Chapter 14: Bad News on a Rainy Night
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it became a little difficult to look up at Mo Yunxia's face with his eyes open.
His smile did not diminish in the slightest under the rain, but increased his confidence.
For no reason, an inexplicable warmth welled up in my heart, and it seemed that even my body wet from the rain had stopped trembling. Mo Yunxia's words are very tempting, indeed, I am lonely. Maybe having him into my life now will help me a lot to get out of my depression as soon as possible.
Perhaps, it will become the happiness and destination of my broken heart.
"But it's so unfair to you. I, why am I hanging on to you like this? "I was a little depressed and upset, and I couldn't help but raise my voice." If you want me to trample on your feelings for me, I don't want to, and I can't do it. β
"I understand your concerns. Gui Hotaru, you really don't have to put such pressure on yourself. Maybe my waiting is a trampling on you, but have you ever thought that in a situation where it is unfair whether you accept or reject, do we have a better choice? β
He stretched the furrow in his brow and placed his hand gently on my shoulder. "It's my wish all these years. Just friends, don't overcomplicate it, okay? β
"Butβ"
The call of Shui Qing and Chu He came from afar, and we looked back and saw that on the other side of the plain, three people were standing in front of four camouflage tents, waving to me and Mo Yunxia.
"Looks like they've all got it all in order." Mo Yunxia looked back at the sky, then took off his windbreaker and draped it over my head, "Don't be, forget that it takes several times the time for a person to get acquainted with him, we still have a long way to go." For now, let's go back to the tent and think about how we will survive this heavy rain. β
He couldn't help but take my hand and run quickly in the direction of Shui Qing. My heart was relaxed, as if the clouds had been holding back for too long and finally it was pouring rain. But when approaching everyone, seeing Shui Qing's irrepressible excitement and curiosity, she couldn't help but blush, and gently broke free of Mo Yunxia's hand.
"Why are you so engrossed, and you won't come back soon when it's raining." Zhuo Ying handed us two umbrellas, and her eyes were still slightly red and swollen from crying, "Xiao Li is too, saying that she has been sitting with a headache, and she has to pull Jinbi to let her take her to the mountains, but she hasn't come down yet, and I don't know if ......something happened."
"With Jinbi by your side, nothing will happen." Chu He gently persuaded, "Maybe the two of them have found the crater and are protecting the scene from heavy rain." β
"They didn't have anything with them, so what protection could they do... I think it's better to look for it, Shui Qing... Mizusuni? Zhuo Ying woke up and stared at me and Mo Yunxia obscenely, "-What are you doing in a daze... Why don't you go to the mountains and take them back?" β
"Oh, what are you panicking about, Xiaoli is injured, isn't Jinbi still there... What's more, the mountains are bald, and there are no poisonous snakes or beasts, what are you afraid of? Shui Qing hastily responded, ignoring Zhuo Ying's white eyes and turned to me and Mo Yunxia again, smiling ambiguously, "It's the two of you, muttering what to say for a long time, isn't it, is there any new progressββ"
"-What nonsense are you talking about," I grabbed Bai Dao, "When are you still in the mood to say this, Pei Shuiqing, let me tell you, if you hadn't taken it upon yourself to invite Yunxia to come today, people wouldn't be trapped here with us, when would you be able to change your problem......
"Yo! It's also Yunxia-it's so affectionate, haha, I don't think it's me making my own opinion, it's true that someone is tempted-"
"-Who's screaming?"
Shui Qing was suddenly stopped, and her face was shocked. Everyone was a little surprised for a while, and couldn't help but look at Mo Yunxia who suddenly spoke. But I saw that his face was blue, and a pair of squinted eyes were wandering towards the mountain.
"It's Jinbi!"
There was a sudden startle in their hearts, and everyone's eyes followed the shouting Chu River to the mountain. I held my breath and listened carefully, as if a girl was screaming and running down the hill in the sound of the rain that was getting heavier and heavier.
It's really golden.
Before he could react to what was happening, he had already seen Jinbi's figure rushing down the mountainside.
In the wind and rain, Jinbi's wet face distorted into a strange expression because of some kind of fear, her whole body was covered with mud and blood, and her pants were torn with many small holes, as if she was dragged by something on the rough and hard rocky ground. Her cry was terrified, and her breathing was so rapid that she could no longer utter a complete sentence.
"Jinbi!"
"Chu River!"
Jin Bi jumped and tripped over the dead grass not far from us. Everyone was shocked, threw away their umbrellas and hurriedly ran to her side.
Chu He and Mo Yunxia ran the fastest, and picked up Jinbi's limbs that were still struggling and twisting left and right. Shui Qing knelt in front of Jinbi, held her face and asked what in a loud voice, but she couldn't hear it clearly in Jinbi's violent cries and the sound of the pouring rain. Zhuo Ying and I stopped suddenly, standing in the same place speechless, but stunned.
"-Shui Qing, Shui Qing! Don't ask her first, let Jinbi take a break! Mo Yunxia's voice was like a bell, calming the panicked Shui Qing, "Chu He, let's send her back to the tent first-"
As soon as the words fell, before she could help up Jinbi's trembling body, she jerked violently and broke free from the hands of the two boys. Sitting on the ground and hugging Chu He's legs, she cried and screamed, but her breath was short, and her voice had already been screaming, but she couldn't hear what she was saying.
"Golden ...... Jinbi, calm down! Chu He knelt down and hugged Jin Bi's violently trembling shoulders, "What happened?" How did you make such a mess! Are you hurt! β
Jin Bi took a few deep breaths, but she still couldn't stop crying and couldn't speak. Shui Qing didn't dare to ask more, but just followed Jin Bi's heart at once, trying to soothe her out-of-control emotions. Zhuo Ying came to his senses, knelt down too, and held the blood-stained hand of Jinbi-
"Jinbi, calm down first, tell me, have you encountered any danger? Are there any wild beasts on the mountain, or have you met someone else? β
Jin Bi was held tightly by Zhuo Ying's hands, and seemed to have eased up a little, but she still sobbed heavily. She tried to speak, but shook her head in vain.
"You... Did you find a meteorite? Mo Yunxia asked softly.
Jin Bi looked back at him, her gaze glazed for a moment. Then he whimpered again, closed his eyes tightly and nodded.
"Jinbi, where's Xiaoli?" The sound of the Chu River was even weaker, as if it was about to be drowned in heavy rain.
Jin Bi choked for a moment, then burst into a howling cry, her otherwise delicate face twisted into a horrible deformity, and the sludge on her face was washed out of the Dao mark by rain and tears. She held Zhuo Ying's hands instead, her eyes filled with infinite fear and despair.
"Little gift... Xiao Li was sucked in, and I couldn't save him - he was ...... I was sucked in by that thing! Jin Bi trembled violently and fell headlong into Zhuo Ying's arms. Xiao Li, he's dead! β
A bolt of lightning suddenly illuminated everyone's gray faces, followed by death-like darkness.
There was only the heart-rending cry of gold in the air. Thunder and thunderbolts fell, shaking the eardrums with a faint pain. My heart beat like a beat, and every inch of my rain-washed skin felt cold and tingling, numbing my senses, and I lost my senses.
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"This is it." Jinbi, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped her steps, and the bright light of the flashlight flickered behind her. I was about to fall down when I couldn't stand steadily, but I was finally grabbed by Mo Yunxia behind me. Jin Bi didn't notice it, but withdrew the flashlight, and the trembling beam shone back forward, "It's in this cave, that strange lake...... Bow to himβ"
Her emotions were on the verge of collapse again, and she buried her head in Zhuo Ying's shoulder and sobbed.
It was already completely dark, and visibility on the mountainside was extremely low in heavy rain. Mo Yunxia carefully carried me forward and stood side by side with everyone, and Chu He also turned on the flashlight and shone it at the entrance of the cave, only then did he see clearly - it turned out to be a small cave on the rock wall of a hillside. The entrance to the cave is about two meters in diameter, and the edges are marked by smooth rubble and new soil, apparently left by previous national expeditions.
"Jinbi said that the meteorite was in the cave, and I thought that this cave should have been dug by the previous national investigation team in order to facilitate on-site investigation." Zhuo Ying analyzed in a trembling voice not far away. Due to the cold of the rainy night in the mountains and forests, everyone rushed to save Xiaoli and had no time to change out of the wet thin clothes, so they could only stay close to each other at the moment, relying on each other's body temperature to warm each other.
I couldn't help but look up at Mo Yunxia, who took off his coat and gave it to me, he was holding an umbrella for both of us with one hand, and the other hand was around my shoulder at some point. At this moment, he was observing the smooth rock walls of the cave and the new gravel soil turned out on the side, and nodded slightly in agreement with Zhuo Ying's analysis.
"Then you don't have to lead the way." Chu He put away the umbrella and threw it aside, "Jinbi, let me walk in the front, let's go into the cave quickly." β
Everyone put away their umbrellas one after another, and the moment Mo Yunxia removed his arm, my back seemed to be a cold wind running through, and I couldn't help but shrink slightly. Shui Qing came over and took my hand, exchanged a look of surprise with me, but was also silent, and after Mo Yunxia broke it, they all entered the cave together.