolf changed back to Tao Qiran.
This is Tao Qiran's second beast transformation. The first time was yesterday, on Changbai Mountain. It took him a whole night to change back into a human form. He immediately went down the mountain in the early morning and went straight to the train station. inside.
He's still ruthless about switching between animal and human form.
But it didn't prevent the tundra wolf in his bed and slept beautifully next to Zhao Li in the five hours.
When Tao Qiran got dressed again, it was already dark.
In winter in the north, night always falls early.
"I don't know what happened," Tao Qiran said in confusion, "It happened suddenly yesterday."
Zhao Li: "Before the transformation, nothing special happened?"
"I don't know if it counts," Tao Qiran looked at Zhao Li, "I just don't want to paint anymore."
Zhao Li was stunned: "Don't want to paint?"
"Yes," Tao Qiran nodded seriously, "I've been in Changbai Mountain these days, you know, but when I was halfway through painting yesterday, I saw a hare jumping into the forest, and suddenly, I didn't want to paint any more. painted… "
With the memory, his eyes showed glad yearning.
"I have awakened to the wild, and the genes of the tundra wolf are active in my body. Why do I still use a paintbrush to describe the mountains and forests? I can completely explore, integrate, and embrace the whole body like that hare. Those beautiful…”
Zhao Li looked at him quietly: "You entered the forest?"
Tao Qiran retracted Piaoyuan's gaze, but couldn't take back his excitement and yearning: "It's really beautiful there."
Zhao Li: "What happened later?"
"I don't know," Tao Qiran said, "when I recovered, I had turned into a wolf."
Zhao Li: "Still in the forest?"
Tao Qiran: "Well, I've been in the forest."
"Is there any discomfort?" Zhao Li asked.
"Bone hurts," Tao Qiran's face wrinkled, "it really hurts."
"It still hurts?"
"It hurts as soon as you change shape, but it will get better after a while."
"Are you scared?"
Tao Qiran was stunned and blinked blankly: "Huh?"
"Are you afraid that your body has become like this?" Zhao Li slowed down and asked again.
This time Tao Qiran thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head, the excitement in his eyes flickered, melted into a gentleness like water, like a breeze, like a cloud: "I was a little surprised at first, and then I was happy, I ran in the forest regardless, as if I had crossed the border. In my own canvas, I knew in the next second that it was a real forest, because the scenery in the canvas was not one hundred thousandth of the beauty of nature…”
Tao Qiran said, as if he had returned to yesterday's scene, and his whole body was filled with joy and happiness.
"Zhao Li," he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes brightened, "Do you think it's possible that I'm just the beginning, just like the wild awakening also has a first and a second, maybe in the near future, everyone will change like me."
Zhao Li imagined such a scene: "The animal world?"
"Maybe." Tao Qiran was as happy as a child who stole candy first.
"It's also possible that you are the only one in the world like this." Zhao Li mercilessly burst his fantasy bubble.
Tao Qiran shook his head decisively: "I'm nothing special, why is it me?"
Because only you, when you encounter this kind of thing, the first thing you feel is not fear, but happiness.
Zhao Li thought helplessly.
He couldn't even tell how he was feeling right now. Seeing Tao Qiran happy, he was also happy, but when he thought that this kind of physical change might be potentially dangerous, he began to worry again.
"What are you going to do in the future?" Zhao Li asked, "Can you still go back to school to teach?"
"I can go back. I haven't lost control since I changed back yesterday. The changes in my body should be able to be mastered independently."
"That's good." Zhao Li nodded, "When the holidays are over, you should be better than now..."
"But I don't want to go back now," Tao Qiran interrupted him softly, "Zhao Li, I don't want to go back to school."
Where do you want to go
These words were on his lips, but Zhao Li didn't ask them in the end.
Because there is no need to ask, the answer is too obvious.
He and Tao Qiran have known each other for so many years. As early as the moment he saw each other transform, Zhao Li had a vague feeling of something.
"I want to live in the mountains, not like a human being, but like a real wolf." Tao Qiran unreservedly spread out his longing in front of Zhao Li, like a one-sided talk, but looking at Zhao Li's His eyes were filled with anxiety and concern that he didn't even notice.
If Zhao Li denied it, Tao Qiran thought about it more than once on the way, can he still insist on such a choice
The answer is less optimistic.
He really has no confidence to waver.
But Zhao Li didn't say anything. After a long silence, he only asked: "Have you figured it out?"
Tao Qiran looked at him quietly for a long time, as if to engrave him in his eyes, and finally nodded solemnly.
After that, Tao Qiran went back to school and submitted a resignation application.
During the winter vacation, although the speed of the process was slower than usual, but also because the teaching work had not yet started, the handover of work was much more convenient. In the end, the resignation was successfully completed after the leaders of the school tried repeatedly to save them.
On the day after finishing the final formalities, Tao Qiran received a message from Zhao Li as soon as he walked out of the campus of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Zhao Li: I will go too.
There is no preface or postscript, just three words.
But Tao Qiran understood in an instant.
It was a sunny winter day, the traffic and crowds seemed to be muted for a moment, the world was suddenly quiet, and Tao Qiran's ear only had his own drum-like heartbeat.
Tao Qiran: What are you going to do? Where are you going as a normal person!
Zhao Li: [The beautiful Changbai Mountain.jpg]
Tao Qiran: I thought we agreed.
Zhao Li: We agreed to go together
Tao Qiran: Say I'll go by myself and you will live in your coffee shop as before!
Zhao Li: Oh, the coffee shop sold it.
Tao Qiran: ?
Zhao Li: The house is also sold.
Zhao Li: I've made enough money. When you meet, we'll go up the mountain together.
The cold wind at the school gate made Tao Qiran's fingers stiff, and he always pressed the wrong keyboard when replying to messages, but standing in the harsh winter, he didn't notice it.
Tao Qiran: Zhao Li, do you know what you are doing
Zhao Li: Do you know what you are doing
Tao Qiran: Of course I do. I thought about it very clearly before I resigned.
Zhao Li: I will only know better than you think.
Tao Qiran stared blankly at Zhao Li's words, took a deep breath for a long time, and let the cold air fill his chest, dispelling the heat of the sore eyes.
Tao Qiran: Just stay in the shop, like you did five years ago, and leave a studio for me, okay
Zhao Li: No.
Tao Qiran: Why
Zhao Li: You will come back five years ago.
Tao Qiran was stunned under the winter sky. The sun was big, but it was cold.
Zhao Li knew Tao Qiran better than Tao Qiran.
…
Time goes back to the present.
In the wooden house shrouded in darkness, Tao Qiran was far away from Zhao Li, like a child who was caught as a troublemaker, afraid of being educated by the other party.
"Is there nothing you want to tell me?" Zhao Li finally spoke.
Tao Qiran wanted to be rude, but he was helpless: "Didn't you hear it all..."
"You think I can leave if you don't come back?" Zhao Li's tone rose slightly.
Tao Qiran blinked suspiciously in the dark night, "Aren't you angry?"
Happiness is definitely not to mention, but it sounds like Zhao Li's mood is not as bad as he imagined.
"I'm out of breath." Zhao Li said.
Tao Qiran: "... Then what?"
Zhao Li walked over: "I'm going to reason with you."
Tao Qiran subconsciously stepped back, but as soon as he retreated, his back was against the wall, but Zhao Li had already come to the front, but he had to go further.
"Hello..." Tao Qiran hurriedly said.
Zhao Li finally stopped, bowed his head slightly, and was close at hand.
Tao Qiran swallowed nervously: "Do I need to be so close to be reasonable?"
Zhao Li: "It's too far, I'm afraid you won't understand."
Tao Qiran: "Does this have anything to do with distance?"
Zhao Li: "It's obvious that you still don't understand what I told you through your phone five years ago."
Tao Qiran: "..."
five years ago
Tao Qiran's entire attention was on Zhao Li, who was too close.
Fortunately, Zhao Li didn't need him to backtrack.
"I told you five years ago that you are responsible for your choices, and I am responsible for mine. It's very simple. If you still don't understand, then I'll make it clearer today. I won't interfere with you, and you don't have to do it for me. worry."
Tao Qiran hates him for that. If everything can be clearly explained and understood, there will be no worries in the world: "How could I not worry about you?"
Zhao Li: "So you sneaked back to see me while pretending not to come back?"
Tao Qiran: "I am, I want to see if you leave."
Zhao Li: "Are you really happy that I'm gone?"
Tao Qiran was at a loss for words, and after a long while, he said sincerely, "You may be a little disappointed at first, but after a long time, I will still be happy for you."
Zhao Li: "Worry about me, be happy for me, why do you always think about being for me? I never thought about being for you."
Tao Qiran: "If you don't think for me, why are you selling houses and shops and accompany me up the mountain?"
"I don't want to let go," Zhao Li lowered his head, his voice soft like a murmur, but his eyes fixed on him for a moment, "because once you let go, you won't be able to catch you anymore."
An eagle soaring at an altitude of 1,000 meters can also see the prey on the ground clearly. Once locked, it swoops down like a sharp arrow.
Clouds covered the moon, and there was no light in the house.
In the darkness, Tao Qiran could no longer see Zhao Li, only his very close, warm breath.
"You can go get someone else," he said.
Zhao Li seemed to think for a while, then said, "Forget it, I'm afraid you will be sad."
A kite flies in the sky, no matter how high it flies, into the white clouds, there will always be a thread pulling it.
If a line breaks.
One can only see the kite flying away freely, but not seeing it, it will eventually land where the wind stops, into the weeds, into the silt, and there is no longer a line to lead it home.
…
The next morning.
Because he was worried about his uncle and Zhao Li, Lin Wu tossed and turned all night, but Wang Ye next to him slept soundly. He didn't have the dignity of a big night cat. , almost kicked Lin Wu off the kang again.
When it was finally dawn, Lin Wu was the first to get up, stretched out his hand and pulled the quilt on Wang Ye's body up, covering his head as if in revenge, before he raised his eyebrows, walked around the brothers who were sleeping on the ground, and walked away. Room.
Unexpectedly, Tao Qiran was already in the yard, cleaning the yard with a broom bought from somewhere.
Lin Wu's eyes widened as if he saw the new continent. My uncle has always been a person who ran away immediately after making a mess in the studio and had no psychological burden, and it was impossible to talk about daily labor. When did he become so diligent
Could it be that…
Was educated by Zhao Lige last night, and was punished for voluntary labor
"Are you up?" Looking up and seeing Lin Wu, Tao Qiran immediately lost his broom and walked over quickly.
Lin Wu: "..." Dare is to pass the time.
But looking at Tao Qiran's spirited appearance, yesterday's communication with Zhao Li... should have been smooth, right
"Where's Zhao Lige?"
"The kitchen is cooking," Tao Qiran glanced at the guest room, "otherwise, why would I feed you so many mouths."
Lin Wu: "How to say it as if we are waiting to feed."
Tao Qiran: "You run up the mountain as soon as your head is hot. Do you think you are so mature."
Lin Wu: "Then you have returned to the hidden mountain forest when your head is hot."
Tao Qiran: "I am thoughtful."
Lin Wu: "Oh."
Tao Qiran: "You are too perfunctory..."
Lin Wu originally wanted to say that if you were really thoughtful, you wouldn't have no choice but to take Zhao Lige now. But then I thought of what Wang Ye said, this is a matter between Xiaojie and Zhao Lige, they don't need to mix, and they don't understand.
Forget it, as long as my uncle and Zhao Lige are fine, that's fine.
Thinking of this, Lin Wu swallowed the useless things and wanted to tell Tao Qiran directly about his animalization, but before he could open his mouth, Tao Qiran pulled him out of the yard first.
After arriving under the cedar tree outside the courtyard, not to mention the surroundings, there was no one in the distance, Tao Qiran asked sternly, "Are you also awakened from beastly transformation?"
It seems that Zhao Lige has already said everything.
Lin Wu nodded: "When I was looking for Wang Ye, I suddenly fell off the hillside, and I was so scared that it suddenly changed when I was in a hurry."
Tao Qiran: "Have you seen Zhou Man and Xu Shuo?"
Lin Wu: "Well, the information has been recorded, but the reason for the awakening is still unclear to the two of them."
The morning wind blew past, blowing down a few pine needles.
One fell to the tip of Tao Qiran's nose, he simply took it out and put it in his mouth, like a bird holding a leaf: "I am like this, you are like this, it is clearly related to blood."
Lin Wu: "But Zhou Man said that there are many awakened people who have no blood relationship at all."
"Hopefully." Tao Qiran muttered.
The voice was small, but Lin Wu could hear it clearly, but he didn't quite understand it.
What is "wish"? I hope it really has nothing to do with blood? Or, it doesn't matter, Zhao Lige has a chance to wake up...
"What are you going to do in the future?" Tao Qiran asked, pulling back Lin Wu's thoughts.
"In the future?" Lin Wu was stunned for a while, and then he understood what Tao Qiran meant, scratched his head and said, "Go back to school first, I haven't thought about going back to the mountains and forests."
"Fool," Tao Qiran fondly patted his head, "you woke up when your survival was in crisis, and you didn't really yearn for nature. Who said you must go back to the mountains and forests."
Lin Wu: "But that guy Wang Ye wants to go up the mountain."
Tao Qiran was stunned for two seconds, then rejoiced: "His thoughts are so important to you."
"It's not..." Lin Wu instinctively denied it. Intuitively, it seemed that he would be led into some deep pit. But it was over, and he couldn't make up any supporting arguments.
Because he really cares about Wang Ye very much.
Otherwise, who would have come all the way to arrest someone when they heard that a classmate had run away and skipped the class.
Tao Qiran didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile.
Lin Wu always felt that his powerless denial had been seen through, but until there was the noise of the brothers getting up in the yard, Tao Qiran didn't really break it, only said gently: "You are still young, you have time to think about everything clearly, no urgent."
After the brothers got up, Zhao Li's breakfast was ready. A group of people hula-la finished their meal and packed their luggage down the mountain in a hurry. Lin Wu couldn't find a chance for no one at all. My uncle communicated about beastization.
It wasn't until Jiang Tan and Zhao Li went to look for the two cars parked nearby, Lin Wu and the brothers in the two dormitories were waiting outside the courtyard with their schoolbags and luggage, and inadvertently turned around, only to find that Wang Ye was still standing under the tree in the courtyard, leaning against the trunk of the tree. what to think.
While the friends were not paying attention, Lin Wu quietly returned to the courtyard.
Seeing him turn back again, Wang Ye raised his head and asked with his eyes.
Lin Wu came under the tree, looked at him seriously for a long time, and finally asked the worry that had been hanging in his heart: "Do you not want to go back to school at all?"
They came here wishful thinking, wishful thinking, and wishful thinking they found it and took people back as a matter of course, but in fact, Wang Ye never said that he wanted to go back.
Lin Wu has always known, but it has been delayed since yesterday to ask.
As if he knew what he was thinking, Wang Ye raised one eyebrow in dissatisfaction: "The car is outside, so I'm asking now?"
Lin Wu was annoyed and angry: "Do you really want to, give me a happy word."
Wang Ye: "Go back."
"Would you like to..." Lin Wu suddenly stopped and looked at Wang Ye in disbelief, "What did you just say?"
Wang Ye's upper body leaned forward slightly and leaned closer to Lin Wu: "I'll say it back," word by word, "From now on, wherever you go, where do I go."
Lin Wu inexplicably felt a huge pressure: "That's not necessary..."
Wang Ye: "Follow you to learn beastization and awakening."
Lin Wu: "...Can you talk without panting in the future?"
"Lin Wu, Wang Ye, what are you two doing—" Ge Liang called out from outside the hospital.
"Come on—" Lin Wu responded and quickly trotted out.
After receiving Wang Ye's clean affirmative answer, Lin Xiaolang's steps were brisk.
Wang Ye followed behind, walking very slowly, so slow that he could take out the phone that was just charged and turned on this morning, and read the late messages again.
Lin Wu: You said that the sports meeting was going to wave the flag for me...
…
Lin Wu: You said something happened at home, you'll be back in a few days...
…
Lin Wu: Count by yourself, how many times have you released my pigeons
…
Lin Wu: I know about the apartment.
Lin Wu: Are you stupid?
…
Lin Wu: You are stupid. There is nothing more stupid than you. Now I know why you are so handsome.
…
Lin Wu: You said you wanted me to accompany you up the mountain. Do you know that I also want you to accompany me to graduate.
…
Lin Wu: [333&509 Joint Tiger Squad.jpg]
Lin Wu: Don't let us catch you if you have the ability, otherwise...
The corners of Wang Ye's mouth twitched, he was so capable that he dared to send him a threatening letter.
But the matter of going up the mountain, he thought, was indeed his own impulse.
A few days ago, he chose to leave without hesitation, but the moment he saw Lin Wu in the forest, Wang Ye knew that if he went back in time, he would never be able to make such a determination again.
After exiting the chat box, Wang Ye clicked on the avatar of the original Sijie, and then clicked into the roommate's circle of friends. Yishui's emotional quotations slid down to that sentence:
Yuan Sijie (7 days ago): The difference between friendship and love is: friendship means two people and the world, while love means two people are the world. — Tagore
Lin Wudu got into Zhao Li's car, only to realize that Wang Ye hadn't followed.
"Don't bother," Ge Liang stopped Lin Wu, who had just gotten into the car, and pushed the door down to find someone, "What's going on..."
Walking into the yard, he found that Wang Ye was slowly putting his mobile phone in his pocket.
"Brother Ye, I'll be waiting for you!" Ge Liang was really anxious, afraid that if it was delayed for a while, Wang Ye regretted not going back to them.
I don't want Wang Ye to suddenly look at him seriously: "Liangzi, I seem to be in love."
There was a thunderbolt on the ground, and the husky was not wasted at all: "... What, what?"
Wang Ye was rarely patient: "Love, love."
"No," Ge Liang shook his head frantically, shaking his hair, and finally got a little sober, "Brother Ye, calm down first, I'll help you out, this kind of love is called love, if you just found out that you like someone , I haven't caught up yet, that's called unrequited love."