Invade the World

   Chapter 228

Lin Xingjie wandered around in the mountains and forests before returning. When she walked to the shore, she found Xu Xiangyang leaning on the railing alone, in a daze looking at the green mountains on the opposite bank while blowing the lake breeze. She had already changed a clean set. Neat new clothes.

  Her eyes circled around, but she didn’t see another girl, so she asked:

   "Where is Qingyue?"

   "I have already left."

  Xu Xiangyang said.

   "Then shall we go too?"

"Ok."

  He lifted his backpack, hung it on his shoulder casually, and prepared to leave along the road.

  Looking at her boyfriend's back, Lin Xingjie felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but yell.

   "Wait, I have something to ask you."

"Ok?"

  Xu Xiangyang turned his head.

   "How are you two talking?"

  Xu Xiangyang blinked. He couldn't figure out what the other party was asking, so he could only summarize it roughly.

   "...I really can't say good."

  Lin Xingjie nodded, she obviously didn't look very surprised.

"you do this delibrately?"

  Xu Xiangyang couldn't help asking.

   "Suddenly I said I was going to swim midway, and I ran somewhere else just now..."

  The long-haired girl smiled slightly.

"Isn't that for sure. Don't you think it is unnatural for me to find an excuse? It is to give you a chance to get along with her alone. There are some things that you two can communicate smoothly only when I am not present. "

   "It's a bit unnatural."

  Xu Xiangyang answered honestly.

  "But according to your personality, it is possible simply because you are playful..."

  My girlfriend glared at him, but luckily he didn't do anything.

  "Where have I been fun? I never missed important things. Last time, I was delayed for a while because I made up homework in the classroom. As a result, I gave you two a chance to stay together for a whole week."

   "That was an accident. I was only planning to go around casually. Unexpectedly, the people in the haunted house refused to let us both go and did it directly."

  While Xu Xiangyang answered, she thought in her heart: She really cares about this matter very much, even though she has hardly mentioned it to herself since then.

  Even if the two of you didn't officially become a couple at that time, as long as it is a normal girl with a sweetheart, it is impossible not to be jealous.

  He smiled and asked:

   "Then you still let me be alone with her?"

   "...I just think it is necessary."

  Lin Xingjie put her arms on her chest and answered softly. You can see her seriousness from the girl's expression.

  "For you, for Qingyue, and for me."

   "Thank you for your generosity."

  Seeing that she was serious, Xu Xiangyang no longer thought of joking, he couldn't help sighing.

"You are right, it is indeed necessary. Without this conversation, I would not have understood Qingyue's attitude so quickly. Although it is a bit difficult to accept, the problems that are exposed first can be dealt with first. It is better than things. It’s better to regret it when it’s near."

"……'hard to accept'?"

  The corners of Lin Xingjie’s mouth were slightly tilted unconsciously, as if he was laughing or mocking.

   "Are you talking big."

"……what?"

   "If I were a boy, I would not find it hard to accept Qingyue's confession, but would be ecstatic."

   "But, but I have a girlfriend..."

  "It’s the same if you have a girlfriend. Are you unhappy if you have a girlfriend? Being able to be followed by a good girl like her undoubtedly proves the charm of oneself. Without a boy, it would be unhappy."

  Xu Xiangyang was silent for a while, he couldn't understand the meaning of his girlfriend's words, let alone the expression on her face.

  In spite of this, he is very clear that Xingjie must have a certain emotion in his heart at this moment; it is it that makes it difficult for his girlfriend to control his emotions.

  ——That is jealousy.

  Xu Xiangyang was a little relieved and a little melancholy.

  This kind of complicated and weird mood is incomprehensible to anyone in the world except him. It is a special experience that can only be shared with each other.

  He stepped forward, gently held her shoulders, and embraced the girl's slender body.

  Xingjie was a bit resistant at first, but when her waist was covered with hot palms, her body quickly softened.

  Xu Xiangyang whispered in her ear, repeating all the confession with Qingyue to him, his own refusal, and Qingyue's attitude when expressing his resolve.

  At the end, he chuckled and added:

   "It doesn't matter if you don't have to endure it. You just created a chance for me and her to communicate with ease; now it's Qingyue leaving, leaving our private space..."

   "I have no tolerance."

   Lin Xingjie gently pressed her face to his chest, and replied in a dull voice.

   "Neither do I... don't need others to create opportunities for me."

   "Yes, yes, our family Xingjie is the best."

  Xu Xiangyang stroked her soft and long hair, still feeling the same, just like stroking the finest silk.

  He suddenly relaxed, his mouth filled with a smile unconsciously.

  Although these words sounded like ridicule, the girl in his arms gave a bit of dissatisfaction-but it was also his sincere emotion.

  With only a few words, he really felt that she had become more mature and more reliable than him and the squad leader.

   "Okay, let's waste time, Qingyue will have to wait in a hurry."

   "Well, let's go."

  After the two separated, Xu Xiangyang picked up the backpack and was ready to set off.

"Hey."

  But after not walking a few steps away, Lin Xingjie who followed behind stopped him for the second time.

"Ok?"

  Xu Xiangyang stopped and turned his head curiously.

   "So, you two really just talked, didn't you do anything else?"

  The long-haired girl looked casual, but she could still see her nervousness by glancing to the side intentionally or unintentionally.

  He was taken aback for a moment, and replied with a smile.

   "No, the time is not long,"

  Lin Xingjie looked at him carefully, then put aside his suspicion, and nodded in trust.

  *

  After they and Zhu Qingyue met, they found a middle-aged woman standing there.

  Xu Xiangyang remembered that it was the person who knocked on the door with the tour guide that day. At first he thought it was a tourist who was helping with his companions, but now it seems that it is more likely to be a staff member of the local branch of the travel agency.

  She is here to pick them up.

   "I'm sorry, I can trouble you to run so far."

"no problem, no problem."

  The other party waved his hand quickly.

  "Are the others in the group okay? Will it delay their trip."

  "They have all been taken down the mountain by Xiao Wang ahead of time. They should all have lunch and are ready to drive back to the hotel."

  ……

   "I still missed the meal."

  Four people walked slowly one by one on the mountain road paved with stone steps,

  It was noon, and the temperature was quite unsuitable for exercise. Fortunately, there were tall trees on both sides of the mountain road. They walked forward under the shade of the trees.

  However, the heat lingering in the forest at this time is not a sunny heat, but a sticky, damp hot flash. This seems to have heralded the arrival of severe weather afterwards.

   "The sky is overcast."

  The middle-aged woman glanced at the top of her head and said with great experience. She reminded everyone that the pace needs to be quickened.

  Unfortunately, the storm came more hastily than they thought. After all, it was too late to escape with the feet of a few people.

  The sky changed drastically for a while, and the originally blue and clear sky gathered gloomy clouds, all of which fell down under pressure, and the clouds were mixed with iron and lead-colored gloom.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and the woods and bushes in the distance were "crashing" one after another; looking up, there was an endless sea of ​​trees below Rudai’s mountain, and the location they were in was convenient. The turbulent green Lin Tao.

   "It's going to rain again."

  It was this kind of weather the night they came. There was heavy rain on the way, and it didn’t mean to stop until the night.

But this time, the rain was even bigger and more intense than two days ago. After a while, rain fell from the cloudy sky. Entrapped by the mountain breeze, it quickly evolved into a little pain on people. Bean big raindrops.

  Even if you open your umbrella, you will still get wet.

   "You have to find a place to hide from the rain!"

   Their luck was not bad. There was a deserted pavilion nearby, and they quickly settled down there.

  The young people just went to the reservoir to make a fuss this morning, and they all changed into clean clothes. As a result, the rain turned into a soup chicken again, feeling a little bit annoyed.

   "Hey, the next few clothes may be getting wet." The squad leader complained, "It's really troublesome."

  The woman who claimed to be Guo who worked in a travel agency had had lunch, but they had no chance.

  The three of them waited for a while in the chilly pavilion, when a feeling of hunger surged up.

  Fortunately, Xu Xiangyang is well prepared for the long-awaited holiday trip this time.

  Before, when following the itinerary, this kind of preparation seemed excessive; but once an accident happened, the food in the bag became a life-saving straw, and the three quickly ate them separately.

  But the belly is full, but the rain didn't mean to stop for a while.

  "Aunt Guo, what should we do next?"

  The other party hesitated.

   "The road ahead cannot go too far, and the same goes down the mountain... I remember there is a temple in front of me, so I can take a break for a while."

   "Isn't that just right? I can just go shopping by the way."

"But that was when I was a kid. I don't know if this temple is still there now." Aunt Guo replied, "This road has not considered that small temple as a scenic spot. It is easily overlooked. The place. Maybe no one is taking care of it now, or it may have been demolished."

  Xu Xiangyang and his two companions looked at each other, but did not immediately make a decision.

  However, after waiting for a long time, the rain did not diminish at all. In addition, the effect of the windy pavilion on sheltering the wind and rain was really limited. He could not sit still, patted his knees and stood up and said;

   "Waiting any longer is no way, let's go."

  So they left the pavilion and continued on under their umbrellas.

  ……

  After another twenty minutes, the four of them braved the heavy rain to trek all the way on the muddy mountain and finally reached their destination.

  The "temple" in Ms. Guo's mouth does exist, but...

   "It's abandoned."

  Xu Xiangyang stood under the door plaque that was about to fall off halfway. He did not cross the threshold, but looked inside carefully.

The squad leader walked inside first, acting generous and brave, but before she took two steps, she let out a scream, hopped on the spot and ran back and grabbed his shoulder. Her calm image was completely destroyed by her herself.

  He looked down, and it turned out that a mouse ran past his feet quickly.

   "I don't know you are afraid of this yet."

  Xu Xiangyang suppressed his smile.

   "Hehe, I just hate surprises beyond expectations."

Zhu Qingyue replied dryly.

   "I don't know when the rain is going to fall. Anyway, go ahead and avoid it."

  Everyone accepted the proposal.

  ……

  The environment in the ruined temple was almost the same as they had imagined: the tables and chairs that could be removed were all taken down, leaving only a few rotten futons, a bronze statue and a stone altar table.

  The only good news is that at least the part of the ceiling covered by the tiles is still very solid, there are no holes, and the space inside is not only spacious, but also very dry.

  "Rainy night, deep mountains, ruined temples..."

  When Xu Xiangyang was taking out the water bottle from his backpack, he suddenly found that his girlfriend was standing not far away, looking at the bronze Buddha statue in the center of the hall in a daze, still muttering in his mouth.

"what are you thinking about?"

   "Huh? It's nothing," Lin Xingjie returned to his senses and asked with a smile, "You said, will we stay here all night?"

   "I hope not. When it gets dark, it will be troublesome to go down the mountain."

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head.

  My girlfriend laughed a little sneaky.

   "No trouble, no trouble, but I think our current situation is so atmospheric."

"Yes?"

  Xu Xiangyang looked around. As far as he could see, he saw dark and dirty ground and walls, corners covered with dust and cobwebs. He didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that something would choke in his throat.

  He couldn't help shaking his head.

   "I just find it troublesome."

  "You need a pair of eyes that can discover the beauty in life."

   Lin Xingjie asked seriously.

  "Don’t you think that this situation is like a plot that only appears in martial arts novels?"

  Hearing what she said, Xu Xiangyang unconsciously imagined:

  The overwhelming rain, the dark night where you can’t see your fingers, seem to hide countless dangerous deep mountains and dense forests, and most of the ancient temples have collapsed. If there is another rush of horseshoes that are blurred in the sound of the rain, you can’t distinguish the background from far and near...

   is indeed a classic scene in martial arts works.

"We are the first group to come in to hide from the rain, and maybe there will be a second and a third group later. Each group has a different identity and background, and they all have ghosts in their hearts, and the fuse was ignited in the end. , Everyone is fighting and fighting..."

   Lin Xingjie gets more excited as she talks, and gets more outrageous as she talks.

  "Don't you crow's mouth, okay."

  Xu Xiangyang was amused by her rich imagination.

  "We are just a few high school students, and we can't mix things with dangerous things. Can we not expect something? For example, the rain will stop soon, and we will be able to go down the mountain soon."

  ……

  As a result, until night fell, the rain did not stop.

  (End of this chapter)