In and out of the play, love and kill each other

That night, they rested on a relatively flat grassland.

Because the ground was a little damp, and they didn't bring camping equipment, they could only lay a layer of grass under each of them, and just lay down for the night.

Tang Quan, who had always been pampered and pampered, was naturally not satisfied with such a simple sleeping condition. He thought the grass was not clean, and complained that it was uncomfortable to sleep, but Mu Siyu and Shen Qingyuan ignored his complaints at all. After running around exhausted all day, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't resist the wave after wave of tiredness, so he could only curl up on the grass and close his eyes to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Tang Quan let out a short cry.

Mu Siyu and Shen Qingyuan, who had not slept deeply, were suddenly awakened. They turned their heads to look at Tang Quan, only to see Tang Quan raised one of his legs, pointed at his ankle, and turned pale with shock, "This... what kind of bug is this?" biting me?"

Mu Siyu went over and took a closer look, and saw that the black bug attached to Tang Quan's ankle turned out to be a common tick in the grass. It was originally small and not very conspicuous, and it would sneak into the body through the gaps in the clothes. Once the surface layer of the skin sucks blood, the body will quickly swell to the size of a pea, which looks a little scary.

Tang Quan had never been bitten by this kind of insect. Even when he wanted to slap the tick, Mu Siyu stopped him and said, "It's useless for you to slap it like this. It has tapered mouthparts, so it's easy to slap it." If you don't come down, it will only make your skin more painful."

Tang Quan didn't dare to move immediately, and asked, "Then what should I do, just watch it suck my blood dry?"

Mu Siyu thought to himself, a dark-hearted person like you has sucked so much blood from others, so what if a little tick sucks some blood now.But seeing that Tang Quan began to make excuses to complain that the grass mat under him was not clean, so he told him to shut up impatiently, then turned to Shen Qingyuan and said, "Do you have tweezers?"

Shen Qingyuan opened the first aid kit, took out a medical tweezers from it, and handed it to Mu Siyu.

Mu Siyu carefully clamped the head of the tick with tweezers, and then pulled out the whole tick with force.But instead of killing the tick directly, he put it into an empty medical bottle and sealed the cap.

Seeing the tick, Tang Quan felt disgusted, waved his hand and said, "What are you doing with it, why don't you kill it quickly!"

Mu Siyu smiled: "Many ticks in the wild carry Lyme virus on them. I keep it. In case you get infected with Lyme virus, you can find antibodies from this little thing."

Tang Quan was terrified by his words: "There is... still a virus? Then what should I do?"

Mu Siyu patted Tang Quan's shoulder and said, "The best way is to stay obediently, don't move around, don't talk nonsense."

Shen Qingyuan cut a small piece of gauze and bandaged Tang Quan's wound. Seeing that Mu Siyu was taking the opportunity to scare Tang Quan again, he just pursed his lips and smiled without interrupting.

Tang Quan could more or less hear Mu Siyu's joke, held back his anger, looked at Shen Qingyuan who was helping him bandage his wound, and suddenly changed the subject: "Qingyuan, are you also an alliance member like that guy? Someone from the police station?"

The guy he was talking about, of course, meant Mu Siyu.

Shen Qingyuan said without looking up: "I've said it before, I'm not from the police station, I'm just an entertainer."

Tang Quan frowned and asked, "Then why did you join forces with him? What good will it do you to follow him?"

As soon as Mu Siyu heard this, he interrupted: "Hey, Mr. Tang, you are still here to sow discord at this time. Are you impatient?"

Tang Quan ignored Mu Siyu, and just looked at Shen Qingyuan: "Qingyuan, although you don't admit that you are a member of the police station, but I think you are not simple. I used to underestimate you, but now, I I can assure you that as long as you are willing to help me and part ways with that guy, after returning, I will give you whatever you want, and I will never break my promise."

He paused, glanced at Mu Siyu, and continued: "But this guy, what can he give you, he has nothing but a skin, you may not know, he has already lost Mu Siyu. His cousin Qin Ruyi is only willing to take care of him because he sees him as pitiful. If his cousin finds out that he has secretly joined the Alliance Police Department, not to mention the Qin family, I am afraid even the Mu family will not No matter how much you tolerate him, he can only end up betraying his relatives in the end, what kind of future will you have if you follow him?"

Listening to Tang Quan's plausible analysis of his "future", Mu Siyu looked at Tang Quan with squinted eyes and did not argue for himself.

But Shen Qingyuan raised his head slowly, looked at Tang Quan silently for a moment, and said, "Master Tang, I think you made a mistake. I cooperated with Mu Siyu not because he could give me any benefits, It's because I and his goals are roughly the same."

Tang Quan frowned: "The goal is the same? Could it be that you also have an old grudge with me?"

Shen Qingyuan smiled: "I'm not Ye Wenshen, and my ancestors were not from a wealthy family, and I don't even know the names of my parents. As long as I can remember, I have been an orphan without a father and a mother, so Tang Lord, you and I should have no old enmity."

Tang Quan became more and more confused: "Then why are you..."

Shen Qingyuan continued: "Later, I was adopted by a kind-hearted person, that kind-hearted person not only raised me up, but also taught me a lot of knowledge and skills, he is the most respected teacher in my life. But such a kind person died in the hands of the Reaper in the end. Therefore, the hatred between me and the Reaper is irreconcilable. Lord Tang, you said, for a person like you who has a close relationship with the Reaper , Do I have a reason to vent my anger?"

A look of surprise appeared on Tang Quan's face, and he murmured, "It turns out...it's because of the reaper..."

"This is Yu private." Shen Qingyuan continued, "Yu Gong, for your own selfish desires, you secretly colluded with the Reapers and sold the red crystals developed by them to your compatriots. You clearly know what will happen if you take the red crystals Such symptoms, haven’t you ever wondered what kind of intentions are hidden behind the Spanish-speaking alliance, which has always been incompatible with us, so painstakingly introducing red crystals into our alliance? Lord Tang, if the Chinese-speaking alliance A large-scale war broke out between the Alliance and the Spanish-speaking Alliance, and I can say with certainty that you are the eternal sinner in the history of the Chinese-speaking Alliance."

Tang Quan's expression changed. It's not that he didn't know that the Reapers had ulterior motives in selling the red crystals to him, but the nature of a businessman is to seek profit. In the face of huge interests, all conscience can be deceived, and he never thinks that he There's nothing wrong with doing this.But when Shen Qingyuan, whom he once regarded as a comedian, accused him of becoming a sinner of the entire alliance in front of him, his long-numbed conscience was inevitably shocked.

Shen Qingyuan continued to say on his own: "Master Tang, you said that following Mu Siyu has no future, but I think Mu Siyu gave up the right to inherit the family business for the sake of justice, and even dared to face the consequences of betrayal. Not everyone can make such a choice. Therefore, in my opinion, what attracts me the most about Mu Siyu is not his skin, but his courage to go forward, and his honesty. A sense of justice. Such a man is the most attractive."

These words caused Tang Quan to fall into complete silence.

He finally realized that Shen Qingyuan and him were people from two worlds.He would not overthrow his previous outlook on life and values ​​just because of Shen Qingyuan's few words, but he had to admit that he knew too little about Shen Qingyuan in the past, and he was bound to win Shen Qingyuan. The pursuit, now looking back, is so stupid and ridiculous.

If time could be turned back, he would rather that he never provoked Shen Qingyuan, lest he end up with no money and no man.

After Shen Qingyuan said those words, he returned to his straw mat, closed his eyes and planned to continue sleeping.

At this time, Mu Siyu came over secretly, and said in a low voice: "Qingyuan, if you want to confess your love to me, you should also say hello in advance. You are so sudden... I am not prepared at all."

Shen Qingyuan looked at him strangely: "When did I confess my love to you?"

"You just told Tang Quan clearly..."

"Oh, I was just mad at him." Shen Qingyuan turned over, turned his back to him, and said lightly, "Don't think too much, go to bed early."

Mu Siyu: "..."

When he woke up the next morning, the wound on Tang Quan's ankle had basically subsided. Mu Siyu estimated that he was not infected with Lyme virus, so he urged him to continue on the road.

Perhaps it was the conversation last night that made Tang Quan completely dispel the idea of ​​asking Shen Qingyuan for help, so he seemed very quiet along the way, he could not speak, try not to speak, in order to reduce his sense of existence.

However, the environment they walked on this day was a bit worse than the previous day—the weather was getting drier and hotter, the water source was getting less and less, and the puddles left on the ground after the rain a few days ago have now dried up Hu Si, who is not optimistic, has almost disappeared birds and animals along the way, and even hunting and foraging has almost become empty talk.

But luckily, just when they were thirsty, they found a plant suspected of water vine.

Mu Siyu borrowed Shen Qingyuan's dagger, cut a small opening on the water vine, and seeing a clear liquid flowed out of it, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, there is no unparalleled path."

He first cut two pieces of water vines and handed them to Shen Qingyuan and Tang Quan respectively. Shen Qingyuan looked at the color of the liquid, raised his head and drank the liquid in the vines, but Tang Quan was worried with the vine branches in his hand: "You guys Are you sure, it’s okay to drink this stuff?”

"Don't worry," Mu Siyu said while gulping water into his mouth, "Although some water vines are poisonous, the juice of this water vine is non-toxic and you can drink it with confidence. But of course, if you would rather die of thirst If you don't drink, I won't force you."

Tang Quan's view of food has been refreshed along the way. He had eaten the jungle rats before, but now seeing that Mu Siyu and Shen Qingyuan both drank the water from the water vines, he closed his eyes and took a sip. Then he unexpectedly discovered that the juice flowing out of it was actually more delicious than he had imagined.

Although the problem of water source has been solved, the food to satisfy hunger is still not available.

Mu Siyu searched around again, but couldn't find any traces of animals. Finally, he could only sigh, picked some branches and leaves from the bushes, carefully selected some leaves, put them on the tip of his nose and sniffed, and found that there were no traces of animals. What smell, then crushed the leaves and smeared them on the skin of his arms.

Seeing this, Shen Qingyuan immediately stopped him and said: "What are you doing? The nature of this plant is unknown, and I don't know if it is poisonous. Are you doing this to kill yourself?"

"It's okay," Mu Siyu smiled at him, "I'm just trying it out. If the skin is allergic, it means it's poisonous. If you're not allergic, you can put it in your mouth and try it."

Shen Qingyuan knew that he wanted to experiment with his own body, but he didn't know what it was like for a moment.

When he went out to perform missions alone before, he also encountered such a desperate situation, but because he was alone at that time, he could only risk his own life. Whether it was life or death, he could only resign himself to fate, but fortunately At that time, he finally survived smoothly.

At this moment, he and Mu Siyu were together, and Mu Siyu stepped forward without hesitation in the risk that they could have shared together—Shen Qingyuan felt that as a senior, he didn't seem to play the role of a senior at all. , but everywhere is protected.

This made him a little at a loss. This feeling made him feel very strange, but inexplicably, he felt very heartwarming.