A touch of happiness

Noisily left. "That's great, it's a brother. I want it too."

A little bit lonely because of loneliness.This is the first time.

Worry to worry, what should be done still has to continue, worry will not bring food.

Patting his cheeks, Xiu picked up his backpack and went to the lake again in the afternoon.

Gradually, the poles of the reeds became harder, and it became more difficult to pull them apart.Thick dark clouds accumulated in the sky, as if it was about to rain.Gotta hurry.Xiu quickly checked the three traps.

Two hares were caught, but they seemed to be husband and wife. The wife's belly was bulging, and she should be pregnant.

Don't forget the second rule of survival.Xiu fed them some delicious melon vines and let them go.

"Don't come here again next time, I set a trap here. And even if you fall in, I won't have anything to eat." Xiu Xu babbled a lot.

I was a little disappointed to see them running away without looking back.Then quickly repair the place where the trap has collapsed due to the rabbit's struggle.

As a result, the movement was still not fast enough, and the rain began to drip on the way back.Huge raindrops made it hard for him to see the landscape two or three meters in front of him clearly.In a panic, Xiu ran the wrong way.Finally, I found a cave on the road where I could shelter from the rain.

"It's terrible. I'm all wet." Xiu wiped his face with his sleeve, and then shook the water from his head.

"Ah, the water is thrown at me." A familiar voice came from the darkness of the cave.

"Ah, it's Henry." Xiu excitedly wanted to go there.

"No, don't come here." Henry called out in a sharp voice.

"That's right." Xiu paused, and then stood there in embarrassment. "Well, Henry, do you have a towel or something to dry off?"

There was silence in the darkness, and then a somewhat wet blanket was thrown over.Xiu wiped it happily, completely forgetting the embarrassment just now.Strangely enough, though, the blanket was huge, unnecessarily large compared to Henry's tiny body.

"Henry, why are you here?" The silent rain made Xiu unable to bear the desire to talk to him.

"There is a good medicine field near here." Henry's voice was very low.Xiu could hear that his voice was more delicate than usual.

It's my illusion.Xiu shook his head to drive away the strange thoughts.

"What's wrong with you?" There was something strange in Henry's voice.

"Well, it's fine." Xiu spread out the blanket, hoping to make it dry faster.

"Henry, why is the store called Haoxie?" Xiu raised the question he had always had.The name sounds strange no matter how it sounds.

"In ancient books, it means medicine." Henry's voice seemed to tremble a little.

"Hey, Henry, have you read ancient books?" Xiu was very surprised.Ancient books are not something ordinary people can find, except for noble human women, almost no one can get them.

Henry hesitated before speaking. "Ah, um." However, this time, the vibrato in his voice could be clearly heard.

Xiu sneezed hard.so cold.

Because the body is still wet, the body temperature continues to drop.It was still raining, the terrain of this cave was not very high, and the stagnant water had spread to the entrance of the cave. I am afraid that if the rain did not stop, the cave would be flooded.

By the way, Henry should be cold too.His blanket was given to me.Xiu felt a little guilty.Just then he caught sight of a smudge of red in the corner of the basket.

meet

He quickly took it over and took a look, and it was indeed a fire crystal.But when did it fall in?Forget it, don't think about it, Xiu found some dry fragrant leaves from the basket.It could have been eaten, but now it is a pity to use it for fire.

However, if you don't burn it, you may be frozen to death.To be frozen to death in the spring is quite a sad story indeed.

When the fragrant leaves are burning, surrounded by white air with a light fragrance, not far away, the big raindrops hit the stone surface with different heights, playing ding-dong music.If it is not so cold that you are shivering all over, you will think that you have entered a fairyland by mistake.

The fire finally brought some warmth, and Xiu began to stop shaking.

"Henry, would you like to sit over a little bit?" Xiu said.

But Henry refused without hesitation.

"Why?" Xiu was very surprised.Even if Henry is an elf, he is not afraid of the cold, and from his trembling voice, it can be heard that he is already very cold.

After a while, Henry seemed to be unbearably cold, and the sound of teeth chattering could be clearly heard.

"Xiu." Henry said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Xiu tried to invite him again.

"Can you turn around?" It was a strange request, but Xiu Zhao did it.

Warm light is always accompanied by cold shadows.Xiu was puzzled by the huge shadow reflected on the wall.Henry will definitely not have such a big shadow.But his voice was indeed Henry.

"Absolutely don't turn around." Henry's voice was actually sweet and greasy.Xiu imagined it, and the green-skinned Henry put on a little girl-like expression on his wrinkled face.Well, it's scary!

Xiu didn't have any thoughts of going back to satisfy his curiosity.

But Henry developed a good impression because of this behavior, which made the atmosphere less awkward than before.Well, even though Xiu turned his back on him.

In the cave sheltering from the rain, Henry kindly taught him a lot about medicine.

"Actually, is he a good man?" When the sky cleared completely, Xiu told Henry not to go back alone.From the beginning to the end, I didn't see Henry's face.

Once a seed of doubt is planted, it will germinate one day.And its fruit is called - the truth.

But there is still a long time before that.

"It looks like there's still going to be rain, so I have to go back quickly."

Xiu raised his head and observed the sky.Then he stepped on the air and rolled into the pit.

"Ah, ah, it's really a leak in the house and it rains all night. It hurts, bad, I sprained my ankle. It hurts..." Xiu tried to touch it, but the pain was so unbearable.

Jumping back, it's impossible, it sucks.But there is no one else around here except myself.

"Help! Help!" I couldn't help being discouraged, no one was there.And it looks like he's going to spend the night here.But the night is not safe, and it looks like it will rain again tonight.

He was right, when the beast with green eyes leaped into the pit, all the pores in his body stood up tensely.

He stumbled to his feet, drew the dagger from his waist, and pointed it at it.His fingers trembled, and he could hardly hold the dagger.

The sharp dagger reflected the cold white light in the night, even the wild beasts knew that the fearful ones would no longer move forward.

But hunger still drove it forward. If it missed this meal, perhaps death would be waiting for it.

The situation is critical.At this moment, a drop of cold liquid happened to drip on his forehead, and he distractedly glanced at the sky.Then more liquid fell. "It's rain."

Distraction at this point, however, is fatal.

The beast took the opportunity to attack.

The wind and rain are coming, the dim moonlight is mixed with the cold darkness, and the plants that are still docile during the day also become fangs and claws at night.

Pain, cold, hunger, darkness... Xiu staggered and ran in the forest, trying to shake off the predator not far away.

The temperature of the body cools down with the flow of blood, and the painful right foot is almost swollen and can no longer walk.But he still forced himself to continue running, because once he stopped, there would be only a pile of bones left waiting for him.

This is the pursuit of death, the one who gives up first will be overtaken by death.

Due to excessive blood loss, his vision gradually became blurred, and his mind seemed to be in a mess.I made a wrong step and tripped over the criss-cross roots.

Then through a little moonlight through the gaps in the leaves, Xiu watched it rush towards him, the fangs reflected a chilling light.

Death is like the wind, drumming the sails of consciousness.

Am I really going to die?

That thought hadn't even crossed my mind yet.A light brighter than moonlight illuminated his blurred vision.

Murderous look, fiery blood, and howls of beasts.

Then there was a blurry face, only the pair of black shiny eyes could not be forgotten in the memory.

Also, that warm and broad back...

The author has something to say: favorite, favorite... well, I'm ashamed to say that, but still (weakly) favorite, favorite... ^U^

prelude

When Xiu woke up, he had already returned to his bed.If it wasn't for the bandages all over his body, he almost thought it was just a dream.

"Who is that person?" No matter how he thought, he couldn't remember his face.

Who is that person?Seems familiar.But he left no trace.Not a neighbor.

He searched that road all spring afterwards, but the man never appeared again.

Summer is gradually ripening, and the weather is getting hotter.The dyed lavender curtains flutter gently with the soft wind in the crisp morning.

The room is spotlessly clean, pink flowers are swaying on the cyan vase standing on the bright window sill, fresh vegetables are neatly stacked in the kitchen cabinet, a piece of bacon hangs under the eaves, and on the sunny door sill Sun-dried mushrooms.

Sitting on the railing made by Uncle Burton, facing the wind on his back, enjoying the mint tea at hand and some baked cookies. "So comfortable~~"

"Hey, Xiu! I heard that people from the desert are coming. Do you want to see it?" A boy with red hair and freckles on his nose appeared under the tree.

"It's called the Diplomatic Corps, you idiot." A brown-haired boy said from