Chapter 13: Tenacious Life

In the chaos, the tarpon grabbed Zhao Qian's legs, spun its body like a crocodile, trying to swallow her. And Zhao Qian also choked on several mouthfuls of river water, and after the toss of saving Lu Xia just now, she was already exhausted, her body was soft, and the broken knife in her hand was almost unstable.

"Did you just give up?" Zhao Qian asked herself in her heart. From the day she returned to the city, she felt that this life was an extra gift from God. Heaven has repented, and if you want to take it back, you can do it anytime and anywhere, but not now. Because she met Lu Xia, she met love, and she wanted to go to Daocheng once for love.

Lu Xia's face flashed in his mind, the boy standing in the subway station and looking, the boy who peeked at himself from time to time in the crowd, the boy who hugged himself into his arms and vowed to accompany him for ......the rest of his life.

There was the sound of gurgling water all around, Zhao Qian suddenly opened her eyes, and was as excited as if she had been beaten in the turbid water, arching her waist with all her strength, and stabbing the short knife on the head of the black silver carp with both arms.

For a while, the blood stained a large area of water, and the black silver carp roared out of the water and spit out Zhao Qian, and then rolled on the water surface, swimming away like an arrow.

Seeing that the silver carp was far away, Lu Xia tried to walk to the shore and looked around to find Zhao Qian's name.

In the end, Zhao Qian still defeated the black silver carp and climbed up. But both legs were bitten and broken by the tarpon, and he couldn't walk again for a short time.

helped Zhao Qian ashore, she was already exhausted, and she couldn't move anymore as soon as she lay down. Lu Xia wanted to see her legs, and touched them, causing her to scream in pain.

"Don't move...... Zhao Qian gritted her teeth in pain: "Don't touch me Lu Xia, don't touch me again......"

"But ......, what if I break a bone? Let me take a look first, the fracture has to be tied to the brace, otherwise the misalignment will no longer be able to walk. ”

"I told you not to touch me!" Zhao Qian was obviously impatient, and when she saw that Lu Xia was coming to take off her pants, she yelled anxiously. After yelling, she regretted it a little, panted and raised her head, looked at Lu Xia and said, "Lu Xia, are you a doctor?" If I break a bone, can you heal me right away? ”

Lu Xia was at a loss, looking at Zhao Qian, who was pitiful in front of him, and didn't know what to do.

"Lu Xia, I'm fine, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep." Zhao Qian said with a sideways face, her eyes looked at the backpack left under the roots, her eyes were pale and open, and her chest was still wheezing violently.

Seven days, is this already the seventh day? Zhao Qian was suddenly very scared, afraid that she would die like this. has thought of countless ways to die, but in front of her beloved, she can never accept it.

Zhou Qiming once told her that although the new life is fragile but also tenacious, no one in the world can kill her anymore unless she goes on a hunger strike. Once she goes on a hunger strike, she will only be able to live for seven days, and from the day Zhao Qian decided to give up her life, this is already the seventh day. She still clearly remembered that among the seven-colored lattices on the wall, the last one said that she was going to leave quietly, and that she was going to say goodbye to Lu Xia forever tonight.

Do you really want to die like this? Zhao Qian was unwilling and did not want to. But she can't do anything, what will the sun look like tomorrow? Zhao Qian prayed in her heart......

Gradually, Zhao Qian and Lu Xia fell asleep, this sleep was several hours, and when they woke up, it was almost the next day. The sunlight sifted through the gaps in the canopy, draped over her face. Zhao Qian blinked sleepily, and her sun-stinging eyes were wide-eyed.

I slept very comfortably this night, and I felt that my whole body was melted. But just when Zhao Qian stretched out her hand to block the sun, she suddenly found that the shirt wrapped around her head was gone. She felt a panic in her heart, as if she realized something, she sat up suddenly, touched her face with her hands, and when she touched her ears, her hands trembled a little, and they shrank violently like an electric shock, and only after a long time did she touch them lightly with her fingertips.

There was a strong smell of smoke all around, and the smell of something burning. Turning sideways slightly, I saw Lu Xia lying on the ground, blowing on a pile of firewood. Maybe the humidity here is too much, and the dry wood is not easy to light, and Lu Xia coughed like an old lady.

Seeing that Zhao Qian woke up, Lu Xia hurriedly ran over to help her up.

And Zhao Qian is most concerned about the matter of ears now, covering one hand on her ear, staring at Lu Xia for a long time before asking, "Where is my shirt?" When did you remove it? Didn't you tell me not to touch me? Lu Xia, can you have a little respect for me? I said you ......"

"Yes, yes!" Lu Xia hurriedly defended, pointing to the clothes drying on the branches, and the clothes were still hanging with water droplets. "I just woke up not long ago, and I saw that your body was too dirty, so I took it and washed it."

"So, have you seen ......" Zhao Qian tried to ask, the hand covering her ears was a little numb.

"See what?" Lu Xia didn't know why.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing! Zhao Qian breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Lu Xia's ears had grown when he opened his shirt, but it was just a false alarm.

Zhao Qian was frightened and also felt lucky. It seems that the seven-day life that Zhou Qiming said is calculated from the second day of the hunger strike, and this is the last day.

The broken legs were almost healed, and Zhao Qian wanted to try to stand up and walk, but Ren was a little stinging, and she stumbled and fell into Lu Xia's arms. Lu Xia helped her up and smoothed her hair, and comforted her.

Zhao Qianhui smiled heartily at Lu Xia, and suddenly found that there was a burnt fragrance in the air.

"What are you burning?"

"Oh, the tentacles of that big catfish," Lu Xia said and took a black thing, which smelled quite good, "It should be ready to eat." ”

Zhao Qian's face was gloomy when she saw it, and she hurriedly waved her hand away: "You can't eat it!" ”

"Me?"

Zhao Qian looked away at a loss, blinked her reddened eyes into the distance, looked at Lu Xia and asked, "Lu Xia, have you ever wondered why the grasshoppers and black silver carp here can grow so big?" ”

Lu Xia shook his head and shook his head: "How can I know, maybe it's a special variety!" Or is it a genetic mutation? ”

"The worm eats something that shouldn't be eaten, and then the tarpon eats the worm like this again"

Lu Xia seemed to realize something, glanced at the black silver tentacles in his hand, and was a little frightened: "Food chain? ”

Zhao Qian nodded: "In this forest, there are other creatures in this chain, they are either huge, or they have three heads and six arms, and they have eaten that thing at the end of the food chain." ”

"Zhao Qian, don't scare me, okay?" Lu Xia was a little uneasy, but he didn't believe it too much. Glancing at the tentacles in his hand again, he swallowed his throat and asked, "What would happen if I ate this?" Will it also become big? Isn't that a bit ridiculous? ”

"I don't know what will happen" Zhao Qian shook her head, resistantly avoiding Lu Xia's gaze. "But I don't think I'll grow into a giant. Insects and silver carp have a short life cycle, and when this cycle is broken, they will grow beyond the limit and become huge. People probably won't. ”

"That's not fair!" Lu Xia raised the tentacles on his hand, and pretended to be disappointed and said, "Hi~!" I thought it could be aphrodisiac? Look at this guy's ......, how strong! ”

Zhao Qian glanced at him angrily, and said, "You are out of shape when you talk about it!" ”

Lu Xia laughed, threw the tentacles into the water and asked Zhao Qian what to do next

Repacked, and there were not many things left to bring. However, it is already close to the destination, and it can be reached in a few hours if nothing else.

Worms are nocturnal insects that do not come out during the day. But the tarpon does, so contrary to the night, walk the path as far away from the river as possible.

The depths of the forest were silent, not even a single bird call. Holding a compass through the valley stream of Xing Thorn Qianmian, the lower the terrain becomes, the fallen leaves are full of water, stepping on it is like stepping on a sponge, and the yellow water is bubbling at the feet, and there is even a foul smell of rotten leaves. It was difficult and sad to walk step by step, Lu Xia covered his nose and said in annoyance: "This is simply not a place for people to walk, we should follow the monkey and walk on the tree." ”

"There are many trees here, please feel free!" Zhao Qian sneered, turned back to look at Lu Xia again, and her eyebrows tightened: "Is the backpack too heavy?" Give it to me! ”

Lu Xia shook his hand calmly: "You also know that you feel sorry for me?" Just your words fill me with energy."

As soon as Lu Xia finished speaking, he suddenly slipped under his feet. When he got up, he was covered in mud and rancid leaves, and he looked like a refugee. "But seriously, it's a tough road! We should have walked along the river, and the big silver carp was stabbed by you, and now I'm afraid it's white. ”

"How do you know there must be only one silver carp in the river?" Zhao Qian stopped and looked at Lu Xia and said, "And let me tell you, silver carp is not necessarily the top of the food chain here. ”

"What? Could it be that there is something bigger than a silver carp? ”

As soon as Lu Xia's words fell, a leaf suddenly floated above his head, and then he heard the sound of a shuoshuo, as if someone was shaking vigorously on the canopy.

Zhao Qian and Lu Xia both swallowed their throats raw, slowly raised their heads, and looked up.