684 A Night On The Purple Mountain (2/3)

Chapter 684 One night on the Purple Mountain (23)

The afternoon sun slanted slightly, and the cool autumn wind blew across the mountains, making people's hearts rippling.

The activity in the afternoon was still mountain climbing, but different from the morning, this time the mountain climbing team was divided into six groups, and each group consisted of only five or six people.

Naturally, Wang Peng followed Lu Zhou closely. Luo Wenxuan had just returned to Jinling for less than half a year, and he was not very familiar with other faculty members, and he didn't want to hook up with other girls during this time, so he also followed Lu Zhou's team .

Then there are the young apprentice Han Mengqi, Assistant Lin, and two young ladies from the School of Foreign Languages. One has beautiful long black hair. She majored in Spanish. She just became a counselor last year. feeling.

"Speaking of which, is this the first time Professor Lu has come to Zijin Mountain?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while, then simply replied: "That's not true."

After all, even if his villa is at the foot of Zijin Mountain, going out for a walk is considered going up the mountain.

"We locals rarely come here."

"Are you from Jinling?"

"Hmm, what about you?"

"I'm from Jiangling."

The female counselor from the School of Foreign Languages ​​smiled happily and said, "Jiangling, there is only one word missing. Hee hee, it seems that we are destined."

Lu Zhou: "...?"

Is this also fate?

Along the way, there was someone chirping beside him, and it wasn't boring at all. Stop and go along the way, walked for about an hour, when passing a beautiful maple forest, a group of people decided to stop and have a rest.

Before Lu Zhou had time to find a stone stool to sit down, the female counselor from the School of Foreign Languages ​​excitedly grabbed his arm, switched the phone to the camera and handed it to Wang Peng. Wang Peng gave Lu Zhou a questioning look, saw him return a helpless expression, so he shook his head with a smile, stepped back and knelt down to take a picture.

Sitting on a bench not far away, Han Mengqi dangled her two calves, and her eyes drifted to the two people standing next to the maple leaf forest for a group photo from time to time, her eyes unconsciously showed a little bit of envy.

In fact, she also wanted to stand there for a group photo.

But for some reason, every time such thoughts popped up, an unspoken emotion would flood into my heart, blocking all the words in my throat.

"Do you like Professor Lu?"

Startled by the sudden voice, Han Mengqi almost jumped off the stone stool, turned around and found that it was Assistant Lin, and immediately gave her a shameful look.

"No, no! What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lin Yuxiang pursed her lips and gave a smirk, but blinked her eyes pretending to be innocent.

"I didn't say anything, I just saw that you were looking at him all the way, so I was curious and asked."

Staring at Lin Yuxiang, Han Mengqi pursed her lips and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, she hummed softly.

"Just talk about me...how about yourself?"

"Me?" Lin Yuxiang smiled and said, "Professor Lu is not my type, I really don't like him."

That frivolous tone made it hard to see whether he was frank or lying.

After all, she's always been like this.

After staring at her for a long time without seeing the truth, Han Mengqi hummed pretending to see through, and said bravely.

"...Hmph, liar."

The corner of Lin Yuxiang's mouth curled into an ambiguous arc: "Do I have to lie to you? Well... Although I don't mind what happens to him, that's all."

As soon as she heard what happened, Han Mengqi's face turned red, like a frightened rabbit, her whole demeanor changed.

"Isn't this strange! You obviously don't like it, why did you post... what happened?"

Seeing her blowing hair, Lin Yuxiang suddenly felt that this little girl who loves to be more serious was quite funny, so he couldn't help teasing her.

"What's so strange about this? He's handsome, rich, and has no bad habits. His temperament is quite attractive. Not to mention me, many people actually have similar thoughts, for example... look at that The young lady who took the photo with Professor Lu Lu has a carnivorous animal in her eyes. Besides, she is not just thinking about it for fun."

"Well……"

A pair of bright eyes stared fixedly at Lin Yuxiang, while Han Mengqi pursed her lips and remained silent.

Looking at those clear pupils, for some reason, Lin Yuxiang felt a sense of disgust deep in his heart.

However, this resentment was only fleeting, she gave the little girl a funny look and continued, "In my opinion, you are the weirder one, you obviously have another idea in your heart, but you dare not admit it. "

After all, she turned around without waiting for Han Mengqi's answer, but she just took two steps, and stopped again.

"But... if you want to be more frank one day, I can help you."

After dropping this sentence, she walked towards the roadside toilet.

Looking at the back of Lin Yuxiang who turned and walked away, Han Mengqi muttered in a low voice.

"Why should I trust you..."

"No, no, I don't like him!"

Stamping her feet angrily, not knowing whether she was angry with herself or someone else, Han Mengqi also turned and left.

...

In the evening, dusk slanted slightly.

The six teams arrived at their destination one after another and gathered on an unnamed peak in Zijin Mountain.

It is said that it is a mountain peak, but Lu Zhou actually feels that he can go up a little bit, but there is no smooth stone road to go up. There were only a few courageous and active male teachers who took a few female teachers to explore the mountain. Most of them stayed at the assembly point and set up a carbon stove on the concrete open space.

By the way, this area itself is a picnic spot, so you can use open flames, but you must take away domestic garbage and pay attention to safety.

Walking over with a plastic bucket, looking at Lu Zhou who was sitting there without moving, Wang Peng smiled and said.

"Why don't you pick two fish to roast?"

"Bake it for me, I like it better than grilled fish."

"Okay, you just wait to eat." Throwing a few processed small crucian carp into the plastic bucket, Wang Peng clapped his hands and stood up, "I'll ask for some more."

A dark twilight appeared on the horizon, connecting with the plane trees and the ginkgo sea that looked like fire waves in the distance, making it impossible to distinguish between the sky and the ground.

The flame of the charcoal stove burns slowly, imprinted in the world made of autumn leaves, which is very impressive at first glance. Several girls from the School of Foreign Languages ​​excitedly took out their mobile phones and took a group photo next to this beautiful scenery.

As for Lu Zhou, he didn't have much interest in taking pictures, so he found a comfortable position, sat down against the sycamore tree, took out his mobile phone and quietly brushed up the unfinished thesis.

Time passed quietly, and soon the open space was filled with the fragrance of grilled fish and meat.

Holding a few crucian carp on a skewer in his hand, watching the smoke rise slightly, Wang Peng smiled and said: "Barbecue is the only cooking method I am good at."

Lu Zhou didn't bother to check his language, and asked casually, "Except for barbecue?"

"hot pot."

Lu Zhou: "...does this count as cooking?"

Wang Peng grinned and said, "Anyone who can cook the food counts!"

The barbecue meeting lasted until about seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

After cleaning up the rubbish on the ground, the group boarded the school bus and returned to the hotel halfway up the mountain.

Originally, Lu Zhou planned to go back to his room to rest, but under Lao Tang's recommendation, he went to the hotel's hot spring to soak for a while.

I have to admit that this hot spring is so comfortable that Lu Zhou doesn't want to worry about whether it is artificial or natural.

Lu Zhou wiped off the water on his body, changed into clean clothes, and went to the vending machine to buy a can of coffee. Lu Zhou was about to go back to his room when he saw Han Mengqi with wet hair sitting on a chair next to the guardrail. daze.

Glancing at the vending machine, Lu Zhou thought for a while, bought a can of hot milk, then went to her and sat down on the chair next to her.

"Dry your hair before it's dry. Be careful of catching a cold." Putting the can of hot milk on the glass table, Lu Zhou knocked on the tab of the coffee can and took a sip.

Han Mengqi glanced at Lu Zhou evasively, then nodded slightly.

"Well, I'll be back in a while."

Lu Zhou nodded, but said nothing.

Looking at the night scene outside the window, he sat on the chair and rested for about two minutes, then stood up while supporting the armrest, ready to leave here.

However, before he could take two steps, Han Mengqi suddenly stopped him again.

"Wait a moment."

Lu Zhou turned his head and asked.

"What's matter?"

Her little feet stepped on the edge of the rattan chair, and Han Mengqi, who was holding her knees with her arms, shrank back on the backrest and said in a low voice.

"Can you sit with me for a while?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while, then nodded.

"Can."

Returning to the chair and sitting down, the two did not speak again.

While drinking coffee, Lu Zhou gave Han Mengqi a strange look.

It always feels like she has something to say, but can't say it.

However, he didn't take it too seriously, let alone ask.

Everyone has their own troubles and secrets, and it is very impolite to inquire without authorization.

About ten minutes passed.

The arms hugging her knees tightened slightly, Han Mengqi raised her eyes and glanced at Lu Zhou quickly, and asked a question in a low voice that Lu Zhou didn't expect.

"What do you think of my sister?"

"...Chen Yushan?"

Looking through the night, looking at the lights of the city in the distance, feeling the cool evening wind playing with his bangs, Lu Zhou thought about this question for a while, and answered truthfully, "A good friend who is very easy to get along with."

There are roughly two types of friends.

One is friends who share a common language, such as Brother Luo.

The other is the one that has no common language, but can chat by accident.

As far as he is concerned, senior sister is probably the latter, and she is one of the few.

As for other feelings...

He thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he really hadn't.

Han Mengqi didn't know whether the expression on her face was disappointment or something, she lowered her head and muttered in a low voice.

"Is that all?"

Lu Zhou gave her a strange look: "Is there any problem?"

"Do not……"

Buried her chin between her knees, Han Mengqi slightly lowered her forehead.

Because of the lighting and angle, Lu Zhou couldn't see the expression on her face, only heard a soft whisper from the gently swaying skirt corner.

"……nothing."