Little Cotton

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    Yu Ling knew that she had asked an inexplicable question.

But she just cared.

He cares about whether he and Zhong Chuyun have never seen each other before, and whether the world in his memory really never existed.

In fact, she has been trying to convince herself that everything in the past is not important, and she doesn't have to worry about herself and others.

But it turns out that there are some things that she just can't stop worrying about.

She cautiously asked the question that had flashed through her heart countless times, wanting to get an answer, but afraid of getting an answer she didn't want to hear.

But what kind of answer do you want to hear?

Yu Ling found that she couldn't think clearly about this question either.

She hopes that Zhong Chuyun is Lin Shuang, but also fears that Zhong Chuyun is really Lin Shuang.

The fox in her memory who was kind to her in every possible way, she wanted to meet again, but if they met again, the former goodness would have changed, and she would not know how to face it.

Suddenly, for a moment, Yu Ling was in a state of confusion, and even regretted asking such a question.

After waiting for a few seconds, seeing that Zhong Chuyun didn't answer, she lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "Just pretend I haven't asked."

Zhong Chuyun: "You have asked."

Yu Ling: "..."

So what? Will there be an answer?

Yu Ling raised her head, quietly staring at Zhong Chuyun beside her.

"Is it that similar?" Zhong Chuyun's voice was so faint that people couldn't distinguish between emotions and anger, "Is that friend of yours really that similar?"

Yu Ling nodded, then shook her head again.

Finally, she bowed her head again and fell into a moment of silence.

Like, not like.

When she woke up, no matter how much she told herself, they were not the same fox, but when she looked at Zhong Chuyun, she still couldn't help but think of Lin Shuang.

And when it wasn't like that, no matter how much she hoped that Zhong Chuyun was really Lin Shuang, all expectations in her heart would be wiped out by that indifference.

"Is this answer important to you?" Zhong Chuyun asked her.

"Maybe it's not important." Yu Ling responded in a low voice without confidence.

Actually very important.

But she suddenly didn't want to hear the answer.

After getting this answer, Zhong Chuyun didn't speak anymore.

The car drove silently, and outside the window was a street scene that Yu Ling was not familiar with. This was not the way home. Zhong Chuyun said that he would take her to eat hot pot.

She has never eaten hot pot since she was a child. She has seen it on TV. It should be delicious. She thinks she should be happy about it, but now she is suddenly not happy.

She thought, Zhong Chuyun couldn't be blamed for this. After all, it was her own problem.

It would be nice if you remember to bring money before you come out during the day.

Even if you just bring a few dollars and can't afford lunch, you can still go home.

If I could go home by myself, I wouldn't have to wait for someone in the garage of Zhong Chuyun's company, and I wouldn't be so hungry that my stomach would be pounding, and I wouldn't let Zhong Chuyun feel that she needs to eat right now, instead of half cooking on an empty stomach after returning home. hour meal.

In this way, Zhong Chuyun would not smile at her, and she would not have strange illusions, and would not ask such disappointing words.

It is obviously a very happy thing to eat good food, but in the end she messed it up by herself...

The silence lasted until the moment the car stopped.

Zhong Chuyun didn't get out of the car in a hurry, but just glanced at Yu Ling thoughtfully, and asked a more inexplicable question than Yu Ling's question just now: "Little Cotton, will you grow big?"

"Ah?" Yu Ling recovered from the silent self-blame, but obviously she couldn't understand the meaning of Zhong Chuyun's words.

Zhong Chuyun unlocked the door lock, pulled out the car key, leaned back in the chair and meditated for a few seconds, and said, "Just... grow up, like a tree." "

Like a tree?"

"Big enough to turn into a cotton forest, every plant They are all as tall as trees."

Zhong Chuyun's words can be said to have no logic at all.

How could cotton be as tall as a tree?

Unless it's in a dream.

The amazing thing is that Yu Ling really had such a dream. In the dream, she and the fox ran in a large cotton forest as tall as a tree. She asked the fox if she could grow so tall... Yu Ling's eyes

widened , opened his mouth and wanted to ask, but he couldn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that Yu Ling couldn't answer, Zhong Chuyun suddenly asked again: "There are no foxes on Xiquan Mountain. If you can't get out by yourself, where is that friend?" "

I..." Yu Ling didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"There are some questions that you can't answer, and some things that I can't explain clearly. You ask me if I have seen you, and I can only say that when I saw you for the first time, I did have a feeling of deja vu." Zhong Chuyun said At this point, he looked at Yu Ling who was chasing after him, and said softly, "Do you believe it? I have seen a cotton forest, and each plant is as tall as a tree." "Have you seen it? Where is it?

" "Yu Ling subconsciously asked excitedly, but the next second, she frowned again, and muttered in a low voice, "Are you kidding me? Cotton can't grow so tall." Yu Ling thought, Zhong

Chuyun He must have sensed that she was in a bad mood, so he deliberately said something to lie to children to coax her.

But she is not a child anymore, five hundred years old is considered an adult among the monster race, and she has lived in another world for more than a hundred years, how can she be so easy to deceive?

"I didn't lie to you." Zhong Chuyun said, "I saw it, in a dream."

For some reason, Yu Ling felt her breathing unconsciously quickened.

In the dream...

she also had a similar dream.

She followed closely behind Zhong Chuyun, the cool wind in early spring was no less gentle than the cold winter, and it made her shiver uncontrollably.

Seeing Zhong Chuyun, he stopped for a while, took off his scarf, wrapped it around her neck lightly, and then led the way ahead.

On the white and soft scarf, there is still the warmth of Zhong Chuyun's body, as well as the faint fragrance that only belongs to Zhong Chuyun.

Yu Ling couldn't help but wonder if there was such a possibility. To Zhong Chuyun, she was not an absolutely strange cotton flower.

That night in Xiquan Mountain, Zhong Chuyun clearly had many choices, but when she appeared, Zhong Chuyun put aside those choices and took her away without much thought.

That afternoon, Zhong Chuyun took Yu Ling to a hotpot restaurant serving sliced ​​fish.

The bottom of the pot brought by the waiter is clear soup and milky. There are large pieces of fish boiled in the pot, and there are three plates of good fish fillets outside the pot.

It was the first time Yu Ling saw that fish could be sliced ​​so thinly, slices were spirally placed on the white disc, and spread out into pink and white flowers.

Following Zhong Chuyun's example, she sandwiched the thin fish fillets into the pot and scalded them for more than ten seconds, dipped them in the millet spicy dish in front of her, and put them in her mouth. It was smooth and tender, with a faint milky fragrance.

This was the best food she had eaten in the city, so delicious that all the fatigue and unhappiness disappeared in that moment.

While eating, Yu Ling asked Zhong Chuyun about the dream.

Zhong Chuyun was reluctant to say it at first, but later she felt a little helpless when asked, so he said a few words.

Zhong Chuyun said that she forgot when it started, and she couldn't remember why it happened. She only knew that she was always having a dream over and over again.

In the dream, there was a violent storm and thunderstorms. She was so injured that she could not even maintain her human form. She couldn't see any danger behind her, but she wanted to run away with her injuries.

At the end of the dream, she always ran to a cotton forest.

In the cotton forest, the thunderstorm will stop.

The cotton plants one after another, tall and big like trees, swayed with the wind, as if they would be blown away, which made her feel extremely at ease.

"Is there me in the cotton forest?"

"No."

"Did someone call your name?"

"No."

"Then what else is there besides cotton?"

"Nothing."

Yu Lingjian couldn't ask anything, I couldn't help but deflated my mouth, and took a big mouthful of rice into my mouth.

She thought for a while, couldn't help but took a deep breath, and asked, "So, did you really have such a dream?"

Zhong Chuyun: "Yes."

Yu Ling: "That's why you brought me into this dream." In the city, you still won't let me go?"

Zhong Chuyun: "I didn't let you go."

Yu Ling: "You did! I ran away, and you brought me back!"

Zhong Chuyun: "Then you have ."

This is a bit too straightforward to admit.

Yu Ling bit her lower lip and pondered for a while, raised her eyes and asked, "Are you still curious about my friend? I can tell you, but you have to make sure that no matter how bizarre the thing I said is, you will You can't laugh at me, and you can't feel that I'm lying to you...Even if, even if you don't believe what I said, don't show it!"

Zhong Chuyun was silent for a moment, nodded and gave a soft "um".

So, that night, Yu Ling told Zhong Chuyun a lot about Lin Shuang.

She said that she once thought that she did not deserve any beauty, that no one in this world would need her, and no one would care about herself. She quietly destroyed her inner alchemy. She thought she would end that bleak life, but she was gently awakened by Lin Shuang, whom she had never met, in another completely strange world.

Lin Shuang is a nine-tailed white fox, not as high as Zhong Chuyun, but still very powerful.

Lin Shuang has a good temper and loves to laugh, especially when she smiles.

She is always protected by Lin Shuang, as long as she is by Lin Shuang's side, no one dares to bully her.

Lin Shuang doesn't like to stay in one place, and likes to let her run around the most, as if she can't wait to take her across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and travel to the ends of the world.

When she was with Lin Shuang, she actually suffered a lot, but she didn't feel bitter at all.

Lin Shuang didn't have anything, but she was still willing to give her half of everything she found, no matter food or clothing.

They picked sour and astringent fruits together, and the prey they hunted did not cook with any condiments, as long as they were roasted, they could be eaten to satisfy their hunger.

They always spend the night under a tree or in a cave by making a fire, basking in the scorching sun or drenching in heavy rain, no matter where they are, they cuddle up to each other.

She really liked Lin Shuang, but when a thunder fell, her memory was interrupted.

At this point in the story, the wall clock on the wall has already passed two o'clock in the morning.

Yu Ling talked a lot, Zhong Chuyun listened quietly.

"So, you went back to the year when you were five hundred years old?"

"Yes." Yu Ling nodded and said, "Then I saw you, and you look exactly like Lin Shuang."

She said, her eyes full of tears. It is the light of expectation.

Zhong Chuyun was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice: "All you said is very strange to me."

Yu Ling pursed her lips, lowered her eyelashes, and sighed: "I know, I just get a little dazed occasionally, really occasionally. I know this is wrong, and I apologize to you." "No need to apologize, we did it before.

" A similar dream."

"..."

"Maybe it's Lin Shuang you mentioned, who has been entrusting me with dreams in another world to take care of you." Zhong Chuyun said, got up and walked to the window, and looked out the window.

Yu Ling raised her head and looked at Zhong Chuyun by the window, her gaze couldn't help but froze.

Zhong Chuyun is not Lin Shuang's matter, it seems that it has always been a regret in her heart.

After returning to this world, she was by Zhong Chuyun's side every day, so she naturally hid Lin Shuang in her heart for a long time.

She thought that that name would be hidden by herself forever, no matter how unwilling she would be.

But today, when she revealed this secret that belonged to her, the unwillingness in her heart suddenly decreased a lot.

She looked at Zhong Chuyun's back, and for the first time, she no longer subconsciously made any comparisons in her heart.

She is not a fool, she can tell that Zhong Chuyun is comforting her.

What is another world, what is dreaming but not dreaming, a fox who has lived through several generations of dynasties, a fox whose cultivation level is so high that no one in the world can easily enter her dream, unexpectedly said such words, laughing Don't laugh at people.

But Zhong Chuyun just said, that fox who usually doesn't speak much, in order to make her happy, even his words became clumsy and naive, full of loopholes.

In fact, this fox is very good.

Give her food, give her shelter, don't force her to do anything, and wrap her scarf around her body.

Why does she always feel that this fox is inferior to that fox?

"Anyway, thank you for believing everything I said. Or, you didn't believe it, but you pretended to believe it just to make me happy. Anyway, the past is all over, you don't need to comfort me." Yu Ling He whispered, "I miss her very much, I want to tell her where I am, and tell her that I didn't leave on purpose, but if I really want to go back... I don't really want to go back.

" bitter.

Who made her a very selfish cotton flower? Whoever is kind to her, she will easily miss him.

For those who have already left once, the reluctance in their hearts has long since faded away.

But the one who is beside him now, has not left yet, and has anticipated that strong reluctance.

As much as she didn't want to admit it, she had become a little dependent on the fox.

Because of dependence, when I go out to look for a job during the day, my first reaction is to look for it near where Zhong Chuyun works. Because of dependence, when I found out that I had no money to take the bus, my first reaction was to return to Zhong Chuyun's car and squat.

In fact, it's not that she has no other choice, but she subconsciously wants to do so.

Thinking about it carefully, she really didn't need to make any comparison between Zhong Chuyun and Lin Shuang, because Zhong Chuyun was no worse than Lin Shuang.

Maybe in those past days, I was just unwilling.

"Go to bed early."

"Yeah!"

Yu Ling responded, turning off the heater at her feet.

That night, she had a dream.

In the dream, she saw Lin Shuang again.

Lin Shuang asked her, "Where have you been?"

She said, "I'm back to the original world."

Hearing this, Lin Shuang was very anxious: "Then you were bullied by those bad things again?"

She shook her head and said, "No, a fox helped me. She said that you entrusted her with a dream and asked her to come to me and take care of me. She is very kind to me. Apart from you, there is no one else in this world. She will be so kind to me..."

"Then you don't need me anymore?"

"I..."

"Then I'm leaving." Lin Shuang said, smiling and waving to her.

The guy who once promised to be together forever, at this moment, there is no trace of loss or nostalgia in his eyes.

"Where are you going?" She couldn't help asking anxiously, but the answer was beyond her expectation.

"I'm going to the next place."

"The next place? Can't I stay?" "

Because I want to escape, I want to keep running, to a safe enough place..." "

Why do I want to run away?"

"We Haven't you been on the run all this time?"

"Really..."

Really?

When she was with Lin Shuang, she was indeed running all the time. Could it be that she was on the run?

Who are you running from? Where are you going to escape?

Why... can't remember anything...

In the dark, she saw the cotton forest again.

She chased after the fox, shouting as she ran, wishing that the fox would stop and turn around to say another word to her.

She didn't ask for more, she just wanted to know where the fox planned to go from now on, and where he was going to escape before the end.

But she couldn't catch up, no matter what.

...

When Yu Ling opened her eyes, there was a door knock in the living room.

Zhong Chuyun has already gone to work.

She squeezed her quilt tightly, curled up into a ball, and fell into a moment of thought.

Her memory has always been good, but for some reason, she always feels as if she has forgotten something.

Yu Ling sat up from the bed, shook her head, let the cold wake up her confused mind, and stopped thinking about that inexplicable dream.

It's another new day, she has to hurry to find her own job, and she can't stay at Zhong Chuyun's house for nothing.

After a hasty breakfast, the ambitious Mian Mian went out again.

This time, she deliberately checked the pockets of her coat to make sure she had money before running to the elevator.

On the second day of looking for a job after the year, I was still disappointed.

On the way home, she saw a grilled chicken shop. The smell of roasted chicken wafted out of her nostrils, and there were many people lined up outside the shop.

With so many people queuing up, it must taste good.

Yu Ling couldn't help but stood by the side for a while, watching someone passing her with a roast chicken, she couldn't help swallowing.

She silently remembered this place and the name of the roast chicken shop.

She thought, when she got a job and made money, she would buy half of it and go home to taste it with Zhong Chuyun.

Fragrant grilled chicken, served with warm white rice, and a little vegetarian cabbage, I feel very comfortable just thinking about it.

"Yo, Cotton."

A voice brought her back from her imagination.

Yu Ling turned around, only to see an annoying guy behind him at some point.

"You won't run away from home again, will you?" Zhong Chutian said jokingly, his eyes had already sized up the little demon in front of him from head to toe.

Yu Ling pursed her lips, and explained: "I came out to look for a job, and now I'm going back." "

It's good for the little girl to stay at home, and my sister won't starve you to death."

"I'm an adult!"

"Oh, then did you find it?"

"No."

"Tsk, what a tragedy."

"..."

Yu Ling took a deep breath, and in her heart compared the gloating guy in front of her with Yu Tang, the brother who always bullied him, made an equal sign.

It's really unlucky, I ran into this guy after being in a daze for a while, if only I didn't be in a daze just now.

"I'm going back!" Yu Ling said, turned around and walked a few steps before being stopped by Zhong Chutian's two "hey".

"Yu Mian, help me."

"My name is Yu Ling!" Yu Ling turned around and corrected with a frown.

"Okay, Yu Ling Yu Ling." Zhong Chutian corrected and walked towards her, but there was not much apology in his tone, but he just said again, "Do me a favor." "What's the favor?" Yu Ling asked

angrily road.

She couldn't help thinking, how could someone ask for help, use this tone, and call the wrong person's name!

Is this the attitude of asking for help?

It is only because she is a kind cotton flower that she stands here so patiently, trying to help this impolite fox.

Just when she thought about it and became more and more dissatisfied, the impolite fox walked slowly to the end of the roast chicken team and waved at her.

What happened later was probably that Zhong Chutian dragged her to queue at the door of the grilled chicken shop for almost 40 minutes, and finally bought three wings, three breasts and three legs, and two chicken skins, divided them into two bags, and returned to their respective boxes. Home.

Zhong Chutian said that the grilled chicken in this restaurant is delicious, and the store only opens every afternoon, so many people would come to buy it after driving for an hour or two.

He happened to want to eat today, and happened to meet her. Since someone is helping to run errands, he should also buy a copy for Zhong Chuyun, anyway, Zhong Chuyun has been nagging about wanting to eat this.

Yu Ling couldn't imagine the scene where Zhong Chuyun wanted to eat roast chicken.

She has the right to suspect that Zhong Chuyun never said that he likes to eat this food. Zhong Chutian probably wanted to find an excuse to treat her to a meal because he saw her slobbering in embarrassment.

Regardless, she admitted that she was bought off by the roast chicken.

When queuing up, she felt that the guy was not so annoying for the first time, and she chatted with him casually, and found that as long as she didn't get entangled in the steamed dumplings, this guy was not as she imagined. so difficult to communicate.

She smelled the fragrance in her hand all the way, and hugged the roast chicken in her arms, as if afraid of getting cold, she took it all the way home.

At this point in time, Zhong Chuyun is almost off work, so cook the meal quickly, just in time for Zhong Chuyun to come back.

Yu Ling put the grilled chicken and the chicken skin into two plates respectively, put them in the heat preservation vegetable cover, and waited patiently.

She was very hungry, but she was reluctant to eat even a bite first.

Her appetite is too big, it's better to wait for Zhong Chuyun to eat before letting go, otherwise Zhong Chuyun will definitely be hungry.

Yu Ling waited and waited, and finally heard the familiar footsteps.

She stepped forward quickly, opened the door, and welcomed Zhong Chuyun in with joy.

"So happy, did you find a job?"

"No." Yu Ling said, smiling with her eyebrows bent, and ran all the way into the kitchen with Zhong Chuyun, who had just changed her shoes, "But we have something good to eat tonight! This restaurant There are a lot of people queuing up for the roast chicken, and I waited for more than forty minutes to get it!"

"You bought it for me?" Zhong Chuyun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Zhong Chutian bought it for you." Yu Ling said.

"Oh." Zhong Chuyun turned around and walked into the bedroom, changing his face faster than turning the pages of a book.

Yu Ling has the right to suspect that the relationship between the two siblings is not harmonious.

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The author has something to say:

The roast chicken was not bought by my wife, indifferent.