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The light at the bottom of the cave is dim, and the light projected from the entrance is the only source of light. The half-sized cave itself does not have much room, and it is covered by a few crooked weeds, making the light even more pitiful.

The space below is spacious and empty, and the outline of the arch can be vaguely seen.Just relying on the little light falling from the hole, it is impossible to illuminate the entire area.

Mo Nan gritted his teeth and looked at the hole above his head, his eyes filled with blood-red hatred.He hates it, but no matter how angry he is, it won't help, especially in such a dire situation.

Aside from the pain of falling from a high altitude, several inches of silt had accumulated at the bottom of the hole. The wet mud on the ground was very sticky, and there was a fishy smell of tide water, which made him want to vomit.

But this disgusting ooze still covered most of his body, as long as he moved a little, the area covered by the clothes would be more, and it would be easier to smell that smell.Mo Nan frowned and endured the stench on his body, he had never disliked himself so much.

He wanted to stand up and shake off the mud all over his body, but just as he put his weight on his feet, he felt a sharp pain. It should be that he accidentally injured his muscles and bones when he fell down, and both feet were injured.

Mo Nan looked at the injury, and there was a piece of skin on his right foot that was swollen, even if he didn't touch it, he would feel a sharp pain from time to time, but his left foot was much better, only slightly sprained.He tried to stand on one foot, so he supported the surrounding rock walls with his hands, and slowly put the weight of his whole body on his left foot, and he finally stood up tremblingly.

Although the injury to his left foot was not serious, it was still a bit reluctant to let it bear the full gravity. He took a few painful breaths, and then looked at the entrance of the bright hall above his head. The sunlight outside looked a little dazzling.

Mo Nan wondered if he could climb up from the nearby rock wall. This was his unique skill, but now that he was injured, he had more energy than strength, so he had no choice but to abandon this idea.

He stroked the surface of the rock wall and felt a little damp. Looking carefully, there were still a lot of moss growing on it, which was slippery and slippery, and it was not easy to fall on it. He thought that even if he recovered, he might not be able to guarantee that he would be able to climb up.

The way to climb out was blocked, and Mo Nan could only find other ways to get out of this ghostly place.

As witty as Mo Nan, he quickly thought of an effective countermeasure.

"Help!!!——" He opened his throat and howled, "Come here!! Dead people!!——Is there anyone who cares——"

The loud cries echoed in the empty cave bottom, and the echoes collided with each other on the walls in all directions, ups and downs.

"Come here!! If no one comes, you will really die—"

"Someone's been buried alive!!——He has no conscience!——"

"There is a suave and suave talented scholar who is trapped here!!——Do you have the heart to leave it alone!!——"

"Ah, ah, adults, please save the little one! The little one won't dare to—"

……

In the end, he himself couldn't bear the deafening echo, and he couldn't think of any lines by the way, so he closed his mouth angrily. The echo drifted for a while, and gradually calmed down, and the cave fell into dead silence again.

After yelling for so long, no one came to help at the entrance of the cave, and he couldn't even see a passing insect. Mo Nan was almost desperate. His feet were swollen and painful. He didn't think it was dirty even if he couldn't stand still, so he just sat on it. On the dirt floor.

He began to consider whether to write a blood letter on the rock wall as his suicide note, and then spend the rest of his life in the cave.

No, I can't just give up so easily, and I still have to go out and beat those two brats.Mo Nan clenched his fists, inspired by the desire to hit someone and the hatred in his heart, he continued to look around in the cave.

And those two culprits had already skipped happily to another place.

The older boy had a triumphant smirk on his face, and he dragged the younger boy to the village, as if he wanted to pretend that he had never been to the river and had done nothing.

"Hey...Brother, is this really okay?" The little boy asked him a little embarrassedly.

"Hmph, what's wrong," he said indifferently, "it's right to let the bad guys suffer!"

"But if that brother... dies inside..."

"How is it possible?!..." The big boy thought about it, and it seems that there is indeed such a possibility, "...how about we come and have a look tomorrow, and if he's still inside, we'll show him mercy?"

"Oh...but look at the hole below...it's so gloomy inside, what if there really is a snake and eat him overnight?"

"..." He heard the words and felt that there was some truth, but he still forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and angrily said, "Why are you talking so much?! Is he your big brother or am I your big brother?"

"Of course you are my elder brother...but..."

"Don't be annoying, don't worry!" He taught the little boy, "Don't worry! We've already done it anyway! Wouldn't it be rude to save him now! How can it be so easy to encounter a snake? If we do meet, we can only blame him for his bad luck, and it has nothing to do with us, you know?"

"Oh……"

The older kid was so engrossed in blaming the other, not realizing he wasn't seeing the way ahead, that all of a sudden he ran straight into one.

"Ouch!" His forehead hurt a little, and he glared forward, "What are you doing in the way!!"

"..." Ji Guiran looked at the boy who bumped into him expressionlessly, then frowned slightly unconsciously, he didn't remember where the two of them met before.

"..." But Ji Guiran couldn't remember him, it doesn't mean the two kids didn't remember him.The big boy in the lead turned pale, pointed at Ji Guiran and shouted, "Ah, you are the one——!"

"Brother, run!" The little boy behind him reminded him by tugging at the hem of his clothes when he saw that he was still talking.

"...Ah yes! Run!! He must have come to rescue his friend!!" The big boy hurriedly grabbed his younger brother as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly ran in another direction. Then he shouted, "It's too late to save me! Hmph! Who told you to do it to me first!!"

It was only then that Ji Guiran remembered where he had seen these two children, it was yesterday, before they played pranks, he took the first step to teach them a little lesson.

Compared to who these two people are, Ji Guiran's thoughts focused on what the child said.

mate?

He pondered for a moment, as if he knew something, and a not-so-good feeling surged in his heart.

The light at the hole is weaker than before, and the visible area at the bottom is less.

I don't know what time it is outside, Mo Nan remembered that when he came to the river, it was already past noon, and with such a toss, he estimated that the sun would set in another hour.

It was even more inconvenient to move around at night, and Mo Nan had a headache.As far as he could see, everything was empty, except for the silt on the ground, there was nothing of value, not even a stone.

The place where the light can't reach is hidden in the darkness, and the size of the entire cave is unknown. Mo Nan really wants to get up and walk around, but it's a problem whether he can stand up now, just holding back the pain in his feet It's not easy.

I can't go out by myself, and people from outside won't come over. How long will this bad situation last, maybe one day, two days... a week, maybe I won't be discovered until my body rots.

In anticipation of this, the sense of despair overflowed again.Mo Nan shook his head hastily, trying to drive away the bad feelings in his heart, he kept silently thinking that this must not be a hopeless situation.

As expected, there is no such thing as an endless road. His eyes fell on the rock wall not far away. There was a protruding rock. There seemed to be no moss growing on the surface, and the color was slightly lighter than other places. something...

He squinted his eyes and tried hard to see clearly, but the place was at the junction of light and shadow, half in the light and half in the dark, Mo Nan looked at it for a long time and still didn't know what was engraved on it.

He poked his upper body forward, but it still didn't help.He simply attached both hands to the stone wall next to him, fixed it and then used his arms to exert force, moving his whole body to that side little by little. Although he looked a little embarrassed, he did move a little bit.

Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he spotted something wriggling beside the rock. He was startled, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look at it, and saw a creature crawling up the protruding rock. .

snake!

Mo Nan's first reaction was it, and he took a closer look. The part of the snake's body in the light was pitch black, and it seemed to have white stripes, which was not the same color as the seal snake imagined in his mind.

His heart instantly cooled down.

It's not a seal snake...that means...it's an ordinary snake! !A snake that bites! !

The snake stuck firmly against the wall and the stone, and gradually moved into his field of vision, and Mo Nan could see it more clearly.It was a black and white snake, it was much thicker than a seal snake, if a seal snake was as thin as a finger, then it was as thick as an arm.

Mo Nan didn't dare to move, and his hands were attached to the rock wall without withdrawing, for fear that if he made a move, he would attract the snake's attention.The thoughts in his mind were chaotic, and he kept searching for his knowledge of snakes, but he didn't get much.The only thing he could think of was: snake, biting, patterned, maybe poisonous.

If God gives him another chance, he will definitely go back to the past and read all the cheats on dealing with snakes.It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world. At this moment, Mo Nan can only stay where he is and be slaughtered by others, no, he will be slaughtered by snakes.

This is the real desperate situation.He stared at the snake that was about to crawl over, wanting to cry without tears.

Fortunately, he was very fortunate that after seeing Mo Nan, the snake seemed to be a little afraid of his existence, and the snake's head tilted back slightly, and did not continue to meander towards him.

Mo Nan was so nervous that he didn't even dare to swallow his saliva, he stared straight at the snake, and the snake also looked at him.One person and one snake stalemate for a long time, and the latter made a movement first.

As if it was about to retreat, it turned a corner and slid away to hide in the darkness.

gone? ?Mo Nan watched it disappear from sight, he couldn't believe it, he didn't expect the snake to be more fearful than himself.

Even though there was no sign of the patterned snake, Mo Nan still did not dare to relax his vigilance. Instead, he became even more frightened. Now, for him, all invisible places are dangerous areas, and as long as he is not careful, he may be bitten by it.

However, the light above is getting dimmer and the sky is almost dusk. Mo Nan believes that it will not be long before the bottom of the cave will be completely plunged into darkness. If he cannot get out, he has only two consequences. The second is to actually get bitten and spend the night in pain.

...I don't want any of them! !

Mo Nan's desire to go out reached the extreme, even so, he was still at a loss what to do.He scratched his hair irritably, not caring that the mud on his hands got on his hair.

After a long silence like this, the snake did not appear again, and Mo Nan began to wonder if it had left.

"...Hello?...Are you still there?" He tentatively asked cautiously.

Quiet.

"Big brother... are you there?"

"……You gone?"

"I want to say..." He discussed with the air, "If you want to bite...while I can see it?"

"...Otherwise I will be afraid..."

"Huh? Can you answer me, oh no, you can't talk... then can you show up?"

"If you don't show up, I won't treat you as a threat?"

"How about the dignity of the snake?"

……

Mo Nan talked to himself for a long time, but the snake didn't even bother to pay attention to him, it didn't even show its tail.Therefore, Mo Nan became more courageous, straightened his body, and sat in a more comfortable posture.

"Ah...you come out, sir...you can scare me..." he said helplessly.

He looked at the weaker and weaker light, and calculated that the sun should have set, and the dark night was about to fall, and he was destined to spend the night in this dangerous place.

Speaking of which, Ji Guiran didn't come out to look for him no matter how he saw that he hadn't returned after dark.Mo Nan curled his lips, and then immediately thought, if he really came out to look for it, it would be quite abnormal.

"Alas... how come I have such a partner, I can't feel any sympathy..." He sighed sadly, "Ah——Ji Guiran, you are so annoying, you are mean, shameless, sinister, cunning, double-faced, evil, full of small stomachs, chicken intestines, and beasts Why not..."

Mo Nan used all the swearing words in his mind on Ji Guiran, and then he couldn't come up with words, so he continued to complain to himself: "You are so bad that I can't describe it, I want to I can’t come out, no word is enough for you... I think there should be a book dedicated to describing your character, which is full of various derogatory words... Well, it’s better to draw a few more pictures Illustrated... next to nominated, Ji Guiran, hey!..."

"Ah, I really want to go out, this place is so weird... By the way, those two stinky and shameless brats, my master will catch them sooner or later and give them a good lesson! I'm so mad, I'm not that skinny of!"

"First of all, I still have to go out... But I can't find anything to step on... Forget it, I can't climb up if I step on it..."

"Ah, I'm so annoying, it's all Ji Guiran's fault, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen! Everything is Ji Guiran's fault!!"

"It's none of my business."

"Why is it none of your business? If it weren't for your young master, would you have ended up like this? Now you are fine, everyone... huh?" Mo Nan was about to continue, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and he followed the response to himself. Looking in the direction of the voice, a familiar face appeared at the entrance of the cave.In an instant, he said in amazement: "Ji, Ji Guiran?!"

Although Ji Guiran still had that stinky face on weekdays, Mo Nan now only thinks that he is like a fairy.

"Quick! Get me out!" Mo Nan hurriedly asked him for help.

Hearing this, Ji Guiran didn't help immediately. He skipped Mo Nan, glanced around the cave, then seemed to be thinking about something, then turned and left after a while.

"..." Mo Nan froze in place, watching helplessly as the only life-saving straw left.He yelled at the entrance of the cave: "Don't go!! Hey!! - Help me -"

His screams didn't bring Ji Guiran back, Mo Nan yelled for a long time to no avail, then collapsed on the ground in frustration.

The depression and resentment in his heart increased a lot, he stared at the empty hole, and cursed Ji Guiran secretly.Cheapskate!Didn't I just quarrel with you!Save me now and you won't lose a piece of meat!Besides, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda! !

Mo Nan recalled that when he and Ji Guiran first walked together, he was blackmailed by the robbers, and he was almost even, by that guy, watching as if he was still watching the fun.It's the same now, maybe I'm going to the side to laugh at myself.

Ahhh mean! !The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he really wanted to spray a mouthful of old blood on Ji Guiran's face, and then kick him a few times... No, just kicking is not enough, you have to crush, crush hard... crush his bones ...and to crush his face...

Just as Mo Nan was imagining the scene of dismembering Ji Guiran in his mind, a hemp rope suddenly appeared in his sight.

"??" He looked up along the bottom of the rope, and saw Ji Guiran looking at him at the entrance of the cave, holding the other end of the hemp rope in his hand.

... Mo Nan was a little surprised.

"Why are you in a daze? You don't want to come up?" Seeing his dazed look, Ji Guiran was about to withdraw.

"Don't! Think!!" Mo Nan hugged the life-saving hemp rope, looking pitiful.

Ji Guiran lifted him up from the bottom of the cave in two or three strokes. Mo Nan was amazed by his arm strength. What did this man grow up on?

Breathing the fresh air outside, Mo Nan who had escaped was so moved that he wanted to cry. When he was happy, seeing Ji Guiran felt a little more kind, and he couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

"Ah... this young man..." Regardless of the mud all over his body, he climbed up Ji Guiran's neck, and said with a rogue smile, "I can't repay you for saving my life, but unfortunately I have no money, so I can only pay you back." I can make a promise with my body... I don't know what the young master wants?"

Ji Guiran disliked the smelly dirt on his body a little bit, and said with a frown, "Let go."

"No, I won't~" Mo Nan happily rubbed the mud on him.

Unbearable, Ji Guiran just wanted to reach out and tear him off.

"Oh, don't!" Mo Nan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped him, "I have an injury on my foot...I'm afraid I won't be able to walk, so please help me."

Ji Guiran gave another tsk of disgust, but he did not refuse his request. He clasped his waist and abdomen with his hand, let one arm hang on his shoulder, and stretched out his hand to hold it, and asked, "Satisfied?" gone?"

"Satisfied, I'm satisfied~" Mo Nan happily put all the weight on his side, but the latter didn't take it seriously, and walked back slowly as if he was supporting a disabled person.

After walking like this for a while, Mo Nan found that he still couldn't take it anymore. After all, there was not only one injured foot. Although the injury was not serious, it was sprained. After soaking in the mud for so long, he felt that both feet They are all useless.

"Ji Guiran." He couldn't help but speak.

"What?"

"You...won't you carry me back?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Ji Guiran said threateningly: "I think you want to crawl back by yourself." After saying that, he wanted to let go of his waist.

"Don't, don't, don't!!" Mo Nan saw that he was really going to take back the hand that was supporting him, and hurriedly said, "I'm just joking!!"

Ji Guiran didn't stop letting go of him, leaving Mo Nan alone in a hurry.

"..." Mo Nan, who had lost someone to rely on, felt that he was on the verge of falling, and was annoyed why he couldn't control his mouth so much. It's all right now, and he can really crawl back on all fours.

While he was regretting, Ji Guiran didn't leave directly, but walked up to him and knelt down.Seeing his appearance, Mo Nan lost his mind for a moment: "?? What are you doing?"

"?" Seeing that Mo Nan was puzzled, Ji Guiran was even more puzzled, "Not coming up? Then I'm leaving."

Mo Nan reacted instantly, his eyes lit up, he leaned forward and threw himself on Ji Guiran's back, putting all his weight on it, and then sighed a few times with satisfaction.

Ji Guiran carried him on his back without any difficulty, and after confirming that the person behind him was secure, he set off on his way back without changing his expression.

Like going down the mountain for the first time that day, the afterglow of the sky faded away, and the last ray of sunset glow disappeared in the sky. The first night shrouded the surface of the river, the waves were bright and clean, glowing with soft moonlight, and the refreshing evening wind was blowing, like It can blow away the tiredness in people's hearts.

"Ji Guiran, the scenery behind the river is very nice, how about looking back."

"You are annoying, can you be quiet."

"No, my mouth was born for speech."

"Then shut up."

"If you look back, there won't be a piece of meat missing."

Ji Guiran couldn't bear his entanglement, so he could only obey his wishes and turned his body back unwillingly.

Behind him is the starry night sky and the Xihe River full of moonlight.

After half an hour.

"...Have you seen enough?"

"Enough is enough, let's go~" Mo Nan rubbed against his neck contentedly.

"Don't rub it." Ji Guiran disliked it.

"I won't."