Chapter 634: Snuggle for Warmth, Waiting for the College Entrance Examination (Two Updates in One)
The man's voice was deep and magnetic, and his breath was as hot as fire.
Spraying it on your ears feels like an ant biting you.
Jiang Fuyue subconsciously shrank her neck and muttered softly, "What does it have to do with me if you want to accuse me of something?"
Xie Dingyuan sighed softly, his eyes filled with worry: "Of course it's your business, it's because you're so beautiful."
Jiang Fuyue's cheeks flushed, which was rare for her, and she suddenly closed her eyes: "I'm sleepy."
"Well, get a good night's sleep and you can go out tomorrow."
"What if I can't get out?"
"I'll get out." The steady voice had a soothing magic.
"good."
…
Scenic area, lobby.
Uniformed police officers were lined up in two rows, with police dogs on standby.
All the special police officers in Linhuai North District were dispatched, and the search operation began quickly at the command.
Soon it disappeared into the vast night.
Civilian search and rescue teams also took their positions. Although they lacked the uniformity of the former, the tools at hand and the equipment they carried all demonstrated their professionalism.
"Let's get started, brothers—"
"yes!"
The three teams radiated in the southwest, northwest and west directions respectively.
"Oh my goodness, who are these two missing people? Even the SWAT team is mobilized!"
"I heard it was Professor Xie."
"Which Professor Xie?"
"Who else are you talking about Professor Xie? Nova virus, C99 vaccine."
"Oh my god! It's him! Please don't let anything happen to him. Our country can't do without him. Whether it's biological defense or chemical warfare, half of the country depends on him!"
"Isn't it? If anything happens to this person, the whole of China will be shaken."
"Let's all work hard and find the person as soon as possible. This will be a contribution to the country and the people."
"Hurry up then!"
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
Both sides set out together.
Ling Qingzhou stood in front of the window and took in the entire scene.
Yi Hansheng: "Don't worry, with Xie Dingyuan here, she will be fine."
After a while, I heard him hum softly, "Where are the three little ones?"
"I followed the team to help."
Ling Qingzhou's brows tightened: "Nonsense!"
Yi Hansheng sneered: "That's easy to say, why don't you try to stop one? Can you stop him?"
“…”
"As the saying goes, it's better to let them go than to block them. Instead of letting them try every possible way to escape, it might be better to let them go. Maybe they can really help."
"I'm afraid I wasn't able to help and ended up causing a lot of trouble."
Yi Hansheng rolled his eyes: "Your son is much more useful than you think. Don't think that you are the only one who can do it. You can handle things. The younger ones are not bad either."
…
In the second half of the night, the temperature dropped again and again.
Jiang Fuyue leaned on the man's chest, and her originally comfortable sleeping position slowly curled up until she curled into a ball.
The man who was originally in a light sleep suddenly opened his eyes and found that the girl in his arms was trembling.
His eyes suddenly stern: "Jiang Fuyue?"
“…” No response.
"Jiang Fuyue!" he continued to call.
Still no.
"Jiang Fuyue! Can you hear me? Wake up!"
Finally, "…Huh? What's wrong?"
"Open your eyes and look at me."
Jiang Fuyue struggled to open her eyelids, but her pupils were dizzy. "You, called me?"
"You're shaking."
"It's okay, I'm just... a little cold."
The man subconsciously hugged her tighter, and suddenly his expression froze: "You have a fever!"
“…No wonder I feel so weak and powerless.”
"Don't sleep yet." Xie Dingyuan pretended to get up.
Jiang Fuyue grabbed his waist, a completely subconscious action, just like grabbing a hot water bottle that was about to be snatched away in the middle of winter, or the only popsicle in her hand in the scorching summer. It would be more appropriate to describe it as a conditioned reflex -
"what you do?"
The man looked helpless: "I'm not leaving, I just want to check your legs."
If the high fever is caused by wound inflammation, it will be troublesome.
"Why, you can't bear to leave me?"
Jiang Fuyue withdrew her hand in dismay and argued, "I just can't bear to part with the warmth of your body."
"Oh, that means you can't bear to leave me."
"You are so shameless." The tone was weak and the lethality was almost zero.
Xie Dingyuan smiled, a hint of joy in his eyes: "I think you look better when you say one thing and mean another."
Jiang Fuyue: “…” Listen, is this what a serious person should say?
The professor's character is completely ruined.
Xie Dingyuan stood up and walked straight to the girl's feet. Because her trouser legs were only rolled up to a limited extent, he could not see the condition of her entire left leg.
He was afraid there were other wounds, so he was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Can you take off your pants?"
Jiang Fuyue was drowsy and almost fell asleep again, but when she heard these words, her sleepiness disappeared immediately and she woke up suddenly.
"What did you say?!"
"You can only check the whole leg after you take off your pants. Now you can only see the calf, so..."
Jiang Fuyue gritted her teeth: "Do I have to take it off?"
Xie Dingyuan: "Yeah."
"...Then take it off."
The man was startled: "Me?"
"Yeah, I'm like this now, do you think I can take off my pants by myself?"
Xie Dingyuan: “…Oh.”
Ten minutes later, the man carefully pulled the girl's left leg out of her trouser leg.
Her skin is fair, her body is even, and there is not a trace of fat.
If it weren't for the bruised knees and red, swollen ankles, this would be a perfect work of art.
It warms to the touch and feels delicate and smooth.
Xie Dingyuan carefully checked every part and made sure there were no obvious external injuries, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Fuyue half raised her head: "How is it?"
"It's not an inflammation of the wound, just a common fever."
Jiang Fuyue also breathed a sigh of relief. She knew very well what consequences would result from wound inflammation in such an environment.
In serious cases, the burnt person may become a moron or even require amputation.
"Then help me put on my pants."
"……oh."
The man worked tirelessly to help her put on her pants, being very gentle and careful to avoid any injuries as much as possible.
When he pulled it up, he unexpectedly touched her thigh, and the slippery touch made the man's heart skip a beat.
It was freezing cold, with the temperature dropping to more than ten degrees below zero, but he was still sweating profusely.
"……alright."
"Thanks."
“…”
Jiang Fuyue hugged her arms tightly, her whole body trembling from the cold. Seeing the man standing there motionless like a brick, she couldn't help but urge him, "Lie back down!"
Xie Dingyuan was shocked.
Jiang Fuyue looked puzzled: "?"
What is he doing?
Finally adjusting his breathing and suppressing the surging heat in his body, Xie Dingyuan stood up, returned to his original position, and lay down next to Jiang Fuyue.
The girl automatically snuggled into his arms.
The moment the warmth hit her, she sighed with satisfaction.
Then……
The man's body, which had just relaxed, stiffened again.
Although there were no external injuries, the fever continued.
Jiang Fuyue felt her eyelids drooping uncontrollably. Xie Dingyuan kept whispering in her ear, "Don't sleep. Let's continue asking questions, okay?"
“…”
"Jiang Fuyue?!"
“…”
"Open your eyes."
"Xie Dingyuan, you're so noisy."
The man breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you smooth out the hair on the coconut?"
"What?"
Xie Dingyuan: "Imagine a sphere with a hairy surface. Can you comb all the hairs flat without leaving any tufts like a cockscomb or hair-like swirls?[1]"
Jiang Fuyue blinked, "...I can't."
"Why?"
"I guessed."
"You guessed right then."
Jiang Fuyue: "Why can't all the hair be combed flat? Is it related to... topology?"
"Hmm. Hair ball theorem, have you heard of it?"
"Brouwer?"
"Yes." Xie Dingyuan nodded: "To put it in mathematical terms, on the surface of a sphere,
It is impossible for a continuous unit vector field to exist. Extending this to higher-dimensional spaces means that for any even-dimensional sphere, a continuous unit vector field does not exist. [1]”
Jiang Fuyue: "If we apply this to meteorology, since wind speed and direction are continuous across the Earth's surface, the hairy ball theorem shows that there will always be a place on Earth where the wind speed is zero."
Xie Dingyuan: "So, cyclones and eye of the storm are inevitable."
"It's your turn." He reminded softly.
Jiang Fuyue shook her head: "Let's not play this anymore. Can you warm my hands for me?"
"Okay." The man said without hesitation.
A warm big palm held her hands, which were still covered with blood and dirt, put them to her mouth and breathed gently.
Jiang Fuyue was afraid of touching his mouth, so she moved back slightly.
The next second, Xie Dingyuan held him down and dragged him back forcibly: "Don't move."
"Hey, don't get too close, my hands are dirty..."
The man raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "I don't mind, what are you afraid of?"
Jiang Fuyue: “…”
The man's palms were warm, and he rubbed them while breathing on them. Then he asked, "Are you warm?"
"No." Jiang Fuyue shook her head.
He continued to repeat the previous action: "Is it better?"
Jiang Fuyue still shook her head.
He continued again, over and over again, without getting tired of it.
Not only that, he would ask every time and would only continue after hearing the girl's answer.
Jiang Fuyue knew that he was afraid that she would fall asleep.
"...Now?"
"Yeah, it's warm." Jiang Fuyue nodded, staring at him with a smile on her lips.
…
As time passed, the moonlight gradually dimmed and the temperature in the cave dropped again.
For people with fever, this is like adding insult to injury.
An abnormal blush began to appear on Jiang Fuyue's cheeks.
"Are you cold?" Xie Dingyuan asked for the nth time.
"Cold." Jiang Fuyue nodded, her eyebrows curved.
"Are you still laughing?"
"Or should I cry?"
“…”
Xie Dingyuan could only laugh along, and then silently hugged her tighter.
"I want to take a nap, is that okay?" Jiang Fuyue asked, her watery black eyes blinking slightly.
She was more obedient than ever before in front of him.
The man's heart softened: "Okay, I'll protect you."
Jiang Fuyue curled her lips slightly, then closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.
She didn't sleep well that night. She woke up from time to time, and fell drowsy from time to time. Occasionally, she had dreams. The dreams were bizarre, but every time she opened her eyes, she would be stared at and paid attention to by a pair of dark pupils, letting her know that there was someone always by her side.
At that moment, all the panic and fear, confusion and anxiety receded like the tide, and an unprecedented calmness and peace filled my heart.
Jiang Fuyue seemed to have never said that Xie Dingyuan had beautiful eyes.
The black and white are clearly distinguished, just like the alternation between night and day, and the boundary between deep and shallow.
It took the best of nature and countless brilliance to finally condense into a pair of eyes that blend coldness and loneliness, depth and solemnity.
In a daze, she grabbed his hand.
He murmured, "Xie Dingyuan, wait until the college entrance examination is over..."
The man paused: "What?"
Unfortunately, she fell asleep again.
After the college entrance examination, what next?
What is she going to do?
…
When he woke up again, he saw a white light in front of his eyes, which made Jiang Fuyue's eyes hurt.
She subconsciously half-closed her eyes to adapt to the sudden brightness.
"Awake?" A familiar voice came into my ears.
She suddenly raised her eyes and met the man's smiling gaze.
"What time is it?"
"Ten o'clock in the morning."
"I slept for so long?!" Jiang Fuyue was shocked.
"Not bad," he said.
"Then I will..."
Xie Dingyuan smiled and said, "The fever has subsided, and the swelling on the ankle has gone down. He's in good physical condition."
Jiang Fuyue tried to sit up, and the man reached out to support her lower back.
"Huh? Look, there seems to be something written on the stone wall opposite? It's blocked by vines."
Xie Dingyuan gestured for her to sit down and he stood up to check.
"What is it?"
“The charcoal drawings are well-preserved because they are protected from the wind and sun by the vines.”
Jiang Fuyue exclaimed, "Ah?" "Painting?"
Who would have the leisure to paint in a place like this?
"What did you draw?"
Xie Dingyuan: "Wait, let me finish reading first..."
Ten minutes later.
Jiang Fuyue was itching to see it herself if she could, but unfortunately her legs were not so convenient that she even had difficulty standing up.
"Have you finished reading it?"
Xie Dingyuan turned around.
Jiang Fuyue didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that his eyes seemed to be brighter than before, and they shone brightly.
"W-What happened?"
Xie Dingyuan walked back, sat down, and patted his right shoulder.
Jiang Fuyue didn't understand: "What for?"
The man's mouth tightened: "... Come closer."
“…”
Well, she leaned back in again, just like before.
Well, save effort.
Jiang Fuyue couldn't wait: "What's drawn on the wall? A treasure map, a martial arts manual? Or a medical book? A shocking secret?"
The man's mouth twitched: "You think too much."
"What is that?"
"A story."
"?"
Xie Dingyuan: "Many years ago, a man and a woman were also trapped in a cave like this. It was very cold at night, and the woman had a fever. The man kept talking to her, trying to prevent her from falling asleep..."
"Isn't this me and you?"
"Ahem... kind of similar. But the woman's condition seems more serious. It's an infected wound because there's blood on the ground."
Jiang Fuyue: "Then?"
"The man told her a ghost story to keep her awake."
Jiang Fuyue's scalp tightened.
"Why, are you scared?"
"You're the one who's scared," Jiang Fuyue pouted. "I'm just curious why you told me ghost stories instead of other stories."
Xie Dingyuan shook his head: "I don't know, it's not mentioned on the mural."
"What's next?"
“No more.”
"Ah? That's it?"
I felt lonely listening to it.
"And what about the ending?"
"In the end, the man and woman escaped successfully, and they also left a name and a legend for the cave."
"What's the name?"
"Yin Yang Cave."
Jiang Fuyue: "What about the legend?"
Xie Dingyuan: "Legend has it that as long as lovers are together, they will be happy forever."
Two updates together, 4,000 words.
The murals left in the cave are left by the hero and heroine of the author's previous novel "Mr. Quan, Please Take Care of Me". They make a small cameo appearance here and I recommend everyone to go and check it out ~ It's right next door!
References: [1]antares. Hairy ball theorem[J]. Inside and outside the classroom (Science Fans), 2019(Z1):70-71.
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