Bao Le had a long, long dream about her childhood, before her parents died.They live in a small courtyard in the countryside. In the center of the courtyard is an osmanthus tree that is said to be hundreds of years old.Every late autumn, they set up a small table under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, eating sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and watching the moon.

Her father held her in his arms and told her the stories in the "Shan Hai Jing". When he talked about those terrifying beasts, his grandma always said something fiercely, telling him not to scare the child.Bao Le giggled, she didn't think those things were scary at all, but listened with gusto.

Full moon, sweet-scented osmanthus tree, wooden table, rattan chair, sweet-scented osmanthus cake and the classic of mountains and seas.

Indistinctly, a gust of cold wind with the fragrance of flowers blows by.She saw a fiery red shadow, with awesome heat all over its body, dancing around the osmanthus tree.

She saw her younger self smiling foolishly.

She couldn't remember what she said at that time.

...

Opening her eyes, it took Bao Le three or four minutes to slowly recover her memory—they came out of the tomb and walked into the corridor, and then she fainted before the exit.She remembered that before she fainted, Shen Wangyan and Shen San also fainted.

Bao Le struggled to sit up from the bed, and found that his right hand was being dripped.

Look to the right, good guy, she, Shen Wangyan, and Shen San, the three patients are now sleeping in three beds in a row, and they are all on drips.This is probably the hotel where they stayed, and they temporarily relocated to an open ward.

After a while, Jiang Ning pushed the door open and came in. Seeing that she woke up, she handed over the bowl in her hand.

This bowl contained a white-brown liquid, which smelled a little familiar, and even quite fragrant.Bao Le guessed that it should be a kind of mysterious medicine, and all these sweet illusions were to cover up its bitter nature, so as to trick her into drinking it.

Jiang Ning looked at her wrinkled face, struggled for a while, and finally drank the contents of the bowl like dying.

The little girl was shocked—is this really milk tea?!

Jiang Meiren smiled.

At this time, Shen San also woke up. Seeing Shen Wangyan beside him, he was about to leave when Jiang Ning pushed him back.

Jiang Ning said: "The ones that attacked you are a kind of moth, but after staying in the tomb for a long time, they have mutated. Originally, these things would not actively attack humans, but the clay pots you opened are their lairs.Only then did I startle them. The moth itself is not fatal, at most it absorbs light. Its scales can make people feel itchy, but they will only float on the surface of the skin, just shake it off. Even if it is scratched and enters the blood, it is at most a feelingIt hurts."

Shen San looked at Shen Wangyan and the many blisters on his body.

"Oh, it's not caused by scale powder," Jiang Meiren rubbed her nails, "It's caused by this kind of moth that stopped on her body and then laid eggs. This thing hatches for a very short time and feeds on your blood, so you have been having a fever before, but after picking up blisters and injecting antibiotics, you are basically fine."

"Oh, you don't know. When the blisters were opened for you, the cocoons had already reached the stage of forming cocoons inside. I guess you will be able to give birth to baby butterflies after waiting an hour or two."

Shen San shivered for a while, successfully being disgusted by her.He turned his head to look at Shen Wangyan, thinking that their young master is really suffering now.

"Don't worry, Shen Wangyan wasn't hurt as badly as you. You're fine and he's definitely fine," Jiang Ning said, "And sucking his blood, these insects are also seeking their own death."

After Jiang Meiren finished speaking, she looked back at Bao Le on the other side, and saw that she seemed to have ADHD, rolling up her sleeves to look around for the blisters on her body.She didn't see it on her arm, and she even planned to lift her shirt in public.

Jiang Ning sat on her bed and cupped her face with her slender fingers.The little girl's eyes were full of tears, and she seemed to be frightened by what she said.

"You are different from them," Jiang Ning said with a smile, "You are taking glucose."

"You just committed hypoglycemia."

"..."

Bao Le didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

...

Shen Wangyan didn't wake up, and Bao Le took a look at him after dinner.

Just after Jun Zhi took his temperature, he put down the thermometer with a frown, wrung out the wet towel and put it on his forehead.Jiang Ning watched Bao Le staring at the door for a long time but didn't come in, so she couldn't help but rubbed against her.

Jiang Meiren pinched her familiar cheek and asked, "Are you worried?"

Bao Le nodded.

They looked at each other.

Jiang Ning: "Go out and talk?"

Bao Le followed Jiang Ning and sat back in the lobby. It was just after dinner, and it was just the two of them.She watched Jiang Ning take out a familiar cigarette case from her pocket. Jiang Meiren hardly ate at the same table with them, and she would go out to smoke every meal, and it was no exception just now.

The honest and good boy Bao Le complained silently: "Smoking is harmful to health."

Jiang Ning giggled twice, but the hand holding the cigarette was not in a hurry to light it.

"You don't need to worry too much," she said, "Shen Wangyan knows his physical condition, he is already the best in the Shen family for generations, such a small problem can't defeat him."

She keeps saying that, it's not that Bao Le doesn't believe her, it's just that she can't convince herself to be at ease.

Jiang Ning said with a smile: "It's not you who should be nervous now, the person who should not be far away from protecting him, was farther away than Shen San when he had an accident."

Bao Le thought about it, at that time Jun Zhi did not act with Shen Wangyan because he was by her side.

"What is the relationship between them? They look so similar, but they are not brothers."

Jiang Ning said: "There must be a blood relationship, but it is quite far away. Shen Wangyan looks like Jun Zhi, so it can only be said that it is destined."

Bao Le noticed that the word she used here was "Shen Wangyan looks like Junzhi", and this word is usually used because of the resemblance between the younger generation and the older generation.Although it can't be seen, there is at least one piece of information: Jun Zhi is older than Shen Wangyan.

She added: "You can understand their relationship as the shadow of the rich young master and his bodyguard."

Bao Le suddenly realized.

Jiang Ning flicked her head: "Don't think wrong."

The little girl covered her head and retorted: "You know what I'm thinking again?"

"I just know it."

Jiang Ning smiled sinisterly: "I've seen you like this a lot before. But use your little head to think about it. Outsiders who haven't experienced those things, why speculate on their relationship? Do you think Mr.How many years have you been a shadow, and do you know what a person needs to sacrifice in order to become another person's shadow?"

Bao Le was taken aback by her question.

"I don't want to see someone surnamed Shen," Jiang Ning said, "Although I don't want to see him, it's not that I don't admire him."

Bao Le complained: "But Jun Zhizhi's surname is not Shen."

Jiang Ning squinted at her.

"Do you like Jun Zhi, Jiang Ning?"

The little girl spoke suddenly, and almost didn't recite it to Jiang Ning with a smile.

The more Bao Le thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right, especially after seeing the two of them in the tunnel, they could cooperate with each other with a single look in their eyes, which would never be possible without a tacit understanding of more than ten years.

Jiang Ning flicked her head again.

Bao Le wailed: "You are responsible for the child's stupidity!"

"Girls of your age, are these feelings and loves in your mind all day long?"

"Not really, I'm a careerist, but that doesn't stop me from gossiping when I'm free."

Jiang Ning raised her hand again, scaring Bao Le to cover her head.Seeing the little girl's silly look, she suddenly understood why Shen Wangyan's heart softened back then.It's not that she is soft-hearted, but looking at her is like seeing the former self.Before falling into darkness, they were also light.

Jiang Meiren said: "I don't know how your career is, but at least you're lucky. That spirited guy in the village, what's his name? Didn't he just fall in love with you, so he wants to celebrate his birthday with you?"

Bao Le's eyes went dark, how could she forget about this matter.

"By the way, what day is it today?"

"Thursday."

"Oh my God!"

Jiang Ning watched Bao Le hug her head and wailed, then hurried back to the second floor to change clothes, knowing that she would go out later.The smile slowly disappeared from this beauty's face, and she looked at Shen San, who had been observing them, with a bit of sullenness. The latter nodded to her, and then disappeared into the darkness.

After a while, Bao Le changed into new clothes and came down. He even combed his hair, looking refreshed.

She saw Jiang Ning talking to Junzhi, seeing her coming down, Jiang Ning pushed Jun Zhi to her side with a smile: "I don't worry about you walking alone at night, take this Jun Zhi with you!"

Bao Le thought to himself, after the conversation just now, how could she dare to order someone's exclusive bodyguard, shaking her head like a rattle.

Jun Zhi just glanced at her, and said lightly, "Let's go."

After speaking, he went straight out the door.

Bao Le looked at Jiang Ning with a confused face, only to see Jiang Meiren waved at her with a bright smile.

...

During the whole journey, Bao Le kept thinking about what is going on now.She didn't wear much, and the cold wind blew on her body, making her shiver, but the colder it was, the better her brain was, and she even caught a clue.As she walked, she bumped into someone, this familiar hardness... Bao Le rubbed his nose and raised his head.

"Cold." Jun Zhi said.

Bao Le tilted his head in confusion.

He went on to say: "Go slowly."

Bao Le walked side by side with him, she quietly raised her head to look at him, the moonlight shone on him, illuminating his already three-dimensional facial features, making him look even better.Although his whole body exudes a sense of alienation that strangers should not enter, it cannot be called indifference.For example, he will adjust the speed according to your pace, or in such an environment, he will pull you to walk slower together.

He is not good at words, but he is actually very caring.

If everything is as Jiang Ning said, maybe he didn't want to take care of others voluntarily.

...

For Abu's birthday, he invited many friends to his home to play at night. When Bao Le arrived, he saw Meiduo.The little girl Meiduo likes Bao Le very much. She said that the last time she saw her, she wanted to give her a small bracelet made by herself. Unfortunately, after the bracelet was made, Bao Le never disappeared.I heard that she will come to Abu's birthday party, and the little girl has been waiting for her at Abu's house for a long time.

It was a very simple hand-knitted flower bracelet, made of thin ropes in three colors: light pink, light yellow and water green.In the center of the bracelet, the little girl inlaid a small crystal very carefully and skillfully.Although Bao Le's occupational disease told her that it was just a plastic fake crystal, she was still very moved.She seldom receives gifts on weekdays. In such a small village, she received such a thoughtful gift from a local girl, not to mention how happy she is.

The little birthday boy Abu saw it, and called Mei Duo eccentric, and he didn't have such a good gift.Seeing him joking, Mei Duo stomped on his foot angrily, then sat next to Bao Le with a blushing face, and kept asking her if she liked it.

Later, the atmosphere became lively. The two children, Abu and Meiduo, took her and chatted non-stop. The most common thing was to ask her what anecdote she had working in the archaeological team.Bao Le thought I don't know, after all, this is her first time going to the ground.But she is not without words, two visits to the tomb experience, coupled with some artistic processing, she still spoke happily.

Several children were dumbfounded, and they applauded and applauded when they talked about brilliant things.

Meiduo envied: "So my sister has seen what the princess in the tomb looks like?"

Bao Le proudly: "Of course, Xin Zhui from Mawangdui, do you know that the tomb owner of the princess tomb, Princess You, looks similar to that one. Even though thousands of years have passed, she is still the same as a living person, and she is not ugly.She was a beauty before she was born."

"I really want to see you," Abu said.

Bao Le said seriously: "That's not necessarily good, after all, it's also a thousand-year-old female corpse, I'm afraid you will have nightmares at night."

Abu smirked twice.

While chatting, Abu's mother lifted the curtain and came in with a snack in her hand. Bao Le recognized with sharp eyes that it was their special "tea cake".

"It's too late and there's nothing to entertain." The hostess was a little embarrassed, and put the plate with tea cakes in front of Bao Le, and put two pieces on the empty plate in front of Junzhi who was sitting in a daze.Jun Zhi glanced at her sideways, without any movement or expression.

Bao Le was really embarrassed for Abu's mother, and said with a smile: "It's okay, auntie, he doesn't like sweets. But I like your tea cake, I will eat it for him."

After she finished speaking, she picked up a piece of tea cake and was about to put it in her mouth when Jun Zhi stepped forward to stop her.

Bao Le was stunned for a moment, but she reacted quickly, immediately put down the tea cake, and hid behind the king.Her operation is so smooth and smooth, it is impossible to tell that she is the same person as she was just now.Jun Zhi was a little surprised, but he was a little surprised by her reaction.

Abu across the table sneered.

"It seems to have been discovered."

The night is as cold as water, but even cooler is the heart.