On how to play HE

April 4th is Gu Ningning's birthday.

Because the monthly exam celebration banquet mentioned earlier was not held, after school, a few people except Ning Ning discussed holding it in He's courtyard together with the birthday party.But to Ningning, he only said it was to make up for the celebration banquet last time.

The bus drove slowly from the town full of multi-storey buildings to the suburbs. On both sides of the road with few street lights, the field of vision began to widen, and as far as the eye could see, there were endless black fields.

Finally, we stopped at a small dilapidated stop sign.

Several people got out of the car one by one, and followed the two brothers of the He family to climb up the small hill where the road was almost covered by black flowers, grasses and dense bushes.

After a short walk, we came to a place with a wide view.Surrounded by tall and uneven ancient trees with luxuriant branches and crowns, a courtyard house with black tiles and white walls stands in front of you.

"Waiting for you for a long time!"

As soon as the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, a bonfire was burning under a graceful and winding old tree in the center of the courtyard. Beside the bonfire, wild boar legs and hare meat strung on huge bamboo sticks were sizzling. Grease with an appetizing aroma.

And a little farther away from the bonfire, a girl with exceptionally fair skin was stretching and lazily sitting up from the recliner.The faint fire light danced on her body, as if adding a little vitality to her.

"I'm worried that the meat will burn."

"Thanks a lot."

He Tianluo replied with a smile.

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Fang Yeying waved her hand indifferently, "I didn't bake it by myself anyway, so you can eat it at ease."

"Huh? It wasn't Ye Ying who did it... that... who...?" Gu Ningning stood still, blinking blankly.

If you look at it from the perspective of a person who can "see", you can also see that the barbecue is surrounded by animals that can only laugh, talk, stand, walk, and squat like humans, with tails little monsters in human form. ——This is the monster form of the group of weasel monsters beside Fang Yeying.

But unfortunately, there is only Gu Ningning here, who is "invisible".

"Hahaha..." Realizing this, Chen Yijia immediately stepped forward and patted Ning Guning on the shoulder, and hurriedly smoothed things over, "Ye Ying is joking with you. You are really so easily deceived , have a little sense of humor. Is it Yeying?"

Fang Yeying also smiled slightly: "I always like to joke around, but do you know how boring it is to stay with these two brothers all day long? I'm just kidding. I'll believe it, the other one won't give me any response at all!"

He Muze glanced at the weasel monsters sitting around the barbecue, and quickly chimed in: "Anyway, since it's already roasted, we can just eat it, and it will be wasted if it burns."

Almost full of water and food, several people started to lie down on the chairs and watch the scenery while touching their bellies.

"Speaking of... what is that?" Chen Yijia suddenly pointed to the small piece of white dotted with fire behind the ancient wood, and asked with interest.

"Well... I think it will be faster, right?" He Tianluo smiled slightly, and raised his hand to touch the branch hanging on the ancient tree.I didn't see how he moved, but I heard a soft "pop", and a small piece of dim light lit up in the backlight.

It was a cheap low-wattage light bulb hanging from a relatively low branch.

The white wire connected to it does not know where it came from. It only knows that it climbed up the trunk of the ancient tree. After going around the branches for a few laps, the light bulb and the corresponding black simple switch hung down. .

And in a small piece of heaven and earth illuminated by the faint light of the light bulb, there is a small fence of wooden piles that is less than one meter long.Blossoming white flowers with petite horns, quietly clinging to it.

"White morning glory?" Ning Ning walked over in surprise, "This is the first time I've seen this color!"

"You two brothers planted it?" Chen Yijia asked curiously.

He Tianluo shook his head: "It's from Mu Ze."

"A friend who likes to grow flowers gave it to me when I was about to move out of the original place." He Muze explained with a shy smile.

"Hey - friends who like to grow flowers, and also like morning glories..." Fang Yeying looked at He Muze, then glanced sideways at the fence of white flowers.

"However, I didn't expect such a simple and elegant courtyard to be electrified. I always feel a little strange." Gu Ningning said with a smile.

"Electricity was connected five years ago, but the voltage is a little low. Don't look at the well over there, there is also running water here. Ah, speaking of which, this courtyard house still has a name——Cangyiyuan "He Tianluo explained with a smile.

And every time he said a word, Gu Ningning and Chen Yijia would respond with "oh", "oh" in surprise.

The few people chatted endlessly like this, from the facilities of the courtyard to the changes around the school, and later it has become a competition to expose embarrassing stories.For example, He Tianluo's series of being able to fall asleep anytime, anywhere, and Gu Ningning's series of kindness and helplessness... This is almost the most relaxing moment since the monthly exam.

But in the middle of the conversation, He Tianluo and Chen Yijia suddenly exchanged a wink, as if they had discussed it in advance.

Among the two, Chen Yijia was the first to say with a smile, "Then, let's get started!"

"Eh...what to start?" Ning Ning blinked in surprise.

Chen Yijia smiled and smiled, and suddenly took out a beautifully wrapped gift box from her backpack, lifted it up and stretched it out to Gu Ningning: "Happy birthday, Ningning!"

"Ah... I forgot about it myself." Gu Ningning put his arms around Yijia's neck, "Thank you, Yijia!"

"Take it apart and have a look."

Gu Ningning nodded, carefully unwrapped the wrapping paper, and lifted the lid of the box.I saw a bracelet made of agates of different colors and shapes lying in the center.

"so cute!"

"Wear it all the time."

"Ok!"

"Happy birthday." He Tianluo also looked at her with a smile, "Because I'm really not good at choosing gifts, so this year will be the same as in previous years.—Promise you anything I can do, valid for one year Year."

"Well, thanks!"

"Ah—Tian Luo is really cunning, to be lazy on such an important matter as choosing a birthday present!" Chen Yijia gave him a dissatisfied look.

"It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I'm not good at it, okay? I can't pick out things like birthday presents even if I'm devastated!"

"Ah, you don't tell me in advance about someone's birthday." Fang Yeying looked at the two who had already given gifts with some resentment, and suddenly pushed Mu Ze, who was a little downcast, towards Ningning, "My You don't have anything long, and you don't know what to give when the incident happened suddenly, so how about packing this stupid brother as a gift for you?"

"You, what are you talking about!" He Muze blushed and resisted.

"Don't be shy, don't be shy. No matter how shy a child is, one day he will be sent out of the house~"

But Gu Ningning didn't notice the embarrassment on the other side and kept laughing: "Yeying, you are, are you really willing to give me such a cute little brother?"

"Hmm——" Fang Yeying rolled her eyes and thought for a while, then grinned at Ning Ning, "Sure enough, I'm still reluctant! Why don't I serve Ning Ning to dinner today as compensation—"

"Hey...hey?"

"come--"

"That... I also prepared a gift!" At this moment, He Muze suddenly stood up and said with a flushed face.

Fang Yeying, who was pricking a piece of freshly cut meat into Gu Ningning's mouth with a toothpick, paused thoughtfully.

He Muze gently put a wooden rabbit with a mobile phone chain into Gu Ningning's palm: "Sister Ningning, happy birthday."

"I made the wooden rabbit you made before into a mobile phone chain. It's quite thoughtful." He Tianluo praised with a smile.

"I'm so happy, I didn't expect to receive a birthday present from Mu Ze this year!"

Gu Ningning happily looked at the wooden rabbit in his palm, with indescribable love in his eyes.Then he took out his mobile phone and put the mobile phone chain on it.

Seeing this, Fang Yeying smiled and said, "Actually, I lied to you by saying that I didn't prepare a gift. How about my Fang Banxian giving you an amulet that can ward off a disaster?"

"Huh?" Gu Ningning looked like he didn't understand, "Fang... what?"

"Nothing!" Fang Yeying smiled, and put an amulet wrapped in a cloth bag into Gu Ningning's palm, "Take it with you at all times."

Gu Ningning stared blankly at the amulet, although she looked puzzled, in the end Yeying smiled and said, "I will keep it on me."

"So cute~" Fang Yeying smiled and patted Gu Ningning's head.

"That..." Gu Ningning hesitated for a moment, then suddenly looked at He Tianluo, "Since Tianluo's gift is a promise to me, I have something...to tell Tianluo."

"What's the matter? Can't you say it here?"

——If one could ask such a mindless question, He Tianluo would not be He Tianluo.

He just nodded, and followed Gu Ningning to the outside of the courtyard alone.

"You...can you see something?"

Just two steps out of the door, Gu Ningning who was walking in front suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Tian Luo directly.

"'What' is... what?" He Tianluo looked away.

"Stop pretending. You can all see it, right? You all know the reason for mom's lethargy and why Tan Shuang became like that?"

"what?"

"Can't you just answer me honestly?" Gu Ningning looked at him seriously, "Are they possessed by something... a demon... a demon... something like that... right?"

"Ningning...you look a little strange today."

"Don't change the subject all the time—!" Gu Ningning, who has always had a pleasant face, showed a rare scowl on his face, "Tan Shuang's appearance that day is absolutely impossible to be her usual appearance! It's so scary——! ...Danger...you have always been with such danger, but I have been...knowing nothing?"

"..."

"And the strangest thing is that when you guys rushed to me, Yijia, who would never leave her partner and go first when encountering danger, pulled me away without hesitation, as if she had a tacit understanding with you. It doesn't fit her character at all! Unless——unless she thinks that only you can solve this kind of thing!" Gu Ningning looked at him persistently, "In fact, you really solved it!"

He Tianluo raised his hands high and let out a long breath: "Calm down first—let me tell you this... so what if we can see it? You know what we can do if we can see it? It’s a world that you can’t touch or understand at all, right?”

"Even if it's like this..." Gu Ningning suddenly clenched his fists, took a step forward, and took another step forward, looking straight at He Tianluo, "But there is always something I can help with, right? I am excluded? I feel that you all have something to hide from me, and many things are only perfunctory to me alone! Even Yeying's gift that can prevent a disaster was only given to me. I... I Obviously wanting so much...to help you..." After a pause, she continued, "Help...Tianluo..."

"you……"

Before He Tianluo could speak, he saw Gu Ningning put his index finger on his lips.

She smiled, with tears in her eyes.

"I know everything." She said softly, as if sighing in a low voice, "I have always liked Tianluo since junior high school. I have been thinking, did you really not notice it at all?" Or are you pretending not to notice? But in fact, thinking like this is nothing more than self-deception. I know everything... So, please, don’t answer me, don’t refuse me so bluntly and without hesitation I……"

He Tianluo took a deep breath: "But..."

"Please, Tian Luo. Please..." Gu Ningning covered her face with her hands and begged, "As long as I can stay by Tian Luo's side as a friend, I can only love Tian Luo unilaterally like this all the time. , is enough for me. Don't leave me alone outside your circle..."

She closed her eyes, tears running down her cheeks.But she still said softly: "Among all of us, the farthest distance from you..."

He Tianluo looked at her, and said hesitantly: "I understand. Since you already know my true intentions, then I won't answer you. Is this okay?"

"Yeah." Gu Ningning nodded with a smile, then took a step back, and then took a step back, back to the distance between her and him, "Speaking out what's in my heart is really much more enjoyable. —— Time It's getting late, I'm going home. You should take this opportunity to discuss whether you want to tell me 'all'."

After she finished speaking, she turned her back to He Tianluo, trotted two steps towards the path down the mountain, came back to her senses and stopped as if suddenly remembering something, turned around and waved to He Tianluo with a smile, then turned back and blended in. In the darkness made up of random trees.