Chapter 45: Incomprehension
After chatting with Zhang Wenshu for a while, she lay down in the tent and did her own thing, and it seemed that she had brought two magazines to read.
I'm really confused about her behavior, but I seem to understand a little bit why Xu Yi keeps scolding Zhang Wenshu.
Deep in the mountains in winter, the wind blows from time to time at night, and even in the tent, you can feel the slightest wind seeping in.
"Hey, do you hear the wind outside? Zhang Qiang won't still be outside, right? β
I suddenly remembered that Zhang Qiang seemed to be sitting outside when I came in just now, so I asked Zhang Wenshu, who was reading a magazine.
"I don't know, I guess it's still outside. He's going to have to stay until nine o'clock in the evening, and it's only eight o'clock now. β
She glanced at her watch and said nonchalantly.
"I'll go out first!"
It wasn't interesting to stay in the tent, so I said hello and ran out again.
"Hissββ!"
There was a sound of zippers, and when I got out of the tent, I didn't see Zhang Qiang, only a fire kept burning.
Strange, what about people?
Just when I was curious, a person came out of the tent opposite the fire, and if you look closely, is it Xu Fei?
He looked surprised to see that I was also outside, and said:
"Aren't you resting?"
I didn't expect him to care about people, who has never spoken, and I thought he was the kind of cold-hearted person.
It seems that it is not unreasonable for him to grow up with Xu Yi, he must be a cold-faced and kind-hearted person.
"Oh, I can't sleep, so I want to sit outside for a while and have a fire."
Seeing that he did not speak, I asked:
"What about you? How did you get out? β
He paused and said:
"I saw that Zhang Qiang couldn't stand it, so I came out to replace him."
Xu Fei is very resolute between his eyebrows and eyes, his facial features are very sharp and angular, his skin is not very white, but it is not black either, probably because of regular exercise, you can see the lines of his muscles.
Especially in the firelight, his face looked unusually persistent.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that I had been looking at him, he asked.
I quickly withdrew my gaze, smiled awkwardly, and said:
"It's okay, I just think you're serious."
"Seriously?"
He asked, slightly surprised.
"Yes."
......
For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward, and I didn't know how to answer him.
"Uh, would you like to try this?"
I pulled a chocolate out of my pocket and handed it to him.
He didn't seem to see what it was, so he immediately took it, held it in his hand for a long time, and kept turning it over and over.
"Why don't you eat it?"
"This is not delicious."
"Oh, okay."
I smiled helplessly and said.
"Thank you."
He said lightly.
"It's okay, by the way, why would you want to come to this?"
In the past two days, it seems that according to his personality, he will not want to participate in this kind of activity, so I asked him curiously.
"I was pulled here by Xu Yi, I didn't want to come."
Sure enough, it was the same as I thought.
For a while, the two looked at each other speechlessly.
The night is slowly approaching.
The wind blew, and it was cold, and people couldn't help but shiver.
"Are you cold? Why don't you go in early and rest? β
Xu Fei looked at me and said.
"Well, then you should rest early."
After speaking, just as he was about to get up and go back, he suddenly saw a green point of light suddenly appear on the mountain in the distance.
"Look! What is that? β
I pointed in that direction, and Xu Fei also turned his head to look.
At night, how could there be such a scene in the deep mountains and forests?
After a while, Xu Fei said:
"I think it's a ghost fire"
"Ghost fire?"
This is the first time I've heard this.
"Yes, the ghost fire is not actually anything, it's just that after the animal carcass hatches, the organophosphorus in the body spontaneously combusts when it encounters the air."
"Is it phosphorus?"
It dawned on me that, yes, I had learned before, that phosphorus is extremely flammable.
"I guess it's because the animals in this mountain are dead, and their bodies are so corrupted that they can't be dealt with."
Fang Jun rigorously analyzed.
"I see, you know a lot."
I couldn't help but praise him, in fact, I was a little scared to see this at night, but Xu Fei's calmness made people feel a lot more relieved.
"It's just..."
I thought about it carefully, Xu Fei's words were certainly reasonable, but they were not good.
There are animal carcasses, but something is obviously wrong with such a large animal carcass, let alone that large area.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Fei asked.
"Don't you think that ghost fire is too big? It doesn't feel normal. β
Seeing that I retorted, Xu Fei didn't rush to answer, and finally said in half a voice:
"You're right, it just shouldn't."
"Why shouldn't it?"
Xu Fei seemed to be talking to me, and it was like he was talking to himself.
"There are no beasts here, and even if there are, there are only some that have no attack power, and it is impossible for a large bird of prey like that."
He seemed to be thinking about things again, and didn't talk to me for a while.
At that moment, Zhang Qiang behind him walked out of the tent.
"What's wrong? What are you talking about? I heard muttering outside all the time. β
The three tents were very close together, in a circle, and the slightest wind and grass could be heard between each other.
"Look there, what's going on?"
I pointed to Zhang Qiang.
Like me, he was shocked when he first saw him, but it seemed to be different from mine, and I can't say what it was.
"Leave it alone, go to bed."
Zhang Qiang seemed to be very jealous of that thing, and after looking at it for a while, he said to me and Xu Fei.
"Well, okay, then let's go in and rest, we have to get up early tomorrow."
I said hello and went back to the tent, and after entering, Zhang Wenshu was already asleep, leaving me a lamp.
I didn't expect it to be quite warm in the tent, but fortunately I chose the thickened version at that time, and I was not afraid of it in this winter.
Getting into my sleeping bag, I vaguely heard Zhang Qiang and Xu Fei talking about something outside.
It's just that I can't hear what I'm talking about, but the tightness of this tent is quite okay.
Looking at the time, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, it was time to sleep, there was no way to wash here, so I had to make up for it first.
Falling asleep quickly, and sleeping in a tent at night in the valley is also very safe.
......
The next morning, when I woke up, Zhang Wenshu next to me didn't know where to go.
I thought about it, but I thought she woke up first.
As soon as I got out of the tent, I found that Xu Fei and Zhang Qiang's tent on the opposite side was open and empty.
What about people? Then I thought of Xu Yi and Liu Meng?
I called:
"Xu Yi, Liu Meng, wake up!"
I called for a long time, but there was still no answer inside.
Are they not there either?
I tentatively opened their tent, and sure enough! There were some bedding and sleeping bags scattered inside, but the two people who were originally inside walked away.
"Xu Feiββ!"
"Zhang Qiang ββ!"
"Where are you?"
Where has everyone gone? All of a sudden, I felt very uneasy.
My voice echoed in the empty valley.
I started running around the woods, looking around for them.
Unconsciously, he ran to the place where he and Liu Meng were collecting firewood before.
What about the animal's head? What's going on, where did it go?
I can't be mistaken, that weird head was here at the time, but how did everyone disappear from this head in one night?
In a panic, I ran back to the camp again, where the three tents were still alone, and I approached the fire.
There is still residual heat in the fire, and it seems that it should not be long ago, but where are you going?
Thinking like this, a figure seemed to run not far away, and I squinted at it.
It's Xu Fei!
Seeing clearly that it was him, I hurriedly ran over, I was really frightened, it seemed that I was thinking too much, maybe everyone didn't wait for me because of something.
I could only comfort myself like this at the moment, and I ran towards him.
"Xu Fei? Where have you all been? Why did I wake up and you were all gone? β
I asked him, holding back tears in the corners of my eyes.
Xu Fei seemed to have run all the way, gasping and saying:
"They, they all went to the mountains, and I ran back to you first."
For a while, he couldn't hold back the uneasiness in his heart, and immediately hugged Xu Fei.
He was so surprised by my hug that he was even gasping for breath a lot.
"You..."
Finally realizing that I was acting a little abnormally, I let go of my hand, walked away from him, and said:
"Thanks, I'm just scared, I'm sorry."
explained to him, Qin Xinrou has been away for a while, and she always feels that something is missing, in such a valley, she is really frightened when she wakes up and all the people around her have disappeared.
"Oh, no, it's okay."
He replied sluggishly.
"Why didn't they say a word and ran to the mountains?"
I quickly digressed the subject and asked him.
"Oh, that's right, when Chen Dong went to explore the road in the morning, he found a wild ginseng."
"He studied Chinese medicine and knows more about this aspect, but who knew that there was a snake hidden on the ground that bit Chen Dong, and everyone was there to treat him urgently."
As soon as I heard that Chen Dong had been bitten by a snake, I couldn't help but be shocked.
"Then let's go too."
As he spoke, he was about to leave, but Xu Fei grabbed me and said:
"It's okay, he's already on his way back, let's go get some water and boil it out first, it looks like we have to stay here today."
"Oh, okay, no problem."
I immediately went to the river with a kettle to fetch water, but fortunately it was not frozen and I could still get water.
At this time, Xu Fei also walked over with a pot.
"More contacts, and some water to drink."
I don't know why, since I hugged him, he doesn't seem to be as taciturn as he used to be.
When I thought of this, I couldn't help but blush.
"I'm alright, let's go."
After covering the kettle, I said to Xu Fei.
Apparently, he was fine, nodded at me, and took the lead to leave.
......
"Hurry up, you sit down and rest first."
In the camp, Xu Yi hurriedly took out a folding chair, put it on the ground, and helped Chen Dong to sit down.
"Alas, bad luck."
"Don't be unlucky, fortunately it's a non-venomous snake, otherwise, what should you do in this deep mountain and old forest?"
Zhang Wenshu said.
"It's just that in this way, we have to delay everyone for another day."
Chen Dong said with self-reproach.
"It's okay, we're one. How could it leave you alone? Rest assured. β
Xu Yi patted Chen Dong on the shoulder.
At this time, Xu Fei and I also came back.
Seeing the two of us coming, Zhang Wenshu hurriedly ran over and took the kettle in my hand.