"Oh no, there are no footprints. What should I do?"
Xiao Ding stared at the last footprint on the ground and said worriedly.
We frowned and were a little confused, because when we looked across the stream, we didn't seem to see any footprints on the soil on the opposite side, and there was no extra information around. The clues were obviously broken here.
I squatted down and touched the footprint, and found that it didn't seem that wet, which meant that the man in black disappeared here, instead of crossing over from the other side, so we didn't know whether the man in black had crossed over or not.
"Let's see how deep the water is first. Xiao Ding can't swim!" I stood up and said this.
The fat man looked at me and said, "Are you sure you want to go over there? Maybe the man in black is going in another direction?"
I know why the fat man said that, because the woods opposite us looked too gloomy, covered by a thick layer of fog. We couldn't see the situation on the opposite side with our naked eyes, and it looked very dangerous.
"Otherwise, if we stay on this side, we can only move in the other direction. Maybe I think since that person is coming from our direction, he should go to the other side!"
"Look at the thick fog over there, and you can't see anything except a few trees outside, which means it's a forest. And I seemed to have seen a green light inside just now. If we go over there, we'll be in danger of death." The fat man eagerly refuted my words, his face tense, as if he wanted to escape.
When I heard the fat man mention green light, my brows immediately frowned. The fat man mentioned discovery, but I hadn't noticed it. If there was green light coming out from the opposite side, it meant that there might be other creatures on that side staring at us.
At this moment, I didn't know whether to go in or not. After all, I couldn't ignore the lives of Fatty, Jack, and Xiao Ding. If I went in like this, if anything happened to them, I might feel guilty for the rest of my life. Thinking of this, I suddenly found it difficult to make a decision.
I looked at Jack, hoping he could give me some advice.
Jack looked across with a frown on his face, as if he was hesitating whether to go over or not.
At this time, Xiao Ding suddenly spoke up and said, "Why don't you go over there? After all, my sister and the others are still there. As long as there is a little hope, you shouldn't give up!"
Fatty and I looked at Xiao Ding and smiled bitterly. Even a child knows not to give up hope, but we adults backed down. It's really shameful!
But even so, I was a little hesitant. After all, this was not something that could be solved simply by feeling ashamed.
Jack looked at us and said, "Actually, I don't know them well, so we don't need to go over there!"
Fatty and I didn't expect Jack to say such a thing. After all, Jiang Chu and Jiang Lan had not spent much time with Jack, but they had worked together after all, so it was really unpleasant to hear him say such a thing. So we all knew that what Jack said was right, but we still couldn't get over it in our hearts.
The fat man rushed forward, grabbed Jack by the collar, his face ferocious, his eyes red as he said, "So you mean you won't go on like this? I didn't expect you to be such a coward!"
Unexpectedly, Jack suddenly smiled, gently brushed away the fat man's hand that was grabbing his collar, and said with a smile, "Since you said so, Fatty, then I naturally can't be a coward and let you look down on me. Even Xiao Ding understands this principle, so I believe that you will definitely go through with it, right?"
It was then that I realized that Jack was ambushing the fat man here. Just a few simple words left the fat man with no room to retreat. I immediately shouted in my heart, "This is a good trick." Of course, these are just thoughts in my mind. I looked at Jack with a lot of approval.
The most likely words made the fat man blush. He pretended to adjust his clothes naturally and said calmly, "Of course."
In fact, we all knew that the fat man didn't really want to go to the woods opposite. If it weren't for Jack's trick, the fat man might not have been able to cheat. So we didn't expose the fat man's fear.
Of course, our department laughing doesn't mean Xiao Ding will laugh. Xiao Ding held his stomach and laughed, "Fat brother, how could you be so stupid? You were tricked in an instant." After that, Xiao Ding looked at Jack with admiration.
"It's obviously because you city people have too many tricks, how can you blame me!" The fat man said stubbornly.
"It seems that everyone has a common idea, so let's get ready to go!" I clapped my hands, gathered everyone's opinions, and said this.
Who knew that at this time, the fat man hugged me and said, "Yes, brother, let's think about how to get there first! How about we stay here for one night? Look, it's getting late, so let's not go there yet. There's no place to camp over there, and what if we don't get to the wild animals? We'll just become food!"
After the fat man said this, I noticed that the sun had already set and we had not found our next place to stay. It was just like what the fat man said, if we went there now, there would be no place to stay there, and we would only get ourselves into trouble.
Although I knew Fatty was trying to delay, walking in the forest at night was taboo, as accidents could happen at any time. So after thinking about it, I agreed with Fatty's point of view and said to Jack, "Then let's set up camp here tonight and search for any other traces nearby. We'll cross the river tomorrow!"
Everyone nodded, took out the tents and set them up again, and with the help of cooperation, they quickly got everything done.
The fat man was in charge of the food as usual.
I felt around in my pockets and realized I hadn't given Xiao Ding the golden elixir I dug out last night. After a moment's thought, I said to Jack and Fatty, "Xiao Ding and I will go pick up some branches from some corner so we can have a fire to keep warm tonight!"
Jack and Fatty said "I understand" without turning their heads, and then I took Xiao Ding to the corner.
I looked at Jack and Fatty in the distance, quietly took out the golden elixir from my pocket and handed it to Xiao Ding.
When Xiao Ding saw the golden elixir in my hand, a smile broke out on his face. He looked at me and was about to speak when I stopped him with my hand.
We pointed at Jack and Fatty in the distance, indicating that they were very close and couldn't talk in case they were heard.
Xiao Ding nodded in understanding, covered his mouth with his hand and made a zipper gesture. Then, he looked at the golden pill in his hand, his eyes rolled around, and before I could react, he swallowed the golden pill.
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