Everest

When the two returned, the tent was already boiling water, and most of the snow in the iron basin had melted. Geng Aiqing held the snow in his hand with a confused face: "It's ready?"

Pei Lei said angrily: "Both of you are not as fast as Lin Sheng alone, why did you go?"

"I know, I know!" Lin Sheng interjected from the tent opposite them, "I saw them walking to the back, and I was planning to go and come with them at first!"

"What are you going to do with Xue?" Pei Lei looked at Geng Aiqing up and down, and Geng Aiqing felt guilty after being watched by him. After a long while, Pei Lei came to a conclusion, "You two... went to a snowball fight?"

"What a snowball fight!" Geng Aiqing patted his body and said speechlessly, "Lean against a snowdrifted wall, and then the wall collapsed."

Pei Lei laughed a few times, and waved to him: "Okay, come here quickly, what do you want to eat?"

Geng Aiqing threw out the snow in his hand, then dug out some canned meat in his backpack and handed it over: "Tsk, this is the only thing I can heat up..."

"Why do you always bring canned food?" Lin Sheng quickly grabbed a box, "Come give me a box!"

"Look at you!" Geng Aiqing contemptuously threw another box at him.

Lin Sheng felt embarrassed, so he handed him a bottle of eight-treasure porridge, and said with a grin, "I'll exchange this with you, do you want to eat it or not?"

I don't know when was the last time I ate rice. When Geng Aiqing saw the porridge on the package of the eight-treasure porridge, he unexpectedly had a little appetite. He took it and broke it open: "Eat, why don't you eat it."

The eight-treasure porridge was all lumpy and frozen hard, and the plastic spoon that was given could not be moved at all, so the chopsticks smashed the inside, and then poured all the contents into a small iron basin, and put it on the stove to heat water The cooked food is sticky and thick, and the color is dark. It doesn't look like anything edible, but the aroma after heating still makes him ignore the appearance of eight-treasure porridge. After all, it is more important to fill the stomach. Eat it After a little hot food, everyone's faces regained a little color, and they all seemed a little more relaxed.

In any case, they finally arrived at the North Col camp, one step closer to the peak of their dreams. Everyone is in good condition until now. Although they still have some altitude sickness, under such circumstances, the discomfort is also replaced by excitement. Concealed by his emotional state, Geng Aiqing's headache also eased a lot. Apart from being a little short of breath, he felt refreshed, which surprised everyone.

"I can only say keep it up." Pei Lei patted him on the shoulder before leaving, "Remember to tell me if you feel uncomfortable."

"Got it." Geng Aiqing watched him go to his tent, turned around and pulled the tent up, and said helplessly, "Why are you so worried about me??"

Shen Biwen was putting away the kerosene stove with Lausanne and spreading sleeping bags. Hearing his words, Shen Biwen turned around and smiled at him: "It's not that I'm worried about you. Uncle Pei treats us the same way."

"Really?" Geng Aiqing turned out her sleeping bag and laid it on the floor, "Why didn't I find out? No, you are all telling me to give up early..."

"It's not to tell you to give up early, but to let you know your limit." Shen Biwen said seriously, "I always feel that you are not suitable for climbing. On the one hand, you are really inexperienced, and on the other hand, it is your personality problem."

"You have a personality problem!" Geng Aiqing muttered unhappily.

"That's not what it means." Shen Biwen sat down, looking like he wanted to have a serious talk, "For example, if you saw your teammates in danger, what would you do?"

"Rescue, what else can I do?" Geng Aiqing said naturally.

Shen Biwen was silent for a while, and asked again: "What if the teammate dies?"

"Dead?" Geng Aiqing froze for a moment.

Shen Biwen nodded: "Yes, there was an accident or something..."

Geng Aiqing paused for a moment, and said a little uncertainly: "Dead? Can't be saved?"

"Yes." Shen Biwen said seriously.

Geng Aiqing scratched his head in confusion: "Then I have to bring his body down the mountain..."

"But you haven't reached the top yet." Shen Biwen added, "If you can reach the top."

"That's the top of the ass!" Geng Aiqing said strangely, "You must save your teammates first, and what you said is too extreme, there is a possibility that you can be saved no matter what, unless you fall off the cliff..."

Geng Aiqing thought of the ice crevasse he walked for the first time, and his final voice became a little softer.

Shen Biwen looked at him, and after a while he pulled Luosang who was still packing luggage beside him, and Luosang looked at him suspiciously.

Shen Biwen said a few words to him, Luosang looked a little strange, but answered him anyway.

"What did you tell him?" Geng Aiqing felt a little uncomfortable seeing that he couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, and asked as soon as he stopped.

"I asked him the question he asked you just now." Shen Biwen paused, "His answer was to move on, settle the corpses of his teammates and move on."

"???" Geng Aiqing's eyes widened, and he said in a low voice, "Wow, it's so cold-blooded!"

"It's not cold-blooded." Shen Biwen stared into Geng Aiqing's eyes and said word by word, "Climbing to the top of the mountain is the dream of everyone here."

"But...you can't go to the top just to fulfill other people's dreams, right?" Geng Aiqing struggled.

"..."

Shen Biwen smiled suddenly, and reached out to touch his head, Geng Aiqing subconsciously hid back, joking, Luosang is still here!Don't touch your hands!He emphasized it to Shen Biwen several times with his eyes. Shen Biwen was amused by his winking, took his hand back, and said, "I know, reaching the top is not your dream."

"..." Geng Aiqing remembered that Shen Biwen had told him about this before, and he hesitated and changed his words, "...It can't be said that it is not a dream, I also want to climb Mount Everest for many years!"

Shen Biwen shook his head: "So you are different from us..."

Geng Aiqing narrowed his eyes and said, "You won't say that I don't have the determination to climb to the top and drag me down crazily, will you?"

"When did I hold you back?" Shen Biwen said helplessly, "I still say the same thing, I hope you can recognize your limits, and reaching the top is not a dream you have to achieve. So if you can't hold on, just stop..."

"What about you?" Geng Aiqing asked suddenly.

"Ok?"

Geng Aiqing looked at him: "Will you stop? If you can't persist."

Shen Biwen thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "I can persevere."

Geng Aiqing rolled her eyes: "Why can't I persist if you can persist?"

"...this is different."

"What's the difference?" Geng Aiqing felt a little bored, and couldn't help but lose his temper, "Let me tell you, I've seen you so upset since the beginning, what's the matter, if you really want to die, why don't you Do you have to climb to the top? Is it okay to die on it in the end?"

Shen Biwen was shocked when he heard the word "death", but he calmed down quickly.

Geng Aiqing was still angrily cursing: "What's wrong with you? If I can't handle it, can you handle it? I told you earlier, it's not that when I'm not in danger, I just play for excitement. , passively sacrificing your life for these things, it’s not worth it! I know this truth better than you, I think you have a problem, you ask you, would you even sacrifice your life for this?”

Shen Biwen didn't want to answer this question, so he changed the subject perfunctorily. Geng Aiqing didn't bother about it too much. After talking for such a long paragraph, he felt a little lack of oxygen in his brain, but it was only 7000 meters, and it was too early to inhale oxygen. He was too embarrassed to mention it, so he shut his mouth, took a few deep breaths to slow down his breathing, and managed to slow down.

Putting three sleeping bags in one tent can be said to be very crowded. Geng Aiqing sighed and stared at it until the middle of the night. Luosang also fell asleep before, and the only one who did not fall asleep was Shen Biwen. The quality of sleep has always been good, this is because he has been compulsively training himself a long time ago. In order to adjust this alpine routine, he has maintained the same schedule as the Tibetan area at this time for several years. , not to mention adapting to the snow-capped mountains a few times a year, he himself finds it funny to say that he has spent almost all his time and money, just for this goal, to climb to the top of Mount Everest and fulfill his father's dream , and his own dreams.

He never thought of stopping, because this reason is the reason that has supported him until today, how could he stop?

Shen Biwen turned his head to the side, looking at Geng Aiqing's head crooked on his shoulder in the dark. Due to lack of oxygen, his breathing was heavy and short, but he slept soundly.

Shen Biwen sighed in a low voice, and couldn't help pulling out his other hand from the sleeping bag to touch Geng Aiqing's face.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside, because the wind had weakened a little, and those rustling voices sounded very clearly, and they seemed to be right next to them. Shen Biwen paused for a moment, getting ready to watch Look, who knows that he hasn't moved yet, Geng Aiqing next to him took a deep breath and was also woken up by these voices.

"Go on to sleep..." Before Shen Biwen finished speaking, Geng Aiqing sat up slightly, and her face touched the hand that Shen Biwen hadn't had time to withdraw.

Shen Biwen: "..."

Geng Aiqing asked strangely: "What are you doing?"

Shen Biwen took his hand back, a little embarrassed, but fortunately no one saw it in the dark: "...nothing."

Geng Aiqing asked suspiciously: "Really?"

Shen Biwen had to change the subject: "Why are you up?

Geng Aiqing was immediately led away, and roared in a low voice: "What's wrong outside the trough, I just fell asleep on the horse! I woke up!"

"I don't know." Shen Biwen pressed down on his chest, "It's okay, I'll go and have a look, you can continue to sleep."

"Who can sleep..." Geng Aiqing said sullenly, "Forget it, I'll go too."

"…All right."

"Wait a minute." Geng Aiqing said suddenly while Shen Biwen was getting dressed.

"Huh?" Shen Biwen put on his coat, and heard his voice pause, "What's wrong?"

Geng Aiqing calmly said: "Did you sneak up on me just now?"

Shen Biwen: "..."

Geng Aiqing cursed in a low voice, but Shen Biwen couldn't hear what he said, and then felt him move, and then a warm lip came over, and quickly kissed him on the mouth a mouthful.

Shen Biwen suddenly realized that what Geng Aiqing scolded should be complaining that there was a Luosang in the tent.

Geng Aiqing shrank back and continued to put on her clothes, snorted uncomfortably: "Count."

Shen Biwen: "..."