Chapter 8: Companionship
Thanks to Hayes's careful care, Banxia's body gradually recovered. During the day, Hayes would go to the woods behind him to pick fresh fruit and put it in front of the half-summer bed. At night, he would sleep on the other side of the cave, curled up with his snake tail curled up, and stayed quiet. Banxia slept on the stone bed, looking at his appearance on the other end, and felt relieved.
The nights in the cave are always cold, there is no bedding, and Banxia can only huddle his body tightly. Until one day, he came back with a pile of firewood. Banxia asked him, "Hayes, what are you doing?" ”
"I saw that it was written in the book that making a fire can warm people," he said. So, I saw that you were cold and wanted to make a fire for you. ”
"Hayes, thank you." Tears swirled in Banxia's eyes, when did she become so vulnerable, and said, "I'll help you." Banxia got out of bed and built a pyre with Hayes, and he took out two flints, but he couldn't hit them.
Banxia on the side looked at his face flushed from anxiety, beads of sweat dripping from his sideburns, and even his ears were red. Looking at his serious appearance like this, I feel that he is no different from an ordinary young man.
The flames began to burn, "That's it! He called out happily, like a child. Banxia wiped the sweat from his sideburns with a handkerchief, he looked straight at Banxia, for a long time, Banxia turned his head embarrassedly, and said, "Banxia, you are so good-looking." ”
This was the first time he had called Banxia's name, and Banxia hadn't had time to respond to him. I saw that the tip of his tail looked particularly red against the flames. Banxia pushed him anxiously, wanting to get close to the tip of his tail, touching it with his hand and worrying about hurting him, looking at him worriedly: "Are you okay?" I'm sorry, I forgot that you are a snake man and are afraid of fire. ”
He looked at the tip of his tail, which was red from the fire, and there was a tingling pain. He frowned in pain, but said to Banxia with a smile: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of pain." ”
"What about the herbs you gave me last time? Where is it? He pointed to the back. Banxia got up and walked to the back, it turned out that there was still a hole here.
Walking in, there was a stone bed inside, and several dilapidated boxes that I don't know what were inside, and a stone table with herbs on them. Banxia picked up the herb, came to him, and said to him, "It will hurt a little, you bear with it." ”
He nodded, "It's okay, I'm not afraid." ”
Banxia put the herb on the stone, hammered it with the stone, and then gently applied it to the tip of his tail, and there was a "swish" sound next to his ear, which hurt him, Banxia exhaled into the wound, and then tied it with a handkerchief. "Okay, don't move around these days, you'll recover."
He looked at the bow on his snake's tail, which was very novel, and said with a smile: "Banxia, you are so powerful, it really doesn't hurt." So he fiddled with his snake's tail vigorously, and let out another cry of pain.
Banxia said helplessly: "If you want to move, look at it." Banxia checked the snake tail and breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it didn't deteriorate. Then Banxia told him like a child, he looked at Banxia so seriously, he could only nod and be obedient.
"Hayes, come on." On the beach, Banxia lifted the hem of her skirt and jumped, leaving one footprint after another on the beach. Banxia turned around, and Hayes crawled behind him with a snake's tail following Banxia's footprints. Banxia beckoned to him and showed a bright smile, Banxia hadn't been so happy for a long time.
When he was tired of walking, Banxia stopped, sat on the beach, closed his eyes, and listened to the sound of the wind. Hayes also sat down and accompanied Banxia. "Banxia, you looked so good smiling just now."
"Then I'm not usually good-looking?" Banxia asked pretending to be angry. Hayes beside him hurriedly shook his head violently and replied nervously, "No, it's good-looking." "Yes, it's always good." Banxia looked at him in a hurry, and couldn't help laughing, and tears flowed out of his laughter.
Hayes approached Banxia, the faces of the two of them close at hand, and then Hayes stuck out his tongue and licked the tears from the corners of Banxia's eyes. His face wrinkled slightly, and he said sadly: "This is not delicious, don't have it again in the future." ”
Banxia was stunned, forgetting that there is a difference between men and women. At this moment, Banxia stretched out his arms and hugged him, "Thank you, Hayes, really thank you." Banxia buried his head in his shoulder and sobbed quietly, while he patted Banxia's back with his hand and quietly accompanied Banxia.
On the other side, since falling off the cliff in mid-summer, Ye Anshi has trapped himself in his room all day long, drinking day and night. There were messy flasks on the floor, and the room was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. And he sat among a pile of flasks, his eyes glazed over, his face gray and a little pale. He hadn't eaten in days.
There was a knock on the door, and the butler said outside the door, "Young Master, Miss Twilight is here to visit you again." Or is it the same as before? ”
"Get out." The butler heard the roar of the young master in the door, sighed, and was about to retreat when someone broke in.
"Miss Twilight, you can't go in, you can't go in." The butler shouted at the back at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't stop Twilight at all.
He didn't even lift his head, and shouted, "Get out!" ”
"Lord Ye, how long are you going to be like this? Miss Ao doesn't want to see you like this. Twilight Yixin stepped into the door and saw the miserable situation in the room, and couldn't help but feel heartache and comforted.
"What do you know!" When Ye Anshi heard Banxia's name, he slammed the wine jug in his hand on the ground. The wine spilled on Twilight's shoes, but she didn't care.
"Lord Ye, what I like is your high-spirited appearance, not the decadent appearance you are now. You stay here and don't look for the girl, she will never forgive you. Twilight didn't care about etiquette anymore and said what she thought.
These words stimulated Ye Anshi, and he looked at Twilight Yixin indifferently, with two flames in his eyes, as if he was going to burn Twilight Yixin. "What did you say?"
"I can see that you like Miss Ao, but you still agreed to her marriage. Since you regret it now, you should do your best to make amends instead of drinking here. Twilight's mouth and jaw began to tremble, and then, she cried and ran out.
For a while, Ye Anshi suddenly had a little hope, maybe Banxia was still alive. As long as he works hard, will there be a day when Banxia is willing to forgive him and come to see him. He smiled self-deprecatingly, he was defeated after all, in the hands of Banxia.
Thinking of Twilight Yixin who ran out just now, what this little girl said is still a little useful, thank her next time.
As the sun set, Banxia looked at the reddening sky and said, "Hayes, let's go back." ”
Back in the cave, Banxia looked at the hem of his skirt, which was torn, and asked Hayes, "Hayes, do you have any human clothes here?" ”
Hayes scratched his head and thought for a moment, "I think I've seen it somewhere, it looks like it's the box inside." "They went into the cave together. Banxia opened the worn-out box and found that it contained human clothes, books, and even jewelry. Was there human life here before? Banxia felt strange, "Hayes, where did these things come from?" ”
Hayes shook his head, "I don't know, these boxes were left by my father, but my father never let me touch them, he said that some things are happier not to know." But I didn't understand what he said. Banxia felt even more strange, Hayes's father was related to humans, could it be that Hayes's mother was human!
"Hayes, what about your mother?"
When Hayes heard the word mother, he lowered his head, pursed his mouth, and said sadly, "I have not seen my mother." I asked my father, but he just looked at the sea and didn't say anything. ”
Looking at Hayes's appearance, Banxia's heart also became entangled, "I'm sorry, Hayes, I shouldn't have said it." But I'm sure your mother must have loved you very much, because Hayes is such a wonderful person. Banxia smiled and comforted him.
"Hmm." Hayes smiled and looked at Banxia.
Banxia approached the box and opened the books inside, including "Analects" and "Book of Songs". Banxia suddenly had an idea, and said slyly: "Hayes, I'll teach you to read tomorrow." ”
"Okay, you can do anything with Banxia." Hayes smiled innocently, but Banxia's face turned red. Hayes asked her, "Banxia, why is your face red?" ”
"It's too hot." Banxia turned his head away and didn't look at him.
Hayes touched his forehead in confusion, "Why am I not hot." ”
Banxia looked at him seriously, and the heat on Banxia's face couldn't go down, so he said, "Let's go out, I won't be hot when I go out." After saying that, Banxia fled quickly, leaving a bewildered Hayes behind.