Gu Huai studied for a while, but in the end, he couldn't get the extinguished bracelet to light up again.

He shook his head, his tone flat: "It's probably really broken." ”

After saying that, he was about to ask Ning Yi to take off the broken bracelet, but he unexpectedly bumped into a pair of red eyes with tears.

Ning Yi's teary eyes widened, and his tone was choked: "I'm sorry......"

"I've been dragging you back......"

Ning Yu's tears rippled, her face was delicate and porcelain-white, but the tip of her nose and eyes were red, which added a sense of fragility to this pure and lovely face.

Gu Huai's steady tone was rare panic, but he had never gotten along with a girl like this, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to squeeze out a sentence: "I...... I don't blame you. ”

Hearing his words, Ning Yi raised his white and delicate neck, opened a pair of teary eyes, and grabbed his hand unconsciously with both hands.

The sudden cool and soft touch made Gu Huai, who had never been in close contact with the opposite sex, feel like electricity, and the numbness spread through the back of his hand to his limbs.

He took two steps back unnaturally, dodging her touch.

His eyelashes drooped, fluttering slightly, and he whispered away from the subject: "It's almost night, let's ...... Let's set up our tent first. ”

Ning Yi stared at his flustered and stiff back, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked.

The shredded flames jumped on her face, like a sultry goblin.

Although Gu Huai was distracted by her actions just now, he also knew that this was wrong, so he thought about letting the two of them set up a tent and go back to rest to reduce the time they spent meeting and getting along.

But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes.

He was setting up a tent when he saw Ning Yu coming over with a depressed expression: "The tent in my bag ...... It seems to be broken. ”

After Gu Huai saw it, he frowned.

How did this tent be marked out with such a big opening?

"What should I do?"

Ning Yi's voice was low, with pity and innocence at a loss, and muttered: "The bracelet is also broken, and I can't call anyone......"

Gu Huai was silent for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Why don't you ...... We live in the same place? ”

When he said this, he kept his eyes down, so he didn't see the smile that flashed in Ning Yi's tearful eyes after hearing his words.

The two of them set up the only tent together and spread the mats in it.

Gu Huai felt that it was not appropriate to stay inside with Ning Yi so early, so he came out first: "I'm not sleepy yet, let's roast the fire outside for a while before going in." ”

Who knew that Ning Yi also nodded, and his tone agreed: "It's just right, I'm not sleepy either." ”

As he spoke, he followed him and bowed out of the tent.

Gu Huai had no choice but to sit by the fire with her.

The two of them were relatively silent, and for a moment there was only the faint crackling sound of the fire burning in front of them.

Of course, Ning Yi would not let it sit like this, so he took the initiative to provoke the conversation: "You are so powerful, you can set up a tent and make a fire." ”

"Is it because you used to go camping a lot, so you're so experienced?"

Gu Huai shook his head, his eyes staring at the burning fire: "No, my family is strictly controlled, and I have only gone out to camp once since I was a child." ”

Ning Yi knew in his heart, he was born in the royal family, and he was the only son of the duke, and his every move must be guarded by special bodyguards.

She smiled and took over: "Isn't it even more powerful that you have learned this field knowledge so well just once?" ”

Listening to her words, Gu Huai didn't answer for a long time.

Just when Ning Yi couldn't understand why this was so, he suddenly turned his face, and his dark eyes fell on hers.

"You...... Do you really not remember? ”

Such a reaction was really beyond Ning Yi's expectations, she looked at him, and the smile on the corner of her lips stiffened slightly.

The firelight moved happily on his handsome and brilliant white face, and also on the pale tear mole that was very cold and precious under his eyes.

Something flashed from his mind, Ning Yu's eyes flashed, and he fell into thought.

Seeing her appearance, Gu Huai's always cold face had an imperceptible smile on it, and reminded: "When I was at your doorstep, you saved me. ”

Gu Huai's voice mixed with the picture of the encounter many years ago poured into Ning Yi's mind.

……

More than ten years ago, Gu Huai, who was quite supervised by the family, was still young, and ran away from home with only a hiking bag on his back, worried that he would be found soon, so he simply hid in a wooded mountain forest with complex terrain, and it was also during this time that he learned many survival skills alone.

He escaped the search of a large number of people sent by his family, but after they left, he also encountered a dilemma: the night wind in the mountains and forests was cold, the dew was damp, and he did not bring enough clothing to defend himself.

At that time, he had a high fever and was weak, but he had run out of food.

Exhausted, he finally woke up after a day of sleeping in his tent.

The desire to survive made him walk out of the mountains and forests with great perseverance.

On the verge of fainting, he tried to find someone to ask for help, but he was so weak that he was covered in mud, and no one believed that he was the only son that the Duke had been looking for.

Not only that, but he was also teased by a group of naughty children who picked up the rubble on the ground and hit him.

Eventually, he ran into a deep, dark alley to escape their pursuit.

Exhausted, he fainted on the bluestone alley.

It was then that he experienced for the first time what despair was.

Just as he was about to faint, a figure with a schoolbag walked into his sight.

The girl was about seven or eight years old, about his age, dressed in a washed and faded cotton skirt and carrying an unfittingly bulky school bag.

But despite this, it still does not damage her youthful and beautiful facial features.

Ning Yi remembered that she met him one evening after school, and a boy about her age fell not far from his door.

Because his clothes were covered with mud and tears, and the wounds that were exposed seemed to be bleeding.

She had never seen such a scene when she was young, and she didn't know what to do with it for a while, she tightened her handbag strap, ran to her door, and called her mother while banging on the door.

But no one answered for a long time, and then she noticed a post-it note on the door.

The handwriting is sloppy, just like Ning Pei's perfunctory and irresponsible attitude to her over the years-

I have something to go out for a few days, you guard the house, there are fifty yuan on the table, save some flowers.

Ning Yi's immature little face revealed a deep loneliness, but there was not much panic.

She's used to it.

It doesn't matter, she can do it on her own.

Thinking like this, Ning Yu skillfully pulled out the spare key under the flower pot, inserted it into the lock hole and opened the door.

Just as she was about to walk in, she turned her head to look at the boy who had fallen not far from her door.

It was also this glance that gave her sympathetic compassion to overcome her fear.

She took him home and used the money left by Ning Pei to buy fever medicine and food for him.