Chapter Ninety-Six: Reluctance
March 1982
"I asked you to beat it at the beginning, but you didn't, it's been more than two years, our girl hasn't taken a step in this house, and her mental state is problematic." A middle-aged man spoke impatiently.
"You be quiet, my daughter, I'm also distressed, what do you say!" A middle-aged woman looked haggard.
As he was talking, there was a sudden sound in the back room, which was the sound of a cup hitting the floor.
Without waiting for the people in the outhouse to enter, an eager voice shouted from inside.
"Mom, Mom, it's bleeding, blood."
The old building of the third middle school in the north is in the pond
The boundless cold, all you can see, is the darkness, which keeps sinking in the void, unable to grasp anything, and letting it sink.
A crack opened in the darkness, and there seemed to be a voice calling his name, and a glimmer of light lit up in his heart.
The body was no longer ethereal, and there was a tingling sensation, and somewhere it became clear.
Yuanyou's body moved violently, and the sharp pain from the wound made him snort, and he woke up and slowly opened his eyes.
Despair, there was still darkness in front of him, and the pain made him know that he was not dead, but the darkness of nothingness gave people an illusion of time and space, and he suddenly remembered something, "What about that monster?" ”
He quickly searched the darkness, the silhouette of the monster was gone, and there was a smell of burnt paste in the air.
Yuanyou wanted to move his body, but his heart was suddenly shocked, his body was stunned, something in the dark grabbed his arm, and his strength was not small.
"Who?" He weakly squeezed out the word.
"You're awake, we have to get out quickly, your wounds can't heal here."
Yuanyou didn't think much about the meaning of these words, but this voice sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was, and this voice was said by a child, how could there be a child here.
Yuan You tilted his head to the side and looked at it, it was pitch black.
"Your eyes can only see the yin in the dark, so you can't see me.
I've already killed the zombie, let's not leave, I'll be imprisoned for a while... After a while, Xu Junfang came back.
Yuanyou tensed his strength, and looked into the darkness to the right, the silhouette curled up in the depths.
"I'm afraid of that person inside," said the man next to him.
Yuanyou was shocked by this sentence, his heart was tight, it was nothing more than Su Yi had been unexpected, he instantly became confused, his throat was sweet, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the pain pierced his heart.
thought it should be urgent, but the people next to him didn't care about him and helped him up.
"Can you go?"
"I can walk, it's just too dark for me to see the way."
"Huh~", the sound of striking a match, the man picked up a piece of residual wax in the corner of the wall and lit it.
Yuanyou took advantage of this glimmer to see the person next to him, it was the child, the child he had met in the school dormitory room, how could he be here.
The impact of this night made Yuanyou have a splitting headache.
"This candle can still burn for one and a half minutes, let's go."
Yuanyou saw that the stone door was open, and knew that it was not time to ask more, so he gritted his teeth, his face turned pale, and he stumbled behind the child.
As he walked out of the doorway, he looked back, the silhouette left in the deepest depths of darkness.
As they passed by the deep pit in the middle, the pool, the little boy glanced sideways, and paused, as if to see something, but only for a moment, he walked up quickly.
The little boy looked at a certain place all the way as if he had made some marks everywhere he passed, and then took Yuanyou back to the first floor.
The little boy is in the front, and in the corridor on the first floor, Yuanyou can finally see the strange steps of the little boy, obviously as if he is stepping on the ground, but it seems to be floating on it, and it is also like a stone bouncing slightly on the water.
Outside the garden of the old building, the peach blossoms on the roadside have already bloomed, and the fragrance emitted in the middle of the night has a faint fragrance.
Yuanyou gritted his teeth, held on to his spirit, and finally let him support him to the garden gate.
There was another wave of dizziness, and I don't know if it was the stimulation of the fragrance of flowers or the breathing problem, he coughed suddenly, and spat out another mouthful of blood in front of him.
Under the moonlight, Yuanyou saw that the ground was divided into countless raised bags, the color of the bags was yellow and green at first, and then black and green.
The moment he fell to the ground, he vaguely heard Luo Baifan's eager shout, but his body was uncontrollable, and all his senses returned to darkness.
Beihan No. 3 Middle School
A ray of sunlight pierced the sky, breaking the silence of the night.
As soon as the day dawned, in front of the rostrum in the playground, there were about 50 neatly dressed students, all wearing blue and white school uniforms.
Today is a camping exercise organized by the school.
In order to temper the will of the students, establish the style of hardship and hard work, and lay a good foundation for study and life, they will walk 25 kilometers, implying a 25,000-mile long march.
Because the distance is relatively long, it needs to be stationed at the end of the road.
Due to the topography, there should not be too many tents, so only a few students from each class were selected as representatives to participate in the event.
The teacher was speaking on the rostrum, Yuan Huaxing looked to the right, and Chen Xiao was also in the team, but Chen Xiao didn't look at her.
Yuan Huaxing turned her head, her heart was complicated, Chen Xiao also went with her, she was happy, since she knew that she was going to organize camping exercises, she would always wonder if Chen Xiao would go, but the things that Xu Junfang told her were like an alarm clock, reminding her at any time, making her worry about something.
These two emotions were intertwined, and she couldn't really be happy from the bottom of her heart.
She couldn't help but look at Chen Xiao again, but she didn't expect that Chen Xiao also noticed her at this moment.
If Chen Xiao looked at her like this in the past, Yuan Huaxing might be flustered, blushing, happy, and nervous.
But now, Yuan Huaxing couldn't let her eyes escape her gaze, and her eyes showed indescribable complex emotions.
And Chen Xiao felt that someone was looking at her over there, that familiar face, who else could it be besides Yuan Huaxing.
Chen Xiao was thinking that Yuanhuaxing had changed a little differently than before, and even in her eyes, there was a feeling of indescribability, just like Yuanhuaxing had a deep heart and secret, and always wanted to stop talking.
Chen Xiao felt that for Yuanhuaxing to have such a change, it must have been something Xu Junfang said to her, and she was faintly uneasy.
Although Chen Xiao was jealous of her secrets, what she was most worried about was what Xu Junfang said to Yuan Huaxing, or what she said.
Chen Xiao turned his head back and looked at the rostrum.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt the urge to explore.
"Let's go!" "Came down from the rostrum.
Yuan Huaxing lifted the backpack from his feet and carried it behind his back.
The end point of this camping exercise is the Youth Farm in Dongda/Laigou.
In fact, the Youth Farm is also a military farm, and after walking to the Youth Farm, they will stop there for a short time to listen to a report, and then camp in a field north of the Youth Farm.
Because of the large temperature difference between morning and evening, the teacher has long instructed the students to bring some thick clothes to avoid catching a cold.
Therefore, many students' backpacks look very bulging, I think they are carrying winter clothes.
The leading student held a flag, and the students in the back walked side by side, facing the rising sun and heading east.
The beginning of the hike will be full of energy, and the students will walk very fast as if their legs are tightened and loosened.
Yuan Huaxing was originally at the front of the team, but the students at the front may have practiced some sports before, and they walked too fast, so that the people behind had to run immediately in order to keep up.
After walking for about an hour, Yuan Huaxing really couldn't do it, not because of physical strength, but because there was a problem with her shoes.
The shoes were bought by herself, but she never picked them, the soles of these shoes were not very soft, and it seemed that somewhere in the foot hurt.
She began to struggle and retreated to the middle of the group, and the people behind didn't notice her slowing down, and accidentally stepped on her heel, Yuan Huaxing staggered, and was about to sit on the ground, and a pair of hands held her up.
She didn't have to look up, she knew these hands, the hands she had shaken, slender and unadulterated, but slightly chilly.
The classmates behind didn't stop, they passed the two of them, Yuan Huaxing stood up, and slowly looked at Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao also looked at her, and Yuan Huaxing felt that there was no coldness in her eyes, and a faint sourness welled up in her heart.
She suddenly remembered that Chen Xiao was about to leave in the past, but in fact, she cared about her, otherwise it would not be like this, and she would always appear by her side at some critical moments.
There was some mist in Yuan Huaxing's eyes, and she blinked vigorously and looked away.
A teacher's voice came from a distance, "Yuan Huaxing, are you okay?" Why didn't you two move and keep up with the team. ”
"It's okay, it's okay, we'll be right over." Yuan Huaxing shouted.
"Let's go."
Yuan Huaxing lifted his shoes and walked side by side with Chen Xiao.
Silence seems to make two people who are very close to each other far away, but Yuan Huaxing knows that Chen Xiao is the same as her at the moment, and he must think about each other again.
Chen Xiao didn't know why when she saw Yuan Huaxing's eyes just now, she was a little sad, and her mood was inexplicably a little low.
After more than half of the journey, the team did not have the same momentum as before, and slowed down.
Although I am a little tired, the scenery along the way is still very good, and the roads chosen by the school are relatively secluded, and there are few cars.
But Yuan Huaxing began to limp a little at this time, and he was still gritting his teeth, frowning, and sweating.
"What's wrong with your feet?" Chen Xiao couldn't help but ask.
Yuan Huaxing looked at the team in front of them, and the two of them had fallen to the back of the team until now.
"I may have a broken foot." Yuan Huaxing is a very skinny girl, and she can endure small pains in general, but I'm afraid that at this time, her feet have blisters in more than one place.
But just like that, Yuan Huaxing didn't want to stop at all, she still wanted to keep walking, but Chen Xiao pulled her back.
"You take off your shoes, I'll see."
Yuan Huaxing was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, let's not be left behind, let's see the place again." Yuan Huaxing gritted his teeth.
Chen Xiao frowned slightly when he saw her like this.
"You can really be strong, when you get to the place, don't want your feet, give me the backpack, stand still."
Yuan Huaxing didn't know what Chen Xiao was going to do, and he was still a little nervous.
Chen Xiao walked up to her, turned around, and lowered his posture a little.
"Get on my back."
Yuan Huaxing's heart was pounding.
"You, you're going to carry me? I, you, don't, I..." Yuan Huaxing's old mistake was made again, and he became incoherent.
Chen Xiao's posture has not changed, and the team in front of them is getting farther and farther away.
"Hurry up, we're going to fall behind, are you afraid that I won't be able to carry you? Come on. ”
Yuan Huaxing couldn't help it, his body was pressed against Chen Xiao's back, his arms were put over her shoulders, and then he completely fell on his stomach.
Chen Xiao put one hand behind his back, stood up, and then picked up the backpack on the ground.
A force made Yuan Huaxing lie tightly on Chen Xiao's back, and her own body was still a little restrained, for fear that her weight would make Chen Xiao unbearable, because Chen Xiao looked tall and slender, no matter how she looked at it, she was not a person with such strength.
A faint fragrance came from behind Chen Xiao's ears, this was a taste that Yuan Huaxing would never forget.
Yuan Huaxing felt that it was so comfortable to be carried by Chen Xiao, and there was no feeling of bumps at all.
Chen Xiao didn't look struggling at all, not only carrying Yuan Huaxing on his back, but also holding her backpack with the other hand, carrying her quite fast, and it didn't take long to catch up with the team.
The girl carried the girl, and it was so effortless, which caused some classmates to look sideways, but Chen Xiaoman didn't care.
It was the first time that Yuan Huaxing was so close to Chen Xiao, the sun was shining, as if there was a halo, and she couldn't help but take a closer look.
Looking at Chen Xiao's beautiful side face, looking at her fair and even moist ears, and the hair gently sweeping the bridge of Yuan Huaxing's eyes and nose, it made me feel an itchy feeling in my heart.
This is the person she thinks about day and night, Yuan Huaxing couldn't extricate herself, she surrounded Chen Xiao tightly, and put her face on Chen Xiao's back.
Chen Xiao felt Yuan Huaxing leaning her face against her back, and she secretly looked behind her as she walked, and a feeling of happiness rose in her heart.
It would be nice if it went on like this.
"Chen Xiao?"
"Huh?"
"Let's be together, I don't want to be separated from you."
Chen Xiao felt something hot seeping into the clothes on his shoulder, and it was tears.
Chen Xiao was stunned, but just for a moment, and continued to carry her forward.