The road is still the rough dirt road, the driver is still the wild and unrestrained Xie Shan, but Cui Xie is not the same Cui Xie as the primary school student who came to the spring outing last time.
He has changed from a straight, straight man to a gay man who actively pursues men.
He even held a bunch of roses in his arms, which he had cut from the flowerbed on the edge of the yard in the morning, with long stems. Don't dare to be seen. Along the way, he looked over and over several times, and the flowers were quite bright.
It's just that this kind of rose in their house is not fragrant, should I sprinkle some perfume
He touched the vaguely scented gardenia water in his arms, and felt that the scent didn't match the roses. A tasteful person like Xie Ying might not like it, so he just didn't use it.
After another long bumpy road, they finally reached the front of the other courtyard. Cui Xie put his feet against the wall of the car all the way, holding the bouquet in his arms, scratching the paper wrapped around the bottom of the stem, but the flower bud was not damaged at all.
The clatter of hooves finally fell, the horse neighed, and the car slowly stopped.
He pushed open the door, stuck his head on the upper edge of the carriage, saw Xie Ying riding a horse around the side wall of the carriage, looked at the tattered bouquet in his hand, and asked with a smile, "What is this? Why do you bring some novel gifts every time you come here
Seeing him, Cui Xie felt as comfortable as if he had just drank an iced Coke. He bent down and jumped out of the car, unwrapped the bouquet, sorted out the crumpled petals, and held it up to show him, "It's not a courtesy, it's just in the yard. The long flowers just look good, so I cut a few branches and brought them here, it’s not like I came empty-handed.”
Xie Shan came over to pick up his schoolbag, and said with a smile, "Is there any flowers on Zhuangzi, and the young master still brings flowers to put in a vase. Leave this to me too, this Qianye rose must not have dozens of flowers. Is it? Ordinary small bottles can’t be inserted, and it seems too complicated and unrefined to insert them hard, so I’d better take them into separate bottles and insert them.”
But Cui Xie was reluctant to let him take it, holding the flower stem and saying, "I'll take this, you can just go find the bottle."
Xie Ying said: "You leave it to him. I found someone to find a good horse that I can't find. Today I will take you to hunt in the woods, and ride a fast horse. It is inconvenient to bring flowers without a person to carry things. ."
In the woods!
Just the two of them!
I never thought that I would be able to date alone just after I confessed! Xie Qianhu is such a happy person!
Cui Xie held the rose in his hand, it was inconvenient to keep it, and he was reluctant to give it to others - this flower is meant to be used as a rose, if it is used as a flower arrangement, can he still show his intentions
No matter how he thought about it, he was still reluctant to give up, so he rolled the paper wrapping the flowers on his thighs and rolled them into ropes, tied them around the stem a few times, hung the bouquet in the bag beside the saddle, and explained with a dry smile: "This Flowers are very beautiful, take them with you, and look at them when you are tired on the road, just like visiting a garden, and you can’t miss the scenery.”
Xie Shan wanted to say something, but his master had already instructed: "Prepare some dishes that can be hot for a long time at home, we may not be back when we will come back... Also ask the chef to prepare the game."
He prepared bows and arrows, nooses on both horses, and also hung a bag of water and dry food, as if he was really ready to go into the woods for a game of hunting. The servants of his family were also used to it, and they responded quickly, watching them gallop away into the woods beside the village courtyard.
Although the village of Xie's family is not next to the mountain, there is a wild forest next to it. There are some common wild animals such as deer, roe deer, deer, rabbits, foxes, and badgers. Enough for the usual hunting and pastime.
Xie Ying Xinxun's pony is also a sorrel horse, as good at galloping as his, but smaller and not as wild as his own. Although Cui Xie's riding skills are not bad, he is a scholar after all. He usually has few training opportunities. He is not as good at riding as the Jinyi Guards, so riding this pony is just right.
The two drove for a long time and finally entered the woods.
Cui Xie took a step slowly, and when he entered the forest, he was afraid that the roots of the tree would trip over the horse's legs. Xie Ying stopped the horse, slowed down and waited for Cui Xie to catch up, and said to him, "Although the wild animals are not fat enough at this time, they can be eaten quickly. I will take you to fight a few. Take it home by yourself tonight."
Cui Xie felt a sense of happiness in his heart being carried by a large number to kill monsters. He nodded and said, "Brother Xie, just go, I'll follow behind, help you touch... pick up prey!"
Xie Ying was almost laughed at by his outburst: "I didn't bring you here for you to pick it up. You can also try shooting a live target, you can practice your eyesight, and it's easy to train your head, which is better than training with a dead target. too much."
He looked around himself, saw the grass under the roots of the tree moving in the distance, and looked closely at a gray rabbit among the leaves of the grass.
The long arrow rushed out like a shooting star, traversing an arc in the air, and fell into the grass quickly and heavily.
So easy to shoot!
Cui Xie was surprised and convinced, and hurriedly rode his horse over to take a look. He saw a not-so-fat gray rabbit lying on its side in the grass, with a long arrow nailed to its neck, and its hind feet still kicking. He jumped off the horse and grabbed the arrow shaft, but a horse galloped past him, and the man on the horse fell down, grabbed the tail of the arrow and lifted it up, and took the rabbit away.
Cui Xie straightened his waist and looked, it was Xie Ying who grabbed the prey.
He was also wearing snow-white clothes, and he pulled the arrow from the rabbit's neck, rubbed it on the tree twice, and put it back into the quiver at the back, not afraid of blood staining his clothes. The rabbit also told him to throw it into the bag behind the horse, and the man was wiping his hands with a handkerchief, turned around and smiled at him: "To pick up such small prey, it saves effort and time, and it is not worth getting off the horse. "
Cui Xie hadn't mastered such a difficult horsemanship yet, so he pouted and shook his head: "No, no, you are a master of art and daring, I'm afraid that the waist will fall off."
"That's because your waist isn't working right." Xie Ying slowly drove the horse over, stretched out his hand to hold the reins of the pony, and said, "Go up and try, and I'll teach you how to exert force. Don't be afraid, I'll watch from here. I promise not to let you fall."
Cui Xie stepped on the horse, grabbed the reins and said, "You really can't fall? You are on the horse and you are so far away from me, what if I fall and you can't catch me? There is no prey in the ground, so you can practice with empty hands. come out?"
Xie Ying smiled: "Whoever said there is no prey, there will be soon."
He had already caught sight of a grass snake in his eyes, and while he was talking, he looked at it with a bow and shot it.
Cui Xie didn't dare to follow his example, so he rode his horse slowly to the side of the snake, bent down to reach for the arrow, but felt that his waist was a little stiff and he couldn't go down.
Shouldn't reading be read into a herniated disc, right? Or is it that the usual stretching is not enough, and the flexibility is not good
He tried his best to stretch his hand enough, Xie Ying watched him, pointed him and said, "It's not enough, keep your waist down, your left foot comes out of the kick, your whole body is turned sideways, your upper body is pressed down, don't stand straight."
He came over on a horse and held Cui Xie's waist with one hand, teaching him where to press harder and where to press down. Cui Xie fetched a few handfuls, and finally reached the hilt of the arrow, and pulled it up sharply, but with more strength, the snake rolled up in the air and hit Xie Ying on the arm.
This sound is clear and crisp, and people in July don't wear too many clothes, I'm afraid it's really meat.
Cui Xie threw the snake into his pocket casually, touched his arm, and said distressedly, "Turn up your sleeves and see if the swirl is red."
Xie Ying's sleeves have leather wristbands, which must be removed before they can be rolled up. Cui Xie was busy working on his arm, and after undoing it several times, he failed to undo the buckle of the wristband. !"
Xie Ying held the hand that was moving around her wrist, asked him to touch the wound, pressed the hand and said, "I didn't hurt anything at all, and I don't feel any pain, so what are you worried about. I usually Hunting, when will you go back without a little injury?"
Cui Xie couldn't help looking at him, his brows furrowed, with a Yan Su look, as if to see the wound through his clothes. Xie Ying tugged at the collar and said softly, "I'll be all right. I'm not a border officer's sergeant, and I haven't really been injured. I'm not as bad as you think."
The more he said this, the more Cui Xie felt that he might have suffered a lot of injuries, and he felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. Even the red roses in the bag behind the horse seemed to lose its color.
He had planned to send flowers when he met Xie Ying today, to confess, and to ask for an accurate word. Unexpectedly, when I see people, I will be cowardly, and I haven't even sent out flowers for so long.
Not only cowardly, but even taking a snake and hurting someone's arm, is there any chance for such a confession
Cui Xie took a deep breath and decided to force a confession while he was still holding Xie Ying's arm, but he didn't want Xie Ying to be happier than him, so he pressed his hand and said, "I'm taking you out because I have something serious to do. Let me tell you, you can only use it to cover your eyes when you hunt, or don't. Don't look at that arm."
Well, don't look at it, let's get down to business.
"I just happen to have something to say." Cui Xie stood up straight, took out the bunch of roses from his back pocket, and held it in front of him and handed it to Xie Ying.
But Xie Ying didn't want him to hand over the flowers when he had nowhere to put them in. He was stunned before taking them. He looked at the bouquet and asked, "You brought this bouquet to me specially, Is there any secret?"
Not in flowers, but in people.
Cui Xie quietly straightened his waist while he was looking at the flowers, and tried his best to look him in the eye: "Other things are sold at home, and if they are given to you, they can only be regarded as ordinary gifts. , these are the only ones that I thought I would give to you and cut them off one by one."
Cui Xie leaned forward slightly, raised his hand to caress the bouquet, fiddled with the petals with his fingers, kissed the flower closest to him, raised his eyes and stared at Xie Ying: "This gift from me. , Brother Xie, are you willing to accept it?"
Half of his face was covered by the rose, and his cheeks were slightly red, but his eyes became more and more black and white, with radiance and brilliance, and his eyes wanted to pierce people's hearts.
Xie Ying almost couldn't help touching him, but when her fingertips were about to touch the petal on his lips, she clenched her fists hard, avoiding his gaze, looking at the flower and saying, "I called you here today, and I was just right. For this. What you said on the Tanabata day, I came back and thought about it for a few days, and I have an idea myself, but you will not feel at ease if you don't ask a few questions."
Cui Xie immediately swore: "This heart can be expressed by the sun and the moon—"
Xie Ying blocked his mouth with a bouquet of flowers, and asked seriously, "I wanted to ask you that day, why did you suddenly think of me like this? Is it because I asked a doctor for you at first, or did I ask you for a letter later on? ? You know, these things are just for me to do, even if I don't do it, someone else will do it. For example, Magistrate Jiang of Daxing County—"
Not that.
Now he has relatives, friends, teachers, and officials who appreciate him... But when he first entered this world and had nothing, only Xie Ying helped him.
If he hadn't helped Jinyiwei with the errand, he wouldn't have had the chance to live in the Tongzhou Inn for free and receive cardiac treatment from a famous doctor in Beijing. It wasn't because he played a little role in that case, Fu Zhizhou and Master Liu would not have known that he had such a small role, nor would they have collected those practical books for scientific examinations for him.
After arriving in Qian'an, the same is true. It seemed that it was a career and a small three yuan that he had worked hard and studied by himself, but he knew very well that the royal pen plaque that Xie Ying invited him was the foundation for him to settle down in the countryside.
If it wasn't for Eunuch Gao and Jinyi Wei to go down to the county to issue an decree, and specially asked him to show his face in the past, would such a noble person as the county magistrate mention him as the son of a fifth-grade man? Wang Gongzi, the son of a third-rank commander, would be willing to put down his body and make friends with someone who was not a child
Without the support of this imperial decree, Zhirong Bookstore made so much money, could Cui Ju and his wife not ask him for it
Cui Xie knew very well in his heart that if he hadn't met Xie Ying at the beginning, without his unrewarded help, his study path would never have been so smooth. Perhaps in Xie Ying's view, this is just a little effort, but for him it is a great kindness.
But his affection for Xie Ying was not born out of gratitude, but the most primitive and essential...
Knowing lust but Mu Shaoai.
Because he is good-looking, has a good temper, is gentle and considerate, and meets the requirements of his dream lover except for his gender. And the gender issue... since he admits he's not a straight guy either, it's not a problem anymore.
If someone else helped him, he would try his best to repay, but he would never dream of that person in the middle of the night, and he would not admit that he was bent so happily, and even ran to confess to others.
He's not a high school student who doesn't understand feelings and love, he's... an adult who has a 2T hard drive and who used to sleep with his brother in the middle of the night.
He grabbed Xie Ying's hand suddenly and said in a low voice, "Of course I will thank him for helping me, even if I have gone bankrupt. But you are the only one who can convince me. I really don't like it, I won't say this in the future, but if you want me to get rid of this thought, I can't do it."
His palms were slightly sweaty, but Xie Ying's hands were dry, obviously not as nervous as him. At a critical juncture where he couldn't even make friends if his confession was unsuccessful, he could still notice this detail, and was even a little worried whether Xie Ying would think his hands were wet.
Fortunately, Xie Ying didn't care about this little problem.
He let Cui Xie hold him and asked in a low voice, "Do you know who you are? Do you know what the reputation of our Jinyiwei is in Qingliu? If you say that you are grateful that I saved you in the first place, you are willing to have contact with my family. That's all, it's your kindness in return. But if you make a rumor that you have an affair with Jin Yiwei, the good reputation you have accumulated over the years will all be lost, and there will be no place for you to stand in the clear stream... "
"If you really like Nanfeng, where can you find someone who understands your meaning? Ordinary people like this, and they can solve it by making a playboy and raising a servant. That servant of yours... The one who was originally called Peng Yan, is not very beautiful and clever. Is it?"
Cui Xie gave him a chill.
With holding inkstone? Isn't that the same as having roommates at your own university? They are pure relatives and friends, nothing else!
He urged the pony to stick the sticker forward, pulled Xie Ying's fingers apart, inserted his five fingers between his fingers, put his palms together, looked straight at him, and said word by word, "I I have met many people in my life, no matter male or female, and I have never thought of this. If Brother Xie really doesn't care about me, I will give up, but you clearly meant to agree that day..."
He shook his hand when he was leaving on Qixi Festival, why did he break up again in a blink of an eye? Did someone speak ill of him behind his back and persuade Xie Ying to break up with him
The tips of his fingers turned white, wishing the hands of the two were so long together, and if the confession failed, don't separate.
Xie Ying looked down at his hand, her face was calm, her breathing was so slow that she could barely hear, she asked in a low voice, "I have one more thing to ask... Have you ever tasted the love between a man and a woman? Do you know 'Nan Feng' 'What exactly is it?"
"I haven't tried it, but..." I have a lot of theoretical experience! I almost watched several films that started with the word "Golden Bottle" when I drew you a new design drawing!
Xie Ying suddenly lowered his body, supported his armpits with his long arms and brought him to his horse, asking him to sit across from him in front of his saddle, and kissed those slightly dry lips heavily.
The rose bouquet was thrown into the cloth belt behind the pony saddle, swayed a few times, and lay down with difficulty. Xie Ying tightly pressed the back of Cui Xie's head with one hand, and reached under the hem of his shirt with the other hand, holding his slightly trembling waist and abdomen.
It wasn't until he got off the horse and ran on his own that he straightened up, wiped the water light from Cui Xie's lips, and said in a hoarse voice, "This is what the world calls 'Southern Wind', not writing a poem or sending a Snacks and tea are nothing. If the two of us are really together, I have to do more than this. Now you have to leave, but if you don't..."
He didn't look at Cui Xie's face, he could only feel the waist under his hands shaking violently, as if he was frightened.
He stopped the horse, jumped down first, and waited for Cui Xie to dismount or ride away. But he didn't want his horse to sway in place. A pair of slender and tenacious hands, not as weak and weak as ordinary scholars, put them on his shoulders, and pressed them hard on his forehead, forcing him to look up.
Xie Ying raised his head slightly, and saw that Cui Xie seemed to be smiling, and his face that seemed to be so nervous was pressed down from above, and his pursed lips pressed heavily on his mouth.