Motosui rubbed his eyes, his eyes shining across the sea glittering in the early morning sun, his eyelashes trembling slightly in the wind.

The "island" in the distance resembles a rubber duck in a huge bathtub, floating and sinking in the sea stirred by the salty wind.

"Sister Sasha said that if the weather is good, we can see our city from a distance on the coastline of 'Durga', which is actually true." Yuan Sui straightened his hair that was blown by the wind, and his voice was almost drowned in the wind.

"Who is it?"

"My team leader, I've ...... of the one. Yuan Sui exhaled a long breath, turned his head, and smiled shallowly at Ling Shucheng.

Somewhat regretful, Ling Shucheng hesitated how to speak next.

"This early bed didn't get up in vain." Yuan Sui patted his face and showed a more natural smile, "Let's go." ”

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The second time I came to the island of "Durga", it was a very comfortable weather. The morning mist lifted, the sun lazily peeked out of the clouds, and the breeze on the island did not have much of a bleak autumn mood, but only a few green fallen leaves, which softly slapped on passers-by.

"Did you wake up early?" Walking through the stone pavement that had been cut off by various barren grasses, Ling Shucheng used his expressive skills to choose a more innocuous entry point to start the conversation.

"About four o'clock?" Yuan Sui walked up and down as he continued, "Suddenly someone came to the dormitory and knocked on the door, I thought I was going to be locked up so early today." ”

"I'm sorry, this mission is relatively tight, and the process is probably not completely finalized until midnight."

Hearing this, Yuan Sui stopped, looked Ling Shucheng up and down straight for a while, and said solemnly: "Did you not participate in the formulation of the task process?" ”

"Yes." Ling Shucheng nodded frankly.

"No wonder, you seem to be sleeping well."

"Probably." Ling Shucheng thought about it seriously, "But I seem to be almost up at four o'clock, they should have patted my door first." ”

"Oh." Yuan Sui walked in front with his head down, seemingly a little embarrassed.

"Maybe I went to bed early."

As soon as Ling Shucheng finished adding, he heard Yuan Sui's "poof" laugh.

"How?"

"You answered too honestly." Yuan Sui's voice sounded much more relaxed, "Speaking of which, when I just got up today, there was another incident. ”

"What?"

"I'm the last person left in the dorm because I'm graduating soon, but there's a classmate next door." Yuan Sui couldn't hold back his laughter first, "As a result, when the person came to knock on the door at four o'clock, the next door probably got up angry, scolded and kicked the door open, and suddenly saw the rank on the person's body, stumbled and said, 'Hello sir', and slammed the door stiffly." ”

Later, she also imitated the unlucky classmate's last stunned action of closing the door, and the expression mixed with anger and horror was very vivid.

Ling Shucheng couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth. It dawned on him that he wasn't alone in trying to improve the atmosphere. This made him feel a little more relaxed.

They were now on the same route as the six groups had been surveying a week earlier. The first time he made a quick pass through this section, Ling Shucheng found that the route was almost along the old road that had been cultivated by the aborigines, and it was far easier than the three groups that walked through the dense forest all the way. Such an unbalanced assignment of task difficulty is not common, Ling Shucheng pondered for a while, and still asked this question: "Isn't it good for you to have a good relationship with the three groups in private?" ”

"Of course, we're in the same class." Yuan Sui replied quickly, "And a few of us can always be assigned to the neighboring group, so we shouldn't just be called 'classmates', but 'friends'." ”

This answer was within Ling Shu's sincerity. Even in schools, the grouping takes into account many factors and is generally relatively fixed. Even after the students graduate, people who know each other well will be placed in similar groups, which makes the whole team more tacit.

"Oh, and also, I think Sister Sasha is our team leader, and she probably likes the leader of the three groups."

Yuan Sui said this sentence lightly, which made Ling Shucheng stunned.

"It's just my feelings," Yuan Sui lowered his eyes and said in a deliberately lively tone, "Anyway, it doesn't matter if I talk about it now." ”

Ling Shucheng felt that his mood was a little more complicated.

During the conversation, the two had already walked to the ruins of the market where Ling Shucheng once stayed, which was also the meeting place of the three groups of six.

"From here, I hope you can explain to me the situation of the day in every detail. I know you've been being asked to do this for the past few days, and I'm sorry to force you to remember again, but it's important. ”

"Okay, it's okay, you don't have to care, just don't think I'm verbose." Yuan Sui nodded solemnly, "This is what I should do, and this is what I want to do." ”

Yuan Sui led Ling Shucheng to sit down on a stone step, and then spoke: "The three of us sat down here at that time. At that time, there were only seven or eight minutes left before our agreed meeting time. As a result, it was strange that the three groups did not wait here as early as they had done when they collaborated on similar missions in the past, but considering that the routes of the three groups were indeed much more complicated than ours, no one thought much about it at the time. ”

"So, you didn't report the news of the three groups being late at the first time."

"Yes. In fact, we had a fight over it. Yuan Sui's smile was bitter, "Wasn't the weather particularly bad that day?" The three of us sat here dry and sheltered from the rain for about twenty minutes. I thought that it was impossible for the three groups to be ten minutes late and not contact us anyway, and Sister Sasha was also worried about the three groups, so she planned to set off to find the three groups immediately, but I stopped her. ”

"Why?"

"Because I don't have much faith." Yuan Sui replied very frankly, "If it is something that can cause trouble for the three groups, we may not be able to solve it." Rather than recklessly putting us in danger, it is better to report the situation to the control team. ”

These self-aware words sounded half cautious and half timid, revealing a pessimistic assessment of the situation, which made Ling Shucheng look sideways slightly.

"At this time, Xiao Zheng, another member of our group, firmly opposed my proposal to contact the teacher. The reason is that the failure of the mission will greatly reduce the evaluation of the three groups, and may even directly remove the leaders of the three groups from the 'self-discipline team'. Yuan Sui blinked vigorously, "He said that Brother Yang worked hard to squeeze into the self-discipline team, and he couldn't be so yellow because I made a mistake." also said that he didn't help with it at this time, what kind of buddy he was. ”

The meaningless friend's righteousness and the judgment that he couldn't grasp the point at all, Ling Shucheng listened a little helplessly.

Of course, the team leader did not agree to leave it alone...... But she probably didn't agree with my proposal either. In the end, she couldn't stand my stalking, and she chose to ask the control team for advice...... At this time, Xiao Zheng and I were arguing on the side. Yuan Sui paused for a while, and then defended himself, "Actually, we often quarrel when we have nothing to do, but in fact, we can't talk about quarrels......

"It's fine." Ling Shucheng gestured that there was no need to explain.

And then ...... Xiao Zheng said that I was bolder than anyone else when I usually committed crimes, but today I was nervous. Speaking of this, Yuan Sui's eyes flickered slightly, "I replied that usually it is on the boat, in our 'home', but here it is 'outside'." Even teachers can't necessarily cope with the 'outside' stuff, let alone us. ”

There is really nothing wrong with this statement in itself, but it should not come from the mouth of a soldier in such a grand manner. Ling Shucheng recalled carefully, convinced that this part had not been mentioned at all in the quiet room before the first year.

Then he was really angry, saying that I didn't have the backbone of a soldier, and then the more he talked, the more excited he became, saying that I was a girl, and sure enough, no matter how much care I received, I was completely unreliable at critical moments...... Before I could scold back, the team leader began to persuade him, and he himself knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he apologized to me...... While apologizing, I still couldn't help but curse at the same time. ”

"Are you guys really okay?" Ling Shucheng finally couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Yuan Sui looked at him and laughed, nodded vigorously, and said, "It's really good." Although we always dislike each other, we have always been good, and the three of us have come through all kinds of difficulties together. Xiao Zheng always dislikes me for being either particularly cowardly or too bold at critical moments, and he is very biased, and he always drags on the evaluation of our group. I said that he wasn't much better, he only grew tall and didn't have a brain or something...... I'm usually used to being noisy, and no one is at ease on it. ”

"I knew there would be an accident later, so I wouldn't have made any noise. Childlike. After a long pause, Yuan Sui spoke again, his voice muffled.

"Even so, knowing that the situation is urgent, your team leader should not expect to wait for a response from the control team, it is too wasteful of time. It was her original obligation to make decisions for the whole group and bear the consequences of those decisions. Of course, she should not let the group members argue, whether or not it affects the mood within the group. ”

"Because...... Our group is privately voting. The team leader has one and a half votes, I have one vote, and Xiao Zheng has half a vote. However, the team leader was also very hesitant this time, and I was a little cowardly that day, Xiao Zheng didn't enter the oil and salt as always, so it was completely messed up. ”

The way in which decision-making power is distributed is somewhat interesting. Ling Shucheng couldn't help but shake his head. Sure enough, it's still a group of children.

"You didn't say that in the quiet room."

“…… yes, I'm embarrassed to say. ”

"Okay, you go on." Ling Shucheng sighed.

And then ...... Then the team leader also said that something was wrong with me. You may have seen the information that the team leader's talent is to calm people's spirits, and she just held me down. Xiao Zheng was sent by her to patrol the surroundings and explore the way...... As a result, a sudden kick hit something, and there was a 'bang'. As soon as he picked it up...... It turned out to be a jar of military rations. ”

Ling Shucheng could only be silent. The group leader is indecisive due to personal feelings, one group member is cautious enough to want to avoid selfishness, and the other is blindly confident and naïve in thinking, such three people are not suitable to be grouped together. It can even be said that the military quality displayed by these three people is far from meeting his expectations, and if this is the level of this class, he has to be a little worried.

"Your face is full of disappointment." Yuan Sui suddenly spoke.

Ling Shucheng pinched his eyebrows and did not deny it.

Yuan Sui looked at him directly for a long time again, and after a long time, Ling Shucheng began to seriously reflect on whether his expression just now was really very offended, but Yuan Sui laughed again.

This is a familiar and unfamiliar smile of Ling Shucheng, flamboyant sweetness and childish bravery and fearlessness, full of the pear vortex of this childish young girl. Just like a precocious child who used a little trick to play a boring adult, Ling Shucheng even vaguely felt a little inexplicable pride and confidence in Yuan Sui's eyes.

It's inexplicable indeed. Ling Shucheng couldn't understand the meaning of Yuan Sui's smile at this moment.

"And then, just as you think." Yuan Sui deliberately aggravated "the same as he thought", "Sister Sasha and I, one is in treatment, and the other is receiving treatment, and our reactions are both a beat slower." I had just seen the jar clearly, and before I could figure out a few lines in my head, I suddenly 'buzzed' and I didn't realize it. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Sui seemed to be much more relaxed, and calmly expounded the known facts: "You know the results. Because of the ability of the team leader, she and I fell into a state of suspended animation, and Xiao Zheng and the three groups were gone. ”

The conversation ended temporarily with both sides choosing silence. At this time, the sun was good, and Yuan Sui was so shaken that he couldn't open his eyes, and he used his hands together, moving a little farther away from Ling Shucheng.

Under the dazzling shell of the "hero", perhaps it is just an ordinary heart. When they can still talk and laugh loudly, they may not all be likable, and when they become a simple and quiet symbol on the tombstone, thousands of people will look at them with tears in their eyes. Ling Shucheng knew that the "Sister Sasha" and "Xiao Zheng" in Yuan Sui's mouth were equally engraved on the stone tablet in the south corner of the Civic Park two days ago, like all the sacrificed predecessors. The remains of the soldiers were generally not recovered, and there was no room for a mound on the ship, only the two lines of names and the year of birth and death in the corners of the stele were used as proof of the honor of the two men.

Honor is the most effective whitewash for a person. Whoever it is is far more tolerant of the dead than of the living. Yuan Sui's words were enough for the three groups to be punished when they were alive, but now they can only add a little bit of embarrassment to the impermanence of the world. It is no easier to ask a person to always shine while he is alive than to come back to life from the dead. Being able to choose to make more valuable decisions in a life-or-death situation is enough to be awe-inspiring.

Maybe I'm too harsh on these students who haven't really been involved in the world. Ling Shucheng tilted his head slightly, and looked at the survivors beside him who were telling all this. With his hands on his knees, he sat curled up at the junction of sunlight and shadow, looking up at the treetops hanging overhead. Two small birds are jumping on the branches one after the other, occasionally pecking at the small red fruit, leisurely and enviable. Ling Shucheng hesitated for a moment and did not urge.

It wasn't until the branch was almost pecked bald that Yuan Sui patted his ass and stood up, startling the birds overhead. "Let's go, let's go to the lake."