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Title: "Eighteen Lotus Beds"
The rarely seen lotus from the outskirts brought by Jia Xu, covering the sky and sun, connected into patches with the mountains and waters, is very pleasing, but not spoken of.
Only when strolling by the lake, will I hold onto the lotus picked by Guo Jia, carefully examining, touching the pink petals, feeling the texture of the petals, even the small thorns on the hollow branches are a novel experience.
Guo Jia saw that the lotus would wither quickly without water. Every time after returning from the lake, it wouldn't last long. So Guo Jia would wait for Jia Xu to wake up and then place freshly picked lotus flowers and leaves, still covered in morning dew, by Jia Xu's bedside.
When Jia Xu opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the pink petals with dewdrops. He sat up in a daze, surrounded by them, as if he were sleeping in a lotus pond.
Summer dawn, many mosquitoes. Guo Jia's face was covered with small red dots from mosquito bites, like bright cinnabar dots imprinted on his pale skin.
Jia Xu pinched some green grass ointment and applied it to Guo Jia's skin, saying, "Don't come next time." Guo Jia asked why.
Expecting to get something without asking is just stealing. Jia Xu said, "What if you don't step firmly and fall? What will you do in the dead of night? Who will save you?"
Guo Jia sighed and said, "But you like it." Jia Xu did not deny that he liked it, but still said that Guo Jia should not do it again.
The lotus is so round and tender, I wonder how deep they had to go to pick it. The day Jia Xu closed his eyes and Guo Jia fell into the water, it was to pick the most beautiful lotus for him. Unable to swim, he could only watch Guo Jia struggle in the water and watch the older students jump in to rescue him.
It seems that Guo Jia also thought of something and slowly said, "I won't do it again next time." However, every time he came back from outside, he would bring back a large handful of lotus leaves, which continued throughout the entire summer at the academy.
Chapter 19 Summer Rain
There are frequent showers in the summer. After a heavy rain, I realized that I didn't know when it had started. Some people were holding umbrellas, while others were running in the rain, making a lot of noise.
Jia Xu stood at the corridor, watching as fewer and fewer people passed by, and the rain showed no sign of stopping. Holding the book, his hands grew cold. He sighed, resigned to stepping into the rain, but then he heard a clear Wenhe.
Guo Jia came with a fancy and colorful umbrella, clearly the lady from the music house.
Jia Xu didn't want to listen and continued walking in the rain. Guo Jia caught up with him, but Jia Xu walked faster, causing Guo Jia to have no choice but to grab Jia Xu's wrist.
Jia Xu's eyes were like fire, staring firmly at Guo Jia's hand and saying, "Let go." Instead of letting go, Guo Jia rubbed the cold skin on the wrist and softly said, "I knew it was going to rain today and that you didn't bring an umbrella. I came to pick you up because Lin Niang was worried about you. She handed me this umbrella halfway. You also know my preferences, I like peachy and green colors. Why are you angry?"
Jia Xu deflated, hanging his eyelashes without saying a word, the rain hitting the oiled paper umbrella was annoying.
After a long time, Jia Xu slowly said "no," took the umbrella from Guo Jia, and walked back to their residence together.
Later, Guo Jia often came with an umbrella on rainy days, saying that Wenhe could see him at a glance, and indeed, whether it was morning or evening, whenever Guo Jia came with an umbrella, Wenhe could always see him from a distance.
Sometimes Guo Jia would arrive early and not want to go in, so he would play in the water nearby, splashing the accumulated water and wetting his clothes. When Jia Xu came, he would greet him with a smile.
Jia Xu leaned on his cane, standing in the corridor, watching the rain fall in a continuous line. When he saw Prince Guangling approaching with an umbrella through the mist, he opened his mouth and finally called out to His Highness.
Prince Guangling didn't need to ask to know who Jia Xu was thinking about. But the rainy day was already annoying, so although he was curious about what was going on, he didn't want to add to Jia Xu's troubles. He just shook the water off the umbrella and said, "It's damp on rainy days. Take care of your old injury, sir."
After finishing speaking, she handed the umbrella to the female official and went inside, leaving Jia Xu alone standing in the corridor, continuing to reminisce about the past.
Jia Xu remembered the Biyong Lake, where in the peak of summer, the lotus flowers and seedpods stretched endlessly. It was also very rainy, often transitioning from sunny weather to rolling thunderclouds and large raindrops in the blink of an eye.
Everyone is running to the academy, only Guo Jia is folding two large lotus leaves to use as an oil-paper umbrella, walking on the field ridge with the lotus leaves on top, and carrying freshly picked lotus seeds in his arms.
Guo Jia loves to walk on rugged and uneven roads. Jia Xu helplessly follows beside him, reaching out to grab Guo Jia as he slips. Guo Jia reaches back and grabs Jia Xu's hand, pointing to the distant mountains and saying, "Wenhe, the lotus leaves are so abundant."
Jia Xu held Guo Jia's fingertips and said with a turn, "This is the real lotus leaf, He Tiantian."
Guo Jia laughed happily, grabbed Jia Xu's hand, and ran on the field ridge. The wind blew away the lotus leaves that were blocking the rain, but they didn't care. They ran towards the academy with rain hitting their faces.
Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia with a smiling face, the small golden and jade pendant swaying with each movement. The rain and wind seemed to have disappeared, leaving only Guo Jia's clear laughter and Xun Yu senior rushing over with an umbrella, shouting angrily at Guo Jia.
Being pressed down by the senior, while being scolded and forced to drink three bowls of strong ginger tea, Guo Jia was hit on the head with a lotus seedpod when the senior got angry.
So Guo Jia hid behind Jia Xu, and the skin that Guo Jia grabbed onto was burning hot.
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