Chapter 114 The Wishing Tree
Gu Xu has never had a big appetite.
After eating three skewers of barbecued meat, two skewers of baked potatoes and a plate of baked tofu, he felt that his stomach was full.
So, in the next time, he sat quietly, watching Shi Xiaohan sweep away all the barbecue on the table like a wind and a cloud, making "huchihuchi" sounds from time to time, and uttering "huchihuchi" sounds on his lips. His hands were covered in shiny oil stains.
“Check out!” After eating, Shi Xiaohan shouted out of habit and prepared to pay.
Gu Xu stopped her immediately.
"As promised, I will treat you today."
Shi Xiaohan looked at him seriously: "Don't make a fool of yourself and pretend to be fat."
Gu Xu Weiwei Smiling: "It's just a barbecue. I can still afford the money."
After that, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the aunt selling barbecue.
"Gu Xu, it seems that after you went to the Lu family's haunted house, you even became rich with money." Shi Xiaohan stood up from the bench and looked down at Gu Xu, "Did you gain a lot there? ? Why don’t you ask me to go with you?”
Shi Xiaohan is petite and has to raise her head when talking to Gu Xu.
So at this moment, when she looked down at the other party in this condescending posture, she felt quite fresh.
Seeing Shi Xiaohan's posture, what Gu Xu thought in his mind was: The water in Lu's haunted house is too deep, and you can't control it, heroine.
But what he said was: "The ghosts in the haunted house are all bluffs. In fact, they are not as powerful as the rumors say - people like me can easily deal with them, and there is no need for women at all." Lord Xia takes action.”
This sounds like nonsense.
But it just hit Shi Xiaohan’s sweet spot.
She couldn't help laughing, showing her little tiger teeth dipped in chili flakes.
"You're right!"
Gu Xu smiled, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her: "Hurry up and wipe your mouth with this handkerchief. If someone sees your oily mouth, they might think you are a wild child from the countryside.”
Shi Xiaohan took the handkerchief: "Are you dissing this heroine for being sloppy?"
"I just think that the heroine Shi looks very heroic now." Gu Xu immediately changed his mind.
“Of course,” Shi Xiaohan said with a smile, “Isn’t the happiest thing in life just drinking a big bowl of wine and eating meat?”
Gu Xu thought to himself: Shi Nuxia Shi Heroine, you are someone who can get drunk even if you drink rice wine, but you still dare to talk about drinking from a big bowl! Aren't you afraid of being drunk and kidnapped someday?
Shi Xiaohan carefully held the corner of the white and clean handkerchief with two fingers, faintly feeling that his body temperature still remained on the handkerchief - he really couldn't bear to get it dirty!
She hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to put away the handkerchief and wipe her greasy mouth clean with her sleeve.
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After checking out, the two of them walked down the narrow alley and continued towards the outskirts of the city.
White walls and gray tiles on both sides, with smoke curling up from the kitchen.
The sun shines on the bluestone pavement, glowing with dazzling white light.
"The houses on both sides of this alley were all newly built when Yishui was rebuilt eight years ago," Gu Xu introduced as he walked, "Back then, the Nine Infant Snake Demon breathed fire in this direction, so This neighborhood has been turned into ruins."
Shi Xiaohan listened silently and said nothing.
When the "Nine Infants Disaster" happened eight years ago, she was not in Yishui County, but stayed in Laizhou Prefecture with her father, so she did not witness the hellish horrific scene with her own eyes.
However, she had heard that Gu Xu’s parents died in that disaster.
"He has come here all these years alone," she raised her head and looked at the young man beside her with a pair of clear almond eyes, "it's really not easy."
At the end of the alley is the Yi River.
When the two of them came here, their field of vision suddenly became wider. Under the sun, the surface of the river sparkled, reflecting the bare trees on the riverside and the scattered houses around it.
Gu Xu pointed to the river and said to Shi Xiaohan: "There is a jujube tree there, which is called the 'wishing tree' by Yishui residents - it is said that as long as you write on the wooden ultimatum Make your wish and tie it to the branch of the 'wishing tree', and your wish will come true."
Shi Xiaohan looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough he saw a jujube tree not far away. ——There are hundreds of red ropes tied to its branches, which look like a bride’s red hijab from a distance.
"Do you believe it?" she asked.
“Be skeptical!” Gu Xu replied, taking the lead in walking towards the “wishing tree”.
On an inconspicuous branch of the "Wishing Tree", there is a wooden ultimatum written by the original owner of the body when he was fourteen years old. The content is: "I want to kill all the people in the world." Ghosts."
"Gu Xu, our ideal is to kill ghosts, you are worthy of being a kindred spirit!" Seeing the immature words on the wooden certificate, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but stand on tiptoes and take pictures. Patting Gu Xu on the shoulder, "Besides, your handwriting is much better now than before."
"Thank you for the compliment." Gu Xu smiled lightly.
He paused for a moment and then continued: "Shi Nuxia, the end of the year is coming soon. How about we make a wish together today and see if it works?"
"Okay! "Shi Xiaohan agreed without hesitation.
Hearing what she said, Gu Xu squatted down and took out two special wooden certificates from the box set up on the ground. One was handed to Shi Xiaohan, and the other was held by himself.
Then he took out the charcoal pen he carried with him from his pocket.
"Who writes first?" he asked.
"I'll do it first!" Shi Xiaohan snatched his charcoal, then turned around with his back to him, "This is my secret, you are not allowed to see it!"
"Okay. Okay, I won't watch." Gu Xu closed his eyes.
The world instantly turned into darkness.
The whistling wind, the sound of Yishui water, and the rustling sound of Xiaohan writing sometimes came to my ears.
After a while, Shi Xiaohan tugged on his sleeve and stuffed the charcoal into his palm: "I've finished writing, it's your turn."
Gu Xu opened his eyes and saw her empty hands, and couldn't help asking: "Where is your wish?"
"It has been hung up." Shi Xiaohan pointed to the red rope on the tree.
I saw so many wooden slips hanging on it that it was impossible to find out which one was written by Shi Xiaohan.
However, Gu Xu noticed that when Shi Xiaohan was talking, he kept glancing here and there, as if trying to avoid his eyes.
“You really don’t want to tell me what you wrote?”
"No!"
"Then you are not allowed to see my wishes."
"No problem! This heroine does things aboveboard and will never peek into other people's secrets." She As he spoke, he covered his eyes with his hands to show that he meant what he said.
Gu Xu chuckled, picked up the charcoal pen, and started writing directly in front of her.
The wish he wrote down was simple: "Become a saint before the age of thirty."
At this moment, Shi Xiaohan listened to the sound of his pen tip rubbing against the wooden tablet, and felt itchy in his heart, as if a cat was scratching it.
“I really want to know what he is writing.”
She stamped her feet, suddenly regretting what she had said before.
Thanks to StockLR for the 500 reward, and thanks to Yusuke and Beijiu Guzui for the 100 reward!
PS: There will be another chapter later. (Maybe I can finish it in the early morning!)
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