(Foreword)

The sorrow in the starry night stretches like a string.

Hiding in the cave, but the crisis is wandering.

(Text)

November 6, 2021 at 3:25 p.m

Our group began to walk towards the cave. The roads in the farmland were uneven, and we were able to move forward smoothly by supporting each other.

Li Rena glanced at the cave in the distance, and walked beside me, and we walked slowly, cautiously looking around from side to side, for fear of missing the figure of the 'mysterious man'.

It didn't take long for us to reach the entrance of the cave.

"We're resting here? Could there be rats here? Lin Yun asked timidly.

"Mouse! I hate rats!" Li Ruina also exclaimed.

"Don't worry, even the rats would have run away when they saw you." Cui Li said and took out a knife from his pocket and was about to cut off the weeds at the entrance of the cave, but was stopped by Xia Cheng: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Mow the grass, it will be easier for us to get in and out of this cave."

"Mowing the grass? Weeds are a natural barrier for us, and if we cut them, it makes it easier to get in and out, but it makes us more likely to be spotted by the 'mystery man'. ”

Xia Cheng took the knife in Cui Li's hand and put it away.

"Xia Cheng is right, weeds are natural barriers, it is better for us to gather the weeds around us and block the entrance of the cave. In this case, even if the 'mystery man' is powerful, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find us again. I proposed.

"Yes, yes, yes...... Yes...... Cheng Yin...... Said ...... Reasonable. I...... I...... I...... Let's go ...... Pick up some ...... Return...... Come back...... Blocking ...... Let's go to the hole. Unexpectedly, Hu Zaide also stammered in agreement.

Cui Li patted me on the shoulder and said, "In that case, why don't we go find some more weeds and come back and cover up the hole." ”

"Okay, let's go." I nodded in agreement. In fact, it was a breeze to find weeds in the farmland, so we pulled some weeds and returned to the hole.

November 6, 2021 at 3:49 p.m

After a while, Cui Li and I walked back, holding piles of weeds blocking the entrance of the cave, and when the entrance was completely covered, they nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's go, let's go in, let's go inside the cave, and sure enough, the environment inside is very dark. Li Rena took out a flashlight from her backpack.

Although the light of the flashlight is dim, at least you can see the road inside the cave.

"Where's Xia Cheng? Do you see Summer City? Lin Yun suddenly asked loudly.

Li Ruina shone around with a flashlight, and indeed didn't see Xia Cheng's figure.

"Don't panic, everyone, carefully check the people around you, and see who else hasn't entered the cave besides Xia Cheng." I shouted.

I looked around the cave, it's not very big, so where will Xia Cheng go?

"Summer City! Summer City! Can you hear me? Where are you? Lin Yun shouted loudly.

"You...... You lighten it, it's ...... Such a loud voice, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid Xia Cheng didn't ...... I didn't hear, 'God...... But the mystery man listened...... I heard it. Hu Zaide motioned for Lin Yun's voice to be lower.

"Summer City! Summer City! Can you hear me? Where are you? But Lin Yun didn't hear it, but used a louder voice.

"How...... Why don't you say it...... Don't listen, this ...... Such a small cave, he ...... Where can he run...... Where are you going, you have to hear the morning ...... I've heard it for a long time, and I'm ...... I wonder if it's him...... He ran alone...... Ran away? Hu Zaide said mockingly.

"Impossible!! Xia Cheng is not that kind of person, he will never leave us and run away by himself! Lin Yun didn't believe Hu's speculation at all.

However, this cave is really not very big, and if Xia Cheng comes in, we can't find him.

"Look, the cold cave, the disappeared teammates ......," Cui Li said more and more frightened.

"Cui Li, don't make trouble, the current situation is complicated enough." I said.

"Summer City! Summer City! Can you hear me? Where are you? Lin Yun still didn't give up hope, and kept shouting.

At this moment, a figure suddenly seemed to enter the cave, and then a bright light shone on us: "Am I not right here?" ”

Xia Cheng held a flashlight in his right hand and looked at us.

"Xia Cheng, where did you go in front of you? How come we can't find anyone? Lin Yun asked worriedly.

"I saw that the weeds placed by Cheng Yin and Cui Li were scattered when you entered the cave, so I put those miscellaneous vegetables back in place.

"So you didn't come in with us, no wonder you couldn't find the cave." Cui Li deliberately looked at Hu Zaide beside him as he spoke, and continued: "Xia Cheng is obviously for our safety, but I don't know who said he ...... in front of me" Before Cui Li finished speaking, Hu Zaide coughed on the side.

"Good...... Okay, good ...... Now, ...... Now is not the time to study this...... These times, always ...... Anyway, everybody...... It's all right. Hu immediately changed the subject.

"Everyone, let's have a good rest." I said that we hadn't had a good rest in the 'odd array' before. Many people are tired now.

"Yes, let's rest for a while, and when the 'mystery man' leaves here, we'll continue on our way." Xia Cheng also said.

November 6, 2021 at 4:48 p.m

So everyone found a place where they felt comfortable to lie down, and soon fell asleep.

But it's no wonder that both they and I have long since overloaded, just a string of hard work.

Everyone vaguely closed their eyes and fell asleep, leaving only me and Li Ruina awake.

"Li Ruina, why don't you rest?" I asked softly in the direction of Li Ruina. For fear of disturbing other people's rest.

Li Ruina walked up to me and said, "Didn't you sleep too?" ”

"Me? I have to keep an eye on the entrance to the cave and be alert and wake everyone up if I hear anything. I said.

"Then your responsibility is quite heavy, but I can't sleep anyway, so I might as well stand guard with you." Li Ruina said with a smile.

I looked at the situation at the entrance of the cave and did not dare to slack off.

"It's cold in here, isn't it?" Li Ruina couldn't help but tremble beside me.

"yes." I also felt a biting cold.

The cave was already cold and damp, and our clothes were still dripping with water when we had just fallen into the river, and it was even more cold on our bodies, and we were tired of running for our lives, but we didn't dare to make a fire.

"Ah...... Ahh Debana rubbed her arms and let out a sneeze.

I picked up some grass from the side and spread it on Li Ruina's body: "In this way, it should be warmer." ”

Li Ruina smiled and thanked me.

Through the gap in the weeds, she looked up and saw the shadow of the moon faintly, and her expression suddenly became melancholy: "If one day...... I mean, what would you do if you found out that someone close to you had lied to you? ”

I smiled, "The people around me lied to me? It depends on how they lied to me. ”

Li Ruina frowned, "How can you say it, it's the kind of ...... that will make you feel very sad."

"The kind that feels very sad? That must be someone who is very important to me. If it is someone who is very important to me, and she cheats on me, then even if I am deeply hurt, there will definitely be a reason for her, and I would rather choose to believe and understand her than to be angry. ”

"Why?" Li Ruina looked deeply into my eyes.

"Because being able to meet and be able to go all the way is not easy in itself. Human life is too short, we don't know when we will never see each other again, and we don't know when the road under our feet will come to an end. "The sadness of these countless worlds instantly replayed in my mind.

Yes, I have experienced no matter how great the suffering is. Only the friends around me are the only ones I can't let go. Everything in front of life is so small, but it is just an hourglass with a flick of a finger, and it disappears in an instant.

"You're right, because being able to meet and go all the way is not easy in itself. If you can try to understand and believe, then the other side will also understand. Li Ruina's eyes lit up, and at that moment I saw a comfortable smile on her face that I had never seen before.

"What? Today, you are particularly sentimental. Is this imitating Li Qingzhao, or is he learning from Xu Zhimo and wanting to become a romantic poet like him? I quipped.

"Of course I'm neither! It's just that after experiencing so many changes in time and the moodiness of life, I just feel a little bit of it. Li Ruina emphasized.

"Oh~ I see."

"Whew~~~!!!" Just as I was joking with Li Ruina, I heard a wolf howl not far from outside the cave.

"Cheng Yin, what's the sound at this time?" Li Ruina said in a panic.

"Wolves!" I looked closer to the outside of the cave, but I didn't find anything.

"What!! Is there a wolf here? "Li Ruina was incredulous.

"I said how could this place be deserted, it turned out that there were wolves." I whispered.

"What then? Do you want to wake up Cui Li and them? Li Ruina looked nervous and asked me in the same whisper.

"Don't, you won't be able to guess Cui Li's reaction, if he wakes up and hears that he is a wolf, he will definitely panic. If you make another noise, it's easier to lure the wolf over. Now, none of us should speak, for the mouth of this cave is blocked by weeds, and wolves may not be able to detect us. I said in a "shhhh

"Are you sure the wolves won't find out here?" Li Ruina said worriedly.

"Whew~~~!!! Whew~~~!!! Whew~~~!!! ......" came a wolf howl from outside the entrance of the cave. Drops of sweat ran down my and Debana's faces, and we covered each other's mouths, trembling in fear, like stones, afraid to move.

"Whew~~~!!!" The wolf's voice faded farther and farther away, and we should not have been found.

"Great! They seem to be gone. Li Ruina said.

"That's right, it's supposed to be gone."

Li Ruina and I gasped for breath and couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

November 7, 2021 at 6:15 a.m

The faint cold sunlight squeezed through the cracks in the weeds and squeezed into my face, disturbing my light dreams. I forced myself to endure the sleepiness and opened my dimly open eyes, blocked them with my hand, and looked at the sun outside the gap.

A new day, swept away everything.

"A new day~~~ It seems that the 'mystery man' must have gone away." Cui Li stretched his waist, and he woke up with Hu Zaide beside him. They were all smiling, completely unaware of the dangers of yesterday.

"Yes, nothing happened this night, it seems that this 'mysterious man' did not discover this cave, and we are temporarily safe." Xia Cheng said as he gently patted Twilight Cui Li's shoulder. Cui Li said happily: "Yes, I just said don't worry, let's go, let's remove the weeds at the entrance of the cave and clear a path for everyone." ”

"Okay, let's go."

As they walked towards the entrance of the cave, one of them picked up a bundle of grass and moved it to the side of the hole.

Li Ruina was still lying on the weeds, her eyes slightly closed, and she was muttering to herself, muttering something to herself.

She was able to sleep, completely forgetting that we were running for our lives.

I shook my head helplessly and reached out to nudge her. The moment I touched her, I felt the hot temperature.

"Li Ruina, Li Ruina! Wake up! I called her name, but she didn't answer.

"Xia Cheng, Xia Cheng, Li Ruina, she may have caught a cold because she fell into the water yesterday, and now it is very hot, what should I do?" I asked Xia Cheng anxiously.

"Cheng Yin, don't worry about it first." Xia Cheng touched Li Ruina's forehead with his hand, frowned and said, "Her current condition is not very good, she must be sent to the hospital quickly." Let's go, we will now go all the way along the road we came, and I believe that we can always meet a kind driver. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it."

I put Li Ruina on my back and followed them closely towards the main road.

"Li Ruina, are you okay? You can't fall down here. We've all come through the difficult situation ahead, and it's nothing. I said, as if to myself.

"Cheng Yin, keep up." Xia Cheng said, "If you feel tired, just say we can help." ”

"It's okay, I'm not tired, let's hurry up." I said.

I said that I quickened my pace to keep up with everyone, and I really hope that I can get out as soon as possible.

But in the early morning, there was not a single car on the road, we walked a long way, and there were still no cars, and the sun was getting stronger and stronger, and each of us was sweating.

It's probably too hot. I didn't feel anything when I came in a car a few days ago, but when I walked on this road, I realized how hot it was. I looked into the distance.

(End of chapter)