Chapter 67

"Tao Luanxi! Tao Luanxi?"

Shen Conglin's voice kept coming from the steep slope, noisy and annoying. If Tao Luanxi hadn't been in severe pain in her legs, she would have scolded him to shut up immediately.

The pain in his legs finally subsided, Tao Luanxi took a deep breath, and finally found his voice again.

"I'm not dead, I just hit my knee on a rock and I can't move for a while."

Tao Luanxi held up his upper body with great difficulty. His clothes from the camp had been stained a mottled dark green by the mud and water, and his nostrils were filled with the smell of earth and plants.

There was mud mixed with fine stones on his palms. Tao Luanxi had no time to find something to wipe his hands. He bent over and carefully supported his right calf with his hands. When his muscles moved, the wound on his knee began to hurt. Tao Luanxi gritted his teeth and cold sweat ran down his forehead.

There was a shallow wound on the knee. Blood mixed with rain water dripped down the calf and soaked into the army green socks.

"Can you still move?" Tao Luanxi heard trembling footsteps from above. She was annoyed and turned her head to shout at the top: "Don't come down. We are both trapped. Who are you waiting for to rescue us?"

The footsteps above stopped, and Shen Conglin's voice was a little confused: "Then I, I will go back to find someone first?"

Tao Luanxi took out his cell phone from his pocket, looked at the screen that had been broken into spider shapes, and cursed: "Call the teacher or the camp manager. The team leader will leave the starting point and head to the gathering place at 3 o'clock. Go back and see if you can meet him."

Shen Conglin hesitated: "But leaving you here alone..."

Tao Luanxi interrupted him irritably: "If you find someone as soon as possible, I can leave earlier, understand?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go find someone right away." Shen Conglin nodded repeatedly and left in a hurry.

As soon as Shen Conglin left, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, with only the rustling sound of rain hitting the leaves and the faint echoing chirping of insects. Tao Luanxi was soaked to the skin, and her chest and legs were covered in mud. Tao Luanxi gritted her teeth and endured the pain, carefully cleaning the mud off the wounds.

The scene of tearing off clothes to stop bleeding that often appears in TV dramas was so fake that Tao Luanxi struggled for a long time but didn't get a single clue.

Never mind.

Tao Luanxi let the wound bleed and used one hand to support himself on the mud to maintain his strength. Tao Luanxi felt aggrieved. He had never been as ferocious as he was now since he was a child.

Where is Qiu Yi?

Did he notice that I was missing?

The phone probably turned off automatically when it was dropped. Tao Luanxi pressed and held the power button, and the screen flashed a few times before going completely black.

Tao Luanxi threw his phone aside in frustration. Now he was completely out of touch with the world. The only person he could count on was Shen Conglin, but Tao Luanxi didn't dare to hold out too much hope for this man.

My nose started to feel sore and the hot tears in my eyes couldn't be controlled and were about to fall.

"The guy named Qiu wouldn't know to come find me!" Tao Luanxi angrily grabbed a handful of weeds on the ground and began to miss Qiu Yi's warm hug.

"Tao Luanxi!"

A familiar voice sounded in the valley. Tao Luanxi was stunned and tried to remember it subconsciously, but was immediately stopped by the sharp pain in his leg.

"Here!" Tao Luanxi raised his arms and waved desperately: "Qiu Yi, I'm here!"

After a burst of chaotic footsteps, a tall young man appeared on the steep slope, sweating profusely. Tao Luanxi was sitting on the ground and could only hear his panting, but he could tell that the man was Qiu Yi.

"Why did you come just now?" Tao Luanxi couldn't help sobbing twice.

Qiu Yi jumped down with two big strides. Under the influence of gravity, half of his foot almost sank into the mud. Qiu Yi knelt in front of Tao Luanxi and without saying a word, he hugged Tao Luanxi into his arms, his voice filled with heartache and regret: "I'm sorry, I'm late."

Tao Luanxi held Qiu Yi in both hands and let himself shed tears on his lapel. He cried, "My phone is broken and I can't find you. When I fell, I wanted to see you so much."

Qiu Yi hugged Tao Luanxi tightly and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not with you. I'm sorry."

The warmth of the hand on her back finally made Tao Luanxi feel at ease. She complained to Qiu Yi for a while, sniffed, and pushed Qiu Yi away: "How did you find me?"

"We were halfway there when we found you and Shen Conglin had fallen behind. I waited for a long time but you didn't show up, so I went back to look for you. When I came down, I ran into Shen Conglin. I asked him and found out that you were injured."

Tao Luanxi pouted, and the grievance in her heart came up again: "It hurts so much."

"Let me see."

The wound had become red, swollen and white at the edges due to the continuous rain, mixed with mud and gravel that had not been cleaned up, and looked extremely pitiful.

"Hold me tight." Before Tao Luanxi could react, Qiu Yi held her by the bent knees and picked her up. Tao Luanxi let out a sigh subconsciously and hurriedly hugged Qiu Yi's neck.

"It's not that I can't walk. Just hold me. You don't have to carry me."

Despite saying this, Tao Luanxi held Qiu Yi's hands and did not let go.

"It's okay, I want to hug you."

Qiu Yi walked very slowly, his chest felt warm. There was no one around, so Tao Luanxi let himself rest his head on Qiu Yi's chest. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily it's you who came."

After walking for a while, Shen Conglin came towards them.

"Found it? Tao Luanxi, are you okay?"

Tao Luanxi pretended not to hear it. Shen Conglin was bored and turned to Qiu Yi and said, "The team leader has already known about it. We will dispatch a car from the camp to take you back later."

Qiu Yi didn't say anything, just glanced at Shen Conglin, but this glance was enough to make Shen Conglin's back cold and his calves weak. At that moment, he had a terrifying feeling. If Tao Luanxi hadn't been here, Qiu Yi might really have killed him.

After walking a short distance, the camp's car followed. Shen Tan anxiously got out of the car to check on the two people. Qiu Yi seemed not to see anyone and did not hear a word. He walked straight to the car door and carefully put Tao Luanxi down.

"Does it still hurt?"

"Not bad." Tao Luanxi lowered her head, then used Qiu Yi's broad chest to block her crying eyes: "I may have to go back directly, what will you do?"

The camp leader had just finished a phone call and came over to say, "The students over there are almost gathered. How are these two students?"

Shen Tan looked at Qiu Yi and didn't see any obvious injuries: "Why don't you go to the gathering first, and I'll watch Tao Luanxi."

"I'll go back with you guys." Qiu Yi got into the car with his long legs and sat next to Tao Luanxi: "I'll watch him."

The doctor at the camp carefully cleaned Tao Luanxi's wound, and Qiu Yi accompanied him throughout the process. When it came to the last step of washing with hydrogen peroxide, Tao Luanxi bit her lower lip and didn't scream out in pain. The hand holding Qiu Yi's hand was white and trembling slightly.

"There's nothing wrong with the bone, but the wound is a bit deep. It needs some stitches, otherwise it won't heal properly."

Tao Luanxi almost cried when he heard this. He had never suffered an injury larger than one centimeter in his life, and now he was asked to get stitches out of the blue. Tao Luanxi really couldn't accept it.

But there is no way.

There were only two injections, and there was no need for anesthesia. When the needle tip penetrated the skin, Tao Luanxi could almost hear a slight sound of skin cracking, and it was really painful.

After cleaning up, Tao Luanxi was already covered in cold sweat. She didn't cry, but she shed a few tears, all of which were left on Qiu Yi's clothes.

The stains on her face that had just dried were smeared again. Shen Tan found a towel to wipe Tao Luanxi's face and neck, and while wiping, he reminded her: "Go back to the dormitory and change your clothes quickly. I'll ask the canteen chef to prepare some ginger soup for you to drive away the cold in the evening. Don't catch a cold again tomorrow."

"Thank you, teacher."

On the way back, Qiu Yi wanted to hug her again, but Shen Tan got there first and held Tao Luanxi's arm.

"Be careful." Shen Tan held Tao Luanxi's shoulders and said, "Walk slowly."

Tao Luanxi turned his head and glanced at Qiu Yi. As expected, the other party's face looked unhappy, but at least he didn't lose his temper. He carefully supported Tao Luanxi's other hand and sent him to the dormitory.

Sitting on the chair with difficulty, Tao Luanxi looked at the mud on Shen Tan's body and felt a little embarrassed: "Sorry to trouble you today, teacher."

"These are just small matters." Shen Tan took a few tissues, wiped his hands and sat down opposite Tao Luanxi, and called Qiu Yi: "You sit down too."

"Originally, there were some things that I discovered but I didn't want to say, hoping to correct them indirectly. But today, even if I were blind, I couldn't say that I knew nothing. You know what I want to say, right?"

Shen Tan's eyes were sharp: "Tao Luanxi, what's up with the kiss mark on your neck?"