Pang He and Zhou Yan looked at each other and said in unison: "Suozi?" Pang He jumped up and ran to open the door. Several people covered in snow appeared in front of him.
Without asking any questions, Pang He quickly asked someone to come in, and Xihe and Zhou Yan also went over to help.
Fang Yuan's face was blue and he had fainted from the cold. The three of them hurriedly helped him to the fire and poured hot water into him. Xihe also contributed his small blanket.
Yang Shuo and the others were also in very bad condition. They were cold all over and their shoes were wet. When they took off their shoes to warm themselves by the fire, their feet were already frozen. They could not feel anything when they got close to the fire and were in great pain.
The only one who was in a better condition was Ji Qing, who didn't seem that bad.
Pang He asked hurriedly: "Didn't you go down the mountain? Why are you back again? Are you looking for help?"
Ji Qing shook her head: "The snow is too heavy, and rescue can't come."
Pang He was stunned: "This, this..."
Yang Shuo forced a wry smile. "When we were halfway there, the snow was already two feet deep. After a while, it was up to our waists... The situation in the city and on the road was probably similar. The rescue team called and said they couldn't come." Regret filled his face. "If we had known earlier, we should have stayed with you on the mountain."
They were not afraid of being tired from the journey, but the temperature was getting colder and colder, and people were freezing to death.
Pang He closed his mouth and said, "Alas, who knew it would snow so heavily? Fortunately, you are back."
Yang Shuo and the others nodded. They felt that something was not right, and since rescue was not coming, they immediately decided to return to the cabin. The snow was so heavy on the road that they almost got lost several times. They finally got back after a lot of hardship.
When everyone thought of this, they breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, everything was fine now.
"Where's Xia Li?"
Xihe suddenly spoke.
Pang He was stunned for a moment, looking around, and then he realized that there was one person missing from the returning team: "Yeah, where's Xia Li? You guys are back, but where is she? Is she still behind?"
Yang Shuo and the others' expressions instantly turned ugly and they fell silent.
Zhou Yan suddenly felt something was wrong: "Could something have happened on the way?"
Yang Shuo faced several pairs of eyes and nodded with difficulty: "Xia Li wanted to go back to the cabin alone, and we couldn't stop her. Unexpectedly, something happened..."
With a bang, Pang He sat on the ground with a dazed expression.
"What do you mean? What do you mean Xia Li went back to the cabin alone? Aren't you together? Are you just going to watch her leave alone and do nothing?" Xihe frowned.
Something did happen to Xia Li in her previous life, but the original owner didn't know what the circumstances were.
She looked at Yang Shuo's face full of regret and pain, and then at the slightly flickering expressions of Lin Lei and the other two, and felt that the content here might not be simple.
"Or is there something hidden that we don't know?"
Ji Qing's face turned paler and paler. Yang Shuo felt very uncomfortable and opened his mouth: "I, we."
“That’s enough!”
Lin Lei stood up, his face filled with anger. "Xia Li left on her own accord. What does it have to do with us? In this awful weather, freezing cold, we've already spent half an hour looking for her. We can't risk our lives for hers. Humph, she brought this upon herself!"
Fang Yuan also opened his eyes weakly: "Yes, this is not our fault, we found her."
Xihe snuggled in Zhou Yan's arms and sneered: "You guys are really amazing! Last time you abandoned me and Zhou Yan, and this time you even abandoned your own good sister. Zhou Yan, bring my blanket back. People like you don't deserve our pity!"
She now really feels that these people are disgusting. The original owner can be said to have aroused public anger, but what about Xia Li?
Wasn't Xia Li Ji Qing's best friend? She was also lost.
Ji Qing pursed her lips and said, "We had no choice at the time. It was too cold. Fang Yuan almost fainted from the cold. We had already lost one person and couldn't let anyone else get hurt. Tan Ruo, you have to understand our difficulties."
She also wanted to find Xia Li, but she couldn't ignore other people.
Xihe chuckled: "Consideration? You always have reasons. Anyway, they deserve to die. Get away and don't get in my way." Damn it, I shouldn't have opened the door for them. I'd rather freeze to death outside.
"Tan Ruo, what are you talking about? Apologize to Qingqing!"
Lin Lei was instantly furious.
Xihe saw him clenching his fists, with a fierce look on his face, as if he was about to hit her: "Why, do you still want to hit me?"
Lin Lei stared at her intently: "Apologize!"
Zhou Yan's face instantly turned cold: "Lin Lei, what do you want to do? Ruo Ruo said something wrong. You let Xia Li leave alone, is that right?"
He looked at Yang Shuo again and said, "I will tell the police the truth about this matter after returning to the city."
Lin Lei and Fang Yuan were immediately furious, especially Fang Yuan. He had stopped Ji Qing from chasing Xia Li, and if the police investigated, he would definitely be held responsible. For a moment, he was extremely angry with Zhou Yan.
Yang Shuo was also very panicked. He was the captain, but he let Xia Li leave in such a dangerous situation. Once the police and the school knew about this, his life would be over.
And Qingqing, all three of them are finished.
"Zhou Yan, you can't do this. There's nothing we can do." He said with difficulty.
"Yes, you can't do anything, you are the most innocent!" Xi He buried his head in Zhou Yan's arms: "Don't worry about them, this group of people are selfish and have long been bad." Thinking about going out to look for them tomorrow, Xia Li is a bad mouth, but her crime does not deserve the death penalty.
Zhou Yan nodded, and really stopped paying attention to Yang Shuo and others, and took back the blanket and food.
Yang Shuo and the others had been eating biscuits and bread all day without any hot food. They were already starving. Just now, when they saw Zhou Yan preparing to cook rabbit meat, they were very much looking forward to it, but now the other party was unwilling to give it to them.
Everyone felt aggrieved, but they couldn't speak out because they didn't have the face to do so.
I struggled until dawn, but it was still snowing outside and the cold air made my teeth chatter.
Pang He and Zhou Yan pushed the door open with force, and then began to clear the snow in front of the door. Fortunately, they had cleared it yesterday, otherwise, at the rate the snow was falling, it would have probably buried people.
Seeing how hard the two were sweeping, Xihe went over to help, but Zhou Yan sent him back: "It's too cold, come inside quickly."
She had no choice but to go into the house and start cooking. They had not finished eating the rabbits they picked up yesterday, and there were two and a half left. As for the dry food they brought with them, there were also a few pieces of bread and biscuits. She took a look and decided to cook the remaining half rabbit.
For breakfast, just some broth and some bread is enough.
Seeing the three busy, Yang Shuo and the others couldn't get close to Xi He, so they stood at the door and watched Zhou Yan and Pang He sweep the snow. They frowned as they watched, "Hezi, how long are you going to finish pushing with the planks?"
Fang Yuan shrank his head and said in a low voice, "The snow is going to keep falling anyway. It's the same whether you sweep it or not. Why bother? Come in and warm yourself by the fire. It's freezing outside."
Zhou Yan said without raising his head: "If we don't sweep the snow, it will pile up at the door and we won't be able to leave."
The two men each held one end of the wooden board and worked together to push the snow away. They were so tired that they were out of breath. There was nothing they could do. There were no brooms or shovels in the wooden house, only a few long wooden boards, and they could only use these to sweep the snow.
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