Chapter 1406: Escape

Walking out of the door of the antique shop, due to the previous "star effect", the flow of people in the store increased. Chu Zihang squeezed out of the crowd and stood on the steps between the two stone lions, facing the girl who was waiting for him before. He moved closer, but Xia Mi was not found.

This made him walk down the stairs quickly and looked around repeatedly, but he couldn't find the girl. An ominous premonition arose in his heart.

"Excuse me, where is the girl from before?" Chu Zihang found the photographer squatting in front of the stone lion and asked politely. The other person's camera took a photo of Xia Mi wearing the red robe with a phoenix crown. He most likely knew her. Go somewhere.

"It seems that I went there to join in the fun." The photographer lowered his head and pointed at the street in the distance where people were gathering, and inadvertently looked at Chu Zihang up and down, his eyes lit up, "Brother, do you want to make a film? I I’ll take two pictures for you!”

Chu Zihang quickly declined and then quickly walked into the crowd with the sheath of the Xiuchundao in hand. Although he didn't know the reason, Xia Mi had already left alone. In the crowd that kept moving forward, he kept looking around, feeling in his heart He was also getting heavier and heavier, worried that if he stayed in the store too long, the situation would change irreversibly.

There were people all over the place. When Chu Zihang really got deep into the crowd, he realized that what he was doing was like finding a needle in a haystack. He seemed to have underestimated the atmosphere of tonight's costume parade. The entire crowd was moving forward at a constant speed. , he kept apologizing in a low voice and pushed forward. Even if others were willing to let him, his forward speed was like going upstream. His field of vision was limited to the surrounding area. Even if he stood on tiptoe, he could only see the black waves. head.

He called Xia Mi's name loudly, but his voice was drowned in the sea of ​​people. Countless eyes turned towards him and then looked away. He was keenly aware that there was something quite special in those eyes, like needle pricks. His skin ached, which made him look around more frequently, only to see strange and indifferent faces.

Those unrealistic expectations and fantasies were gradually dispersed by the black crowd, and the woman's plain and indifferent words continued to add weight. Something bad had indeed happened. Before that, and even now, he had always been Being kept in the dark, or simply staying out of it.

"Xia Mi!"

He shouted the girl's name loudly, with some anger in his voice that even he couldn't detect. Are you angry at the other person's deception, or is it your own ignorance? The sound of the crowd in my ears was so turbulent, like the noise of heavy rain hitting the road.

There is nothing that can stop a person who knows nothing.

This world is so cruel. What is truly powerless is not that you know everything but can't stop it. But you didn’t know anything, and he just happened in front of you.

You may have been able to stop it, but in the end, what happened has already happened, just like the moment you rushed out of the viaduct in the heavy rain, you stepped on the brakes and wanted to turn back, but what you saw was the vast mist and the endless road. The end. His whole body was filled with the noise that resounded throughout the world, and his limbs and bones seemed to have melted into the environment, with no way forward or retreat in sight.

The heart rate of his heart was rising rapidly. Apart from the noise like rain, the only sound in his ears was the roar of war drums. But for whom were those war drums beating? When the long sword at his waist was unsheathed, which direction was he facing?

"Brother idiot!"

The girl's voice pulled him out of the dark and noisy world, so clear and lively among the crowd, like a snow-white light shining on his back, so dazzling even before he turned around.

Chu Zihang suddenly turned around, and what he saw was not a girl, but a candied haws stick handed to him. After the candied haws, was the girl in full makeup. Her pretty eyebrows blended into the crowd of people, illuminated by lanterns. In the light, the interesting pupils under the eyelashes reflected the confused face of the boy in front of him.

The excessive heart rate unexpectedly began to slow down and gradually came under control. He could only see the girl's face, and his thoughts gradually focused on her bright red lipstick and dazzling pupils.

"When I went to buy candied haws, why did you lose yourself, senior brother? If the cameraman hadn't told me which way you were going, I might not have been able to catch up with you." Xia Mi looked a little out of breath. He handed the candied haws to Chu Zihang's hand angrily.

Chu Zihang took half a step back, looked at the candied haws in his hand, and then at the girl in front of him who was dressed like fire.

Xia Mi and Chu Zihang, who were wearing red sleeves, stopped in the crowd. The tide flowed past them, creating a stable and small space. They were very close to each other. She couldn't help but wrap herself up towards Chu Zihang. The warm silk and the girl's cheeks made the palace lanterns, street lights and skylight become insignificant backgrounds.

"I thought you were." Chu Zihang said.

"What did you think of me? Did I leave you and run away?" Xia Mi grabbed the candied haws on his hips and looked at Chu Zihang happily, "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to be so afraid of being left behind."

Chu Zihang looked at Xia Mi and actually didn't refute him, but nodded gently.

Maybe Xia Mi was right, he was really afraid of being left behind again.

From the bottom of his heart, Chu Zihang has always been the boy walking alone on a rainy night, chasing the Maybach's headlights and the distant thunder splitting the sky, running until he melted into the lonely rainy night, until he caught up with that illusory shadow. .

All the efforts, sweat, blood, and even everything he has put in for this may be because he fears that he will fall again and be left behind at some point in the future.

This time, it was Xia Mi who was stunned by Chu Zihang's blunt response. She scratched her forehead with the end of the bamboo stick of the candied haws in her hand, and then suddenly realized that she had put powder on her face. She quickly raised her sleeves and rubbed her head. "I didn't run around. I just saw someone selling candied haws, and my feet couldn't help but follow him. The old man was very generous. He insisted on giving me two strings for the money I bought for one! He asked me to bring it to my boyfriend, so I can only give it to you, my senior brother."

She talked on and on, with a bit of excitement and pride.

"On the contrary, your senior brother, does it take so long to change clothes? Let me take a closer look at what you are wearing!" She gently pressed Chu Zihang's shoulders with both hands, raised her head and seriously criticized the boy's dress, and her eyes lit up, "Jinyiwei! The boss is really considerate, are you going to assign a bodyguard for me? But are there any black clothes for Jinyiwei? It's a bit sloppy, but it's really handsome, and it fits your personality very well."

"My personality?"

"Cold-faced bodyguard." Xia Mi smiled with her teeth showing, very proud and complacent.

Chu Zihang, who was wearing a dark black Feiyu suit and carrying a knife, stood beside Xia Mi, who was fluttering her red sleeves, and really looked like her personal bodyguard for tonight's trip. Xia Mi was like a female emperor who was about to ascend the throne, and she always needed to bring some confidants and favorites with her. What could be more suitable than the cold and ruthless Feiyu suit as her confidant for night outings?

"Oh, you really brought a knife, is it a prop?" Xia Mi poked the embroidered spring knife sheath on Chu Zihang's waist. The latter retracted his hand holding the knife, as if he was worried that the sharp edge would hurt the girl in front of him, but the sharp blade inside was not even out of the sheath.

"Don't run around, there are too many people and too many eyes. I just saw a lot of mixed-bloods from other places in the crowd." Chu Zihang reminded her.

"Don't worry, they are all here to travel. I just saw those mixed-bloods who seemed to be from New York bargaining with the old man who blew candy figures." Xia Mi hummed and said, "They also wanted my FB account, but I didn't give it to them."

Listening to Xia Mi's voice, Chu Zihang's originally uneasy and anxious consciousness gradually returned to peace. It was a wonderful feeling. When he was by her side, his emotions could always calm down, as if she had a unique magic, and it seemed that he was the only one in the world who could feel this magic and flock to her.

Passersby have already noticed the couple who stayed in the crowd, praising them and looking at them with envy. The discussion gradually became louder. Many people whispered that they were young actors being looked for for filming, and kept looking for the camera position.

But it was true that they found the camera position hidden in the crowd. However, it was the camera crew of the TV station promoting cultural tourism. The cameraman seemed to have noticed that the focus of the crowd was shifting, and kept popping up to find out who was so sacred that he had such a high rate of turning heads. He must catch him in front of the camera to promote Beiyi Cultural Tourism.

"It's bad, we're going to be on TV, run." Xia Mi also noticed this, and quickly reached out to pull Chu Zihang's sleeve, lifted the hem of her red robe and ran. They couldn't be exposed now. Not to mention being on TV, too many people would notice them.

Chu Zihang was forced to keep up with Xia Mi's footsteps, and was always careful not to step on her skirt. Lanterns passed by them as they ran, and light and shadow formed a line. They ran wildly in the tunnel of time, and the ubiquitous noise and clamor seemed no longer so harsh.

In the black tide, the girl holding his hand, who was in his sight, was like a bond of light. The red skirt and the flying scarlet eye shadow were so bright, as if a ball of fire took him through the black tide, as if he was running away, running away from all this complexity and dullness, running to a place where no one could find him.

"Slow down." He said.

"Brother, what did you say? Speak louder, I can't hear you!" Xia Mi in front of him didn't know if it was intentional or she really didn't hear it. She ran and laughed heartlessly, and she looked so frivolous with the flamboyant red dress. Everyone was looking at them, as if they were really like those unscrupulous queens in history.

The two kept rushing forward in the crowd. Xia Mi, who was leading the way, ran and shouted "Excuse me", with a heartless smile on her face, the scabbard and the red sleeves intertwined, tenderness and coldness, light and shadow all overlapped together.

Those who gave way were not angry. They watched the beautiful and handsome young couple running in the lights. Looking at their backs, it was as if they saw the beginning of a beautiful story, and sincerely wished that this was also the end.

Chu Zihang followed her, his eyes a little out of focus. He held the embroidered spring knife in his hand, and his tense palms slightly revealed a gap, and the soft light sneaked in.