Early the next morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the air was still moist and cold. Cao Xi came to the school gate with a black circle under his eyes to meet everyone.

Shi Wei wore a peaked cap that suppressed her curly hair, but they were restlessly open at the back of her head. She was waiting for everyone in front of the car, holding a notebook and recording the list.

"You're here. Get in the car, it's cold outside. ”

"Oh." Cao Xi was just about to get into the car, Xiao Jing happened to get out of the car and greeted her with a smile.

Cao Xi took off her bag and got into the car, Xiao Jing pointed to her backpack and said, "Come on, give it to me." I put it in the back of the car. ”

Cao Xi shook his head: "It's okay, I'll just put it around." With that, she got into the car, sat at the end of the car, and carried the bag on her lap.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive. Shi Wei glanced at Cao Xi, then walked to the back of the car and sat next to Cao Xi, as if she had specially sat over to take care of her.

When the car started, the driver asked, "Are you all here?" ”

"It's all right."

"That's gone!"

"Okay! Master! ”

So the car started slowly and drove to the other end.

Cao Xi pulled the corner of Shi Wei's clothes and asked in a low voice, "I really haven't gone out like this." ”

Shi Wei replied with a smile: "It's okay, it's like a spring outing, there's nothing to worry about." After speaking, she glanced at Cao Xi's shoes, "The shoes are good." ”

"Huh?" Cao Xi glanced at his feet, "Well, newly bought." ”

As the car started, the scenery outside the window that began to shake gradually dispersed behind him, and at first there were people in the car whispering, but Cao Xi was unconsciously sleepy because he didn't sleep well last night, and gradually fell asleep with the shaking of the car.

What is the sound outside the car window? Is it the wind? Whirring in your ears? Bursts and bursts, like ocean waves.

The body can still feel the shaking of the carriage, but the person seems to have entered a dream. When I opened my eyes, I was here again, standing in the wilderness, burying my body in the weeds. And the houses in the distance were like weeping, and their bodies were shrouded in cold and gloom......

Cao Xi couldn't help but shudder, felt his body suddenly lean forward, and suddenly woke up. Leaning on the car, the sky outside the window was already bright, and it seemed that he had slept for a long time.

"What? Sleepy? Shi Wei was reading the book on the side, and when she saw her move, she asked.

"Hmm......" Cao Xi nodded and sat down in his seat.

"It's easy to catch a cold when you fall asleep in the car, and it's still an hour away, so it's better not to sleep anymore." Shi Wei continued to look at it and told her by the way.

"Oh, good." Cao Xi glanced at Shi Wei, her feet raised and leaned on the seat cushion in front of her, just raised at an angle to facilitate reading, however, she didn't look like a book, but like a diary, recording a lot of things, very thick and old.

Cao Xi just glanced at it, didn't ask anything, and then turned his head back out the window.

Today's weather is not very good, haze, I don't know if it will rain in the next few days.

……

After driving forward for more than an hour, the driver pulled into a small town and stopped on the side of the road.

"Let's get out of the car and take a walk, let's go to the front to find a restaurant for a meal." Shi Wei stuffed the notebook in her hand into her bag, then got up and said to everyone, "Let's go, just put the things in the car, let's leave after eating." ”

Everyone got up and got out of the car.

After Cao Xi got off the bus, he habitually looked at this place, the gray sky seemed to be a little deserted, far away from the bustling appearance of the city, and seemed lonely and lonely.

"What do you think?" Xiao Jing asked.

"What kind of place is this?" Cao Xi looked around and asked.

Shi Wei laughed: "This is Helong Town, a small place, there are very few people living there, and most of them have moved away." ”

"Helong Town?" Cao Xi responded, thinking, isn't this where Luo Xin is?

However, she didn't dare to think about the desolation of this place at all, how Luo Xin would be willing to leave the city and come here.

"Come in, finish eating early and get on your way early." Guan Yang shouted at the door of a small restaurant, beckoning everyone to speed up.

Soon everyone entered the small shop on the side of the road, the roof was a little low, and it was even darker in the lack of light. There were only two or three small square tables in the store, and the driver was already sitting aside by himself, preparing the meal.

Guo Enming and Mo Mo sat together, and asked Guan Yang and Xiao Jing to sit together.

Cao Xi glanced at the other empty seat, and Shi Wei simply pulled her to sit down with her, and asked the shopkeeper to stir-fry two dishes casually, and quickly bring the rice up.

"What's wrong? Not used to such a place? Shi Wei asked Cao Xi with a smile.

"Nope." Cao Xi took a sip of water, but he didn't have time to take a few sips in the car. His eyes drifted to the other table, and the four of them were talking and laughing, and they felt that they were very bored, "Shall we leave after eating?" She asked Shi Wei.

"That's right."

"Oh." Cao Xi responded, in fact, she had a little idea, since she came to Helong, she wanted to go to the hospital to see Luo Xin, but she didn't mention group activities.

"What's the matter?" Shi Wei is very good at observing words and feelings.

"No, no." Cao Xi smiled, "How long will you have to sit next?" ”

"It's been about an hour."

In the process of the shop owner serving food one after another, Cao Xi and Shi Wei communicated, and this was the first time they had a good chat without their mobile phones

"Next walk?"

"That's right."

"How long will it take?"

"I haven't walked yet, I should be there before dark." Shi Wei saw that she was a little nervous, so she leaned the food in front of her, "Come, let's eat." ”

"Oh, oh."

So everyone stopped talking and started eating. The driver ate very quickly, poured rice, brushed a few bites and finished eating, and then went to the door and began to smoke.

"Huh? What's the barbed wire fence over there? The driver asked suddenly.

"Four Eunuchs." The shopkeeper replied.

Cao Xi didn't mean to listen to what they were saying, but at that time she did feel Shi Wei's hand pause, and then simply came back and continued to eat rice.

"It turns out that the fourth eunuch is here." The driver smoked a cigarette and said, "I've heard that the killers are all locked up here." ”

"Hmm." The boss responded, "Several people are executed every year, and this place is so cloudy, so everyone is almost gone." ”

"Four eunuchs?" At the other table, Momo suddenly asked in a low voice, "Isn't it?" ”

Guo Enming nodded, then urged her to eat quickly, and ended the conversation.

"I'm done." Shi Wei put down her chopsticks and said to everyone, "I'll wait for everyone in the car." ”

With that, she walked out of the store. Cao Xi looked at the two dishes on the table and barely moved.

"Cao Xi, eat more." Xiao Jing turned his head sideways and said to Cao Xi here, "Your first time hiking, you have to eat more." ”

"Oh." Cao Xi nodded and continued to eat. But his mind had already followed Shi Wei out of the store. She seemed to be able to detect the change in her mood, but it wasn't verified.

Soon, everyone finished their meal and prepared to get in the car and continue their journey.

After the car drove out of Helong Town, the dark building surrounded by barbed wire was thrown more and more, and gradually disappeared on the horizon.

At this time, Shi Wei did not continue to read the book, but closed her eyes, as if she was asleep.

But Cao Xi couldn't sleep this time, watching the scenery outside the window become more and more desolate, there is still an hour, where will it be? She has lost her bearings.

……

After driving on the road for more than an hour, the car stopped halfway through. As the car braked, Shi Wei opened her eyes.

"Have you arrived?" Shi Wei asked the driver.

"The address you gave me is almost here." The driver didn't reply to her without replying.

"Okay, let's get ready to get off." Shi Wei shouted in the back, and everyone got out of the car with their things on their backs.

But it's not like a destination at all, it's on the road. Surrounded by wasteland, and beyond that is a forest.

"Just go that way." Momo pointed to the woods in front of him, "You should be there when you go through that." ”

"Then you can go, and contact me on the way back." After the driver finished speaking, he turned the car in one direction and drove back.

"Huh?" Cao Xi was stunned for a moment, "What are we going to do here?" ”

"On foot!" Shi Wei patted Cao Xi on the shoulder and asked her to follow everyone, "Let's go." ”

Everyone had jumped off the road, into the meadow, and walked in the direction of the woods.

"Wait." Cao Xi finally couldn't help but want to ask more, "Where is this going?" Do you have a map? ”

Shi Wei looked at her nervous appearance and laughed: "Let's go." Shi Wei pulled her, "There is Momo, there is no problem." ”

Cao Xi was a little worried, but still followed them.

This wasteland is overgrown with grass and piles of Canadian goldenrods growing wildly, swaying in the wind. Vaguely feeling that there was something in the depths of the grass, Cao Xi just looked at it a few more times with curiosity, and suddenly found that it was a van that had overturned on its side, and the entire body had been scrapped, and it was black and surrounded by yellow flowers.

She glanced back at the highway just now, did it come down from above?

"It's been decades." Guan Yang muttered, "It's all scrap metal." ”

Cao Xi glanced at him and said it to her.

Mo Mo and Guo Enming led the way in front, Xiao Jing and Guan Yang followed them, and finally Cao Xi and Shi Wei. Cao Xi walked a little slowly, and Shi Wei stayed with her.

When it was getting dark, I just walked into the woods. The towering trees obscured the only bright color of the sky, as if it were night. There was a fluffy feeling when they stepped on the leafy dirt, and the rustling sound reminded them that they were walking deep into the woods.

"Watch your step." Xiao Jing reminded, "Tree roots are particularly prone to tripping. ”

Cao Xi was a little absent-minded, looking at the black woods, a little scared, not knowing if he could go out.

"Don't be afraid, Momo has a good sense of direction." Shi Wei comforted her.

"I'll be out right away." Guo Enming shouted in front, so everyone quickened their pace.

"Look, it's going through quickly." Shi Wei took Cao Xi's hand and led her forward, and soon, a hint of plain-colored sky appeared in front of them, and they finally walked out of the woods, but it was already dark.

"Can you see anything?" Shi Wei walked to the front and asked Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing took a few steps forward and turned back: "It happens to be a mountain over there, I don't know if there are any villages or houses in front of us, it seems that we have to set up camp first." ”

Camp? Cao Xi became a little anxious, for them, he was really just a layman. Especially now that I'm in the middle of nowhere, I'm really at a loss. However, Shi Wei soon returned to Cao Xi and patted her on the shoulder.

"Come, it's the first time you've lived in the wilderness, right?" She smiled, "We'll help you, don't worry." ”

The weather in November already has the cold breath of winter. At night, the empty meadows exude dampness and cold. After Guan Yang and Guo Enming lit the fire, there was finally some warmth in the cold.

The other people's tents were almost set up, Xiao Jing didn't forget to check it for everyone, and then patted the tent: "It's all very strong, and the ten-level typhoon can't blow it away." ”

"Haha." Everyone laughed.

Mo Mo and Guo Enming sat at the entrance of the tent together and ate a beef strip, which made Guan Yang can't help but smack his lips and silently gnaw on his own.

"How?" Shi Wei just finished eating and sat down next to Cao Xi and asked.

Cao Xi hurriedly stuffed the bread in his mouth, swallowed it, and almost choked.

Shi Wei intimately handed over her water cup, and Cao Xi glanced at it, but she still took a few sips before she eased up. After drinking, she found that everyone was looking at her, as if they were waiting for her to answer. Cao Xi was a little nervous, and when she returned the water cup to Shi Wei, Shi Wei's eyes seemed to encourage her to communicate with everyone.

"It's okay......"

"I didn't estimate the time today, so I'll camp here for the time being, and you can take a moment for a while."

Cao Xi smirked: "I'm all out, and I don't mind this, it's just a little scary." She looked around, and it was dark.

"But...... Will there be animals? Cao Xi asked a little nervously.

"Animals?" Shi Wei shook her head, "This is not really a wilderness, it can only be said to be a suburb, and there will be no wild animals." ”

Cao Xi seemed to secretly laugh when he heard the others, knowing that he was asking a little redundant.

"Okay, I've walked a lot today, let's rest first, and we'll leave tomorrow morning."

Shi Wei changed the subject, then got into the tent and set up the moisture-proof mat and sleeping bag. Cao Xi watched her fiddling outside the tent, a little embarrassed: "I didn't help much." ”

"Don't say that." Shi Wei helped her get it together, "It's just that you have no experience for the first time, but after this time, you are a veteran." ”

Cao Xi listened, smiled, and then also got into the tent and gave Shi Wei a hand.

It was late at night, and there were insects chirping all around, accompanied by the sound of wind and grass, Shi Wei took off her coat and prepared to sleep in a sleeping bag.

Cao Xi was lying on the uncomfortable ground, looking very graceful as the lights shone Shi Wei's figure on the tent.

"Do you want me to leave the lights on?" Shi Wei asked.

"No, you don't." Cao Xi replied, and then buried his head in his sleeping bag.

So Shi Wei extinguished the lights, and the place became completely dark.