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Chapter 17 Close, You Can't Let Me Go

In the days that followed, Lin Chusheng didn't see Ji Beizhou for several days in a row, and he didn't return all night without a trace of anyone.

Just when the village chief was worried that the two of them would encounter wild beasts and accidents on the mountain, he came back that day when the sun was setting.

Lin Chusheng has been here for six or seven days, but this is the first time he has dinner at the same table with Ji Beizhou. He usually only comes back at midnight, so it is difficult to see each other.

Although it was still an ordinary home-cooked dish, because there were two more people, Heizi was good at enlivening the atmosphere, talking about what he had seen and heard about going up the mountain in the past few days, the dinner table was extraordinarily lively.

"Village chief, I see that there are many houses in your village that are empty all the time without people living in them?" Ji Beizhou chatted with the village chief while eating.

"Didn't they all go out to work?"

"The house is empty and no one is looking after it?"

"Thieves in places like ours don't want to come here. Besides, there is nothing valuable at home." The village head laughed.

Ji Beizhou smiled, picked up his teacup and stood up, "Village Chief, Auntie, I'll toast you with tea instead of wine, thank you for your hospitality."

"Why are you so polite, sit down quickly." The village chief hurriedly pulled him to sit down.

"Brother Bei, when are you leaving?" Wen Bo asked.

"We're just here to travel, and we've had enough fun in the mountains these days, so we'll probably be leaving soon." Heizi smiled honestly, "How about you?"

Wen Bo was a little helpless, "I have to stay for a few more days, I miss my wife and daughter, if you come to the capital if you have time, call me, I will cover all food and lodging."

"Then I'm welcome."

Lin Chusheng lowered his head to eat, but he didn't expect Ji Beizhou to leave so soon, he couldn't tell what it was like.

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There were no entertainment activities in the village. After dinner, we chatted for a while, and when it got dark, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Lin Chusheng washed her hair at night, and sorted out the dialect materials collected during the day in the room, but there was no hair dryer, and when she was about to sleep, her hair was half wet, so she went out to blow dry.

In Diancheng in December, the temperature is not low, but the mountain wind at night is slightly cold, which makes the body feel cool.

The night sky was still full of stars, ever since I went to the toilet and saw Ji Beizhou was naked that day, now she was extra careful whenever she went to the backyard.

I've been here for a few days, and I'm already familiar with the environment. I was just about to find a place to sit down when I heard a familiar voice, "You're staying up so late, and you're out to watch the stars again?"

Following the sound, she noticed that Ji Beizhou was also there, half leaning against the low wall, against the light, hidden in the darkness.

"Yeah." She nodded.

Ji Beizhou took two steps towards her, stood under the starlight, his figure gradually became clear, he seemed to have just taken a shower, a towel was hung around his neck, his hair was wet, black trousers and white clothes, and a long coat.

He looked at Lin Chusheng, "Wouldn't it be cold if you come out wearing this?"

"It's okay." Lin Chusheng just blown the hair to disperse the moisture from his hair. When he went out, he didn't pay much attention to the temperature at night.

Ji Beizhou took off his coat and handed it to her, "Put it on."

"I don't need it, I'll be right back..."

"Shall I help you wear it?"

Lin Chusheng gritted his teeth, reached out to take his coat, put it on and said "thank you".

His clothes were too big, covering half of her calves, a little nondescript, soaked in his body temperature, sticking to her skin, warm and hot.

"That..." Lin Chusheng stretched out his hand to brush his half-wet hair, "When are you leaving?"

Ji Beizhou tilted his head at her, and smiled, "What's the matter? Can't bear to let me go?"

"No, I'll just ask casually." Lin Chusheng hurriedly explained.

Every time Lin Chusheng faced him alone, his heart beat extremely fast and his movements were cramped.

"That's me being self-indulgent?" Ji Beizhou smiled, and subconsciously reached out to touch the cigarette, only to find that the cigarette and the lighter were in his coat pocket.

Lin Chusheng turned his eyes away and didn't look at him. He just raised his head to look at the starry sky when he suddenly approached without saying hello.

Breathing stagnantly, Lin Chusheng calmly wanted to step back and distance himself from him.

"Are you so afraid of me?"

"I didn't, I..."

"Then what are you hiding from?"

Lin Chusheng didn't know what he was going to do, so he was naturally nervous.

When he got close, he carried the starlight on his back, half of his body was shrouded in shadow, his breath was hot, his eyes were deep and full of danger.

As for Lin Chusheng, facing the half-twilight starlight, every inch of his face was extraordinarily clear.

The surroundings were so quiet that apart from the shattering wind, there was only the breathing of the two of them.

Shallow, eager.

Ji Beizhou lowered his eyes, bent slightly, and reached out his hand to take out the cigarette and lighter from his coat pocket. Lin Chusheng subconsciously lowered his head to look at it, but the moment he raised his head, his gaze met his.

He was laughing, and his hot breath splashed on her face, rumbling in her chest.

"What do you think I want to do?"

Lin Chusheng didn't make a sound, but his heart beat like a drum.

In an instant, he had already evacuated, the heat dissipated, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Beizhou took out his cigarettes and lighter, and was about to smoke one when he looked up at her again, "Do you hate men smoking?"

"It's okay." Lin Chusheng just felt that smoking and drinking should be done in moderation, but it's not really a nuisance.

Ji Beizhou nodded, playing with the cigarette in his hand, but never lit it.

After the two chatted for a while, they went back to their rooms. Only then did Lin Chusheng realize that he had put on Ji Beizhou's clothes. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to return them to him now.

-

After Ji Beizhou returned to his room, Heizi scrutinized him nervously, "Brother, I saw everything. You came back with your sister-in-law. Please tell me honestly, how far have you two grown?"

"I need to tell you about my business?"

"I care about you."

"I asked you to find out the situation of the vacant houses in the village. How is the situation?"

Heizi took out a hand-drawn map, on which many places were circled with red pens, "These are all vacant houses, I went to see a few, and there was no sign of people moving in, you really doubt that this group of people are so brave, Dare to hide in someone else's house?"

"You can't let go of a little possibility."

"Then go and see tomorrow."

While talking, there was a knock on the door outside, and Heizi raised the volume, "Who is it?"

"it's me."

Ji Beizhou was leaning on the head of the bed at that time, and just about to turn over and get out of bed, Heizi opened the door quickly, "It's so late, you are..."

"I'll return the clothes to Brother Ji."

"Clothes..." Heizi's smile became more and more strange, and he was already brainstorming some things that needed to be mosaiced, "Would you like to come in and sit down?"

"It's too late, don't disturb your rest."

"We haven't rested yet, we don't bother you at all, right, captain." Heizi was so enthusiastic that Lin Chusheng didn't even have time to slow down. He had already been welcomed in and asked her to sit down.

Ji Beizhou's head hurts, what does this idiot want to do.

"Aren't you doing research? You've been wandering around the village recently." Heizi poured water for her.

"Yes." Lin Chusheng nodded.

"Then you are already familiar with this village, have you seen any special people, or noticed special things..." Heizi smiled, knowing each other's details, and he didn't meander when he spoke.

Lin Chusheng was not stupid. They kept telling the village chief during dinner, "You are looking for someone, and you think they might hide in an empty house?"

"Sister-in-law... high-achieving students are different, smart."

"I didn't pay much attention to these, but I took a lot of photos in the village these days..."

"Can you show us?"

"I'll go back and sort it out, and I'll give it to you tomorrow morning."

"No problem, thank you."

Lin Chusheng didn't stay long. After she left, Ji Beizhou glared at Heizi, and someone smiled even more erratically, "Captain, how dare you say that you two are okay, go out and even take off your clothes."

"I'm afraid she'll be cold, so put a coat on her."

"Captain, I feel cold too!"

"roll--"

Ji Beizhou wished he could step on his face a few times.

Subconsciously, he brought the cigarette to his mouth, lit it and crushed it out.

Lin Chusheng went back to her room and sorted out the photos she took recently. There were some selfies in them, and she needed to filter and organize the photos. Only then did she notice that some of them seemed not quite right...

　Brother Bei: She doesn't want me to leave!

　　Lin Chusheng: I didn't!
　　Brother Bei: Women are always duplicity.

　　Lin Chusheng: ...

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　　It's minus seven degrees, and the place without heating is really cold and bald o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)