Chapter 90 (1/2)

When they finished speaking, both of them sank to the ground. Looking at each other, Lin Wenxi and Zhao Yuan smiled and then shook their heads. In an instant, they couldn’t figure it out. “Why did we run away?”

They were very clear that it was not surprising that Zhao Yuan would never choose to abandon his father who had just recovered from a severe illness. While Lin Wenxi, even if he was willing to part with his parents for a few years, he knew he couldn’t prevent Lin Ziwei from digging deep to find him. If that happened, everything would go out of control.

However, if Lin Wenxi was back, when would they meet each other again? No matter how Zhao Yuan was good at making connections, he couldn’t leave Jifu University and get transferred to the school that Lin Wenxi would go. Or Zhao Yuan could drop out of his school to accompany Lin Wenxi in other provinces. But Zhao Ming was obsessed with the wish of Zhan Yuan’s future success, so he would never allow that!

In addition, at present, it seemed that they had not quite come to the situation that needed them to escape from everything and give up everything.

“Live each day as it comes.” Lin Wenxi said.

“Okay, live each day as it comes! I will… I will think of a way.” Zhao Yuan said.

Zhao Yuan carried all the wild vegetables on his back and walked Lin Wenxi down the mountain step by step. Lin Wenxi had meant to bounce around but at this moment he was extremely docile. He just let Zhao Yuan lead him to here and there. He always felt that no matter which direction Zhao Yuan went, it would also become his direction.

When they were close to the house, Zhao Yuan let go of his hand. Zhao Yuan checked him three times until he was sure that Lin Wenxi was okay, he was finally relieved.

It was a cool night. On their way back, Lin Wenxi enjoyed it a lot. They walked along a lotus pond, full of joy. Lin Wenxi threw a stone at the mirrorlike surface of the pond, and the stone skipped across the surface, leaving a string of lovely ripples. Zhao Yuan also threw a stone freely, and a much longer string of bigger ripples reached to the distance. The string alarmed two water birds. They fluttered their wings and flew across the clouds. The shadows of the shattered thick clouds covered the ground. A bolt of lightning triggered by the birds flashed across the deep sky.

After that, there came the thrilling thunders. An unexpected gust of wind suddenly washed away all the hustle and bustle of the day. In an instant, the night fell like the coming of doomsday. The trees not far away became blurred. A thunderstorm storm was just brewing in the dark clouds now.

It was still far away from his aunt’s home. Zhao Yuan immediately grabbed Lin Wenxi’s hand. Following a vaguely recognizable trail covered with wild grass, they ran to the fisherman’s farmhouse.

Soon came down the raindrops as big as beans, dropping onto their faces and backs, rather painful. After a while, these raindrops turned into a hazy rain curtain. The road became more difficult to identify. Zhao Yuan had no other choice but to slow down, and he carefully strode across every ditch on the road.

The wild wind with the heavy raindrops blew the grass and trees by the roadside hither and thither. Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi stumbled all the way. The raindrops were beating against their bodies. Zhao Yuan felt very painful, but he worried about Lin Wenxi even more. Thus, he took off his coat and covered Lin Wenxi with it. While he was topless and was busy in protecting Lin Wenxi, they were running wildly in the rainy night. When Lin Wenxi felt that Zhao Yuan’s cloth was covered on his body, the pain on his body disappeared inexplicably, and waves of warmth and an impulse upsurged in his heart all of a sudden.

This impulse made him simply tear off his coat without unbuttoning. He raised his cloth and called out with ease and satisfaction.

At this time, Zhao Yuan finally set his heart at rest. It seemed that in the depth of Lin Wenxi heart lived another person, a teenager who was stronger, brighter and more open-minded.

Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi waved their clothes all along the way. They were topless but they still displayed themselves in the rain. Holding each other’s hands, they were whistling, running, and jumping. When the two approached the farmhouse, they even tightly held each other’s hands and started to run in circles, shouting at the top of their voices. Eventually, with his arms over Lin Wenxi’s chest, Zhao Yuan couldn’t help but lift Lin Wenxi up in the air.

Lin Wenxi felt that his whole person was in a serene and vast universe. The thunderstorm not only failed to stop their pace but let them fly all the way to the light in the dark night.

The light in the dark night belonged to a fisherman’s house.

“Teacher Lin!” The couple in the fisherman’s house cheered for a moment. “Many thanks to you!”