Everest

The North Col camp is an extremely narrow ice and snow depression, full of light and dark ice cracks, there are only a handful of places where tents can be set up, and there are only about 20 tents that are crowded and regularly distributed in a small area. On the snowy ground and on the ground along the edge of the depression, it seemed small and lonely in such a world of ice and snow.

Other teammates in the camp helped them find a flat place to set up a tent. On the other side of the "tent gathering area", there was a snow field that was not too big. Four or five tents had already been set up there. They are all empty. I heard that the owners of these tents set off for the summit yesterday, but no one knows what happened. These tents are for them to rest when they go down the mountain.

"That means we don't need to take our tent with us?" Geng Aiqing asked while knelt on the ground and clasped the corner of the tent.

Pei Lei hummed: "We have found a cooperation here, and they will help us transport some of them up, but not all of them, and there will be no place to build on it."

"That's it." Geng Aiqing nodded.

"Uncle!" Lin Sheng cried out in a weeping voice. Lin Sheng has been in this state since he climbed the ice wall, feeling that his heart has been greatly bruised!

Without any guilt, Geng Aiqing took advantage first and said, "What's the matter?"

Lin Sheng didn't look at him at all, but stood up helplessly, and showed them the tent under his feet. There was a not-so-obvious crack more than one meter away from his tent, but he could still see it if he looked carefully. little bit.

"I set up a tent here, what if I fall down at night?"

Pei Lei stood up and walked a few steps over there, then grabbed Shen Biwen who was still working on the tent: "Little Shen, don't do it too, you two can't set up this tent here, it's too dangerous."

Shen Biwen stopped what he was doing.

Geng Aiqing looked over there, pricking up his ears a little nervously.

"Well, let's make do with it." Pei Lei paused, as if he was thinking, "Yongke is fine with you, you should sleep by yourself, Xiao Shen, you sleep with Geng Aiqing, Lin Sheng, you come with me, Luosang... Luosang If so, we should be able to make do with one tent for both of us, where do you want to sleep?"

Shen Biwen translated this to Luosang, and Luosang immediately pointed to Shen Biwen and murmured a few words.

"He can sleep with us." Shen Biwen stood in the distance and waved to Geng Aiqing, "Is it okay?"

Geng Aiqing came back to his senses and nodded immediately: "No problem, no problem!"

"That's fine." Pei Lei walked back and patted the top of his tent, "Your one is bigger than mine, and the two of them will have their tents shipped up first by the collaboration tomorrow, come on, let's continue to set up. "

"Oh." Geng Aiqing responded, and from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Shen Biwen's backpack that had just been thrown into his tent.

After the accommodation was arranged, it was already past seven in the afternoon, and it was still dark, but due to the heavy snowstorm, the visibility was much lower. Except for Lin Sheng who ran outside to take pictures, everyone else got into the tent, They are going to cook something to eat. These days, they basically didn't eat any hot food. They just ate some biscuits on the way to deal with it. Of course, the main reason was that they really didn't have much appetite. Pei Lei felt that this would not work, so Gather everyone together, burn the kerosene stove in the two tents at the same time, cook something to eat and get some hot water along the way.

"Go out and get some snow." Pei Lei assigned tasks to everyone, "Snow, don't be too big, it can fit in this pot."

Geng Aiqing was worried that he would not have a chance to talk to Shen Biwen alone, so he immediately raised his hand and said, "Can Shen Biwen come with me?"

"What are so many people doing to catch snow!" Pei Lei grimaced.

Geng Aiqing smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of finding dirty snow!"

Pei Lei broke his skills in a second, smiled and covered his chest, pretending to be impatient and said: "Go, go! It's windy outside, don't blow it down!"

"Hey." Geng Aiqing blinked secretly at Shen Biwen, and got out first, Shen Biwen's eyes softened, and followed.

To say that the wind is strong is really not a bluff. Geng Aiqing was covered with ice particles when he went out. In just a few hours, the wind and snow were at least twice as big as when they came up. It was painful and itchy when it was blown to the face like a knife. Geng Aiqing wiped his face and pushed the ice particles out of his neck, and reminded Shen Biwen who was following: " The wind is too fucking strong, put your collar up!"

Shen Biwen silently pulled the zipper up to his chin.

After walking a little, they saw Lin Sheng. Lin Sheng really dedicated himself to art. From a long distance, Geng Aiqing saw him posing in a twisted posture in the wind and snow, taking pictures of the snow-capped mountains next to him for a while. I couldn't stand it and jumped around on the spot. I guess the feeling of being blown by the wind and snow was uncomfortable, and it was blowing like that... wouldn't the lens be broken?Geng Aiqing was very puzzled by this.

"Yo little Ai Qing? Brother Shen? Is it you two?" Lin Sheng couldn't see them clearly through the snowy night, so he just called out from a distance.

"Yes!" Geng Aiqing said unhappy, "Don't call me Xiao Aiqing! It sounds like a retard!"

"Hey." Lin Sheng ignored him and asked, "What are you doing out here?"

"Let's get some snow and go back and cook something to eat." Shen Biwen replied.

"Oh!" Lin Sheng said happily, "Then remember to save some for me, and call me when you get better!"

"Don't expect us to cook it for you, come back and cook it yourself!" Geng Aiqing pulled Shen Biwen impatiently, "Let him freeze to death here."

Shen Biwen was dragged forward by Geng Aiqing, but he didn't say anything, and there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Are you okay?" Geng Aiqing dragged Shen Biwen to the back of a snow wall and asked furiously.

Shen Biwen froze for a moment: "What?"

Geng Aiqing walked around him a little irritably, and patted him on the back: "Didn't you help me block the snow? Does it hurt? There isn't much snow, so why don't you block the snow? I'm not afraid to crush Lao Tzu to death!"

"..." Shen Biwen whispered after a while, "I'm sorry, I didn't think so much..."

Geng Aiqing choked, coughed uncomfortably and said, "I didn't ask you to apologize, I just told you the truth!"

"I know." Shen Biwen said seriously, "I really didn't expect so much at the time, I only saw the snow falling, and I was the closest to you at that time...I didn't expect to crush you..."

"Actually, it's not too heavy..." Geng Aiqing didn't expect Shen Biwen to explain seriously, and he was a little embarrassed, "I wear a lot! And you are kind, I should thank you..."

"It's me who should say thank you." Shen Biwen interrupted him.

"Ah?" Geng Aiqing was stunned for a moment, "Thank me for what?"

"..." Shen Biwen didn't know what to say, thank you, but he was still standing there despite being able to escape?Or thank him for the reassuring look he looked at him at the end?

"You should thank Uncle Pei the most." Geng Aiqing babbled, "If he hadn't said that there was going to be an avalanche, we wouldn't have known anything, and we couldn't understand what Luosang said! And it was so dangerous at that time..." Geng Aiqing Recalling the scene at that time, I couldn't help shivering again, and then told him, "You are too reckless, why did you just go straight up, my heart was shaking in the last few steps..."

"Why don't you go?" Shen Biwen asked suddenly.

Geng Aiqing paused for a moment, then silently closed her mouth.

Shen Biwen pulled him against the snow wall: "Why didn't you walk a little farther like Sister Yong and the others?"

"Sister Yong and the others didn't go very far..." Geng Aiqing retorted confidently, "We are all worried that something will happen to you...I, I am afraid that you will fall off! How can you be so heavy, Uncle Pei alone? Move, of course I want to help!"

Shen Biwen looked at Geng Aiqing's wandering eyes, his nose was red from the cold, falling snowflakes kept floating on his face, and then were blown away by the wind, only one snowflake barely landed on his lips He was blown by the wind several times, but he still didn't fall. Suddenly, Shen Biwen had an impulse. He really wanted to ask... really wanted to ask...

"You..." Shen Biwen held Geng Aiqing's shoulders and pressed him against the snow wall behind him, staring into his eyes, "Are you..."

Geng Aiqing was in a daze, thinking this is fucking confession, right?It's not official, is it?Are gays also so ritualistic?

"Are you..." Like me?

Shen Biwen didn't ask the last few words of this question at the end. During the pause for a few seconds, many things appeared in his mind, his childhood, his youth, his past, his determination...he wavered Now, he couldn't tell whether it was the thing he pursued that was shaken, or the matter of establishing a relationship, but at least he knew that maybe he wouldn't leave without nostalgia...

"Thank you." Shen Biwen said it again with all his strength.

Sensing Shen Biwen's emotional fluctuations, Geng Aiqing asked strangely, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Biwen let go of the hand holding his shoulder abruptly, avoiding his sight in some embarrassment.

"Hello?" Geng Aiqing waved in front of his eyes.

"It's nothing..." Shen Biwen took a step back.

Geng Aiqing obviously felt that something was wrong with Shen Biwen, but there was only a few seconds between them, and he had no idea what happened.

"You..." Geng Aiqing subconsciously wanted to stretch out his hand to hold Shen Biwen, but he didn't expect that as soon as he moved, the snow wall behind him fell down with a crash, and Geng Aiqing fell into the snow leaning against the snow wall.

"Puff puff puff..." Geng Aiqing was pulled by Shen Biwen to stand up while spitting out the snow in her mouth.

"Isn't this a wall!" Geng Aiqing stomped on the ground in disbelief, the snow on the ground was smashed to pieces by his stepping on it.

Shen Biwen helped him clean the snow off his body with some helplessness, and comforted him: "Maybe it's just a pile of snow..."

Geng Aiqing turned his head to look at him, and said angrily: "It's not that you insist on pressing me against the wall, are you still laughing?"

"..." Shen Biwen looked at his angry expression, most of the depression in his heart was swept away, and finally he couldn't hold it back, he burst out laughing.