Chapter 4

Once you have seen the sea, you will never be satisfied with the water.

In the following days, the two of them were in a pure love relationship like ordinary lovers. Apart from holding hands, Lin Cuizhi and Guo Siyi did not take any further actions. Both of them were pure love warriors and did not know what they were waiting for.

Or maybe it was just a matter of timing.

Lin Cuizhi felt that the relationship between the two was very sweet, but he could not let go of it. He always felt that Guo Siyi’s love for him came from her absurd dream.

He did not deny Guo Siyi’s dream. After all, she said that she could find relevant evidence, but these county annals were too niche and could not be found on the Internet.

He decided to find an opportunity to find out with Guo Siyi.

If her love really came from this dream, then Lin Cuizhi must break this dream and let Guo Siyi accept the reality. After a period of getting along, he has accepted the existence of another her in his life. He is very afraid that one day in the future, a real Lin Xia will appear. Will Guo Siyi transfer this love to that stranger?

She is Guo Siyi in this life! She is not Lin Qiu!

If his love is not derived from this dream, but just an imaginary one, he also wants to pull Guo Siyi out of this illusory delusion. Reality is the most important thing.

The biggest possibility is that this dream cannot be verified.

Because no matter how true the things Guo Siyi said were, they were all things that happened a long time ago. The stories of Brokeback Mountain and the love between people of different ages that she said really did not leave a trace in the waves of history.

This is the case for most people in this world.

It is a rare coincidence to find the name of Lin Xia thousands of years ago.

Soon it was time for the National Day holiday.

The two of them had been dating for half a month without realizing it.

On this day, Lin Cuizhi said to Guo Siyi while eating: “Siyi, I have something that I can’t let go of. I want to witness it with you.”

“What is it?” Lin Cuizhi had never told Guo Siyi about his thoughts. She didn’t know that Lin Cuizhi had been thinking about it these days.

“I want to go on a trip with you during the National Day.”

This sentence sounded like an unusual signal to Guo Siyi. They had only held hands these days and had not even kissed. Could it be that this National Day trip was her journey to lose her virginity?

Guo Siyi had never experienced her heartbeat so fast, including the moment when she confessed to Lin Cuizhi. After all, it was she who took the initiative to propose it, and she had a lot of psychological preparation. This time it was Lin Cuizhi who proposed it. For a science man, it was rare to have such a romantic thing.

“Where are we going?” Guo Siyi asked.

“Last time you said Ninglan County in Huizhou? I want to go there and see it with my own eyes.”

Guo Siyi was a little disappointed, but she quickly adjusted herself: “Okay, the scenery of the Huai River over there is very beautiful. I didn’t go to see it last time.”

Lin Cuizhi was sensitive to Guo Siyi’s emotional changes this time. He said: “I want to confirm what you said, but in any case, I hope that you and I are a matter of this life. I don’t want to involve the past life. After all, it was a matter of thousands of years ago. If there is reincarnation, you and I have experienced so many lives. We must cherish this new era full of sunshine.”

“I understand what you mean a little bit. You mean that even if we have a predestined relationship in the past life, it happens to be the cause of the past life. We must cherish the result of this life? Are you worried that I will fall in love with someone else?” Guo Siyi extracted the key points from this passage.

“You are really a genius student. It’s so easy to know what I want to say.” Lin Cuizhi still wiped her head smoothly.

“Don’t underestimate a girl’s analytical ability! And you didn’t wash your hands.”

Lin Cuizhi didn’t defend himself, but just laughed. Looking at Guo Siyi’s pretended angry expression, he felt relieved for no reason.

The two of them had scheduled a departure date of September 30th, slightly avoiding the peak period. It would take 7 or 8 hours to take the high-speed rail. Of course, they had to go home during the National Day holiday.

Going home meant facing the parents of both sides. How could the neighbors not know about it?

As soon as he got home, Lin Cuizhi’s uncle Lin Yuzheng said, “Cuizhi, I heard that you and Siyi are dating, why didn’t you tell your uncle and aunt?”

Lin Cuizhi didn’t know where his uncle got the news from, so he had to smile flatteringly and said, “Uncle, where did you hear it from?”

“Of course I have my channels. Siyi is a good girl. In order to pass the exam to become your junior sister, you can ask us to keep it a secret from you, saying that we want to give you a surprise.”

It seems that Guo Siyi and his uncle have a better relationship than he thought. No wonder he didn’t know Guo Siyi was admitted to the university until he was in class.

“Uncle, you don’t know how embarrassed I was at that time. I was just substituting for a class. She called my name in front of the whole class and I immediately crashed.”

Lin Yuzheng patted his shoulder and said, “There are many such emergencies in society. Just get used to it. I think your reaction at that time is interesting, hahaha...”

Uncle’s cheerful personality was perfectly inherited by Lin Cuizhi’s cousin. Sometimes he also wanted to be as sociable as his cousin, but unfortunately he couldn’t do it.

“Siyi is back home too. You can take these mooncakes to his parents.” Lin Yuzheng handed a big five-nut mooncake to Lin Cuizhi.

“It’s right across the street. Why didn’t you send it for so long? Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival.”

A slap hit Lin Cuizhi on the head: “Science and engineering men are really difficult to deal with. Is this for sending mooncakes? It depends on your intention. Just say that you bought it a long time ago and sent it home and now send it.”

“Oh...”

Lin Cuizhi turned around without taking off his shoes and opened the door and walked to the door of Guo Siyi’s house. They went home together just now.

Not long after the doorbell rang, Guo Siyi had changed into home clothes. Lin Cuizhi looked at his phone to see if he had been waiting at the door for ten minutes.

“What’s wrong with Brother Cuizhi?” Guo Siyi asked as he opened the door.

“Are Uncle Guo and Aunt Lili home? I’ll bring mooncakes.”

“Is that Cuizhi? Come in.” Aunt Lili’s voice came.

Lin Cuizhi had come to Siyi’s house many times, but never as reserved as now, because his status was different.

Lin Cuizhi touched Guo Siyi with his arm: “Do your parents know that you and I are dating?”

“Yes, they are very supportive.” Guo Siyi took out a pair of slippers, the same pattern as hers but different color, “I bought these, they are your slippers.”

Lin Cuizhi sat awkwardly on the sofa, Aunt Lily took out a cup of tea, Lin Cuizhi immediately stood up and took it and said: “This is the mooncake I bought online, I sent it home and brought it here today, I hope it’s not too late.”

“Not too late, not too late, tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, now is just right, why don’t I take it in and cut it.” Aunt Lily walked in with the mooncake.

“I’m so nervous...” Lin Cuizhi didn’t know where to put his hands.

“You have come to my house so many times, how can you be like this, don’t be afraid, be good.” Guo Siyi rarely saw nervousness in Lin Cuizhi’s eyes, she quickly seized the opportunity and touched his head along his hair.

“Where’s Uncle Guo?” It was already past 8 o’clock in the evening, and Guo Siyi’s father hadn’t come home yet, even though he was usually at home.

Guo Siyi said, “My mom said that since I went to college, my dad has started to let himself go, and there are always activities. She said that he has been working hard for me for the past ten years...”

“Is it so exaggerated? But Uncle has really spent a lot of time on you, and it’s only right for him to relax now.”

After chatting for a while, Uncle Guo came home. When he saw Lin Cuizhi at home, his first reaction was, “You kid, you can’t let my daughter down!”

He looked like he had drunk some wine, and his face was red.

“Dad, how much did you drink today?” Seeing this, Guo Siyi and Lin Cuizhi hurriedly helped the drunk man sit on the sofa.

“I, Guo Jia, hate ungrateful people who abandon their friends the most. I have watched you grow up and know that you are a good person, but I still want to remind you that if you dare to let Si Yi down, I will break your legs.”

Lin Cuizhi saw Uncle Guo Jia drunk, and didn’t expect that he, who was usually gentle and elegant, would be so heroic after being drunk.

Aunt Lily cut the mooncakes and brought them out. Seeing that Guo Jia was drunk, she blamed him, “Go take a shower and sober up, Cui Zhi, just think of your uncle Guo as drunk.”

Lin Cuizhi waved his hand and said, “Uncle Guo is right, I will definitely protect my legs well.”

After Guo Jia was urged to take a shower, Aunt Lily sat down and ate mooncakes with everyone. She kept looking up and down at Lin Cuizhi, who felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by this beautiful woman.

To be honest, although she is an aunt, she is only ten years older than me and has maintained herself well. It is okay to call her sister. However, she is Guo Siyi’s mother, so of course I have to call her aunt.

“It seems that the name of our family is destined to be tied to you.” Aunt Lili suddenly said.

“I know this question!” Guo Siyi raised her hand to answer.

Lin Cuizhi looked at the mother and daughter in confusion. What are they talking about?

“If it is beneficial to the country, life and death will not be avoided because of misfortune or fortune.” Guo Siyi said a poem.

“This?” Lin Cuizhi was still confused after hearing it. After tasting it carefully, he suddenly found the point and laughed.

“Right, Brother Cuizhi!” Guo Siyi said, “My father is Guo Jia, and my mother Gou Li gave birth to me.”

Lin Cuizhi has always called her Aunt Lili, but he forgot that her surname is Gou, a rare surname.

“Guo Li gave birth to Si Yi, how can one avoid Cui Zhi because of misfortune or fortune?” Lin Cui Zhi couldn’t help but sigh at the coincidence of the names, it was destined.

Suddenly, he believed that the marriage in the previous life was true. How could it be so coincidental?

“By the way, Brother Cui Zhi, I don’t know something, I haven’t asked before, what does your name mean?” Guo Si Yi asked.

“I heard my uncle mention it, but I don’t know if it’s true, but I think it should be my parents’ intention.” Lin Cui Zhi recalled, “My mother’s surname is Cui, Cui Zhi inherited the ambitions of my father and mother, and wanted me to be better than my father.”

“Your parents will be very happy to know that you are studying so well now.” Aunt Lili said.

Lin Cui Zhi nodded, the memory of his parents was too distant, and if he didn’t think about it deliberately, it would basically not be evoked in life.

He smiled with his lips pursed. Aunt Lily saw his expression and said no more. She changed the subject and said, “I heard that you are going to Ninglan County?”

“Well, yes, we will leave on the 30th and come back on the 3rd.” Lin Cuizhi replied.

Aunt Lily was silent for a long time, her eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, and finally sighed and said, “Siyi is also in college, so I can’t keep her, but she is only 16 years old after all, so you should pay attention to safety.”

“Mom, we will definitely pay attention to safety. We will take the high-speed rail and report to you every time we take a taxi.” Guo Siyi understood this safety.

Lin Cuizhi knew that Aunt Lily was talking about something else. He knew that this was a good opportunity to break her virginity. Generally speaking, it is normal for couples to go to bed when they go on a long-distance trip.

He didn’t know whether they would have a relationship. After all, they were in love and had no choice.

He nodded and said, “I will pay attention to safety.”

Guo Siyi still didn’t hear the hidden meaning. She was full of mooncakes and didn’t participate in the topic.

After Guo Jia came out of the shower, he was obviously drunk. He said embarrassedly: “Cui Zhi, what I said just now was a bit harsh, but if you let Si Yi down, I will break your legs.”

Lin Cui Zhi looked at Guo Jia’s strong muscles and nodded quickly.

On the day of the trip, the two of them got up early and took the earliest high-speed train. It was already past 4 pm when they arrived in Ninglan County.

Lin Cui Zhi paid for the round-trip tickets for the high-speed train, the tickets for the attractions, and the meal expenses at that time. Lin Yuzheng gave him 10,000 yuan with a stroke of his pen, which was definitely enough.

Guo Si Yi took the initiative to ask her to book the accommodation. After all, they were still in a relationship and they should not pay for everything by one party.

Pulling the two suitcases, Lin Cui Zhi thought about whether it would be enough for two people to pull one suitcase one day in the future, so that there would be no need to have both hands free.

They came to a hotel near a crossroads. The front desk was not big. They had to go up to the third floor. After the receptionist received the two people, he looked at Guo Siyi’s ID card in confusion, then looked at Lin Cuizhi, who was obviously a few years older than her. He checked for a long time, but finally did not say anything. After all, she had seen many 16-year-old couples coming to have sex.

After completing the registration, the two came to the third floor. It was completely different from the small first floor. The whole floor was a hotel. There was also an antique courtyard feng shui pool in the center. On the way to the room along the stone road, there were many carp swimming in the pool. There was a small pavilion in the middle for guests to rest.

The whole layout was well done, and there was a different world.

When they came to the door of a room, Lin Cuizhi asked, “Where is my room card?”

“She just gave me a room card?” Guo Siyi said.

In an instant, a surge of blood rushed up, and Lin Cuizhi’s heartbeat was so fast that he could see his face flushed.

“Shall we share a room?”

“What else? Two rooms are much more expensive.” Guo Siyi didn’t notice the problem, but opened the door on her own.

When Lin Cuizhi saw that it was a twin-bed room, his excitement calmed down.

After Guo Siyi put her luggage on the bed near the window, Lin Cuizhi put his things on another bed. At this time, he found that the bathroom was actually a piece of frosted glass. Although he couldn’t see clearly inside, he could see a vague figure.

“Siyi, let’s take a break and then eat.” Lin Cuizhi tried not to think about the evening and said to Guo Siyi.

“Okay, let’s go to the restaurant next door. I searched it and the reviews are good. It’s a relatively authentic local restaurant. It’s not a popular online restaurant, so there’s no need to queue up.” Guo Siyi said while lying on the bed.

From Lin Cuizhi’s point of view, her delicate figure has developed a little, but according to her figure, it may not develop much. However, seeing her wearing black stockings, his originally calm mind became hot.

Lin Cuizhi took out his schoolbag and touched a box of condoms he bought at a convenience store the night before he left. When he took out the condoms from the shelf at the cash register for the first time, he would never forget the awkward look.

Forget about online shopping in the future.

After trying hard to calm the lust in his heart, Lin Cuizhi began to swipe his phone to divert his attention.

After resting for more than half an hour, it was getting dark. The two walked hand in hand on the street. There were not many pedestrians and vehicles around. This place was not a famous tourist city. There were special attractions, but not many people came. Even on National Day, it was still relatively casual.

After eating a special local dish, the two continued to walk hand in hand on the street and walked to the riverside unknowingly.

This Muxing River is a famous river, but its scenery in Ninglan County can only be ranked fifth, so more people will go to the top three attractions to visit.

This section is the river section in the city, for people to take a leisure walk after dinner.

The two strolled along the river bank, feeling the slightly cool breeze. Guo Siyi sighed, “The world is changing so fast. I remember when I was a kid, there was no WeChat, but now you can play games on WeChat.”

“When you say these things, my phone in elementary school was still a flip phone, and I had no idea what a touch-screen phone was. It wasn’t until I was in junior high school that WeChat launched mini-program games, which are not like the mini-programs that can fly now. Also, the world is changing so fast, maybe you can really understand it more deeply when you are in this country. If you are in Britain or the United States, you will not experience changes when you take those century-old subways, but the aftertaste of history.”

“That’s right. The changes in our country over the years are indeed too great, so great that I am a little scared, and it makes me very tired.” Guo Siyi tied her hair that was blown messy by the river breeze into a ponytail.

“I don’t think we need to be too nervous at the moment. After all, we are in Guangwen University, so it’s easier to get a job than others. As long as you study professional knowledge well, many companies will be vying for you after graduation.” Lin Cuizhi touched the ponytail and combed the hair like a ponytail.

“Brother Cuizhi, do you think our major can eventually develop real artificial intelligence that thinks like humans?” Guo Siyi stood in front of Lin Cuizhi, looking at the buildings on the other side, and asked.

“I don’t know. As humans, we really love and fear artificial intelligence. We like it because it can help us solve many things that humans can’t do or spend a lot of time to do, but we are afraid that if it really has human emotions and thinking ability, it will replace humans, and eventually the earth will become a robot planet of silicon-based creatures.” Lin Cuizhi said.

“The changes in the past thousand years are not as good as the changes in the past few decades.” Guo Siyi sighed.

“Are you thinking about that again?”

“Yes, aren’t we here just to let you, Brother Cui Zhi, see the real county annals?”

“I don’t know why, I’m a little nervous.” Lin Cui Zhi said, holding Guo Siyi’s hand. He was afraid that after tomorrow, she would no longer feel that she was A Xia, and her feelings for him would gradually become cold, just to wait for that illusory A Xia.

After the two stayed for more than an hour and returned to the hotel, Guo Siyi summarized and found the problem.

“Why is this bathroom frosted glass?”

“Did you just find out? I thought you knew it when you booked the hotel. I’ll go to the pavilion outside to rest for a while.” Lin Cui Zhi said.

Guo Siyi blushed and said, “No ... no, we’re dating, we live in the same room, I expected these things.”

Unexpectedly, Guo Siyi is still so cute, Lin Cuizhi said, “I’ll go out, there’s a Snow King downstairs, do you want to buy something to drink?”

“Okay, I just want a cup of ordinary bubble milk tea, less ice and less sugar.”

After Lin Cuizhi went out, Guo Siyi blushed and went to the bathroom. Thinking of what might happen tonight, she began to get nervous belatedly.

Lin Cuizhi was buying Snow King downstairs. He regretted it a little. Why did he come out just now? Looking at the hazy figure through the bathroom glass, it was really too attractive. Why was he so gentlemanly?

Forget it, I’m really not that kind of person. Since I’m out to buy Snow King, I’ll go back later.

After walking downstairs for about 20 minutes, Lin Cuizhi received a message: Brother Cuizhi, I’m done.

Lin Cuizhi let out a long sigh, and walked back to the door of the room with a cup of Snow King in his heavy steps. He had finished his own cup long ago.

After the knock on the door, Guo Siyi came out to open the door. At that moment, Lin Cuizhi’s ears turned red.

She was dressed very ordinary, a T-shirt and cotton shorts, but the T-shirt was white with a little bear pattern in the middle, which could not cover her two points.

Why can you see two points?

Because Guo Siyi was not wearing underwear at all.

Lin Cuizhi didn’t dare to look down, he swallowed and said, “Your milk tea, I’m going to take a shower now.”

After that, he immediately rushed into the room to get clothes, and then rushed into the bathroom.

Guo Siyi drank Snow King and looked down at herself, only to find that she was used to wearing it at home, and she didn’t notice that she could vaguely see two points when wearing a T-shirt.

Brother Cuizhi must have been so shy because of this.

Brother Cui Zhi is taking a bath...

Guo Siyi can vaguely see the shadow of Lin Cui Zhi taking a bath through the frosted glass, and the bulge below that women don’t have, which is so embarrassing!

Guo Siyi covered her eyes with her hands, but her fingers involuntarily opened a gap. She has seen the movie, but it was all mosaics and she has never seen it in real life.

Brother Cui Zhi is taking a bath in it now. He is her boyfriend.

Could he be A Xia?

However, Brother Cui Zhi also said that he doesn’t want to be immersed in the past. Just now, he lamented that there have been so many changes in ten years, not to mention the changes in a thousand years.

Maybe he hopes that he can be with him as Guo Siyi, regardless of those unverifiable stories in the previous life.

She really loves Lin Cui Zhi in this life. Now, she doesn’t know whether she fell in love with him because she dreamed of her previous life, or because of the hazy love that keeps adding some self-consistent plots.

Lin Cuizhi was also wearing a T-shirt and shorts when he came out. He saw Guo Siyi huddled in the reception chair, holding her head with both hands, and her knees curled up together.

“What’s wrong with Siyi?” Lin Cuizhi thought she was uncomfortable.

Guo Siyi didn’t answer. Lin Cuizhi walked over and was about to touch her forehead with his hand. Unexpectedly, she suddenly raised her head, and his palm directly covered her mouth.

“I’m sorry, are you okay?” Lin Cuizhi said while wiping his hair with a towel.

Guo Siyi’s hair, which had been blown dry, was casually draped over her shoulders. She shook her head and said, “It’s okay, I just ... feel a little...”

“What?”

Guo Siyi blushed and looked to the side, biting her lower lip and whispered, “Are we sleeping separately today?”

“Of course, two beds, no...” Lin Cuizhi heard this and immediately understood the meaning of the words. He also suddenly became shy and said incoherently, “Separate ... should be ... separate ... is ... not ... not sleeping together, we ... two beds...”

After stuttering for a long time without finishing a sentence, Guo Siyi shyly got into her bed quickly.

Lin Cuizhi had no choice but to blow his hair, and then got into another bed with a red face.

“Watch TV? The projection one, all VIPs.” Guo Siyi said.

“Okay.”

“What does Brother Cui Zhi want to watch?”

“I’m fine with anything, as long as you like it.”

“Then let’s watch this Across the Universe! Spider’s new movie, has Brother Cui Zhi seen it?” Guo Siyi nodded.

“No, I’ve heard of this movie, but I was busy with experiments when it was released and didn’t watch it. I didn’t have any interest in it.”

“I will watch it with Brother Cui Zhi in the future.” After Guo Siyi said this, the atmosphere instantly became ambiguous.

Fortunately, the movie had already started, suppressing the ambiguity.

When watching half of the movie, Guo Siyi seemed to ask herself: “Is there a possibility that those things actually happened in parallel universes, but because the time nodes between universes are different, we are now in modern times, but because there is a lack of important time nodes over there, they are still living in ancient times. After all, a thousand years is no different from one or two seconds in the long river of time.”

“You are not unreasonable to say that. After all, there are cats, spiders and dinosaurs spiders here. If they were in the same era, then these dinosaurs would have been extinct long ago.” Lin Cuizhi agreed with this brain-opening view, after all, there is no way to verify it.

The two of them lay on their beds and watched the movie until the end. The flames of eagerness in both of their hearts never had a chance to ignite.

“Siyi, I’ll brush my teeth first.” Seeing that it was already past 11 o’clock in the evening, Lin Cuizhi got up and prepared to go to bed.

Guo Siyi kept rubbing her legs in the quilt, looking at Mumu’s Cuizhi brother, and said reluctantly with a breath: “Well, you brush and I will brush.”

But in her heart, she kept comforting herself: there are still a few days and a few days.

In fact, Lin Cuizhi was not relaxed either. He wanted to have further communication with Siyi, but he did not dare to test it before the knot of past life that was repeatedly mentioned was untied.

As long as tomorrow was fine, everything would be settled.

Even if nothing happened, those memories in Siyi’s heart that were difficult to distinguish true from false must be resolved. It was impossible for her to carry this in her heart for the rest of her life.

Although the two turned off the lights and went to bed early, they didn’t sleep well. Lin Cuizhi was thinking about where to go today to see how to untie Guo Siyi’s knot, while Guo Siyi was looking forward to what special experience Lin Cuizhi would have after seeing the county annals, such as remembering the memories of the previous life.

After all, she is a little girl, and she still has an inexplicable expectation for this love that spans thousands of years.

After the two had a casual breakfast, they took a taxi to the county library. This is a newly built building. In recent years, as people’s spiritual and cultural needs have increased, many local libraries and museums have been completely renewed, even at the county level.

There are also many people in the library during the National Day holiday, but many of them are children reading books, and adults are chatting in the cafe. Guo Siyi has been here once before, and she led Lin Cuizhi to the third floor with familiarity.

There are almost no people on this floor, and it is filled with a stale smell. Lin Cuizhi saw that the lights here are different from the two floors below and are relatively dim.

“The manager here said that this floor is full of ancient books, all displayed in glass cabinets, but because a new system was entered when the new library was built, these ancient books have electronic versions.” Guo Siyi explained.

“Take me to have a look.” This solemn atmosphere made Lin Cuizhi’s previous careless attitude restrained a lot, and he was actually a little nervous.

Guo Siyi took the lead and walked to a glass cabinet at the innermost of the house. She pointed to a book that was almost tattered and said, “This is it, an ancient book from more than a thousand years ago.”

“Such an early book is actually placed in the county?” Lin Cuizhi felt that this library was really well hidden.

“After all, it is a county annals, and it doesn’t have much historical significance, but I don’t know if this is a replica or an original.”

“I remember that county annals can be found in provincial libraries.” Lin Cuizhi looked at this tattered book and remembered that provincial libraries would have county annals records from all over the country.

“Of course it’s better to come here. What’s so good about going to the province?”

“But we can’t see the original records here. We can only read the electronic version?” Lin Cuizhi couldn’t understand.

“Brother Cuizhi, your idea is wrong. Sometimes history is meaningful only when it is reviewed in the place where it originally happened. Just like the Tang Dynasty monuments I visited in Chang’an last time, it is actually a park, but standing on it, you can imagine the many thrilling and heart-wrenching stories that happened in that magnificent dynasty more than a thousand years ago.”

Guo Siyi popularized history and culture, and Lin Cuizhi nodded quickly after listening. He didn’t understand these very well, but when Siyi mentioned this, he also understood the deep meaning.