Forbidden

The moon was covered by thick clouds, and under the night sky was a brightly lit city.

Cheng Suran was sitting in the taxi bound for the airport, his whole body was stiff, as dull as a sculpture, his mind seemed to have countless flies flying, buzzing non-stop, all nerves were paralyzed.

There is only Jiang Yu's face in front of his eyes, and Jiang Yu's voice in his ears...

After boarding the plane, she regained some consciousness, and suddenly realized that she didn't know what was going on, and she just flew over like this, how could she find someone?

The chaotic brain instantly calmed down.

Before taking off, she called Tian Lin again. This time, the other party answered very slowly. Before she could speak, she said, "Miss Cheng, don't worry, I will keep in touch with Xiao Zhou and the others. If there is any news, I will definitely... "

"I'm on the plane to Lingzhou, and there are still a few minutes to take off. Could you please send me Miss Zhou's phone number, okay?" Cheng Suran interrupted her quietly.

Tian Lin was so shocked that she couldn't speak, she was stunned for a while, and then said: "Miss Cheng... even if you are from Lingzhou, it is inconvenient and unsafe to fly there so late, not to mention that it is in the mountains, can you help me?" If you are busy, it will add to the chaos, Xiao Zhou and the others are already thinking of a way, there are so many people here, nothing will happen, don't be impulsive, okay?"

Her tone was a little anxious, as if she was teaching a disobedient brat.

"I know," Cheng Suran said in a low voice, "but I just want to go..."

"Even if I can't help, I want to know her news as soon as possible. It's about her, and I don't want to listen to other people's reports."

After finishing speaking, she slowly took a breath, and said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, Assistant Tian, ​​I will pay attention to safety, please give me Xiao Zhou's phone number, and I will contact her when I arrive."

Tian Lin was silent for a moment, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Suran quickly received the number from Tian Lin. She tried to dial it, but at this time the plane had already started taxiing, and the voice of the flight attendant was heard above her head. After thinking about it, she gave up the idea.

Two thousand kilometers, three hours.

Most of the passengers were sleeping, because it was a red-eye flight, no meals were served, and the flight attendants seldom moved around, and the humming roar of the engines could only be heard in the cabin.

Cheng Suran stared, not feeling sleepy at all, but full of regret.

If my sister saw the photo when she sent it, she would definitely reply in time and tell her not to go.

But at that time she was in class...

When I saw the news later, I just thought it was just to take a photo, but I never thought that my sister might actually take it—she knew that she was a canary, and she couldn't take what the benefactor said casually seriously.

But my sister listened to her.

There were mixed feelings in her heart for a while, sour and bitter, which was originally enough to make her happy for a long time, but it turned into this.If she could predict the outcome, she would rather be ignored.

Fairy flowers are just flowers, and in her heart, they are less important than Jiang Yu.

……

It was after one o'clock in the morning when Cheng Suran walked out of the empty and deserted airport, looking at the dense night outside, he couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

At this moment, the bus has closed, and the bus is also out of service. The only way to go to the city is to take a taxi.The small airport has a small passenger flow, and there are long queues of taxis waiting for passengers. There are not many people sitting, and the drivers are leaning against the door, smoking and chatting.

Cheng Suran first called Xiao Zhou to ask for the address, but the other party's reaction was exactly the same as Tian Lin's, but he didn't say much, and gave her the name of the village.

"Beauty, do you want to take a car?" A stocky man yelled at her.

She put her phone in her pocket, instinctively took a half step to the side, and suddenly remembered the news of a woman who was killed in a taxi in the middle of the night, but thought that Jiang Yu was still trapped in the mountains, so she couldn't care less.

Walking over, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of the car behind, but it didn't open the door, and it seemed to be a female driver inside.

Cheng Suran's eyes lit up, he walked past the man quickly, and opened the door of the rear car.

Sure enough, it was the female driver.

"Sister, where are you going?" The aunt, who is about 40 years old, has a kind face and speaks Mandarin with a local accent.

Cheng Suran calmed down a little, and said in dialect: "Wu Family Village."

"okay."

Twelve kilometers away, the nightlife in a small city is not rich. Although the urban area is brightly lit, there are very few pedestrians on the road, and the road is empty and desolate.

Half an hour later, we arrived at Wujia Village.

Cheng Suran paid the money and got out of the car, took out his mobile phone to make a call while walking in a hurry.

The surroundings are quiet and dark, and the night wind is blowing on the body. There are several houses in the village with lights on, and the watchdog who was awakened by the sound of footsteps shouted loudly. At the end of this straight stone road, you can vaguely see Lingbai Mountain melting into the night. silhouette in .

Not long after I hung up the phone, Xiao Zhou came to answer it.

She didn't sleep.

Pei Chutong and Ruan Mu didn't sleep either, they sat on the sofa wearily.

"Can you tell me the specific situation?" Cheng Suran was brought into the house, and stood in front of them with disheveled hair and anxious expression.

I can't care less about being cautious.

Pei Chutong looked at her with a look of inquiry.

Knowing that this girl was coming, she immediately thought of the canaries in the circle, all of them had excellent acting skills, and whenever the sponsor had something to do, they showed concern and greetings in a decent way, professional and comfortable, and the sponsor was happy when they turned back Yes, with a wave of his hand, reward some pocket money, and the goal has been achieved.

Is it the same with the canary in front of me?

On weekdays, you still have to go to school, and you fly over overnight. It doesn't matter whether you can help or not. The important thing is to perform well in front of the donor.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Pei Chutong's mouth, and he asked softly, "What do you want to know?"

"Just what happened on the mountain today... Wait, didn't Assistant Tian say that you didn't come back? Then you..." Cheng Suran felt her contempt, and his heart stabbed, but he didn't have time to worry about it. Now he just wants to know about it. Everything about my sister.

Pei Chutong stared at her for a moment, put away his emotions, and sighed: "The two of us were brought out by the local villagers after nine o'clock, but Keke..."

"What's wrong with her?!" Cheng Suran rushed forward, "Didn't you find it? How could it be? Shouldn't she be with you?"

Ruan Mu quickly grabbed her.

Pei Chutong frowned and made a release gesture before Ruan Mu let go.She looked at Cheng Suran, the girl's eyes were full of water, as if some kind of emotion was surging.

"Koke is not with us."

"..."

In the afternoon, they searched for clues and took pictures in the mountains. They had a fun time. They found the clues after three o'clock and completed the task.But they all wanted to go shopping for a while, so they let the two cameras go back first, and continued to go shopping in the mountains.

At about four o'clock, Jiang Yu said that he was going to pick fairy flowers, it was very close, and he would be back soon, so he asked them to wait where they were.

I waited until five o'clock and no one came back.

The phone couldn't be reached, so Pei Chutong and Ruan Mu searched in the direction she left, but they got lost and wandered around in the almost identical forests until it was dark. Not only did they not find anyone, they also Lost myself.

The mobile phone signal is not good and intermittent. They are worried about encountering a beast in the dark, so they dare not move around, so they stay where they are and wait for dawn.

"Fortunately, I brought food and water. After nine o'clock, we saw a few people walking and shouting with lights on. They were farmers in the village, and they came to us..."

It was dark at that time, and Xiao Zhou found that they hadn't come back, so he immediately reported to the staff of the film crew, and the film crew spent some money to ask the villagers to go up the mountain to help find someone.

It took two or three hours to find them, bring them back, and then look for Jiang Yu, but they didn't find anyone until late at night. After eleven o'clock, the villagers returned to the village one after another, planning to go up the mountain again at dawn.

"How can we wait for the dawn? Time is life! What if you encounter any danger in the mountains at night... beasts, or cliffs? Have you ever thought about it? She is alone..." Cheng Suran was emotionally agitated, his voice choked up, and he didn't say any more go down.

Pei Chutong rubbed the center of her brows and lowered her head weakly.

Ruan Mu patted her on the back lightly, looked at Cheng Suran, and said in a serious tone: "The night road in the mountain is not easy, our whole team is not familiar with this mountain, so we can't rush in to find someone, so we called the police, about twelve o'clock The fire brigade is here, and they are still looking for it on the mountain, they are more professional and experienced, we just need to wait for the news tonight."

"Wait? Do you know how big Lingbai Mountain is? If there is no location, you may not be able to find it for three days and three nights. With this time, I am afraid that what you find is not a person but—"

Dead body.

Cheng Suran's eyes were red, and her chest heaved violently. Suddenly, she remembered something, "I know where my sister might be..."

"What do you mean?" Pei Chutong suddenly opened his eyes.

Trembling, Cheng Suran took out her mobile phone, clicked on the photo, and handed it to her, "My sister said that she was going to pick fairy flowers. It should be the place in the photo. From the mountain on the north slope, this location is halfway up the mountain on the north slope. The pond on the opposite side looks very close, but in fact it is very far away. Once you enter the woods, you will have no direction. The deeper you go, the easier it is to get lost.”

"how do you know?"

"I'm a local, and I used to go to the mountains to play."

"..."

Pei Chutong was taken aback, his eyes became complicated.At that moment, all doubts were answered.

Before she could speak, Cheng Suran asked again: "Did the fire brigade go up from the north slope?"

"Yes." Ruan Mu answered.

"Northern slope... no, it will take a long time, and they don't know the approximate location... I know there is a small road..." Cheng Suran murmured, turned around and searched around the house.

As if in her own home, she quickly found a flashlight and a long wooden stick that could be used as a trekking pole. She knew where these things would usually be kept.

"Are you going up the mountain to cause trouble in the middle of the night? Don't be like us, lose yourself without finding Coco." Pei Chutong stood up with a serious expression, and grabbed her wrist.

Cheng Suran threw away his hand and broke free from the restraint, his eyes were surprisingly calm: "I am more familiar with this mountain than you."

After speaking, he turned and ran downstairs.

"you come back--"

The night swallowed the girl's back.

……

The night in the mountains is thick and silent, and the surroundings are dark. The shadows of the trees in the forest are swayed by gusts of cool wind, like ghosts, and there are strange sounds from time to time.

Cheng Suran, leaning on a trekking pole and holding a flashlight, walked with difficulty on the path.

There are few people walking on the path, weeds and trees grow unscrupulously, gravel is everywhere, there are countless insects and ants, and there are abandoned traps laid by hunters in the past. It is difficult to walk during the day, let alone at night.But it takes only half an hour to get to the location on the photo from here.

From the northern slope halfway up to the other side, there is a wide range of dense forests in the middle, as well as deep gullies and cliffs. There are two directions in total, leading to the southern slope and the pond respectively.So there are three possibilities -

In the pond, in the woods, or on the southern slope.

The forest is the closest, the pond is next, and the south slope is the farthest.

This means looking in all three directions...

The flashlight is very strong, and it looks like a sharp sword in your hand, piercing the boundless darkness.

Cheng Suran thought to herself that her sister must be fine, as if she had been injected with chicken blood, she didn't feel any fear at all, and after walking for about twenty minutes, her forehead and back were soaked, and she was gradually panting.

Suddenly, her foot stepped on the air——

"what……"

The soft mud sank, and she lost her center of gravity in an instant. She was caught off guard and slid to the slope. The trekking pole and the flashlight in her hand rolled down together and hit the tree trunk.

There was a sudden sharp pain in the thigh.

"hiss……"

Cheng Suran frowned, and felt that some liquid gushed out and soaked the trousers. She lowered her head, and by the light of the flashlight rolling down beside her, she saw a deep wound on her left thigh, scarlet and thick Blood kept pouring out.

She gasped, her brain went blank for a few seconds, she quickly wiped off the sand, gravel and dirt on her hands, took off her coat, and then the long-sleeved shirt she was wearing close to her body, stretched it to wrap around the wound, and tied a tight knot.

Putting on her coat, she ignored the pain, gritted her teeth, got up, retrieved the flashlight and trekking poles, and continued walking with a limp...

……

It was two forty in the morning.

There was a waning moon hanging in the sky, emitting a dim light, the entire mountain forest was submerged in thick darkness, and the surroundings were extremely quiet and chilly.

Jiang Yu leaned against the rock, curled up and shivering.

Around me are scattered food packages, half a bottle of water left over from drinking, a small backpack, a dead mobile phone, and a bag full of fairy flowers in a transparent bag.

fairy flower...

She saw it, picked it up, but lost her way.

From evening to early morning, the mobile phone never had a signal until it ran out of battery. For almost ten hours, she was walking around in the deep mountains and old forests alone, unable to find her way back.Finally, tired, thirsty, and hungry, she gave up struggling and sat down on the spot to wait.

Waiting for someone to come to rescue, or, waiting for the god of death to come and collect.

With trembling hands, Jiang Yu picked up the mineral water, unscrewed it and took a sip, the coolness trickled down her throat, intensifying the cold and making her shiver all over.

Head heavy, cold and sleepy.

She can't close her eyes.

When I close my eyes, my mind is full of the little herself who was dragged into the wooden house on the mountain during the thunderstorm night; help herself.

Then I desperately want to grab something and hug something.

A girl's face appeared before her eyes.

Oh, her little friend, her canary.

Suddenly a beam of powerful light swept over——

She narrowed her eyes.

"elder sister?"

"Is that you? Sister..."

A familiar female voice came from the direction of the light source, followed by a half-light and half-heavy footsteps. The left foot was very light and the right foot was heavy.

The light was getting closer and closer, and the figure became clearer and clearer.

kid?

Jiang Yu was stunned.