Before the New Year, the mall was still open. After learning that Ling Dongyu's family was coming back, Ye Huanyan went shopping in the city that afternoon and bought everyone's New Year gifts. When she got home, it was almost dark.
There was always a strong wind before New Year's Eve in Lanjiang City. When she got home, the two big lanterns at the door were swayed by the wind, and half of the door couplet was blown away by the wind.
Uncle Zhang and Auntie Zhang were anxious. Both of them were old, and it looked like they were planning to climb up and down to hang the lanterns.
Ye Huanyan got out of the car and hurriedly stopped them.
"Uncle Zhang, you're already so old. Do you still think you can climb so high? It's New Year's Eve. Don't make trouble. "Ye Huanyan handed the things in her hand to Xiao Qin and asked her to take them back. Then she helped Uncle Zhang down the ladder." Okay, don't you still have to catch the train? Hurry up and go. Otherwise, you won't be able to get a taxi when everyone goes home for New Year's Eve. "
Aunt Zhang frowned while holding the lantern. "Then this lantern."
"I'll see what I can do." Ye Huanyan took the lantern from Aunt Zhang. "Don't worry about this. I'll take care of it, Aunt Zhang."
Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang took their luggage from the gatehouse and got into the taxi that Ye Huanyan just got in. Before leaving, Ye Huanyan waved at the people in the taxi. "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, Happy New Year."
"Hey, Miss Yan Yan, you too."
Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang's voices came from the taxi. They seemed reluctant to leave.
After sending off Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang, Ye Huanyan held a big red lantern and looked up at the door that was almost twice her height. She took a deep breath.
She should be able to hang this lantern, right?
In the backyard living room.
Ling Han had just sat down at the dining table with the old lady when he saw Xiao Qin pass by the door with bags of various sizes in her hands. She hurried towards the eastern courtyard.
Ling Han stopped her and said, "Didn't I ask you to pick up Ye Huanyan from the entrance? Why are you back? "
Xiao Qin turned around and waved the bags in her hands.
"Miss is back. She asked me to bring the things to her room first."
Hearing this, the old lady stood up and asked.
"Where is she?"
"At the entrance. The lantern at the entrance was blown down by the wind. Miss asked me to help her hang up the lantern after I put down the things."
"Hanging lanterns? She's just a girl, how can she do that?"
Before his voice died away, Ling Han's figure had already disappeared through the door.
The old lady looked thoughtfully at the figure walking towards the front yard in a hurry. Her worried expression disappeared and a comforting smile appeared on her face.
Under the same roof, after interacting with each other for a long time, feelings would develop over time.
In front of the main gate of the mausoleum.
A wooden ladder leaned against the wall. Ye Huanyan held the lantern in one hand and climbed up the ladder with the other.
The ladder swayed as if it could be blown down by the wind at any time.
She took a deep breath and swallowed hard to gather her courage. She braced herself and stepped on it again.
When she reached the highest point, she reached out to grab the rope to hang the lantern. However, the rope was twisted by the wind and she could not reach it. She remembered that her head was covered in sweat.
In her anxiety, she looked down and saw that she was more than three meters above the ground. She felt dizzy.
She quickly raised her head and did not dare to look down again.
She muttered to herself, "When I was young, I was never afraid of climbing trees and mountains. It's just a three-meter door, why am I so flustered? Is it true that the older I get, the more I value my life?"
Just as she was thinking, a cold voice suddenly sounded from below.
"Ye Huanyan, what are you doing? Do you want to die? "
Hearing this angry rebuke, her hand slipped and the lantern fell from her hand. It was blown far away by the wind.
She suddenly cried out in alarm and her whole body trembled. She was so scared that she hugged the ladder tightly. The ladder, which did not look sturdy to begin with, also shook twice. She was so scared that her whole body trembled.
"Don't move …" The familiar voice seemed to tremble, and the swaying ladder suddenly stopped moving.
After the panic, Ye Huanyan carefully looked down.
Ling Han was holding the ladder and looking at her nervously.
Now that the ladder was stable, Ye Huanyan was still scared, but she was safe.
Ling Han's face turned green. "Why aren't you coming down …"
Ye Huanyan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hugged the ladder tightly, not daring to let go. She said guiltily, "I … I can't go down …"
"What do you mean you can't go down? How did you go up? How did you come down …"
"My legs … my legs are weak."
In the bleak cold wind, the two of them were separated by the length of the ladder.
The air seemed to have been silent for a century.
After a while, Ling Han took a deep breath and tried to calm his angry heart. He looked up at Ye Huanyan. "Take a deep breath, then try to move your left leg. Move it down a little."
Ye Huanyan felt that at this moment, other than her hands that were hugging the ladder tightly, there was not a single part of her body that belonged to her. She was so nervous that she was numb.
Hearing this, she was stunned for a few seconds and was so nervous that she was about to cry.
"Left leg … Which side is left?"
"Whichever leg you want. Move whichever leg you can."
"I … I … I can't move."
Ling Han's face darkened and he said in a muffled voice.
"… Ye Huanyan, I'll count to three. If you don't move, I'll flip the ladder over. If you break your leg, I'll send you to the hospital and let you stay in the hospital alone for the New Year."
"Hey, don't … I'll move, I'll move …"
Ye Huanyan sniffed and tried to find a trace of feeling. She moved her right leg and slowly moved it down a step.
"Yes, just like that. Go down a little more. Okay, you've reached the ladder. Step on it."
When her right leg stepped on the next step, Ye Huanyan felt that she was already covered in sweat.
Then it was her left leg.
Then it was her right leg.
Every step seemed to use up all the strength in her body.
Ling Han stood at the bottom. After seeing her steadily step on the ladder a few times, he slowly exhaled.
After a few steps, Ye Huanyan opened her eyes and slowly lowered her head to see how far she was. When she lowered her head, the world spun.
Her feet slipped.
"Ah …"
A woman's scream mixed with the cold wind sounded at the entrance of the Ling family's old mansion.
The only servant left in the house, Xiao Qin, had just stepped out of the door when she saw such a scene. Her entire face froze.
At this moment, Ye Huanyan fell into Ling Han's arms. She hugged Ling Han's neck tightly and refused to let go. Her eyes were closed tightly as she nestled in his arms. Her chest rose and fell violently as if she had just survived an inhumane massacre.
Ling Han raised his head and looked at the wooden ladder beam in front of him where one of her feet had suddenly slipped. It was less than half a meter from the ground. His face froze slightly, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes. After being stunned for a few seconds, he finally raised his hand and patted her back.
This scene was familiar.
In the past ten years, Ye Huanyan had climbed every tree in the old mansion, picked jujubes from the trees, dug out bird nests, destroyed the hornet's nest that had stung the new servant, and also saved the little kitten that had climbed up the tree and didn't know how to get down.
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