Some people say that the greatest pain in the world is loneliness; at this moment, Section Chief Xu, who was hiding in the darkness of the kitchen, did not think so. The greatest pain in the world should be waiting, not knowing when it will come, endless waiting, and what is coming is death.
Some people say that God is fair; at this moment, the soldiers who were trying hard to suppress their trembling in fear did not think so. As the glorious Eighth Route Army, the first battlefield with real swords and guns turned out to be like this. There was no heart-wrenching scene of being shot in the wind as in the dream, no hope of blood staining the sky and lasting heroic spirit; they could not see the enemy at all, but were blown to death in the house one by one, and could not do anything. They felt like mice about to be buried alive. God has no eyes
Some people say that only after crying can you remember the preciousness of a smile; at this moment, Zhou Wanping, who was in despair, deeply agreed with this. She suddenly felt that the ups and downs in the past were not so bad. There were too many happy moments worth cherishing, and too many reasons to tell herself that she should live. Although the beautiful youth is fading away with time, although it has become a flower blooming in the final stage, I am still a woman, just a woman, always qualified to be afraid and want to rely on. So, in the dark, she raised her hand, grabbed the corner of the clothes of the strong soldier beside her, and gently leaned her head on the rock-like solid and stable thigh to make her pounding heart no longer so panic.
The veteran said, as long as you still have something to do, you don't have to be afraid. At this moment, Hu Yi's mind was like a whirlpool, spinning wildly: I can't follow too close, nor can I be too far away. After rushing out of the window, I must use the maximum speed to cross the side wall. Can she do it? Or if I am not shot, I can throw her directly over the wall, but... What should I do after I get out of the wall? She can't run away by herself. There can't be no one guarding behind the wall. That is to say, I have to survive and get outside the wall, so she may have a chance... Hu Yi suddenly felt as if the corner of her clothes was pulled by someone, and then her head leaned lightly on the side of her legs.
I don’t know how long it had been, probably late at night, and there was complete silence inside and outside the house. The rain had stopped, but no one noticed. They still held their guns tightly in their hands, waiting for the verdict of fate.
After a long, long time, or just a moment, the window no longer seemed so dark, and a faint light shone through. Was it daybreak? Or was it my eyes? Was it really like this? Impossible
After a while, the light from the window had illuminated the room and the sky was really bright, but the room was still deathly silent.
Ten soldiers were cleaning up the messy house with their heads down, their exhausted faces full of complaints. Hu Yi stood in front of the window, looking at the gloomy sky in the early morning, his brows still furrowed deeply, without a trace of relaxation. Zhou Wanping sat on the bench leaning against the wall, looking at Hu Yi's back in front of the window, wondering what she was thinking.
"Are you sure this is the case?" Section Chief Xu asked the person in front of him for the third time.
"That's right. The rain stopped in the middle of the night, and they left. They also left two dollars on the table in the house. Old Liu was so happy that he showed it off to me all morning." The person who answered was the villager owner of the house.
Section Chief Xu looked very unhappy. He glanced at Hu Yi, sighed, and said to the villagers, "I'm really sorry, look at this..." He quickly searched his pockets, but found less than one dollar in change, so he turned to Zhou Wanping and asked, "Uh... Doctor Zhou, can you lend me some first?"
The villager smiled sheepishly and said, "No, no, I can fix the broken cabinet. There's nothing valuable in it. I can clean it up after you leave. What are you doing?"
Zhou Wanping stood up, took out all the money in her pocket, and replied to Section Chief Xu: "No need to borrow, I'll pay for it." Then she stuffed the money directly into the villager's hand and turned back to sit.
"Uh... No, no, no... There are too many of them... They are all junk, not worth it..."
Section Chief Xu reached out and rejected the villagers' refusal: "We must take it, otherwise we will feel bad."
The villager smiled awkwardly: "Well... you guys are busy." Then he turned around and walked out.
A soldier's muttering could be heard from the kitchen: "It sounds like a real story. Isn't this just a hassle? It's really a trap."
"A security guard almost became a leader, how could we believe him?"
"I heard that he was commended twice by the division? I thought he was so amazing? Is this all just a lie?"
"Keep your voice down. Yu Huo."
Hu Yi did not react to the soldiers' complaints and ridicules. These inexperienced recruits were raised in a greenhouse and did not know the ruthlessness of wind and rain. For Hu Yi, who had always been walking on the edge of a knife, it was too late to celebrate this. By the time they understood this truth, they might have to reincarnate. In Hu Yi's eyes, these soldiers were just strange short-lived ghosts and had nothing to do with him.
Hu Yi firmly believed that those people were the enemy. They must have fought to the death with them in the smoke of gunpowder until today. He knew intuitively that they were the enemy. Those dirty little guys and those ugly flat eyes made Hu Yi more and more convinced of his idea. But why did they do this? This was too unreasonable. Did they not want to reveal their identities easily? Were they afraid of leaking the news? Hu Yi was confused in his thoughts...
After the room was cleaned up, Section Chief Xu, although feeling sleepy, had to give the order: "Pack up your personal equipment and get ready to go."
"We can't leave. We should stay here one more day."
Section Chief Xu's face instantly became uglier than ever because the person who spoke was Hu Yi again.
"It turns out that your guess was wrong. They can't be the enemy. We misunderstood."
"There is no misunderstanding, they are the enemy."
Looking at the determination in those narrow eyes, Section Chief Xu suspected that Hu Yi had mental problems: "First of all, this is not the front line, where did the enemies come from? Secondly, if they were enemies, how could we survive until now?"
"Perhaps they were worried that the villagers would leak the news, so they ambushed us outside instead."
"Maybe, maybe, is that all you can say? All of this is just your wild guesses from beginning to end. If they are enemies, why didn't they shoot when they met? Why didn't they come to encircle and suppress us when we were careless? Now you say they will run outside to ambush? If you are the enemy, are you tired? Why are you going through so much trouble? Hmm?"
Hu Yi couldn't answer this question because this was also the question that was bothering Hu Yi.
Although Zhou Wanping's status here is the most noble, Section Chief Xu is the highest person in charge of this trip. He has no patience to talk to Hu Yi about these irrelevant issues. How can he delay for such a ridiculous reason when he has a mission to accomplish? He stood up and waved his hand: "Hurry up and get ready to go."
The dark clouds were hanging over our heads, showing no sign of dispersing, but getting even darker. Yesterday's rain seemed to have left it wanting more, and now a new round of washing was brewing.
In the dark mountains, at the bottom of the foggy valley, there was a rugged path. There was water on the roadside, the road was muddy, and there were water droplets all over the branches and leaves. The air after the rain was filled with a unique earthy smell.
Suspicion is a disease, and an infectious one at that.
Although no one believed what Hu Yi said, they were still worried. What if this was true? Everyone thought this unconsciously, so they unconsciously widened the distance between them and held their guns in their hands. They would not put down their guns even if they stumbled in the mud.
Although they hadn't slept all night, they didn't feel sleepy now. They didn't dare to feel sleepy. At first, they tried to pretend that they didn't care, but in the end, they walked forward with their eyes wide open and looked around carefully. Every time they saw an incomprehensible shadow, they would shudder in their hearts, fearing that Hu Yi's lies had come true. For them, this was the most torturous march they had ever experienced in their lives, and it was a torment of their hearts.
Therefore, everyone began to hate, hate this nonsense Hu Yi, hate this mentally ill person, and no one was willing to even look at him anymore.
In fact, the person who felt the most tired was Hu Yi. He wanted Zhou Wanping to stop Chief Xu's decision, but this inspection was a big deal for Zhou Wanping herself, so she did not raise any objections.
Now, Hu Yi deliberately pulled Zhou Wanping to the end of the team, leaving a large distance from the team in front. It seemed that the two of them were about to fall behind. The enemy had a platoon. If they were to ambush, the concealment line should not be too long. The farther away from the team, the more chances to react if they were ambushed. Therefore, they had to do this. If they walked at the end, after all, both sides had been observed by the people in front, and they would observe again when they came to Hu Yi to be safe. The only disadvantage was that this was a bit conspicuous, and they might be given special treatment when they were ambushed. Unfortunately, there was no such thing as having both.
Zhou Wanping walked carefully in the mud while muttering to Hu Yi behind her: "Why don't you speak?"
A pair of narrow eyes kept scanning to the left and right, as if he didn't hear her talking.
"I think you are too nervous. You don't realize it yourself. You should change and not let yourself be so tense all the time. You know, Li Xiang has the same problem. People's energy is limited. Excessive consumption will cause people to collapse... I wonder if this is how you get your strange headache? Hey, why don't you say something?"
"Yeah." Hu Yi didn't notice what she was saying at all. His brows were filled with deep worry, and he was concentrating on performing his duties as a guard.
"That must be the case. Your illness is caused by the battlefield environment... However, if you hadn't concentrated and tensed up, you wouldn't have survived until today... It's a bit difficult. Should I suggest you relax or let you continue like this?... Excuse me, is this the case? I still need to confirm it when you have an attack..."
Before they knew it, the team stopped because... they had arrived at Kunma Mountain.
It was impossible to tell the time in the gloomy sky. No one knew it was already noon. Because we were nervous along the way, the whole morning passed by so quickly that we didn't even have time to feel sleepy.
Section Chief Xu glanced at Hu Yi meaningfully and ordered him to take a break and eat.
Two soldiers found a place to stand guard, and the rest sat down in a crooked position to rest.
"Oh my god, I've never been so tired in my life. I'm finally free."
"I wish I could push him out of here."
"Count me in when the action begins."
Hu Yi walked all the way to the top of the mountain, looking at the dark mountains in the distance under the clouds, the endless green before his eyes, and the rugged and vague path down the mountain. He was completely distracted.
There is no ambush. Is it really as Dr. Zhou said? Am I too nervous? I am indeed nervous, especially when there is no answer...
They are enemies, they must be enemies, why...