White Olive Tree

Chapter 39

The wedding banquet broke up early and ended at eight o'clock.  Many soldiers were still making a fuss. Li Zan blushed badly and felt a little dizzy, so he left first.
Li Zan took Song Ran to the family room for resettlement.  He only had five or six drinks today, but he has a bad tolerance for alcohol and gets drunk easily.  When he entered the room, he still planned to help Song Ran make the bed, but as soon as he laid the sheets, he fell on the bed and couldn't get up.
He blushed and said a little loudly: "Ran Ran, I can't get up. I can't help you put on the quilt."
"Just lie down and don't have to do anything." Song Ran put on the pillow, picked up his head, put both pillows under his head, and poured a glass of water for him to drink.
He tugged on the collar of his military uniform and muttered: "It's hot..."
Song Ran fetched a basin of water, untied his belt, took off his military uniform, wiped his face with a towel, his neck and the back of his arms. After wiping him, he asked, "Are you feeling comfortable?"
He nodded: "Comfortable." After a second, "Yes."
Song Ran couldn't help laughing, she wiped it herself, changed into her pajamas, and climbed into bed to put on the quilt.
The window was open, and the light from outside was flowing, filtering in through the shadows of the trees.
Li Zan leaned on the pillow, his eyes followed Song Ran, and asked: "Is it fun today?"
"You mean a wedding?" Song Ran put on a quilt cover and turned to look at him, "I used to think weddings were boring and formalistic. But today I think they're good. However, maybe it's because the people attending the wedding are all cute."
"What's so cute about it?" In the dim light, his features were clear and clear.  Because he was slightly drunk, there was undisguised affection in his eyes.
"Many weddings are held at the top, while everyone below is eating. It's so embarrassing." Song Ran zipped up the quilt cover and shook the quilt twice, "But today everyone knows the rules and is well-trained. And they are all  It looks great in military uniform.”
"You said embarrassment twice today," Li Zan stretched out his hand toward her, made a V with his long fingers, and said unclearly, "You don't like embarrassment." 
"Yes, I have cancer." Song Ran said, "And it happens often."
"Then when we get married, we won't have so many irrelevant people there, so we won't embarrass you."
Although the words were drunk, Song Ran felt warm in his heart and said, "Okay. It doesn't matter whether it's relevant or not, no one can go. As long as it's not you who doesn't want to go."
Before he finished speaking, Li Zan laughed, showing his eight neat teeth, and his crooked eyes sparkled with stars, as if he had heard a good joke.
Song Ran put down the quilt and looked at his extraordinarily innocent smile due to his drunkenness. Suddenly he remembered what Saxin said: Every word you say can make him laugh, making him unable to stop laughing.  But my dear Song, you are not a humorous girl.
Song Ran leaned over, touched his hot cheek, and asked, "A-Zan."
"Huh?" There was a faint smell of alcohol in his breath.
"Do you think I'm funny?"
He didn't react: "What?"
"Am I funny?"
"...It's okay. It doesn't count..."
His honest look made her couldn't help but laugh, and a drum suddenly started to beat in her heart.
"A-Zan,"
   "Um?"
She took advantage of him being drunk, poked his cheek, tilted her head and teased: "I'm not humorous, so why do you always smile at me? Huh? Why?"
He smiled brightly at her: "Because I like you."
Song Ran's heart suddenly melted, and she couldn't help but peck his lips, which were soft and warm. She pecked him again and again, pulled up the quilt and hugged him tightly.
Li Zan breathed heavily, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
In the first half of the night, he behaved himself, but when he woke up in the second half of the night, he couldn't help but hold Song Ran for a while.
Although there was a wedding the night before, they still had to gather early the next morning.  Li Zan got up at half past six. After being drunk in the first half of the night and loving in the second half of the night, he was actually very energetic.
Song Ran, who had to catch a flight, was not in such good spirits. He had been messing with her for more than two hours last night. She sat in a daze under the messy quilt and yawned non-stop.  Li Zan helped her put on her clothes and shoes and put away her backpack.
After going out, the morning breeze was blowing. She felt a little energetic and hit him: "It's all you!"
Li Zan smiled, but warned: "Have you brought everything? ID card. Mobile phone..."
She checked him all the time.
When I walked out of the camp, I felt reluctant to give up.
Li Zan called a car for her, but it hadn't arrived yet.

The two stood on the roadside, looking at each other,
He looked at her,
She looked at him too,
The summer wind blew through the treetops, and the leaves rustled, like two heartbeats unwilling to part.
Song Ran suddenly remembered something: "That's right."
She hurriedly took out a newly bought red rope from her bag, and if she hadn't been drunk last night, she would have put it on for him.
That is the simplest style. Two strands of rope are twisted into one and a knot is tied at the end.
Li Zan stretched out his hand to her, and Song Ran tied the rope around his wrist. The length was just right, neither loose nor tight.  She said with satisfaction: "Wear this and you will always be safe."
Li Zan said: "I just want to keep you safe, but what about your marriage?"
Song Ran thought about it and said, "Safety depends on it, and marriage depends on me."
Li Zan smiled: "Okay."
At the other end of the mountain road, a car is coming.
Song Ran took a breath and said, "I'm leaving."
"Yeah." Li Zan looked at her with deep eyes, "Tell me when you land."
   "Know."
The car was getting closer and closer, and each other's eyes became more and more locked.  Li Zan suddenly looked back at the camp. No one was entering or leaving.
In the mountain forest in the early morning, there are no other people, only each other.
He stepped forward and held her face, lowered his head and kissed her lips deeply.
Song Ran's eyes were a little red when she got into the car. The driver didn't know how to separate his sadness and quickly started the car.  Song Ran lay on the car window and looked back at him. Li Zan followed her direction and walked a few steps, standing at the entrance of the military camp and waving to her. Until he turned the corner, his figure in military uniform was no longer seen, leaving only the mountains and plains.  Green woods.