Chapter 41: Night Walking
Ru Ling was inexplicably in her mood from the beginning, and she was stuck in a chair and didn't speak. No matter how funny I am, he looks upset and doesn't pay much attention to me. In the end, I started to pretend to be asleep, and I knew that I couldn't wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep, so I had to put on the music and treat the driver all the way to the end.
Thinking that she was about to see Ru Jing, she unconsciously stepped on the accelerator harder, so the original drive of more than 3 hours actually took 2 and a half hours.
The meeting point for the return trip of the activity is the north slope of the east peak of Wolongling. It is said that it is a mountain gate, but in fact, it is just a boundary monument set up on the side of the road, which reads "Wolongling" three big characters, and there is a wooden sign next to the boundary monument, which is engraved with the topography, altitude and a few brief mountain road routes of Wolongling. Wolong Ridge, in fact, is a group of mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, because the ridges are connected to the ridges, looking down from the air like a giant dragon entrenched on the edge of the city, hence the name Wolong Ridge.
We found a flat spot in front of the mountain gate and parked the car. It seems that it is early, the public welfare activity team has not yet descended the mountain, and the connecting vehicles have not yet arrived. I dragged Ru Ling, who was pretending to be asleep, out of the car, so that he could also watch the sunset that was getting redder and redder together, and relieve his inexplicable emotions.
"What's wrong with you, why are you suddenly so virtuous. Whom? "I couldn't help but complain, according to common sense, Ru Ling is not someone who will sulk on his own.
"No, I suddenly thought of something, I just couldn't figure it out." Ru Ling said unhappily.
"What's the matter, say it, I'll be happy."
"You don't understand it." Sure enough, I still won't say it.
"Don't talk about it, don't look like you're dead when you see Ru Jing later." I warned him that Ru Ling was so empathetic that it was impossible not to notice Ru Ling's abnormality. When the time comes, he won't be alone in the mood.
Speaking of which, everyone has one or several things in their hearts that others can't understand and help solve. Some of them can't be said, some of them can't be explained, and some of them can't be explained. Therefore, many people choose to remain silent in the end, because if they say that they are not understood, then they are really disappointed, helpless and even desperate. However, if there are too many such hearts, people are prone to depression, extremism, and even perversion, so some people commit suicide and some people kill people. From the perspective of criminal psychology, this kind of emotion with nowhere to vent is the culprit that finally causes a catastrophe.
I'm not worried about Ru Ling's perversion, his wide-hearted appearance, only Ru Ling can make him frown at it in the whole world. So I'm even more curious about what the hell happened to him.
As he spoke, the sun began to set, and orange-red flames burned in the distant countryside, and the flames grew stronger and stronger, and finally spread to the whole sky. The village slowly became hazy and dim in the orange light and shadow. As the plump orange slowly fell, the clouds began to turn golden, yellow, yellowish, milky white, and finally disappeared. Leave the world with a gray, warm, and drowsy twilight.
Ru Ling and I watched the sunset quietly, and it was rare that no one disturbed anyone's thoughts. At this time, a bus turned in from the winding mountain road, it should be that the shuttle bus arrived, and it seemed that the activity team would go down the mountain immediately. I glanced at the time, 6:45 p.m., which was not too late, and the return time indicated on the flyer, which indicated that the event ended without any unexpected delays.
After another 15 minutes, lights began to appear on the mountain road, and then I noticed that it was already dark. I glanced at Ru Ling, who was craned his neck and looked seriously at the crowd of people coming down from the mountain. Looks like I'm in a bit of a hurry.
At about 7:30, about 30 people had gathered at the foot of the mountain, and the person in charge of the activity team began to count the number of people and check the equipment. At this time, Ru Ling and I both realized a very serious problem, that is, Ru Ling was the only one missing from the crowd. We forced it to listen to the roll call of the team leader, and found that he didn't even call Ru Jing's name. I almost think we're on the wrong team. Ru Ling rushed in front of the person in charge:
"Where's Ru Canteen? Why didn't she come down? ”
"She said she would see tomorrow's sunrise before going down." The squad leader gave a succinct answer.
"Herself?" Ru Ling asked.
"Well, the rest of the students have come down." After hearing this, I didn't wait for Ru Ling to attack, and I was already mad. I rushed up and grabbed the leader of the squad by the collar, picked it up and yelled:
"Do you dare to leave her alone on the mountain, do you know what this place is?"
"She insisted on staying, and besides, there were other campers on the mountain." The person in charge was a little nervous, but he answered me with restraint. Everyone saw the conflict and gathered around, although they didn't speak, but at a glance, everyone was exhausted and lost their armor. I feel exhausted and don't want to talk nonsense with us.
"Where is she? Where did she camp? Ru Ling couldn't care about being angry, as if he was already panicking.
"You're Ru Jing's brother, right?" A boy walked out. I knew him, the boy who sent Ru Jing out when he first entered school.
"Yes, I'm Ru Jing's brother, do you know where she is?" Ru Ling looked at the boy anxiously.
"She's in the col near the top of the East Peak, and you can find her by climbing all the way up the road. There was a camp there, and there were indeed other people camped there. She said that if you came, she would definitely go up to her, so we came down. ”
"How long does it take to get up?" I looked at the time again to see that the night was getting thicker.
"We went down the mountain and walked for two and a half hours, and it will take you three hours to go up, and it is not easy to walk at night. Fortunately, the mountain road on this side is relatively clear. ”
I didn't have time to think about it so much, Ru Ling locked the car door and was about to rush up the mountain, and I followed him. The boy stopped us.
"Wait a minute, you'll have these." As he spoke, he took off his headlamp, and the person next to him handed him some headlamps, a survival whistle, a walking stick, water, and even a warm coat. The person in charge also gave us the GPS in his hand. I just got the mountaineering equipment of two people.
"We left blankets and lamps for Ru Jing, knowing that you were going to go up, so we left 2 tents and some necessary supplies, Ru Jing is safe there, otherwise we would not have left her alone. If you go up now, you'll be there in about three hours. Although the boy said this, Ru Ling didn't appreciate it at all, and only said thank you bluntly. Just grab your stuff and start running up the hill.
We counted the time all the way and rushed to the top of the mountain. Since it was already completely dark, I could only rely on my headlamp to illuminate the road in front of me, and I always felt that something was shaking in the shadows. From time to time, there was a crispy sound in the woods, as if some animal was running past, and there was an occasional fluttering sound overhead, and then leaves would fall, fall in front of you, or fall on your body. I don't know what kind of animal is in the distance, but it comes intermittently, so sharp that it makes people's scalp tingle.
I can't imagine how Ru Jing could spend a night in such a barren mountain by herself, even if there were other travelers camping nearby, even if she knew that we would go to her, this kind of night waiting must be full of fear. This time it's really a bit brutal and capricious!
Ru Ling didn't talk much along the way, probably because he was too nervous to speak, holding back his strength and waiting for an outbreak. I could hear him breathing heavier and his breathing quicker, but he had no intention of stopping to rest.
I didn't dare to relax for a moment, and followed closely behind Ru Ling. The higher you go, the cooler it gets, and the wind blows cold, but soon the sweat wets your clothes and slides down your back, like a small bug crawling over your skin, making you feel sticky and uncomfortable. My hair slowly became wet, sweat flowed into my eyes, and it hurt.
Fortunately, after graduating from the police academy, I didn't relax and exercise, and my physical fitness was good, but this speed of rapid movement also made my thighs, calves, and even my back slowly sore, and my joints astringent.
Just as the speed of the two of us had almost dropped to freezing, a light appeared in front of us, first as a twinkling star-like dot, which slowly grew in size and turned into a semicircle of orange, and finally showed a patch of light. The two of us began to shout Ru Can's name breathlessly, and the voice echoed in the empty mountain, like ripples in the lake, rippling in circles, spreading, and then disappearing on the surface of the lake.
But before our voices could dissipate, Ru Jing appeared in the bright clearing, waving at us with a lamp.
It wasn't until this moment that Ru Ling and I stopped our steps and lay down on the hillside to rest, gasping for air. After lying down for a while, feeling that my breath could be evened, I sat up and looked at Ru Ling:
"How's it going, are you okay?"
"I'm going to kill that girl." Ru Ling said through gritted teeth while wiping his sweat. Then he got up and ran up the hill.
I really didn't have the strength and impulse of him, and I dragged my unconscious legs and moved towards the top of the mountain step by step.
I watched as Ru Ling rushed in front of Ru Ling, imagining his imminent roar, but waited for a while to find that nothing had happened. He just rushed over, stretched out his hand and pulled Ru Jing into his arms, holding him tightly, it seemed that there was another false alarm.
I should have known that this kid was absolutely reluctant to punish his precious sister. It's just a matter of being happy. In vain, I tried to struggle to climb up and fight.
I sat down to rest again, looking up at the two people on the hillside, embracing each other in light and shadow. I suddenly had a very strange and terrible thought.
Just when this thought just came to my mind, I vaguely saw Ru Ling let go of Ru Can, reached out and combed Ru Canadian's hair, then held up Ru Cana's face, lowered her head, and kissed Ru Canteen......
I felt like my eyes were dark, I couldn't believe my eyes, was I looking at it wrong? It's still a matter of the angle of light, I couldn't help but rub and rub it, and when I looked closely, Ru Ling and Ru Jing were already standing side by side on the top of the mountain, looking at me:
"Ruan Yang, are you going to spend the night there? Why haven't you climbed up yet? Ru Ling's teasing voice.
I came back to my senses suddenly, I should have seen it wrong, I must have heard Ru Ling's life experience in the afternoon, and I was tired and fainted, and I hallucinated.
I got up, bounced the dust off my body, suddenly felt much lighter, and walked briskly towards my beloved Ru Can.