By the time it was over, it was already dark. The workers living in the base didn't care, and they were even a little happy, after all, in order to cooperate with Ji Ran's work, they all avoided most of the intensive labor, and they all dispersed happily after the end.

The foreman of the base politely sent the two out of the door, and when he politely wanted to take over the equipment in Ji Ran's hand, Bai Xingchen took the first step, stretched out his long hand, and took it from Ji Ran's hand.

This action ....... Isn't it a little too skilled? The foreman muttered to himself, and without showing a single expression on his face, he retreated with a grin.

When Bai Xingchen carried the equipment and stuffed it into the back seat, he looked up at the current sky, thought about the desolate road for a long time on the way back, and frowned.

The night is too late, but there will be tomorrow's work arrangements tomorrow, Bai Xingchen glanced at Ji Ran, who was drilling into the back seat, and didn't think about it anymore, and sat in the driver's seat.

"If you're tired, you can call me for you. ”

As soon as he sat down, hearing Ji Ran's words, a smile appeared on Bai Xingchen's face, and he replied hello and buckled his seat belt.

"I don't think it is during the day, but at night, this night road seems to be quite scary. ”

The purpose of having nothing to say was just to be afraid that Bai Xingchen would be sleepy, but when Ji Ran leaned around the car window, looking at the night outside the window through the glass, there were basically no street lights on the desolate road, so he barely saw the road clearly by the car lights, and on the low hills on the side of the road, there were occasionally some scattered lights that were lonely and lonely, but it was really a bit like the scenes often written in horror novels before.

She shivered involuntarily, and even the temperature around her seemed to drop suddenly.

"I have heard that when you drive at night, it is easy to encounter any accidents. ”

Ji Ran's eye knife flew over, it was rare to see Ji Ran like this, Bai Xingchen smiled happily.

It's just that within a few minutes, there was a sudden sound outside the car, and Bai Xingchen felt that the steering wheel under his hand was suddenly a little uncontrollable, frowned and stabilized the direction, and stopped.

The sound of the brakes was sharp and harsh, and Ji Ran trembled unconsciously. After seeing the body stop, Bai Xingchen, who quickly got out of the car, didn't want to go down without thinking.

Bai Xingchen, who was immersed in checking the tires, heard Ji Ran's footsteps, and said helplessly:

"I got a flat tire. ”

Ji Ran was a little speechless, deliberately leaned closer, and said to Bai Xingchen:

"Look, Crow's Beak. ”

Spit and complain, the problem still has to be solved, Ji Ran squatted down, looked at the tires, and asked:

"Where's the spare tire?"

"It was used by a colleague before. ”

It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, Ji Ran picked up the phone helplessly, but found that the signal bar had already become a fork, Ji Ran stuffed the phone back and patted Bai Xingchen on the shoulder.

"Do you have a signal on your phone? ”

Bai Xingchen shook his head, and instantly fell into an awkward silence, leaving only the night wind to blow on the desolate road, hitting the hills and making an echo, sounding like a human whimper.

Listening to the somewhat panicked wind in his ears, Ji Ran felt a little cold, shrunk his neck, and gathered his clothes. looked at Bai Xingchen, who was staring at the rear tire with a twisted brow, and said:

"Why don't you get in the car first, it's still quite cold at night. ”

She sat in the back seat and looked at the time.

"It's almost ten o'clock, it seems that no one will pass by here at night, and tomorrow's life doesn't have to go too early, otherwise just stay like this, today I heard from the people in the base that the group will transport things over tomorrow, and then ask for help." ”

Her mind spun and she said it.

"You...... Don't you feel scared?"

"I'm afraid to stay with you, or I'm afraid of the wilderness? What are you afraid of, I've experienced it anyway. ”

She patted the cushion and leaned on it, looking loveless.

"Otherwise, is there any other way?"

"Are you sleepy?"

Bai Xingchen suddenly changed the topic, Ji Ran was startled, and took off the hand that was yawning and covering his mouth a little embarrassed, and laughed:

"It's too early to wake up today. ”

"Then you can sleep for a while, I wonder if there is any other way. ”

The tone was very natural, and Ji Ran didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with this nature. However, he still felt that it seemed a little immoral to leave him alone on the dark road to think, so he forced himself to talk for a while, and finally fell asleep under the double attack of the warm air and sleepiness in the car.

***

Ji Ran was woken up by a gurgling sound, she didn't sleep deeply, but after waking up, she shook her head, and subconsciously looked at the driver's seat, only to find that Bai Xingchen, who was originally sitting there, suddenly disappeared.

At this moment, she woke up completely, her hand propped up the seat and straightened up, the things covered by her body suddenly slipped off with her movements, Ji Ran quickly grabbed a handful, and took a look through the dim light in the car, this familiar coat is not Bai Xingchen's clothes?

She was clothed and not in the car, where did she go?

Ji Ran was inexplicably a little worried, and called his name.

"Bai Xingchen?"

"I'm here. ”

The voice came from outside the car, Ji Ran put her clothes in her arms, quickly pushed open the car door, and as soon as she stood still, she saw a figure squatting next to the rear wheel, she looked at it, tilted her head a little uncertainly, and asked again:

"Bai Xingchen. ”

"Huh, what's wrong?"

Bai Xingchen was about to stand up, when he felt some more heat on his body, and the sleeves of his coat snapped down on his arms twice.

"Gentlemanly demeanor, take care of yourself, it's cold. ”

He put on his coat under the gaze of Ji Ran's supervisor, and then dragged the tire that had just covered his shadow from under his feet, and Ji Ran saw it, and squatted down in disbelief.

"Wow, how did you get that?"

He pointed to the distance, Ji Ran looked in the direction he pointed, a dark place was dotted with two faint lights, like a person living at the foot of the mountain, Ji Ran estimated the distance between the light source and himself, hesitated, and looked surprised:

"I can't believe that you can find a spare tire in a place like this. ”

Bai Xingchen snorted, and then added: "To be precise, it was unloaded." ”

"Huh?"

Seeing Ji Ran's stunned face, Bai Xingchen smiled happily, and when her expression became tangled, she added:

"Rest assured, I gave enough money. ”

Ji Ran, who knew that he was being found happy, was not annoyed, stood up and pulled from the trunk for a while, took out a few tools, squatted beside Bai Xingchen again, and handed them over.

"For the sake of you running around for so long, I don't want to be poor with you. ”

As he spoke, he turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, so that Bai Xingchen could see the situation in front of him clearly.

"If you can't figure it out, call the master, and I'll help you. ”

"Why, in addition to being a reporter, can you also work as a maintenance worker?"

"Wrong," Ji Ran shook his head, with a smug expression: "I'm omnipotent." ”

In response to her was Bai Xingchen's chuckle, and he shook his head helplessly and continued the movements of his hands.

"This time, I'm afraid I won't be able to let you show your skills. ”

Ji Ran watched the skillful movements of his subordinates, and while the flashlight moved with his movements, his eyes involuntarily drifted over.

Although it was already late at night, and the evening breeze was cold, Bai Xingchen still sweated thin because of his frequent movements, and he could see that the hair that was close to the skin was already faintly wet, and a few drops of sweat gathered across his forehead, and he was about to drip into his eyes.

Without thinking too much, Ji Ran stretched out his hand, and only when he felt the exclusive heat of his skin through his wet fingertips did he realize what he had done.

Her heart suddenly jumped rapidly, and then she hurriedly withdrew her hand, a little embarrassed, and her face gradually became hot, avoiding Bai Xingchen's eyes.

Her embarrassment, Bai Xingchen naturally felt it.

In a moment of silence, Bai Xingchen turned his head and turned the other face towards her:

"It's not a good thing to just wipe one side. ”

"It's still picky......"

Ji Ran knew that he did it on purpose, and wanted to ease his embarrassment, so he snorted twice cooperatively, but his hand took out a tissue from his pocket and helped him carefully wipe off the dripping sweat, as well as the already wet forehead.

Bai Xingchen quickly replaced the broken tire, and the long-term squatting posture caused some numbness in his feet when he stood up, and when Ji Ran stood up, his feet were numb, Bai Xingchen quickly held her hand and supported her from falling.

"Move your ankles before getting in the car. ”

Leaving such an instruction, he packed up all the tools scattered on the ground and moved them into the trunk, Ji Ran leaned on the body and watched his back walking around, playing together, using the flashlight in his hand, following his figure all the way.

Bai Xingchen also went with her, and after packing up, he stood in front of Ji Ran and leaned towards her, Ji Ran dodged back with his movements, until he stuck to the car window, and he didn't see Bai Xingchen stop approaching. Ji Ran, who was unavoidable, was nervous for a while, and quickly jumped to the side.

Then there was the sound of pulling the car door in her ears, Bai Xingchen smiled and said to her who was hiding in the back of the car:

"It's time to get in the car. ”

Ji Ran, who hadn't come out of that strange feeling yet, leaned over stupidly, Bai Xingchen put his back of his hand against the top of the door, and waited for Ji Ran to sit down, and then returned to the driver's seat.

***

Yang Ting's work today is relatively smooth, she has always been a night owl, and she came back from supper with her assistant, but unexpectedly saw the car that had just stopped at the door.

Looking at Ji Ran and Bai Xingchen, who got out of the car and walked side by side, Yang Ting was a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that Ji Ran's work today should have ended a long time ago, and it feels a little strange to come back so late, especially with Bai Xingchen.

And the atmosphere between the two of them doesn't look like someone who has just met for a short time, but obviously yesterday's occasion, Ji Ran and Bai Xingchen showed such strangeness.

She poked the assistant next to her:

"Has Ji Ran been with Gao's company before?"

The assistant shook his head.

This is really strange, Yang Ting bit her fingers and looked thoughtfully at the backs of the two people leaving.