Chapter 95 Calling Baby Too Deliberate
The quiet night was stretched infinitely, a full moon shone overhead, and the world was so quiet as if there were only two of them left.
The talkative Ning Yan didn't want to talk much tonight. Yu Chengbai probably noticed it, or analyzed his taciturn nature from the details.
So there wasn't much talk.
The first night passed quietly.
They were in the poorest and most remote area of South Africa. They had no communication equipment, no maps, and no compass. Ning Yan could only determine the direction based on the natural environment such as the solar system wind direction.
It took several days of trekking through mountains and rivers, across the wilderness and through the jungle.
Ning Yan never took off the visor of his helmet, revealing only his eyes. He spoke very little and often used gestures.
The little girl was very afraid of him at first.
She hugged Yu Chengbai's neck, huddled in his arms, and only dared to look at him timidly.
Gradually, the little girl seemed to realize that this strange guy wrapped tightly was actually a good person.
When taking a break, I would walk gently to his side and lean on his arm in a daze.
Ning Yan was 22 years old at that time. He had lived in the capital for four years and was becoming more and more like a normal person, but he looked like a normal person who was copied from someone else's image.
It seems normal, but he actually doesn't understand a lot of things.
For example, relationships between people, such as parents, children, family, friendship, love...
Just like a lone wolf cannot understand the flock, despises their cowardice, enjoys their fear, but at the same time is curious and amazed at their unity.
Now there was a little lamb nestled beside him, soft, weak and pitiful, and it would break if it was pinched lightly.
They call this weak and useless life the future and hope of a family.
"Is this child born by your wife?" Several days passed before Ning Yan finally spoke again, but his words were shocking.
Yu Chengbai, who was rolling up his sleeves and catching fish by the stream, was stunned and looked back at him.
Seeing the two of them sitting on the grass like this, I couldn't help but smile knowingly and explained, "No, I'm not married yet."
"Then why did you bring her with you? We could have walked much faster without her."
"Have you ever seen animals migrating or scenes where certain animal groups are facing a major life crisis?" Yu Chengbai asked him after thinking for a while.
"No."
"If you've ever seen it, you'll see that the cubs are always at the very center of the circle of protection."
"I haven't seen it, but when I watched Animal World, I saw some baby animals killing each other to survive."
Ning Yan lowered his head to look at the little girl leaning on his arm, and for the first time in a few days, he spoke at length: "She must be the loser who was killed. You should have let her die there."
"The cruel natural world does require this kind of survival of the fittest; it's the inevitable process of species evolution," Yu Chengbai said softly, "but humans are different."
"What's the difference? Her parents are dead. Even if you saved her, she wouldn't survive in South Africa. She would be bullied, ostracized, and eventually starve to death."
"No." Yu Chengbai looked at the little girl leaning in her arms and said gently, "Because I will take her back and raise her."
"...She hasn't spoken a word. I don't think she's just mute. I think she has an intellectual disability."
"I know."
Ning Yan frowned, puzzled: "Are you gay? Or are you infertile? So you want a child?"
"No." Yu Chengbai raised the harpoon and aimed it at the sunlight.
A silvery-white fish was pierced through the gill and had completely lost its life signs. It was their dinner today.
He laughed, turned around, and said to the 'woman' on the grass: "Before her, I had never thought about raising a child."
Ning Yan looked at him without saying a word for a long while. Then he turned his gaze to the fish on the harpoon and said calmly, "I thought you didn't know how to kill. I didn't expect you to be quite skilled at it."
Yu Chengbai smiled without saying anything. After getting ashore, he put the fish down and went to find firewood to make a fire.
The little girl was still leaning on Ning Yan's arm.
Ning Yan pushed her and said, "Go, go and help."
The little girl stood up obediently, and followed Yu Chengbai, picking up the sticks one by one.
The wound on his leg had not healed yet, and he walked with a limp. There was no anti-inflammatory medicine here, so Yu Chengbai applied the herbs he had found along the way.
The effect was not good, but the little girl didn't cry anymore.
Are you afraid of being left behind?
Ning Yan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, that's not too stupid.
"Come here." Ning Yan suddenly called to the little girl, like calling a puppy.
The little girl was not angry. She turned her head to look at him, then ran towards him obediently.
When they got there, Ning Yan said again, "Let's go."
The little girl left.
Seeing this, Ning Yan couldn't help but whistle happily and said happily: "How stupid, like a puppy."
Yu Chengbai came back and just heard this. He looked at the little girl squatting on the ground picking up dead branches.
He walked over, half-knelt in front of the girl, and said something.
After a while, the girl stopped picking up branches and ran towards Ning Yan.
Ning Yan was stunned. There was no reason for him to be on guard against a little girl who was not even as tall as his gun. He just sat there without moving, wanting to see what she was doing here.
The little girl ran up to him, raised her head, bit his chin through the mask, and then -
"Woof!"
Ning Yan: "...I called you a dog, and you really want to be a dog?"
Yu Chengbai was squatting on the ground making a fire, and he laughed out loud when he heard this.
He just laughed when the pile of firewood was kicked to pieces.
Yu Chengbai: "..."
In the end, it was Ning Yan who set up the firewood and started the fire.
Yu Chengbai, the young master, has no survival skills in the wild. He only has some book knowledge.
It sounds very reasonable, but it is a mess when it comes to practice.
Ning Yan really regretted kicking the fire that the man had built.
In the end, you're the one who's suffering!
Three fish were grilled without any seasoning, but Ning Yan and the girl ate them without changing their expressions.
Only Yu Chengbai frowned the whole time. He would take a while to slow down after eating, as if he was preparing himself mentally. It seemed that he had to coax himself into finishing the meal.
The eldest young master is just picky about food, Ning Yan thought.
trouble.
The next day, Ning Yan found a bunch of edible wild fruits on the tree and took them back in his arms.
Half for Yu Chengbai and half for the girl.
Yu Chengbai handed one over. He lowered his eyes to glance at it, then looked away: "I just ate it, I don't want to eat it."
Yu Chengbai still left three for him, placed them on the grass in front of him, and got up to collect dry firewood and branches to prepare for a fire.
The temperature in the woods was very low at night and they needed to keep warm.
The air is cold, and sometimes even fire doesn't work very well.
The girl would sleep in Yu Chengbai's arms at first, but after a while, she seemed to have discovered that Ning Yan was warmer.
When she felt sleepy, she would lean on his arm, close her eyes, and stick close to him.
When she woke up, she was back in Yu Chengbai's arms.
The weather will become warmer during the day.
On this day, after passing through a large area of dense woods, the three people's vision suddenly broadened.
Before my eyes was a vast grassland plain, with a clear blue lake lying in the center, shimmering with golden waves in the sunlight.
Ning Yan walked to the lake, took off the assault rifle from his back and threw it on the ground.
Just as he reached for his belt, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Yu Chengbai behind him.
The man seemed to know what he was going to do in advance. He had already sat down cross-legged, with his hands on his knees, sitting upright with his back to this side.
Suddenly remembering something, the man called softly, "Beibei, come here."
"Beibei?" Ning Yan looked down at the dark-skinned girl standing in front of him and raised an eyebrow. "Her name?"
"Well, I picked it. Does it sound good?"
"Don't tell me you call her Beibei because you treat her like a treasure."
"Calling you baby is too deliberate." Yu Chengbai explained in a gentle voice.
“…”So you fucking think calling her Beibei isn’t intentional?
What a weird name.
"Can I ask your name?" Yu Chengbai suddenly asked.
Ning Yan paused in taking off his helmet and turned to look at him.
Yu Chengbai still maintained his original posture, almost motionless, sitting on the grass dotted with pink and white flowers.
The flowers and plants were taller than his shoulders, swaying in the wind, with a few butterflies chasing among them. Even though he was dressed in tattered clothes, he looked like an elegant aristocrat in disheveled clothes.
"Yvi." Ning Yan said after a while, "What about you?"
"Yu Chengbai."
...So honest.
He answered whatever was asked and didn't even know how to make up a pseudonym.
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PS:
Ten years ago, Yu Li and Ning Yan were both very wild, very aggressive, and very aggressive.
Ten years later, they all "lay down".
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