Spring has just come to an end, and the summer sun is scorching the earth. The bright sun shone down from the cloudless sky, and the people who shook couldn't open their eyes, and the sultry weather raged in all corners of the university. The cheerful cicadas hissed one after another, as if they were discussing a grand concert.

The weekend is just around the corner.

The four major literary and artistic young women of the Chinese Department, led by Xia Man, took a nearly three-hour car ride to Shengu to escape the summer.

This valley is verdant, secluded and uninhabited. The air was filled with the unique fragrance of plants and trees, and the occasional birdsong or two brought a little life to the valley, and a small stream flowed out of the mountains, flowing through the flat land and turning sharply down. Even though it is the height of summer, you can feel the chill, and it is a holy place to cool off.

Xia Man couldn't wait to take off his shoes and walk to the stream, dripping with water, quietly listening to the sound of the landscape. The other three people in the dormitory were playing poker around.

Sing sang looked at Xia Man and said, "Xiaoman, don't you really come to play together?"

Xia Man plucked the water with his hands, closed his eyes, listened to the sound of the stream flowing, and said with a smile: "You guys play, I still have to pick up stones, and I will pick up a few beautiful ones for you later." ”

Sing sang shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, be careful yourself." ”

Xia Man pulled his pants up again, and began to look for a beautiful stone, suddenly, she saw a pure white bead in the center of the stream, smooth and round, without a little impurity, like a pearl but more than ten times larger than a pearl, there seemed to be a faint light around, looking at this bead, a trace of strangeness welled up in her heart, and she was about to take it out of the water, suddenly, the sound of a stream hitting the mountain rock came, and in a few seconds, the originally clear and shallow stream instantly became turbid, and the water level also soared rapidly.

Xia Man subconsciously wanted to lean towards the stream, but could not withstand the inertia of the strong water current, his feet were empty, and he was washed down in an instant, the stream water poured into his lungs, and the feeling of suffocation came to his face, the more he wanted to breathe, the more water entered, and the more uncomfortable the choking, she felt that the angular stones cut through the skin on her body, and the rapid stream drifted down against her, and her consciousness was slowly disappearing, and she could only wait for death.

There was darkness around, there was no light in the vast world, and there was no sound, Xia Man was so scared, she wanted to cry but no tears, she wanted to move but couldn't move, she struggled hard, wanted to get out of this darkness, but couldn't find an exit.

The sound of a "bell" is like the sound of metal hitting a stone. Xia Man woke up, as if she had slept for a century, the whole person was drowsy, she could clearly feel that there were multiple scratches on her body, it was estimated that the pain was numb, and she didn't feel pain at this time.

Xia Man struggled to get up and leaned against a big rock on the shore, stretched out his hand, and wanted to knock on his forehead to make himself sober, only to find that his hair had actually become longer, and then he touched it carefully, and even combed his delicate hair bun, and felt uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly checked himself, but saw that he was wearing a blue long skirt and a jade pendant carved with a crane around his waist.

Almost subconsciously bowing his head, Xia Man saw his face clearly from the clear water, this is a similar and unfamiliar face, the eyebrows and eyes are roughly the same as before, but the eyes are clearer, the skin is fairer, and the lips have become pale due to drowning.

"Could it be ......" Xia Man looked around in horror, and what came into view was the overflowing vines in addition to the dense woods, giving people a quiet fear.

The water continued to hit Xia Man, calming her down, and she slowly pulled the cuff of her left hand, confirming her conjecture.

Twelve years ago, the car in which Xia Man's family was riding broke down, resulting in spontaneous combustion, and both parents were killed, and although she was rescued, she had hideous scars on her back and hands, and now this person's hands have white nails, slender fingers, smooth skin without any scars, and she is even weaker and boneless when you look closely.

Probably, I crossed it by myself.

Just when Xia Man was thinking about it, a small cough pulled her mind back, she looked for the voice, a man in black, leaning under the tree, his body was a little crooked, his head was lowered, and there was a bloodstained sword standing on his right hand, and his left shoulder, waist, and right leg had obvious scars, although he was dressed in black, but the clothes around the wound were wet, and he obviously shed a lot of blood.

Although Xia Man's education is helpful for others, but now that his own situation is unknown, and he doesn't know the origin of the other party, how can he help others for fun, or save his life. So, Xia Man got up from the water and thought about where to escape, but within the line of sight, the only way out was next to the man in black, how could this be good.

After thinking for a while, Xia Man decided to sneak around the man in black, so he lifted the corner of his skirt, stood on tiptoe, and walked gently towards the path.

One step, two steps, seeing that Xia Man was about to bypass the man in black and escape from this ghost place, a sword came out horizontally, just against Xia Man's neck.

In a moment, a cold voice came from his head: "If you want to live, save me." ”

Xia Man glanced at the sword on his neck, it was very sharp, if he moved, he would definitely seal his throat with a sword, thinking of this, a fear rushed up, making her heart beat faster and her feet tremble.

The desire to survive made her try to calm her mind, took a deep breath, and said, "I can save you, but the sword has no eyes, can you put the sword down first, I can't beat you anyway." ”

Xia Man clutched the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, for fear that the man in black would tremble with his hands, and his soul would return here.

The man in black removed the sword and raised his head slightly, Xia Man could see his face a little, his face was extremely pale, the blood at the corner of his mouth had long since dried up, his messy hair was sticking to his face, and his right leg looked like a fracture.

What kind of man is this, who has been so seriously injured, but can still be so calm, Xia Man couldn't help but cast a curious gaze.

The man in black looked at him with a sharp look and said coldly, "You plan to save it with your eyes." ”

Xia Man was stunned for a moment and said: "As the saying goes: look and hear, look at the first place, I have observed, your injury is a sword wound, although it is not fatal, but the wound is deep, so you must stop the bleeding first." ”

The man in black had a hint of inquiry in his eyes, and said again: "Now there are no medicinal materials, how can you save them." ”

Xia Man is also worried, she is not a medical student, she only has some common sense about treating injuries, if she can't save it, she will definitely not live the next second, so she will have to save it or not.

I still remember that every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will hang a handful of mugwort leaves, saying that it has the effect of stopping bleeding, and at the moment, I can only try it.

Xia Man stood up, looked at the man in black, and said in a low voice, "You wait for me here, I'll go find some herbs and sticks." ”

The man in black didn't speak, but his right hand held the sword tightly, and he stared at Xia Man with suspicion in his eyes.

Xia Man glanced at his right hand holding the sword, a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he tried his best to make himself look peaceful, the corners of his mouth pulled a smile, and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave, I will definitely take back the herbs to save you." ”

The man in black ordered, "Come here." ”

"What?" Xia Man approached the man in black nervously, and in just a moment, a pill was stuffed in his mouth, and the pill melted in his mouth, and no matter how he coughed, it didn't help.

"You ......" Xia Man was about to accuse the man in black, but he spoke first, "I'm alive, you're alive, I'm dead, you're poisonous, weigh it yourself, go." ”

Although Xia Man was angry, he was restrained, so he had to be obedient, and after cursing a few words in his heart, he went to find herbs.

"Go and get back, I can't wait that long."

The words of the man in black came from behind him, stimulating Xia Man to speed up his search for medicinal herbs.

About half an hour later, Xia Man came back with Ai Ye, and the man in black seemed to be a little weaker, and he was already half-lying on the ground.

Xia Man quickly chewed mugwort leaves and applied them to his wounds, fixed his legs with wooden sticks, and tore off a few skirts to tie them up, before he helped the man in black up, looked at his slightly closed eyes, and said, "When I was looking for herbs just now, I found a natural stone cave, let's go there." ”

The man in black didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and the two of them limped towards the stone cave.