Chapter 177 - Ruthless but Touched (1/2)

The white cloud over the south was outstanding, with the black velvet cloth as a foil. Under the cover of uncle wind, it moved close to the moon silently and slowly.

About five minutes later, the cloud successfully covered the crescent moon.

However, it continued to move forward and soon uncovered the moon.

The bright moonlight gently sprinkled on Bai Bing’s tender forehead, lining her extraordinarily soft face.

Bai Bing was smiling! Her smile was as beautiful as the snow lotus blooming on the iceberg.

It was the first time for Xiaolu to see Bai Bing’s smile. He really hoped that he were a time controller!

He hoped to freeze that wonderful moment and put it aside, or find a way to extend it indefinitely.

At that moment, he saw a tree full of fruit and asked Bai Bing, “Do you want to have some plums?”

She looked back at him to see that he was pointing at the tree.

She asked, “Will they be acid? This makes me think of Wang Rong’s story of plums on the roadside.”

“Probably, otherwise, they would have been picked up by others. We can try some first. If they’re sweet, we can eat them all. If they’re still acid, you can take them back home and they will be sweeter after being stored in the rice tank for a few days. Besides, you can cut the fruit into pieces and add some sugar water to preserve or boil. Since it’s difficult for us to come here, we can’t go back empty handed,” Xiaolu said.

“How can we pluck them? They’re so high up. Can you climb a tree?” Bai Bing asked.

“Yes, Master Xi taught be before. I can imitate her gestures. You know I fell in love with her before, right? But now, I just consider her as one of my good brethren!” Xiaolu frankly mentioned his affection to Long Xi before, but Bai Bing seemed not to mind.

He stood up and rubbed his hands on his clothes, holding the trunk and climbing up with both his hands and feet.

He hugged the trunk closely after climbing up and held the nearest branch. He shook it for a few minutes to see one yellow plum falling down.

Bai Bing slacked off after waiting for a few minutes with full concentration, so she did not catch it but allowed it to fall on the ground.

That yellow plum was slipt when she picked it up, revealing its fresh pink flesh. It seemed have a 90 percent ripeness at least, so she placed it in a plastic bag.

He did the same thing to shake another seven or eight branches. A dozen plums fell down. She activated her “walking with dainty steps” and “Tianshan quick hands” to catch most of the plums, with only two or three falling on the ground.

He asked, “Do you want to climb up? I can help you.”

Bai Bing answered, “I can’t.”

Xiaolu said, “You can imitate my movements. It’s okay. Come on.”

She was hesitant.

He suddenly said cheerfully, “Come on. You can see a wonderful fountain from here. Be quick, or it will disappear. Come on!”

She held the trunk with doubt and stepped onto the slight hollows. Kicking her legs with strength, she still could not stand firmly.

He bent down with an arm holding a branch and reached one hand to her. She climbed up with his help. Her movements and gestures were similar to a baby koala’s, as seen on TV, grumpy but cute!

After she climbed up the tree with difficulty, Xiaolu asked her to imitate his motions to hug the trunk tightly. Then, he pointed at the eastern side.

There was a fountain indeed.

That was a large musical fountain in the villa community.

With the pleasing rhythm, 20 water columns were ejected at different heights. They seemed to dance with the music, forming various shapes, like a fan or a musical scale.

Colorful and golden lights stood by the fountain, scattering on the water curtain and forming all kinds of classic cartoon characters, like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Snow White. That added more extraordinary points to the water curtain. A few people were surrounding it, watching.

After 10 more minutes, the fountain show ended. They finally slid down the tree reluctantly.

Xiaolu asked, “Have you ever tried to spend a night on a tree?”

Bai Bing said, “Never. Who would do such a weird thing?”

Xiaolu said, “I tried before over that big tree. When I was young, I had a dream to build a white wooden house on a big ancient tree and live inside.” .

Bai Bing was surprised. “Really?”

Xiaolu said, “I will turn into a puppy if I cheat you. Don’t you remember the year book when we graduated from junior high school? That was a dream I wrote down on it. I can show you if you don’t believe my words. How about you? What did you write down?”

Bai Bing sighed and said slightly upset, “My wish might not be reached in my life! I hope my brother can resurge!”

She told Xiaolu the story about her brother, quite a tragic one!

They cuddled together and ate a few broken plums, most of which were acidic, but some were sweet. They were really happy to eat together.