Chapter 8: Night
Night.
By the warm and bright fire, Su Bai was treating Laura's wounds.
It was pitch black outside, and the sound of torrential rain and thunder from time to time was heard, which formed a strong contrast with the quiet atmosphere between the two, and brought an indescribable loneliness.
Su Bai wiped the area around Laura's wound with alcohol, and then saw that the wound had begun to heal.
"As it is Laura, this resilience is not something that ordinary people can have." He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "But I'm not bad." ”
After bandaging the wound, he smiled and said to Laura, "Okay, that's it." Laura, your body is recovering great, and it won't be long before the wound heals completely. ”
"Thank you, Sue." Laura put down the rolled up vest and smiled at Su Bai, "Leave the wound on your forehead to me." ”
"Then please." Su Bai handed over the cotton yarn and alcohol.
Laura carefully cleaned his wound and bandaged it.
Her movements were extremely gentle, and she was much more skilled than Su Bai, obviously specially studied and practiced often.
However, Laura has been training with her parents in various archaeological teams since she was a child, and it is no surprise that she has been trained in various archaeological teams.
After treating the wounds, there was silence between the two again.
Laura clasped her hands on her knees, her chin resting on her knees, her brown eyes silently watching the dancing flames.
Su Bai wanted to break the silence, but he didn't know what to say.
He didn't know much about the world and couldn't find a suitable topic. And to talk about the situation on this island is too heavy.
At this time, Laura picked up the handheld camera and turned on the monitor on the side.
Seeing this, Su Bai immediately leaned over and said curiously, "What are you shooting here?" ”
"This is something that Sanmantha filmed, on the boat." Laura said.
The conversation between Sanmantha and Laura first appeared on the screen. Laura says she has found some clues, but is worried that she will not be able to convince others, and even she herself does not know whether others should believe him or not. And Sanmantha comforted and persuaded on the side, expressing her trust and support for Laura.
"You can see that you have a good relationship." Su Bai said without words.
"Yes. Sanmantha has always been supportive and has helped me a lot. And this expedition was also funded by her family. Laura nodded slightly, her eyes darkening slightly, "But now I wish she had turned against me in the first place." ”
"Everybody has their own ideas, doesn't they?" Su Bai could only comfort, "This is everyone's freedom, you have no right to decide anything for others." Not to mention that everything has already happened. ”
"You've always been so fond of saying big things, Sue." Laura said, "I'm almost thinking of you as a philosopher now." ”
"Uh......" Su Bai touched his nose, "There is a saying in my hometown called 'Standing and talking without back pain'." I guess that's what I'm like now. ”
"I've always loved Chinese culture. You have a long history, countless magical legends. "Actually, I've always wanted to explore China, but unfortunately your government is too strict in this regard. ”
"After all, in our Huaxia, we don't advocate these things. A lot of things you Westerners like to do are forbidden in China. This is determined by differences in culture, ideology, etc. Su Bai shrugged.
"So I can only put my goal on Dongying, which has been deeply influenced by your Chinese ideology and culture in history." Laura said.
"So you're going to take part in this adventure, is there anything else going on?" Su Bai raised his eyebrows.
Laura smiled bitterly, "It's just that now it seems that my first adventure ended in failure." And it was such a miserable failure. ”
"Not necessarily." Su Bai shook his head and said in a teasing tone, "We also have a saying in Huaxia, which is called 'Misfortune and fortune are relied on and misfortune is lurking', which means that good things and bad things are often closely related. Maybe the place where we are now is the ruins of the legendary Yamatai Empire. ”
Laura couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "If that's the case, then Su you can be a prophet in addition to being a philosopher." ”
Seeing that Laura didn't take this sentence seriously, Su Bai didn't continue to hint at anything.
More than enough is too much.
The two continued to look at the inside of the camera.
The next video shows the adventure party arguing about the course of action.
Dr. Whitman thinks they should move west, and makes it clear that he doesn't trust Laura's judgment. Laura, on the other hand, is trying to convince him and others who have come up with a different point of view.
Eventually, Rose decided to follow Laura's advice and head east to the Dragon Triangle in search of Yamatai. Whitman, on the other hand, angrily departed, and said, "Is there anyone here who takes me seriously?" ”
Looking at the video, Su Bai secretly thought, maybe at this time, Whitman had already planted the seeds of dissatisfaction with Laura and others in his heart. So when his life is threatened, betrayal becomes a natural thing.
He kept it in his heart and reminded himself to beware of this Dr. Whitman. Didn't say anything to Laura, though.
It's not time yet, and even if you say it, it won't attract Laura's attention, but may affect the relationship between the two.
The two looked at the video in the camera, and unconsciously leaned close together. But no one deliberately distanced themselves, and everything seemed incredibly natural.
When the video finishes, the display dims.
Laura put the camera on the ground to the side and picked up the walkie-talkie again: "Is there anyone?" If anyone hears, please answer me. ”
There was still a murmur in the walkie-talkie, and there was no response.
"It should be because of the terrain, there is no signal." Su Bai said, "Don't worry, we'll set off to look for them when it's dawn." There's no way they're going to get far with this kind of weather, and I think we'll find someone else soon. ”
Laura nodded, put the walkie-talkie back on the ground, looked at the flames in front of her and muttered, "I hope everything goes well, Sanmantha and they are all safe." Otherwise, I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life. ”
"Okay, it's okay." Su Bai put his hand on her shoulder, gently pinched her shoulder, and said softly, "Sleep well, Laura, let yourself recover to the best condition as soon as possible." Tomorrow won't be easy. Leave the vigil to me. ”
Laura nodded obediently, leaned into his arms, and closed her eyes. His mouth was still muttering, "Sue, good night." ”
"Good night Laura, have a good dream." Su Bai hugged her, lowered his head and whispered in the girl's ear.
When I looked up, I saw that the girl had fallen asleep.
Looking at the girl curled up in his arms like a docile kitten, Su Bai unconsciously felt love and pity in his heart.
After a short time together, he has developed a deep affection for this fragile and strong, scared and courageous petite girl.