To Luo Cai Si’s relief, there were no wild beasts inside this cave, just piles of animal bones and broken leaves and dead branches.
After Luo Cai Si cleaned the cave and brought Lan Xiao Bu into the cave, her entire body was exhausted. Before, she had been busy and didn’t feel anything, but now once she stopped, Luo Cai Si felt pain all over her body, and her body was chilled.
Taking out a few band-aids, she put them on her shoulders and took out the only jacket from her bag and wrapped it around her body. The wind from the mountain stream blew by, and Luo Cai Si shivered as she felt cold. Her gaze subconsciously fell on Lan Xiaobu’s feet, Lan Xiaobu’s body was still wet and even barefoot, if this continued, she would definitely fall ill.
Despite her exhaustion, Luo Cai Si still picked up some dry branches and over in the surroundings, then built a fire at the cave entrance.
Under the light of the fire, Luo Cai Si finally warmed up a bit. At this moment she was even a little glad that she still had a lighter in her bag.
Water vapour had already started to appear on Lan Xiaobu’s clothes, Luo Caixie took out a towel and briefly helped Lan Xiaobu wipe it off, wrapping the towel around Lan Xiaobu’s chest.
She didn’t dare to give her jacket to Lan Xiaobu, she was worried that she would fall ill. Once she fell ill, both she and Lan Xiaobu would be dead.
The night gradually deepened, Luo Cai Si looked at the misty valley outside, she had a sense of uncertainty in her heart, not knowing what she should do next.
The sound of unknown beasts roaring came from the depths of the mountain stream, making Luo Cai Si’s heart apprehensive. She subconsciously moved closer to Lan Xiaobu, looked at Lan Xiaobu’s still blank eyes, and hesitantly asked, “Lan Xiaobu, why did you appear in the Qinling Mountains?”
Lan Xiaobu mumbled and paused for a moment, seemingly thinking about this question, but soon he frowned painfully before reciting the words again.
Luo Cai Si sensed that something wasn’t really wrong with Lan Xiaobu, he could at least understand his own name, something should have stimulated him now, if she wanted to save Lan Xiaobu, she had to take her time, she definitely couldn’t be in a hurry.
The flame gradually dimmed, Luo Cai Si added a few dry wood into it, when the flame rose again, Luo Cai Si’s thoughts were immersed into the thick night colour outside the mountain stream again.
Luo Cai Si had a very long dream, she dreamt that she was about to research a cure for her grandfather, but was missing a medicinal herb, she travelled alone to the deep mountains to look for this medicinal herb, and ended up getting lost in the mountains. While she was searching for directions, she met wolves, and in her anxiety she fell into the depths of a cliff as she fled ……
Fear made Luo Cai Si woke up with a start, she saw that she was snuggling up to Lan Xiaobu’s body, while Lan Xiaobu was burning all over, but he was still mumbling.
It’s not good, Lan Xiaobu is sick.
The sky outside the cave was already somewhat misty and bright, apparently it was about to get light.
Luo Cai Si felt a little groggy, she still hurriedly took out the phone from her bag and loaded the calling card again. It was good that she was a doctor, but right now the direction of her research was still western medicine. With neither herbs nor equipment on hand right now, there was nothing she could do if she wanted to save Lan Xiaobu.
As her phone was about to dial out, she put it down again. At this time, she actually didn’t know who to look for help?
She had very few friends, not even a single best friend. The only ones who could help her could only be the Locke family. Once she called back, she was afraid that the first thing she would do would be to be grounded. As for Lan Xiaobu, even if the Luo family didn’t do anything to Lan Xiaobu, they definitely wouldn’t risk offending Qian Yin to save Lan Xiaobu.
She somewhat regretted not asking for Ji Zheng’s phone number, if she had Ji Zheng’s phone number, she could have called him. Ji Zheng and Lan Xiaobu had jointly published a signed paper, so their relationship should be good.
“Lan Xiaobu, Lan Xiaobu, don’t chant for now, you’re in danger ……” After putting down the phone, Luo Cai Si could only frantically shake Lan Xiaobu, she hoped that Lan Xiaobu would come to her senses.
However, Lan Xiaobu ignored Luo Cai Si’s words, still still with a blank stare and chanting.
Luo Cai Si felt so helpless for the first time, when she came to a strange country by herself across the ocean, she had never been so helpless as now.
She had always felt that she was very strong, but now she realised that her strength might just be a hard shell of disguise. Tears were welling up inside her eyes, and Luo Cai Si forced herself not to cry out. Feeling a little dry, she stood up shakily, wanting to go out and get some water. Just as she stood up, her body shook, and then she weakly fell to the ground.
Luo Cai Si knew that she was also sick, her head was groggy, and now she should have a fever.
“Lan Xiaobu …… you don’t always talk to yourself, we’re all sick, you’re a man, you’re a man ……” Luo Cai Si shook Lan Xiaobu again, Lan Xiaobu is still eyes blanklymumbling.
Luo Cai Si finally couldn’t help but cry out, she wasn’t strong at all, the way she used to do it was ridiculous. Now she realised that she was fragile, she needed to be strong to rely on, not to take care of a crazy man in the middle of these wild mountains.
“Blue Boo …… Are we all going to die here? Lan Xiaobu ……” Luo Cai Si wiped her own tears, she was terrified in her heart, her mouth mumbled the same as Lan Xiaobu’s, then slowly closed her eyes.
It was not known how long it took, Luo Cai Si opened her eyes again. The sky was already bright, but it was still grey outside the cave.
The haze and the mist of the deep mountains were stacked on top of each other, and even in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, the sunlight still couldn’t shine in.
Luo Cai Si struggled to get to the entrance of the cave, and as she looked out of the cave, a faint ray of light seemed to fall on her face through all the obstacles.
The hissing of wild beasts came from the distance, Luo Cai Si acted as if she didn’t hear it, still raising her head to look at the glimmer of light. Her thoughts gradually drifted farther and farther away, and she seemed to feel that she could follow that glimmer of light to break out of her fog-wrapped shell, and find a place that made her yearn for more.
“Blue Boo, do you think that if there was no haze, that light would be able to shine directly to where we live ……” Luo Cai Si’s cheeks still had traces of tears on them, but she reached out her hand to catch that ray of sunlight.
After crying, her false hard shell seemed to have been broken away, and despite the fact that at the moment she was weak and weak, and her head was still drowsy, her heart was instead lighter. If Grandpa was still around, she was also a little girl, the little girl that Grandpa loved the most.
Perhaps the greatest fear in life was death, and when she forgot about it, she would be peaceful and calm in the face of everything.
“Lan Xiaobu ……” Luo Cai Si called out again, then she turned around only to find that Lan Xiaobu was gone. She was shocked in her heart and hurriedly called out, “Blue Xiaobu, Dr Blue ……”
In addition to the sound of running water and the chirping of flying birds around her there was only the occasional hissing of wild beasts, Luo Cai Si panicked as she stood up holding onto the stone wall. Her head was getting drowsy and she was once again terrified. Before, when she was with Lan Xiaobu, even if Lan Xiaobu was just a mongrel hobo and needed her care, she had felt some reliance in general, or a companion. Now that she was alone again after that, she had an indescribable loneliness and fear in her heart.
“Dr Blue …… Blue Boo ……”
No one responded, only after a while, her voice responded from the depths of the mountain stream, even more empty and silent. Luo Cai Si again a cold shiver, she suddenly felt that the biggest fear in life is not death, but loneliness and isolation. It is only when you are alone that you will be afraid, and it is only when you are alone that you will be even more afraid.
Feeling slightly more energetic, Luo Cai Si held onto the stone wall and walked out. She was going to look for Lan Xiaobu, the unbearable loneliness made it impossible for her to stay here alone.
“Oooh …….”A familiar wolf howl came, and Luo Cai Si’s face turned pale. It was that grey wolf from yesterday, it had unexpectedly come again.
Then Luo Cai Si thought of Lan Xiao Bu, Lan Xiao Bu wasn’t in the cave did he go out alone and get eaten by that grey wolf? When she thought of the grey wolf tearing into Lan Xiaobu, Luo Cai Si couldn’t help but tremble. She wanted to crawl back into the cave again, but she knew in her heart that even if she returned to the cave, the grey wolf would still find her and eat her.
Tears once again slid down uncontrollably, dying in this place was fine, but being torn apart and devoured by the wolf, just thinking about this Luo Cai Si couldn’t help but be terrified.
After holding onto the stone wall and standing at the entrance of the cave for a few minutes, Luo Cai Si took a deep breath and seemed to have made up her mind about something. She once again slowly moved into the cave and took out a cute cartoon hairpin from her backpack and inserted it into her short hair, and then took out a box from her bag, which opened to reveal a necklace. The necklace was not much better, just an unusual pearl necklace. Luo Cai Si spent a lot of effort to tie this necklace on her neck as well, stroked her hair, and only then murmured, “I wonder if grandpa is doing well alone underground.”
“I have picked a turnip? The place is east of the place. Yun who’s thinking? Mei Meng Yong carry on ……”
Luo Cai Si muttered, the corners of her mouth her face reddened a bit, “Grandpa said that I am the most beautiful girl in the Luo family, and that in the future, a top man will come and ask me to go to the most beautiful place, and then I will be able to marry him ……”
Luo Cai Si looked up at the misty sky, “Maybe that manly man of mine, he’s on the other side of the sky, I’m going to dress up and go over to the most beautiful place ……”
“Oooo……” the grey wolf hissed again bringing Luo Cai Si back to reality, her mind grew heavy, then she shook her head hard, “Am I going to die?”
Deep down she knew that maybe she really couldn’t live much longer, otherwise why would she always think of her grandfather?
Trying hard to put these thoughts aside, Luo Cai Si still walked towards the direction of the wolf’s roar. Lan Xiaobu should have been eaten by the wolves, instead of waiting for the wolves to find the hole to eat her, she should take the initiative to go there, at least she would have a companion before dying. Compared to death, she was more afraid of loneliness, even if she died, she didn’t want to wander alone on the Yellow Springs Road. With Lan Xiaobu, at least there was a companion.
