The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Xu Yanze vaguely recalled the way Tao Zhi smiled and passed by him yesterday as they ran in the same direction.

Although this mud slide facility itself should not have any safety issues, it has been abandoned for some time, and it rained yesterday, so there is no guarantee that there will be no malfunctions.

If you become dirty, Tao Zhi will be worried, Xu Yanze thought.

Xu Yanze lowered his eyes and walked towards Gongcheng.

Xu Yanze knelt on the ground, his neat suit pants were stained with yellow mud, and he extended his hand to Gong Cheng.

"Gong Cheng, give me your hand." Xu Yanze said.

Gong Cheng raised his head with difficulty when he heard the voice. The pain and burning in his palm almost blurred his vision. When he saw clearly that the person above was Xu Yanze, Gong Cheng was a little stunned.

Gong Cheng was stunned for a moment, then tried to reach out his hand, but it took too long and he had no strength left. He slid down a little more after just a moment of stretching his hand.

Seeing this, Xu Yanze had no choice but to move closer to Gong Cheng to grab his hand. However, Gong Cheng was already some distance away from the shore. If Xu Yanze leaned over, half of his body would be hanging in the air, and he might not be able to pull Gong Cheng up.

Xu Yanze saw a fake tree on the right, so he lay down, stretched out his right hand to hug the tree to stabilize his body, and reached out his injured left hand to pull Gong Cheng.

Xu Yanze grabbed Gong Cheng's hand. Gong Cheng held Xu Yanze with one hand and held the rope with the other hand to keep his body in shape.

Gong Cheng raised his head and saw the bandage on Xu Yanze's wrist that was exposed from his sleeve. He was stunned for a moment.

After holding Gong Cheng for only a moment, Xu Yanze felt the scab-covered wound on his left hand burst open. The intense pain pulled at Xu Yanze's nerves, but he did not let go and pulled Gong Cheng up with all his strength.

Gong Cheng used the force to climb up, but his feet slipped several times.

Xu Yanze's forehead was in pain and cold sweat broke out. He gritted his teeth and pulled the man up, with the veins on his neck bulging.

Gong Cheng's hand was almost reaching the shore, when suddenly the fake tree in Xu Yanze's right hand loosened and the roots lifted up.

Xu Yanze's right arm was scratched by the broken cross-section of the fake tree branch, leaving a bloody wound in just an instant.

Xu Yanze suddenly threw himself forward, and Gong Cheng was also relieved of his strength, and they both slid down.

Xu Yanze was headfirst, Gong Cheng held Xu Yanze tightly and helped him adjust his body direction, and the two of them slid straight down together, all the way to the bottom, and lay flat in the yellow mud in the middle, unable to recover for a while.

When they recovered, they sat up together and looked at each other with stunned expressions.

There was not a single clean spot on the two men's bodies. Not to mention their bodies, even their faces had no visible skin color, and their hair was a mess of yellow mud.

It was a funny scene in itself, but the two of them remained strangely silent after looking at each other.

Xu Yanze stood up first, and the blood on his left and right hands was covered by yellow mud.

Gong Cheng's baseball cap had long since rolled away, and mud and water were dripping from his temples.

Gong Cheng tried to stand up by supporting himself with his hands, but he felt pain in his left ankle. He staggered for a moment due to the pain, and Xu Yanze held Gong Cheng's arm.

"Are you hurt?" Xu Yanze's cold voice came, without much ups and downs.

Gong Cheng looked up at Xu Yanze. Although he felt something was strange, he did not push him away.

"Yeah, I sprained my ankle."

"What about you? I just saw blood oozing from your bandage. Is the wound torn?" Gong Cheng asked.

In fact, what Gong Cheng wanted to ask more was "What's wrong with your wrist?" After all, injuries in this area are somewhat sensitive and can easily make people associate them with suicide.

However, the relationship between him and Xu Yanze was obviously not suitable for asking about such private matters.

Seeing that Gong Cheng had stood firm, Xu Yanze let go of his hand.

"I'm fine." Xu Yanze said.

Xu Yanze stepped forward to find the stairs to go up. Gong Cheng's feet were not convenient, but he still endured the pain and went in the opposite direction to look for them.

The ground was covered with yellow mud, and walking in Gongcheng was very difficult.

This place is basin-shaped, with a neat circle at the bottom and slopes covered with soft mud all around. Logically, there should be steps to climb up, but the two walked around but didn't see any.

There are only two possibilities for inference.

One possibility is that the original project was not equipped with steps, and climbing up relied on safety ropes, but the safety ropes have been removed because the project was abandoned.

One possibility is that yesterday's rain washed away the yellow mud on the slope, covering the steps.

Gong Cheng took out his mobile phone from the back pocket of his pants and wanted to turn it on, but found that the screen was already broken. There was no response when he pressed the power button. It must have been broken when it slipped down just now.

Gong Cheng was feeling a little depressed, with his head down, holding the broken cell phone.

This is the phone my husband gave me.

Xu Yanze couldn't find the steps, so he walked towards Gong Cheng.

Gong Cheng adjusted his mood and put his phone back into his pocket.

"I looked around for a while but couldn't find the stairs. It seems we can't get up by ourselves. Use your cell phone to call your friends and ask them to notify the villa staff to come and rescue us." Xu Yanze said.

"My cell phone is broken, you call me." Gong Cheng said.

Xu Yanze was silent for a moment and did not move to pick up his phone.

"I don't have the habit of carrying a mobile phone with me." Xu Yanze said.

In fact, it was because when my illness was at its worst, the vibration and ringing of my cell phone would affect my weak nerves, causing me anxiety, restlessness and uneasiness, and even triggering an attack of illness.

Therefore, I stayed away from my mobile phone for a long time. Although the ringtone of the mobile phone no longer has such a big impact on me, I have become accustomed to not carrying a mobile phone.

Of course, there is no need to explain this to Gong Cheng in front of him.

Gong Cheng was stunned and fell silent.

The two men saw the rope on the slope, but neither of them spoke.

The palms of Gong Cheng's hands were all broken because he had been pulling the rope for a long time. The wounds could not be seen clearly after being covered with yellow mud, but they were still burning with pain. At this time, his left foot was sprained, so it was inconvenient for him to walk, and naturally he could not climb.

Xu Yanze's left wrist was broken and the sleeve of his right hand was cut. Blood continued to flow out of his arm, mixing with the yellow mud, but the hideous bloodstains were not visible because of his clothes.

"I have informed Su Lingling. When she sees that I didn't take you back, she will probably go to the villa staff for help again." Xu Yanze said.

"Yeah." Gong Cheng said.

Gong Cheng's left foot was in unbearable pain when standing, so he simply walked to the front of the slope, found a place to sit down and wait for rescue.

Xu Yanze walked a few more times in the yellow mud, but didn't find any steps, so he found a slope about two meters away from Gongcheng and sat down.

The two spent a long time in this silence, and Gong Cheng took the initiative to speak.

"Why did you save me?" Gong Cheng asked.

Xu Yanze did not look sideways at Gong Cheng, but remained in his original posture.

"There's no why. I'm the teacher and you're the student." Xu Yanze said calmly.

Gong Cheng pursed his lips, looking a little conflicted.

"Thank you this time." Gong Cheng said.

After a few moments of silence, Xu Yanze replied with an almost inaudible "Yeah".