The Starry Sky, The Starry Sea: Chapter August Full Moon Promise

Chapter8 The Promise of the Night of the Full Moon

The softest oysters are surrounded by the hardest shells, and the most beautiful pearls are hidden in the deepest parts.

I expected that the inn would be well-known on the island, but I didn't expect not only to be well-known, but not only on the island.

That night, a guest who came to dinner actually took two videos with his mobile phone: one is Wu Julan holding a knife with both hands, chopping; . He uploaded the video to Weibo and named it "An Incredible Dinner". The video was reposted at an incredible speed, attracting all kinds of netizens to watch.

There are beauty-controlling women who only care about appearance, music enthusiasts who like ancient music, textual research who carefully study fish-cutting knife techniques, and foodies who like food... Countless people commented on the "饔子" in the video "—— Netizens don't know Wu Julan's name, so they call him 饔子, an elegant name for a chef in ancient times, based on the poems he recited.

It's really drunk! The picture is so beautiful, I can only play it in loop.

A musician who can cook, or a chef who can play the guqin? It's all about talent, it's all about being so handsome, it's all about being so handsome, and it's all about being so aura, Ma Le Gobi, let other men live?

This is the traditional Chinese good man! As evidenced by history, in the sixth year of Tianbao, Li Bai took his young son passing through Zhongdu, and a little official who had never met before came to visit him admiringly. Li Bai was deeply moved, and he personally performed a knife to chop the batter, and when he parted, he presented him with a poem. Needless to say about Li Bai's poems, go to "Baidu" by yourself, please pay attention to the key points, "Li Bai personally cuts the knife", Li Bai! Li Bai! Li Bai! Can write poems that have been passed down through the ages, and can wield the kitchen knife on the tip of the tongue! This is a good man in China!

As early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, chopsticks were not only for eating, but also for people to watch. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, literati regarded it as a romantic and elegant thing. Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Changling, Bai Juyi...all described fish meat in their poems. People like Li Bai who are skilled in martial arts and swordsmanship would personally shove them from time to time, "Hu'er brushes the frost blade a few times, and the red muscles bloom and white snow falls."

Crazy! The blogger replied that he heard that the Guqin was made by Di Zi himself! since! already! Do! of!

In the late Ming Dynasty, Li Rihua wrote in "Liuyanzhai Notes Zitaoxuan Miscellaneous Supplements" that he had read a "Book of Chai Wai", which may have been compiled by the Tang Dynasty. Bai, Dahuangbai, Wulihua, Liuyelian, Duipian butterfly, Qianzhangxian..." It is a pity that at that time, the skill of chopping was lost, and Li Rihua had no way to verify the truth of these records. The 饔子 in the video is very likely to use the lost knives.

Fortunately, Jiang Yisheng contacted the guest who uploaded the video in time. Under the crazy inquiries from netizens, he only answered "The place for dinner is the Conch Inn, and the man in the video should be the owner of the inn", and other personal information. Didn't say anything.

Netizens searched around for "Conch Inn", and many of them found the Weibo I created for the inn. Like detectives, they compared the photos of the inn I uploaded before, and immediately concluded that my conch inn was the conch inn in the video based on the background.

Netizens left messages one after another. Some asked about the island's scenery, some suggested posting more photos of Wu Julan, and some just watched and gossip. The number of fans has skyrocketed from more than one hundred to more than one million, from no message for a few days to thousands of messages every day. I was frightened by the enthusiasm of netizens, and even worried, for fear that this unexpected "popularity" would bring trouble to Wu Julan.

Although Wu Julan was surprised that the development of things far exceeded his expectations because he didn't consider the Internet, but he didn't mind as much as I thought. Sometimes, he would even read those comments about him with relish.

Jiang Yisheng comforted me with a smile: "At least prove that he is not a wanted criminal, otherwise he would not be able to watch his video go viral on the Internet so calmly."

I punched Jiang Yisheng, and I couldn't accept Jiang Yisheng's comfort at all.

Jiang Yisheng browsed the comments of netizens, and pointed to one of them to show me: "This product must have come from Mars! It must be!"

Jiang Yisheng laughed loudly, "I found that there are many mental illnesses on the Internet. Reading their messages is really healing, and makes me feel that I am really normal!"

When I look at Wu Julan in the video, and Jiang Yisheng next to me, I also feel that I am so normal!

Since Conch Inn became popular on the Internet, many people called to inquire about room accommodation every day, but I didn't accept any of them.

I carefully feel that the guests who are coming now are all ulterior motives. I am still trekking on the difficult road of pursuit. How can I allow others to add to the chaos?

What's more, I have successfully passed the economic crisis and found a better way to make a living, so I simply gave up my original plan to open an inn.

For various reasons, the guests who ate fish meat that night still come to Conch Inn to eat from time to time.

It's just that, because there are only Wu Julan and me as the chef and the worker, the menu is not rich, and it all depends on what Wu Julan bought at the vegetable market that day. To be precise, he does what he buys. Of course, guests can also call in advance to explain what they want to eat, as long as Wu Julan can buy it, he can do it too.

At the beginning, I was worried that doing so would affect the business. I didn't expect that the guests not only didn't think that Wu Julan's actions were wrong, but they preferred to come to Conch Inn for dinner. Later, I learned that many well-known private kitchens in big cities operate in this way. Because only the ingredients purchased on the day can ensure that the dishes are fresh enough and delicious enough.

Wu Julan's cooking skills are impeccable, and the dining environment can also be said to be perfect. The trees and vines in the old house are quite old, and the time has accumulated a very special flavor, which is an artistic conception that is impossible for any decoration. The guests who have been here will gradually like the Shanghai Conch Inn. Friends bring friends. According to word of mouth, Conch Restaurant quickly became the most popular private restaurant on the island.

To my surprise, the guests saw that the conch handicrafts I made liked it very much, and asked me if I would sell them. Of course, I have the money to negotiate, and the price is much higher than when I set up a stall to sell it. Unintentionally, it has also become a source of income for me.

I don't want Wu Julan to work too hard. He only receives ten customers a day, and he can earn about two to three hundred yuan. From time to time, I can sell a few conch ornaments, sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds. I calculated the accounts, and after deducting the daily expenses and Wu Julan's salary, I can save three or four thousand a month, which is enough, and I don't need to do the inn business anymore.

I was washing vegetables while sitting in front of the faucet in the yard when my phone rang suddenly.

I dried my hands and took a look at the phone, it was Zhou Buwen's call.

"Big head?"

"It's me! I heard from Jiang Yisheng that you are not in the inn business now, but are you starting a private kitchen business?"

"Yes! The private kitchen business is very good. I think I have made enough money. If I don't want to be too tired, I will stop doing the inn business."

"Are you still welcome to live here?"

"Of course, anytime, when are you coming?"

"When I finish the work at hand, let's go."

"Okay, waiting for you."

"You run your own business, you don't have weekends, you must rest when it's time to rest, don't be too tired! Go out for a walk when you have time, watch a movie, play a game, and be nice to yourself."

"Yeah, okay!"

I hung up the phone, thought about it, and found that ever since Wu Julan fell into my house, I have always squeezed him to make money for me, and I never gave him a vacation, nor did I take him out to play. I immediately decided to correct my mistakes and give Wu Julan and myself a day off as soon as possible.

I called Jiang Yisheng and told him that I hadn't rested for a long time. I wanted to take Wu Julan out to sea and asked Jiang Yisheng if he wanted to go with him. Jiang Yisheng said without hesitation that we would go together, and promised that he would arrange everything and let me prepare delicious food.

Saturday afternoon, at 4:30, when the sun had slanted to the west and was no longer so scorching, Jiang Yisheng opened the rented boat and took Wu Julan and me out to sea to watch the sunset and have dinner.

After driving for more than an hour, I drove to the scheduled location. Jiang Yisheng stopped the boat, took out the snorkeling gear prepared for Wu Julan, and asked, "Have you tried this before?"

"No." Wu Julan flipped through the flippers, snorkeling goggles and breathing tube with interest.

"How is your water quality?" Jiang Yisheng asked.

Wu Julan was taken aback for a moment, then said slowly, "Very good."

"Can you dive to the bottom of a swimming pool more than two meters deep?"

"Yes."

"That's no problem." Jiang Yisheng sat across from Wu Julan, picked up his snorkeling goggle and breathing tube, and demonstrated how to wear snorkeling equipment. Yes."

Wu Julan saw that I was sitting still, "Aren't you going to play?"

I shook my head, "I can't swim."

Jiang Yisheng sneered, "She fell into the sea once when she was a child and was almost drowned. Since then, she has been scared out of her wits, and she can't learn to swim no matter what. The big head and I have worked hard, and we can Let her put on a lifejacket and float in the water for a while. If you want her to go into the water without a lifejacket, she will think you want to murder her and resist desperately!"

I was a little embarrassed, and argued: "There are many people who can't swim, and I'm not the only one!"

"There are many people who can't swim, but they are not the descendants of fishermen, and they don't have a great grandfather." Jiang Yisheng said to Wu Julan: "Until now, who is the old fisherman talking about his water quality? Well, I will also talk about the legend of her great-grandfather. At that time, there were no tools, and it was said that he could dive more than 20 meters, but look at this unworthy descendant, who can't even learn to swim!"

I glared at Jiang Yisheng, and told him: "Don't focus on catching lobsters, watch Wu Julan, it's his first time snorkeling." Dive too deep, safety first."

Jiang Yisheng checked Wu Julan's clothes, and after making sure there was nothing wrong, he capsized first, and Wu Julan capsized after him.

The two were swimming around the boat. Jiang Yisheng taught Wu Julan how to snorkel. I watched for a while and found that Wu Julan was very good at water. I learned it quickly, so I felt relieved.

Jiang Yisheng got on the boat again, and handed Wu Julan a pair of black gloves and a green net bag that could be hung on his body. Jiang Yisheng wore gloves and held a net bag to demonstrate, "When catching a lobster, go behind it so that it can't catch you. After catching it, first float to the surface, then put the lobster into the net bag and hang it back on your waist. You can continue to catch the second one."

After Wu Julan expressed his understanding, Jiang Yisheng said: "Whether there is lobster to eat at night depends on our character." After speaking, he jumped off the boat with Wu Julan and went swimming far away.

I took out my camera, and while taking pictures, I watched Wu Julan follow Jiang Yisheng up and down in the sea.

In order to prevent sunburn or jellyfish stings, the snorkeling suit covers the whole body tightly, only the neck and a section of the calf are exposed. Jiang Yisheng often plays in the sea, his skin is a healthy bronze, but Wu Julan is fair, thanks to his slender figure and vigorous movements, he does not feel weak at all.

Wu Julan was very lucky, and soon caught three lobsters, but Jiang Yisheng got nothing. He jokingly said to Wu Julan: "You are really a blind punch to kill the old master!"

Wu Julan smiled slightly, but said nothing. He flipped aboard, dumped the lobsters waving their pincers into the tin bucket, and poured out oysters from the green net bag.

I picked up the prepared bath towel and handed it to him, "Wipe it, and be careful not to catch a cold."

Wu Julan took the towel and wiped her hair and body.

I said to Jiang Yisheng who was still in the sea: "Three lobsters are enough, do you want to continue to catch them?"

Jiang Yisheng said: "Of course! What's the point of eating someone else's catch? When I catch a bigger one, I'll let Angkor catch it!" After he finished speaking, he waved to us and swam away go.

Wu Julan sat beside me, leaning against the cabin, stretching her long legs comfortably.

He handed me a moderate oyster without saying a word.

I held it in my hand, hesitated and said: "Although it is said that fresh oysters taste delicious when eaten raw, I have never been used to eating them."

Wu Julan took the oyster back from my hand without saying a word.

He broke open the oyster shell neatly and ate the oyster meat into his mouth. Then, he grabbed my hand, spit out a black pearl from his mouth, and gently fell into my palm.

I was dumbfounded, and asked blankly: "For me?"

Wu Julan turned her head and looked at the end of the sea and sky with a blank expression, "I remember you girls like such boring things."

I stared at the small thing in my palm—a small black pearl shaped like a drop of water. In this age when artificial pearls are flooded, they are not worth much, but Wu Julan picked them from the sea and gave them to me.

Thinking of his actions just now, I asked: "Did you know that there are pearls in this oyster?"

Wu Julan glanced at me lightly, "Otherwise, why do you think I singled out this oyster?"

I am very annoyed that if I would have eaten raw oysters just now, I would have been surprised to eat the pearls myself, and then spit them out in surprises. However, thinking of Wu Julan's **** look of spitting out pearls, I think it's better this way.

I held the pearl tightly in my palm, "Thank you!"

Wu Julan said lightly: "It's just something I picked up at random!"

I'm a little helpless, other men are like "I have paid a lot for you, come and thank me", but he is good, always put on a look of "I didn't do anything, you must Don't be impressed."

However, he forgot that I was a girl who grew up by the sea, and I deeply know that the softest oysters are covered with the hardest shells, and the most beautiful pearls are hidden in the deepest part.

I was playing with the black pearl when Wu Julan suddenly asked, "What happened when you fell into the sea when you were young?"

There is nothing to hide, I said straightforwardly: "It happened when I was seven years old. My parents were getting divorced. Grandpa wanted to save their relationship and asked them to go back to the island for a few days. My mother and stepmother are different , she respects my grandpa very much, but she doesn’t respect my dad. Our family of three went back to the island, and grandpa specially drove a boat to take my father, mother and me out to sea. I remember that the weather was very good that day, the sky was blue, no There is a breeze, and the sea is as flat as a mirror. Grandpa hid in the cabin to rest, I splashed in the sea, and my parents sat by the side of the boat and watched me. At that time, I could swim."

I smiled wryly, "As a result, they were talking, and they quarreled again. I had cramps in my legs and suddenly choked on water, but they were so loud that no one noticed me, and I drowned. Later I don’t know anything about the matter, I only know that I almost drowned, and it was my grandfather who saved me. My parents decided to divorce the day I woke up, thank God, I finally don’t have to listen to them quarreling.”

Wu Julan looked at me silently.

I shrugged my shoulders and said with a smile: "It would be a lie to say that I don't feel uncomfortable at all, but it would be too hypocritical to say that I have been suffering until now! After so many years, my mother has a new family , a new child, Dad has a new family, a new child, and I have my own life, all the past is just the past!"

Jiang Yisheng suddenly shouted, "I caught a really big lobster!"

Wu Julan and I both looked at the reputation, Jiang Yisheng paddled the water with one hand, and held up a huge lobster with the other.

I waved him to show that we had all seen it.

Wu Julan said nonchalantly, "I'll bake oysters for you later."

I held the black pearl in my palm, smiled and nodded.

With the brilliance of the setting sun, we had a very sumptuous seafood meal.

Satisfied with wine and food, it was almost nine o'clock when I got home, and it was completely dark.

Jiang Yisheng took a bottle of red wine with him, considering that he was going to set sail, so he tasted it briefly, and Wu Julan only drank a few sips, most of which was drunk by me. I was drunk, and the road in the old street was uneven, I walked staggeringly, looking very dangerous, Wu Julan had to hold my arm.

Jiang Yisheng's house arrived first, and after he waved goodbye to us with a smile, he closed the courtyard door.

Wu Julan supported me to continue walking.

The two hadn't reached the gate of the courtyard when Wu Julan stopped suddenly. I asked inexplicably: "Didn't you bring the key? I have it in my bag."

Wu Julan pushed me to the corner of the courtyard wall, and said in a low voice, "Hide here and don't move." After speaking, he ran a few steps, borrowed some strength from the slightly protruding stone on the wall, and Turned directly from the top of the wall into the yard.

The remaining alcohol in me disappeared immediately, and I stared at the courtyard wall of my house with wide eyes, as if I had never seen it before. Is it so easy to turn over the two and a half meter high courtyard wall?

A person suddenly opened the courtyard door and rushed out of the courtyard. In the darkness, something flew out and hit the plaque of "Conch Inn" hanging under the eaves. The plaque fell and just hit the man's head. He shook, fell softly to the ground, and passed out.

I was stunned, and suddenly thought that Wu Julan was inside alone... I rushed over immediately, stepped on the broken plaque, stumbled and fell into the yard.

"Xiaoluo?" Wu Julan's worried voice.

"I'm fine!"

I hurriedly got up from the ground, looked up, and saw a burly man wrestling with Wu Julan in the yard. Wu Julan was unarmed, but the man was holding a gleaming dagger in his hand, stabbing viciously around, brushing against Wu Julan's body almost every time, which made me jump with fear.

Wu Julan was not nervous at all, she still had time to look back at me, and asked displeasedly, "Why didn't you wait outside?"

I trembled and said: "Be careful! I, I will... call the police!"

I took out my phone tremblingly, my eyes widened suddenly, and I was too frightened to move.

Probably because he heard me say that he wanted to call the police, the man with the dagger tried to run away several times, but was stopped by Wu Julan.

In the light of Senhan's knife, Wu Julan stretched out his hand as if he was looking for something, and grabbed the dagger lightly and deftly. The other hand grabbed the opponent's neck, like an iron hoop, firmly grasping the man. fixed to the wall. The other party tried to resist, Wu Julan lifted his hands up, his legs were hanging in the air, the weight of his whole body was hanging on his neck, he couldn't breathe, and soon lost all strength in his whole body.

Wu Julan saw that he was being honest, so he lowered his hands a little so that his feet could touch the ground, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The man said in a hoarse voice: "We are thieves. We wandered here tonight and came in to try our luck after seeing that there was no one in the house. I didn't expect such bad luck..."

"Really?" Wu Julan snorted coldly, picked up the dagger, and tried to stab him.

"Don't!" I screamed.

Wu Julan stopped what he was doing, stared at the man, approached him, murmured a few words to him, then let go, the man fell to the ground and passed out.

Wu Julan turned around and looked at me.

I looked at him with a terrified expression and dull eyes.

Wu Julan's eyes darkened, he threw the dagger on the ground, turned around and walked into the house.

"Dang 啷" the sound of a dagger falling to the ground brought me back to my senses from the extreme tension and fright, and I rushed to Wu Julan's side in one stride, pulled his arm, and checked his body, "Did you Injured? There is nothing valuable in this room, even if there are valuable things, there is no life worth it! Why do you want to fight with them? Are you crazy? Who do you think you are..."

Wu Julan didn't seem to have expected my reaction at all, and let me play around like a puppet. I checked from head to toe to make sure that Wu Julan was not injured, so I let out a long breath and said, "I was scared to death! Fortunately, you No injury!"

Wu Julan stared at me and asked almost word for word: "You were afraid just now... because you were afraid that I would get hurt?"

"Nonsense! Am I still afraid of the thief getting hurt?" I was speaking, looking around to make sure no one could see me, kicked the unconscious thief on the ground hard, and then said to Wu Julan: " You can’t stab them with a dagger, the law doesn’t allow it, and you will be punished by the law, but... we can beat them secretly.” I ran to the study, took out a book, and handed it to Wu Julan, “Put it on them and beat them. , will not leave traces."

Wu Julan held the book and stared blankly at me.

I said: "You fight! I will call the police after you finish."

Wu Julan's eyes became brighter and brighter, and suddenly he laughed, like a bright moon breaking through the clouds on the dark night of the sea, making the whole sea glow in an instant. He smiled and patted my head with a book, "Where did you learn it?"

"On TV, the police beat those bad guys like this." American dramas, Korean dramas, and Hong Kong dramas are all shown in this way. I am sure that this method is absolutely feasible.

"Call Jiang Yisheng and ask him to come over immediately. Let's wait in the room."

"Okay." I don't know how to deal with the situation in front of me at all, but Jiang Yisheng has been a smart person since he was a child. .

After Jiang Yisheng came, he didn't make any fuss when he saw the scene in our yard, but he was very speechless and dull.

I have described the matter in detail. While listening, Jiang Yisheng looked thoughtfully at Wu Julan for a while, and at the unconscious thief on the ground for a while.

Wu Julan didn't seem to notice anything, and walked from one room to another calmly, checking if there was anything missing.

Jiang Yisheng called the police, and 20 minutes later, two policemen ran in panting. Jiang Yisheng told the police that we went out to sea to play, and when we came home, we met these two people who broke into the house. The thief wanted to escape in a hurry, a thief was accidentally knocked unconscious by a signboard that fell suddenly, and a thief was subdued by us.

The police woke up the two thieves and questioned them.

I was a little nervous at first, but no matter what the police asked, the thief nodded and admitted. He looked a little confused, probably thinking that he was caught anyway, and how he was caught was not important.

Because the incident was very simple, the thief was caught on the spot, no one was injured, and nothing was lost at home. After the police finished their investigation, they left with the two thieves.

When leaving the hospital, the policeman was extra careful, looked at the eaves above the courtyard door, and then looked at the plaque that fell on the ground, and said with a sigh: "It turns out that there is really something about being knocked out by the signboard!"

When the police left, I hurriedly said before Jiang Yisheng could speak: "It's late, everyone, let's rest! No matter what happens, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Jiang Yisheng understood my attitude, he immediately swallowed his stomach full of questions, yawned and said: "Good night!" and left with a shake.

I locked the courtyard door and the house door, turned around and went upstairs. As I was walking, I always felt a little flustered, so I turned my head and said to Wu Julan, "Can you sleep in the room next to me tonight?"

"Okay." Wu Julan went upstairs with me and sent me to the room, "Don't worry, no one is hiding in the closet or under the bed. There are no mice."

I burst out laughing with a "puchi", and my tense nerves suddenly relaxed, "How did you guess that I would worry about this?"

"Isn't the TV series you watched acted like this?" Wu Julan said with an expression of "is it hard to guess?"

I was ashamed, "Uh... that's how it was played, the room is too big and it has its disadvantages, no one knows which corner hides at all."

Wu Julan said: "I'm right next door, my hearing is very sensitive, I will know immediately if something happens, you can sleep peacefully."

"I know!" Having seen his skills tonight, I completely believe in him, not to mention just two thieves, even two well-trained special police officers, he can easily bring them down.

I took a shower and went to bed. Knowing that Wu Julan was not far away, although she experienced a fright, she was not afraid at all, and fell asleep not long after lying on the bed.

In the morning, after I woke up, I found that Jiang Yisheng was already in the yard. While eating breakfast, he watched Wu Julan work.

I stomped downstairs, got a bowl of porridge, sat next to Jiang Yisheng, and joined the ranks of watching.

Wu Julan is making a plaque, with water patterns carved on the corners, which is much more beautiful than the previous plaque. Jiang Yisheng and I are very calm. For someone who can even do guqin, this is really a small job that is not worth mentioning.

Jiang Yisheng saw that he was almost done, put down the bowl and chopsticks, ran into the study, consciously unfolded the rice paper, took out the pen and ink, and prepared to write. Last time, he was the one who wrote the four big characters "Conch Inn". When he was in middle school, Jiang Yisheng's calligraphy works won the first prize in the province. Although he hasn't practiced it for many years, it is better than me who "focuses on participation" every time.

Jiang Yisheng finished writing, consciously performed well, and asked me to go in and read it with great interest.

Wu Julan and I walked into the study one after the other, I glanced at it, and casually praised: "Not bad, it's better than last time."

Jiang Yisheng asked Wu Julan, "What do you think?"

Wu Julan didn't say a word, walked to the desk, picked up the pen, and the pen was done in one go.

My level is limited and I don't know how to appreciate it. Jiang Yisheng was dazzled by the sight, and murmured: "The breeze blows out of the sleeves, and the bright moon enters the arms."

Wu Julan put down his pen and said to me seriously: "Using my calligraphy is better than Jiang Yisheng's."

I looked at my best friend Jiang Yisheng, of course... I agreed without hesitation.

Wu Julan took the handwriting she had written and rubbed it on the plaque. Jiang Yisheng crumpled up his handwriting and threw it into the trash can.

I patted him, "What are you doing? Are you angry?"

Jiang Yisheng sighed, "You! The ignorant are fearless! Do you know that the ancients used the eight words 'clean wind blows out of your sleeves, bright moon in your arms'?"

"Don't know."

"Wang Xizhi."

I smiled and arched my hands, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, Wu Julan's words are worthy of this praise! Xiao Luo, are you really not nervous about what happened last night and today's words?"

"Nervous! I've been thinking about all kinds of possibilities."

"What is possible?"

"He is an agent and has received special training, so he has various skills that ordinary people don't."

"Well——" Jiang Yisheng was drinking water, unable to open his mouth, his nasal voice dragged on for a long time, and after swallowing, he said: "Matt Damon's "The Bourne Shadow", what else?"

"He came from time travel."

"Pfft——" Jiang Yisheng spit out all the water he just drank, coughed and said, "Have you watched too much "Scary Step by Step"? You should watch less of those nonsensical TV series!"

I gave him two tissues in disgust, "What about your high opinion?"

"I don't know! It's because I don't have any music in my heart, so I worry about you. You said that if you like big heads..."

I made a "stop" gesture and said angrily, "Wu Julan will tell me everything."

"When?"

"Soon." Tomorrow night is the night of the full fifteenth month. I have a hunch that Wu Julan will tell me who he is and where he comes from on the night of the full moon.

The night of the full moon this month happens to be the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. It is not only the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, but also my twenty-sixth birthday.

Because my lunar birthday is too special, I have only celebrated lunar birthdays since I was a child.

This year, my grandfather will not give me any more birthday presents. I decided to take the full moon night that Wu Julan and I agreed upon as my birthday present.

Thinking of tomorrow night, I was very nervous, but Wu Julan seemed to have completely forgotten his promise, and just did what he should do as if nothing had happened.

I couldn't afford to do business at all, so I simply told the customers that because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I would have another two days off.

I have nothing to do, I just sit on the sofa and watch TV, and at the same time I use my mobile phone to browse Weibo and Moments. No matter on TV or on the Internet, everyone is talking about this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

News report: "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival's full moon will be the moment when the earth is closest to the moon in fifty-two years. Because of the rotation of the earth and the revolution of the moon, tonight Europe, Africa, Antarctica, South America and North America east The full moon will be seen in advance, and tomorrow night the east of Asia and Oceania will see the largest full moon in fifty-two years.”

The mid-autumn festival and astronomical visions made the media playfully intensified everything: "Who will you enjoy the biggest full moon in fifty-two years with tomorrow night? Have you ever thought about the biggest full moon in fifty-two years?" Confession and marriage proposal under the full moon?"

My mood is very complicated. My little feelings are actually connected with the astronomical events in the universe. It was originally just my special day, but it seems to have become a special day for many people.

After dinner, I didn't want to watch TV anymore, so I asked Wu Julan if he wanted to go for a walk, he said "yes".

We walked towards the top of the mountain along the path at the end of the old street.

It is said that there was a Mazu Temple on the top of the mountain a long time ago, so this mountain is called Mazu Mountain, and this street is called Mazu Street. But at some point, the Mazu Temple collapsed, and the fishermen chose another place to build a new temple, leaving only the place name.

Mazu Mountain is not high, but the vegetation is lush on the mountain, and there are many reefs at the foot of the mountain. Standing on the Yingzui Cliff without trees, you can overlook the whole sea.

Tonight, the wind is very gentle, there are few clouds, and the moon on the sea can be seen very clearly.

Although it is only fifteen tomorrow night, the moon looks very round tonight. I don't know if it's true, or I just accepted the psychological suggestion, thinking that the moon is so big, it seems that the sky can't hold it up, and it's about to fall down.

I struggled with it all day, and finally I couldn't bear it anymore, and I mustered up the courage to ask: "Tomorrow night is the night of the full moon, do you still remember what you said?"

Wu Julan looked at the moon silently, and after a moment, said: "Tomorrow night, we will meet at the beach where you saw me last time."

"Is it the reef beach that I often go to under Matsu Mountain?"

"Yeah."

Originally, I thought I still had a lot to say, but at this moment, in the quiet night, standing beside Wu Julan, looking at the sparkling sea under the bright moonlight, listening to the sound of surging waves, Suddenly I feel that I should enjoy the present moment first, and everything else will wait until tomorrow!

Suddenly, Wu Julan swayed and was about to fall, I hurriedly supported him, "What's wrong with you?"

Wu Julan said: "It's okay, my leg suddenly felt a little cramp..." He closed his mouth, listening intently, his eyes gradually became very sharp.

I asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"

"Someone is hiding in the woods and is slowly approaching us, four people."

I really want to say optimistically, "Probably a neighbor who comes for a walk at night", but I feel that it is completely impossible.

I said: "Is it a bad person? Let's run down the mountain now, and when we run through this path, we will definitely hear our neighbors."

Wu Julan said: "I can't run now."

"I'll run with you."

Wu Julan did not accept my proposal, "These four people came here with bad intentions. Later, if I say run, you run. I will block them, and you go find someone to help."

"No, I want to be with you..."

Wu Julan stared at me with burning eyes, "I will be fine, but if you insist on staying, I will protect you, and I will probably be in trouble. Don't let you become my weakness, that is the greatest help."

I can only be obedient, "Okay."

Wu Julan asked me to help him walk to a nearby coconut tree.

It was only then that I realized that it was indeed impossible for me to help Wu Julan run. Wu Julan's legs were as stiff as stone pillars, and he and I were sweating profusely after just a few steps.

Wu Julan asked me to pick up some small stones for him. He held it in his hand and said to me: "Run down the mountain with all your strength, don't try to come back to save me, trust me, I will be fine."

I bit my lip tightly and nodded.

Wu Julan said: "Run!"

I rushed towards the mountain path as soon as I could, someone jumped out from the bushes, trying to grab me, but before I got close to me, a stone whizzed and hit his eyes, and he had to dodge to avoid it. ran swiftly ahead.

He still wanted to continue chasing me, but another stone flew towards him, so he had to dodge first.

Wu Julan was leaning on the coconut tree, tossing stones with one hand, while bending his index finger with the other, he ticked him off, full of provocation and contempt.

The man was furious and greeted his accomplices, "Get rid of the men first."

I ran and ran, but after all, I was worried, and couldn't help but look back - under the coconut tree, four men were besieging Wu Julan together with daggers in their hands. Because Wu Julan couldn't move her legs, she could only cling to the coconut tree and passively protect herself. The four men noticed his strangeness, two of them attacked him from both sides, and the other two took advantage of Wu Julan's defense, stabbing the daggers in Wu Julan's legs fiercely.

I felt sad and turned around to run back when Wu Julan's voice came, "Little Luo, be good!"

His voice was as usual, so calm that there was no wave, but that "obedient" voice was extraordinarily gentle, which made me stop immediately.

I gritted my teeth, turned around suddenly, and rushed down the mountain desperately with tears in my eyes.

Stumbling to the end of the path, I could already see the faint lights on Mazu Street. As I ran, I shouted: "Help! Help! Is there anyone? Is there anyone..."

Jiang Yisheng was the first to rush out of the room, and asked loudly, "Xiao Luo, what's the matter?"

I gasped and said: "Wu Julan is at Yingzui Cliff, under the coconut tree, there are villains...with knives..."

Jiang Yisheng took big strides and sprinted up the mountain. Several neighbors followed him one after another and rushed up the mountain.

I was not as fast as them. When I ran to the top of the mountain out of breath, I saw a group of people standing under the coconut tree with strange expressions.

I rushed over anxiously, "Wu Julan..."

There was no one under the coconut tree, neither Wu Julan nor the bad guys who attacked us.

I'm stupid.

A neighbor looked around and said, "Shen Luo, are you having a nightmare? No one is there!"

I said anxiously and fearfully: "Those people must have taken Wu Julan away."

Uncle Zeng said: "Don't worry, Jiang Yisheng has already taken people to look elsewhere."

Brother Wang Yang said: "Let's look around again, Xiao Wu is so big, it's not easy to take him away."

Several neighbors spread out and searched along the direction down the mountain.

I suddenly remembered that I bought a mobile phone for Wu Julan, and I asked him to promise me that I must bring my mobile phone with me whenever I go out. I immediately took out my cell phone and called him.

A gentle female voice came: "Sorry, the number you dialed is not within the service area, please try again later."

I did not give up and dialed over and over again, and the answer was always on the phone.

After more than an hour, everyone searched the entire Matsu Mountain, but neither Wu Julan nor the four bad guys I mentioned were found.

According to me, including Wu Julan, there are five men in total, and Matsu Mountain is so big, it is impossible to find them no matter what.

Although no one said it clearly, I clearly felt that no one believed what I said.

I want to say that "Wu Julan is indeed missing", at least, this is a provable fact.

Jiang Yisheng grabbed me and whispered in my ear: "Wu Julan is an adult, and the police will only accept him after he loses contact for forty-eight hours. Even if you call the police now, the police will just wait and see."

I can only swallow all the words.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and the neighbors kindly and quietly told Jiang Yisheng to take me to the hospital for a checkup.

Standing on the top of the mountain, I was in pain and at a loss. No matter how I thought about it, I couldn't understand why the five big men disappeared without leaving a trace?

I asked Jiang Yisheng: "Do you believe what I say?"

"I believe." Before I could express my thanks, Jiang Yisheng said slowly, "If you tell me that you have seen aliens, I will believe it too."

I punched him hard with tears in my eyes.

Jiang Yisheng quickly said seriously: "You tell me what happened again, let's analyze the possibility."

"After dinner, around eight o'clock, Wu Julan and I went out for a walk, along the path up the mountain, until we reached the highest eagle mouth cliff... Later, four bad guys came..."

I walked under the coconut tree and stood where Wu Julan had stood, "he is standing here."

Jiang Yisheng stood close to my shoulder, leaning against the coconut tree, looked around, and said, "His leg suddenly cramped badly. If he can't move, this is indeed the best place. The coconut tree can protect him back, he can protect you from escaping smoothly."

Behind the coconut trees is a dense cleats forest, on the left is the path down the mountain, in front of it is an open space overgrown with weeds, on the right is a cliff shaped like an eagle's mouth, and some low and unknown phoenix trees grow sparsely. vine.

After looking around, Jiang Yisheng and I turned our attention to Yingzui Cliff. There are jagged rocks at the bottom of the cliff, and the turbulent sea keeps beating against the mountain wall, splashing high waves.

If people can't be found on land, will people go to sea?

I said: "There is also a small road leading to the beach on the other side of the mountain, which is the beach we used to play when we were young." I used to play on the beach as a child.

"I'm more familiar with this place than you! If they take Wu Julan with them, the speed will not be fast. It will take at least 20 minutes to reach the beach at the bottom of the mountain. The reef beach is not easy to walk, and it will take at least ten minutes from the foot of the mountain to the beach. .I didn’t see Wu Julan after I went up the mountain, so I immediately ran to the hillside over there, and looked at it from a high place, and there was absolutely no one there.”

"Maybe you didn't see clearly."

"Look at the moon tonight."

I looked up at the huge moon and fell silent.

Jiang Yisheng said: "I was worried, so I asked Brother Li to search along that road, but found nothing." Brother Li is a fisherman, and he knows where to park a boat on the beach. Leave, he will definitely find out.

I stared at the steep eagle mouth cliff and said: "Did they jump from there?"

Jiang Yisheng said: "Impossible! Jump from there, and you are close to death. Are they worth taking this risk?"

I said angrily: "This is impossible, that is impossible, can people fly into the sky?"

"It's even more impossible! So there must be a reasonable possibility." Jiang Yisheng hesitated and said, "Those four men don't necessarily have to take Wu Julan with them. This is the seaside, and it's not easy to hide a living person. Let a It is not difficult for the dead to disappear..."

I said sharply: "Impossible! Wu Julan will definitely be fine!"

Jiang Yisheng fell silent, but I knew exactly what he wanted to say. If those four people were so vicious that they killed Wu Julan first, then disposed of Wu Julan's body, and then disguised themselves as ordinary people and scattered away, they might escape the search team and escape smoothly.

I subconsciously looked at Yingzui Cliff. The protruding cliff stood in the void, facing the vast sea. At a glance, it was boundless and could swallow everything without leaving a trace.

I seemed to be stabbed severely by something, I immediately closed my eyes, turned my head away, not daring to look again.

Jiang Yisheng persuaded: "I've searched all the places I could. It's useless for you to stay here. It's better to go home and wait. As long as Wu Julan is fine, he will definitely find a way to go home."

For a while, I couldn't think of any other way, so I could only follow Jiang Yisheng home to have a look, with a ten-thousandth hope that maybe Wu Julan had already gone back first.