Darkness filled the room, and there was silence all around, Qiu Yan lay quietly on the bed, suddenly as if he thought of something, his forehead moved slightly, and then slowly sat up.

There was so silence around him, as if he was the only one left in the whole world.

It was at this time that Qiu Yan suddenly found that it had been a while, and he didn't have this feeling of loneliness, just like the strangeness when he first woke up.

Every night that should have been lonely, every time he woke up in the dark, he would hear a slight but familiar breathing, and he could feel a warm and heartbeat figure.

It turned out to be her, the girl in white, but who are you?

Xiao Li breathed peacefully on the bed on the other bank, dark and silent like the sea under the night, there was no sound but it seemed to be surging in the dark tide. The outlines of the house were vague and faint, and there was no warmth except for the shadow on the bed.

Qiu Yan sat in silence for a while, then slowly stood up, he slowly walked towards the door, only to hear a slight creaking sound, and the door was opened by him a little crack. In an instant, the darkness of the night outside the house poured in like a flood, and outside it was a deep night, and there was no light in sight.

Quietly, silently, a piece of land was unusually desolate on this night.

"Am I doing something wrong.." He muttered to himself, looking at his hands.

The cold wind swept through his face, and there was a slight chill that seemed to seep into his flesh and skin.

......

In the early morning, the sky was slightly white, and when the first rays of morning light shone into the room through the gap in the window, Qiu Yan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, raised his eyes and looked at the wisp of morning light.

There was a hint of chill in the mild morning light, as if the chill of last night had not completely dissipated, but after a while, when the sun rose, all the darkness and cold would disappear.

Qiu Yan sat in the room all night, and there was not much tiredness on his face, but his eyes were a little complicated.

When the sun rose, Seattle seemed to wake up from last night's sleep, and many people opened their doors to travel, and Autumn Yan was also mixed in with them.

He walked calmly and followed Xiao Li with a calm face, without any anxiety or panic, without tiredness and eagerness, just like many ordinary days in the past, he quietly walked towards the small building in the center of the countryside, and he was leaving today.

When he was about to walk into the small building in Xijiang, Li Mowu walked past him and turned his head to look at him. Qiu Yan also turned his eyes to look at him, the eyes of the two met, Li Mowu smiled, faintly but slightly detached. "Early. ”

Qiu Yan nodded and said softly. "Early. ”

After saying hello, the two went their separate ways and headed towards their respective destinations. It's just that after walking out for a few miles, Qiu Yan's footsteps paused slightly, but he looked back, looked at the back of Li Mowu who was walking towards Lejin's residence, and stared deeply.

.....

Three days later, under the guidance of Xijiang, everything was ready, and he took the professor and a group of seven people to get on an international flight to the three northern provinces of China. The journey was long, Qiu Yan passed the time by sleeping, and Le Jin always kept an eye on himself, not giving himself any free time to contact the little third son alone, not to mention that there was a Li Mowu who was neither friend nor foe in the middle, Qiu Yan wanted to contact him and at the same time wanted to ask him a question, why did he harm Juanya.

After a long flight, when they arrived at the airport, the private off-road vehicle arranged by Lejin had been waiting for a long time, and the group then drove non-stop to the first destination, Dawusu Town.

Dawusu Town is located in the west of the new forest area of Xing'an Mountains, which is a low mountain and hilly area, and is known as 'eight mountains, half water, half grass and one field'. Xijiang compared all the terrain of the data with the map, and set the main target between the towns of Dawusu and Targen. Due to the lack of information, limited Sanskrit translations, and decades later, Xijiang is not sure whether the original place is still there, whether the terrain has changed, and has made plans to take one step at a time.

The majestic Xing'an Mountains stretch and undulate, stretching for thousands of miles, the beautiful Tangwang River rippling blue waves, Ambilight, dense forests are lush and green, and the mountains are stacked on top of each other. Here, the winter is long and the summer is short, the daily temperature difference is large, and the climate change is very different. All the way to the west, there are several places where the tourism development has been relatively perfect, Qiu Yan bought some tourist maps, compared with the Xijiang after the found that it does not match the map in hand, the difference is very great, we are looking for the place, I am afraid that in the mountains are more inside.

Li Mowu found a few local mountain guides and asked them about their former names on the map, but to no avail. The times have evolved, and the wanton deforestation in the forest has led to large-scale deformation of the region. The seven of them had nothing to do, so they went around a few scenic spots and decided to go into the mountains first.

There was nothing to say along the way, everyone knew that they would stay overnight, and under the leadership of Qiu Yan and Lejin Li Mowu, they dodged all kinds of secret posts of the Chinese patrols, which was very easy, and they traveled in the primitive deep forest for two days and one night, and finally reached the deep area of the Xing'an Mountains, and there was no return.

The density of the deep forests that do not return is indescribable, and when Qiu Yan traveled for a while, he finally discovered why this area is called "no return". As the name suggests, there is almost no place to stand in the depths, all of them are thick and cold-resistant trees such as Korean pine, larch, birch, cypress, etc., and the dead leaves and willows on the ground are covered by one layer, and the surrounding environment is almost exactly the same, with towering trees covering the entire sky, and the sense of direction is almost lost, assuming that once you get lost, there will be no way out.

While Qiu Yan took care of Xiao Li, he also left marks between the trees, just in case. As I walked, I didn't know how many years had passed since the dead leaves at the bottom, and the rotting branches and the beasts that had died trapped in them emitted a rancid smell. The stench is mixed with the scent of trees and wildflowers, and it smells weird and not very good, but it is still a bit addictive after smelling too much.

When he arrived at the line and did not return, the rest was Xijiang's, I saw him looking at the heavens and the earth, touching the trunks of trees, turning over the loose soil, talking to himself and talking to the professor at the same time, and then led everyone to the depths.

Further down, everyone had to prepare a large wooden branch to explore the way, the fallen leaves below are too deep and there are many holes, more powerful than the swamp, don't think about it if you don't pay attention to it, fortunately it's not the rainy season, otherwise don't think about going down.