In the end, I dispelled the idea of forcing myself on him. After all, he was still young. I'd better wait until he was fully "ripe".
Thankfully, he couldn't see me now. If he could, I would really lose all my face.
I shook my head to get rid of those messy thoughts, forced a smile and replied,
"Hmm? I like it. I like it so much. Thank you." I lifted the corners of my mouth and reached up to touch the hairpin on my head. I never thought Gu Yuan could do hair.
"Wait for me. I'll be back soon." I turned and ran towards an old locust tree inside the cave.
When I came back, Gu Yuan had already changed his clothes. I gave him the wooden stick in my hand.
"Use this for now. Use it to probe the way in front so you won't trip when you walk."
Gu Yuan took the thing from my hand and felt it. He lifted the corners of his mouth and said, "I gave you a piece of wood, and you gave me one too? It's really fair."
I shyly touched the wooden hairpin on my head. It seemed that was really the case.
"Mine surely can't compare with yours."
Gu Yuan held the wooden stick in his hand and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
"Actually, although I can't see, I still have the ability to avoid obstacles."
How could I not have thought of that? Was he a god? Blind but still perceptive.
I shrugged my shoulders dejectedly, thinking he made sense. I really had been thoughtless.
I looked down at the wooden stick. I had even peeled off the bark, smoothed the rough parts, and tied a red string on it, thinking it would be easier for him to hold. But it turned out to be something redundant.
"It's okay. Give it to me then." Just as I was about to take the wooden stick from his hand, Gu Yuan directly put it behind his back and didn't let me take it back.
"However, since it's from you, I'll just use it reluctantly."
"No. Why do you have to carry such a burden with you?"
Hearing my words, the smile on Gu Yuan's face faded and he suddenly looked a bit dejected.
I seemed to have said the wrong thing.
"Gu Yuan, I didn't mean that. I didn't mean you were a burden."
"Ugh... The more I talk, the more mistakes I make."
Gu Yuan was amused by my anxious look of scratching my head. This guy was so handsome that he could still captivate everyone even with his eyes covered.
"Go to sleep." Before I could say anything, Gu Yuan actually picked me up horizontally.
"Ah..." I didn't even know why I let out a scream in fright.
He put me on the dry grass, then stood up, pulled a rope beside me and lay on it.
I lay on the haystack, pursing my lips and looking at him. He could stay so calm at this moment. He was really amazing.
"Go to sleep. Don't think about all those nonsense."
I stuck out my tongue at him, turned over and fell asleep.
That night, I slept soundly. I didn't see that red - robed woman again. For some reason, Gu Yuan was really like my guardian angel. As long as he was around, my heart would be very calm and at ease.
When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. I originally wanted to sleep a bit longer, but I tossed and turned in bed because of the delicious smell of roasted meat.
Finally, I couldn't bear it anymore and got up from the haystack.
Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I actually saw Gu Yuan roasting something by the fire.
I suddenly sat up from the haystack, bringing up a pile of dry grass.
"Gu Yuan, stay away from the fire. Don't hurt yourself." I quickly put on my shoes and ran over.
Gu Yuan held up the wooden stick I gave him, on which was a roasted rabbit.
"You actually used the stick I gave you as a fire - roasting stick?" I asked angrily.
"Do you want some?" Gu Yuan lifted the corners of his mouth, his tone full of pride.
To be honest, I was really hungry. I hadn't eaten all day yesterday and had been hungry all night.
Looking at the crispy - on - the - outside and tender - on - the - inside rabbit, I had already started to drool.
I pouted and moved closer to Gu Yuan and asked, "How can you eat rabbits? Rabbits are so cute. They must taste really good."
As I said that, I wanted to snatch the roasted rabbit from his hand when he wasn't paying attention because I was really too hungry.
This guy seemed to have seen through my little plan long ago. Just as I raised my hand to grab it, he directly lifted the wooden stick up.
My two hands grabbed at nothing.
"Give it to me." I pretended to be angry and stood up to grab it again.
Gu Yuan stood up and held the roasted rabbit above his head. I wasn't very tall, only about 1.63 meters. Compared with Gu Yuan's height of over 1.85 meters, I looked very petite.
No matter how much I jumped and stood on tiptoe, it was all in vain.
"Give it to me. Please. I'm starving." I coquettishly followed him around, asking for something to eat.
"Call me good brother. Call me brother and I'll give you some."
"I won't call..."
"If you don't call, I'll eat it all up."
"Oh, good brother. Please. I'm so hungry..."
The two of us were chasing and playing around in the cave. Rarely had such happy laughter been heard in the cave.
In the end, Gu Yuan was worn down by my cajoling and gave me two rabbit legs. I didn't expect Gu Yuan to be such a good cook.
After eating my fill, I lay on the haystack, patting my full stomach and chatting with Gu Yuan.
We spent half a month like this, living a simple life in this shabby cave. These half - month days were carefree, and also the days when I laughed the most since I met Gu Yuan.
His wounds were almost healed. One day, after Gu Yuan and I finished eating, we sat down and chatted about daily life.
"It would be nice if we could always stay in this cave and live a secluded life."
Gu Yuan sat opposite me, his back against the wall, and replied in a soft voice.
"After the sun comes out later, I should go to the city to buy some bedding. We don't know how long we'll be staying here. We can't always sleep on the haystack, right?"
Gu Yuan seemed a bit absent - minded when talking to me. He was constantly rubbing two weeds in his hands, his thoughts drifting. I didn't know what he was thinking.
"Gu Yuan..." He was still lost in thought and didn't answer.
"Gu Yuan, what are you thinking about?" I turned over and sat up from the haystack.
"Ah... Nothing." Only then did Gu Yuan notice that I was calling him.
He definitely wasn't acting right in this state.
"Are you thinking about how to save your mother?"
"No... My mother is being taken care of by Long Lin. I'm very relieved."
"Do you really plan to let Long Lin take care of your mother instead of you? That doesn't seem right. After all, she's not his real mother. How could he treat her sincerely?"
"Chi Yu is right. She's not my real mother. Why should I take care of her?"
As the voice faded, a golden light flashed, and Long Lin actually came into the cave again.
"Brother, how have you been recently?" Long Lin slightly squinted his peach - blossom eyes, looking in a great mood.
"Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet for the time being." Gu Yuan also had a faint smile on his face when he saw Long Lin coming.
"Oh? Since you're okay, shouldn't you clean up your mess?"