Chapter 17: Innocence

He drank the water in the cup and chewed the dry field food with great effort in his mouth. Listening to the sound of Liu Yi chopping tree branches with a military dagger in the dark.

Gao Mei felt that her cheeks were a little hot.

Not because of a low-grade fever, but because of shyness.

No one knew that when she heard Liu Yi call out her name just now, her nose was sour, it should be ...... Tears were also left behind.

She had already lost the will to survive, and at that moment her emotions were out of control.

She couldn't remember how many years she hadn't cried.

Last time, it seemed that it was the first time I saw my comrades dying beside me.

She didn't expect Liu Yi to really survive, let alone that he would take a huge risk to come back to find her.

No, it's to save yourself......

Under the excitement, Gao Mei's female emotions began to recover, and she asked Liu Yi to make crutches for herself.

Knowing that his body is in desperate need of replenishment of water now, he asked Liu Yi, who was already exhausted, to find the vines.

These two seemingly ordinary requirements are for Gao Mei, for her, a warrior who has always regarded herself as a man for I don't know how many years.

It's simply unthinkable......

Liu Yi's movements were very fast, so fast that before Gao Mei could completely calm down the fluctuations in her heart, she had already brought back a "shoddy" cane and a few vines.

After chewing two vines and squeezing every trace of water out of contact with the tip of her tongue, Gao Mei finally regained some strength.

Holding the ground with one hand and crutches with the other, he struggled to stand up.

In fact, Liu Yi wanted to carry her, and even stretched out his hand.

But halfway through the action, she paused slightly, and took her gun instead.

didn't carry it, one is that Liu Yi knows that with his current physical strength, if he carries a person on his back, he won't be able to go far at all.

Another reason - he didn't dare.

The two walked side by side for a while, and Liu Yi saw that Gao Mei was really struggling to go, so he finally got the courage and grabbed her arm.

Gao Mei's body stiffened, but she didn't refuse Liu Yi's kindness.

Feeling a little awkward, Gao Mei was silent for two seconds and found the conversation.

Whisper: "You killed the target?"

"I hit him, but I'm not sure if I'm dead. Liu Yi replied matter-of-factly.

"It's dead!" Gao Mei spat out two words very succinctly, as if she had returned to her previous indifference.

After climbing three hills in a row, the speed of the two slowed down again.

The little physical strength that I barely recovered couldn't afford to consume the mountain road at all.

"Let's find a place to camp nearby. Gao Mei spat out.

"Could it be too close to the enemy?" Liu Yi said a little unsteadily.

"Rest assured, we are no longer in danger. Gao Mei comforted.

Without waiting for Liu Yi to ask, he took the initiative to explain: "Whether it is the group of Western mercenaries or the support troops who arrived later, the enemy's purpose is to bring the traitors back."

Now that people are dead, they have no reason to fight. ”

Liu Yi understood that there was no string in the minds of those people to avenge their comrades.

I'm afraid that if I can go back with the wounded, it will already be a great love.

Feeling down-to-earth, Liu Yi helped Gao Mei to take a few steps forward, found a suitable place to camp and stopped.

It was too dark to find anything to start a fire, so I had to rest in the dark against the trunk of a tree.

Silently recovering for a while, Liu Yi heard some noise in the direction where Gao Mei was staying.

Looking at the faint silhouette, he knew that Gao Mei should be redressing the wound on her leg.

"Can you help?"

"No~"

............

The sky soon lit up with a faint light, and Liu Yi ended the vomit.

He hadn't slept all night, but he was recovering well.

And he also found that when he vomited, his perception actually improved a lot.

Whether it is a small beast passing by, or an insect eating the leaves in the canopy of the tree overhead, it can be clearly noticed.

Thinking that his grandfather has been keeping vigil while spitting, Liu Yi judged that it should be his own experience in the past few days that has made his tuna kung fu more profound.

While this is something to be happy about, now is clearly not the time to be happy.

glanced at Gao Mei, who was less than two meters away from him and leaned against a tree trunk that was sleeping.

Liu Yi got up slowly, stood there and struggled for a while, and tiptoed over. Cautiously probing her forehead with the back of his hand.

It's just a slight fever, and the fever is certain, but it's not serious.

After relieving himself, he quietly turned around and walked into the forest alone......

After Liu Yi's footsteps disappeared completely, Gao Mei suddenly opened her eyes.

Turning his head laboriously, his eyes looked in the direction where Liu Yi left.

The right hand moved lightly twice, but he still couldn't hold back, and raised his hand and touched his head, which was the place Liu Yi had touched when he tested her body temperature just now.

Quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but rejoice in my heart, fortunately the fever made my face a little red. Otherwise, you won't be able to pretend to be asleep.

Liu Yi left for nearly an hour, and just when Gao Mei was already worried about him, he finally reappeared.

He has a few vines wrapped around his body, a simple cleaned pheasant in one hand and a bunch of "weeds" in the other.

Seeing that Gao Mei had woken up, Liu Yi walked up to her. Lay down the vines and pheasants.

He handed her the "weed" in his hand and said, "This, chew it up and cover it on the wound." ”

Gao Mei has received special training in wilderness survival, so she naturally knows the herbs that Liu Yi is carrying.

But in order to hide his inexplicable embarrassment, he still asked: "What is this?"

"Xiao Pengcao, reduce inflammation and stop bleeding, rest assured!" Liu Yi said a sentence and stood up again.

"Why are you going?" Gao Mei asked subconsciously.

"Find something that will make a fire. ”

Liu Yi had already walked away as he spoke, it was already dawn, and he wanted to leave room for Gao Mei to change the dressing with peace of mind.

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After eating "breakfast" steadily, Liu Yi and Gao Mei, who had recovered a lot of physical strength, supported each other and officially embarked on the road of "going home".

I chased the enemy all the way before, and I didn't care how far I chased it at all.

Now that they have gone back, the two of them realize that they have more than three days to cross the primeval jungle from home.

Fortunately, Gao Mei has a strong sense of direction, and when pursuing, he always pays attention to the key references he passes.

Relying on her memory, the two of them were not completely lost in the endless forest.

Staggering over hill after hill, with a few breaks in between, the sun rising overhead with the occasional peeping in the canopy.

The jungle began to get sweltering, and the stamina that the two of them had easily accumulated was once again exhausted.

"You rest for a while, I'll go get something to eat. Liu Yi helped Gao Mei sit down.

As soon as I took a few steps, there was a faint muffled sound in my ears.

Liu Yi instantly shook his head, there was a huge sun hanging in the canopy, and there was not even a cloud in the sky.

Then, the sound just now is likely to be the explosion of a grenade.

Even, it's the sound of cannons!