When Mi Xiaolu was dragged into the water by the Dover Demon, he was barely prepared to hold his breath. He only felt his feet being dragged to the bottom of the water by a force, and soon began to choke. About ten seconds later, he was drowning and unconscious.

Originally, he thought that he was going to die. And died so inexplicably, there was almost no chance of regret, and he died in vain.

But he woke up, and the moment he opened his eyes, a foul water gushed out of his mouth, and then, he breathed heavily, his chest rose and fell violently, and he saw the person in front of him, Xinna.

Seeing that Mi Xiaolu woke up, Xinna breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God, you finally woke up." I don't know first aid, so I can only press your 'chest' indiscriminately, and finally save you. ”

Mi Xiaolu wanted to say "thank you", but when he saw the bad environment around him, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and only after a while did he say, "This is ...... Where? ”

"I don't know, it looks scary."

Mi Xiaolu sat up and looked around with Sina - it was a dark and humid swamp, with dense aquatic weeds, overgrown with reeds, and deep and shallow depressions full of mud and aquatic algae. Behind it is a large water tower, and the depth cannot be judged by visual inspection. Mi Xiaolu noticed that he and Sina were covered in mud, and it was estimated that the two of them had come out of this water trap.

"Brother Hang, what about them?" Mi Xiaolu asked.

"I don't know, I struggled to climb out of the water to the shore, and then I saw you floating up too, so I pulled you up. I don't see anyone else. Xina said.

Mi Xiaolu walked on the brink of death despite himself, stood up strongly, and said, "We have to find Brother Hang...... There are others. ”

"Wait a minute." Sina said with a shudder, the fear component in her voice sounding palpitating. "Don't act rashly, take a closer look around."

Mi Xiaolu got the hint and looked around alertly. In fact, just now he noticed that the puddles and the ground of this swamp were covered with the rotting corpses and bones of various animals, and the stench was smoky. But that's not the scariest thing. Sina touched Mi Xiaolu lightly, motioning for him to pay attention to some strange creatures.

Mi Xiaolu only then discovered that there was a frog species in the swamp that had never been seen before. The size of this frog is not too large, but the strange thing is that it is covered with black 'hair' like human 'hair', and its forelimbs are like cat's claws, with sharp claws, which looks terrifying and disgusting. The most terrifying thing is that these strange frogs can be found all over the swamp, whether in the mud, in the grass, or even on the tree branches. The amount of money is terrifying. They seemed motionless, but Mi Xiaolu noticed that the moment he stood up, several strange frogs crawled towards them a few steps. When they stopped, they also fell to their knees.

A cool breath jumped under Mi Xiaolu's feet, and his back was numb.

"Do you feel it too?" Sina clutched Mi Xiaolu's clothes tightly, clinging to his body, and said in fear, "They seem to be waiting for an opportunity to attack us." I didn't find that many at first...... But now, it seems like there are thousands of them surrounding us. ”

Mi Xiaolu has never played the role of a normal man who protects 'girl' students in his life, and he feels uncomfortable with Xinna's dependence. But after all, he is still a man physically, and he is much taller than Sina, so it is impossible to let the 'girl' protect him in turn. However, he knew very well that his superpower "emotions" were of no use at all at such times. In desperation, he could only come up with a reluctantly comforting sentence: "You should feel lucky, we are not Lu Hua, if he encounters this situation, it is estimated that he will have passed out." ”

This sentence actually played a certain comforting role, Xin Na's hand that was tugging on Mi Xiaolu's clothes relaxed a little, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, the two of us don't have 'disgusting biophobia' at all." ”

"Is there such a disease?"

"I don't know, I'm blind."

Mi Xiaolu couldn't find anything to say. Xinna whispered, "Don't stop, let's talk about something." I don't know why, but as soon as it quiets down, I'm scared. ”

In fact, Mi Xiaolu also feels this way. He had no idea what the swamp frogs were doing, but it seemed that as long as they whispered to each other, the frogs would stand still, and the monsters would gradually move closer to them as they were silent or moving.

Damn, are these strange frogs with black 'hair' changed from people? There is a quirk for listening to human chats? Mi Xiaolu cursed in his heart, and at the same time said, "You find a topic, what can we talk about?" ”

“…… What zodiac sign are you from? ”

"Gemini, what about you?"

"Capricorn."

"Oh yes, Capricorn ......"

After this awkward dialogue lasted for a while, Xina was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly asked a question:

"Mi Xiaolu, you like Hang Yi, don't you?"

Mi Xiaolu trembled and looked at Xinna in dismay. Suddenly, he said embarrassedly, "You...... What do you mean? ”

Perhaps in order to alleviate the tense atmosphere at the moment, Xin Na pretended to smile lightly: "I can see that your feelings for Hang Yi are different from others. ”

Mi Xiaolu bit his lips tightly, although he was a homosexual, he did not come out, and thought that the people around him did not know the 'sexual' orientation he had hidden for many years, but he didn't expect to be 'informed' by Xinna, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Xinna said generously: "Oh, what age is this, everyone has long been able to accept it, what's so embarrassing?" ”

Mi Xiaolu thinks about it too. The other party is so straightforward, if he hides it anymore, he will lose his aura. He said, "How do you know?" ”

"'Women' are intuitive, I've felt it for a long time." Xina smiled indifferently.

"For example?"

Xina thought for a while: "For example, after Hang Yi was sucked into another dimension, the despair and sadness you showed went beyond the boundaries of ordinary good friends. When you walked to that classroom alone, I felt that you had lost all your thoughts and just wanted to follow Hang Yi. ”

That's true. Mi Xiaolu was dark. That's what I thought at the time. Recalling that when I was with Hang Yi, my care and dependence on him was indeed far greater than that of others. Han Feng and Lu Hua may not have noticed it, but how could they hide it from the thoughtful Xinna?

Mi Xiaolu thought to herself, but Xinna didn't dare to stop talking, she noticed that the strange frogs that were eyeing them had just gotten closer to them. "Hang Yi didn't know about this, right?"

"Hmm." Mi Xiaolu nodded.

"He's dull," sighed Sina, "and honestly, your feelings for him are so clear that he doesn't even know it?" ”

"If he had been as careful as you, he wouldn't be a boy." Mi Xiaolu's face flushed slightly, "I just like his naïve feeling." ”

"Then are you willing to keep having a crush like this? It doesn't taste good. ”

Mi Xiaolu smiled bitterly: "Then what else can I do?" Confess to him? He's a straight man, how can he possibly accept it? ”

"Then you have to do it too!" Xinna said seriously, "Even if you can't become a lover with him, it's better to let him know your mind than to hold it in your heart all the time." ”

Mi Xiaolu was stunned, he didn't expect that Xinna would say something like "come on" like a girlfriend. Although it is ironic and inappropriate to discuss this kind of topic in this situation, Mi Xiaolu knows in his heart that this is the only word of encouragement he has heard in so many years—ironically, it is from the mouth of a rival (or imaginary enemy). And what Xinna said happened to be exactly the same as what she thought before. Suddenly, Mi Xiaolu was moved, and even had a ridiculous idea that "it's actually a good thing to be best friends with Xinna".

But at the same time, questions also followed, and he couldn't help asking, "What about you?" Do you like Hangyi? ”

Xinna was slightly stunned and said, "I'...... Anyway, of course I like Hang Yi too, but maybe it's limited to my friends' likes. It can't compare to your feelings. ”

Mi Xiaolu hesitated for a few seconds, and felt that since the words were all said about this, it was better to completely open the skylight and say bright words: "But Hang Yi likes you, and it can even be said that he loves you deeply, believe this, you won't feel it, right?" ”

Xinna's eyes drooped and she gave a vague "um".

Mi Xiaolu spread his hands helplessly: "What do you think our weird love triangle will develop into in the end?" ”

"I don't know."

"Xinna, tell me the truth, is it possible that you will fall in love with Hang Yi like me in the future?" Mi Xiaolu looked directly at Xinna, and Suo 'sex' made her words clear.

Xinna also looked at Mi Xiaolu squarely and confessed: "If you want me to tell the truth, I can only say that I can't guarantee it." What happened this afternoon, you also saw it. In order to save me, Hang Yi actually planned to die...... Although I did not approve of his absurd approach at all, I was also indescribably moved. After all...... In this world, how many men are willing to give their lives for you? ”

Mi Xiaolu was speechless. Indeed, who will not tolerate this kind of thing? The key is that he knows very well that Hang Yi is not putting on a show at all, he is really willing to die for Xinna. Thinking of this, Mi Xiaolu's heart tightened.

Xinna saw that Mi Xiaolu was not feeling good, and she said jokingly: "But I know your mind now, and I won't rob you." But then again, you really have to work hard, otherwise one day if I really fall in love with Hang Yi, we will become rivals. ”

Mi Xiaolu glanced at Xin Na with a complicated mood and said, "I'll come on, but please promise me one thing - my feelings for Hang Yi, you don't let anyone know about it for the time being, including Hang Yi himself - okay?" ”

"Of course, I will respect your own wishes." Sina agreed.

The two of them chatted and chatted, almost forgetting that they were in danger at the moment, and those black 'hairy' monster frogs had been standing still, as if they were really listening to their conversation, and the scene was really weird.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the appearance of a behemoth broke this alternative pattern.

It was Sina who noticed the change, and something protruded from the swamp depression in front of her. At first, Sina thought it was a piece of decaying driftwood, but soon, she was sure it was the back of some kind of large reptile. Her sweaty hairs stood on end, and she could no longer remain silent, exclaiming, "Crocodile! ”

At the same time as she screamed, the huge swamp crocodile came out of the mire, its body was at least seven or eight meters long, and it opened its huge hacksaw-like mouth and crawled towards Sina and Mi Xiaolu.

Before Mi Xiaolu could look back to see the whole picture of the crocodile, he had already been grabbed by Xina and fled desperately. The black 'hairy' monster frogs, who had been coveted for a long time, seemed to have received some kind of attack command, and they all went out together, jumping towards the two people from different directions. Some of the trees lurking on the branches jumped directly on the top of Mi Xiaolu and Xinna's heads and shoulders.

"Ahh!!h Mi Xiaolu and Xina ran wildly all the way, screaming. In a panic, they struck the strange frog with their hands, and they still felt the pain of being scratched. However, at this moment, they could not care about this small injury, and the man-eating crocodile behind them got closer and closer, and they could tell from the sound of the trampled branches and mud pools behind them that the distance between them and the crocodile was gradually decreasing.

Mi Xiaolu was a boy after all, and he ran faster than Xinna, and he caught a glimpse of a mangrove forest ahead, but he had to pass through a puddle of indistinguishable depth. The situation was critical, and there was no time to think about it, so he shouted: "Quick, let's flee to the tree!" ”

The two jumped into the puddle one after another, but fortunately the water was not deep, and Mi Xiaolu struggled forward, and saw that he was about to approach the nearest mangrove tree, but he heard Xina behind him let out a panicked shout.

He looked back and saw that Sinna's legs were in the mud and were still sinking, and they were about to reach the big legs. When he looked up again, the giant crocodile had already reached the edge of the puddle, less than twenty meters away from Xinna, and the strange frogs were also coming like souls seeking their lives, a large black oppression.

When Sina looked back, she was horrified, and she instinctively cried out, "Help...... Help me! ”

A wrist-thick dead branch lay at the foot of Mi Xiaolu, and he reached for Sina, perhaps pulling her out of the swamp quagmire at the last moment. But the moment he reached out to pick up the branches, time seemed to stand still, and the world quieted down, and he heard a voice in his heart that scared him—

Why should I save her?

Let her die here, isn't it just to get rid of the big trouble in her heart?

However, Mi Xiaolu remembered that Xina had rescued herself from the waterhole and administered first aid. If you watch her feed the crocodiles now, wouldn't it be too 'sexual'?

In a short period of a few tenths of a second, Mi Xiaolu experienced unimaginable inner choices and human 'sex' tests. He looked up at Xinna, just in time for her gaze to collide. Xina seemed to read something in Mi Xiaolu's momentary hesitation, and 'revealed' a look of horror more than the sight of a crocodile.

The picture seems to freeze for a moment, and in an instant, the crocodile jumps into the puddle and pounces on Sina with its bloody mouth wide open.

Mi Xiaolu suddenly made an unexpected and surprising move. Instead of turning and running away or picking up a branch, he walked towards Sina - or, rather, towards the oncoming crocodile.

Xinna was stunned, she didn't understand what Mi Xiaolu wanted to do.

When the crocodile and the strange frog group were less than five meters away from Xinna, something strange happened, and the crocodile, which was extremely fierce, suddenly stopped approaching, closed its mouth, and stared at Mi Xiaolu with a wince, as if it had seen something more ferocious. Mi Xiaolu's eyes widened, and the crocodile turned around in fright and fled in a hurry. When the strange frogs saw that the "boss" had retreated, and Mi Xiaolu glanced at them fiercely, they all turned back and fled in all directions.

However, Mi Xiaolu is not as lucky as before, and the swamp quagmire of different depths has random 'sex'. This time, too, he was stuck in deadly mud.

Sina was amazed, unable to comprehend what was in front of her. However, before she could open her mouth to ask, she saw two tall boys flash out of the mangrove forest - Ji Kairui and Han Feng.

"Ji Kairui!" Sina waved at them happily.

"Look, it's Xinna!" Han Feng shouted.

Ji Kairui glanced at the fleeing crocodile and the strange frog, and he gave up the attack when he was about to shoot a bloody bullet. Sina had sunk above her waist, and Mi Xiaolu's legs were also in the mud. Saving lives matters.

Ji Kairui easily cut off the branches of the two mangroves with his hand knife, and he and Han Feng stretched out the branches to Xin Na and Mi Xiaolu respectively, pulling them up.

When she returned to a safe place and met her companion again, Xina had mixed feelings. Her tears fell in a flurry of tears, and one after another near-death almost brought her 'spirit' to the brink of collapse.

"It's okay," Ji Kairui stretched out his palm and 'rubbed' the top of Xinna's head, "It's safe to be with me." ”

"Hmm......" Xina wiped away her tears, "how did you find us?" ”

"We fell into the underground lake of the 'hole' and 'hole', but it came out of the upper reaches of a river - but it was just me and Ji Kairui." Han Feng said to Xin Na, "There are terrifying piranhas in that river, but fortunately, Ji Kairui's superpowers and Ji Kairui are not vegetarians, so we didn't die." Once ashore, we had planned to head downstream in search of our lost partners. But Ji Kairui insisted that we heard your cry for help, and we followed the direction of the sound, and saw a swampy wetland, and not long after entering, we saw you. ”

"I'm glad you arrived just in time, otherwise...... We have been eaten by crocodiles. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, when we arrived, the crocodiles and the frogs seemed to have fled in the opposite direction – how did you do that?" ”

Xinna was stunned and said, "I thought they ran away when they saw you, didn't it?" ”

"I'm afraid not, I didn't attack them at the time, why would they be afraid?"

Xinna looked at Mi Xiaolu and seemed to understand: "Ah, it's you ......"

"That's right, I used my superpowers to make them feel 'fear' about me." Mi Xiaolu said.

Xinna opened her mouth and was stunned for a long time: "Since your superpower can do this, why don't you use it in the first place?" ”

"I came up with it in a hurry – animals have emotions, too."

Han Feng said: "Emotion? But didn't you tell us that your superpower is 'emotions'? ”

Mi Xiaolu realized that he had lost his words, so he could only say: "Emotions and emotions are similar concepts." ”

Han Feng frowned and did not speak.

Xinna took Mi Xiaolu's hand and said, "So that's the case, thanks to you, we were saved!" ”

Mi Xiaolu smiled faintly.

Han Feng seemed to be still thinking about Mi Xiaolu's superpowers: "If your ability can do this, it's really amazing......"

Mi Xiaolu didn't want him to delve into it: "Let's discuss this later, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time." And we have to hurry up and find other partners, who may also be in danger. ”

"That's right, let's go." Ji Kairui said. A few people left the swamp along the path that Ji Kairui and Han Feng had walked just now.

Mi Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Yuchen was not here, he felt glad that he didn't have to worry that someone would spy on the dark thoughts in his heart.

The reason why he risked his life to drive away the crocodile just now was because he heard the footsteps of Han Feng and Ji Kairui, so of course he couldn't let them see the scene where he abandoned Xin Na and fled for his life alone.

But—he asked himself repeatedly—would he have saved Sina if the two hadn't arrived?

This question has plagued Mi Xiaolu for a long time. Until one day......