half thorns, half joy

The morning sun shone down on Tang Xuan and Keke. Keke narrowed her eyes and stretched like a cat just waking up.

Tang Xuan sat silently for a long time, and after thinking through the events of the past few days, she asked Ke Ke another question that she was extremely curious about.

Tang Xuan: "I really want to know, who are you?"

Ke Ke faced the sun, basking lazily, without raising her eyelids, "Of course I am, your helper." The indifference on his face was completely opposite to the previous seriousness.

Tang Xuan bit her lips, "You know me so well, but I don't know anything about you. I feel very uncomfortable."

"I understand you?" Coco finally opened his eyes. Although his eyelids were still drooping, the light in his eyes was frighteningly bright, "Why don't you tell me who you are, you and the Xiao family, what is the relationship between you and the Xiao family?" What hatred is there?"

Tang Xuan stared into Ke Ke's eyes, as if to make sure if Ke Ke was lying or not. Ke Ke's eyes did not evade the slightest bit, allowing Tang Xuan to examine her.

Although there is still a grudge in her heart, if Ke Ke wants to kill her, she doesn't have to do anything at all. As long as she does nothing and stands on the sidelines, she will not escape this time.

Since I helped her, I shouldn't do anything to her so quickly...

Tang Xuan pondered for a while, then said slowly, "A person who is very important to me... was killed by them."

Coco's eyes became surprised at first, and then he smiled lightly, "It's about the same as I guessed."

"What about you?" Tang Xuan asked.

"It's about the same as you." Ke Ke's eyes kept falling on Tang Xuan, as if she was looking at something through Tang Xuan at this moment, "So, the first time I saw you, I had a similar feeling."

Tang Xuan thought that when she first met Ke Ke, how she judged herself, and what Ke Ke said at this moment, could match up.

For Tang Xuan, her cousin's death was a thorn in her heart. She couldn't swallow it or spit it out after so many years. No one told her about it, and no one knew about it. It hurt her a lot.

But now, after learning that there was someone who had the same experience as her, who was walking side by side with her on this road to find out the truth, Tang Xuan's lonely heart suddenly became much more stable.

Tang Xuan took the initiative to reach out her hand, held Ke Ke's wrist, and said in a serious tone almost like a good friend, "I hope that one day, we can all do the things we want to do."

Ke Ke was stunned for a moment, before realizing it after a while, raised her other hand to cover the back of Tang Xuan's hand, and pressed heavily.

Although nothing was said, the meaning was clearly expressed.

From now on, whether it is the road of revenge or the road of finding out the truth, the two of them are no longer alone.

The two of them sat until the sun rose high, hanging in mid-air and shining brightly, then stood up unsteadily and patted the dirt on their buttocks.

Ke Ke yawned, and said lightly, "I'm hungry, let's go back."

Tang Xuan already regarded Ke Ke as half of her own. Without thinking, she said, "If you're hungry, I have some fruit here. Would you like..." Before she finished speaking, she thought of putting the fruit on the table. With the fruit knife, he immediately shut up.

But this extremely quick change of attitude was noticed by Coco. Coco, who originally didn't plan to eat any fruit, suddenly became interested in the fruit Tang Xuan mentioned.

"Then you take it out, let's eat some together, the road down the mountain is quite long, it's too uncomfortable to walk on an empty stomach." Coco said, and sat back down again.

Tang Xuan pursed her lips, and sat down reluctantly, lowering her eyes lower and lower in Ke Ke's half-ridiculous, half-curious eyes.

In the end, she had no choice but to go all out. Gritting her teeth, she reached in and took out the fruit in her schoolbag—a grapefruit.

Ke Ke's eyes were straightened, and she stayed for a few seconds before making a sound, "You...why did you come out to meet me and carry such a big grapefruit?"

Before she finished speaking, Tang Xuan reached in again and took out a fruit knife.

This time, Coco's smile completely froze on his face.

"Eating grapefruit on an empty stomach shouldn't hurt your stomach." Tang Xuan said, spread a paper towel on the floor, swiped a knife, cut off a piece of grapefruit, and handed it to Ke Ke, "Don't worry about getting your hands dirty, I still have paper towels here .”

Ke Ke took the grapefruit blankly, with an incredulous expression on her face, and after a while, she murmured, "You... you're pretty well prepared."

Tang Xuan thought that Ke was teasing her, so she lowered the corner of her mouth and remained silent.

Ke Ke didn't move her hand holding the grapefruit. She stared at the sharp blade of the fruit knife inserted into the grapefruit peel, and she didn't know what to think of. The corner of her mouth twitched and said, "Is it because you want to see me, so you brought the grapefruit?" The one with this knife."

Tang Xuan: "..."

Ke Ke: "You really are!" She shrank her shoulders back, "I didn't see that you are very cruel, but fortunately I didn't tease you anymore, otherwise I would end up like this grapefruit now .”

After being ridiculed so many times, Tang Xuan finally couldn't bear it and said something for herself. "No... You didn't say anything in the text message, and you still made an appointment in such a remote place. I brought this thing just in case, for self-protection."

Ke Ke curled her lips, "That's right, but it's quite scary. You are a big girl who just carries a fruit knife like this. If the police on the road see it... Oh yes, you also brought a grapefruit. What you think is different Very thoughtful."

Tang Xuan couldn't tell whether she was praising herself or hurting herself, but she could understand Keke's surprise. If she asked Keke out, and Keke suddenly pulled out a knife, she would probably be shocked too. Been reacted even more by cocoa.

Thinking of this, Tang Xuan didn't try to defend herself, she cut another piece of grapefruit and ate it with her head down.

"Pfft—" Ke Ke laughed, and shook his head in Tang Xuan's suspicious eyes, "It's nothing, I just suddenly think you're really interesting."

Tang Xuan tore open the white skin that wrapped the grapefruit flesh, and snorted aggrievedly, "Stop teasing me."

Ke Ke shook her head, "No, this sentence is not a joke, I really think you are quite interesting, no wonder that Xiao Zihan likes you so much."

When Xiao Zihan was mentioned, Tang Xuan's expression changed.

If Xiao Mingyuan was really behind the scenes, then Xiao Zihan was her son who killed her relatives and enemies, and strictly speaking, she was also her enemy.

Hearing Xiao Zihan's name at this time made Tang Xuan very uncomfortable.

"What do you usually do, will it be tiring to stay beside them?" Tang Xuan suppressed the pain in her heart, and changed the subject calmly.

Ke Ke could see Tang Xuan's struggle, but she didn't point it out. Instead, she answered Tang Xuan's question as if she didn't know anything, "Just eat, drink, and sleep with me. I'm a lover and I don't need spiritual communication. , so it’s not too tiring.”

The implication is that people like Tang Xuan who fall in love with Xiao Zihan and take the spiritual route are more tired.

Tang Xuan did not refute, and continued to ask, "Then are you afraid?"

"Afraid? Why be afraid?"

"Those people are ruthless. If one day they are exposed and found out, wouldn't it be miserable?"

Ke Ke picked up another piece of grapefruit, ate it in big gulps, took out a tissue from Tang Xuan's tissue bag on the ground, wiped her mouth clean, then smiled sadly, and said with regret and indifference, "Since I handed myself over to Lao Deng, From that moment on, I didn’t know what it meant to be afraid.”

Old Deng, the name Tang Xuan had heard from Xiao Zihan.It was a man that even Xiao Mingyuan was afraid of. Tang Xuan began to admire Ke Ke. It took such a strong nerve and patience to stay beside such a man.

Ke Ke stared at a point of nothingness in the air, as if recalling, "Really, I really wanted to kill him at that time. If I couldn't kill him, I would die with him."

"Then why..."

"Why didn't you do anything all this time, and you became his lover, right?" Keke's empty and desperate eyes gradually became firm. She pressed her lips tightly together, and Tang Xuan could even see her clenching her back molars, "Because He is not the culprit, just killing him is useless. Moreover, letting him die so easily is really too cheap for him."

Ke Ke gritted her teeth when she said this, and Tang Xuan's back felt cold when she heard it.

But she actually, actually felt a little sympathetic to Ke Ke.

It's really not easy for someone so young, who should be happy to fall in love and study, but has to bear so much.

Ke Ke turned her head to look at Tang Xuan. Seeing Tang Xuan's complex expression mixed with sympathy, she was stunned for a few seconds and then smiled again.She smiled and patted Tang Xuan's shoulder, "Okay, I'm listening to you seriously, eat quickly, I'll go back after eating, I didn't sleep well last night after being tormented in the middle of the night, go back and catch up on sleep .”

Seeing that Ke Ke didn't want to continue, Tang Xuan also stopped her mouth knowingly, nodded and started to eat quickly.

After eating a whole grapefruit, Tang Xuan put the rubbish into a plastic bag and put it back in her schoolbag, and walked back up the mountain with Ke Ke.

The same road, the atmosphere when going down the mountain is much more relaxed than when going up the mountain.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, the two said goodbye, Ke Ke got into the car she drove, and Tang Xuan walked towards the bus stop.

Before Tang Xuan could reach the bus stop, Ke Ke's car slid to her side and stopped. After honking its horn, it landed slowly against the window on Tang Xuan's side.

Coco: "Get in the car."

Tang Xuan didn't hesitate, and directly refused, "There are too many people outside, so I don't want to go with you anymore, I'll think too much if I'm seen."

Ke Ke repeated: "You get in the car first."

Tang Xuan didn't know what Ke Ke wanted to do, so she could only open the passenger's door and get in the car.

Ke Ke didn't start the car, but looked around and said to Tang Xuan, "Put your fruit knife and those rubbish in my car, you are a student and take the bus with a fruit knife on your back. What's going on, I can't tell."

Only then did Tang Xuan understand why Keke asked her to get in the car. She thought about it for a while, and indeed, this thing is too dangerous, so it's better to leave it with Keke.After all, Ke Ke drives a private car, and putting a fruit knife on the private car sounds much more normal than carrying a fruit knife on the bus.

"Thank you." Tang Xuan unzipped the zipper and took out the fruit knife and the bag of grapefruit peels. She bent down and placed them under the feet of the co-pilot, and then thanked her again.

"Recently, you should stay by Xiao Zihan's side. I have been in touch with more things than you. I will let you know if there is any movement or something to do." Before Tang Xuan got off the car, Ke Ke reminded her again. One sentence.

Tang Xuan nodded obediently, "I understand."

"Goodbye then."

"Goodbye, be careful on the road."

"You take care too."

Tang Xuan stood where she was, watching Ke Ke's car drive up the road, driving farther and farther on the straight road until it turned into a small dot.

Afterwards, the bus came into Tang Xuan's sight with its heavy and clumsy body, and slowly drove towards Tang Xuan.Tang Xuan walked quickly to the bus stop, and jumped onto the bus lightly after the door opened.

Sitting on the bus, looking at the receding trees and scenery outside the window, Tang Xuan settled down with so many hearts hanging around.

She knew that the road ahead might be more difficult, and she might encounter more difficulties.But she was less afraid.

Because, she is no longer alone with black eyes.

She has company.