Chapter 30 Our Own People
I quietly opened my eyes and saw a pair of brown mountain boots. Looking up a little, I could see khaki pants that were similar in color to the mountains and convenient for hiding the body. The long barrel of a gun hung beside his legs.
It fits the poacher's outfit perfectly.
Zhao Yeqing quietly picked up a handful of soil, and the person in front of her squatted down and stretched out his hand towards her.
The hairs on her body stood up. The moment she felt the person's hand was about to touch her, Zhao Yeqing raised her hand and threw the dirt in her hand onto the person's face.
She felt pain all over her body. When she raised her hand and was hit on the chest, her breathing was choked by the pain. She almost didn't have the strength to open her eyes.
The man was caught off guard and had dirt all over his face. He took a few steps back and sat on the ground.
It's over. If I piss him off, nothing good will happen to me. But even if I don't piss him off, I'm afraid I won't be any better off.
When Zhao Yeqing was in despair, he suddenly heard the person next to him laugh out of anger. A magnetic, low-pitched male voice sounded, with some gnashing of teeth:
"Okay Zhao Yeqing, you have a bit of a rebellious streak in you."
Zhao Yeqing was confused. The man's voice and tone sounded familiar, but her head was dizzy and she couldn't remember it at all.
The man came over and wanted to help her up. He could see that her clothes were all scratched. He guessed that she had rolled down the mountain. He raised his hand to help her up, but was afraid of touching her wound. He put his hand down and asked in a slow voice, frowning slightly:
"Where are you injured? Can you still stand up?"
Zhao Yeqing propped himself up and leaned against the tree, then closed his eyes and opened them again.
The man in front of him usually had a neat black crew cut, but now it had grown a little longer, with clear and deep facial features. The purple under his eyes made his slightly upturned eyebrows less unruly, his chin was covered with blue stubble, and his raised collar could not completely cover his slender neck, with a five-centimeter scar next to the protruding Adam's apple on his neck.
scar?
"Mu Xi?"
Seeing that she finally spoke, and her voice was still strong enough, Mu Xi raised his hand to clean the dirt off his face, and uttered a low "hmm" in his throat as a response.
Zhao Yeqing blinked, his slightly wide eyes filled with disbelief, and asked uncertainly: "You came... to see me?"
Not sure if the disbelief in the other person's tone was too obvious, Mu Xi snorted coldly: "No, I'm here to see the scenery."
Okay, just come to me.
An indescribable emotion surged in Zhao Yeqing's heart, including being moved, excited, and a little inexplicably aggrieved.
Mu Xi is the grandson of Grandpa Mu, and can be considered her childhood friend. However, when she was in her second year of high school, all the township middle schools were closed, so she went to the city to attend high school. Mu Xi, who had just graduated from high school, chose to attend the police academy.
They haven't seen each other for eight years.
He hardly ever goes home during holidays. I heard that he is either training or preparing for training.
He has changed a lot. In his memory, Mu Xi was the person Zhao Yeqing liked and hated the most when he was a child.
What was annoying was that little boys of that age had bad mouths and would always catch bugs to tease her or laugh at her when she was scared.
Love means that every time she wants to pick fruit, the person who laughs at her for being a glutton will accompany her to pick fruits. When she is bullied by boys at school, he will just happen to show up. Later, everyone in the school knows that she has an older brother who will protect her.
Mu Xi grows fast, which is different from other boys. Among her peers when she was a child, most girls were taller than boys. Boys would suddenly grow a lot taller during a holiday after the onset of puberty, but Mu Xi's height has been taller than her peers since she was a child, and her height has continued to grow steadily, and then people would laugh at her for being a dwarf.
Zhao Yeqing discovered that this should not have changed after Mu Xi went to college, because the person in front of her just stood up, and the moment his long legs stood straight, she felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Mu Xi stood up and shook off the dirt on his head, then squatted in front of Zhao Yeqing again. Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, he said, "Come up first, and we'll talk when we get back."
Zhao Yeqing was stunned for a moment and didn't move. Mu Xi glanced at her and asked, "Did I not carry you enough when you were little?"
Zhao Yeqing stopped pretending and just lay on his back obediently. She was not tall when she was a child, and there was a lot of rain in the mountains, so the mud was wet and it was very difficult to walk. She loved cleanliness when she was a child, and refused to walk on muddy mountain roads. Mu Xi carried her on his back many times since she was a child.
The sun is now setting and will go down in three hours. The danger level in the forest will only increase exponentially at night.
Mu Xi's gaze was fixed for a moment on the girl's hand around his neck. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
Even though he had an extra person on his back, his pace was not affected. After climbing up the hill, he was ready to head home.
Zhao Yeqing hurriedly said: "Wait! Let's go there first."
He raised his finger and pointed to the pile of rotten wood next to him.
Mu Xi didn't ask any more questions and just walked in the direction she pointed.
In the pile of rotten wood, two little creatures smelled Zhao Yeqing's scent and approached. They crawled out from the shadow in the corner, calling out "Grandma".
Zhao Yeqing signaled to Mu Xi to put her down, but Mu Xi did not move.
"You raised it?"
Zhao Yeqing hummed.
“You’re quite capable.”
Mu Xi lifted Zhao Yeqing up and said, "Hold tighter. You don't have to come down."
Zhao Yeqing felt a little awkward, but he obediently tightened his hand on the other person's neck.
Mu Xi held Zhao Yeqing in one hand and used his free hand to pull the two cubs out of the rotten wood pile and put them on the ground. After seeing that they could follow him well, he slowly walked forward.
Zhao Yeqing didn't say much along the way. Mu Xi thought she was in great pain, so he walked faster and faster, holding Zhao Yeqing's hand with all his strength, holding her steadily so that she didn't stumble at all.
Zhao Yeqing couldn't help but sigh, it's different after studying in the police academy, look at his awareness of serving the people, he has grown a lot.
It took Zhao Yeqing nearly two hours to climb the mountain, and just over an hour to return.
Before Mu Xi reached home, he looked down from the mountain and saw the changes in his home.
There are layers of walls outside and inside, and the yard is full of vegetables.
Zhao Yeqing took out the key from her pocket and handed it to Mu Xi. After entering the house, Mu Xi put her on the bench in the living room.
"Where's the medicine box?"
Zhao Yeqing pointed his finger under the TV cabinet.
Mu Xi took out the medicine box from below and opened the safflower oil inside: "Apply safflower oil to the bump on your head first. Don't apply ice or it may swell for two days."
"I have ice packs." Zhao Yeqing stretched his chin towards the kitchen, "I have solar power, and there is a low-power freezer inside."
The other party couldn't help but curl his lips, "Okay, it's better than I thought."
Mu Xi put down the safflower oil, walked into the kitchen, took out a few ice cubes from the freezer, and took a towel she usually used to wipe sweat from the water reservoir in the yard, and wrapped the ice cubes in the towel. The ice cubes were too hard, and he was afraid that he would not control the strength well, so he handed it to her: "Do it yourself."
Only then did he take the hunting rifle hanging from his neck and put it aside, then sat on the bench opposite Zhao Yeqing.
"Ask whatever you want to ask."
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