The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

Qin Xiu, who was behind him, was pulled down before he even stood up. The force of the fall was so incredible that Archer opened his eyes wide and watched the large pieces of snow constantly collapsing in front of him, only then did he realize that someone ahead had fallen off the cliff.

He tried his best to step on the crampons to stop the sliding momentum, but the crampons stepped on all the snow, and there was no solid ground. When he was desperate, the rope around his waist suddenly tightened again, and it tightened from behind, and the sliding momentum stopped. .

An Jiamian's voice came from behind: "Untie the safety rope!"

The sound made Archer's flustered heart calm down a lot. The raging wind and snow seemed to be calmed down by An Jiamian's yelling. Archer could clearly see Qin Xiu, An Jiamian and the guide Baji on the back. figure.

"Shen Che! Cut off the safety rope!" An Jiamian shouted again, speaking forcefully.

Archer looked at the snow that was still collapsing not far away, the safety rope made a tight sound, mixed with Matthew's weak moan, he knew what An Jiamian wanted him to do, but wouldn't that mean letting Matthew and the others go? Send to death?Is there really no way to save everyone?

"Shen Che!!"

An Jiamian's voice made Archer's mind go blank. Even through the wind and snow, he seemed to be able to see the irresistible stern eyes of the man, but Matthew was clearly still alive, so how could he do it if he was asked to cut the rope like this?At least try hard!

He struggled to turn over little by little, and climbed up on hands and feet. He saw Qin Xiu, who was leaning above him, made a shoulder-to-shoulder gesture to him. Load hanging on safety rope.

An Jiamian looked back at Baji above him, and the Sherpa guide shook his head troublesomely at him.They were struggling to keep from being pulled down because he and Buggy were temporarily hooked on the ice ax, but the snow was so thick that he knew that the ice ax was barely inserted into the surface of the ice, and he could feel the ice ax crumbling.

He knew Shen Che well and knew that he would definitely not cut the rope, but he knew himself better, if Shen Che didn't do what he said, he would cut the rope connecting Qin Xiu and him by himself.

An Jiamian looked at the figure below who was gritting his teeth and desperately climbing up. Shen Che crawled like he was carrying a mountain on his back. He shouted angrily in his heart, don't force me to do such a thing!

This futile struggle was useless at all, the ice ax was released with a "click", and An Jiamian heard Baji shout something, and when he raised his head, he felt large pieces of snow falling down.A small movement of the ice ax on the ice layer is enough to set off a huge chain reaction. The snow layer accumulated on the top was completely loose, and the moment the snow layer collapsed, the weight on the waist suddenly lightened, and An Jiamian opened his eyes wide. , in the falling snow, I saw Shen Che cutting the rope with Qin Xiu in one go!

But Qin Xiu acted even faster, the young man who was so quiet along the way as if he didn't exist, as if he had been prepared, broke the rope between him and himself at the same time, and rushed towards the direction where Shen Che slipped. .

Archer alone had no way to hold the three of them, and in a blink of an eye he was engulfed by the falling snow blocks and fell into the ice crevasse, but his body bumped in the middle of the fall, and he was suddenly wrapped in a strong embrace.

Hot breath on his cheeks, Archer felt like he was going crazy—

Omg... are you crazy? ! !

Qin Xiu just hugged him tightly, as if he was going to rub him into his body, as if he didn't care at all that they were falling into the abyss of eternal doom.

Falling down from a high place seemed as long as a century, but when Archer stood up from the boulders, he didn't feel any pain.There was no weight on his waist, and the rope connected to Matthew was broken. He raised his head with lingering fear, the space was dim, and there was a frozen abyss not far away. come over.

That's not Qin Xiu's...

It's Matthew.Falling from such a height, it is impossible to recover.

My heart suddenly trembled, Qin Xiu!

Archer stood up, and the ice under his feet made a "stinging" sound. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of a dark blue not far away, and hurried over. The moment he detected Qin Xiu's breath, he almost collapsed on the ground.

"Shen Che?"

"I'm here!" Archer quickly stood up and leaned in front of Qin Xiu, "How are you? Is there any pain in your body?!"

Qin Xiu opened his eyes, but didn't look at him, he just asked in confusion, "Where are we?"

Archer looked up and looked around. They were under an ice crevasse, and a little further there was a cliff, but they just landed on a protruding ice cliff and saved their lives.The crevasse in the ice above seemed to be buried by the fallen snow, only a hint of dark blue was visible, and he wasn't quite sure if that was where they fell.

"Can you see things?" Qin Xiu's voice sank, his face suddenly turned pale.

Archer looked at Qin Xiu whose eyes were dazed and unfocused, his heart skipped a beat, he held his breath and carefully stretched out his hand in front of Qin Xiu's eyes, feeling as if his heart had fallen into an ice cave.

His clumsy silence made Qin Xiu quickly accept the reality: "...Maybe he hit something when he fell, and it should be temporary."

The more Qin Xiu turned to comfort him, the more Archer blamed himself and kept cursing himself, why didn't he listen to An Jiamian and cut the rope immediately? !

Qin Xiu propped himself up and sat up, leaning his back against the rock wall and asked, "Can we still find climbing equipment near us?"

At this time, Archer didn't know whether he should be thankful for Qin Xiu's iceberg-like tenacity.He looked around again, a black backpack landed on the protrusion on the edge of the cliff, he knelt and leaned over, stretched out his hand to hook it over, just as the backpack was off the spot, the piece of ice fell to the ground sink down.

"Shen Che!!"

"I'm fine," Archer quickly replied, "I got the backpack."

The backpack seemed to belong to Matthew. Archer opened the backpack and reported the contents to Qin Xiu. There was half a jug of water in it, Matthew's cell phone, a CANON 70D digital SLR and a telephoto lens. , it seems that Matthew is also an amateur photographer. Archer lowered his head and checked habitually: "The camera is not broken, and it can still be used." After subconsciously speaking, he did not regret it.Now this camera is meaningless to Qin Xiu. Even if Qin Xiu's eyes can still see, he will not be so crazy that he wants to take pictures of the scenery before death.He opened the small bag outside the backpack again and looked at it for a while: "There are still two dexamethasone."

Qin Xiu nodded, these limited supplies will be their hope of survival.

Archer tried the radio, calling base camp in vain, but there was only a rustling sound on the other end of the radio.

"Maybe the wind and snow are too heavy," Qin Xiu said, "try again later."

Archer looked at Qin Xiu with a calm expression, knowing that Qin Xiu was just showing it to him.They are in a very bad situation now. The weather forecast says that the bad weather will last at least 48 hours. Even if the weather improves a little midway, they may not be able to contact the base camp if they are trapped in this place with poor signal.

Archer looked up, and if the dark blue area was the crevasse where they fell, then visually, they were no less than 20 meters away from the exit. Not only that, the crevice had been buried by falling snow, and the snow The thickness cannot be estimated.

It is extremely rare for them to fall on this ice cliff. If they cannot call for help, no one may believe that they can survive.

It was cold and quiet in the ice cave. After a while, Qin Xiu suddenly said, "Shen Che, if you hadn't been my assistant and taken field shoots with me, you wouldn't have encountered this. Do you regret it?"

Archer leaned on the rock wall, with mixed feelings: "If I had listened to Master An's advice and cut the rope, you wouldn't have fallen with me. Do you regret it?"

Qin Xiu pouted secretly: "Your young master may not be right. Besides, I wasn't pulled down by you, I jumped off by myself."

Archer looked at the people around him, wanting to reprimand them angrily for their waywardness and stubbornness, but he couldn't hide the warmth in his heart. After Qin Xiu's jump, he felt that his life was worth it.

Archer leaned against Qin Xiu and fell asleep for a while, until the set cell phone alarm rang.

He stood up, took out the kettle from his backpack and unscrewed the lid, looked at Qin Xiu who was still drowsy beside him, Qin Xiu's fine eyelashes were stained white by the frost, he didn't like to look at his face that seemed to be sealed by ice and snow It looked particularly unlucky, so he pulled off the gloves with his mouth, and gently wiped off the hoarfrost on Qin Xiu's eyelashes with his fingers. Qin Xiu's eyelashes trembled, and when he opened his eyes, Archer handed the water bottle to his mouth. Bian: "It's time to drink water."

In order to prevent pulmonary edema, they must drink water every once in a while. This kind of military water bottle usually has a capacity of 800 milliliters, but now there is only half of it left, and what is left for them is only a bottle of mineral water.Ironically, they are in a place where there is either ice or snow, but they don't have air tanks or dehydration equipment, even if they are given an iceberg, they can only watch helplessly.Qin Xiu asked the alarm clock to ring every three hours, but Archer only set it for two hours. Qin Xiu already had a high fever and had to drink enough water, so he could last for a while.

Qin Xiu honestly took a sip of water, leaned back again, closed his eyes and said, "Shen Che, give me a kiss."

Archer looked at Qin Xiu, who was waiting for him to kiss him like a sleeping beauty, and couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, but he did as he did, and kissed Qin Xiu on the mouth: "Why do you want me to kiss you?"

Qin Xiu was silent for a while: "Because I can't kiss you now."

These words seemed to gouge out Archer's heart, he immediately leaned over and kissed again forcefully: "I'll kiss you, I'll just kiss you."

Unknowingly, another four hours passed, and it was already past five o'clock in the evening. Qin Xiu drank water three times, but his body temperature remained high. Archer called for help three times with the radio, but there was still no news, so he put away the radio When talking on the phone, there was a needle-like coldness on his forehead. Archer raised his head in wonder, raised his mobile phone, looked at it with the limited light, and found that it was snowing in the cave.

The snow that pressed on the crevasse was drifting down faintly. Archer didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. On the one hand, he hoped that the snow covering the crevasse would fall and expose the opening of the crevasse so that they could have a chance. He wanted to get in touch with the outside world, but on the other hand, he was worried that if the snow fell too hard, it would crush the fragile life-saving platform they were on.

The phone rang, and he had no time to think, so he woke Qin Xiu up: "I've already drank it, you can drink it at ease." After speaking, he realized that his voice was very hoarse, and he hadn't drank water for six hours in a row.

Qin Xiu leaned back after drinking the water, closed his eyes and pointed to the corner of his mouth.

Want to kiss again, in fact, you are the clingy ghost, Archer shook his head feebly, thinking that maybe Qin Xiu couldn't see him, so he always wanted to confirm his existence, if he couldn't see him, Qin Xiu would do the same Kiss him now and then to reassure him.He suppressed the urge to cough in his chest, and the moment his dry lips touched Qin Xiu's, the back of his head was suddenly pressed——Archer widened his eyes in shock, and Qin Xiu pressed against his lips and opened his mouth , cold water flowed from Qin Xiu's warm mouth into his mouth.

Qin Xiu clasped his head behind his head with one hand, and pressed his lips tightly together. The water was fed fiercely like a beast, and it was full of fishy smell. Archer swallowed it all by surprise, and Qin Xiu let him go and took a deep breath. Tone: "Don't think I know what you're doing because I can't see it." Qin Xiu raised his hand to wipe off the water from the corner of his mouth, but after thinking about it, he gave up, pointing to the corner of his mouth where the water was shining, "Kiss clean."

Archer looked at Qin Xiu whose eyes were out of focus but still piercing, his nose turned sour, and he lowered his head suppressing his annoyance and regret.I am sorry for you, what should you do if your eyes are really blind, can my cornea save you?But before that, can I let you live?

As if he also noticed the unexpected silence of the people around him, Qin Xiu took the hand pointing to the corner of his mouth, and said in a calm and deep voice, "I don't die so easily, and I will definitely not die before you."

He couldn't see Shen Che's expression, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. It's right to comfort him, he thought, to Big Dog, I am everything to him.

When Archer woke up again, he was awakened by his own coughing, and Qin Xiu was also coughing. The violent chest reaction made him sleep unsteadily. Archer quietly took off Qin Xiu's gloves while Qin Xiu calmed down a little.

"What are you doing?" Qin Xiu said coldly, he was still very vigilant despite the high fever.

"Your nails are turning purple, I'm going to give you a dexamethasone injection." Archer said turning around and opening his backpack.

"how about you?"

Archer covered his mouth with his fist and coughed twice: "I have to get an injection too."

He rolled up Qin Xiu's sleeves, watched the yellow liquid push in little by little, his hands were trembling, not because of the cold, but because of the high tension, he was afraid that it would be like when he just entered the water, Qin Xiu suddenly found some flaws, It wasn't until the acupuncture medicine completely entered Qin Xiu's body that the stone in his heart fell.

"Are you ready?" Qin Xiu asked.

"Well," Archer helped him put the gloves on and put down the sleeves, "that'll give us another twelve hours."

Qin Xiu nodded, and finally asked, "It seems to be snowing?"

"Oh, it floated down from the gap where we fell, it's been down for a long time..." Archer said while coughing, his voice became breathless.

"Why are you still coughing?" Qin Xiu frowned.

Archer was afraid that Qin Xiu would become suspicious, so he quickly put on an unbearable tone: "Please, this is not a magic medicine, it will take effect after a while, aren't you coughing yourself?"

Qin Xiu heard that Shen Che was coughing like hell when he spoke, and was silent for a long time: "...I've never heard you cough, you always use bark."

"...Qin Xiu, I've wanted to tell you for a long time," Archer said in a hoarse voice, enduring the heart-piercing pain in his body, "Every time you say something like this, I really want to hit you .”

"En." Qin Xiu nodded expressionlessly, expressing his understanding.After a while, he leaned back, sat up straight, and spread his long legs apart, "Shen Che, sit in my arms."

Archer really didn't want to say a word now, he couldn't stop coughing as soon as he opened his mouth, but Qin Xiu had so many tricks, so he covered his mouth and coughed for a long time: "Why?"

"Sit in so that I can hug you from behind. This is how the owner hugs pets." Qin Xiu said.

"I really want to hit you, okay?!"

"Then hit me and sit in my arms."

"..."

In the end he sat down, Qin Xiu put his legs around his waist, hugged him from behind, and leaned his head on his back.

Archer could feel that Qin Xiu was very tired. It was already ten o'clock in the evening. For Qin Xiu who had been injected with dexamethasone, there were still twelve hours left. For him, only the mercy of God was left.

How much hope is there for rescue...

It's unfair to think about it. I have been looking for 16 years, but we have been together for less than two years. But every time I complain in my heart, I will think of the little things in the short two years. They lived under the same roof. Next, we went to the Serengeti together, went to Yellowstone National Park, and now we came to the highest peak in the world together. Compared with the long and lackluster 16 years, these two years are really not a loss at all.

Now, God was about to take back the happiness that had been given to him, and he was reluctant to let go, holding Qin Xiuhuan's hand on his waist, not wanting to let go for a second.Humans are greedy animals, and so are dogs.