The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

When it was almost dawn, Jason finally drafted the contract. When he stepped out of the tent, he was shivered by the cold wind. It was already six o'clock in the morning, but the clouds were thick, and there was no gleam of light. The sky was dark and oppressive. The top is still covered in the faint wind and snow.The lights in the command tent not far away had been on all night, and he heard the voice of Matthew's fiancee. Captain Carter probably stayed up all night.

Mountaineering experts from various countries and several Shepa guides gathered in the tent. They sat around a long table and fought at night with lights on. This formation was very similar to the combat meeting before the Normandy landing.Because of Shen Che's last call, Captain Carter decided to organize a rescue team to go up the mountain to rescue after dawn, but Jason could see that everyone's expressions were very complicated, and not everyone agreed with this adventurous rescue operation.

"They have been sleepy for more than [-] hours, and there is a possibility of pulmonary edema and cerebral edema at any time. Time is running out, and we must set off at dawn." Captain Carter stubbed out his cigarette butt and raised his head, "But the weather is not yet complete. For the better, there may be a second round of storms at any time, which is almost tantamount to courting death, and those who want to quit can quit now. This is a voluntary action."

There was a silence in the tent, some sighed, some left silently, some shook their heads while looking at the road map.

"All those who participated in the rescue operation will receive a valuable reward." Jason stepped forward at this moment and put the handwritten contract on the table.

Carter was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to look at the contract, the contract had already been taken by the hand next to him. The big Yankee glanced at the contract and couldn't help whistling: "An's is really generous." He glanced at the last , raised the contract and said to everyone present, "It's signed by An Jiamian."

"What is this?" Someone got up with a dark face, obviously feeling insulted.

The Yankee looked at the back of the British leaving, and smiled boldly at Jason: "Anyway, Ilike that!" Then he said in substandard Chinese, "Actually, I have already planned to join, but Iguessitiscalled icing on the cake?"

Jason looked around at the people who were still in the tent, knowing that hope lay on them, he said slowly and solemnly: "Everyone, money is not everything, it's just a way of thanking, maybe it's a bit vulgar, but it's really expensive, There is an old saying in China, "Under great rewards, there must be a brave man", and I think this is a very interesting sentence."

A Chinese explorer clapped his hands twice, showing his thumbs up.

Captain Carter stood up: "This is the last time to ask for everyone's opinions. First of all, you must understand that this operation must take a lot of risks. The most important point is that." Siven Carter looked at the lawyer across the long table with a serious expression. "They have been trapped for more than [-] hours, and the possibility of surviving is slim, and even the best climbers, in such weather, cannot reach the vicinity of Camp No. [-] within ten hours. We must do Be mentally prepared."

Of course Jason understood what Captain Carter meant by the psychological preparation. There was a dead silence in the tent. At this moment, someone opened the tent curtain and walked in: "It will take less than ten hours, and I will go up with you."

Jason turned his head suddenly, looked at An Jiamian who came in wearing winter clothes, and said to himself that you are still a patient, if you don't drag the rescue team down, you will be Amitabha, you think you will be even more powerful if you join them? It won't take ten hours?Captain Carter obviously felt a bit stuck in his throat, and was about to speak, when there was a rumbling sound from the end of the night.

In the quiet camp, the sound was like an avalanche, which made people shudder. Jason suddenly realized what it was, and looked at An Jiamian with a calm expression in disbelief.

The army green tent shook violently, and there was a noise in the communication equipment. Through the raised curtain, a dazzling white beam of light flashed by. Many people in the base camp got out of the tent and raised their heads in surprise. Look directly at the huge silver-white helicopter descending from the sky.

A female secretary wearing glasses and wearing a thin windbreaker came down from the helicopter, and trotted towards An Jiamian, holding her forehead in the blowing wind.Mr. An took the folder handed over by the other party, glanced at it with the considerate flashlight of the lady secretary, nodded, and the lady handed over the pen, and An Jiamian lowered his head and finished signing each contract. Turn around and show it to Jason: "Let them see if there is anything they need to add."

Jason wanted to say, "You're all ready and you asked me to draft the contract, aren't you cheating on your subordinates?" An Jiamian had already seen his expression before he could say anything, raised his eyebrows slightly, put on the pen cap and handed it to him: "Both hands are ready." .”

Mr. Lawyer took the order to go, but An Jiamian suddenly stopped him from behind:

"Say my thanks to everyone for me."

Jason looked at An Jiamian's serious words, then turned around to explain something to the female secretary, shook his head and smiled, this expression is not correct.

According to the arrangement, the Dolphin Helicopter will carry the rescue team to Camp No. [-], then hover and let them descend.In such a harsh environment, that is already the limit of what a helicopter can fly.For the rest of the journey, they must carry their own blasting and rescue equipment to complete.

At seven o'clock, the rescue team was ready to go.Within seconds the helicopter's propellers were churning the air. JASON watched the silver-gray fuselage slowly climb to the sky, and the snow-capped mountains in the morning light in the distance were filled with mist.From now on, everything is unknown.All they can rely on is the kindness of this snowy land.

Archer's eyelids moved, as if something was shining in front of his eyes in a trance, his whole body was exhausted, his eyelids were stuck with ice, but he didn't have the strength to lift his hands to rub them off, the instinct for light drove him to blink hard, heavy Under the tearing pain, his eyelids finally opened a crack.

He froze for a moment, and it actually snowed in his narrow field of vision.Snow flakes fell one after another, all over the ground, the ice cliff disappeared, and he and Qin Xiu sat in this soft snow overnight.Such gentle snow seems to fall in the park on Coral Street, and it seems to come in from the small slanted window of the house. It doesn't look like being on the world's highest peak in the freezing cold, but...how can you see it so clearly?He suddenly noticed something and raised his head in astonishment.

A ray of sky light hung above his head, he opened his eyelids forcefully, he couldn't believe what he saw - the ice crack appeared again!The holy white light quietly shed down and flowed around them.

The sky cleared up, and behind the cracks in the ice was a pure blue that seemed to be able to see through the stars.Because of the thinness of oxygen, even in the daytime, you can still see the slowly flickering starlight. The blue sky is deep and transparent, which he has never seen before. After a long while, I suddenly heard some sound, coming from far and near, swishing, swishing, swishing, like...the sound of flapping wings?

A shadow flitted across the top of the ice crevasse, and then another, and the spread wings cast beautifully shaped shadows on his eyes.

"Qin Xiu...Qin Xiu!!" He shouted frantically with the last of his strength.

The person lying behind him raised his head, rested his chin weakly on his shoulder, and tightened his hands on his waist in remembrance: "What's wrong?"

"It's Demoiselle Cranes!!" He was so excited that his voice couldn't be coherent, his water-logged lungs twitched like a broken bellows, "It's Demoiselle Cranes! They're right above his head!" He panicked and touched Matthew's The camera, I wanted to get a good lens to help Qin Xiu take pictures, but my hands were so cold that I lost consciousness. Every time I gritted my teeth, I felt as if I picked up the camera, but when I looked down, I found that it was just my fantasy.

Qin Xiu's hand came from behind, groped along his arm, found the long lens, fixed the lens tremblingly, and groped to put the camera into his hand, then held his hand and raised the camera together : "Where is it, you tell me, come and see, I'll take pictures."

The two people's hands were folded together, Archer opened his stinging eyes, and leaned his head hard, Qin Xiu's shoulder leaned up so that he could rest his head a little more comfortably, he just leaned on Qin Xiu's shoulder , with a weak breath, said: "A little higher..."

Qin Xiu raised the camera in his hand a little higher.

"It's too high, come closer to me..."

The camera moved to his eyes, and Archer stared at the viewfinder with bated breath. All he could move now was his mouth and eyes. He wanted to rely on these two still sensitive organs to help Qin Xiu take pictures of what he wanted to take most in his life. landscape.

He was afraid that he would miss the fleeting shadows in the blink of an eye, but when they flew over, he found that they were flying so slowly, like a group of well-meaning angels, leaving him a lot of time to help Qin Xiu capture them Best frame ever.

"They're coming..." He held his breath for a while, his eyes flashed, "Now!"

Qin Xiu held his frozen hand and pressed the shutter hard.

Archer can still see the picture behind the viewfinder, it's so beautiful, like being in the deep sea, watching a group of elves roam freely in the shallow sea full of sunshine, he wished he could let Qin Xiu see it immediately, and was afraid that he really didn't Seeing the opportunity again, trembling lips wanted to describe the scene that was photographed to him, but trembling, he didn't know if he could explain clearly, only heard Qin Xiu responding to his ear from far away and near.

He closed his eyes tiredly in this favorite voice.

Thank you Inugami-sama, thank you for making me a human, thank you for letting me keep his favorite tail, thank you for letting me find him, thank you for letting me realize my wish to shoot demoiselle cranes with him... I I know I shouldn't have any more extravagant wishes, but in any case, please fulfill my last wish.

Please let Qin Xiu be rescued safely!Please give him back his eyes!

If there is anything else that can be exchanged, please take it together...

——Soy Sauce——I'm going to move to Genglin City——you remember——Genglin City——

——Soy sauce, roll away, be cute!

——Soy sauce, look, those birds are Demoiselle Cranes... One of my dreams is to one day photograph Demoiselle Cranes flying over the mountain from the top of the highest peak.

——Why do you always tie a soy sauce bottle?Then I might as well call you soy sauce.