sunset mountains

Chapter 21

The temperature has been ridiculously low recently, and the heavy snow hasn't shown signs of melting for two days. On New Year's Day, Wei Chi still decided to send Xiao Yanwei back to the village.

Xiao Yanwei was wearing Wei Chi's winter gear from head to toe, and he stood helplessly in front of the intersection, "I told you not to see me off."

Wei Chi shook his head seriously, "It's not safe for you to go back by yourself."

"Why isn't it safe?" Xiao Yanwei stepped on the soft snow under his feet, "it's not slippery."

"I'll take you to the entrance of the village," Wei Chi said, "otherwise I won't worry."

When I was still at home, my parents were busy with work. Xiao Yanwei was the eldest in the family, and he was used to taking care of his younger brother, so he had almost never experienced being taken care of like this. Xiao Yanwei is nothing like a logical thing.

Xiao Yan didn't think so, so he just said, "It's not a child anymore, so there's no need to give it away."

Wei Chi was putting his hand into his pocket to get his cell phone, when he paused, his expression suddenly became a little weird.

Xiao Yanwei tilted his head, "What's wrong?"

Wei Chi narrowed his eyes, and leaned closer, "Xiao Yanwei, do you really want me to speak so clearly?"

Xiao Yanwei was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Wei Chi looked at him for two seconds, raised his hands fiercely to put on the hood of his down jacket, and walked forward past him.

His voice was not loud, but it still reached Xiao Yanwei's ears verbatim.

"I don't want you to leave," Wei Chi said.

Xiao Yanwei stood there for a while, his face became hot after a while, and with the cover of the thick fur collar of the down jacket, he unconsciously pursed his lips and smiled.

He quickly followed Wei Chi and walked side by side, without speaking, but kept pace with Wei Chi.

Wei Chi didn't speak immediately, and the two walked in silence for nearly a kilometer before Wei Chi asked in a muffled voice, "Is there nothing you want to say?"

Xiao Yanwei was thinking about Wei Chi's words over and over in his mind, and blurted out, "Are you reluctant to part with me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another silence between the two of them.

Xiao Yan didn't ask too seriously, so serious that he really didn't believe that Wei Chi couldn't bear him.

Xiao Yan didn't feel it, Wei Chi seemed to be unhappy.

Xiao Yanwei hastily explained dryly, "I'm not... I'll just ask casually."

"Oh." Wei Chi said.

He gave such a reaction, Xiao Yanwei didn't know what to say at this time, saying "I know you really don't want to part with me" was a bit too narcissistic, so he also kept silent.

For a while, the only sound was the rustling of two people's boots stepping into the snow, but it was not noisy. After listening to it for a long time, it made people feel very warm.

It’s not too early for them to go out, the sun is about to set at this moment, and the orange half-sphere is surrounded by the sunset glow, hanging on the western sky.

Xiao Yan didn't take off his hat, but raised his chin slightly and looked around.

The clouds here are not high, Xiao Yanwei thinks it may be because the altitude here is relatively higher, the clouds are dyed red, it is a bit dazzling to look directly at.

He couldn't tell whether the cloud was behind the sun or in front of his eyes.

He turned his gaze slightly again, and saw the Sunset Mountain, which was not so majestic but had a sense of presence.

Xiao Yanwei never felt how beautiful the name Sunset Mountain was until now, when he saw the fiery sun hovering over the top of the mountain.

That's where the sun goes down.

"Wei Chi," Xiao Yan didn't stop, raised his hand and pointed towards the setting sun mountain, "there is snow on the top of the mountain."

Wei Chi also stopped, and looked in the direction of Xiao Yanwei's finger, "Well, it won't melt for a few days."

Xiao Yanwei nodded his head, feeling some emotion quietly rising up in his heart.

He couldn't help thinking that this place didn't seem so bad either.

Wei Chi didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that he was lost in thought again, he subconsciously interrupted him, "There is a pear grove on the mountain, which will bloom in March, do you want to go and see it then?"

Xiao Yan was startled, March seems to be far away.

Wei Chi looked at him nervously but full of hope, Xiao Yanwei nodded, "Go."

Wei Chi's expression relaxed for a moment and then quickly became a little tense. Just when Xiao Yanwei didn't know what was going on, he tugged on Xiao Yanwei's sleeve and said seriously, "If I'm not here, you can't be alone. go."

His overly formal words made Xiao Yanwei feel like making a fuss out of a molehill, but before he could answer, Wei Chi repeated, "Did you hear that?"

Xiao Yan didn't look at him, but nodded slowly.

Xiao Yan didn't think about it, Wei Chi took the trouble to confirm over and over again that Xiao Yan could not keep his promise, and he didn't seem to have any other superfluous thoughts, he just wanted Xiao Yanwei to live well.

They only discussed this issue in a vague and general way a long time ago. What Xiao Yanwei said at that time was, "It's not so good to be alive."

During this period of time, nothing major happened, and Xiao Yan never encountered anything that made him change his mind all of a sudden, and felt that it was great to be alive.

But at this moment he realized that he would never be able to say that in front of Wei Chi again.

In the huge Sunset Mountain Village, he didn't meet any people or things that made him memorable.

The only thing that made him feel like getting closer was not the aborigines of Sunset Mountain.

Wei Chi, a non-indigenous person, has lived in Sunset Mountain for so many years, and his family is very rich.

He shared his bathroom with Xiao Yanwei, so that Xiao Yanwei didn't have to worry about the electricity cost to turn on the little sun all night, and he also confidently told Xiao Yanwei to turn on the small stove.

When Xiao Yan was not sad, he allowed him to occupy most of the space on the wooden bed in the already crowded dormitory.

Before meeting Wei Chi, Xiao Yan hadn't traveled to many places, and he had stayed in a certain place for a short time, but he never felt that any place was as poor and rich as Sunset Mountain.

There is no easy way for residents to get out of the mountains here, but they have Wei Chi.

Xiao Yanwei thought of Wei Chi telling him again, "something has to be done by someone."

Thinking of that night when Wei Chi finished writing the lesson plan, he looked at the photo album full of students' photos under the light of the bedroom and said, "They are so young, you should go out and have a look."

Thinking that Wei Chi obviously wanted Xiao Yanwei to stay, but he still said, "If you hate other places, can you come back once in a while and have a look."

Xiao Yan didn't see Wei Chi's earnest expression waiting for his answer, and suddenly felt that a person's heartbeat could be so simple.

He has seen so many people, humorous, taciturn, calm, mean, all kinds of characters, in such a sincere to almost

In front of the somewhat clumsy Wei Chi, everything dimmed.

No one can make Xiao Yanwei want to stay by his side forever.

And it turns out that a heartbeat at any time can pull back a person who has been walking on the edge of a cliff all year round.

The sun did not set quickly, and the snow reflected dazzling and bright light.

Xiao Yanwei smiled, "Wei Chi, I'm not as fragile as you think."

Wei Chi was about to refute him, but before Xiao Yan said, "I really think this is pretty good."

"What kind?" Wei Chi asked.

Xiao Yan didn't wear Wei Chi's clothes. The sleeves were a bit long, and half of his palm was covered under the cuffs. He moved his fingers and took Wei Chi's hand hanging by his side.

"That's it." Xiao Yan didn't say anything.

Xiao Yanwei's fingertips were cold, and Wei Chi seemed to hold a handful of snow in his hands.

He felt that his emotions were like a flood at one moment, slamming around in a high dam with desperation, and at another moment it was like a calm sea.

He didn't know where this contradictory and crazy emotion came from, he only knew that he really wanted to get close to Xiao Yanwei.

"Xiao Yanwei," Wei Chi took Xiao Yanwei's hand instead, and squeezed his cold fingertips into his palm, "I don't seem to have told you how happy I am with you."

"Really." Xiao Yanwei said softly.

In fact, even if Wei Chi didn't say this, Xiao Yanwei could get his happy mood from many sources, such as Wei Chi's always serious eyes when looking at him.

Xiao Yan didn't lower his head and didn't look at Wei Chi again, "There's no way I'm worthy of your liking."

As the sun set from the clouds, Wei Chi's side face was shrouded in orange sunlight, and he held Xiao Yanwei's hand tightly in the white snow.

There was no trace of the sun in the sky above Sunset Mountain, Xiao Yan did not hear Wei Chi's affirmative voice.

"Everywhere is worth it."

They interlocked their fingers and walked towards the place where the sun set.