Chapter Twenty-Three: The Delay in Returning
Xiao Xiao and they never returned. It's the end times, there is no electricity, no lights. Before sunset, the view was already limited.
Lu Xinwei had already gone forward a few times, but he remembered Xiao Xiao's words, his task was to keep an eye on the three juniors, so he wanted to go further several times, and finally turned back to the hidden location.
"Senior, it's getting dark, it's dangerous for us to spend the night here, we don't need to be a walking corpse, and in the middle of the night, a mouse like that just now comes over, and we're all dead." Zheng Jiayi looked at the gradually sinking sun, and her heart was more worried than Lu Xinwei, who was restless.
Jiayi is very right. Looking at the current situation, I am afraid that it is not only people, but other animals will become walking corpses once they are bitten. Sleeping in the wild is a dead end. Even if you arrange a vigil, it will not work. Xu Yiyi also agreed with Zheng Jiayi's statement.
Lu Xinwei didn't say a word, but he did listen to the words of Zheng Jiayi and Xu Yiyi into his ears. He just felt that he couldn't just leave Xiao Xiao and them alone.
"Senior, Xiao Xiao, if they can rush back, they will know to go back to the school bus to find us. If we can't come back for the time being, we have to go to them, and we have to wait until dawn tomorrow. If we go to them now, firstly, maybe we will get lost, and secondly, if Xiao Xiao comes back here and doesn't see us, and we don't see us on the school bus, maybe we will have to go out to find us again. That's too much work! Zheng Jiayi deliberately said a lot, and every time she encountered sensitive words, she deliberately brought them or avoided them, in fact, everyone knew that with Xiao Xiao's leadership ability, no matter whether or not useful information was detected, he would definitely rush back before sunset. I haven't shown up with a team yet, so something must have happened.
Lu Xinwei frowned and glanced at Zheng Jiayi. After a long time, he nodded and said, "Wait a little longer, if they haven't come back for a while, we'll go back to the school bus." ”
Zheng Jiayi saw that Xu Yiyi and Wang Jun had already nodded, and she nodded reluctantly. Although it is difficult to refute Lu Xinwei, when the sun really sets, the danger of returning to the school bus in the dark is not much less dangerous than sleeping in the wilderness.
Soon, a red sun that looked like a salted duck's egg completely disappeared from the horizon, leaving a trace of scarlet, and soon, even that scarlet was gone.
Lu Xinwei sighed and said, "Let's go!" Back to the school bus! ”
Zheng Jiayi followed Lu Xinwei, who is notoriously road blind. When you go to the same road, you can reach your destination, but when you go back, you often get lost and can't go home. What's more, when I came, it was daytime and I didn't remember the way. Now it's dark when I go back.
Suddenly, there was a light in front of me. Lu Xinwei actually has a flashlight! The flashlight is definitely a rare thing in the last days, not to mention the flashlight that will still light up.
Zheng Jiayi followed Lu Xinwei all the way forward with peace of mind, anyway, she couldn't see anything else except the road under her feet. Although she couldn't see her fingers at the moment, she could feel that Wang Jun and Xu Yiyi were by her side. It's so safe to be surrounded by three people.
I don't know how long I walked, Lu Xinwei in front suddenly stopped. The three people in the back also quickly stopped. The nearest Zheng Jiayi asked. Lu Xinwei turned his back to the three people and said apologetically: "I'm sorry! We seem to be lost. ”
Zheng Jiayi has three black lines in her head at the moment. If she can make a lot of noise, she really wants to dig over the old accounts in front of her, such as telling you to go back to the school bus, you have to wait!
Xu Yiyi's heart was also broken at this moment. She really didn't think that she would get lost with Lu Xinwei. knew that Lu Xinwei didn't recognize the way, so he simply led the road himself. It's good now, I don't know where she is now, and how she is going to bring everyone back to the right path.
Wang Jun didn't say a word, if it wasn't for the darkness that he couldn't see clearly, everyone would definitely be able to see the bitter look on his face.
Lu Xinwei saw that everyone was silent. He turned off the flashlight in his hand, turned around, and said again seriously: "I'm so sorry!" ”
Sorry for the hairy use! Zheng Jiayi roared in her heart, but when the words came to her mouth, they became: "It's okay." It's not your responsibility alone. Let's figure it out together. After speaking, he despised himself spinelessly in his heart.
"That's right! There is no way around it. "Xu Yiyi also came out to play a round." We walked further, but we couldn't find the way, so we went wherever we went. What do you think? ”
"I'm okay with that!" Seeing that everyone had expressed their position, Wang Jun also hurriedly expressed his attitude.
"That's good. Let's move on. Lu Xinwei turned on the flashlight again, turned around and continued to grope forward.
I walked for about ten minutes. Zheng Jiayi suddenly sneezed.
"Ahh Fortunately, there is no snot spurting, and I don't have a napkin with me in this last days! Zheng Jiayi rubbed her nose. Suddenly I felt a chill. How does this feel so familiar? Zheng Jiayi thought about it and suddenly stopped.
Wang Jun followed behind, but he didn't expect Zheng Jiayi to stop suddenly, and there was a short intimate contact between his chest and Zheng Jiayi's back.
"Ouch!"
"Ouch!"
Two people called out at the same time.
Lu Xinwei and Xu Yiyi stopped at the same time, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"He hit me!"
"She stopped suddenly!"
Zheng Jiayi and Wang Jun's voices sounded at the same time again.
"Alright, let's hurry up!" Lu Xinwei shone a flashlight on Zheng Jiayi and Wang Jun, and when he saw that they were fine, he turned around and prepared to continue his journey.
"Wait!" Zheng Jiayi stopped, the feeling just now was really familiar.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yiyi leaned towards Zheng Jiayi by feeling.
"I know where the road is!" Zheng Jiayi said and felt it quietly, then turned her face to look at the right-hand side, and said, "Go to the right!" ”
Although Lu Xinwei didn't know what Zheng Jiayi had any basis, he couldn't find a way out anyway, so he simply did what Zheng Jiayi said. He shone his flashlight in the direction of his right-hand side and asked, "Is this over here?" ”
"Yes!" Zheng Jiayi is 100% sure.
"Good! Let's go! Lu Xinwei was crisp.
The night road is really not easy to walk, Zheng Jiayi felt that the back of her hand had been scratched several times, and suddenly, she gasped. It wasn't because she was scratched by a branch again, but Zheng Jiayi slowly slowed down and couldn't help but shiver a few more times. whispered, "Those school buses are just ahead." ”
When Lu Xinwei heard this, he took a few steps forward and shone around with a flashlight. Finally, the light stayed on the back of a school bus. Some excitedly praised Zheng Jiayi and said: "You are quite good at it!" ”
The night covered Zheng Jiayi's face. These school buses are like freezers one by one, emitting icy chills from time to time.
"Yawn!" Wang Jun couldn't help but sneeze. muttered: "It's so cold, the temperature difference between morning and evening is really big now." ”
Regardless of whether anyone could see it or not, Zheng Jiayi stretched out her finger and pointed to the school bus in the dark night and said, "The cold air is emitted from the school bus." ”
Lu Xinwei and Xu Yiyi approached the school bus at the same time. Indeed, the closer you get, the more you feel the obvious chill.
"Don't move here, I'll look around and I'll be right back." After Lu Xinwei finished explaining, he held a flashlight and got into the gap between the school bus and the school bus. He used a flashlight to shine all over the front and back of each school bus. Finally stop near the middle one. The glow from the flashlight lingered on the body of the school bus. The body of the car was covered in a thin layer of frost. It seems that this school bus has been modified. The basic guess is probably a refrigerated cabinet.
Lu Xinwei has been gone for a while. Zheng Jiayi: They were a little anxious outside. But there is no movement, so nothing should happen. So they waited where they were. It's just that Zheng Jiayi shivered from time to time because of the cold weather.
"Is it cold? Jiayi! Xu Yiyi and Zheng Jiayi stood shoulder to shoulder, and obviously felt Zheng Jiayi's continuous trembling.
"It's cool at night! I was sweating from the people who just left. Suddenly stopped, and I felt a lot colder. Zheng Jiayi deliberately withdrew her shoulder against Xu Yiyi, separating herself from Xu Yiyi at a small distance.
Xu Yiyi nodded in the dark and did not continue to ask.
Suddenly, a dim bright light returned to their field of vision. It's Lu Xinwei. He came back from his search.
Lu Xinwei trotted back in three steps and two steps, gasping slightly and roughly stating the situation of the school bus.
"Cold storage?" Zheng Jiayi repeated, and then asked rhetorically: "What is the cold storage used for?" ”
Lu Xinwei had actually thought about this question for a long time, but he still went through it again in his mind before he said: "I guess it's probably storing food." However, it is too late now, so it is important to fall back to the ground first. Check back tomorrow. If it's food, we can take it back. ”
"Return to the place where you stayed. Isn't this a good place to stay? Wang Jun was puzzled and pointed to several school buses in front of him. Anyway, it's all school buses, which one makes a difference? Why do you have to go back to the previous one!
"What Wang Jun said makes sense. It's not safe to travel so late. Besides, our school bus is still far away. Xu Yiyi also agreed.
Zheng Jiayi's mood was very complicated and she did not participate in the discussion.
Lu Xinwei held his cheeks and thought about it, and said to himself: "It's not impossible. "He always wanted to be a little more thoughtful.
However, Wang Jun really didn't want to go anymore. And who knows if he will get lost again, so he took Lu Xinwei's words and said, "That's okay!" Didn't you just say that only one school bus was modified? Pick one of the others. I'll have to come back tomorrow morning anyway. Wouldn't it be nice to save some time? ”
What Wang Jun said is actually quite reasonable. It's so late. Everyone knows that even if Xiao Xiao and they can come back, they will find a place to spend the night, and then find a way to meet them the next day.
"Alright then!" Lu Xinwei nodded, pointed to the nearest school bus, and said, "That's it!" I'll keep a vigil in the first half of the night, and you'll have at least two people at the end of the night keep vigil together. ”
"Okay! Me and Wang Jun! Xu Yiyi responded. She arranged it this way to take care of Wang Jun's so-called man's face. On the other hand, Zheng Jiayi is famous for not sleeping until dawn in the middle of the night.
Zheng Jiayi certainly knows herself better than Xu Yiyi. I didn't want to fight for it at all, so I walked directly to the position of the school bus door in the direction of Lu Xinwei's finger.
Knock knock! Zheng Jiayi opened the door of the school bus, habitually knocked on the door three times, and then waited for a while, and then stepped forward. Although she didn't feel that there were walking corpses inside, it was better to be safe.