"Hmmm......"

The girl lying on the sand moved, moaning from the pain in her body.

"Are you awake?" Hearing the girl's movements, Ding Xiu ran over from nearby.

He had gone in search of a source of water, but he hadn't gone too far, keeping the girl and the car in sight all the time.

The girl opened her eyes, sat up with her body propped up, and saw that beside her, in addition to the car, was the sea of sand that spread to the sky.

The panic in her eyes flashed, and the girl's right hand was about to touch the necklace around her neck, but when she heard Ding Xiu's voice, she turned her head again, and her gaze softened in an instant.

Ding Xiu's figure made her feel a sense of security inexplicably.

"How's it going, are you feeling better?" Ding Xiu came to the girl and squatted down and asked with concern.

"You...... Saved me? The girl nodded, her voice as clear as a trickle of water.

"I don't know if this saved you or hurt you." Ding Xiu said frankly: "In Luxu Town, I found that you were locked in a wooden house by a group of people, and those people didn't look like good people, so I went to rescue you." But after they rescued you from the hands of those people, they caused you to fall into this sea of sand......"

"Compared to falling into the hands of those people, staying in this sea of sand is not a bad thing." The girl smiled shallowly, and two pear vortices floated on her cheeks.

"Thank you for saving me."

"I can't afford this thank you until I get you out of danger completely." Although the girl didn't mind being caught in the sea of sand, Ding Xiu's heart was full of apologies.

"I haven't asked my benefactor for my name." The girl asked generously.

"Benefactor? Me? Ding Xiu was slightly stunned and pointed to his nose, "My name is Ding Xiu, and I am a soldier in the W47 camp of the border guards." Well, this is my identification. ”

Afraid that the girl wouldn't believe it, Ding Xiu took out the captain's badge that Chen Jiansen had brought to him before from his pocket.

"Ding Xiu, the leader of the fourth squad of the W47 camp of the border guards."

The girl took the emblem and glanced at it, silently reciting the words engraved on it in her heart.

"Ding Xiu, I remember you."

"It sounds like you're going to get revenge on me in the future." Ding Xiu smiled and smiled.

The girl covered her mouth and laughed like a pebble thrown into the water, her face rippling with joy.

"What about you?" Ding Xiu asked.

"Me? Oh, my name is Chen Jianing. The girl said, thinking for a moment and adding to her introduction, "I'm a good person." ”

"I know you're a good person, otherwise I wouldn't have saved you."

"How do you know?" Chen Jianing was a little curious, because before going to Luxu Town, she and Ding Xiu were ignorant of each other.

"You're so beautiful, how can you be a bad person." The reason given by Ding Xiu made Chen Jianing a little crying and laughing.

Chen Jianing stood up and walked a few steps, and Ding Xiu saw that her movements were a little unnatural.

"Does it still hurt?"

"Hmm." Chen Jianing nodded, "But I can overcome it." ”

"This is for you, put it in your mouth and chew it, don't swallow it." Ding Xiu said and handed a bag to Chen Jianing's hand, and the bag contained some blue-green pulp.

"What is this?" Chen Jianing took out a piece and put it in front of her nose and sniffed it, a trace of green breath made her mouth finally realize that she was a little thirsty.

"This is the flesh of a barrel cactus, which is very watery, but the taste is a little spicy, and sucking can quench your thirst." Ding Xiu's introduction was still a step slower, and Chen Jianing choked on the juice in the pulp and coughed.

Looking at her slightly red cheeks, Ding Xiu's gaze was a little dumbfounded.

"It smells weird." Stopping the cough, Chen Jianing found that Ding Xian was looking at him in a daze, his face was a little ashamed, "But it can indeed quench your thirst." ”

The flesh of this cactus is juicy, and the spicy flavor also stimulates the mouth to produce more saliva.

"Don't swallow the pulp, it's not easy to digest and will cause bloating." Ding Xiu admonished again.

"Hmm." Chen Jianing nodded, and carefully spit out the remaining fibers in his mouth.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Seeing that Ding Xiu was just looking at herself, she asked curiously.

"That's it, you eat, my body is more adapted to the environment here than yours." The flesh of the cactus was not much, and Ding Xiu gave it all to Chen Jianing.

The girl's clothes were stained with a lot of dust, and her face was not as white as before, but her appearance was very beautiful in Ding Xiu's eyes.

What kind of beauty is this? Ding Xiu couldn't think of the right words to describe it, because he had been living in the desert, and any scenery in the desert was as good as a girl's face.

Anyone can see that Chen Jianing does not belong to this desert, her melon seed face has delicate facial features, and a pair of watery eyes under her curved eyebrows seem to be able to speak. People just stand quietly on the sand dunes, but there is a faint warmth around them. Slim and elegant, unconsciously revealed a noble and refined temperament.

"She's prettier than Wen Yadu." This is Ding Xiu's heartfelt emotion, because no matter the appearance or temperament, there is a big gap between Wen Ya and Chen Jianing.

"There's a lot of gravel on the car!" Chen Jianing ate the juice of the cactus pulp, rested for a while, and her complexion improved a lot. She was a little surprised to see the thick layer of sand on the roof and window glass.

"There was a sandstorm before." Ding Xiu said.

"Sandstorm?!" The look of surprise in the girl's eyes was even worse.

"Yes, but Sandstorm helped us by getting rid of the guys who kidnapped you." Ding Xiu nodded, "Oh, by the way, who are those guys, and why are they arresting you?" ”

"The guys in black and the guards?" The person mentioned by Ding Xiu made Chen Jianing's expression change, and he seemed to remember some bad memories.

"yes, who are they?"

"I don't know who they are, but those guys seem to be working for the Elbrand Empire."

"The Elbrand Empire?" Ding Xiu had heard the guards mention this word outside the wooden house, "What kind of country is this?" ”

"You...... Haven't heard of the Elbrand Empire? Chen Jianing was stunned for a moment.

"All I know is Grells." Ding Xiu nodded.

"Okay, I'll talk to you slowly when I have a chance." Chen Jianing quickly understood Ding Xiu's situation, her own living environment was very different from Ding Xiu, so it was not surprising that there was a large gap between the two people's knowledge.

"The Elbrand Empire is to the east of our Grays, and it's about the same size as Graylls, but it's ...... Well...... The country's strength is stronger than ours. The girl just talked about the situation in this country in general, and then turned the topic back to the question that Ding Xiu had just asked.

"The people who captured me are all guys who can work for the Elbrand Empire for money." Chen Jianing's face was slightly flushed with anger, and her angry appearance made people look a little cute, "When I met them, I found that these people were trying to kidnap those orphans in Luxu Town, and I found an opportunity to sabotage their plans, but I accidentally fell into their hands...... The man in black was powerful. ”

The girl said, and the appearance of palpitations made Ding Xiu feel a little distressed.

"That man in black is really powerful." Ding Xiu agreed very much with Chen Jianing's last sentence, and he said: "Those guys say that you are a big fish, it seems that you have a very important value to them. ”

"That's what they really say?" Chen Jianing was shocked, she didn't believe Ding Xiu's words, but she asked out of surprise.

"I was hiding outside the hut and was spotted by the men in black after a while, and I didn't hear much conversation, but they did say it."

"Looks like they're planning to blackmail my family." Chen Jianing was a little scared when she thought of this result, and said happily: "Fortunately, you saved me!" ”

Her eyelids drooped, and she already figured out what was at stake.

The border between the Grills and Elbrand empires was not smooth, and both countries had heavy troops there.

Of the five military districts in Grells, the Southeast Military District was the main force in countering the military threat from the Elbrand Empire. On the flanks and rear of the South-Eastern Military District, there are also the Northern Military Region and the Central Military Region to assist and support.

Among Chen Jianing's immediate family members are the top officials of the Southeast Military Region, and once she falls into the hands of the Elbrand Empire, it will inevitably complicate the situation on the northern border.

"We need to get out of here right now." The girl realized the serious consequences that might be caused by the exposure of her identity, and her expression suddenly became a little anxious, "Those people will still come to me." ”

"They disappeared into the sandstorm." Ding Xiu patted Chen Jianing's arm to soothe her sudden anxiety.

"But we survived the sandstorm." The girl reminded him.

"You have a point." Chen Jianing's words made Ding Xiu unable to refute, "Then let's leave here." ”

Chen Jianing walked towards the car, but saw that Ding Xiu did not get into the car immediately, but stared at the shadow of the car, and then glanced at the sun in the sky a few times.

"What are you doing?" The girl asked.

"Confirm the direction. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but it is the best 'compass'. It moves from east to west, and the shadow moves from west to east, and this feature allows us to discern the direction and not circle in the desert. ”

"Oh? Can it be like this? Chen Jianing was a little unconvinced.

"I don't know where we are at the moment, but the Karakum Desert is to the west of Grells, and the only way to get to safety is to go east." Ding Xiu figured out the direction of the surroundings, returned to the car and started the car, and when Chen Jianing got into the car, he said again: "You are right just now, those people may have also survived the sandstorm, in order to avoid encountering them, let's go around a little south when we go east." ”

Chen Jianing had no objection to Ding Xiu's plan, but he had doubts about the direction he had decided. Feeling a little uneasy, she took a compass out of her backpack.

When he was in Luxu Town, in order to avoid the search of the man in black and his accomplices, Chen Jianing once hid this backpack in the stone stove of the wooden house. As Ding Xiu had guessed, this backpack was indeed very important to her.

"You're guessing the right direction!" The girl was amazed and her face showed a look of surprise, she had just verified with a compass, and the direction that Ding Xiu had reported just now was completely correct.

"I'm not guessing, it's all the experience of living in the desert."

"That's amazing." Chen Jianing handed the compass to him as she spoke, "You take this, so you don't have to get out of the car often to see the shadow and the sun."