don't be cheap

Before dawn the next day, Chen Chen urged everyone to get up quickly.

Shen Bei slept late last night, and when he opened his eyes to see that it was still dark, he couldn't help but get up a little bit angry.

Winter in the small mountain village comes earlier than in the city. Although it hasn't snowed yet, the wind has started to blow.

He knew that everyone had a mission, so he didn't show it, but just walked behind the team with a sleepy expression.

Wearing the thin field combat uniform given by Chen Chen, and carrying a large bag of weapons, his small body looked very pitiful in the cold wind.

Qi Ao's heart ached, he was not afraid of the cold, and the group of people in front were obviously physically strong after training.But Shen Bei was different from them, before yesterday, he was just an ordinary person.

It was obvious that he couldn't bear such a thin dress.

He carried his backpack to the front, took a quick step and squatted in front of Shen Bei.

At this moment, Shen Bei's mind was like a lump of paste, he looked at Qi Ao in a daze and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'll carry you on my back, you hug me to keep warm, and sleep for a while." Qi Ao patted himself on the back, motioning him to come up.

Shen Bei laughed, feeling extremely warm in his heart.He stepped forward and took Qi Ao's hand, pulling him to follow the pace of the troops.

"Let's go faster, it won't be cold when we move."

Qi Ao held Shen Bei's somewhat cold hand, looked at him striding forward, and joked: "You didn't come up by yourself. After passing this village, there will be no such shop."

Shen Bei turned around and made a face at him, "Anyway, when I can't walk, you will always recite it."

……

While bickering, the two walked closely behind the large army, but after a while, they reached the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, the sky is gray and it is almost dawn.

"This mountain is huge, everyone must not lose these things."

Chen Chen distributed compass and GPS watches to everyone, leaving two people as backup at the foot of the mountain, and walked up the mountain with the rest.

It is still at the foot of the mountain, and there is barely a way to go. When it is halfway up the mountain, it can only move forward based on experience.

Qi Ao still led Shen Bei to walk at the end of the team, halfway he led Shen Bei to turn and walk across to another small road.

"Hey, don't we go with them?" Shen Bei looked at Qi Ao, and then turned to look at the team that was going up over there.

"Chang Lin is with them, we have other things to do."

This road is often taken by the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and it is quite spacious. At least the two of them walked side by side, and it was not too crowded.

The higher the altitude is, the cold wind howls across the mountains, making Shenbei shiver uncontrollably.

Qi Ao held his hand which couldn't be warmed up, and couldn't help frowning.He took off the combat uniform he was wearing and asked Shen Bei to put it on, leaving him with a thin t-shirt.

"You wear it yourself, what if you catch a cold!" Shen Bei was unwilling and kept pushing.

"Be obedient, I can automatically adjust the temperature, so I won't freeze. You put it on first, and we'll find a place to start a fire later."

Shen Bei was no match for Qi Ao, and he found that Qi Ao's hands were really warm, he sucked the snot that was about to come out of his nose, and put on his clothes in a hurry.

Although the garment is thin, an extra layer is always better.

If I knew it was so cold, I should have brought more clothes.

Qi Ao rubbed Shen Bei's head and told him to look ahead, "Do you still remember this place?"

Shen Bei turned up his collar to block the wind, stared at the big tree in front of him for a while, and said pleasantly, "This is the place where I met you back then."

Pointing to the tree, he smiled and said, "I'm just the cow dung I stepped on under the tree. If you walk further, there's a small waterfall, and you were hugged by me there."

"Go, go and have a look." Qi Ao curled up his mouth, held Shen Bei's hand again, and walked forward quickly.

This waterfall is not too big, and you can hardly feel the splashing water when you walk nearby in this season, but the humidity is quite heavy.

"I heard from my grandma that when there was no running water in the village a long time ago, everyone came here to fetch water to drink."

Shen Bei squatted down, and put his hand into the small pond in front of the waterfall, he shivered from the cold, and immediately put his hand into Qi Ao's hand.

"It is said that this waterfall is spiritual, and it is connected to the Dragon Palace at the bottom, so there is so much water flowing down in summer, the water will not overflow. In the past, people who lived far away would bring buckets here to carry water in order to get a little fairy spirit.

Qi Ao grabbed Shen Bei's hand and put it to his mouth, breathed out a few times, rubbed it vigorously a few times before saying: "The bottom of this pool is indeed connected to another place, but it's not the Dragon Palace."

"Ok?"

"The bottom of this pool is the road leading to the demon world. There is another river over there, and the two sides communicate with each other. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, such a strange phenomenon appears."

Shen Bei looked at Qi Ao in surprise, "The demon world is at the bottom of this pool?"

"Yes." Qi Ao nodded, and led Shen Bei forward, "Didn't I tell you that there is a place on this mountain that leads to the demon world. It's here."

"Amazing." Shen Bei babbled and stopped, "Then can we go there now?"

Qi Ao grabbed Shen Bei who turned around and wanted to go back, "People can go here from the demon world, but they can't go in."

"Huh? What the hell kind of setting is this?"

"Who knows." Qi Ao led Shen Bei into the cave and asked, "Do you still remember this place?"

Shen Bei put down his backpack and walked around in the cave, then excitedly jumped on Qi Ao, "This is the cave where we first met!"

Qi Ao laughed heartily, supported Shen Bei's buttocks and walked around the cave for a few more times before letting him down to start a fire at the entrance of the cave.

Shen Bei leaned aside to help build firewood, "But the bottom of the waterfall is the one leading to the demon world. How did this cave become the intersection of the human and demon worlds?"

Qi Ao said while lighting the fire: "Actually, the area around the waterfall is the meeting point of the two worlds. This cave is specially made by us to cultivate when necessary."

He paused for a while, and squinted at Shen Bei, "It's been fine for thousands of years, who knew I was so lucky to meet you."

Shen Bei rubbed the tip of his nose embarrassingly, and gently shook his arms around Qi Ao's neck, "If it weren't for my cheap hands, we might have missed each other. What a pity, don't you think?"

The fire started, and the surrounding temperature slowly rose.Qi Ao looked at Shen Bei's eyes that were getting darker and brighter against the firelight, and his heart throbbed.

"Yes, this is the best bad thing that ever happened to me in my life."

He embraced Shen Bei, hugged him tightly, lowered his head slightly, and kissed the lips that had returned to ruddy.

***

Shen Bei huddled in his sleeping bag, resting his head on Qi Ao's leg, and asked, "Is it really okay for us to do this? They are looking for fugitives outside, and we are here to warm up and sleep?"

Qi Ao sat on the ground leaning against the wall, rubbed Shen Bei's head, looked down at him, and explained carefully: "There are jackals among the people who are hunting this time, and they are very cunning. So this time we have to divide our troops into two groups. Lu, Changlin and the others are searching for them in the open, and we are responsible for investigating in the dark."

"The real version of the praying mantis catching the cicada, the oriole is behind!"

Qi Ao chuckled, "Yes."

"Then are we going to act at night?" Shen Bei asked.

"No, they are only responsible for attracting the attention of the fugitives, and we are the main force."

Shen Bei looked at the leisurely state of the two of them now, it was really hard to imagine that he would take on such a big responsibility.

However, the explosive factor in his body had already started to disperse, and he felt that he was in good spirits now, and he wished he could go out to find the fugitive immediately.

Looking at his bright eyes, Qi Ao knew what he was thinking. He lightly covered Shen Bei's eyes with his hands, "But today's task is at night, so, now, immediately, sleep!"

The eyes under the palm of his hand blinked, his eyelashes scratched Qi Ao's limbs, and his limbs felt a little numb.

"Hey, didn't you wake up in the morning, go to sleep."

Shen Bei laughed out loud, "Qi Ao, you are too bad."

He squirmed in his sleeping bag, fell asleep on his side facing the fire, and added, "But I like how bad you are."

What today's task is at night is just an excuse Qi Ao made to sleep peacefully.

I almost believed it myself.

There is a boyfriend who dotes on me very much, how should I dote back, wait online!urgent!

***

After Shen Bei got a good night's sleep, it was already noon.The two cooked a large pot of instant noodles in a folding pot, and swallowed after a few mouthfuls.

"Ah, consummation!" Shen Bei sighed after drinking the last sip of soup.

Qi Ao wiped the folding pot clean, and said to him: "Treasure the time of eating instant noodles, I don't think you will be able to eat them in the future."

He doesn't like instant noodles because they are unhealthy.But Shen Bei really liked it, wishing he could eat three meals a day.

But this time the task was special. Apart from compressed biscuits, the most convenient hot cooked food was instant noodles.

Even though Qi Ao was unwilling to do so, he could only treat him in special circumstances.

"You are called invisible domestic violence, do you know that!" Shen Bei jumped.

Qi Ao extinguished the fire, packed his backpack and walked out of the cave, "I can't get used to your stink."

Shen Bei threw a piece of firewood towards the back of Qi Ao's head, which was easily dodged by him.

"If you want to sneak attack me, you have to practice for decades."

Shen Bei was in a hurry, threw away the small stone that was ready to be thrown in his hand, and chased it out, "Bastard, you are a human being who bullies me!"

One of the two ran in front, the other chased after, and ran forward along the only path in the mountain.

……

At the end of the path, Qi Ao stopped.Shen Bei chased after him cursing for a while, seeing Qi Ao suddenly stop, before hitting the brakes in time.

Qi Ao seemed to have eyes behind him, and immediately turned around and hugged Shen Bei, "Isn't it cold now?"

Shen Bei took a step back, his face was flushed, he smiled and shook his head, "It's not cold anymore! Hot soup and jogging, my whole body is warm."

Qi Ao smiled lightly and rubbed his head, making Shen Bei squat down with him, looking at a clump of crooked weeds at the intersection.

Shen Bei took out a tool and gestured on it, exclaiming in a low voice: "They are really heading in this direction!"

The palm-sized measuring instrument accurately displayed: According to the test, twenty adult males passed by this area three days ago.

Qi Ao frowned, their information was wrong!

The author has something to say:

emmmmmmm, is it thick enough?