For a moment, my breath was choking.

And Han Zitong on the side, as if his whole soul had been taken away, stared at it stupidly with wide eyes, and didn't even put down his hand pointing at the beach, just trembling slightly.

After a while, she said, "Well, isn't it ......?"

I didn't speak, but grabbed her wrist directly, and with a wave of the dagger in my hand, I split the path in front of me.

"Let's go!"

This fork in the road is not too far from the beach, but it still took us a little time to split the thorns and branches and leaves in front of us, and finally opened a road, and the two of them ran over in a hurry, only to see a wide plank across the beach, which should have floated from the sea, but I don't know how long it has been soaked, and some places have been a little decayed.

And next to the plank, the footprints we saw just now have been washed away by the sea.

We subconsciously raise our heads and look ahead.

There are also some footprints, stretching into the distance.

Han Zitong and I glanced at each other, both of our faces were slightly red, but we couldn't say a word, I just felt that my chest was beating suddenly, as if my heart was about to jump out of my chest.

Someone?

On this island, there are other people?!

Who is it? Could it be that they came to us?

Or is there already a human presence on this island, and this place can survive?

……

Countless speculations kept popping out of my mind like a sea water at this moment, I only felt that my mouth was dry, and even my breathing was completely messed up, and Han Zitong beside me, the situation was not much better than mine, she looked at the footprints that were about to disappear under her feet, looked at me again, and stammered: "Yes...... Someone's. ”

"Hmm."

"There's someone here!"

As she spoke, she couldn't contain the ecstasy in her heart, and walked forward along the line of footprints. I hurriedly followed, holding her elbow with one hand and still holding the dagger in the other, and looked around cautiously.

Unlike the excitement in her heart, which bordered on ecstasy, I was surprised and happy, but the footprints didn't mean anything. The footprints have been washed away by the sea water a lot, and we can't even tell whether they are human footprints or not, and it may also be some animals.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but clench the dagger.

The two of them walked along the shallower and shallower footprints for a long time, and just turned a corner, they found that the footprints were gone.

Both of us stopped, and Han Zitong looked at the blank beach in front of him stupidly, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, he turned to look at me: "What's going on?" ”

I didn't speak, only frowned, crouched down to look closely, and saw that the footprint had turned a corner in the place, towards the center of the island, in the bushes.

Han Zitong looked at me, seemed to understand, and hurriedly walked over to play with it, although the bushes here were luxuriant, there was also a small place like a gap, which seemed to have been stepped on by people or animals.

She asked, "Do you want to keep up?" ”

I was silent and nodded.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a beast that left this footprint, we should be clear, after all, on this island, we can't tell when we will meet.

Thinking of this, I stood up, and with her I pushed aside the dense and dense foliage on both sides of the bush, and walked slowly inside.

The trees here are taller than ours, and the bushes are more lush than those we have encountered on the other side, and after a few steps, we have almost fallen into a kind of environment that covers the sky and the sun, and the sunlight can't shine in, only the dense branches and leaves in front of us, which almost make us unable to distinguish the direction, and one or two long birdsong or two in the distance, make this place more and more secluded, almost only the breath and heartbeat of the two of us.

Han Zitong's breathing became heavier and heavier, and when we had gone to a deep place, the fear in her heart had almost reached its peak, she reached out and grabbed my sleeve, and whispered, "Hey, we still don't-"

"Shh

I turned around and put my index finger to my lips, stopping her from continuing.

She looked at me with wide eyes.

I reached out and pointed ahead.

Just in front of the road, a somewhat thick tree lay in the center, and the road disappeared just where the tree was, and only the branches and leaves of the tree trembled slightly.

Han Zitong's eyes widened suddenly.

I had already held my breath, staring at the tree with burning eyes, my right hand clenched the dagger, and my left hand slowly reached over and gently lifted the thick and rough trunk.

Just as my fingertips touched the bulging bark, suddenly, a dark figure burst out from behind the tree.

I barely could react, and I didn't even have time to see what it was, when I felt like I had been hit hard, and I fell to the ground on my back, and the black shadow had already swooped down on me and pressed hard against me, and a dagger with a cold light was aimed at my exposed throat and stabbed down.

"Ahh

Han Zitong's frightened screams were in my ears, but I lay on my back on the ground, just looking at the sunlight leaking from the leaves above my head, and the cold light, like the tip of a knife piercing into my eyes.

I closed my eyes all at once.

However, the expected severe pain did not come.

I could even feel the sharp dagger in my throat, less than an inch away from my skin, and the cold had almost penetrated my skin, giving me goosebumps, but it didn't penetrate my body.

And the one that weighed on me...... Man, breathing heavier and heavier, almost with the low roar of a beast.

I opened my eyes suddenly.

Immediately, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes.

But at this time, I saw it clearly, and realized that it was not the light of the dagger, but half of the mask, and it was still moist with seawater, and even a drop fell down along the edge of the mask, but it was slightly warm, I don't know if it was seawater or sweat.

And when I saw this mask, and the half of the familiar and murderous face outside the mask, the blood in my whole body froze.

The two men, as if at a stalemate, looked at each other.

I don't know how long it took, Han Zitong, who was standing on the side, finally came back to his senses and exclaimed: "Ah! ”

The close, somewhat pale face twitched at last, as if to regain consciousness, and as soon as his hand loosened, the dagger almost clinging to my throat clanged and fell.

"It's you!"

At this time, Han Zitong had already walked up to us and looked at him in horror.

He was still looking at me, the body that had been weighing heavily on me, the water that had not yet dried had soaked down, and my clothes were also wet, and between breaths, I could feel his body temperature coming in, but it seemed to be much lower than what I usually felt. And at such a low temperature, his gaze gradually changed from the blatant slaughter of the previous moment to a little chaotic.

I shuddered and reached for his arms that were at either side.

"Liu Qinghan ......"

“……”

He didn't speak, just shook my hand slightly.

The glint in his eyes, like a faint candle flame in a storm, suddenly extinguished.

"Liu—"

Before he finished speaking, his head drooped, and the whole person collapsed like a bang, and fell on top of me.

……

It's not the first time I've taken care of him in a coma.

However, it is still different from before.

When I unmasked him and helped him wipe the scars on his face that had been soaked in seawater, some of which were soft and even rotten, Han Zitong, who dragged him back to the spring with me, still let out a frightened cry of horror when he was already exhausted and panting and fell to the ground speechless.

It wasn't the first time she had seen his tattered face, but this picture was obviously different from the one in Wangjiang Pavilion.

I tore off a fairly clean skirt and carefully wiped the water stains on his face. I don't know if this will affect his appearance - although he really doesn't have any appearance anymore.

After wiping the water off his face, I wiped the water off the half of the mask and gently pressed it on his face.

Then, I used the cleaned banana leaves to go to the spring to get a little water, carefully opened his lips, and fed it into his mouth, at first he was unconscious, the water gurgled along the corners of his lips, and after a while, he began to swallow subconsciously.

If you can still drink water, then it's fine.

I breathed a sigh of relief and carefully wiped the corner of his lip with my sleeve.

I could feel that Han Zitong had been frowning and watching, and her mood seemed to be a little bad, so I didn't look up to look at her, nor did I want to explain anything to her.

After all, at this time, my five internal tools are burning, and I am more tormented than anyone else's displeasure.

Liu Qinghan, he also arrived on this island!

This also means that his boat is not safe, and the piece of cloth on the beach he just saw is likely to be the remnants of wood on his boat.

Has his ship been wrecked?

What crisis has you encountered? Or was he attacked by pirates like Yan Qinghan?

……

But this qiē is not the most important, the most painful thing for me is - Li'er!

If even he is like this, what about Li'er?

How's Li'er doing?

Has it sunk to the bottom of the sea with the wrecked ship?

Or-

All kinds of terrible conjectures came flooding up in my mind, and I didn't let me breathe for a moment, and I almost had a sense of madness that I wanted to scream loudly, and even wanted to ruin it!

My departed son, my daughter!

Those violent emotions were surging in my body, churning in my mind, almost driving people crazy, I just felt that my body was a little out of my control, constantly trembling, constantly trembling, even if I forced myself to calm down, but my whole body was still trembling, as if I was in the deepest, most terrifying nightmare. Sitting on the grass soaked with the water flowing down from him, looking at his pale face, I took the stick I used to catch fish and stood up.

Han Zitong immediately frowned and said, "Why are you going?" ”

"Catch some fish and bake it for him."

“……”

"Judging by the way he looks, he should have been floating at sea for a long time, and he should be very hungry."

"Isn't there one that's already baked?"

"I'll grab some more."

"Hey, Yue Qingying......"

"I'm going to catch fish."

"Yue Qingying?"

As I spoke, I didn't even care that she was still calling me behind me, and I didn't even pull up the corners of my skirt, and walked directly into the sea.

The cold sea water rushed up, and immediately brought an indescribable feeling of suffocation, I could hardly breathe, only stared at the constantly churning sea, and there were some stirred foams on the transparent seawater, swaying, I couldn't see what it was for a while, I couldn't see what it was for a while, I raised the wooden stick in my hand and inserted it.

There was a bang, and the water splashed and drenched my face.

"Yue Qingying."

Han Zitong had already walked to the shore and called me with a frown.

But as if I hadn't heard, I raised the stick high and stabbed it into the water.

The sticks were inserted into the soft sea sand, like a punch into the cotton, which made my heart full of hesitation and powerlessness deeper, and I even felt that even my heartbeat had become a burden, and my ears were filled with the sound of the waves rising and falling, but it seemed to be always mixed with the screams of people, calling for help.

Even crying before dying.

"Ahh

The sound forced me with nowhere to run, and I let out a long, mournful cry, raised my stick and plunged it into the water.

At the same time, Han Zitong's frightened voice also came: "Yue Qingying! ”

I felt only a sharp pain coming from my calf, and immediately, blood came out and stained the surrounding sea red.

There was a splashing sound behind me, and before I turned back, Han Zitong grabbed my arm and pulled me back fiercely, I staggered back, and the cold sea water cut the wound on my calf like a knife, making me shiver in pain.

When I walked to the beach, I saw a cut on my calf from a sharpened wooden thorn, fortunately the wooden thorn was not too sharp, the wound was not deep, but the appearance of blood gurgling out was still shocking, and it quickly dripped down, staining a small patch of white sand red.

"Are you crazy?!"

Han Zitong yelled at me.

I sat there, a little bewildered, panting at the blinding blood-red, and after a long while, I looked up at her, and when I raised my eyes, tears rolled down my eyes as if they had burst the embankment.

"What should I do?"

“……”

"He's all like this, my departed, is it already gone-"

I have lost the strength to be self-contained, and I can only cry when I collapse, Han Zitong seemed to be stunned by my appearance, looked at me stupidly for a while, and subconsciously said: "No." ”

“……”

"I won't—"

Before she could finish her words, I had fallen headlong into her arms, and my whole body trembled like a helpless leaf in the wind and rain.

What to do?

What to do?

My departed son, will she be dead?

My daughter, my only daughter......

It was as if my whole world had collapsed and shattered into ruins, and if even you were gone, there would be nothing left in this world to worry about.

Listening to me crying helplessly like a child, Han Zitong's body stiffened slightly, but finally softened, she stretched out a somewhat cold hand, gently stroked my back, listened to my sad cry, and choked up: "Don't think nonsense." ”

“……”

"Even we'll make it here alive, and we'll be fine with her—she'll be fine!"

“……”

"Don't think about it and think the worst of her."

“……”

"Our Li'er, she is auspicious, she will be fine!"

“……”

"Really! Shouldn't she be a princess? ”

“……”

"She's a princess, a golden branch and a jade leaf, her identity is more noble than you, more than me, and more than anyone else, how can she die like this?"

“……”

"Don't scare yourself, and don't scare me!"

……

In her somewhat clumsy and overwhelmed comfort, it may not be because of her comfort, but because I slowly calmed down my feelings, and I finally regained a little bit of my senses.

Right.

Liu Qinghan's death does not mean that he will definitely suffer misfortune when he leaves.

Whether or not Li'er was really on his ship or not was only an unknown guess until now.

As soon as he woke up, he had to wait until he woke up to know the truth.

Thinking of this, I finally have a little strength to face reality. Slowly propped herself up from Han Zitong's arms, and glanced at her, her face seemed to be a little embarrassed, it should be a gentle comfort to her just now, but after being at a loss for a while, she still said softly: "Don't worry too much." I'll talk about it when I've figured it out. Now that the situation of the child is uncertain, you should freak yourself out first, in case she-" She said this, and she hesitated for a moment, and changed her words, "You are her mother, and you are her greatest dependence." Don't fall until the dust settles on her. ”

I choked up, finally swallowed my tears hard, and nodded, "Hmm." ”

Seeing me like this, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, as if to comfort me, he said, "Now, let's wait for him to wake up." I don't know if he's hurt anything, it doesn't look like-"

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the man lying quietly on the grass, but the words froze for a moment.

I had been soaked in seawater because of the wound on my calf, and I was still a little confused, but I also felt her strangeness, looked at her, and looked in the direction of her gaze: "What-?" ”

This time, I didn't finish my sentence.

Because I saw that the man lying on the grass had slowly opened his eyes.

Han Zitong and I subconsciously glanced at each other, neither of them spoke, but immediately stood up, stumbled, and almost ran towards him.

When we ran to the grass, because it was already wet with the sea water that flowed down from him, we slipped and fell to the ground, and I even hit his arm at once.

He opened his eyes, and his eyes, which were originally somewhat hollow, reflected the blue sky above him, almost godless, but because of this, his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at me in dismay.

The two men looked at each other for a moment.

It was as if he had held a dagger to my neck and met my eyes.

After a while, his somewhat chapped lips opened and closed slightly: "You ......"

"Liu Qinghan!"

"It's ...... you"

"It's me!" I nodded a little anxiously, and looked at him with burning eyes: "Liu Qinghan, you-"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a faint expression on his face that seemed to be smiling.

I was so stunned by his expression that I was silent for a while.

Then, I saw him slowly close his eyes again, and the faint curvature at the corner of his mouth was clearly visible, but it seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind. He let out a long sigh and said softly, "What a strange dream." ”

I froze there for a moment.

He said, "Dreams?"

He thought it was a dream? Did you see me in a dream?

I was a little dumbfounded, staring at him blankly, not knowing what to say.

Even Han Zitong, who was sitting on the side of the wolf, was stunned by the almost transparent smile on his face, and looked at us stupidly for a while.

However, I reacted immediately, reached out and grabbed his arm, and shook it slightly.

Immediately, his handsome eyebrows furrowed.

I shook his arm again, and felt the thick, somewhat cold arm in his hand stiffen slightly, and the next moment, he had opened his eyes, as if he had suddenly woken up from a chaotic dream, and those eyes were already completely clear, looking at me.

"You-"

"Liu Qinghan, it's me."

I looked at him, my face was solemn, and I couldn't help but tighten my breath: "It's not a dream, Zitong and I, and you, we have all come to this island." ”

“……”

He looked at me in amazement, for a while, countless emotions flashed in those eyes, panic, helplessness, fear, dazedness, as if a marquee flashed from his heart, but immediately, he had bent his arms to support his body, and wanted to sit up and see, but his arms seemed to be a little disobedient, and as soon as he stood up, he immediately fell weakly, Han Zitong and I were startled, and both of them hurriedly reached out to help him.

He fell on top of me with a bit of a wolf bèi.

"Don't be in a hurry." I held him a little out of breath, and my voice began to tremble involuntarily: "I don't know if you have been floating on the sea for a long time, but you better not move now, and wait for your body to recover a little before moving." ”

He himself was a little stupid, moved his fingertips, and soon realized that his body was gone, and his body was completely disobedient, leaning on my shoulder and gasping for a while, and did not look back, only whispered: "Thank you." Thank you both. ”

“……”

Han Zitong also stretched out a hand to support him, and his brows furrowed slightly at this time.

And I couldn't wait to ask the question that existed in my heart like a flame, constantly tormenting me: "Liu Qinghan, where is Li'er?" ”

I felt the body stiffen slightly.

The next moment, he turned his head, and I almost felt his breath in the distance, the familiar breath blowing on my neck, but a little disordered: "What? Divorced? ”

My heart thumped.