"Sister Yuzu! Look, there is a bunny—"
Bai Guo half-flyed and half-runned out of the woods, her excited voice broke the silent atmosphere.
Lin You coughed lightly, withdrew from Xiao Xiao's embrace, and went to look at Bai Guo. The hands of the two people intertwined naturally, holding each other firmly without letting go.
Sure enough, Bai Guo was holding a fat rabbit in his hand. Its fur was snow-white, and it could be perfectly hidden in the snow. At this moment, it was pulled up by its ears, and its limbs were hanging down, motionless as if it was dead.
The rabbit fur is so beautiful, a hundred kinds of plush products immediately appeared in Lin You's mind.
But considering the little girl's young heart and love for fluffy, she still bent down and asked softly: "Baby Guoguo caught it? The baby is so good, do you want to take it home?"
When Bai Guo was praised, she smiled sweetly: "Well, we can eat rabbits at night."
It seems that she is thinking too much. Lin You paused for a moment, then smiled and patted Bai Guo's head: "...Okay, thank you baby."
Bai Guo nodded happily, probably because she was tired from raising her hands, she knelt down and put down the serene rabbit in her hand. Unexpectedly, as soon as the fat rabbit touched the ground, it immediately turned around and kicked on the ground nimbly, rushed into the woods with lightning speed, and disappeared.
"... Ah, ran away." Bai Guo was stunned, then pouted sadly, "It's not dead."
Lin You hurriedly comforted the lost Bai Guo, and searched with her in the woods, but did not find the second silly rabbit. In the end, Xiao Xiao saw that it was getting late, and took them to find the rabbit's nest.
However, after seeing a litter of rabbits huddled together and trembling under the majesty of the zombie king, Bai Guo seemed to lose interest in them, and stopped talking about eating rabbits.
To solve this problem, Xiao Xiao called Jinbao, and took out the saddle from the bag where he had just taken out the skates.
Lin You thought of the conversation just now, and asked her, "Where else are you going?"
Xiao Xiao still kept secret.
Ok. Lin You sat on Jin Bao's back, and Bai Guo was tired from playing, so she no longer flew by herself, but let her hold her. Jinbao spit out bubbles to block the cold wind during the flight, and arrived at the destination safely.
"It's right in front." Xiao Xiao said, putting on a blindfold and a mask for her.
"Hey, do you want to guard against death so strictly..."
Lin You, who was fully armed, muttered. Although I can't see it, I don't worry at all when I'm holding hands.
She followed Xiao Xiao for a while, it felt like walking into a narrow passage from the snow, with Bai Guo and Zhaocai Jinbao bustlingly leading the way.
The corridor was very short, and when Lin You walked out, her surroundings suddenly became warm, and she could faintly smell sulfur through the mask. She had a guess in her heart, and the moment she took off the blindfold, she was still surprised by the scenery in front of her.
This is a small valley.
The sky light gradually faded, and on the ground and rocks, a group of candles piled high and low dimly illuminated the surrounding area. It's snowy outside, but here may be because of a gushing hot spring, warm mist filled the air, and a tree of early-blooming plum blossoms is lying beside the spring, with a faint fragrance.
Only the tops of the outer trees were covered with fallen snow, but now the snow is decorated with golden five-pointed stars, and the branches are also decorated with colorful decorations with red and green ribbons everywhere, full of Christmas festive atmosphere.
Lin You also saw their tent, which had already been pitched in the open space. The exterior was painted bright red with patterns of hexagonal snowflakes, and a delicate golden bell was adorned on the top of the tent.
She couldn't help smiling: "It's kept secret here just to spend Christmas with me?" Lin You felt that it might be more than that, Xiao Xiao didn't care about festivals that much.
Xiao Xiao said: "Christmas is a special day."
She didn't say what was special, but she just took Lin You a step forward, and then motioned Lin You to look up. There was a typical Christmas ring hanging at the junction of the corridor and the valley.
Xiao Xiao pointed to it and said, "Mistletoe."
Linyou still knows the custom of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas. She looked at Bai Guo's position, and found that the little girl was concentrating on playing with Zhao Cai, she turned her head and stood on tiptoe to quickly kiss Xiao Xiao on the lips.
"Sister Yuzu!"
Such a coincidence, the second Lin You retreated, Bai Guo ran over while calling her.
Lin You coughed lightly, glanced at Xiao Xiao with a smile on her lips, and turned to talk to Bai Guo as if nothing had happened.
Xiao Xiao blinked slowly, recalling that kiss as light as a butterfly flying by, touched the place where she was kissed, looked at her figure talking with Bai Guo, and smiled slightly.
Bai Guo and Lin You were talking, turned to see Xiao Xiao, and suddenly said "ah", as if thinking of something: "Sister Yuzu, wait a minute."
She ran into the tent and didn't come out for a long time.
Lin You walked to the edge of the hot spring, and wondered if Xiao Xiao had cleaned it up, the spring water was very clean, and plum blossoms were floating on the mist-filled water. She knelt down and tested the temperature of the water with her hands, it was just right, not too hot.
"So it's mainly to take me to the hot spring?"
Xiao Xiao shook her head: "The hot spring is a gift."
Lin You said, "Christmas presents? Then what should I do? I didn't prepare any presents for you."
Xiao Xiao said, "It's not a Christmas present."
Bai Guo got out of the tent, holding a small glass bottle tied with a red ribbon in her arms. She ran to Lin You and held up the bottle, which was filled with little stars folded out of colored paper.
Bai Guo smiled brightly: "Give it to Sister Yuzu."
This was Xiao Xiao's idea for her. Lin You took the glass bottle cherishingly, smiled and kissed her face: "Is this a gift from Guoguo? Thank you baby."
Bai Guo nodded: "Mmm~mm... I also want to wish Sister Yuzu a happy birthday!"
Lin You was stunned.
She hadn't thought about this direction at all, so it took a while to react: "Ah... thank you, baby." She said thank you again, and looked back at Xiao Xiao in a daze.
… Indeed, her birthday falls on the same day as Christmas. But she hasn't had her birthday for a long time, and she never mentioned it, because even she has forgotten it unconsciously.
Xiao Xiao was also looking at her with focused and gentle eyes.
"I saw it on Yuzu's experimental data." Xiao Xiao explained, "Although the exact date cannot be determined now, I want to celebrate Yuzu's birthday. Because..."
"For me, the day the pomelo was born is something to be grateful for...I want to celebrate it more than Christmas."
"..."
Lin You looked at her, clenched the glass bottle in her hand, and suddenly smiled, her eyes glistening with water: "... Thank you, Xiao Xiao. I... am the same."
How grateful I am for the day I was born, and even more grateful for every day I live in this world, which made me meet you.
…
The stars twinkled in the sky, and the night was shrouded, so the candlelight seemed even brighter.
Ginkgo fell asleep after soaking in the hot spring for a short time. Lin You picked her up, dried her, and sent her back to the tent. Zhaocai, who was sleeping on her back, noticed the movement, opened her eyes in a daze, saw Lin You clearly, turned over, and wrapped the little girl in the bed. stand up.
Lin You smiled and walked out of the tent.
With her back facing her, Xiao Xiao's body was immersed in the water, lying on the stone by the hot spring, as if she was about to fall asleep. The snow-colored long hair was pulled up, revealing the slender neck and bare back in the mist, and further down, there was a butterfly bone looming in the water.
Lin You suddenly had the idea of playing around, walked around the hot spring barefoot, quietly walked to Xiao Xiao's side, stretched out her hand—
Undoubtedly discovered.
"I caught grapefruit." Xiao Xiao raised her face with a smile, and grabbed her hand with the wet heat of the hot spring.
"Oh, I was caught by you. Then there's nothing I can do..."
Lin You wasn't discouraged, she didn't expect to scare the sensitive zombie king.
She took advantage of the opportunity to sit down on the edge, dipped her legs in the hot spring, held the mistletoe she took off at some time in the other hand, raised it above her head, bowed her head and kissed Xiao Xiao with a smile: "Merry Christmas."
Xiao Xiao was slightly stunned, a little red plum falling from the treetops happened to land on her lips... She pursed her lips, pulled Lin You down, and let the faint fragrance pass between her lips and teeth.
The fragrance of flowers was faint, and the water mist rose. Xiao Xiao imprisoned her waist and stood up from the water.
"Wait," Lin You pressed her hand, and escaped with a long kiss, "Guoguo..."
"Well, don't wake her up, shh..." Xiao Xiao said in a low voice, kissing her all the way down, holding her knee with her hands, "Yuzi, hold back... you can't make a sound."
How can I hold back...
The heat of the hot spring seemed to be even higher. The hot air from the legs swept through the whole body, burning all the way to the cheeks, and the head was dizzy from the steam. Lin You's eyes were slightly red, she bit her finger, and made a thin breath from her throat, and clasped the stone with her other hand until her fingertips turned white.
Xiao Xiao raised her face, her lips were moist, and she smiled slightly: "Grapefruit is so good."
Lin You was speechless. She was carried down by Xiao Xiao, the hair of the two of them was scattered, the black like sandalwood and the pure white of snow were entangled in the water for a long time, making it difficult to separate.
…
In the middle of the night, the rose-patterned wind lanterns in the tent were shining softly.
Xiao Xiao lay down with her half-dry hair loose, writing and drawing. Lin You wiped her hair halfway, then yawned, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
Xiao Xiao's diary seems to be very long today, and Bai Guo is fast asleep next to her, Lin You asked softly, "Are there so many pages to write?"
Xiao Xiao also answered her softly: "I'm making a calendar. Next year, I want to celebrate Yuzu's birthday."
Speaking of this, Lin You thought of one thing: "After Christmas, it won't be long before New Year's Eve."
"Well... almost." Xiao Xiao replied, she understood Lin You's meaning, and looked at the simple self-made calendar on the notebook with some trouble. Is it still divided into Gregorian and lunar calendars
... how to divide
Lin You put the wind lantern in a little bit, and leaned over to look at it. December 25th was heavily circled. She smiled, took the pen in Xiao Xiao's hand, and circled the number 31.
"That's the decision? The last day of this year."
Xiao Xiao: "..." It's okay.
Lin You then asked, "What about Xiao Xiao's birthday? When is it?"
Xiao Xiao said, "I don't remember."
She lost her memory when she woke up in the laboratory, and it was normal not to remember her own birthday. Lin You felt a little regretful, she didn't think to take a look at Xiao Xiao's birthday when she was in City S, but after thinking about it, she thought it was nothing.
"Then make it your birthday the day you wake up?" she suggested.
Xiao Xiao thought about it, but circled another day. After putting down the pen, she turned her head and kissed the corner of Lin You's eyes, and smiled lightly, the soft light reflected in her icy blue eyes.
"I like it better, the day I met Yuzu."