Became a poor little boy abandoned by his educated youth mother?

As night fell, several people chatted and ate barbecue by the fire.

Before going to bed at night, the three of them discussed the issue of night watch.

Both men disagreed with An Xueyan being the only girl to keep watch all night, so they simply divided the work between them, one for the first half of the night and the other for the second half.

Sleeping in the tent and listening to the howling wind and snow outside, An Xueyan was worried about her brother's condition and fell asleep in a daze.

I woke up again and looked at the time. It was 4:30 in the morning. I tossed and turned a few times but couldn't fall asleep again.

So she got up and prepared to go out to prepare breakfast. The man, with a straight posture, was sitting by the fire and dozing off. His closed eyes opened the moment she left.

He smiled and asked with concern: "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

An Xueyan walked over and sat down beside him, shaking her head and saying, "I can't sleep. Brother Jiang, why don't you go get some sleep? I'll watch over here."

"No, I'm not sleepy either." Jiang Hongyao refused softly.

Seeing that she woke up, he collected some clean snow and put it in the small pot he brought to boil water.

An Xueyan added some firewood to the fire to make it burn more vigorously.

He asked casually, "Brother Jiang, you seem quite skilled. Do you cook for yourself when you go out on missions?"

"When we're on a mission in the wild, we usually don't make a fire. When we're hungry, we eat dry food, and when we're thirsty, we drink cold water."

An Xueyan thought about that scene and said with great sympathy: "Oh, so miserable."

Then he said dejectedly, "My brother learned a lot of skills for camping when he was a kid, but it seems they're of no use at all!"

"No, that's not the case. The skills you learn are real skills, and they will always be useful in life."

"You're right. Let me tell you, my brother's cooking is delicious. When we were little, Xiao Guo went to college, and my brother was the one who cooked for the family. My future sister-in-law will definitely be the happiest woman to marry my brother."

Jiang Hongyao's eyes flashed. The little girl liked men who could cook, so he had to find an opportunity to practice his cooking skills.

After the water boiled, Jiang Hongyao took out a small bag, opened it and poured the rice in. He also used a sharp dagger to cut the meat that was not finished last night into small pieces and cooked the meat porridge together.

Being able to eat hot porridge in this snowy mountain is a rare delicacy.

"When did you prepare the rice? I didn't see you buy any."

"Before I boarded the plane, I asked someone to prepare 2 kilograms of rice. It's enough for us to have a few hot meals in the mountains."

"You're quite thoughtful." An Xueyan smiled.

Stirring the porridge in the pot, he smiled and said, "This time we are not on a mission. We must find a way to make the conditions more comfortable and not always put ourselves in a difficult position." Mainly, I can't bear to see you suffer.

While the two were talking, Liu Heizi woke up.

He joked, "I was wondering why I could smell such a delicious aroma in my dream. It turns out it was you, Xiao Jiang, making porridge. You kept me awake."

An Xueyan turned around and replied with a smile: "Uncle Liu has woken up, and the porridge is ready to eat soon. You are in for a treat."

After chatting and laughing and eating breakfast, they continued their journey.

They then searched on the top of the mountain for three days, during which time they encountered large prey such as snow leopards and bears, but they repelled them all. However, they did not find the red frost they were looking for.

After the three of them had searched a large area, they rested. Liu Heizi said in a deep voice, "We need to get down the mountain as soon as possible. I saw the weather and it's not very good. It will snow heavily in the next two days, accompanied by strong winds."

An Xueyan was silent. She knew that no matter how skilled they were, they would still be unable to resist the forces of nature in such weather conditions.

But she was still unwilling to give up. She deduced that this was the place in the country where red frost was most likely to exist. If she couldn't find it here, the probability of it existing in other places would be even slimmer.

Jiang Hongyao asked Liu Heizi, "Uncle Liu, according to your experience, when is the heavy snow expected to come?"

Liu Heizi didn't answer immediately. Instead, he stood up and looked around before walking over and saying, "It should be around the day after tomorrow."

Hearing his words, Jiang Hongyao turned his head and said to An Xueyan in a negotiating tone: "Yan Yan, let's go down the mountain first tomorrow. If you want to go up the mountain again, I will accompany you back up, okay?"

Knowing that he was thinking about the safety of the three of them, An Xueyan made a decision: "Okay, let's go down the mountain tomorrow."

Her answer made Jiang Hongyao feel a little more relaxed. He was just afraid that the little girl would be stubborn and insist on staying on the mountain.

So he stood up and said, "The only area left that we haven't searched is the east. While we still have some time, let's go there and look. Maybe we'll find it."

No one had any objection to this. Although Liu Heizi helped lead the way, he also actively helped to look for it after reaching the top of the mountain. The main reason was that he felt that they gave too much.

Moreover, all the dangers encountered after going up the mountain were easily solved by these two young men. This trip was much easier than before, so he felt that if he didn't do anything, he would feel guilty taking the 2000 yuan.

Several people were responsible for a small area each. This side was the most dangerous area, so they stayed behind to search.

An Xueyan had been searching for about two hours and was carefully looking for the last area. As soon as she stepped on it, she heard a slight "click" sound.

She reacted immediately and tried to retract her foot, but it was too late.

The entire area in front of where she had just stood fell away. An Xueyan only had time to grab a protruding rock, and she was hanging in mid-air with a long ice crack below.

Just as I was thinking about how to save myself, Jiang Hongyao's soothing voice came from above my head: "Yan Yan, don't be afraid, give me your hand."

God knows how desperate he felt just now. He had finished his work and wanted to come over to see how the girl was doing so that he could help her find the girl and then prepare dinner for her to replenish his energy.

As a result, he saw the little girl falling straight down. He rushed over at the fastest speed in his life, and only felt a little relieved when he saw the person still falling in the air.

Lying on the ground and reaching down, An Xueyan reached out her other hand and held his big hand.

Then she felt a strong force pulling her, and then she was flying in the air. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a scene that shattered her heart.

"Jiang Hongyao~" She only had time to let out a heart-wrenching scream before she fell to the ground.

Without having time to feel the pain in his body, he jumped up and ran towards the place where Jiang Hongyao had just fallen.

There was no human figure anywhere, only the bottomless ice crack was quietly there, with its bloody mouth wide open to swallow up any living creature that fell into it.

An Xueyan could only cover her mouth and sob and murmur: "Jiang Hongyao..."