Qin Wuyan carried Zhuang Xiaoyu on his back and walked on the snow-covered mountain road with one foot deep and one foot shallow. His sandals were stained with mud and fine sand. The wind was so strong that his face was cut like a knife.
He lifted Zhuang Xiaoyu up, turned his head to look at the person lying on his back: "Xiaoyu, are you cold?"
"It's not cold." Zhuang Xiaoyu trembled as soon as she spoke: "I'm wearing a tiger skin, so it's not cold, how about you?"
"I'm in good health, and I'm not cold." Qin Wuyan looked at the dark sky, "It's getting dark again, let's find a place with a leeward wind and light a fire to cook something for you."
Zhuang Xiaoyu gave a low "hmm".
Qin Wuyan put Zhuang Xiaoyu behind the big rock, took some dry branches and leaves and started a fire.
Zhuang Xiaoyu was wrapped in the tiger skin, looked back at the clear footprints on the snow, and asked worriedly: "Ah Yan, these footprints are too obvious."
This deep mountain is connected to the mountains on the other side of the forbidden area. Wild animals often come and go. The heavy snow is so heavy that no one goes hunting on the mountain. The heavy snow covered their footprints and blocked the entrance of the mountain a few days ago. No one knows where they went. , it is more difficult to find.
But the sun has been shining these days, the snow has melted, and the melted snow has frozen into ice again, mixed with the white snow. Every time they take a step, they will leave a clear and obvious footprint, and this footprint is captured at night. If it is frozen, it may not be melted all day tomorrow.
This is no different from exposing one's whereabouts to those who are looking for them. Those people can find them as long as they find their footprints and follow them all the way.
Qin Wuyan didn't know this, but there was no other way.
He fed the roasted meat into her mouth: "When we get to the forbidden area, it's dangerous, and they might let us go. At that time, we will live in the forbidden area for a year or so, and then we will quietly leave there and go to the forbidden area. An incognito life in another secluded small village, okay?"
"Okay." Zhuang Xiaoyu looked sideways at Qin Wuyan, and finished drinking the warm water in the bamboo tube, only to feel his cold body become much warmer in an instant.
She fed warm water to Qin Wuyan's mouth: "Drink some too, your lips are covered with dead skin."
Qin Wuyan pursed his lips and smiled, took a sip of the water she handed to his lips, and stretched out his hand to pinch her face: "Did you dislike me?"
"I don't have it." Zhuang Xiaoyu leaned her head on his shoulder, "Even if you lack arms and legs, bah bah bah, I mean, even if you have gray hair and wrinkled face, as long as you are still the same you, I will Will always be with you."
Qin Wuyan put the tiger skin on her head, wrapped her around her, and hugged her in his arms: "Xiao Yu, if I had everything, you wouldn't have to wander around with me. Unfortunately, I have nothing but you. No."
"Isn't there you? It's enough to have you." Zhuang Xiaoyu stood up, sat on his lap, put her arms around her neck, put the tiger skin on the top of their heads, and kissed his lips... ...
The intimacy of their lips and teeth offset the coldness and loneliness of the night. They were like two fish resting on the beach in shallow water. Although they didn't know the way forward and the future was bleak, they still used each other's saliva to save each other.
Later, Qin Wuyan thought back on this scene, and the words "we love each other" popped up in his mind for no reason.
Between him and Zhuang Xiaoyu, life became a tragedy praised by literati, even though none of this was his original intention...
On the second day, before dawn, the two hurriedly walked on the snow again...