Chapter 155
Hearing the sound up close made it easier to discern its source. The people inside the tent emerged, their watch lights fully activated, and they gazed at the rocky mountains rising in the darkness. Listening to the intermittent sounds coming from within, they felt an inexplicable jolt in their hearts.
"Brother, that, that path..." The little monk swallowed nervously and hid behind Chu Huaiqin. From time to time, he looked at the small mountain path hidden in the darkness, and the hairs on his back stood up.
"Is there anything?" Chu Huaiqin asked the little monk while twisting his head.
"No, no, I just feel it's scary." The little monk shook his head and scratched his bald head.
"Let's go back!" Chu Huaiqin was too cold, especially with the strong wind on the trail. Standing here wouldn't help. Yawning, Chu Huaiqin took the lead and walked towards the tent, followed by Xia En and the others.
"Do you know what the reason is?" Xia En, who was walking on the left side of Chu Huaiqin, changed his position and walked to the right side to block the wind for him.
"I'm afraid it's caused by the thermal expansion and contraction of the climate, and the collapse of rocks and mountains that have been exposed to wind and sand for many years." Chu Huaiqin had never experienced this situation before, and he only read about it in books before setting off.
"Wouldn't it be very dangerous for us to go in?" the little monk exclaimed.
"That's a possibility." Chu Huaiqin nodded, yawned, and stopped in front of the tent. "Go back to sleep. You can sleep in later tomorrow."
The path was narrow, and Chu Huaiqin didn't dare to go in before the sun came out.
The little monk and Lin Zhinan nodded to show that they understood.
A few people crawled into the tent and zipped it up, isolating themselves from everything outside. Several teams were still standing outside. Victor from the Russian team had a pretty good understanding of geography, and after Chu Huaiqin left, he said something similar. This made the three teams, who had originally been reluctant to go in, even more reluctant.
But it’s the middle of the night now, and no one wants to argue with the director team.
Chu Huaiqin lay in the tent, yawned, completely ignored the thundering sound outside, closed his eyes and fell asleep instantly.
"Your mother is just a mistress. What right do you have to compete with me for her?" the angry boy roared at him. Chu Huaiqin wanted to punch the boy to the ground with the rage in his chest, but his hands and feet were tied, and two big men were holding his shoulders, making him unable to move. He wanted to curse back, but found his mouth was taped shut.
The wind was whistling, and Chu Huaiqin felt cold and hateful in his heart, but he was powerless to do anything.
"If you die, Dad won't think about it and say sorry to you, or say that you have a share of the family property."
The young man sneered and waved his hand. A "bang" sounded on the calm sea surface, and he sank underwater in the dark night.
Chu Huaiqin instinctively felt fear and struggled with all his might. His hands and feet were tied tightly, and his body sank deeper and deeper. Water poured in from his ears and nose. Chu Huaiqin realized that he was going to die.
"Brother, brother, where are you?"
The sound seemed to pierce into his ears through the water. Chu Huaiqin thought it was an illusion, but when he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, a small figure with light came from a distance. It was Xia En.
No, at that time, Chu Huaiqin didn’t know his name was Xia En.
He swam over with all his might and grabbed Chu Huaiqin, using the buoyancy of the water to successfully bring him to the speedboat. But Xia Entang was too young. At only twelve years old, he couldn't carry Chu Huaiqin onto the speedboat at all. He could only hold the unconscious Chu Huaiqin and cry.
“So noisy.”
Chu Huaiqin muttered, opening his eyes to see the tent roof. He could hear the cracking of rocks as they expanded and contracted.
It turned out to be a dream.
He put his hand on his chest and felt his heart beating rapidly. He didn't know if it was because of the dream or because he felt death again, which made him feel uneasy.
Chu Huaiqin closed his eyes, trying to drift off to sleep, but he dreamed all night. The dream was fragmented, describing how he met Xia En in the alley, how he was brought home, how Xia En accompanied him through his mother's repeated emergency treatments, how he accompanied him to one ring after another, and how he saved him. Sixteen-year-old Chu Huaiqin wondered why such a beautiful child wasn't a girl!
But even though he was a boy, Chu Huaiqin couldn't help but treat him well, buying him the best clothes and the most expensive computer. Knowing that he liked drones, he bought him all the good ones available on the market. In the words of his former agent, he treated him like a wife.
Chu Huaiqin smiled but said nothing. In fact, he was afraid that the little boy who refused to tell his name and his origins would leave him one day.
In the end he really left when he lost his mother and she came back to find him.
The silence in the room when the door was opened once became Chu Huaiqin's nightmare.
“Huh!”
Chu Huaiqin woke up again, and it took him a while to regain his composure. He stared blankly at the tent ceiling for a long moment, his heart still beating rapidly, unable to sleep at all. After a moment, Chu Huaiqin walked out of the tent again, his steps uncontrollably heading towards Xia En's tent, and stood there, motionless.
Live broadcast room:
"Um, what's going on? Sleepwalking?"
"I've been sleeping with Xia En before. Can Chu sleep without him now?"
"Ah, brother, aren't you afraid of scaring Xia Entang by standing at the door of his tent like this?"
"What happened? Ah, I know. My dear brother was sleeping when he suddenly realized that he had fallen in love with Xia Entropy. He couldn't help but run to Xia Entropy's tent."
"Pfft, is Azhen in love with Aqiang?"
Others in the live broadcast room: ...
Chu Huaiqin had no idea the livestream was so lively. He stood there for a moment, then a gust of cold wind blew over him, instantly waking him up. He turned his gaze towards the rocks and noticed the noise had died down. He checked the time; it was already four in the morning.
Chu Huaiqin yawned, turned around and went back to the tent, zipped up, and blocked all sights from the live broadcast room.
The next day, Chu Huaiqin, who had planned to sleep in late, was awakened by the noise outside.
"We are protesting. Have you ever thought about our safety?"
The Kangaroos and the Maozi team were the loudest, especially the female members of the Maozi team, who were very fierce, and the sound was even louder than the sound of the rock collapse last night.
Chu Huaiqin got up and sat cross-legged in a daze. The zipper of the tent door made a sound. Xia Entang pulled it down and saw that Chu Huaiqin looked like he hadn't woken up yet, so he smiled.
"Didn't sleep well?"
"Um!"
The first half of the night was a nightmare, and the second half was about the past that he didn't want to recall. Chu Huaiqin, who hadn't slept well all night, had a dull headache, felt weak, and was in a bad mood. He looked a little aggrieved.
Seeing Chu Huaiqin's sleep-deprived and miserable expression, Xia En felt both distressed and angry at those who had woken him. Kneeling at the tent door, he reached out to brush away the hair that had clung to Chu Huaiqin's ear and said in a hoarse voice, "Want to sleep a little longer?"
Chu Huaiqin raised his head, his eyes meeting Xia En's. With his eyebrows and eyes fully grown, Xia En looked very different from a twelve-year-old. Furthermore, Chu Huaiqin's subconscious instinct to avoid the pain had blurred that memory, so upon seeing Xia En, Chu Huaiqin truly couldn't recall a single thing.
"What's wrong?" Xia En was worried.
"Nothing." Chu Huaiqin said hoarsely. The little man had grown into a big man, the same height as him, and stronger than him.
Chu Huaiqin closed his eyes, leaned forward, and fell into Xia En's arms, resting his head on Xia En's neck. Feeling his stiffness, he smiled silently.
Finally, Chu Huaiqin took a nap.
After getting up, Xia En had already prepared the food. Although the staple food was still cactus, there were some berries.
"Brother, eat this quickly, it's so sweet," the little monk held the berries in front of Chu Huaiqin and urged him, "Xia Entang went through untold hardships to pick these, and even got injured..."
"Little monk." Xia En, who happened to come back, immediately stopped the little monk from speaking.
"Are you injured?" Chu Huaiqin frowned and looked at Xia Entang, examining him from head to toe. He saw no missing limbs. "Where are you injured?" Chu Huaiqin's expression was too serious, so Xia Entang didn't dare to hide it. He held out his hand. He rolled up his sleeves and saw a scratch on his wrist, but it wasn't serious and he had already applied medicine.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." Xia En was afraid that Chu Huaiqin would be angry, so he looked at him cautiously.
"Be more careful next time." Chu Huaiqin helped Xia Energ pull down his sleeves, handed him the cactus soup he had already prepared, and took the berries from the little monk. They were small, about the size of a pinky finger, and tasted really good, sweet with a slight sourness.
Seeing that Chu Huaiqin was not angry, Xia Entang sat next to him with the cactus soup. Seeing that Chu Huaiqin was concentrating on eating berries, he smiled. After drinking the first-class cactus soup, he smiled again.
Live broadcast room:
"Xia En's smile is so charming."
"Pfft, what kind of adjective is this? This is called happiness, okay? Let's drink the song of happiness."
"What's going on? What's going on? Why do I feel like there are suddenly pink bubbles?"
"Yeah, it's no secret that Xia Entropy likes my brother. As for my brother's feelings towards Xia Entropy, it's hard to tell, but it's certain that he doesn't dislike him. However, I've never seen pink bubbles appear when they sit together. So, after one night, what happened?"
"Raise your hand. I know. My brother stood at the door of Xia En's tent for a while last night."
"I know that, but what does standing there for a while really mean? Or was that comment last night really right? Did my brother suddenly realize he likes Xia Entropy?"
The people in the live broadcast room kept guessing but couldn't come to a conclusion.
While the other teams were still arguing, Chu Huaiqin and his team had already finished breakfast and were ready to set off.
The towering rocky mountains made it impossible to see what was behind. The map did not indicate how long this section of road was, plus there was a small path, so Chu Huaiqin and the others discussed some countermeasures. The most important thing was how to deal with poisonous snakes and insects.
Chu Huaiqin was about to leave, and the people in the live broadcast room went from discussing the pink line bubble to worrying about their safety.
"The directors are so cruel. They dared to let the team leave a place like this. Are they really okay?"
"It should be fine!"
Some people comforted themselves.
Chu Huaiqin was in good physical condition today. Having been in the shade, and with the strong wind, he'd completely washed away the weakness of the previous few days. He was the tail end of the narrow stone path, with Xia Entang first, Lin Zhinan second, and the little monk third. His mission was to protect Lin Zhinan in the event of an emergency.
Perhaps out of guilt for being used as a pawn by Chen yesterday against Chu Huaiqin, the Maozi and Shuangying teams were leading the charge today, with the Shuangying team at the rear, effectively placing their own team in the middle. Chu Huaiqin, however, didn't want this. He preferred to leave whenever he wanted. This way, if a situation arose, he had a 50% chance of escaping quickly. Now, standing right in the middle, he seemed passive.
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