In the midst of the stirring splash, his whole body was soaked, his messy forehead was entwined between his eyebrows, and when he looked back at me, his bloodshot eyes were full of horror, and he shouted, "Go ashore!" ”

What?

I was stunned for a moment, not even listening to him, but being intimidated by his momentum, and subconsciously took two steps back.

Seeing that I was about to retreat to the shore, another tide came and hit my calves, causing a splash almost to my chin. Suddenly, I felt a stabbing pain in my ankle, as if I had been pricked by something.

"Ahh

I exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stepped back, but because of the resistance of the sea, the whole person staggered and fell on his back.

"Light!"

He shouted, hurriedly patted the water and struggled towards me, and when he saw me fall, he hurriedly reached out and pulled me up. By this time, both of us were soaking wet, he grabbed me with one hand, and walked towards the shore with the other hand around my waist, and the sea water on his face kept gathering, dripping down my chin and falling on my face, and I was almost half-carried by him and walked onto the beach, only to feel the sun above my head dazzling, almost making me a little dizzy.

Feeling a sudden withdrawal from the sea, he and I both fell heavily onto the beach.

He immediately stared at me: "Are you alright?!" ”

I looked at him, a little startled, and said in a trembling voice, "I—my feet—"

"What?!"

"It's like being bitten by something."

His eyes widened.

The next moment, my ankle had been grabbed by him, I had stepped on the sea water for a long time, and the cold skin had sunk into his palm, and the warm body temperature suddenly ironed up, which stimulated my whole body to tremble.

And he, when he saw my ankles, his eyes were red.

I struggled to stand up, and at a glance I could see that on the outside of my ankle, where the screw bone, there was a small, reddish spot, as if someone had pricked me with a needle, but there was no blood, just a little redness.

I don't know if it's my delusion, but when I look at it now, it's a little redder than just now.

And-

I suddenly reacted, and all I felt was shivering with coldness all over my body, and he had already looked up at me, his red eyes full of horror, and asked, "Y-how are you?" ”

"Yes, Peach Blossom Fish?"

“……”

My hand trembled and stretched out to my ankle, and before I could touch the slightest injury, he had already grabbed it, and I looked at him: "Am I stung by a peach blossom fish?" ”

He didn't speak, just looked down at my ankles, and the outline of his cheeks protruded from clenching his teeth.

Sure enough, it was peach blossom fish.

I had seen the peach blossom fish on the beach on that side several times before, but because I dodged it in time, I was not injured, but just now - I finally understood why he did that just now, he must have seen the peach blossom fish, so he suddenly ran into the water to pull me, trying to let me go ashore quickly, but I didn't expect that in such a shallow place, I was still attacked by the peach blossom fish.

Thinking of this, my breath became rapid, and I frowned at my ankles.

In just a few moments, my ankles were already red and swollen.

He also saw it and immediately looked up at me: "How are you feeling now?" ”

I said, "I—"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.

That kind of beating, unlike any previous heartbeat, palpitations, but uncontrollable, fierce cracking, I only felt that my ears were buzzing, and I couldn't hear anything, only the sound of the sea rushing, constantly coming from the depths of my mind, and he was in front of me, looking at me anxiously, saying something loudly, but it seemed to come from a long distance, and the weak voice was completely drowned under the tide.

I could only look at his lips, as if he was shouting my name out loud.

I opened my mouth slightly, "I-"

I was about to say something, but I felt another burst in my chest, as if a hand was pinching my heart, pinching and letting go, almost suffocating me.

And my ankle, the wound the size of a pinprick just now, was now completely red and swollen around it, like a water snake wrapped around my calf, painful and itchy, and as if there were hundreds of needles piercing it.

"Ahh

I let out a long sigh of discomfort.

Liu Qinghan was still saying something to me, but when he heard my cry of pain, he stopped suddenly, looked at me again, suddenly grabbed my ankle, pinched it hard, and splashed the seawater on my ankle with his other hand.

The cold sensation hit me again, suffocating my breath.

I subconsciously curled up: "What are you doing?" ”

He ignored me, but grabbed my hand and pushed harder, while splashing water on my ankles and calves, while scrubbing hard, after a while, the already red and swollen calves were completely red under his palm, and even heated, I looked at him in surprise, only to find that I could gradually hear his voice again.

He wiped it for a while, then turned to look at me, "Are you feeling better?" ”

“……”

My lips trembled, but my tongue felt as if it was frozen, and I couldn't say a word. Breathing was difficult, his heart was beating like thunder, and after that burst of fever, he felt a bone-chilling cold on his body, as if he had suddenly fallen into ice and snow, except for the place where his hand touched him, the other limbs and five bodies had completely lost consciousness.

I looked at him, speechless.

He also looked at me, didn't say anything, reached out and picked me up.

When I fell into his arms, I could only see the sun above my head, a dazzling light that made me almost blind.

After the initial deafness and loss of voice, I suddenly heard a lot of sounds, every leaf in the forest was blown by the wind, every grass was trampled, even his breathing, and the heartbeat under the undulating chest sounded in my ears like thunder, but I couldn't see him clearly, I only felt the sun flickering overhead, and even a colorful halo appeared.

I don't know how long he carried me in the woods, but he finally stopped.

Han Zitong, who was standing in a pile of timber that had already built the rudimentary shape of a grass shed, immediately turned his head when he heard the footsteps, and when he saw him holding me like this, his face immediately changed: "You-"

"Come and help!"

Liu Qinghan yelled and hugged me over.

Han Zitong was stunned for a moment, and immediately noticed my pale face, cramped breathing, and exposed calves that had shown hideous red spots, and gasped in fright: "What's wrong with her?" ”

"She was stung by a peach blossom fish."

Liu Qinghan said as he knelt down and carefully lowered me on the thick haystack.

"Peach Blossom Fish?" When Han Zitong heard this, he immediately said in surprise: "That's it, that kind of poisonous fish?" She's poisoned? ”

"Hmm."

"So, what then?" She immediately panicked, looking at me, who was constantly convulsing and having difficulty breathing, and looked at Liu Qinghan again: "What should I do?" She, is she going to die? ”

He didn't have much expression on his face, just choked his breath after hearing the word "death".

Then, he said, "No." ”

“……”

"She's not going to die."

He said, slowly looking down at me.

At this time, I was already a little blurry, only the familiar outline of him was left in my sight, and those clear eyes, I couldn't even see what his expression was when he said this, only after a long silence, I heard him say: "I won't let her die." ”

Han Zitong also seemed to be stunned for a moment.

She looked down at me, but saw that my breathing was getting more and more cramped, and my face was getting paler and paler, and even the paleness was full of blue and gray, and she was immediately frightened, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" How? ”

Liu Qinghan glanced at my wound again, stood up and said, "You take care of her here first, remember, don't let the sun shine on her wound, otherwise she will be more uncomfortable." I looked around and saw if there were any herbs that could detoxify me. ”

"Oh, good."

Han Zitong nodded hurriedly, he looked at me again, turned around and left.

I was lying on the ground, almost unable to open my eyes due to the dazzling sunlight overhead, only a flickering colorful halo was left in my vision, and from time to time, I would see the shadow cast by Han Zitong, she looked at me eagerly, and walked around me again, as if she wanted to do something, and found that she couldn't do anything, so she couldn't help but stomp her foot heavily.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Qinghan came back.

He had a lot of blades of grass in both hands, and I only glanced at them, and I vaguely recognized the cinnamomum leaves, geranium seeds, golden buckwheat, and even the stilt grass that had no detoxification function at all.

He walked up to me and looked at me, then squatted down, put the blades of grass on both sides of his body, then picked up a few cinan leaves, first pulled down a leaf, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, waited for a while, and then rubbed the leaves vigorously, and when the green juice was kneaded, he carefully applied it to my wound.

My already swollen and numb ankles were gently rubbed by him, and my skin didn't feel anything, but there seemed to be a needle inside, piercing my bone marrow, and I moaned softly.

Han Zitong immediately said, "What's wrong? Does it hurt? ”

“……”

I was speechless, only shook my head subconsciously.

"Doesn't it hurt?"

"......" I shook my head again.

She also panicked, turned back to Liu Qinghan and said, "Are these herbs you picked all detoxifying?" Did it work? ”

Although it was winter now, and the clothes on his body were completely wet with seawater, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, but there was still not much expression on his face, and he only said in a deep voice: "I don't know, I can only try, otherwise she will go on like this-"

With that, he glanced at me.

Han Zitong also glanced at me, and suddenly fear spread in his eyes, and hurriedly said, "Then hurry up!" ”

Although she urged, Liu Qinghan was unhurried, picked up another grass, picked up the leaves, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and then waited for a while.

The wind, blowing through the woods, and blowing on our already soaked clothes, brought a biting chill to the bone, and I shivered like the restless leaves of the forest.

He took a few deep breaths and moved his hands and feet again, Han Zitong turned around and said, "What are you doing?" Not a little faster? ”

He didn't speak, he rubbed the blades of grass and put them on my ankles.

In a short time, I had several herbs on my ankles, and he looked at my face, picked up another nameless blade of grass that I did not recognize, pulled off a leaf, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it.

I just felt a throbbing pain in my chest, and it became more and more difficult to breathe.

Han Zitong looked at him like that, and just wanted to say something, but he heard the sound of me breathing hard, and hurriedly reached out and stroked my chest a few times to help me calm down.

Liu Qinghan didn't speak, just stayed quietly for a while, and then as if relieved, he crushed the few remaining leaves in his hand and applied them to my wound.

"Hmm!"

There was a painful murmur in my throat, but I couldn't say anything, Han Zitong was startled by me, and hurriedly said, "Is she—"

Liu Qinghan was also nervous, and hurriedly came to check my wound, but saw that there was nothing unusual about my injury, but I was struggling subconsciously, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay." ”

With that, he picked up another blade of grass and pulled off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

After a while, another crumpled ball of grass juice was applied to my ankle.

I kept trembling, and even Han Zitong, who was holding my arm, felt it, and she hurriedly turned back to Liu Qinghan and said, "Isn't she very cold?" ”

"Hmm. Anyone who is stung by a peach blossom fish will be very cold. You, go and light a fire for her! ”

"Good!"

Han Zitong agreed, turned around and ran, and without her comfort, I trembled even more, my teeth bumped and made a gurgling sound, Liu Qinghan listened, reached out and gently grabbed my chin and looked at my mouth, to make sure that I was not cramping and biting my tongue, he breathed a sigh of relief and picked up another blade of grass.

I gritted my teeth and slowly lifted a hand.

He had lowered his head and plucked a leaf, and was about to put it in his mouth, when he saw me raise his hand, he was immediately startled, hurriedly leaned over, and said, "How are you?" Doesn't it hurt anymore? Did it work? ”

“……”

I didn't speak, just gritted my teeth to support the hand, and struggled to lift it up to his face.

He looked at me and was stunned for a moment.

That hand, which had reached his cheek, kept trembling in the wind, like a puppet with only a traction line left, and maybe it would fall down the next moment, but I still tried to support myself, and I forgot to breathe.

He looked at me with wide eyes, and the cold mask shone in the sun, shining with a cold light, and it also pierced my eyes at this moment, almost stinging my soul.

He stiffened for a long time, and finally slowly lowered his head.

My fingertips finally touched his face.

The cold fingertips, the cold cheeks, the moment they touched it, it seemed as if a flame had been struck, and I even felt him tremble violently.

At the same time, I twitched his mouth with all my might.

"Smack"

It was a soft thud, but it was like a thunderclap, and it shook him and I to froze.

And after this moment, I could no longer support my consciousness, and the whole person suddenly fainted.

In the dark, I seemed to be choked by someone, and for a moment it seemed to be dragged to the bottom of the sea by countless black hands, no matter how I breathed, the sea water desperately poured into my mouth and nose, suffocating me.

It's uncomfortable!

I subconsciously wanted to struggle, but I found that my hands and feet did not look like my own, and I couldn't even move, so I could only let the sea drown me, and let the countless black hands grab my stinging ankles and pull me into the bottomless abyss.

Help me!

Just when I wanted to call for help, but I couldn't, a voice came from my ear.

"She looks very uncomfortable, she won't die, will she?"

“……”

"Are those herbs of yours useful?"

“……”

"You don't know those herbs, could they be poisonous too?"

“…… Not poisonous. ”

A slightly cold, even cold voice sounded in my ears, stabbing me suddenly, my whole body trembled, and I opened my eyes at once.

Han Zitong, who was guarding the side, immediately came up, and she looked at me with a surprised face: "How are you?" ”

I looked at her for a moment, a little confused, and then rolled my eyes.

Another familiar silhouette slowly came into my sight, and the expression on his face was almost as cold as the voice I had heard before, except for the half of the mask that was illuminated by the firelight, reflecting a little orange and warm light.

"How are you?"

Han Zitong stepped forward a little: "Is it better?" ”

I looked at her, trying to say something, but I didn't even have the strength to open my mouth.

Han Zitong saw me like this, and he was anxious again, turned back to Liu Qinghan and said, "How is she now?" Is there something wrong or is it okay? ”

Liu Qinghan only looked at me from a distance and not closely, and there were three deep furrows in the center of his eyebrows.

But he didn't say a word.

Unable to get his answer, Han Zitong hurriedly looked back at me again, reached out to pick up my head and gently stroked my face, and shook my shoulder again: "Where do you hurt?" Still uncomfortable? You tell me. ”

“……”

It's uncomfortable, the whole body is very uncomfortable, but the really injured ankle has completely lost sensation, only the red ecchymosis and blisters along the calf all the way up the tingling sensation from time to time, but these are not the most important, the most important thing is that after being shaken by her a few times, I only felt cold sweat gushing out like a tide, and a sullen feeling suddenly rose in my chest, as if-

"Gross!"

I vomited all at once.

Han Zitong was so frightened that he fell backwards: "Ahhh ”

The next moment, I was violently held by a hand.

It's Liu Qinghan.

He held my head with one hand and my chin with the other, so that the filth that he had just vomited did not get on his face, but his hands were stained with the filth that I had protruded.

"Vomit, vomit—"

It was already night, and I hadn't eaten all day, and there was almost nothing to vomit, and all that came out was yellow-green bile, which made me even more uncomfortable and curled up, and my abdomen seemed to be beaten hard inside, and I was shaking in pain.

After two mouthfuls of vomiting, I really didn't have anything to vomit on, so I could only keep retching.

Han Zitong sat aside in a daze, and only then moved over at this time, glanced at Liu Qinghan's hand, and couldn't help showing a disgusted and disgusting look on his face, but he still said to me with concern: "How are you?" Still uncomfortable? ”

I closed my eyes in a hurry, and after a while I opened them again, and I felt him slowly put me back on the ground, and the stained hand folded behind my back, and the other hand picked up the corner of my coat and wiped the corner of my mouth.

Han Zitong asked him, "What's wrong with her?" ”

"Anyone who is poisoned by the peach blossom fish will be like this."

“…… So, what about her now? Is it okay after throwing up? ”

Liu Qinghan didn't answer, just looked at me with a deep brow.

The feeling of nausea was still churning in my chest, but because there was really nothing to vomit, the uncomfortable feeling lingered in my body, and the cold sweat on my forehead fell down like beads of broken thread, and in a few moments it soaked my clothes and the straw mat underneath me.

"She hadn't eaten all day today, and she couldn't throw up, so it was so uncomfortable," he said. I'll go find something for her to eat. ”

Han Zitong said: "It's so late, where are you going to find it?" ”

"I'll go to the beach."

"But—"

"You take good care of her."

After speaking, he didn't wait for Han Zitong to say anything more, he had already stood up, only glanced at me, and turned to leave.

Han Zitong watched his back disappear into the forest quickly, a little angry, and looked back at me, looking helpless, not knowing what to do. I slowly closed my eyes again, but even in the deep darkness, the feeling of dizziness was still very strong, as if I was not lying on the ground at all, but being torn the cusp of the storm, and even the constant pain in my calf began to become intense.

The breathing, which was already a little rapid, became difficult again.

At this time, I heard Han Zitong's anxious voice sounding on the side: "What the hell is going on!" ”

"You, you must not die, you die, I don't know what to do."

"That person, don't tell me clearly, just look at you like this all night, and don't say whether there is a detoxification or not, in case you really-"

"Don't die."

After a while, she gently took my hand.

Although she was already a little numb, she was unexpectedly feeling her hands trembling constantly, and there seemed to be some cold sweat in her palms.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and in the dizzy darkness, I fell silent.

This night, like half asleep and half awake, and half unconscious and half awake, I sometimes heard her low sigh, sometimes heard the gentle cry in the wind, sometimes heard the rustling of leaves, sometimes heard the roar of the waves at an extra high level, I don't know how long it has been, and even, I don't know what year of emptiness it is.

When I finally had the strength to open my eyes, I realized that it was already dawning.

A faint, milky morning light cast through the gaps in the foliage, and even a thick mist could be seen all around, but there was no one around.

Han Zitong is not there.

Even, Liu Qinghan, is not there.