The phone fell from Ye Zhi's hand because of the impact I gave her.
Still shaken, Ye Zhi and I looked down into the fault line, but it was bottomless and we couldn't see anything.
I stared blankly at Ye Zhi... she
After regaining her senses, without saying a word, she grabbed my hand and ran forward...
Behind me, I heard the sound of stones falling again; it was extremely dangerous!
...
After running all the way, we finally stopped in a relatively spacious open space... It took me a long time to catch my breath, while Ye Zhi sat on the rock before me. She was a bit of a germaphobe, and the first thing she did was to clean the mud off her shoes.
I felt incredibly guilty... I didn't have that much jungle experience, I should have listened to her... Now look what happened, not only did we not find Yang Sisi, but we're trapped in this pitch-black mountain.
This feeling was absolutely awful, especially when the rain dripped down the leaves onto my face. I felt like a burden, not only hurting myself but also dragging Ye Zhi down with me.
I chickened out and finally asked Ye Zhi, "What do we do now?"
Ye Zhi shook her head and replied, "I've been running the whole time... I can't remember which way I'm going..."
"Won't other people come looking for us?"
"Probably, let's wait patiently."
Ye Zhi was clearly unwilling to talk much; she seemed to be in a bad mood...
I stood there for a long time before finally sitting down next to her... I was worried about Yang Sisi, and also about my own and Ye Zhi's safety. Then I lost my temper, punched a tree trunk, and swore.
"Are you always this impatient when something happens?"
I let out a heavy sigh and replied, "I never imagined that all the bad luck would befall me! ... Haha, what's this now... The one who tried to save people has become the one waiting to be saved!"
"You should think positively; at least we haven't gotten separated."
"yes."
After responding, Ye Zhi and I fell silent... The only sounds we could hear were the wind and raindrops falling from the leaves.
I suddenly hated the mountains. It was as if my fate was controlled by them. Wherever there were mountains, I would always run into trouble... The last time was in Shangri-La, which was only a few days ago!
I can't calm down...
Amidst the whistling wind, Ye Zhi finally spoke to me, saying, "Michael, are you afraid of death?"
I paused for a moment, then replied, "Afraid..."
"But our final destination is death... It doesn't matter if we're poor or rich, beautiful or ugly, we'll all die!"
"Yes, we will all die... Maybe what we fear is unnatural death."
Why are people afraid of unnatural death?
I calmed down and thought about the question carefully. I replied, "Because I have too many regrets while I was alive... For example, not being filial to my parents, not enjoying life to the fullest... or not spending my whole life with the person I truly loved!"
Ye Zhi glanced at me and said, "Yes, listen."
Going up there is only regret... but how can one live without regrets?
I chuckled to myself and replied, "If we could figure this out... we wouldn't be living like this now."
After I finished speaking, I looked at Ye Zhi... She hugged her knees, looking somewhat dazed, as if she had remembered something...
I was suddenly startled and realized that she would have a deeper understanding of the issue of life and death than ordinary people... because she had actually experienced it.
She finally spoke to me, saying, “In Thailand, I met a homeless man. I don’t know why, but I followed him in my car for half a day… He was dressed in women’s clothes, walking among the crowds… During that half day, he went to many places… He sat under a Ferris wheel, went to the beach, and went to a seafood market… He put a tree branch on his head, tied his beard into a knot, and played with himself… He even talked a lot to himself in the mirror… He was really happy!… At that moment, I also saw myself in the rearview mirror… I had applied almost perfect makeup, without a single flaw… But what did it matter?… I couldn’t hold back, and looking at myself in the mirror, I cried…”
Ye Zhi stopped, as if she was thinking of that scene again... It seemed that only in such a scene would she tell me these things and reveal her true self.
(End of this chapter)
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