The heavy rain slowly stopped in the middle of the night, Xiong Chen held Xiaolan and sat in the shade of the tree, although he was covered with a canopy, but the rain tonight was too strong, and their whole bodies were already wet with the rain leaking in.

Hearing the sound of the rain, Xiong Chen dragged Xiao Lan to the lake, after a rainstorm, the lake swelled a lot, the water was panting, the sound of the water was rattling, looking at the undulating water surface shaking in the night, Xiao Lan's eyes showed fear, and her footsteps quietly moved back.

"Don't be afraid, with me, as long as we cross this river, we will have a chance to get out. ”

"The water is very urgent, I really don't know how to water, I will only enter the water later, but it will drag you down, Brother Xiong Chen, you should swim over alone, you can go as far as you can......"

"Xiaolan, it's all this time, you still don't believe me?"

"No, I believe in you, but I'm afraid I'll hurt you. ”

Xiong Chen's face was gloomy, he turned around and walked to a big rock by the lake, leaned over and groped for a while, and dragged out a dead wood more than a foot wide and put it on the lake: "Xiaolan, come here, lie on the wood, I want to tie you up first, don't worry, as long as it takes half an hour, we can swim to the other side, don't be afraid." ”

Xiong Chen's voice carried a strange magic in the quiet night, and Xiao Lan's trembling heart finally calmed down.

Staying in this dark place, you can see your destiny----- humble, poor, hungry, cold...... Finally, there is death.

If I can successfully escape from Jiudao Mountain Villa this time, I will be able to breathe the refreshing air outside freely with Brother Xiong Chen, and the two of us can stay together forever...... That's nice!

In that case, why not take the plunge?

Xiao Lan's legs stabilized, his eyes no longer flinched, and he obediently lay down on the log, Xiong Chen took out a piece of hemp rope from his arms, Xiao Lan wanted to ask him---- where did this rope come from?

But she didn't ask, Brother Xiong Chen naturally has his own way, why bother asking?

The rope went around and around, tying Xiao Lan to the wood like a zongzi, Xiong Chen nodded Xiao Lan's forehead distressedly: "Just for a while, it has rained heavily tonight, the lake may be a little short, I tied it tightly, you can move your hands, hold the wood hard, if you are afraid, close your eyes, and treat it as asleep." Okay, let's get started. ”

Xiao Lan greeted the two points of light in Xiong Chen's eyes, and squeezed out a bright smile: "No, I'm not afraid, I feel very novel." ”

Xiong Chen looked at her smile blooming in the dark night, his heart was very ecstatic, this smile, in addition to innocence, was mixed with a trace of charm.

This smile was like a meteor passing across the sky, lighting up his youthful fanatical feelings, and many, many years later, he was reminiscing about Xiao Lan's smile.

Xiong Chen stood up, looked at the deep darkness across the lake, smiled, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Lan, soon...... Soon we will be free. ”

The wood was pushed into the lake by Xiong Chen with a snort, Xiao Lan felt that the whole person was shaking, but then, the wood stabilized, and she hugged the rough log with both hands according to Xiong Chen's words.

Xiong Chen gently climbed the wood with both hands and jumped into the slightly cool lake.

Five or six feet away from the lake, the water began to become very rapid, the wood was washed away several times, Xiong Chen's legs kept stepping on the water, and his hands were always firmly holding the wood, not letting it leave his grasp.

Xiao Lan held the wood tightly with both hands, trying her best to open her eyes and look around, there was a pitch darkness around her, and the occasional bright light that swept her eyes was the faint light when the lake water fluctuated, she couldn't see where Xiong Chen was, when the wood drifted to the middle of the lake, for a while she felt that the world was vast, and she didn't know where she would drift to, and she couldn't help but feel fear in her heart.

"Brother Xiong Chen, where are you?"

"Hold on to the wood, don't move, don't be afraid, I'm by your side ......"

Xiong Chen's deep voice always sounded when she felt the most hesitant, and whenever Xiao Lan listened to this hoarse voice sounding in the wind, a warm current flowed in her heart, and she kept muttering in her heart: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Brother Xiong Chen is by my side, hold on for a while, and you will be able to get rid of this cold hell." ”

"When you close your eyes, you think you are lying on the cradle, and if you are tired, you sleep. ”

"Cradle, hehe, water cradle!"

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When the wood touched the shore of the lake opposite, and Xiao Lan's hand touched the wet rubble by the lake, her worried heart finally settled, and she let out a long breath as if she were in a different world.

"Brother Xiong Chen, we have finally arrived ashore. ”

"Hmm. ”

Xiong Chen gasped and held on to the wood, his feet had already stepped on the ground at the bottom of the lake, due to the heavy rain increased the amount of water, the water in the lake was very fast, this time the crossing of the lake took more than the expected time to use a cup of tea, but no matter how many more efforts were used, the two finally came to the other side of the lake safely.

"Xiao Lan, wait a minute, I'll get a little bit of wood up so I can put you down. ”

After some tossing, the two finally climbed to the shore of the lake with a body of water.

After soaking in the water for more than an hour, both of them were cold and hungry, supporting each other to sit on the shore and gasp for a while, Xiong Chen dragged Xiao Lan's hand to the woods by the lake, there were a lot of sharp gravel on the ground, Xiao Lan's broken cotton shoes had already been washed away by the lake, and her soft feet stepped on the uneven ground, only to feel a burst of cone pain penetrating into her heart, she bit her lip tightly to prevent herself from humming.

Xiong Chen stopped, he hugged Xiao Lan closer, and hugged him horizontally: "This road is very difficult to walk, I'll carry you over ......"

Xiao Lan hooked his neck with both hands and asked in pain, "Are you still wearing your shoes?"

"No, I have thick skin on the soles of my feet, so I'm not afraid. ”

Xiong Chen walked up a small dirt slope, he put Xiao Lan down on the stone on the side to make it, and said, "Your clothes are soaked, they must be very cold, I have some supplies here, just to use." ”

He leaned over and groped in the grass, and immediately took out a tightly packed large package wrapped in oiled paper, Xiao Lan exclaimed: "How did you get it, although you don't have to go to the mine during this time, but you have also assigned a lot of work to the manager for you to do, and you can still prepare everything properly, it's really amazing!"

Xiong Chen opened the package, took out a set of dry clothes in the faint night light and handed it to Xiao Lan: "In order to escape, I naturally have to do everything I can, in fact, it is not too difficult to do it, you quickly change into dry clothes, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold and get sick." ”

Xiao Lan took the clothes, she glanced at Xiong Chen with some hesitation, Xiong Chen fumbled in the package for a while, took out another set of clothes, he turned around me without raising his head, and walked behind the tree: "I'll change over there, the mountain wind here is very strong, you have to move quickly, otherwise you will catch a cold." ”

Xiao Lan hurriedly responded, she was a little girl-specific shyness, she didn't dare to change her clothes in front of Xiong Chen, she didn't think that this dilemma was too late to speak, Xiong Chen had already avoided it automatically, she was grateful in her heart, and she didn't grind, she quickly took off the wet clothes on her body and put on that dry dress.

"Brother Xiong Chen, I've changed it. ”

Xiong Chen turned out from behind the tree, and he also changed the wet clothes on his body.

The two were speechless for a moment, and suddenly let out a cheer and hugged each other tightly.

"Xiaolan, we have finally succeeded in the first step. ”

"Hmm...... You're amazing, so how do we go now?"

Xiong Chen looked left and right, the sky was still dark, it seemed that there was still some distance from dawn, he stroked Xiao Lan's thin back with pity: "Are you tired? Why don't you rest first, eat some dry food and then go out of the mountain?"