Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

night,

Yu Ru lay in her position, crying silently. She found that she could not speak. She could not speak at all. Perhaps she was frightened and lost her voice when she saw the head falling. Her small body curled up, covering her mouth and shaking. She didn't know what was wrong. She thought she might have a terminal illness and was going to die.

When she was imagining everything after death, the chirping of a cricket broke her fantasy. This place was full of snakes, rats, insects and ants, and the chirping of crickets was common, but the chirping of crickets at this time was a little bit too loud. Yu Ru felt something was wrong, and quickly wiped her tears with her arm, observing the surrounding situation calmly.

She raised her head very slowly and quietly looked at the only door in the "pig shed". The door was very broken, with several holes on it. Through those holes, Yu Ru saw a hand. The hand was big, with only the middle finger and index finger standing upright, and the two fingers were shaking like the ears of a little rabbit.

When Yu Ru saw the finger, she smiled. This was something Yin Shiji would do sometimes. Sometimes when she was unhappy, he would use his hand to turn it into a little rabbit to make her happy.

Thinking that the owner of the hand might be Yin Shiji, Yu Ru stood up without hesitation and walked towards the door. At this moment, some people were unable to sleep due to the pain of the wounds on their bodies. When they saw Yu Ru walking around, they thought she was going out to poop and pee, and did not pay any attention. After a glance, they looked away.

With the moonlight, Yu Ru carefully looked at the people under her feet and slowly walked towards the door. Even though her feet were very small and thin, there were not many places she could step on. The population density here was too high. At least two or even three or four people were squeezed into the place where one person slept. It was very crowded. She had to be very, very careful.

Everyone has wounds on their bodies, and if she accidentally steps on someone, it is very likely that she will step on someone else's wound. In that case, it will definitely cause a panic, and if there is a noise here, it will be over. The manager is sleeping in a good room not far away, and he may hear it.

It was only 20 to 30 meters, but Yu Ru walked for a long time, and her waist ached. Fortunately, she finally arrived outside the door without any danger.

The person outside was indeed Yin Shiji.

Yin Shiji had a cloth bag slung over his shoulder and looked panicked. He looked around and put his index finger on his lips, signaling Yu Ru not to make a sound. Then he picked her up and walked out.

He spoke only after they were far away from where the workers were sleeping. He lowered his voice and said in a breath: "Gou Wa, you should escape today. Those people are happy to kill people today. They drank a lot of wine and are all drunk. This is a good opportunity. Don't worry about Second Dad, just escape by yourself. Only when you get out will you have a chance to save Second Dad. Okay, let's not talk too much. We have to hurry."

Yin Shiji had told her many times about the plan to escape. Yu Ru didn't ask any more questions, just nodded, put her arms around Yin Shiji's neck, and rubbed her head against him. Her eyes were suddenly filled with tears. She strained her throat and opened her mouth desperately, wanting to call Yin Shiji "Dad", but no sound came out.

Taking advantage of the good moonlight, Yin Shiji held Yu Ru and jogged all the way, not daring to stop for a moment.

Soon, he brought her to the cave leading to the back mountain. He put Yu Ru down, squatted down, held her face with both hands, and said seriously: "Baby, I know you are not Gou Wa, Gou Wa died a long time ago. I am very happy that you are willing to be my son these few months. I want you to be alive, even if there is only a little hope. Baby, go quickly, remember to run faster, I prepared some food for you, you can eat it on the way, save it. There are also matches and a piece of clothing in it, you can use it when you are afraid of the dark. Go quickly."

As he spoke, Yin Shiji stuffed a small cloth bag that had been hanging on his shoulder into Yu Ru's arms, "Let's go."

Yu Ru rushed forward and threw herself into Yin Shiji's arms, hugging him tightly. Her voice was hoarse, and she used all her strength to weakly call out, "Dad... Dad."

"Good kid..." Yin Shiji was also in tears, feeling very reluctant, but he still hardened his heart and pushed Yu Ru forward, "Go! Don't look back, don't stop."

Yu Ru didn't dare to delay any longer. She hugged Yin Shiji tightly one last time, then quickly crawled to the ground and crawled into a small hole in the iron net. The hole was small and irregular, and even though Yu Ru was so thin, it was still a bit difficult to crawl. But Yu Ru didn't dare to stop. She gritted her teeth, ignored the pain in her body, and tried to crawl forward.

Soon, she successfully got through. After getting through, she quickly stood up and looked back at Yin Shiji.

Yin Shiji was still there, and he waved and urged: "Let's go!"

Yu Ru nodded while holding back her tears, then immediately turned around and ran forward.

After she left, Yin Shiji returned along the same route.

The vegetation on the back hill was lush and overgrown, casting a shadow over the sky. The moonlight could not penetrate at all, and it was almost pitch dark. Yu Ru could not see the road. At this moment, she was like a person whose eyes had been gouged out. After walking blindly for a short distance, she was afraid to walk anymore.

She stood there, looking left and right, and everything she saw was pitch black, and she couldn't make out anything at all. This darkness made her panic. But she hadn't walked for long, and she was not far from the black-hearted factory. Thinking of Yin Shiji's words and those vicious managers, she took a few deep breaths and continued walking.

Since she couldn't see the road, she had to lower her head and look at the area within a meter around her. In order to avoid falling and stepping on empty space, she walked very slowly. In addition, the mountain was very cold at night, and she was shivering with cold, and she didn't have the strength to walk fast.

Along the way, there were all kinds of strange sounds of insects, like boiling soup, and the sound of grass leaves shaking, rustling, and rustling, as if something was lurking there and about to move. Near and far, sharp bird calls responded to each other without interruption. There were many kinds of bird calls, which were mixed with nocturnal birds such as gray forest owls, forest eagle owls, spotted owls, ghost owls, etc., which were very loud and noisy.

"Ouch..."

“Oooooohhhhhhh—”

"Woo——"

"Woo——"

"Ahhh!"

……

Their voices sounded like human wailing, crying and screaming. Yu Ru listened to these voices and suddenly remembered the tragic death of the people in the black-hearted factory. She had goose bumps all over her body, and her heartbeat and breathing became rapid due to fear. The sudden contraction of her heart and its abnormal beating made her head jump, and she felt a little dizzy.

After an unknown amount of time, she could no longer walk and stopped. The place where she stopped was brighter than all the places she had encountered along the way. With the extremely weak light, she saw a towering tree in front of her.

The tree didn't have many leaves, but its branches were luxuriant, with many branches and thick branches. Something was living around it, emitting a weak light, like stars in the clouds, appearing and disappearing, or like a falling meteor, moving aimlessly.

The little light made Yu Ru subconsciously want to get closer. She stood there hesitating for a moment, carefully looked to her left and right several times, and stared at the area where the big tree was for a long time. After making sure that there was nothing strange lurking nearby, she quickly walked towards the big tree.

There was a big hole on the trunk of the tree near the ground, about one meter long and half a meter wide. Yu Ru walked around the tree and found it. She stood on tiptoe and tried to look into the hole to see what was inside, but it was too dark and she could not see anything but black. In addition, she was not tall enough and could only see half of the hole. She could not see deeper.

She stood there blankly, looking at the black hole, thinking about how it could be used.

Ever since she started watching TV, she has always had a wish, which is to sleep in a tree hole, because TV said that a tree hole is a good place to sleep, very warm and safe, and the little squirrel likes to live in a tree hole the most.

Even if it was unsafe, it would be better than sleeping on the ground, which was cold and full of bugs, so anything could happen. The tree hole was a little higher, so some things couldn't crawl into it. So, she planned to sleep in the tree hole tonight.