sleeping outdoors
"Old Qiu, how about a black butterfly? It looks pretty good too!" Ye Jing'an took a few photos.
"That kind is useless. It's too weak to practice Gu." Qiu Zimu followed the video and found the small shrub where he saw the ghost butterfly. He searched all around but didn't see any trace of the ghost butterfly, not even other butterflies or red flowers.
"Not here." Qiu Zimu looked at Liu Muzhe for help.
"It really depends on chance. There's nothing I can do. The Gu Master I was traveling with at the time was famous for his power, and we couldn't find it no matter how hard we tried," said Liu Muzhe.
"The place is so big, let's look for it again." Ye Jing'an patted Qiu Zimu's shoulder, "Let's go and find that anchor and see where he is playing tricks."
The three of them followed the direction the host in the video was going. Qiu Zimu used a bug net to catch insects as he walked, and he actually caught some good poisonous insects, which were not rare things.
The afternoon sun shone a little, and although the leaves were dense, a few rays of sunlight still filtered through. The temperature rose a bit, the insects around became more active, and a few butterflies fluttered through the trees.
"It's almost sunset. Should we go back?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"It will take a long time to go back and come back tomorrow." Qiu Zimu said.
"You're staying here?" Ye Jing'an asked in surprise. "There's nothing in the tent. Where are we going to sleep?"
"In a tree." Qiu Zimu said, "You've never slept before?"
Ye Jingan choked. The way he slept, the two-meter-long bed was not big enough for him to turn over. He would sleep at the head of the bed and wake up at the foot of the bed. If he slept in a tree, he might not be able to see the sun tomorrow. Ye Jingan said, "Let's go back. It's not safe to sleep outside at night!"
"It's safe. I've slept there several times and nothing happened." Qiu Zimu said.
"..." Ye Jing'an looked at Liu Muze pitifully and asked, "Brother Liu, what do you think?"
"I can do anything." Liu Muzhe said.
"Brother Liu, please stay for one night. I want to look for it tomorrow." Qiu Zimu also looked at him pitifully.
"Uh..." Liu Muzhe looked at the two people in a dilemma, "Tell me after you have discussed it."
Ye Jingan and Qiu Zimu looked at each other.
"go back!"
"Leave!"
"Rock, paper, scissors." Qiu Zimu said.
"Are you childish?" Ye Jing'an sneered, "Let's fight, and whoever wins will be the boss."
"Do you have any shame?" Qiu Zimu said, "I've never beaten you since I was a child."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"You go back, I'll stay, Brother Liu can do whatever he wants." Qiu Zimu said.
Seeing that this contradiction was directed at him again, Liu Muze said helplessly: "Walk forward, I remember there is a cave where we can stay overnight."
"You should have said so earlier." Ye Jingan smiled, "It's suitable, as long as we don't sleep in the tree."
“…”
As the sky gradually darkened, the high-pitched and melodious calls of the Great Woodpecker gradually ceased, replaced by the calls of the Ghost Owl and the Wood Owl, which sounded scary.
There seemed to be a faint yellow light in the distance, and the three of them quickened their pace. At first, Ye Jingan thought someone was making a fire to keep warm, but when he got closer, he found that it was not a flickering flame, but an ordinary light.
“Isn’t that the anchor?”
"Let's go and take a look."
When I got closer, I saw a yellow tent with a light on inside.
"Is anyone inside?" Qiu Zimu patted the tent. "It seems no one is inside."
"He went to the toilet." Ye Jingan looked around and didn't see anyone. Then he thought it was wrong. In this desolate mountain area, he could just go to the toilet there. There was no need to go too far away from the tent. "Fuck, he didn't die in there, did he?"
The tent's zipper wasn't closed tightly, so Qiu Zimu opened it and saw it was empty. The instant noodles cooked in the camping stove had been eaten, leaving only the soup. On a small folding table lay a computer, camera, and cell phone, all valuables.
"It's strange that you don't bring your cell phone with you when you go out at night. This doesn't make sense," said Ye Jing'an.
"The noodles were cooked yesterday, but the person is long gone." Liu Muzhe said.
"Ah?" Qiu Zimu asked, "What took him away?"
"I don't know." Liu Muzhe said, "Let's rest here tonight. You two sleep in the tent, and I'll keep watch."
"I don't want to sleep with him and be hugged by him." Qiu Zimu said with disgust.
"Who wants to sleep with you?! I really want to hold you." Ye Jing'an pulled Liu Muzhe to sit on the bed, "Brother Liu, why don't we sleep together? Let him go to keep watch."
"If there really is something coming to catch people, it will come again tonight. I have to go out and guard it. Lend me the sword." Liu Muzhe said.
Ye Jing'an and Qiu Zimu glared at each other and walked to the bedside in tacit understanding. They slept sideways on the upright bed, one at the head and the other at the foot, only sleeping on their upper bodies with their feet hanging out.
Liu Muzhe sat down under a tree nearest to the tent, secretly amused by the sight of the two of them disliking each other and neither of them wanting to be hit by the other.
After a day of walking up the mountain carrying bags, Ye Jingan felt sleepy and tired. However, thinking of Brother Liu sitting outside alone on night watch, he couldn't sleep well. Qiu Zimu was sleeping very deeply and had already started snoring. Ye Jingan carried his feet to the bed and covered him with a quilt.
The dry food he had eaten at night was not enough to fill him up, and he was a little hungry now. Ye Jing'an took out a bag of biscuits from his bag, picked up the apple on the table and tossed it, thinking of going out to eat something before keeping watch with Brother Liu.
Outside the tent, Liu Muze folded his arms and fell asleep against a tree. He sighed, blaming Brother Liu for not being able to take care of himself. Ye Jingan took his own clothes and went over to cover Liu Muze. But just as he put the clothes on, Liu Muze suddenly grabbed his shoulder with force, and the next second, Ye Anjian was already at his neck.
"Brother Liu...it's me." Ye Jing'an said in shock.
"Why are you hanging out here so late at night instead of sleeping?" Liu Muzhe asked coldly.
"Seeing you fell asleep, I came over to put some clothes on you," said Ye Jing'an.
"Go back to sleep." Liu Muzhe said.
"Let's not sleep anymore. I'm awakened by your sudden start just now. I'll keep watch with you." Ye Jing'an sat beside him and said, "Brother Liu, do you want something to eat?"
"No." Liu Muzhe said.
"Then I'll eat it myself." Ye Jing'an didn't like eating apple peels, and he didn't have a fruit knife. He glanced at Ye An lying on Brother Liu's lap and said, "Let me use the sword."
Liu Muze saw him actually using Ye Anjian to peel an apple...
This sword was a birthday gift he gave to Ye Chenyi. Ye Chenyi cherished it very much and would pick it up to look at it whenever he had nothing to do. He would polish it more than ten to twenty times a day. He was reluctant to use it to kill monsters, fearing that the blood would stain the sword. However, he also wanted to carry Ye An with him every day and was reluctant to let go. Every time he used it, he was very careful not to dirty the sword at all.
If Ye Chenyi saw that the sword he cherished as a treasure was used by Ye Jingan to cut an apple, wouldn't he be furious? Ye Jingan had previously used this sword to swing and chop at the crying cat corpse. Liu Muze said helplessly and amusedly: "You use this sword to cut an apple?"
"Yeah, it's quite easy to peel." Ye Jing'an said indifferently.
"This sword...it's pretty good." Liu Muzhe said.
"Of course, my ancestor left it here and said it was his sword," said Ye Jing'an.
"Then you use it to peel apples?" Liu Muzhe said in a complicated way.
"There's no blade. This sword is meant to be used. Whether it's for fighting or peeling fruit, it's still useful!" Ye Jing'an handed him the peeled apple and said, "Here, eat."
Liu Muze shook his head and said, "If your ancestors knew, they would probably use you as a sacrifice to the sword."
"No, I'm not afraid of him. My ancestor will protect me!" Ye Jing'an said.
Liu Muzhe thought to himself: I won’t protect you.
"I don't know what my ancestor's sword looks like." Ye Jing'an said.
"What? You still want to use your ancestor's sword to peel an apple?" Liu Muzhe said.
"You're right, I really want to try it." Ye Jing'an said with a smile.
Liu Muzhe was choked by him and was speechless. He sighed, closed his eyes and rested.
Ye Jingan walked over and saw that he was still in the same position, so he asked curiously, "Were you not asleep just now?"
"I fell asleep, even half asleep, and I knew everything that happened." Liu Muzhe said.
Ye Jingan felt a pang of fear. Back then, he had hugged Brother Liu in the hospital and even wanted to give him a kiss. Fortunately, the ghost mother had drugged him, otherwise her evil intentions would have been discovered. Ye Jingan decided to go all out and propped his head on his shoulder: "Go to sleep, I'll keep watch for a while."
Liu Muze felt that it was awkward to lean against the bed, so he raised his head and said, "It's okay. I'm used to sleeping with my head straight. I can't sleep with my head tilted."
"Oh, then sleep like this." Ye Jing'an pulled Liu Muzhe's shoulders down and let him sleep on his lap.
Liu Muzhe was stunned and froze on Ye Jingan's legs.
Ye Jing'an always felt that Brother Liu was staring at him, but it was too dark and he couldn't see. When he took a closer look, it was true!
"Why are you looking at me?" Ye Jing'an touched his ear and said playfully, "Are you embarrassed? Or do you have some thoughts about me this late at night?"
"I just don't like sleeping on other people's laps." Liu Muzhe sat up, "I've finished eating, go into the tent and sleep, don't bother me."
Ye Jingan felt a little aggrieved. He was just worried that he would be cold sleeping alone at night, so he wanted to keep watch with him. Why did he bother him?
Ye Jing'an suddenly pushed Liu Muzhe against the tree trunk, staring at him intently, with only two fists between them.
"What are you doing? Do you want to hit me?" Liu Muzhe said.
"If you can't beat me, then don't ask for trouble." Ye Jing'an suppressed the urge to press him down and kiss him, leaning sideways on his legs and saying softly, "You don't like sleeping on my legs, but I do. It's time to sleep, so you can keep watch over me."
Liu Muze looked at Ye Jing'an helplessly, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. He lowered his legs so that Ye Jing'an could lie more comfortably, pinched Ye Jing'an's tense arms and said, "Sleep peacefully."
Ye Jingan didn't know how long he had slept when he was awakened by the sound of wind blowing through leaves: "Brother Liu?"
Liu Muzhe covered his mouth.
Ye Jing'an instantly woke up, slowly sitting up, and observing his surroundings. A slight breeze had blown during the night, swaying the leaves in the wind. The rustling of leaves could be heard from all directions, but there wasn't anything unusual.
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