"Waiter?"
"What are you doing here? Didn't you go to the Northwest to join the army?"
This has left Li Si completely bewildered.
Is this some kind of tourist destination? Why are all the people here familiar faces?
How could he possibly run into his cousin, who lives in Guangzhou, in this godforsaken place? What kind of fate is this?
"And me too."
Jiang Yu, Fu Jingcheng, and Shen Ren are all acquaintances.
Jiang Yu and Fu Jingcheng are the younger brothers of a close friend. Due to his father's influence, Jiang Yu sometimes needs to deal with his father in business matters.
"Wait, why are you all all gathered together?" This really stumped Li Si.
Moreover, none of them had the arrogant demeanor they once displayed.
“Our families were afraid we’d be ruined, so they sent us directly to the army. Who knew we’d all be assigned to the same unit? We’re all soldiers under Deputy Regiment Commander Chu now. It was Deputy Regiment Commander Chu who led the team to rescue you this time.”
Jiang Yu touched his nose, a little embarrassed, and said, "This Brother Li is one of the more successful people in his generation. Actually, they recognized him when they were looking for missing persons, as well as Brother Gu."
When he spoke of Chu Xingyue, his tone was filled with undisguised pride.
Li Si was shocked when he heard Jiang Yu call Chu Xingyue "Deputy Regiment Commander Chu". How old is this little An'an? When their leader retired, he was only a full regiment commander. This girl is already a deputy regiment commander now?
Seeing Li Si staring at Chu Xingyue in shock, Li Le spoke.
"Brother, our Deputy Regiment Commander Chu is very capable. Don't underestimate her. This time, the higher-ups ordered the deputy regiment commander to personally lead us on this mission."
It gets dark early on the mountain, especially on the other side. A group of people gathered around a campfire, sharing their feelings.
"I'm sorry, I underestimated you before. I hope you're not angry."
Li Si stood up and bowed solemnly to Chu Xingyue.
"It's okay, Brother Li, could you tell us about how you went missing?"
Chu Xingyue didn't care about these small details; she just wanted to know how Gu Yanci and the others fell into the ice.
“At the time, we were walking very carefully, very carefully. I don’t know if we stepped on the wrong step or if something went wrong, but one of our brothers suddenly lost his footing. My brother happened to be next to him and reached out to pull him up. By the time I realized what was happening, all I could hear was someone telling me not to come down. My brother cut the rope around his waist, otherwise we would all have fallen. We could only watch helplessly from above. All our communication devices were malfunctioning, and we couldn’t contact anyone at all. What happened next was the fight between me and the search and rescue team that you saw.”
"Those bastards, if I hadn't been so tired and hungry, I would have beaten them to a pulp." Li Si was furious just thinking about those bastards.
"Don't worry, I'll report this to my superiors after I get down the mountain."
Seeing Li Si's childish actions, Chu Xingyue quickly spoke up to comfort him.
Do you remember the location of the ice layer?
"I remember, I remember, I can't forget. I want to go down, but I'm afraid someone might come and not know where it is. I don't want to go down and cause trouble instead of saving my brother."
Li Si nodded quickly.
"After you finish eating tonight, get some rest. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning. Don't worry, we'll definitely rescue Gu Yanci."
"Li Le, you and Xia Yiyang will sleep with Li Si tonight, just in case you can't sleep soundly at night."
The two responded.
The fire outside crackled and popped, while the few people inside the tent took the opportunity to rest, knowing that tomorrow might be a tough battle.
"Hmm," Chu Jiaojiao stretched out of her sleeping bag.
"Awake?"
Chu Xingyue, already dressed, was packing her backpack.
"An'an, you're already up?"
"It's still early, want to sleep a little longer?"
"I'm not sleeping anymore, I'm getting up!" After rolling around in her sleeping bag a couple of times, the little girl quickly got dressed and packed her backpack.
Stepping out of the tent and looking up, I saw sunlight filtering through the mountains on the other side, while it was still dimly lit on this side.
One by one, everyone got up, tidied themselves up, and ate a simple breakfast. Chu Xingyue led the group out, and under Li Si's guidance, they quickly found the vicinity of the ice layer where Gu Yanci had fallen.
When Li Si lifted his leg to go over, he was immediately stopped by Chu Xingyue.
"Don't go there yet. The ice here may have been shaken when Gu Yanci fell in. Don't take the risk."
"I'll go take a look first. You all stay here and don't move."
Chu Xingyue took off her backpack and put it on the ground. She was tied to the rope that connected her to everyone else, and slowly walked forward, taking each step carefully, afraid of breaking the ice.
Chu Xingyue carefully probed the path ahead with her ice pick when she suddenly heard the sound of the ice cracking. She immediately stopped.
The people waiting behind clenched their fists when they saw Chu Xingyue's actions.
Chu Xingyue is now in a dilemma; she can't move forward, and she can't move backward either.
This ice was bound to crack sooner or later, and to prevent the cracks from getting bigger, Chu Xingyue didn't think much of it and turned around to shout, "Hold the ropes tight!"
He raised his hand and used the ice pick to smash right through the ice he was standing on.
This was also due to Chu Xingyue's strength. If it were anyone else, they really wouldn't be able to do anything and would have to wait for the ice to completely crack and fall down together.
The others behind her had been prepared since Chu Xingyue spoke, and their hearts tightened when they saw her actions.
"Lower it down." Chu Xingyue's voice came from below.
The group exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief.
The rope was lowered slowly until no sound could be heard.
It was a good thing that the ice layer that Chu Xingyue broke broke, as it shattered right at the edge of the mountain; otherwise, it would still be impossible to walk on the rest of the way.
Chu Jiaojiao lay on the edge of the mountainside, looking down.
"Sis, is it safe down there?"
There was no sound coming from below, and everyone was getting impatient. Just as Chu Jiaojiao was about to lose her patience, the rope beside her moved a few times.
"Did I see that right?" Chu Jiaojiao blinked her pretty eyes and asked the people behind her.
As Chu Jiaojiao spoke, the rope moved a few more times.
"I didn't see wrong, I didn't see wrong, the rope really moved. Did you all see that?" Chu Jiaojiao pulled on the rope.
"It must be my sister who said it was safe down there and told us to go down."
"I'll go down first, you guys follow."
Li Le was the last to go down. "Brother, I'll go first."
"You all go down, I'll stay up here and wait for your good news. Be careful."
If they all go down, there will be no one left up here. He doesn't trust anyone else to take care of him, and he hopes that his sister An'an can bring his brother back up safely.
Chu Xingyue didn't go far from the edge of the ice layer and kept an eye on it.
There was a commotion coming from above. First came Chu Jiaojiao, then Xia Yiyang, and then Jiang Yu. They all came down one by one.
When Li Le came down last, Chu Xingyue knew that Li Le must have stayed up there, which was for the best.
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