The sun is scorching.
The wind was a little hot and the cicadas were chirping on the willow trees.
Luo Qingzhou walked to the lake and jumped in first.
In the summer weather, the lake water is still warm, but it wraps around the whole body gently and softly, which is much more comfortable than being on the shore.
He swam around in the water like a fish, then looked up at the girl on the shore and said, "Look, there's nothing to be afraid of. People can float in the water very easily. Come down quickly, I'll teach you how to play in the water, it's fun."
Xia Chan stood on the shore, holding the sword tightly in her hand, looking at the rippling lake water, a hint of uneasiness and hesitation in her eyes.
Luo Qingzhou looked up at her, without urging her, and said softly: "Chanchan, it's okay, uncle will protect you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.
The girl on the shore took a few steps forward and approached the lake. Then, holding the sword and wearing clothes, her whole body suddenly fell forward stiffly. With a "plop", her head entered the water first and she fell headfirst, with her whole body straight into the water!
The water splashed and ripples spread out.
On the water surface, only two little toes wearing shoes were left, jumping straight up, looming in the rippling waves...
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, then rushed over in a hurry and sank into the water.
Underwater.
The girl's head was down, submerged in the mud, her whole body stuck there straight, her whole body stiff and tense, her dark eyes wide open, dazed and terrified, motionless.
She still held the sword tightly in her hand, and her light green skirt bloomed like a lotus leaf.
Luo Qingzhou swam over quickly, picked her up, and turned her so that her head was above the water.
"Fool."
He couldn't help but curse softly, and helped her clean the mud off her head. Then he patted her still stiff body and said, "Relax, don't be afraid, relax your whole body and breathe slowly. The water here is shallow, you can stand on your own."
After saying that, he tried to let her go.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she was released, her stiff body straightened up and then fell backwards.
Luo Qingzhou was speechless. He could only hold her and shook her body and said, "Chanchan, did you hear what I said?"
Xia Chan's eyes were wide open, her gaze was dull, her whole body was tense, she didn't move, didn't say a word, like a delicate and frightened doll.
"Chanchan..."
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and called softly, "Wake up, we are on shore and not in the water anymore."
Xia Chan's gaze finally focused. She stared at him confusedly for a while, then lowered her head and looked at the lake. Then her body softened and she fell down again.
Luo Qingzhou quickly hugged her tightly.
This time, her whole body was no longer stiff, but limp. She fell into his arms, with almost no strength left in her body.
But the sword was still in her hand.
"Okay, let's stop playing in the water. I'll take you down there to play."
Luo Qingzhou sighed and gave up teaching her how to play in the water. He reminded her to take a deep breath, then held her in his arms, sank to the bottom of the water, and swam quickly towards the entrance of the underground tunnel.
Xia Chan was held in his arms, her whole body limp, her eyes wide open, bubbles coming out of her mouth, as she swam forward with him, a dazed and silly expression on her pretty little face.
"Gurgle... Gurgle..."
Bubbles started coming out of her mouth and nose, and then she started to drink lake water.
Luo Qingzhou took a look at her silly little appearance and resisted the idiotic behavior of kissing her little mouth and blowing a breath. With a "whoosh" he jumped forward and went into the underground passage.
The two finally got out of the lake.
But the girl in his arms was still limp, as if all her bones and muscles had been pulled out, and she lay motionless on top of him.
Luo Qingzhou carried her horizontally and entered the spacious stone chamber.
Then he put her on the ground and went over to light the oil lamp he had brought down earlier.
Looking down, he saw that the two little white rabbits had silently bitten his shoes, but their heads were tilted, and their four lively eyes were looking at the strange human girl on the ground.
"Chanchan, wake up!"
Luo Qingzhou went over and called out, took out his clothes from the storage bag, put them aside and said, "Take off your clothes and put on your son-in-law's clothes."
The girl's eyes moved, but she still didn't have the strength to get up.
Luo Qingzhou helped her take off her shoes and socks, and untied the belt around her slender waist. When he was about to help her take off her coat, the girl's small hand suddenly grabbed his fingers and said in a trembling voice: "No, don't..."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at her, helped her up, and asked, "Are you okay?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, and suddenly she spat out a mouthful of lake water with a "wow", and then her chest heaved and she gasped heavily.
She finally came to her senses.
Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to complain, he stood up and said: "I'll go inside to take a look, you quickly take off your wet clothes, it's very uncomfortable to wear."
Just as he was about to leave, he took a look at her snow-white, slender little feet, hesitated for a moment, took out the pair of red stockings from the storage bag, put them on the clothes on the ground, and said, "Remember to put on the socks later. There are sharp stone chips here. Don't cut your feet."
After saying that, he left the stone chamber and entered the middle passage.
The two little white rabbits, still one on each side, bit his shoes and were dragged away by him.
After being dragged on the ground for so long, the fur of the two little guys is still snow-white.
Luo Qingzhou suspected that they might go to the lake to take a bath every night. As for why they didn't leave, it was probably because they were timid.
The stone chamber became quiet.
The girl sat there, dazed for a long while, then turned her head and looked at the clothes on the ground and the pair of red stockings on the clothes.
The space collapsed.
As Luo Qingzhou approached the exit, he discovered that there was no space in front of him.
The road outside the exit has been blocked by countless rocks.
The cemetery space has completely collapsed.
At the same time, it also blocks the possibility of rotation in other spaces.
Luo Qingzhou walked closer, knocked on the rocks, thought for a while, took a few steps back, stood aside, and his soul left his body.
The soul floated towards the rocks, but did not penetrate them.
It was as if the soul once wanted to drill into the ground, but was suddenly blocked by an invisible force and could not move forward at all.
He had no choice but to return to his senses, and then looked at the blocked space and sighed for a while before turning around and going back.
Return to the stone chamber.
Xia Chan had already put on his loose Confucian robe. Her slender and thin body was wrapped in the loose Confucian robe, making her look even more graceful and charming.
However, the snow-white jade feet were still exposed.
Luo Qingzhou looked at the ground. Apart from her wet dress, the pair of red stockings were still there.
He walked over and picked it up, looked at her and said, "Why don't you put on your socks? You'll cut your feet."
Xia Chan's wet hair stuck to her pretty face. She looked at him coldly without answering.
Luo Qingzhou approached her, handed her a pair of red stockings and said, "This is what my uncle bought for you. It's new. Chanchan, did you misunderstand something?"
Xia Chan was slightly startled when she heard this, and looked back at the stockings in his hand. After a pause, she looked at him again and said, "Really?"
Luo Qingzhou nodded and said seriously, "Of course it's true. Chanchan, Uncle just said he would take you down to play. I didn't lie to you, did I? Uncle didn't take the opportunity to bully you in the water just now, did I? You shouldn't doubt Uncle."
Xia Chan was stunned for a moment, lowered her head slightly, looked at the little red stockings in his hand, and fell silent.
Luo Qingzhou squatted down in front of her, picked up her slender feet and said, "Come, let me help you put them on."
Xia Chan hesitated for a moment but did not struggle. Two faint blushes appeared on her pretty face.
Luo Qingzhou took the opportunity to touch her snow-white, lovely and slender feet a few times, and helped her put on both of her little red stockings.
Xia Chan clenched the sword in her hand, her face flushed, and she looked at him coldly.
Luo Qingzhou stood up, raised a little white rabbit in his hand and said, "Look, Chanchan, what fun thing did your uncle catch for you?"
The coldness in Xia Chan's eyes was stunned at first, and then melted instantly.
"Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit..."
The cold expression on her face suddenly became gentle, a light appeared in her dark eyes, and she reached out and hugged the little rabbit.
Dabao was held in her arms and immediately struggled violently, then suddenly bit her little hand.
Xia Chan's little hand trembled and her beautiful brows slightly frowned, but she did not exclaim, nor did she let go, but still held it gently.
Seeing a trace of blood oozing from the back of her hand, Luo Qingzhou became furious. He grabbed the little rabbit's ear and fiercely pulled it out of her arms. Then he raised his other fist and punched it away with a "bang"!
"You dare to bite my little Chanchan, you are courting death!"
Luo Qingzhou gritted his teeth, extremely angry.
He couldn't bear to bite it, but this little beast actually bit it as soon as they met. How could he tolerate this
Xia Chan opened her eyes wide, stood there in a daze for a moment, and hurriedly ran to see whether the little white rabbit was alive or dead.
Luo Qingzhou suddenly took out another cute little white rabbit, handed it to her, and said, "Chanchan, don't worry about it, there is another one."
Xia Chan stared blankly at the little white rabbit in his hand, then looked at the little white rabbit lying on the ground in the corner, unknown whether it was alive or dead.
"Take it. This one has a milder temper and won't dare to bite you."
After Luo Qingzhou finished speaking, he clenched his fist and hit Erbao on the head a few times, warning: "If you dare to bite, I will smash your head!"
Erbao widened his eyes in horror and suddenly shook his head.
Luo Qingzhou stuffed it into the girl's arms, turned around, walked over, grabbed the soft little white rabbit in the corner, clenched his fist, and hit it on the head a few times, saying: "If you pretend to be dead again, I will peel off your skin and make it into slippers!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dabao straightened his body, came back to life, opened his eyes, and began to twist and struggle violently, but did not dare to bite him.
Luo Qingzhou threw it directly to the ground, looked at the dazed girl holding Erbao and said, "These two little rabbits have thick skin and tough flesh. No matter how hard you beat them, they will be fine. Chanchan, if you don't believe me, why don't you try it?"
The second baby who was held in her arms shook his head hurriedly when he heard the words, then stuck out his pink little tongue and began to lick the wound on the back of her hand in a flattering manner.
Xia Chan was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "No, no."
Luo Qingzhou looked at his fist and found that the wound on the back of his hand was almost healed.
After being promoted to the martial artist realm, his recovery and repair abilities naturally increased greatly, and as long as the wound was not too serious, it would heal quickly.
He didn't waste any more time and said, "Chanchan, you play with Dabao and Erbao here. I'm going to play with stones."
He prepared to continue opening up the passage on the right.
Xia Chan suddenly said weakly: "It's...hard to hear."
Luo Qingzhou stopped and was stunned for a moment before reacting: "Are you talking about the two names Dabao and Erbao?"
Xia Chan nodded slightly.
Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then you can give them a name. You can give them any name you want. They won't dare to disobey."
When Dabao heard this, he pounced on him viciously and was about to bite his shoes.
"Bang!"
Luo Qingzhou kicked it away and then left quickly.
Dabao fell to the ground in embarrassment, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly rushed towards the two slender little feet in red stockings.
When Xia Chan saw it, she hurriedly stepped back: "Don't... don't bite..."
Dabao stopped, looked up at her, suddenly changed direction, rushed towards the pair of shoes she took off, pounced on it, bit one of the shoes, and then lay there, motionless.
While Xia Chan was in a daze, Erbao in her arms suddenly struggled and jumped out of her arms, pounced on her other shoe and bit it, then, like Dabao, lay there, motionless.
Xia Chan: “…”
"boom!"
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Suddenly, there was the sound of fists hitting each other and stones breaking outside.
Xia Chan was stunned for a moment and wanted to go out to take a look, but she looked down at the clean little stockings on her feet, then at the dirty ground, and had to stop again.
She hesitated for a moment, bent down, took off the two red stockings on her feet, folded them carefully, looked at them tenderly for a while, stroked them for a while, and then put them into the pocket of her Confucian robe.
Then, she walked out carefully with her pair of snow-white and tender little feet bare.
There were indeed a lot of sharp and pointed stone chips on the ground.
But she was not afraid.
She would rather have her feet scratched than get the socks he gave her dirty or torn.
It has his flavor on it.