"It's not easy. Lao Xu shook his head and said helplessly again.

What he said is true, and the current situation does not allow us to be optimistic at all. Lao Xu put down his backpack heavily, took the telescope I handed over, and meticulously scanned the scene in front of him.

If you are patient enough, please allow me to slowly paint you the picture before you.

Lao Xu and I stood at the very top of the steep slope where the charred black matter had disappeared.

I thought to myself, if anyone dares to take another step, then he has stepped into the ghost gate, and if he really falls from here, then he will not die, but will be seriously injured.

I looked down and saw that the bottom of the steep slope was obscured by a hazy mist, and no one could see what was going on below. It's not difficult to figure out what's going on, just climb down and investigate, right?

Truth is much harder than imagination. If it was only on our side of the steep slope, we could have continued elsewhere and found a slope that wasn't so steep.

But the continuous Tianshan mountain range seems to have played a joke on us, and the neat mountains form a circle in front of us, forming a large bowl-shaped valley.

We are no longer facing a steep slope, but a bottomless and extremely steep valley. And at the very bottom of the valley is the place that is obscured by the mist.

Lao Xu carefully scanned the entire valley with a telescope, and after a period of data analysis, the results were finally displayed on his tablet, and he looked at the results and sighed in frustration.

I walked up to him, took a look, and it turned out that there was no safe path.

"Will diligence really be down there?" Lao Xu began to have no bottom in his heart at this time, and said weakly.

"Do you want to go down and take a look?" I asked Lao Xu tentatively, and his brows gradually furrowed, and he was silent.

Immediately afterward, he took out various instruments from his backpack and scanned the bowl-shaped valley over and over again, but strangely no scanning ray could pass through that side of the mist.

After a busy afternoon, we could not survey the terrain below the valley, nor could we find a shred of evidence that diligence was below.

Old Xu sighed, turned to me, and said to me seriously and affirmatively.

"No! Absolutely not!"

Before getting 100% certainty, Lao Xu will never allow it to go down rashly, after all, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case".

At this time, the sky began to gradually darken, and the entire Tianshan Mountain Range seemed to be dressed in a golden coat. It is obviously impractical to continue the survey, and if you go back after dark, it is easy to get lost in the deep mountains.

Lao Xu told me to quickly pack everything and return the way I came, and to speed up.

Because we have already surveyed the surrounding environment, Lao Xu is a little on the slab, and immediately shows the fastest route. We followed the route, turned east and west, and soon walked out of the dead forest.

By the time the sun had completely set, we had already walked down the hill and returned to the pickup van.

Lao Xu took off his backpack with a sad face, and put it on the ground with a "bang".

He took out the tablet from his backpack, opened the door, jumped into the cab, and immersed himself in studying the terrain around here. I understand his thoughts, although he is always hippie and smiling on weekdays, without any seriousness, but in his heart he still distinguishes between light and heavy.

He must be tempted to find diligence now, and one of the reasons is that they must find diligence, and only by finding him can they bring down the rule of laziness. Another reason is that it is one day closer to the agreement with Jiang Man, and after today, there are only four days left.

And I don't think as much as Lao Xu, although I also want to find diligence as soon as possible, but I vaguely feel that this matter is not urgent. I don't know why I feel this way, maybe it's just a woman's instinct.

I walked to the back of the truck with my backpack on my back and slowly opened the door of the warehouse, the only thing that worries me now is Gu Chengzi's situation. When he was in the base, his physical condition was already very bad, and no one took care of him, and he didn't know if he could do it.

When I opened the door and looked inside, my worries vanished. He was still lying on the bed, the water and food that had been placed beside the bed untouched. I climbed into the hold, crouched on the edge of the bed, watched him sleep, and whispered his name.

"Gu Chengzi...... Gu Chengzi ......"

He let out an almost inaudible "um" sound, and then there was no movement at all.

At this time, Lao Xu also walked to the front of the warehouse, and he looked at me curiously. I stood up in a panic, pretending to be looking for something, and I didn't understand why I was doing it.

Lao Xu's expression instantly became cunning, he squinted at me while smiling, and said to me in a very provocative tone.

"Ouch~ What did I see?"

"Nothing!"

"Is there really not?hehe~"

"It's really nothing! I'm just ordinary...... Normal worries!"

"Ouch ~ still ordinary ~ normal ~ worried ~ how do I see the throbbing spring heart ~ spring heart ~~"

"Bah, bah, what are you talking about, nothing!" I just felt like I was getting hot all over, and my palms could scald a raw egg.

"I understand~ I understand! At your age~Yo roar roar~ Isn't it~ Hahahaha!"

The more Lao Xu spoke, the more exaggerated his expression became, and when I saw his unserious appearance, I really wanted to twist my fist and knock him away with one punch.

"Nothing!" Suddenly, I realized that the more I said no, the more inexplicable the matter became, so I simply didn't explain.

So, I wrung out the cooking pot in the cardboard box I packed last night, and turned my head like Lao Xu running.

When Lao Xu saw me, he was so frightened that he rolled his eyes. I jumped in front of him, and he trembled with fright, and immediately bent down, bowed to me ninety degrees, and shouted loudly.

"Hero, please spare me! I was wrong!"

"You're thinking too much, I've learned your good qualities now...... I'm so lazy~ I have to pay attention to you!Hurry up and cook!I'm hungry!"

"Okay!"

Lao Xu gave me a bow, then jumped into the warehouse and moved all the cardboard boxes that I had packed last night. Then, like a waiter, he put things in order as he had done last night, and soon started a fire.

I quietly cut the dish and simmered it in a pot of water in the same way. After all this tossing, I was able to sit on the floor tiredly.

But the rocky ground was of course not as soft and comfortable as the sand, and some of the small stones were very uncomfortable to sit on, so I simply gave up and stood up.

I thought to myself, after standing for so long today, it's not too long for a while.

At this moment, Lao Xu didn't know where to take out a small bench that looked old, put it behind me, and let me sit down with peace of mind.

I looked at him incredulously, and he smiled at me and nodded. I sat down carefully, and although it looked old, it was very comfortable to sit on.

"Lao Xu, you really have everything here!"

"Of course, I wouldn't be called the 'King of Goods', would I!!hahaha!"

"You're pretty good at taking care of people, alas, but you're often not serious. ”

"There is nothing serious or not, it is all the attitude of life! When you reach my age, you will look down on many things. ”

"So how old are you?"

"What are you talking about? He looked at me with disgust.

"I didn't mention it, you mentioned it yourself. Won't it ...... Are you really an uncle?"

"Oh, I won't talk to you anymore!"

"Hahahaha, I'm still in a hurry!"

Lao Xu rolled his eyes at me, looking like he didn't want to pay attention to me, and seeing his reluctant appearance, I felt very funny, and laughed heartily on the side.

He pouted, lifted the lid of the pot where the food was cooking, picked up the spoon and stirred it decently.

"Uncle, don't mess around, it's definitely not good. I said with a smile.

When Lao Xu heard this, he gritted his teeth and put the lid back on the pot and looked at me angrily.

It turned out that Lao Xu's weakness was his real age that he had never mentioned. It seems that when he jokes with me again and corrects me again, I will know how to fight back.

After laughing, the two of us sat by the fire, watching the flickering flames, and were silent with each other.

This silence is not because the joke just now caused everyone to be unpleasant, but everyone needs time and space to wash themselves, and this time is the best time to wash away all fatigue and exhaustion.

Here, after all this going through, this silence seems to be even more needed.

"It should be fine. My words broke the tranquility.

"Okay, I'll go get the bowl. ”

I took the big bowl handed over by Lao Xu and filled him with a full bowl. He couldn't wait to eat it, not caring about the burning of his mouth. I also served myself a bowl, but I wasn't as gobbling it up as he was, and I had to blow it spoonful after spoonful before I could put it in my mouth.

"Xiao Qiong, give this pot of soup a name. ”

"A name, why a name?" I asked, confused.

"This soup is yours, your patent. It's so fragrant, so delicious. ”

"Hahaha, that's it, do I have a patent fee?"

"There are no royalties, but I can give you a thumbs up!"

"Like, what do you mean by like?"

Lao Xu looked at me incredulously, and then gave me a thumbs up, saying that this means thumbs up.

"Haha, it turns out that a thumbs up is called a thumbs up, then I'll give you a thumbs up too!haha!" I also gave Lao Xu the same thumbs up, and both of them laughed.

"Think about it, think of a name!" looked at me expectantly.

"In the future, this will be called Qiuqiong Soup!" After thinking about it, I didn't think of a good name, so I had to use my own name perfunctory.

"Okay! From now on, it will be called Qiu Qiong Soup!Applause!!" Lao Xu put down his bowl and applauded me vigorously. I thought to myself, how can he still applaud him so easily and with such a perfunctory name.

He has eaten three bowls, I have only finished one bowl, and I am still holding half a bowl in my hand, and suddenly I remembered Gu Chengzi who was still in the warehouse, he estimated that he had not eaten anything until today, how could it go on like this.

So, I immediately filled out a new bowl and prepared to send it to him.

"Wait, Joan, where are you going?"

"I'm going to deliver food to Gu Chengzi. ”

"Hahaha, no, put the bowl down, he can't eat anything now. ”

"How can you do this without eating?" I said worriedly.

"It is like this of our people here, after the day of laziness begins, they do not want to do anything, but only lie down, and do not drink water or eat. ”

"Then why did you give him a glass of water today. ”

"I'm afraid he's not asleep yet, he's thirsty! ”

No matter how Lao Xu explained and persuaded me, I was not at ease in my heart, so Lao Xu had to shake his head when he saw this, and let me see it myself.

I took the bowl, entered the warehouse lightly, squatted on the side of the bed, and gently patted Gu Chengzi on the shoulder, but there was no reaction.

"Gu Chengzi, Gu Chengzi, do you want something to eat?"

“......”

No matter how much I screamed, he didn't move, it was like hibernating.

At this time, I believed what Lao Xu said, sighed, and returned to the fire.

Lao Xu took the bowl in my hand with one hand, and began to eat without saying a word. I originally wanted to say something, but I can't waste it if I think about it, it's better to give it to Lao Xu. I picked up my bowl and ate the remaining half bowl with a refreshing finish.

"Huh, Xiao Qiong!" Lao Xu suddenly screamed.

"Startle me, don't be startled, okay? I'm afraid I'll be scared to death by you!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"I'm done. ”

"No, Zhuang Zhoubox! Let's see if you can see anything today! Patronize and eat, forget it!"

"Oh!You didn't say it earlier!I forgot!"

I quickly took out the Zhuang Zhou box from my pocket, and I held it in both hands, exposing it to the moonlight.

Suddenly, a ray of moonlight swept over it, and two lines of words gradually appeared on the box:

Zhuang Zhoumeng, dream home.

The song in the box, the person in the song.

I read it softly, and the two lines flashed word by word.

I took a breath and carefully opened the box, my otherwise calm mind was, once again, nervous.