Looking across the river, Long Fei lit a cigarette and stared at her blankly. Mu Zixi thought to herself that she really wasn't afraid of the cold. Even if her entire body was shitting, she wouldn't burn it. Thinking of this, she was even more anxious to go to Long Fei's side. Although Long Fei was usually cold-blooded, he was also alone. Moreover, she was the only one with him now. Out of humanity, she had to care for him. Mu Zixi couldn't care less about the heaviness of his leather shoes and the soreness in his legs. He immediately walked forward until he reached a shallow place before going down the slope. She took off her shoes and lifted her skirt up high, afraid that it would get wet. When her feet were submerged in the water, waves of cold pain entered her heart. It was so painful that she grimaced and did not notice that her pants were almost exposed. She held her shoes in one hand and her skirt in the other as she carefully crossed the river, afraid that she would slip into the water. However, she did not know when Long Fei had reached the lower reaches of the river and was watching her cross the river in a daze.
"Why did you come down?" When Mu Zixi saw him after crossing the river, she immediately put down her dress. Her face was red as she asked awkwardly.
"I want to meet up with you as soon as possible so that I can go back early. There's no signal here.”Long Fei looked at Mu Zixi's embarrassed face, which was stained with mud. He smiled and touched his face, looking at her gently. This was the second time Mu Zixi had seen Long Fei smile at her. Although it was not as novel as the first time she saw him smile, he was too handsome when he smiled. She was still a little stunned and absent-minded.
"You look pretty when you smile. Why don't you like to smile usually and always have a straight face, especially to me?”Mu Zixi's eyes were still swollen from crying. She stared at Long Fei and asked.
"Because you're annoying."
"Oh." Mu Zixi fell silent. She thought about the two times he had smiled at her, and it was her who had helped him unintentionally.
"Don't say 'you' or 'you'. It's so unpleasant. Also, don't call me Manager Long when you're not in the company. I feel more comfortable calling me Long Fei just now.”
"Oh, okay."
"You have dirt on your face." Long Fei pointed at her face and said.
Mu Zixi said embarrassedly,"Then I'll go wash up. Please start a fire."”She thought to herself that his smile and that unusual look in his eyes were not because he had put down his airs and was more amiable to her. It was because there was something on her face that made her a little disappointed.
"Alright." Long Fei responded, thinking that this woman was really dumb. Just now, he had spent so much effort to model his face and hint at her, but she actually knew nothing about it and insisted that he say it clearly.
Mu Zixi walked towards the flowing river and used her hands to scoop up the water to wash her face seriously. After washing her face, she got up and found that her skirt was scratched in several places. It was no wonder that Long Fei would laugh at her current sorry state. Even a person who was as cold as a thousand years of ice would be amused by her. Long Fei watched as Mu Zixi went to wash her face. He thought of Mu Zixi, who was crying like a tearful person on the other side of the river, and felt his heart ache and pity. This was the first time he had seen her cry so sadly. Most importantly, she was crying for him. To be honest, Mu Zixi looked really good when she cried. Those tearful eyes almost sucked his heart away. His eyesight was too good. Even though he was dozens of meters away, he could still see her tearful face clearly.
Mu Zixi went back immediately after washing his face.
"You didn't start a fire!"
" I won't." Long Fei returned to his cold and handsome self. Coldness had always been his best weapon to hide his inner feelings.
"Lend me the lighter." Mu Zixi said as he looked around to see if there were any dried branches or leaves.
"Here you go. Mu Zixi took the lighter and went to pick some leaves before starting a fire. After the fire was lit, she called Long Fei to warm himself up.
"Hurry up and dry your clothes. We'll go back immediately.”
"I don't need it."
"No, if you sh * t on your clothes, you'll get sick. You'll get wind sh * t. What's more terrifying is wind sh * t?”
"Once, it's nothing."
"I really can't. When I was in middle school, my biology teacher said that it's not easy to treat aphrodisiac even if you have money.”
"Alright then!"
Mu Zixi let Long Fei warm himself by the fire while he went to a further place to collect dry wood. When Mu Zixi brought back a large pile of firewood, Long Fei took off his shirt and pants, spread them out on a large rock, and began to roast them seriously. The body that was wearing a tank top gradually became warm beside the raging fire. Mu Zixi only took a casual glance at Long Fei's wheat-colored skin, well-developed chest muscles, and perfect figure. She could not forget them. She was so embarrassed that she immediately closed her eyes. She turned around and placed the firewood on the ground."I'll put the firewood here. Come and get it yourself. After it's dried, put on your clothes and call me.”
"Okay, aren't you cold? Aren't you going to roast it?”
"I don't need it. My clothes aren't sh * t. I'm not cold.”Mu Zixi quickly walked down the river.
Long Fei took the dry wood and threw them all into the fire. He turned over his clothes and pants and baked them again. He put them on before the clothes were dry.
"Little Mu, I'm done.”
"When Mu Zixi heard him shout, he walked up and quickly saw that Long Fei had already put on his clothes before he dared to approach.”
"We'll leave after roasting for another ten minutes.”Long Fei clearly knew that clothes that were not completely dry would not be good for him to wear and roast. However, he still wanted to wear them and roast them. He hoped that he could roast them together with Mu Zixi. He thought that it was probably because this place was too quiet and desolate. Having a companion was always reassuring.
The sun had set on this mountain, and it was really a little cold. Mu Zixi's face was a little blue from the cold. She sat beside Long Fei and started a fire.
"Xiao Mu, what is your relationship with Lu Wanli and Chairman Lu?”
"I have nothing to do with her!" When Mu Zixi heard Long Fei's question, his heart, which had just relaxed a little, immediately tightened.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, yes." Mu Zixi replied guiltily.
Seeing that Mu Zixi was unwilling to say anything, a trace of disappointment flashed across his heart. He did not say anything else. Thinking of how Mu Zixi had saved his life just now, it was impossible for him not to be grateful to her.
"By the way, why did you think of throwing wood to save me?”Long Fei felt that perhaps everyone would be happier if they changed the topic.
"I fell into the water before, and I held onto a broken bridge to float up.”
"Is that so? Can you tell me how you fell into the water?”
"Well, this is a little superstitious.”
"That year, I recognized a godfather and he divined for me.”
"Oh, you guys are so superstitious. Is it a Yin Yang hexagram?”
"No, it's the kind of drawing lots.”
"What did you get?"
"I drew a girl who was carrying a bucket of water and walking on the bridge. Then the bridge broke.”
"Is that so?"
"Yes, after that, I went to visit my aunt and cousin's family and fell into the lake. The lake was like this deep pool, dark green. He almost lost his life because he had to hold onto a broken bridge.”
"The lake should be deeper than the pool. How did you fall in and how did you remember to grab the wood?”
"I stood on the bridge to wash my hands. Halfway through, one of the bridges broke and I slipped into the water. I panicked. An instinctive desire to survive made me grab the rotten wood and float to the surface. Then, I immediately grabbed the unbroken wood and followed it to the shore.”
"Then you didn't shout for help at that time!" Long Fei asked curiously.
"I didn't shout. If I didn't catch the wooden block, I would have shouted. At that time, I was only in the second grade and wasn't very sensible.”
"Yes, what a little person."
"The next day, my mother came looking for me. At that time, my cousin and I went to another child's house to play. My mother didn't see me crying anxiously and asked me where I was. Second Aunt told her not to be anxious. She insisted on looking for me immediately. She said that she had a nightmare. I was flooded. She came to Second Aunt's family and there was a lot of water. She remembered that my godfather had read my fortune. She was very worried.”
"Your mother is very good to you."
"Yes, on the way to find me, my second aunt told her about me falling into the water. She kept blaming herself. When she found me at someone else's house, she hugged me tightly. Then, she let go and looked at me again and again. After confirming that I was fine, she was relieved.”
"I'm very happy to have my mother by my side."
"I can only say that we love each other deeply because we rely on each other. If we want to talk about happiness, perhaps we're not as good as others. My mother had a hard time raising me. When I was very young, my father abandoned us and got a new lover.”
"Is that so?"
"I'm sorry, I'm too far away.”Mu Zixi usually never mentioned her family matters to others. Other than Shen Xiangmi, no one knew that her mother had raised her alone. She did not know why, but she actually told Long Fei about it. It seemed that she did not have to be so guarded against him anymore.
"It's fine. My mother left me when I was very young.”
"Oh." Mu Zixi fell silent. She did not expect that she and Long Fei were in the same boat in this aspect. Neither of them grew up in a happy family. However, didn't his mother, Lu Wanli, return now? No wonder she felt that the mother and son were rather distant, like strangers. It turned out that they had not been together for a long time.
"You're a little better than me. You'll always be happier with your mother than with your father.”Long Fei said.
"We are both people who have fallen from grace. Why should we know each other when we meet? Ah, it's getting late. Let's go back!”Mu Zixi didn't want to argue with him on this topic anymore because she felt that neither of them was good. It was only good to live with her parents.
"Alright."
The sky really darkened. The two of them got up and hurried back.
Mu Zixi's feet were swollen and painful. She remembered that it was Shen Xiangmi's birthday today and cursed in her heart. He had planned to go to the cake shop after work to take out the newly made cake and celebrate her birthday with her. Now that he was still on the mountain at this time, he was afraid that the cake shop owner would be closed when he returned to the city. The cake shop was doing very well and usually closed at 9 o'clock sharp.
Mu Zixi endured the pain in her feet. Fortunately, it was downhill and she walked quickly. She quickly walked down the mountain. Long Fei followed closely behind. When he saw that Mu Zixi's walking posture was not right, he said,"Did you sprain your ankle?"
"I didn't. My shoes aren't very strong, and my feet have a few blisters.”
"Alright, don't be too fast. Be careful.”In fact, Long Fei also wanted to carry her romantically, but he was worried that the mountain road was too narrow. It would not be good if he accidentally fell down the slope. For Long Fei, who had grown up in the city, such a mountain path was extremely challenging.
Seeing that Long Fei was concerned about her, Mu Zixi thought that Long Fei might accept her as his assistant now and would not chase her away. She thought that now might be the best time to say the things that had been suppressed for a long time.
"There's something I've been hiding from you. In order to keep my job, I didn't dare to tell you.”
"What is it?" When Long Fei heard this, he wondered if she was going to tell him about helping Lu Wanli supervise him.
"I told you not to be angry. Don't fire me, okay?”
"Tell me. You saved me just now, so I don't plan to fire you.”
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