17. Before the stone gate is closed (below)
I heard a soft question one after another: "Are you afraid that after entering this stone gate, will you go and return?" Will it be as evil as it is rumored to be in the outside world? β
I turned my eyes to look at him sideways, and said with a shallow sneer: "Are you afraid? He shook his head, "If I'm afraid, I won't be here." I also gave him the same sentence: "If you are afraid, why should I sit here with you and talk nonsense?" It's better to wait for the results of the police search and rescue at the hotel. After a pause, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at the sky, "Young man, as long as you live in this world, there are always some things you have to do, even if you know that the road ahead is an abyss, you will not hesitate to move forward." It's called, responsibility. β
There was a little more thought in the gaze on my face, but he didn't answer, and I expressed it in another way: "It's a fact that there are my friends there, just like you will do anything to find your spring water." So you don't need to test me, pray that we can find the person we are looking for. "The complexity of the human mind lies in the fact that it always likes to add its own conjectures and conjectures to it, so that what is originally simple is like being locked in several locks.
"Actually, I didn't ......"
"One after another," I interrupted, "don't be in a hurry to deny it, sometimes you are told to be in your heart, you have to learn to be calm." β
He fell silent, retracted his gaze on my face, and said sullenly after a while: "What kind of young man to call, I am only in my early twenties, and my tone is as old as a middle-aged man who is dozens of years old." β
I was amused at the moment, and the mood changed so quickly. He was embarrassed by my laughter and glared, "What's so funny?" I'm telling the truth. There is no need to care about such a topic, nod from the goodness, and automatically move the nest and walk towards the ground to accompany the eldest brother Lao Tiena.
There are some things I didn't say. A person's mental age is usually not proportional to their biological age, and the mental age depends on how much experience the person has, so some people may still be naΓ―ve when they grow to thirty years old, but some people have a vicissitudes of mental age when they are teenagers.
Lao Tie was turning over his baggage, and when I approached, he was obviously nervous, and he was relieved to see that it was me. He pulled me back and turned around, mysteriously pulling open a gap in my bag, and was slightly taken aback when I saw what it was. He lowered his voice and said, "Sister, don't be silent, what do you think of the situation after this stone gate is closed, I have to be fully prepared." This thing has been at home for many years, and there is no place to try it, so I'm afraid that it won't work at a critical moment, and it will be bad. β
I finally understood why Lao Tie had to carry such a big and long bag, it turned out that he had a shotgun in it. It is now clearly stipulated that private individuals are not allowed to have such firearms, but in this ravine town, many local Han and Yi people used to hunt for a living, so there are still remnants that have not been confiscated. Lao Tie was worried that the two policemen would not dare to take it out here, and he was afraid that he would encounter danger if he entered the mountains, so he was very entangled.
At this moment, suddenly there were calls from behind him: "It's almost, let's go." β
Looking down at the watch on my wrist, it was really accurate, just half past three. Lao Tie immediately zipped up the bag in a panic, and then gave me a look and asked me not to say it. Nodding imperceptibly, after all, there is an unknown danger in this trip, not to mention anything else, the most likely and most common thing in the deep mountains and old forests is the ferocious beast, I am afraid that it is not possible to rely on the two policemen alone, and one more of these weapons is only beneficial to us.
Starting again, the team was adjusted, and Lao Tie officially led the way in front, and we followed closely behind and walked into Shimen Pass.