Invade the World

  Chapter 216 The Holy Land of Love, Undercurrent Surging

  In the hot summer, the sultry weather is far inferior to the fiery heart of the teenager.

  Ying's body temperature and fragrance around him are more intoxicating than the scenery in front of him, and Xu Xiangyang once again clearly feels that he is an extremely lucky and extremely happy person.

  Is it interesting because of the "first time in life", or is it interesting because of being with them?

  Xu Xiangyang felt that he had found the answer.

  The uncle tourist who came out to play alone saw this scene, showing the expression of eating flies, and then turned his head.

  The boatman seemed to hear their compliments for the scenery of the town, and there was a happy expression on that dark face. He told them in dialect that if it were at night, the scenery here would be more beautiful.

  Because at that time, red lanterns will be lit on the boats and residential buildings, bright from one end of the street to the other, like ten miles of red makeup.

  Xu Xiangyang imagined it, it would indeed be a beautiful scene.

  At this time, he heard exclamations from the boat.

"Wow! So beautiful."

  Xu Xiangyang raised his head and happened to see a woman wearing a red cheongsam walking by the shore under a paper umbrella.

  Her appearance may be ordinary, but such a debut is really amazing. It is simply a woman who walks out of the water village in the south of the Yangtze River in people's fantasy. The picture scroll painted by countless literati and ink guests for thousands of years seems to have become a reality.

  Xu Xiangyang looked attentively, his eyes didn't blink, until the woman's figure disappeared from the field of vision, he came back to his senses.

  He feels frustrated and realizes that his girlfriend is by his side. This is obviously not a good practice. If he is beaten, he deserves it.

   However, when Xu Xiangyang carefully turned his head to peek at her, he realized that Lin Xingjie was also staring in that direction, with envy in his eyes.

  He glanced at the squad leader next to him from the corner of his eye. Zhu Qingyue's eyes rolled steadily, wondering what he was making.

  ……

  The awning boat has arrived.

  The tour guide asked the tourists who disembarked, and they all said that they would like to stroll around the town for a while.

  So, after a meeting time was set, all the people in the tour group dispersed.

  As usual when shopping, the two girls drag him through the streets and alleys, and they may step into any passing shop at any time, and Xu Xiangyang needs to shoulder the responsibility of carrying the bags.

  They also ate the local specialty grilled rice cakes and grilled crabs. The crabs are small. I heard that they were just caught in the morning, so they are very fresh.

  Although it is a bit troublesome to spit out, it is still delicious.

  Next to a clothing store, Xu Xiangyang is standing under the pillars gnawing strings, and the two girls are choosing clothes in it.

  The woman who just walked by the shore seemed to have left a deep impression on them, so their eyes always stayed on the traditional dresses placed in the window.

  The clothing store here is also very interesting. In addition to ordinary popular clothing, it also provides costumes for purchase and rental, which are clothes for film and TV crews or photo shoots.

   "Hey, let's do something interesting."

  Zhu Qingyue handed Lin Xingjie a napkin and asked her to wipe off the oil stains on the corners of her mouth, while whispering to her friend with a mysterious expression on her face.

  After chatting for a few words, the two girls quickly became a ball of laughter over there.

   "What are you two doing?"

   Xu Xiangyang asked a little puzzled.

  Lin Xingjie glanced at her boyfriend, as if hesitating to tell him the truth; the squad leader was more enthusiastic and replied with a smile:

   "I thought of a good idea. Didn't we just see a woman in a red dress? Everyone said she was pretty? Let's change to a white dress this time!"

"what……?"

  Xu Xiangyang didn’t realize what she was talking about for a while.

  ……

  So, a freshly baked "woman in white" made her debut under the dress of two girls.

  She combed her long hair to the back, wearing a hat on her head, and her face was covered with hazy veil. As for the white skirt, it was still the original one, mainly because she couldn’t take it off...

  Of course, the two little girls who were covered in blood next to the woman who didn’t look right at first glance naturally couldn’t follow them. They could only watch their mother walking on the street eagerly.

   Speaking of it, they can indeed show up in front of ordinary people. I don’t know if it is ability or a certain characteristic, but he never thought that they would be used by the squad leader in such a place:

  Xu Xiangyang silently stared at the woman in white who was standing in the middle of the alley where people came and went--

   or more accurately, a "white-clothed female ghost".

  It’s just that no one can see it.

  The woman in white who appeared next to the deserted highway in the rainy night, even if she doesn’t have to do anything, she can make people chill and ghostly;

  The same dress, if it appears in broad daylight as it is now, it will only make people feel immortal...

  The premise is not to see her face.

  At first, he thought that people would be aware of the anomaly, but found that no matter the pedestrians passing by the shore or the tourists on the boat, they all regarded her as a purely beautiful landscape.

  The most amazing thing is that there were even people holding a camera halfway through, saying that they would like to take a picture together...

  Xu Xiangyang is very worried about whether he will be exposed. Fortunately, the squad leader will take care of him.

  It’s just that he still couldn’t understand the reason why the girl had to work so hard to pretend to be an evil spirit.

After the three of them returned to the hidden courtyard with the female ghost in white clothes, Zhu Qingyue and Lin Xingjie burst into laughter at the same time.

   "Puff ha ha ha!"

  "Did you see the expression of that photographer just now? His expression of regret is really funny..."

   "Yeah, I really want to see that person's face when he sees his true face."

   "He was scared to pee! Hahaha!"

  They laughed forward and backward, and tears were about to flow out. Although Xu Xiangyang was not very understanding, but seeing his friends so happy, the corners of his mouth were still slightly tilted.

   "Is it so funny?"

  "It's just a prank, Xiangyang."

  Zhu Qingyue seemed to have noticed his confusion, wiped away tears, and explained with a smile.

   "Also, don't it be interesting to let evil spirits appear in the sun and in the eyes of ordinary people like this? Maybe the world will become like this in the future, and there is no need to pretend."

  The moment he heard these words, Xu Xiangyang's heart moved slightly.

  Will there be such a day?

  For him now, it is really unimaginable.

  ……

   Soon it’s time to gather.

  The next destination is the most famous scenic spot in the ancient town, a private garden built by wealthy merchants in ancient times. You can’t just stroll around this place. Someone needs to introduce and guide you.

  The tour guide stayed at the ticket office for a while, then came back and said to them.

  "This place just launched a couple ticket. If you are a couple, you can get a discount if you buy the ticket. Go try it."

  Men and women in pairs among the tourists all stood up and followed the tour guide to the ticket office.

  Xu Xiangyang felt happy after hearing the news, because saving money is always a good thing.

  He took his girlfriend's little hand and wanted to move forward.

  However, at this moment, Xu Xiangyang suddenly hesitated.

  He couldn't help looking behind him, and saw Zhu Qingyue squatting beside the flower bed not far away, as if he was attentively admiring the flowers, but the thin figure looked...

  It feels lonely.

  After noticing his gaze, the short-haired girl raised her head, with a faint smile on her face, and tilted her head seemingly confused:

  "What do you want me to do? Hurry and go in with Xingjie. I and the others will go in with the guide, and we will meet at the entrance."

  Listening to her tone, it was not different from usual.

  Xu Xiangyang nodded, indicating that he understood. But the pace at his feet was much faster, and in the end he pulled the Rapunzel and ran all the way in the direction of the ticket office.

  ……

  Zhu Qingyue watched the two friends hurried into the garden after buying the tickets. Her back disappeared from the end of her field of vision. The girl sighed softly before she got up and walked towards the crowd.

  Following the arrangement of the tour guide, people lined up at the gate of the ticket office.

  Obviously everyone is in the same regiment, and there are actually a few aunts who occupy seats and jump in the queue.

   However, Zhu Qingyue did not say anything, not even angry, it was nothing to her anyway.

  The girl with short hair waited quietly at the back of the line, lifting the shoulder strap of the backpack with one hand, and blocking the dazzling sunlight with the brim of the other hand, looking at the endless clear sky.

   Obviously, I have anticipated it, and I have been mentally prepared for a long time...

  Where does this kind of shallow, unhappiness floating in the heart come from?

  Zhu Qingyue thought to herself with a mockery.

  In the process of getting closer and closer to others, people will indeed become weaker and weaker.

  ——"Qingyue."

  At this time, shouts that were familiar enough to no longer came from not far away.

  Her gaze moved down, and she saw Xu Xiangyang waving at herself with a smile.

"I'm here to pick you up! Hurry, I'll take you to buy a ticket. I was watching a while ago and found that several men and women who were not couples and couples bought tickets together, and some just met, the ticket office The people over there don’t even look at their faces, and don’t have to prove it."

   "...So, did you leave Xingjie there alone?"

  The boy shook his head.

   "I discussed with her, it's okay. After all, can you save money, what's the embarrassment?"

   Halfway through Xu Xiangyang's words, he realized that the squad leader's expression seemed to be a little dull, and looked at him in a daze, making him a little embarrassed.

  What, what's wrong? He thought to himself, could he be shy?

  Thinking about it this way, the squad leader does occasionally have a cute side like a little girl...

  Who knew that the other party was covering his lips, and he laughed with a "pouch", looking like he couldn't help but laugh.

  "Please, are you two stupid? The couple ticket is half price, but you have to come out again, and you have to buy a new one when you go in. Isn't it not cheap at all!"

  Xu Xiangyang was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly he was stunned.

Yes indeed! After he thought of this method, he got his girlfriend's consent and ran out excitedly, completely unaware of this!

  "……"

  Xu Xiangyang scratched his hair, and replied a little frustrated.

   "I walked out anyway, I can't buy the original price again."

   "Forget it, forget it, I didn't blame you." The girl handed the bag to him naturally, "You are so cute that you are stupid."

  Xu Xiangyang rarely did not argue. At this time, he felt the frustration of losing in the brain teaser game, and he took it honestly.

  Zhu Qingyue carried her hands on her back, swaying past her, and onto the stone bridge leading to the entrance of the garden.

   There was a sudden strong wind on the bridge.

  He saw the girl’s white dress flying up and down, like a blooming flower; he also heard her laugh, as if it came from a far away place, and was blown to a farther place by the wind.

  ……

  The two of them were in the queue till the end, before buying tickets to enter.

  The scenery in front was convergent, and it was difficult to see all of them. When they walked into a half-moon arch, they realized that there was a strange cave inside:

The tall and tall trees are densely shaded, and the stone arches divide the scenery into one piece after another. The rockery is abrupt and the stones are laid out in an exquisite and neat manner, full of graceful artistic sense without making people feel too regular and monotonous; green green There are lotus flowers growing in the pool, and the beautiful goldfish swims leisurely under the lotus leaves.

  Xu Xiangyang and Zhu Qingyue spotted the accompanying tourists near a wall not far in front. The tour guide is explaining the historical background of this place.

   "I heard that this garden became famous because of the love story of a poet."

"Yes." The tour guide replied, "The poet and the woman are both talented men and women. They were already together. Unexpectedly, the man's mother didn't like it. She made arrangements and forced them to break up. Later, the poet had to marry a new wife, and the woman remarried."

"One day, the poet accidentally came to the place where the woman lives, visited the garden where she was located, and was treated warmly by the owner. He was intrigued by the scene and wrote a very poignant poem here. I heard that later the woman was still there. I made a song below, but I can’t find it now."

   "No wonder this is a holy land of love, I didn't expect this kind of story..." A tourist sighed beside him.

   "Yes, so I said this is a must-visit attraction for couples."

  Zhu Qingyue curled her lips on the side and whispered.

   "What a ‘Holy Land of Love’, it’s not auspicious for the two of them to have such a tragic ending in the end."

   "You can't describe it as'tragic' either." Xu Xiangyang commented, "It can only be said that there is no destiny."

  "But didn’t that happen in ancient times? A man can have three wives and four concubines."

  The squad leader made a "hehehe" laugh.

   "If I were that man, I would leave my beloved woman behind for everything."

  Xu Xiangyang was a little speechless.

  Substitute aliens when watching science fiction films, and substitute men when listening to love stories...Miss Qingyue really doesn't like to go the ordinary way.

  The tour guide's explanation quickly made him feel bored. Xu Xiangyang looked around and found that his girlfriend was standing under the shade of a tree not far away with her arms folded, as if looking at the rockery in the distance in a daze.

  "Xiangyang, before you—"

   After noticing Xu Xiangyang's approach, Lin Xingjie turned her head, stared at his face for a while, then suddenly shook her head, and did not continue.

  Xu Xiangyang stopped, a little surprised.

  With Xingjie’s current straightforward personality, it is very rare that he doesn’t talk about it halfway through, let alone to himself.

   "Nothing, I just want to ask you something about Qingyue."

   "Qingyue? What happened to her?"

  Xu Xiangyang is even more curious. But from the girl's calm expression, he could not see any signs.

   "I will ask myself." Lin Xingjie smiled slightly, "This is more convenient."

  (End of this chapter)