"yes." Ah Jiu nodded.

Xia Ye crossed his waist and flicked him with a brain: "Then what do you mean that you saved me?" Didn't I save you? If I hadn't been knocked out by you at the bottom, you would be doing well? ”

"But every time people go up the mountain, they come down like this, it was you who suddenly appeared there, inexplicably, scared me, and I accidentally fell off......" Ah Jiu retorted solemnly, and his head was the way.

Xia Ye was confused: "You said that every time you go up the mountain...... Do you often go up the mountain? What are you doing up the mountain? ”

Ah Jiu was very proud: "My grandfather said that there will be snow lotus flowers and fruits on the mountain this year, that is a miracle medicine, I hope I can pick it." But I don't know when the flowers will bloom, so I stay here every day and go up the mountain every day to see them. ”

"So?" Xia Ye's eyes lit up, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her eyes looked directly at the child, only feeling as if she would hear something she wanted to hear.

Sure enough, Ah Jiu laughed, and said with crooked eyebrows: "I was so excited at the time, I saw that the pure white flower really bloomed, and I was excited, so I went to pick it, because I was too careful, I had to pick flowers carefully, and I accidentally stepped on the snow under my feet, so it fell......" He said and was quite aggrieved: "I have been back and forth to the snow mountain countless times, but I have never been so unlucky!" ”

It turned out that the snow lotus was really picked by this child. Now that she has picked it, she is not in a hurry.

Xia Ye patted his head gently, squatted down to check, "Then did you fall or something?" Where does it hurt? ”

Ah Jiu shook his head: "It doesn't hurt, I'm used to it." ”

Got used to it? Xia Ye asked suspiciously, "You just said that you have a grandfather, what about your grandfather?" How could you go to such a dangerous place alone, and you usually ...... Didn't your grandfather care if he fell or something? ”

Ah Jiu smiled, "My grandfather passed away, and I've been living alone for a long time. ”

Long? "How long?"

"I don't know. There is no sun or moon in the mountains. Every day when it gets dark and dawn, I use a knife to carve a stroke on it, probably more than a thousand. Ah Jiu pointed to a few wooden sticks placed on the side of the wall, the wooden sticks were cut flat and slender, without a single fork, but there were many marks carved on them with a knife, and each stroke was very serious and careful. He seems to be numb to such things, so when he talks about it, he can't hear too much sadness and sadness except for a little loss and loneliness.

More than a thousand strokes represent that he lived alone for at least three years. It's just a kid who looks like he's thirteen years old......

Xia Ye felt pity and couldn't help but say, "Do you still want to stay here forever?" Do you want to go down the mountain with your sister? Sister...... Take you to live a good life? "It sounds like kidnapping Ah Jiu...... Xia Ye was embarrassed by his language skills.

Ah Jiu blinked his bright eyes and said, "But grandpa said that no matter who wants me to go down the mountain with him, I can't agree, grandpa said that such people are bad people......"

Natsuha was choked and almost burst into tears.

Just when he wanted to say that he was not a liar, he was really not a liar, but Ah Jiu answered again: "Sister, do you also want that snow lotus?" ”

Natsuba: "......" I don't know whether to admit or deny?

I really want it...... But this peerless elixir was picked up by Ah Jiu desperately, because his grandfather's last life made him stay here alone for so many years, how could he be embarrassed to leave?

She was greatly embarrassed for her conscience, and faced Ah Jiu's clear eyes, but she didn't know what to say.

In the end, she could only sigh and say to Ah Jiu: "Although my sister is here for Xuelian, you believe that your sister is a good person, and she will not lie to you or rob your things, I just said that I want to take you down the mountain just for your own good, not for other purposes, you can rest assured." ”

Ah Jiu smiled: "That's good." Grandpa asked me to wait here for the snow lotus to bloom, and I waited here obediently. I waited here alone for so long, and finally told me to wait, but I didn't know what the snow lotus was for, I wanted to wait until tomorrow when it was dawn, go to my grandfather's grave, bury the snow lotus, and bring it to my grandfather. ”

Natsuba: "......!!! "Don't you want to be so bad...... Saying that he is tyrannical and destroying heavenly things, does he know?

Ah Jiu looked at Xia Ye's slightly convulsive face, and asked innocently, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" Isn't it right for Ah Jiu to do this? ”

Xia Ye really wanted to cry, but Ah Jiu did it with filial piety. The snow lotus picked by others has the right to dispose of it at will, but ...... Xia Ye still thought about it, and said cautiously: "Ah Jiu, let me tell you, my sister came up to the mountain to pick snow lotus because an aunt was sick...... Urgently need this snow lotus to save her life. If you don't have a ...... If it is very useful, can you put Snow Lotus ...... Uh, what about lending it to me? Or sell it to me? Whatever you want, I can change it for you! ”

She's going to save the princess!

Xia Ye's eyes were shining and staring at Ah Jiu, hoping that Ah Jiu would be moved by her, after all, the living need this more than the dead.

But Ah Jiu shook his head: "I'm used to living here, I don't need anything." Sister, my grandfather told me to pick snow lotus before he died, didn't he want to? He wanted, I picked it now, and I should have sent it to my grandfather, but he wanted it! I'm filial, grandpa will be very happy to know! ”

This is his insistence and concept! Compared to the critical illness and urgent needs of people he didn't know, it was obvious that his grandfather's last words and wishes were more important.

And he was still very defensive, even if Xia Ye looked harmless, but that sound like he was lying to a child, he was already dissatisfied, "Sister, you just said that you don't want Xuelian, and now you want to lie to me!" My grandfather said that no matter who comes, you can't give Xuelian out, sister, don't say it, I won't believe you. I'll send you down the mountain after dawn. ”

After he finished speaking, he turned his back and ignored Xia Ye again.

Xia Ye stared at his back, only feeling a moment of weakness, but he couldn't give birth to a trace of anger and dissatisfaction with him.

Natsuba doesn't have any right to blame.

On the contrary, she also felt that Ah Jiu had done the right thing.

But now there's the problem.

But Natsuba couldn't get over it no matter how hard she racked her brains.

The night is still very deep, the stars and the moon are not shining, and although it has been detached from the deep snow accumulation on the top of Shu Mountain, it is still very cold. Xia Ye was covered with a few animal skins, and there was a fire burning around him, but he still felt that there was a coldness that permeated his body, invaded his heart and lungs, and lingered.

Ah Jiu leaned against the fire, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes to recuperate, he looked pure and harmless when he fell asleep, like a child next door. It's just that the green loneliness between his eyebrows makes him look even more lonely.

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