Chapter 3 Distress in the Gobi Desert

While driving, Xiao Yang recalled everything that had happened to him and Wu Qian recently, trying to find out the reason why Wu Qian suddenly proposed to break up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The blue sky with the sun shining above his head and the boundless gravel Gobi in front of him, the two spread all the way to the place where the world meets, such a scene makes Xiao Yang, who has not yet found a clue, have the urge to drive all the way to the horizon.

Xiao Yang followed the guide car to the south for two hours, the stones on the surface grew larger, the car also bumped, and in the distance, he could see a mushroom-shaped stone forest formed by wind erosion in front of him.

"Jingle bell..."The phone rang, Xiao Yang put on the headphones, and habitually asked, "Hello, who is it?" ”

"Xiao Yang, it's me." A voice he knew all too well came from the headphones.

"Woo Qian?! I've been waiting for your call, I've been on a business trip in Xinjiang these days, and I haven't had time to tell you, I'm dying without your news in the past few days, and I'll be back in Beijing in two days. Wu Qian actually took the initiative to call him, which made Xiao Yang's excited speech a little incoherent.

"Xiao Yang, I said we broke up, don't think about me anymore, don't be nice to me anymore, okay?" A faint voice came from the headphones.

"If you really don't have feelings for me anymore, will you still call me? It's not because you haven't heard from me for the past few days, you're worried, what is the reason why you have to break up with me, you say it and let me understand, if you really have to separate, I won't embarrass you. ”

"Xiao Yang, even if I tell the real reason, what can I do, knowing that those things are not good for you at all, and many things are not something we can change. I'm calling you because I haven't heard from you for the past two days, I'm a little worried, I don't want you to have anything happen to me, after all, we have loved each other and been together, if you have something wrong with me, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life. You should understand that feelings are a matter of two people, and they can't come reluctantly, so that we can live well in the future, forget about me, and stop bothering each other, okay? Wu Qian said softly, her tone of voice without any emotion, so that Xiao Yang couldn't hear what her mood was now.

"Wu Qian, the relationship is reluctant, but we still love each other, you have me in your heart, I have you in my heart, this is an indisputable fact, the breakup is so sudden, and the reason is not told to me, I really can't accept it, what is it I can't know? What if it's not good for me, do you know I'm going to die? Will it be painful for a lifetime? No way. The most important thing to me is you, and losing you is more difficult to accept than letting me die and make me miserable for the rest of my life, you know that. ”

Xiao Yang didn't know what to say at this moment, two people who really loved each other asked why they couldn't be together, Wu Qian's words were insincere, but he didn't say why, looked up at the road, he turned the steering wheel lightly and drove into the stone forest.

"Xiao Yang, I know your temper, thank you for being so good to me before, but I really can't be with you now, it's really selfish for me to refuse to tell you anything, but what can I tell you, you don't understand what I'm talking about. Let's put it this way, you have your world, I have my world, your world is big, the pain of breaking up is only temporary, sooner or later you will meet someone better than me and more suitable for you, and my world is very small, I can't step out of my world, you have no way to enter my world, so I have to break up with you. Don't try to find why, because you can't find anything at all, you can't change anything, don't say sad words, leave me, you can have a good life. ”

Wu Qian's tone of voice became very resolute, every time she used this tone to talk to Xiao Yang before, no matter what Xiao Yang said, she would not hesitate to agree.

"I really don't understand what you're talking about, what a big world and a small world, a ghost can understand." Xiao Yang is really going crazy, this time he really doesn't want to agree.

Seeing that Xiao Yang didn't agree, Wu Qian said again: "Xiao Yang, I know you, and you know me, so you know what I'm doing this for, don't embarrass me anymore, okay?" I wouldn't do that if I could be with you, I would just think about it for me, and we wouldn't have anything to do with it again, okay? If you don't say yes, then I'll have to disappear from this world, and I can do what I say. Witchie's tone became more resolute.

"Huh" Xiao Yang breathed a long sigh ......of relief, he knew that if he didn't agree, he might really never see Wu Qian again, even if he didn't want to, he had to agree now, so he could only say helplessly: "I understand you, you are for my good, what do you want to face or bear independently, you don't want to involve or even affect me, right?" Okay, I'll promise you whatever you say. ”

"Thank you for understanding me, I hope you are doing well, I will live well without worry, don't worry about me. Buzz ....." Seeming relieved, she hung up the phone.

"No, I haven't finished yet." Xiao Yang grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, bypassed a mushroom rock in front of him, hurriedly grabbed his mobile phone with the other hand and dialed Wu Qian's phone, the first time he was hung up, the second time he was hung up, and the third time he .....

At this moment, thousands of miles away, in an extremely warm and tidy room that was cleaned up, a beautiful girl sat on the bed, she put down her mobile phone, looked up at the ceiling, bit her lip tightly, and forcibly held back the tears in her eyes.

"I'm too weak to decide my own fate, I can't even choose who to be with, Xiao Yang, I'm sorry, we are destined to be people of two worlds, you must be good, and one day I will compensate you when I can control my own destiny."

"Sorry, the phone you are calling is turned off......"

"Bang ....." Xiao Yang threw away his mobile phone and slapped the steering wheel with both hands, he really couldn't understand what Wu Qian meant by what he just said, he was willing to make any sacrifice for Wu Qian, if it was really necessary, he would not hesitate to break up, but he didn't know what the reason for all this was.

Xiao Yang turned the steering wheel vigorously, continuously bypassing several mushroom rocks in front of him, after the car drove out of the stone forest, he stepped on the accelerator to the end, and then soared on the Gobi Desert, he had long forgotten where he was, and he didn't notice that the guide car had disappeared just now.

I don't know how long Xiao Yang drove like this, at this time the Gobi Desert has completely changed, no longer full of gravel, but potholes, raised stones everywhere, Xiao Yang drove the front wheel of the car rolled on a large stone protruding dozens of centimeters from the ground, the car bounced up, and then the front of the car hit the ground first.

"Bang!" The front of the car hit the ground hard, and although Xiao Yang was wearing a seat belt, he still hit the steering wheel, and his head buzzed, and he didn't know anything. Then the car he was driving was like a drunken man, and it completely lost control, and drove out of about 100 meters, and the left wheel of the car rolled on a stone that protruded higher than the ground, and the car rolled over to the right in two consecutive turns, and the four wheels slid towards the sky for more than ten meters before hitting a stone and stopped.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Yang in the car woke up, the car overturned, he was tied by the seat belt all the time, like a hanging prawn, with both heads down, his head was already swollen and painful because of congestion, and the rest of his body was not much better, and his hands and feet were numb because of poor blood circulation.

It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything, Xiao Yang moved his fingers, although his hands were completely numb, it was no problem to make some simple movements, so he endured the pain and unfastened his seat belt.

"Boom!" As soon as the seat belt was unfastened, Xiao Yang hit his head on the roof of the car, at this moment his head was swollen and painful due to congestion, and he didn't feel more pain, half bowed and half lying down for a few minutes, the numbness of his hands and feet eased a little, and he felt that the mobility of his hands and feet had recovered, and Xiao Yang began to grope for things in the car.

"What is this? The backpack in the back seat came to the front, and there seemed to be a flashlight in it. Xiao Yang put his hand into his bag, took out a flashlight from the inside, and found his mobile phone, keys and other things under his body.

Pressed the phone, although the screen was broken, but it did not affect the use, but now there is neither communication signal nor network signal, it seems that it is out of the signal coverage, there is no way to use the mobile phone to call for help, look at the time, it is already more than twelve o'clock in the evening, he was in a coma for more than ten hours.

After most of the numbness in his limbs disappeared, Xiao Yang climbed out of the broken glass window, a cold wind blew, and he shivered from the cold, he could feel the cold in the car just now, but he never imagined that it would be cold outside to this extent, the wind was six or seven levels, and it was poured into the cuffs and neckline of the trousers, and the bones were blown cold in an instant, and he hurriedly got into the car and took out the windproof clothes, rain pants, and gloves prepared in the backpack for picking up stones and put them on himself, which made him feel better.

With the car's reflector and flashlight, Xiao Yang saw that his face was covered with blood, the old jeep had airbags but failed to open automatically, and there was a finger-long wound on his forehead, but it had scabbed, it seemed that the wound was not deep, the rest of the body was just numbness and soreness, there should be no serious trauma or fracture, which was also a blessing in misfortune, if there was a serious trauma or fracture on the body, then his trouble would be big, and there was no difference between being unable to move in this kind of place and dying.

Xiao Yang dismantled a neck pillow found in the car, made a strip of cloth to bandage the wound on his head briefly, and he ordered some things found out of the car, the most important thing is half a dozen mineral water and a few small packets of snacks, food and water are placed in the guide, this water and food may have been there before the car, there are some messy small objects in the backpack, but it is of little use, there are rakes for picking up stones, watering cans and other things that are not used at all now, Xiao Yang is too lazy to count them.

Xiao Yang knows that driving in the Gobi Desert at night is much more dangerous than during the day, and no one dares to drive in the Gobi Desert at night, so even if someone comes to look for him, he will not find it during this time period, the numbness of the body has almost disappeared, his stomach screamed out of place, there is too little food, he carried a small bag of potato chips on his back to replenish his energy, and drank a few sips of water to moisten his throat, it was too cold outside the car, although there were many layers of clothes on his body, but this time the kung fu blew Xiao Yang through the cold, He had no choice but to climb back into the car again and lie down, covering all the things he could get in the car, such as seat covers and cushions, and Xiao Yang returned to the car and tinkered for a while, and fell asleep in a daze.

"Jingle Bell ....." Before dawn, Xiao Yang was woken up by a mobile phone ringtone, he squeezed his eyes hard, and hurriedly grabbed the mobile phone and came to his eyes.

It's a pity that there is no call as he hoped, but the alarm time set by the mobile phone is up, and he is inevitably a little disappointed when he sees that the mobile phone still has no signal at all.

"It's really desolate here, there are no animals, but that's fine, at least don't worry about wolves biting you, wait, the guide car finds that it's missing, it will definitely go to find it, and this will also call the police to ask for rescue." Xiao Yang thought about it and continued to lie in the car.

When the sky was bright and the sun was high, the temperature in the Gobi Desert rose straight like a charcoal burnt iron plate, Xiao Yang got out of the car again, he carefully recalled the situation at the time, and calculated that he drove at full speed for more than two hours after coming out of the small stone forest, and drove out for more than 200 kilometers.

This piece of Gobi Desert is full of large stones, no ruts can be left, Xiao Yang doesn't know how long it will take for the rescuers to find here, the physical energy and water consumption in the Gobi Desert is extremely fast, the food and drinking water brought by the car is too little, even if the minimum intake is maintained every day, it can't last for five days, he hesitated again and again, or gave up the idea of abandoning the car and going north, at present, waiting for rescue in place is the best choice.

At noon, the sun on the Gobi Desert was surprisingly hot, whether Xiao Yang hid in the car or shrunk in the shadow of the car, it was just as hot, the feeling of the meat skewers being grilled came from every part of his body, and the cloth was wrapped around his forehead, and it was really hot and unbearable, so he removed the cloth from the wound, who knew that it attracted a few flies. These flies don't know where they came from, they are not afraid of people at all, they fell vigorously to the wound on Xiao Yang's forehead, and at first he also started to beat him, but he didn't shoot one to death after the wound hurt several times, and then he simply didn't care, anyway, this fly can't be driven away, how do you love it.

Xiao Yang doesn't smoke, so he doesn't have the habit of bringing a lighter, taking advantage of the high temperature at noon, he lit a small fire with stones and oil from the car, and wanted to light a cigarette to come out for help, but there were too few things that could be burned in the car, and the smoke column was very thin, and it dissipated only seven or eight meters high.

When the sun was about to set, there was no car passing by and no one looking for him, Xiao Yang was a little disappointed, taking advantage of the lukewarm and comfortable time before dark, he used a pen to write down his day's experience in the small book that he turned out in the car.

After returning to the car and sleeping all night, Xiao Yang decided to wait another day, but the result of this day's waiting was the same as yesterday, and the consumption of food and water far exceeded his expectations, only two days, most of the water and food were consumed.

At night, Xiao Yang lay in the car and thought hard about tomorrow's plan, he finally made up his mind not to wait in place like this, to the south is the desert, it is impossible to meet people, so he is ready to go all the way north tomorrow, although it is impossible to walk hundreds of kilometers across the Gobi Desert, but as long as it is a hundred kilometers to the north, the chance of encountering the rescue team and other Gobi convoys is much greater than staying here.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yang rearranged all the things that could be used in the car, and then eliminated them according to the same weight, and finally the only things he carried in his backpack were clothes, water, food, a pen, a few pieces of paper and a few other small items that were not heavy, and he carried a universal saber and a mobile phone with a lot of power in his pocket.

After sorting out the things to bring, Xiao Yang put two things in the most conspicuous place in the car, one is the book used to write things in the past two days, and the other is another mobile phone that has run out of battery.

The book wrote the reason for his accident this time, of course, it did not mention Wu Qian, but took the responsibility on himself, saying that he forgot to guide the car when he saw a good scenery somewhere, so that such a thing happened, and there is his own thoughts and direction of action, as well as a few words written to his family and Wu Qian similar to the last words.

The phone is pressed against the open book, very conspicuous, if someone finds here, they can know what happened to them and where they went, it will be much easier for them to find themselves again, and the hope of their own survival is similar to that of staying here.

Even if no one can find this place soon, what he left here will be discovered in the near future, Xiao Yang wrote very clearly, everything is his own reason, even if he was killed in the Gobi Desert, do not hold the guide and driver responsible, this is the last good thing he can do.

Xiao Yang threw other things he didn't bring into the car one by one, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned out a large set of keys that he had just thrown into the car, removed a mini USB flash drive the size of a fingernail on it, and put it in his pocket. There are photos stored in this USB flash drive, and most of them are photos of himself and Wu Qian over the years, recording the bits and pieces of the two people together, and he often looks at these photos when he is alone to recall the happy things in the past.

"If she doesn't come back, there should always be something on her to commemorate her." Xiao Yang stood up and walked towards the north.

In one day, Xiao Yang walked about 30 kilometers of the road, although he used to exercise regularly, his body was still quite strong, but the terrain was up and down along the way, full of pits and convex stones, the physical consumption was greater than that of mountaineering, his two feet were worn out when he walked more than ten kilometers, and the physical strength and water could not be replenished, and the speed was naturally slower and slower, so it was one-third less than he expected to walk fifty kilometers a day.

Because there is sun in the sky, Xiao Yang can vaguely feel that he is not going in the wrong direction, when it is almost dark, he found a pit that can shelter from the wind, and plans to spend the night there, and continue to walk tomorrow, at this time there is only a bottle of water and a small packet of biscuits left in his bag.

When the night fell, the wind in the Gobi Desert was getting stronger and stronger, and Xiao Yang could only block a little bit of wind where he stayed, although he put all his clothes on his body, he was still curled up by the cold, shivering, not to mention sleeping, it was difficult to even squint for a while. In the middle of the night, his stomach ached, and it felt as if his intestines had been twisted eighteen times and then dissected.

In the past two days, he has not eaten or drunk, it is impossible to have diarrhea, most likely because he is cold, if he gets up and is blown by the cold wind, it will be more serious, so he can only lie on the ground and endure the pain, so he persists until dawn.

In the early morning, Xiao Yang's stomach stopped hurting in the middle of the night, and he struggled with the cold and pain all night, which made him physically and mentally exhausted to the extreme, but he still cheered up and continued to walk north.

The worn feet were almost stuck to the soles of his shoes, and the slightest step on the sharp stone made it painful, so Xiao Yang could only walk slowly one by one, and the speed could not even catch up with half of yesterday's.

Barely holding on until noon, Xiao Yang was thirsty and hungry, at this time there was only the last half pack of biscuits and half a bottle of water left in his backpack, he was really reluctant to take them out to eat and drink, because using up the last water and food meant that there was no hope, and he had to save this hope until the end.

Xiao Yangqiang gritted his teeth and walked for another two or three hours, and when he passed through a few egg-shaped stones, his consciousness suddenly blurred, and then he fell headlong........

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