The night came quietly, and the mountains hidden in the darkness were silent. They only stretched out their arms to surround this not-so-fertile land, blocking all the hustle and bustle of the outside world, and even the wind in the mountains seemed quiet and gentle.

People can't help but imagine what kind of strong and restrained people such water and soil can breed.

Zhu Wanxing was lying on the small bed in the guest house, tossing and turning pancakes. He had been driving for a day and had a severe headache. The painkillers he took in the morning were slowly wearing off, and the wounds on his body began to vibrate, making him unable to sleep due to the pain.

He didn't force himself anymore, sat up and wrapped his windbreaker, found a plastic flashlight from the cabinet in the hostel, tried it twice and it still worked, then he threw his phone on the bed and went out with the small flashlight.

Even though it is also 24 hours a day, the rhythm in the mountains is much slower than that in the city. It seems that even the sun’s rising and setting are delayed by a few minutes. The sun has already set at six o’clock, but the sky is not yet dark. through.

He will leave tomorrow, and he wants to take advantage of the moonlight to look at this mountain again, walk the path that Lu Tinghe walked, and if he is lucky, he may find the fruit that Lu Tinghe used to pick and sell when he was a child.

There are no street lights in the village, so you can only rely on the moon above your head and the faint beam of the flashlight to find your way at night. You can’t see clearly. In addition, there are many potholes on the path, and there are tree branches sticking out on both sides. I wish Wan Xing a smooth journey. It was easy, but when he climbed halfway up the mountain, he was already tired and out of breath.

The soreness and swelling in the hidden parts of the lower body also began to cause trouble, and every step he took would grind to the red and swollen legs, and he finally found the fruit when he was already retreating in his heart.

It is a kind of small green fruit, the size of a quail egg, four or five are crowded together, and it looks very pleasing, but the fruit-bearing tree is very tall, and even an adult like him has to look up to see the top of the tree. I know how little Lu Tinghe had the courage to climb up.

Thinking that Lu Tinghe was reluctant to eat it when he was a child, and rushed to the morning market to sell it after picking it. Zhu Wanxing was sore with pain in his heart, and picked a few bunches by stepping on the roots of the tree. As soon as he put it in his pocket, a voice came from behind: "Hey! Who are you? Ah! Who told you to pick the fruit!"

Zhu Wanxing was taken aback, and before turning around, he smelled a tobacco-scented alpha pheromone, his heart tightened, and he turned back slowly.

"I'm sorry, brother, I don't know if this fruit has an owner, so can I compensate you according to the price?"

Zhu Wanxing looked at the person in front of him while talking, a middle-aged man with a burly figure, worn clothes were worn out, his body was still stained with oil, when he opened his mouth, he showed yellow teeth stained with smoke, and he kept sending messages to him white.

"Compensation? What do you pay for?"

The man shone a flashlight on his face, saw the messy bite marks and fingerprints on the back of his neck through the beam, and secretly raised the corners of his mouth.

Zhu Wanxing hastily pulled up his collar to cover his neck, his palms were covered with cold sweat, he just lost track of the time when he was just looking for fruit, the sky was already dark, there was no one on the mountainside, and the path down the mountain was blocked by men Occupy.

"Hehe, what are you blocking?"

The man approached him with a smile, and said cheekily: "There are so many teeth marks, and there are a lot of companions around me, so I don't need to lose money, so I can get something else to compensate."

Zhu Wanxing took a deep breath, stretched his hands into his pockets, and pretended to be stupid: "Sorry, I really didn't know this is your fruit tree. I am a sponsor of the public welfare fund in the village. My assistant and the village chief are waiting for me at the foot of the mountain. If you have any money or things you want, you can talk about it after I go down the mountain."

"Waiting for you?" The man sneered, "I've already seen if there's anyone under the mountain! Damn you're pretending to be aloof with an alpha look! Play with brother and I'll let you go!"

The man rushed towards him as he spoke, Zhu Wanxing took a step back and raised his hand suddenly, took out the inhibitor in his pocket and stabbed him hard at the back of the neck, the man threw himself on the ground in pain, Zhu Wanxing turned around and ran, and was dragged again Dragging his calves to the ground, his back hit the tree trunk directly.

"Damn it! You shameless little bitch!" The man grabbed the back of his neck and climbed up, and then saw that Zhu Wanxing was already lying on his stomach.

"Hey! Get up!" He kicked Zhu Wanxing, "Don't fucking play dead for me!"

The man also panicked, and slowly approached him. As soon as he bent over, someone threw a handful of sand, and the person lying on the ground threw a stone at his head with all his strength.

The man screamed, blood flowed down immediately, Zhu Wanxing's face turned pale with fright, he sat on the ground and took two steps back in a daze, after he realized it, he got up and ran down the mountain like crazy.

He already had injuries from Lu Tinghe's torment, and the wounds all over his body that hit the tree just now hurt like tears. Now he can't care about anything, he gritted his teeth and ran down the mountain, fell down several times and then got up stiffly.

The sound of footsteps slowly came from behind, and the man chased after him cursing, Zhu Wanxing's consciousness gradually became blurred, and a fishy sweetness rose from his throat.

"Hey! What's going on!" The village head led two people up the mountain with a flashlight, Zhu Wanxing immediately called for help, the man behind him heard the movement and cursed, turned around and ran away, Zhu Wanxing also threw himself on the ground as if he lost his strength, and yelled loudly gasping.

The village chief was convinced by Zhu Wanxing's description that the man was not from his village, so he took him up the mountain overnight to look for him, fearing that other villagers would be harmed.

Before Zhu Wanxing could recover, he was supported and sent back to the guest house. He fell down on a chair with the Xingxing pillow in his arms, clutching his collar tightly.

After being stunned for a while, tears slowly slipped out of the eyes, first one or two drops, and then streams in clusters.

He has been well protected before, and this kind of thing has never happened around him, but in the past two days, he has encountered one after another. First, he suddenly went into heat at the pharmacy, and then he was in distress on the mountain.

Every time I use up all my strength to be able to protect myself, now my whole body is shaking with fear, and I can't stop crying with my mouth covered.

After crying for a long time before slowly stopping, Zhu Wanxing took a few deep breaths and held his breath, the phone screen turned on and off, and finally called Lu Tinghe.

After two rings, it was connected. Lu Tinghe asked first, "Wan Xing? Is there something wrong?"

His voice was a little hoarse, as if he had just woken up, deep and magnetic, giving people a full sense of security.

Zhu Wanxing cried again almost as soon as he heard his voice, covered his mouth and choked up several times, his tone was still trembling when he spoke: "Brother...I, I'm fine, I just miss you... "

He sat on the chair holding his phone tightly, holding back all his crying, the grievances, neglect, and fear he had suffered in the past few days found an outlet in an instant, and rushed out of his heart violently.

Lu Tinghe got up from the medical bed, raised his hand to signal the psychiatrist not to come, and cleared his throat before putting the phone to his ear.

"Hang up if you have nothing to do. You are fine. I have a meeting."

Zhu Wanxing was stunned, and before he had time to think, he reacted: "No... Is it okay if you don't hang up... Brother, I won't talk, and I won't disturb you. It's the same as before. I'll listen to your voice for a while. -"

"before?"

Lu Tinghe raised his tune and then quickly dropped it. He frowned and said coldly: "Wan Xing, you are not young anymore, don't be so self-willed. I have something to do here, so hang up first."

"Wait! Brother——"

There was a beeping sound in his ears, Zhu Wanxing held up his mobile phone blankly, and stared blankly at the old wall of the guest house with his misty eyes.

It wasn't until the screen went dark again, and the narrow space fell into darkness again, that he took off the phone in a daze, and leaned into the corner.

Fat Xingxing in his arms was still smiling with the corners of his mouth bent, dark circles of water bloomed one after another on the washed old fabric.

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