In the forest at night, the only sound left was the wind blowing through the leaves. Everything around was silent, and I was keenly observing all the movements around me.
Suddenly I seemed to hear the sound of grass moving, a little rustling. I became alert and looked for the direction of the sound, and finally found the direction.
I walked cautiously to the grass where the sound came from and poked it gently with a branch. Suddenly, a brightly colored snake emerged from the grass with its triangular head raised, its scarlet tongue hissing from its mouth, as if ready to attack.
I was startled, holding my breath, afraid to act rashly. This triangular-headed snake is usually venomous, and its vibrant coloring suggests its venom must be particularly potent. This place is completely deserted, and if one bites me, there's probably no way to save me, just to die.
The man and the snake were in a stalemate for a long time. The cold wind blew over my body and I couldn't help but shiver. Goose bumps appeared on my body. I looked down and found that the triangular snake had disappeared without a trace.
I didn't dare stay by the grass for long, so I quickly turned around and went back to the fire. Inside the tent, the fat man's snoring was deafening. I went in and found a piece of clothing that the fat man had taken off and put it on to keep warm, and also covered Xiao Ding with a blanket.
The snake just now made me very alert. I dared not be careless at all. I pricked up my ears and listened to the movements around me vigilantly like a police dog.
Fortunately, the second half of the night passed safely and I breathed a sigh of relief.
At about four o'clock, Jack woke up and came out to take over from me. Seeing that he took the initiative to ask me to take over, I smiled, thanked him, and told him that there was a snake nearby.
It’s not that I didn’t want to continue keeping watch, but I had been on duty all night and was indeed a little tired, so I went into the tent to rest.
Early in the morning, I was lured awake by the aroma. When I woke up, I was the only one left in the tent. I got up, put on my shoes and walked out.
Fatty and the others were cooking breakfast. When they saw me wake up, they quickly asked me to sit down. They poured a bowl of thin porridge and handed it to me, explaining, "This is what's left. Eat it carefully. I put half a braised egg in your bowl. How's that? That's quite considerate, isn't it?"
I smiled faintly. I had known for a long time that the fat guy was a loyal man. I didn't expect that he would even leave half a boiled egg for me. I took the porridge handed to me by the fat guy and tasted it. I frowned and felt that it was too little. However, things were different now, so I drank the porridge in no time.
I glanced at the others and found that they were in a similar situation, except Xiao Ding, who was a child and still growing, so the fat man made his soup thicker. Thinking of our current situation, I couldn't help but sigh.
The fat man squatted beside me, looked at me and said with a smile: "Nothing happened last night, right?"
"It's nothing serious. I just found a poisonous snake nearby and I have to be careful." I uttered a few words calmly.
"Snake, my God, you are not hurt!" Looking at his surprised expression, I pulled my sleeve and said loudly excitedly.
I shook my head, thought for a while, and told him about the snake I encountered last night. The fat man sighed, applauded me for my courage, and then lowered his head to continue eating breakfast.
But it's still different without women. We are not as fast as them in cleaning up, and everyone washes their own dishes.
After breakfast, we all decided to leave the current camp and go deeper into the woods. While walking deeper into the woods, we were still looking for the whereabouts of Jiang Lan and Jiang Chu.
"Should we split up and look for them? If we leave this deep forest, we may never find them again." asked the fat man.
"No, it's more likely to get into trouble if we separate. If we're lucky, we'll find them. We can't keep wasting time like this." When I said this, I looked at Jack in particular, and he was looking at me as if he was thinking about something.
I was very clear in my mind, because no matter whether Jiang Lan was a traitor or not, these things were not important to me now. I had to continue to be responsible for myself and Fatty and the others and leave this damn place.
"Let's go! We don't have any supplies now anyway. If we continue looking for them, we will starve to death and die of exhaustion." I was very relieved that Jack supported me.
It is true that food and other things are starting to run out, and I feel a little worried when I think about it.
"Okay! Then pack up and leave!" The fat man thought about it and finally agreed.
We returned to the empty lot and packed up the things we hadn't taken away from the day before.
When I was packing my bag and counting my things, the water bottle got mixed up in the grass. I went over to pick it out, but found a stone with words engraved on it in a patch of grass.
I was a little surprised. I didn't expect to see a stone with words engraved on it in this place.
"Hey, how come there is such a thing? Why didn't I find it yesterday?" I said doubtfully.
After hearing my doubtful voice, they also came over and saw the stone with words engraved on it.
The writing on this stone was very light and very messy, as if it had been carved in a hurry.
In the early morning, the light was not strong enough to shine in, and the forest was still dim, making it difficult to see clearly whether there was really anything written on it.
"That shouldn't be the case. It could be a scratch." The fat man complained without thinking too much.
But how could there be a scratch in this place? My heart was full of doubts, and I felt that it couldn't be that simple, even if the fat man said so.
But I still refused to let go of any clues, and my nerves immediately became tense.
Because Jiang Lan and Jiang Chu are girls and lack strength, it is understandable that the carving is very shallow.
Also, if you want to avoid the other person hearing the sound, light scratches are best.
Thinking of this, I really wanted to confirm whether the words engraved on this stone were real.
"This stone seems to be named after Jiang Lan..." Jack looked at the stone in confusion, gestured with his palm, felt that it was extremely similar, and mentioned this key piece of information.
"What!" I became even more nervous when I heard the information about Jiang Lan. Even the smallest bit of information was very valuable to me.
Because of this sentence, everyone gathered together and started to study this issue.
Because Jiang Lan was lost under my leadership, I was even more worried, and with my feelings for her, I was even more afraid that something might have happened to her. Now that I know it might be a message left by her, I am even more ecstatic.
I began to wonder if it was a message and who left it.
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