To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Gradually, I felt itchy all over my body.

Lin Qingping had run out of ideas, and with a furrowed brow, she asked Gu Juncheng, "When are we going down the mountain?"

"Go down the mountain?" Gu Juncheng carefully arranged the vegetables in Lin Qingping's bowl and said, "Wait a little longer."

Well, Lin Qingping had no choice but to endure the itching and sit stiffly, continuing to wait.

Lin Qingping didn't know what he was waiting for. The three of them were waiting there in silence, which was very awkward. Moreover, when it was quiet, all her attention was focused on the itching all over her body, which was really uncomfortable.

"Gu Juncheng, what are you waiting for?" She secretly scratched herself all over.

Gu Juncheng, however, said seriously, "You'll find out soon enough."

How long will we have to wait?

I should have brought a deck of cards; the three of us could have played Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game). Oh, do they even know how to play Dou Dizhu?

Lin Qingping looked at Gu Juncheng with a pained expression. His face was ashen, like the bottom of two iron pots on the ground, and his usually taciturn nature made Lin Qingping think that she probably couldn't expect him to say anything.

She placed her hopes on Xiaotian, "Xiaotian, tell me about the fun things that happened when you were on training exercises."

Try chatting to distract yourself, otherwise how can you get through this itching all over your body?

Xiao Tian gave him a look that said, "If you're going to talk about this, I won't be sleepy anymore," and then immediately started talking animatedly, "Sister-in-law, you know, if we happen to catch the fattest green caterpillars in the wild, we're really lucky. We can catch a whole bagful in no time, put a tile on the fire, and then roast the caterpillars on the tile..."

Lin Qingping's head was buzzing, and she felt as if countless large green caterpillars were crawling all over her body.

"Let's choose another one, Xiaotian." Her voice was trembling.

"Okay!" Xiao Tian immediately switched to another one, "Sister-in-law, you know, you'll encounter all sorts of wild animals in the wild, right? Bears, wild boars, and snakes are the most common. One day, a snake crawled into our comrade's tent and slept there all night without him noticing. In the morning, the snake crawled over his foot..."

Lin Qingping froze completely. At that moment, she felt something crawling over her feet...

She screamed, and her exhausted body suddenly burst with boundless strength. She leaped up and jumped onto Gu Juncheng.

Gu Juncheng was quick and agile, managing to catch her in his arms and hold her securely.

Lin Qingping was being carried horizontally by him, her arms wrapped around his neck, but her legs were sticking up in the air, determined not to let any part of her body touch the ground, while she screamed in terror, "Snake! Snake!"

There was a rustling sound in the grass, then silence.

Xiao Tian looked closely and exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, it's a lizard, oh, a four-legged snake."

Gu Juncheng patted her on the shoulder and said, "It's nothing, it's just a lizard."

He gestured for her to come down.

Lin Qingping was not about to get off him.

Instead, she hugged him even tighter, her arms circling his neck tightly, and she started to cry, "I don't want to be here anymore, Gu Juncheng, I want to go down the mountain, how much longer do we have to wait to get down the mountain!"

Gu Juncheng patiently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, what's there to be afraid of with me here? Even if there really are snakes..."

"No—" Lin Qingping couldn't bear to hear the word "snake" at all. Just hearing it sent chills down her spine and made her skin crawl. Although she came from the countryside, snakes were her biggest fear. "No! I want to go back! Gu Juncheng, what are you waiting for?!"

Gu Juncheng held her in his arms and answered her question earnestly, "Waiting for the sunrise!"

what!

sunrise?!!

That means we'll have to wait all night!

Lin Qingping couldn't take it anymore. Her whole body was itchy, and there was the unknown fear in the dark grass, the terror of some unknown reptile jumping out at any moment. She couldn't stand it for even a second longer!

"I don't want to watch the sunrise! Otherwise... if you really want to see it, you can have Xiaotian come back with me and watch it here by yourself, or I can go back and ask my older sister and brother-in-law to come and watch it with me, I... sob sob sob..." Lin Qingping cried so hard she could barely breathe.

It's fair to say that Gu Juncheng has never seen Lin Qingping cry like this since he met her.

"But..." He looked at the pink and white flowers in the bushes around him, and the pots and pans used for cooking on the ground: ? ? ?

What kind of advice did Wu Tianping give him?!

"No buts, Gu Juncheng, I beg you, please let me go down the mountain... I'll let my sister and brother-in-law come instead, okay! Waaah—" Lin Qingping cried more and more miserably, even pleading.

Gu Juncheng was speechless. "Then let's go back."

Lin Qingping immediately agreed!

She immediately jumped out of his arms, not daring to stay in place for a moment, and ran crying down the mountain path.

The mountain road was completely dark all the way down...

Gu Juncheng didn't dare to delay any longer, and pointed to the ground, "Xiao Tian, ​​clean this up."

After saying that, he followed Lin Qingping away.

Lin Qingping walked incredibly fast, stumbling through the darkness, crying as she went. Whether it was the itching all over her body, the lingering pain in her lower abdomen, or her general exhaustion, nothing could overcome her fear of snakes. She just wanted to get down the mountain as quickly as possible and get back home.

Although Gu Juncheng's leg had not fully recovered, he was physically strong and only needed to use his other leg to gain some leverage. He was able to catch up with her very quickly.

"Lin Qingping!" he called to her, "Don't cry, I'll carry you down the mountain."

Lin Qingping paused. She was really scared and didn't want her feet to touch the ground, but she glanced at Gu Juncheng's feet while sobbing.

He's limping himself, how can we let him carry us?

She sobbed, her face covered in tears, and looked up at him, asking, "Or, should I carry you on my back?"

Gu Juncheng: ...

"What should we do?" Lin Qingping couldn't help but cry again. "Why are you doing this?"

He's limping, so why did he come to climb the mountain? Why did he come to watch the sunrise? Why did he do so many things she couldn't understand?

Gu Juncheng: ...

He also wanted to ask why?

Lin Qingping cried as she took his hand and said, "Let me help you walk, walk slowly."

Between his foot injury and the possibility of snakes, she chose to take care of his foot injury.

At worst, she might get bitten by a snake, but his foot would be a lifelong problem...

"I'm fine!" Gu Juncheng wiped away her tears.

"Then, let's go..." She was sobbing and hiccuping as she helped him walk slowly.

Xiao Tian caught up later, carrying pots and pans. Seeing the two people supporting each other, he didn't know what to do.

Should he carry the regimental commander on his back?

Or should I carry my sister-in-law on my back?

None of them seem suitable...

Actually, the best thing would be for him not to show up at all...

Lin Qingping walked with her hair standing on end the whole way. Every little movement in the grass would make her heart jump. Fortunately, she made it down the mountain without any danger and didn't see any animals.