cast a peach

Chapter 38 The Covenant

Tan Mingli was admitted to Jiangcheng University after graduating from high school that year. When her parents asked her what adult gift she wanted, she also didn't ask for anything. She just took advantage of the long vacation after the college entrance examination and traveled around most of the country by herself on a green leather train. North China.

From Jiangcheng all the way to the north, you can see Tianchi Lake like a mirror on the top of Changbai Mountain, and see the sky connecting Changyuan with cattle and sheep everywhere at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. You will cross the fiery Danxia landform in the Hexi Corridor, and the last stop is Huashan Mountain in Xiyue.

At that time, the Tan family's open and secret struggles intensified. Although she was protected by her grandfather, she seemed to have become the center of a storm.

Grandpa said to her, Mingli, those people seem to be menacing, but in fact they come like wind and rain and go away like dust. People will turn to curry favor with you.

Grandpa told her that Mingli, the head of the Tan family, should be a thorn in the side of everyone, but he has to have the ability to make people unconvinced.

But she really lacks ambition, she doesn't want to be a master, she just wants to escape.

Parents were very worried about her safety as a young girl traveling alone, but grandpa vaguely guessed some of her current state of mind, and stopped her parents' concerns for her, just saying, young people, go out and see the world, and open your mind. Nothing is impossible.He specially gave her a book at the coming-of-age ceremony and told her to read it often.

It was a Song edition of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", which is very precious.Grandpa said that when she grew up abroad, she could not understand the domestic situation, but she could not understand some of the history of the country.

The book was in traditional Chinese, and Tan Mingli couldn't understand it.However, she also knew that the symbolic meaning of this gift was greater than the actual meaning. Later, she worked hard to read a lot of history-related books in college, and then she was able to catch some of the jokes and metaphors that grandpa talked and laughed.

So far, the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" is still on Tan Mingli's bookshelf, but she never dares to take a second look.

Every time she reads that book, this idea will vaguely arise in her heart: Maybe she will go back after all, and she won't be able to escape for too long.

She showed her grandpa the travel plan she had drawn up. After reading it carefully, grandpa just smiled and did not comment.

The other grandpas didn't talk about it, but suggested to her very gently: Huashan is barren and too steep, and it's tiring to climb up; it's better to change it to Huangshan—the sea of ​​clouds and green pines, the strange rocks are amazing, and it's extremely handsome.

But Tan Mingli insisted on her own ideas.

This trip is not to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but to relax.Mount Hua is barren... Maybe she just needs this barrenness.

Canglong Ridge is extremely steep, with a fish's back and a dragon's back, as if cut by a knife.Pass Canglong Ridge and go up to Jinsuo Pass, where the four peaks soar into the clouds.Like other famous mountains, Huashan also calls the sunrise at Dongfeng its symbolic scene, and there are many tourists climbing at night just to see the sunrise.But in fact, when it comes to talking about it, Tan Mingli thinks that the sunset glow of Xifeng is more breathtaking.

That day, she climbed to the West Peak with a backpack on her back, quietly watching the huge sun sinking into the sky bit by bit, and the Weihe River meandering quietly in the Guanzhong Plain, like a long golden dragon shining in the setting sun, every ray The waves reflect the sparkling golden glow.

She watched the sunset go down completely, and the last white light in the sky slowly sank, and then she stood up slowly.

There was an abyss beneath her feet, and the whistling wind in her ears made her cheeks hurt, and she almost had auditory hallucinations, but Tan Mingli deliberately forced herself to take another step forward.

She actually has a little fear of heights, and her physical instincts make her dizzy and almost unable to stand.She was pale, but her expression was calm.

She even went one step further.

Then I felt the unforgettable pleasure of conquering fear while fearing.

Tan Mingli will never forget it.

It was that day, at the end of her journey, that Tan Mingli finally made a choice: she was determined to leave the Tan family.

No matter what method she uses, no matter what price she pays, she will leave the Tan family, and then... never come back.

Maybe grandpa is right, Tan Mingli thought to herself—she only looks gentle and dignified, but deep down she is wild and unstoppable by others.

Later, whenever she encountered something she couldn't understand, she would repeatedly recall her experience on the top of Huashan that year, recalling the feeling of stepping on the edge of the abyss to the verge of death, and gained a kind of heartfelt courage from it.

——She is not even afraid of death, what else is there in the world to be afraid of?

Tan Mingli never felt that she was afraid of death.Life is like a gift, death is like a home, there is nothing to be afraid of, she has always looked at it indifferently.

But today, she suddenly discovered that she was not completely unafraid of death.

——In other words, she hasn't met anyone who makes her truly feel the cruelty of death.

Tan Mingli hugged Zhao Guangshui tremblingly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, before whispering after a long time, "Don't do that, okay? Xiaoshui."

"I can't accept you..."

She spoke softly, then stopped, the words held in her mouth with difficulty for a long time, after all, she still couldn't say the next words, and finally could only hold the girl tightly in her arms dejectedly.

"I'm sorry...Xiao Shui."

She apologized softly.

"I just... can't accept it. Do you understand what I mean, Xiao Shui?" Tan Mingli sighed low, and repeated, "I'm sorry."

Sorry for not being able to respect your wishes.

There was a thunderclap outside the window.

Shocked by the thunder, Tan Mingli regained his rationality a little, and only then did Tan Mingli realize how abrupt and offensive his actions were.

A little bit of embarrassment filled her heart, she felt that she was very unsteady just now, and her emotions were too exposed, and she was about to quietly let go of Xiao Shui and apologize to her again, when the girl gently hugged her back.

"It's okay, sister pear."

Zhao Guangshui said softly.

The slender and beautiful girl hugged her little by little, and put her cheek against her neck, her voice was soft and clear, "Don't be afraid, okay?"

She clenched the woman's cold fingertips, gently placed the woman's hand on her chest, and asked softly, "Sister, can you feel my heartbeat?"

Tan Mingli felt the heartbeat of the girl under her fingertips, warm and powerful.

What a young and beautiful life Xiao Shui is.Such a girl should have only sweet flowers and a brilliant sunrise in her life, but she wants to talk about life and death with her.She couldn't help being slightly distracted, and replied in a daze:

"……Can."

"After I die, this heart will be reborn, and continue to live on my behalf and continue to see the world."

Zhao Guangshui spoke softly, brushing the woman's slender neck with his lips, causing a throbbing numbness, "This is a very meaningful thing, isn't it? Sister."

Will continue to love you instead of me.

She said the unspoken words in her heart.

She raised her face, earnestly and honestly, and said softly: "So don't be sad for me, don't be sad for me, okay?"

He also said: "If possible, I hope that my sister will not be sad all the time, and be happy every day."

"I'll work on it."

The young girl promised solemnly like an oath.

"Don't say I'm sorry, don't say I'm sorry, don't feel guilty to me, and think that doing this is disrespecting me." Zhao Guangshui said softly, "I understand, Sister Li."

"You're just loving me."

Zhao Guangshui smiled brightly: "I love you too, Sister Li. I love you very much."

She couldn't help thanking the rainstorm and power outage in her heart, which gave her the opportunity to express her purest heart to Sister Li.

"Love outlasts life and can outlast life and death."

She concluded softly.

"Sister, let's make a check, shall we?"

Zhao Guangshui let go of the woman a little, and said to Tan Mingli seriously, "Well... I promise you that we will never say sorry to anyone in the future, okay?"

She smiled and stretched out her hand towards Tan Mingli.

"..."

Tan Mingli took a deep breath, calmed down, and responded softly, "Okay."

She hooked the girl's little finger.

After Zhao Guangshui pulled the check mark, he smiled brightly and said, "Now our agreement is officially sealed. From now on, we are not allowed to say sorry!"

"Ok."

Tan Mingli also laughed, made a salute gesture, his eyes were gentle and doting, "I promise, listen to our Chief Xiaoshui, okay?"

Zhao Guangshui's heart was pounding by her gentle and obedient "Sir Xiaoshui". His mind, which was still clear when he spoke just now, was a little dizzy again, and he threw himself into Tan Mingli's arms and complained: "What...you Tease me again."

"Doesn't it sound good?"

Tan Mingli also smiled, caught the girl, gently stroked the butterfly bone on her back, and coaxed her softly: "Then let's change one? Huh? Little Water Cat? Little Water Baby? Little Star? Which one do you like?" "

Ah, why are all the treasures coming out? The more I talk about it, the more I feel...Zhao Guangshui was extremely shy, buried in Tan Mingli's arms and didn't want to come out, so he whispered sullenly, "I don't like any of them."

I only like you.

She said quietly in her heart.

With the well-behaved girl in her arms, Tan Mingli's heart was filled with tenderness like water, and she couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

Since she left the Tan family, she has lived in Jiangcheng for a long time, but she is still terrified from time to time. She often feels that she has returned to that year again, stepping on the edge of the Huashan abyss again, dizzy, trembling, like walking on thin ice.

She has the heart to be born, but she has no ability to be born.Contradictions linger and thoughts are heavy.After nearly 30 years of barren life alone, she felt for the first time that the long-term emptiness and nothingness in her heart had been fully filled.

Xiaoshui... seems to be a gift and grace from God to her.

She thought so in a trance.

Tan Mingli gently stroked the girl's ear, and asked with a smile: "Then what if I accidentally said it? What should I do?"

"Um……"

Zhao Guangshui was comforted by her caress, and raised his neck a little to facilitate her touch. He closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, smiled mischievously, gently squeezed the woman's fingers, and said, "Then... Chief Xiaoshui will punish you." .”

Just now you said not to call her that, but now you have started to call yourself that?So cute.Tan Mingli couldn't help but smile more lightly, her tone became softer, lowered her voice a little, and asked with a smile:

"Tell my sister, how do you want to punish?"

The woman's voice was like mellow wine, very pleasant to listen to, and if it was slightly lowered, it contained a little unconscious persuasion.

Refreshing temptation.

Sister Li is really nice to Su.

Zhao Guangshui clenched his lips, calmed his heartbeat, and then tried to calm down and said softly: "You will be punished...you will not be allowed to drink coffee for a month."

What kind of punishment is this?Almost like a doctor's order.

Tan Mingli smiled slightly, with warm eyebrows and eyes, and naturally held the girl's hand, rubbing the girl's slender wrist bones back and forth, and continued to ask in a warm voice: "What about you? Xiao Shui, if you said sorry, how would you punish yourself?" ,Um?"

"me?"

Zhao Guangshui thought for a moment, then laughed, "If I make a mistake, then have a glass of white wine, okay?"

Tan Mingli remembered her saying that baijiu is too spicy for adults, so she couldn't help laughing, held the girl's shoulders, and said softly:

"it is good."