Chapter 12: Meeting
Wang Youmu finally saw the small pond in the telescope, and it had been twelve hours since he set off in the morning, and he had hardly stopped to rest along the way, eating dry food and drinking water while walking on the back of a camel.
Looking up at the sun that had been slanting to the west, Wang Youmu suddenly had an inexplicable palpitation, he didn't know if Xiao He could hold on, he promised the child that he would take him out of this Gobi Desert, he came back, came back to fulfill the promise he had made, but why is his heart so uneasy now.
Wang Youmu shook his head, trying not to let himself be cranky, and the whip in his hand hit the camel's PIGU a few times, and the camel, which Adili was very proud of, strode sensibly towards the small pond.
Finally arrived at the small pond, Wang Youmu quickly ran to the boulder where Xiao He was lying, the scene in front of him made Wang Youmu stop, the ground was a mess, where Xiao He was lying, only a fur coat was thrown indiscriminately beside him, a kettle was lying not far away, and dry food was scattered all over the ground. Wang Youmu walked over and picked up his fur coat, the sleeves of his clothes were gone, as if they had been torn off his clothes by some force.
It was torn apart by a wolf! That was his first reaction.
He circled around the small pond and found the wolf's footprints, but no matter how you look at it, there is only one wolf, which makes Wang Youmu's tense nerves relax slightly, in his opinion, it should be a lone wolf, and he has no intention of coming to the pond to drink water, so he clashed with Liu Yusheng and them, or the lone wolf attacked them at night, but no!
The more Wang Youmu looked at it, the more he couldn't figure it out, he could see that he was attacked by wolves, but even if someone was injured, what about them? How could it be as if they had evaporated from the air, and there was no trace of it.
He searched around the pond, and more than a hundred meters away from the big boulder, he saw a shoe, which made his nerves, which had just relaxed his nerves tense again.
This shoe is a size 42, it should be Xiao He's, although he doesn't know Xiao He's size, but Liu Yusheng is only one meter tall in his early sevens, Xiao He is a big man with a height of 180, and Liu Yusheng should not be able to wear such a big size.
He followed the direction of the shoe, and went on, and not far away there was a very large camel thorn, which was forty centimeters high, and on the camel thorn hung a long strip of cloth, which was fluttering in the wind.
Wang Youmu ran over, but the scene in front of him made him sad and miserable, half of Xiao He's face was bitten off, his neck was almost bitten off, and his arm was missing.
He sat on the ground all of a sudden, the whole person seemed to have been siphoned out of all the strength of his body, and the scenes with Xiao He in his head in the past few days flashed like a photo, "Master Wang, I don't want to die, I don't want to stay here alone" Xiao He's words echoed in his ears over and over again.
Wang Youmu didn't know how long he had been sitting on the ground, the sun had already sunk a quarter below the horizon, and the whole sky was almost completely dark.
He got up and walked back to the small pond, picked up the fur coat wrapped around Xiao He's body, and went back to the boulder to light a bonfire, and sat alone by the bonfire in a daze.
Wang Youmu has thought about everything he can think of, but he still doesn't understand Liu Yusheng's people? If he encountered a sudden attack by a wolf, how could Xiao He be dragged so far away, and what was Liu Yusheng doing at that time?
Could it be that he was attacked by more than one wolf at the same time? No, this is impossible, no matter how you look at it, there is only one wolf, and through Xiao He's corpse, he can judge that there should be only one wolf, because the wolf bit Xiao He to death, grabbed one of Xiao He's arms and ran away, this is obviously a lone wolf.
Because lone wolves are like this, they will not stay in one place for too long, wolves have a strong sense of territory, and a lone wolf stays in one place for too long, and when they encounter wolves in this territory, they will tear it to pieces without hesitation.
That's why the wolf that attacked Xiao He left in a hurry, since that's the case, then where was Liu Yusheng when Xiao He was attacked?
Could it be that he ran away because he was afraid? Wang Youmu quickly denied this idea, if that was the case, wouldn't he be killing himself for the rest of his life, running away in a panic like that, it was impossible to bring water and dry food, and he would either die of thirst or starve to death for the rest of his life.
Could it be that Xiao He died and Liu Yusheng left? Wang Youmu denied this idea again, if Xiao He died, how could Liu Yusheng throw Xiao He like this, how could he dig a pit and bury Xiao He first, so that he could not wait for himself to choose to leave alone.
Thinking of this, Wang Youmu stood up abruptly and searched for it with a flashlight by the boulder and the pond.
Only found a kettle and some dry food, Wang Youmu understood, Liu Yusheng left dry food and a kettle, and then left Xiao He alone, thinking of this Wang Youmu was furious in his heart, in his opinion, Xiao He was killed by the lone wolf and Liu Yusheng, a wolf in human skin.
The next day, Wang Youmu ate some dry food and drank some water, rode a camel around the boulder to pick up hay and wood, he wanted to spark Xiao He on the spot, and then leave with the ashes.
At such a temperature, he had no way to go back with Xiao He's body, and even if he could, he didn't want to do that, although he didn't have a child who was not a father, but he could also imagine how Xiao He's parents would be if they saw the miserable appearance of their child.
He promised Xiao He that he would take him back even if he died, so he would go back with the ashes, which could be regarded as a final explanation to Xiao He who died in vain.
The hay and wood were placed by Wang Youmu on a shelf made of dead poplar wood, and Xiao He's body was placed on it, and the fire was already lit, and he just watched Xiao He's body disappear little by little in the raging fire.
The fire was finally extinguished, and Xiao He's body disappeared along with it, leaving only the gray layer of ashes under the shelf.
Wang Youmu collected the ashes bit by bit, put them in an empty kettle, and then rode the camel and disappeared into the vast Gobi......
Liu Yusheng woke up in the morning and felt that his whole body was full of strength, I don't know if it was because he had completely recovered in the hospital in the past few days, or because he thought that his wish was about to be fulfilled. At this time, he was already in the car, heading towards the field camp of Li Futian's survey team.
Li Futian, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, was also full of joy, because he, an old oil field that had been in the field for more than ten years, might take advantage of Liu Yusheng's shareholder style and no longer have to do this kind of field work of eating and sleeping in the open.
"Section Chief Liu, how was your rest last night?"
"This period of time in Lop Nur is a double mental and physical torture, now it can be regarded as a little relieved, this is mainly to thank you, your Captain Li has a life-saving grace for me, otherwise I would either die of thirst and starvation or be taken away by wolves. Liu Yusheng said with a smile.
"There! There! This is your Liu Section Chief's great fortune, without me that day, your Liu Section Chief will also be saved, don't say anything about life-saving grace, see outside, see outside!"
"I can't say that, Captain Li's grace of dripping water still needs to be reciprocated, you are a life-saving grace to me. Liu Yusheng said.
The two of them suddenly stopped talking, and everyone understood what they wanted to express in their hearts, language is not so important, and there is more of a tacit understanding between smart people.
The car drove out for more than two hours, and finally arrived at Li Futian's field camp, the people below had already prepared everything, and without a long delay, Liu Yusheng and they headed in the direction of Lop Nur.
After several directional corrections on the way, Liu Yusheng finally found the place where he left his mark, and found the stone that marked his heart and put it down completely.
When the car walked out for a while, Liu Yusheng would accurately find the next marker, which made him more and more excited, seeing these markers Liu Yusheng unconsciously thought of Wang Youmu, because the method of how to make the mark was given to him by Wang Youmu.
When he thought of Wang Youmu, he was inexplicably irritable, he didn't understand why this was happening, maybe he thought of Xiao He when he thought of Wang Youmu.
"There's someone up ahead!" said the driver.
About four or five hundred meters in front of the front of the car, Liu Yusheng saw a man riding a camel.
"Go over and have a look!" Li Futian, who was sitting in the back seat, commanded the driver
After a while, the camel and the car met, and Liu Yusheng and they got out of the car, this person rode on a very large and strong camel, his whole face was wrapped in cloth, and only two eyes were exposed, in order not to be burned by the strong sun, people who were on a hurry in the Gobi Desert were generally like this.
"Hello fellow! We are from the oil survey team, do you know Chinese?" asked Li Futian to the people on the camels.
The man on the camel raised his hand and slowly pulled the cloth off his face.
"Wang Youmu, why are you!" Liu Yusheng shouted in surprise.
Liu Yusheng saw Wang Youmu, who had been missing for several days, or Wang Youmu, who he thought had long since died.
"Why can't it be me?" Wang Youmu said coldly.
At this time, Wang Youmu in Liu Yusheng's eyes is still the same Wang Youmu, and in Wang Youmu's eyes, it is no longer Liu Yusheng, but a vicious wolf in human skin......