she won't live to twenty

Time goes by little by little, autumn goes and winter comes.Soon, it was the first winter after Nanyue returned to Beijing.

During this period of time, Nan Boyuan focused on Nan Yu, and he did not pay too much attention to Nan Yue.

Nanyue still followed Wuming every day to practice martial arts in the princess' mansion, and after returning home at night, she studied cheats in her room, or secretly practiced the sword dance taught by Si Lian.

Life is leisurely and regular.

However, an accident broke Nanyue's regular and peaceful life.

It started with the first snow in Changjing.

……

At night, snowflakes spread all over the ground silently.

Nanyue nestled in the warm room all night. It was not until the morning when she opened the window that she realized that the air outside the window suddenly became cold.The mansion was completely white, and the eaves and animals on the roof were covered with white hats, and snowflakes continued to float into the small pond, turning into ripples.

Nanyue stretched out her hand, and a snowflake fell on her palm, turning into cold water droplets little by little.

She blinked curiously, brought her palm to her lips, and licked it lightly.

Cool.

In this life, Nan Yue has never seen such snow.

It also snows in the Jiangnan countryside, but the frequency is very small. Most of the snow is soft and soft, and the eaves are not covered, and it disappears without a trace the next day.In the past when I was in the wasteland of Shudu, the wind and snow were so heavy that my face hurt from the shave.

When they were very young, Nanyue and Wuming followed the pack of wolves to dig holes in the snow to keep warm.Later, when they grow up, they will hug each other and hide in fresh elk carcasses.In the darkness, one could clearly feel the heartbeat of the other party, warm and reassuring.

Looking back now, Nan Yue still feels nostalgic.

Looking at the vast expanse of whiteness outside, Nanyue's heart moved, she chose a slightly flamboyant red dress, and wrapped it in a white fox cloak.She pulled up some of her hair, tied it into a simple bun, and smiled slightly at the bronze mirror.

The person in the mirror is beautiful and full of vigor.

Only then did Nanyue lick her lips in satisfaction, and left the room with small steps.

Nanyue went out earlier than usual today, it was snowing outside, but the sky was still gray.The street is very quiet, but the small vendors have already left their stalls, and there are hot fireworks everywhere.

Nanyue walked along the road to the gate of Wangfu, and after a while, Wuming came out.

"Sister Wuming!" Nanyue went up to meet her and held Wuming's cuff familiarly.

Usually, Wuming rides a horse to Nan's house to pick up people, but today, the little girl came here by herself.

In the twilight of the morning, when Wu Mingfu saw this beautiful little girl, his eyes lit up slightly: "It's so early today?"

"Yeah!" Nanyue nodded, her dark eyes rolled, "Sister Wuming, it's snowing today."

"So?" Wuming could hear what she meant.

"So..." Nanyue's voice became weaker, "Can I not go to the Princess Mansion today? I, I haven't seen the snow scene in Changjing yet..."

"This is the first snow, and you will see it later." Wuming said so, but he continued to ask gently, "Today, do you want to be lazy and not practice martial arts, and go for a stroll in Changjing?"

Nanyue smiled and nodded, her voice was as soft as a milk cat: "Is it possible?"

"Okay, okay." Wuming smiled helplessly and indulgently, and wanted to lead Nanyue into the snow, but saw a few strands of snowflakes on Nanyue's hair, which had now melted into a few thin drops of water.

Wuming stroked Nanyue's hair dry, frowned and said, "Why don't you open an umbrella?"

"Ah...the snow isn't heavy, I forgot." Nanyue blinked innocently.After practicing internal strength for a period of time, her physical fitness is indeed much better than before.

"Stupid, wait here." Wuming stretched out his hand to touch Nanyue's forehead, and turned to go back to get the umbrella, but Nanyue softly grabbed her cloak.

Nameless stopped.

Nanyue slipped into her cloak weakly: "Sister Wuming... Let's go together."

Wuming smelled the soft fragrance in his arms, and the corners of his lips curled up helplessly.It has to be said that Nan Yue is indeed a lot more courageous than when they first met.The little cheek is also much thicker, and he took the initiative to get into her arms, not to mention, but he still doesn't blush.

Wrapped in the same cloak, the scene of the two walking together in the wind and snow happened to be seen by the two masters who got up early to enjoy the snow.

The master smiled kindly, and the second master winked at Wuming in a vicious way.

Wuming glared at the second master. After getting the umbrella, taking advantage of Nanyue's inattention, he turned around and threw a snowball at him.

The second master's face was covered with snow.

The second master stayed there for a long time, until the cold snow water seeped into his collar, finally realized: "I...do...!"

"Is there any sound from behind?" Nanyue wanted to turn around ignorantly, but Wuming grabbed her shoulders.

"Nothing, you heard wrong."

"Oh..." Nanyue nodded weakly.

The nameless sister said no, so it must be no.

……

The city of Changjing in early winter is red.

The city walls are all vermilion, the eaves on the roof are dark red, and most of the people on the street wear light red.I was used to seeing it before, and I didn't think it was a big deal, but now, against the backdrop of the white snow, everything looks even more prosperous.

Nanyue and Wuming walked slowly through the crowd with a piece of steaming steamed buns in their hands.The snow stopped at some point, Wuming carried the red paper umbrella behind his back.

The sun was rising, and the streets of Suzaku were already buzzing with people.

After Nanyue finished eating the buns, she passed her small hand to the side, and Wuming took her hand naturally.There was an old woman selling candied haws on the street who kept yelling, and Wuming led Nanyue over to buy a bunch of bright red candied haws, and stuffed the bamboo sticks into Nanyue's hands.

Nanyue brought the first one to Wuming's mouth, her eyebrows and eyes curved: "Wuming eat first."

Nameless bit off one.

Nanyue smiled happily and bit the second one, her voice was vague: "It's so sweet..."

There are people coming and going around, and the noise is constant.

But Wuming felt that he only heard the soft words "so sweet" from the little girl.

Hmm...it seems quite sweet. The sweetness of rock sugar melts on the tip of the tongue, melts into the tip of the heart a little bit, and then bursts out with the blood, as if every cell in the body has become sweet and greasy.

Nanyue didn't notice Wuming's distraction, she took her hand and walked forward slowly.Nanyue looked at the snow-covered buildings and the people passing by, with a happy expression on her small face.

The moment she saw the snow this morning, Nan Yue recalled the scene of the two hiding in buckskins on the wasteland and waiting for the snowstorm to pass many years ago.

So she inexplicably wanted to see the snow scene in Changjing City with Wuming.

Although there was no blizzard in Changjing, and there were no fresh carcasses of elk to hide in, Nanyue felt that walking around the snowy scene while holding Wuming's hand was exactly the same feeling as that time.

Warm and reassuring.

They walked through the noisy Zhuque Street, and walked across a small abandoned bridge. Under the bridge, two children wrapped in cotton padded clothes were laughing and playing in the water. They walked around the wide Changjing Lake, and there were still many talented people and beautiful women on the lake. Not afraid of the severe cold, take a cruise to enjoy the lake view; passing by the remote Luoyan Pagoda, the autumn leaves under the pagoda have fallen completely, leaving only the distant bells that have not changed since ancient times.

In the end, the two stopped at an abandoned arena in the east of the city.

To the east of the arena is a brothel headed by Zuihuajian, to the west are restaurants in the area of ​​Hesong Tower, and to the south and north are dense inns and buildings.Only the area around the arena was desolate, and the mottled red ground was covered with residual snow, which had an indescribable beauty.

It is said that this arena was built by a certain princess in the previous dynasty when she had a martial arts competition to recruit relatives. The martial arts competition lasted for a month, and the surrounding area of ​​the arena was crowded with curious crowd, hawkers kept shouting, and the night was even more lively with lights and festoons.

Later, after the martial arts contest and marriage recruitment ended, this area became deserted for some reason, and now it is already desolate.

There was another light snow in the sky.

Nameless opened the umbrella.

Nanyue stood under the umbrella, looking up at the snowflakes falling on the ground outside, and the mottled red floor tiles were filled with white little by little.

What a nice view.

"Wuming... sister..." Nanyue suddenly whispered, "I think..."

"What?" Wuming didn't hear clearly, or Nanyue didn't say the second half of the sentence at all.

Nanyue suddenly put her hand into Wuming's cloak, took out a sharp dagger out of its sheath, and lightly jumped to the center of the ring.

Nameless didn't even react.

Wuming stared at the sword in Nanyue's hand, subconsciously frowned, but quickly let go.She looked at Nanyue, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and her eyes gradually became focused.

Nanyue dances lightly in a piece of residual snow.

With every step, a bright red footprint was stepped on the residual snow of the ring.

The sword dance startled Hong.

Unlike Si Lian, Nanyue's dancing steps are less feminine, but more energetic.

The dagger was glowing warmly in the morning sun, following Nanyue's nimble and brisk movements, it drew soft arcs in the air.

"Click" sound.

Nanyue's snow-white fox fur suddenly untied and fell onto a mottled red and white ground.

Nanyue was wearing a slightly flamboyant red dress, dancing lightly, her dagger was burning, so dazzling that people couldn't look away.But there is no sense of coquettishness, on the contrary, it is more beautiful and beautiful.

The surroundings are silent, without accompaniment, only the regular rustling sound of Nanyue stepping on the snow, which is brisk and lively.

Nameless unconsciously covered his heart.

She felt that the voice seemed to be stepping on the apex of her heart.

There was still no one around the ring.

Farther away, the girls singing and dancing in the brothel in the east suddenly stopped moving, one by two squeezed to the window to look at the ring.On the window sill of the western restaurant, the guests admiring the lake view no longer looked at the lake, but looked towards the ring from afar.In the inns and residences in the south and north, an unknown number of people climbed to the roof and stretched their necks towards the ring.

The end of the dance.

The dagger fell to the ground with a "ding", Nanyue's heart heaved slightly, she sat down with a reddish face, and showed a shallow smile towards Wuming.

Snowflakes fell on her hair.

Wuming rushed forward, hugged Nanyue tightly in his arms with the cloak, and covered the prying eyes with the big red umbrella.

The red paper umbrella blocks the sun, and everything inside is dark red, just like the buckskin many years ago.

Nanyue took the initiative to squeeze into Wuming's arms, listening to her heartbeat.

Thump, thump.

Both of them had rapid heartbeats.

"Wu Ming, did the dance just now... look good?" Nan Yue rubbed against Wu Ming's neck and asked softly.

Wuming unconsciously licked his lips, his voice hoarse: "It's beautiful."

She instinctively felt that the scene of the two snuggling under the red umbrella was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember it.Feeling peeps from all directions, Wuming frowned uncomfortably, picked up the dagger and fox fur on the ground, and quickly left the ring with Nanyue in his arms.

"Where did you learn the dance just now?" Wuming asked softly while running.

"The day you and His Highness the Seventh Highness left Beijing, I asked Sister Si Lian to teach me." Nanyue said softly.

"Why?" Wuming asked.

Nan Yue blinked, wrapped her arms around her neck, and asked, "Wu Ming, don't you like it?"

"I like...you dance beautifully." Wuming's throat became dry.Ever since she ate Nanyue's candied haws, Wuming's brain was inexplicably dizzy. For a while, she didn't notice that Nanyue's name for her had changed.

"Wu Ming, as long as you like it." Nanyue exhaled softly, and her body softened, "I'm a little tired and want to sleep..."

"I'll take you home." Wuming rubbed Nanyue's head, but instead of going to Nanfu, he went straight back to his own palace.

The little girl was originally weak, but now she has learned internal strength for a while, although she has improved, but today they traveled around half of the Changjing city.Nanyue danced happily with her dagger again, and her physical strength was almost exhausted.

When Wuming put Nanyue in the bed and wrapped her up, she had already fallen into a drowsy sleep, with a faint smile in her sleep, and she didn't know what good things she had dreamed of.

Wuming stared at the bedside for a while, with a gentle smile in his eyes.

After half a stick of incense, Wuming suddenly let out a long breath, went outside the room and sat down sullenly.

Wuming propped his chin with one hand, and pinched Can Xue on the ground with the other in a daze.

Master did not know when to sit over: "Xiao Wuming, what's wrong?"

Wuming's voice was dull: "Xiao Nanyue... seems to have grown up."

"Isn't it good?" Master turned his head to look at the closed window of the room, then at Wuming's troubled side face, he couldn't help shaking his head and chuckling.

"It's good, but it's a bit weird." The ring finger drew circles on the snow.

Wuming has lived two lifetimes before and after, and thinks he has gone through vicissitudes, and his mind is calm and old-fashioned.But only in the matter of feelings, it was blank from beginning to end.Adding up the two lifetimes, the thing Wuming puts the most affection into is raising a child. The younger sister in the previous lifetime died, and the little moon he picked up in this lifetime died again.

Now I meet Nanyue again, guide her little by little, protect her, and watch her grow.

But when Nanyue really grew up, Wuming felt empty and unspeakably uncomfortable.

why?

Is it because when children grow up and their wings are plump enough, they usually leave their elders to spread their wings and fly?Although I have raised two children before and after, I have never experienced this stage, so now seeing Nanyue grow up, does it make me feel uncomfortable?

Obviously when I went shopping with Nanyue before, my heart was still sweet, but now I am extremely bored.

The master at the side didn't speak, just patted Wuming's shoulder lightly, his palm was gentle and firm.

"Big..." Wuming subconsciously asked for help, wanting to ask the master, but swallowed the rest of the words habitually.

She never exposes her vulnerable side to others, she never shows weakness, and she never depends on others.

Even in front of the two closest masters, she always wears a thin mask.

Wuming put away his distressed expression, stood up with a smile, and patted Master on the back hard: "Master, I'm going to practice the knife for a while, and you can reward your snow by yourself."

Nameless smiled seductively, with a crisp voice.

The master looked at her gradually receding back, and sighed helplessly: "Little Wuming..."

……

Nan Yue suddenly fell ill.

Beginning in the evening, Nanyue's cheeks were flushed abnormally, her eyes were dim and pitiful, and her body was limp and unable to move.

"Nanyue?" Wuming pushed the door open, saw the sickly Nanyue from a distance, immediately sat back quickly, and reached out to touch Nanyue's forehead.

It was very hot.

"Woo..." Nanyue felt a coldness on her forehead, she instinctively stretched out her hand, and softly held her ring finger, rubbing her head softly.

Nameless frowned anxiously, got up and was about to go out to call for someone.

However, as soon as she moved, Nan Yue curled up pitifully, with a weak cat-like cry coming from her throat.Wuming felt terribly distressed and didn't dare to move any more. He turned around and sat on the bed, letting Nanyue lie on his lap.

Wuming let out a breath, used his internal force to open a gap in the window, and then drew the knife——

The scimitar flew out of the window like an arrow, with an extremely murderous look. Under the setting sun, the scimitar spinning at high speed looked like a terrifying burning fireball.In the end, I didn't know what I hit, and there was a loud "bang" outside.

The master and the second master rushed over quickly.

There was no doctor in the palace, so the master immediately decided to go to the palace to ask for an imperial doctor. The second master went back to his room and got some anti-fever medicine, and sat outside to boil the medicine familiarly.

Wuming spread a wet rag on Nanyue's forehead, squatted beside the bed, rubbed the center of her brows irritably, and muttered impatiently, "It's really troublesome."

Although he said so, Wuming's eyes were full of concern and anxiety.

After a while, the second master came in with boiled antipyretic medicine.

The strong medicinal fragrance wafted into the nostrils, Nanyue on the bed seemed to smell something, her small body struggled instinctively, shrunk back into the bed.Wuming took a sip and frowned slightly: "It's so bitter, is there any sugar?"

"Good medicine is bitter. Besides, Xiao Wuming, you didn't drink this medicine, why do you want sugar?" Second Master yawned.

"It's because I don't drink it that I need sugar." Nameless said calmly.

The second master laughed twice inexplicably, and walked out the door: "I'm going out to buy it. You first coax Xiao Nanyue to finish drinking the medicine, and I'll be eating candy when I come back."

Before the second master left, he intimately closed the doors and windows.

Nameless carefully helped Nanyue up, brought the medicine bowl close to her lips, and said softly, "Nanyue? Do you still have the strength? Let's drink the medicine first."

Nanyue shook her head dizzily, opened her eyes and whimpered: "...um."

The voice was so soft that the heart trembled.

Wuming brought the medicine bowl closer, and Nanyue immediately opened her lips obediently, sipping the medicine in small sips.Her eyes were obviously still dim, but she instinctively obeyed the nameless guidance, so well-behaved.

"Cough cough..." After drinking the whole bowl of medicine in one breath, Nanyue coughed pitifully, lying softly on Wuming's lap, "Bitter..."

"Second Master will be back soon." Wuming said softly.

She stretched out a finger and gently wiped off the medicine stains on Nanyue's lips.

Nanyue's lips are very soft, and they are still a little hot because of the fever.Apart from her lips, her cheeks were also hot, her eyes shone with a hazy light, and her pupils had lost their focus and were extremely distracted.

"Why are you sick..." The nameless voice stopped abruptly.

Nanyue suddenly bit her fingertips.

The small teeth lightly bit on the fingertips, which didn't hurt at all, but brought a slight itchiness instead.

From the fingertips, up the arm, to the tip of the heart.

Nameless shuddered.

What's worse, the kitten in his arms stretched out the tip of his tongue disobediently, and licked along his fingertips.

Nanyue closed her eyes and murmured vaguely: "Sweet..."

At this time, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.

Wuming immediately pulled out his finger and hid it behind his back, and stretched out his other hand to Second Master: "Sugar."

"Isn't it just a delay on the road, did you come back late? Xiao Wuming, why are you so fierce?" The second master muttered and threw out the paper bag, and suddenly noticed something, his eyes became playful, "Hey, Xiao Wuming, you Why is your face so red?"

Wuming's face instantly darkened.

"Hahahaha little nameless, take care of Xiao Nanyue by yourself, I'll go out and have a shower..." The second master slipped out of the room with a smile.

Wuming came back to her senses, and when she turned her head, she saw that Nanyue was smacking her lips in a daze, her brows were also slightly furrowed, as if dissatisfied with her sudden withdrawal of her fingers.

Wuming suddenly panicked, she opened the paper bag with one hand, and quickly put a piece of sugar into Nanyue's lips.This time, the nameless finger withdrew quickly, without giving Nanyue a chance to bite.

Nanyue sipped the sugar, her slightly frowned brows finally relaxed, and she fell into a drowsy sleep again.

Only then did Wuming look away, looking at his fingertips, which were still covered with a layer of wet water.

"Bold and bold." Wuming quickly wiped away the water stains, and flicked Nanyue's forehead helplessly through a layer of wet rag.

Forget it, since Nan Yue is still ill, she doesn't care about her.Wait until she recovers...

Nameless snorted lightly.

……

Before dark, the master finally returned home with the imperial doctor.After making a diagnosis, the imperial doctor said that there was nothing serious about Nanyue, it was just because she accidentally caught a cold and the cold evil entered her body.As long as you take your medicines on time and rest well, you can recover within a week.

Nameless breathed a sigh of relief.

At night, after Wuming fed Nanyue a bowl of porridge, and was about to pick her up and go back to Nanfu, Nanyue, who had always been so obedient, shook her head vigorously.

"No..." Nanyue said vaguely, the corners of her eyes were red.

"Don't hug?" Wuming frowned and comforted, "Hey, I'll take you home, and I'll be there soon."

Nan Yue tilted her head, her eyes gradually found focus, as if she was trying to think about the meaning of Wu Ming's words.But her feverish little head was really not bright enough, she tilted her head and thought for a while but couldn't figure out why.

Nanyue pouted her cheeks resignedly, and burrowed into Wuming's arms weakly: "I want to hug you. No...not going back..."

"Don't want to go home?" Wuming asked softly.

"No, don't go back to Nan's house..." Nanyue grabbed her nameless finger in a daze, rubbed her face lightly, and murmured, "Don't go back to Nan's house...my sister...is my...my home .”

Don't go back to Nan's house.

Wherever Wuming is, that is her home.

……

Wuming was stunned for a long time, and when she lowered her head again, Nanyue was already curled up in her arms like a cat, falling asleep.