Qingshan Spring is located at the border of the primeval forest. Compared with the location where Song Yuelin’s business car was parked before, although it is also covered with dense vegetation, the business car is after all a location that can be driven to by a car, and the terrain is relatively flat.
The slopes near Qingshan Spring are steep, and in some places, the slope is close to 90°.
The terrain is different, which results in slight differences in the plants that grow here.
Most vegetation grows parallel to the ground after emerging from the soil. When it reaches a certain length, it bends upward, trying its best to absorb sunlight and rain.
From a distance, the slope of Qingshanquan looks like a bunch of short combs, and the thriving trees are as dense and tough as the teeth of a comb.
Ji Mingxia found the landmark stone tablet of Qingshan Spring among the weeds. Just as he read it out loud, he heard an unusual noise not far ahead.
Somewhere in the bushes, the leaves were shaking without wind, and the sound of "rustling" was heard, as if something was shaking the tree trunks.
Faintly, there were a few tiny human voices that could be heard faintly.
Although it was daytime, the forest was very quiet and the sudden noise seemed extremely strange.
Ji Mingxia had been encountering ghosts and monsters frequently recently. When he saw the shaking bushes, his first reaction was, "Could it be another ghost?"
As he thought this, he unconsciously moved closer to Yu Ning.
As Ji Mingxia's position changed, the position of the shaking bushes also changed.
It was vibrating from right to left, little by little. Originally, it was about two or three meters away from Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, but gradually, it quickly moved to a position less than one meter in front of Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.
Although the bushes were dense, there were still gaps between them. Being so close, Ji Mingxia quickly discovered that there seemed to be someone hiding in the bushes.
The leaves kept shaking, affecting his vision. Ji Mingxia could only roughly judge that someone was crawling inside, but he couldn't see clearly whether it was a man or a woman, or whether she was tall, short, fat or thin.
Just when Ji Mingxia was puzzled, suddenly, he heard a "crack" and the sound of a tree trunk breaking came from the bushes.
Ji Mingxia's face changed slightly. The next second, a gap suddenly appeared in the dense bushes. Along with the branches being stepped on and falling, a person covered with leaves fell from the bushes and smashed directly towards Yu Ning below!
"Yu Ning, be careful!" Ji Mingxia was startled and reminded him quickly.
He thought that after he reminded him, Yu Ning would quickly dodge away, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, Yu Ning actually looked in the direction of Ji Mingxia, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed Ji Mingxia.
Before Ji Mingxia could react and figure out why Yu Ning pushed him, the next moment, another huge figure fell from the bushes again and hit Ji Mingxia.
It all happened so fast that Ji Mingxia didn't even figure out what was going on. When he came back, he had been knocked to the ground.
This man should have crushed Ji Mingxia hard, but Yu Ning's temporary push allowed Ji Mingxia to escape.
Although his shoulder was hit, causing Ji Mingxia to lose balance and fall to the ground, he did not suffer any serious injuries.
It was just that Ji Mingxia already had a wound on the side of his waist. After he was hit and fell, his body rubbed heavily against the ground, and the scab on the wound was immediately torn open, causing Ji Mingxia to twitch all over in pain.
The wound on his waist was caused when he accidentally bumped into the table in the classroom while trying to help Yu Ning at school.
Ji Mingxia usually lives on campus. Before he met the ghost, he didn't need to do anything else except studying. He had fair skin and tender flesh, but there was only one scar on his body.
When he was first injured, it was very painful, but fortunately he recovered well and the pain was not so severe the next day.
After so many days of rest, the wound has now formed a scab. If Ji Mingxia didn't touch it on a normal day, he would completely ignore its existence.
However, although the wound had scabbed over and was no longer painful, the inside had not yet healed completely. With the tearing and the multiple collisions on his body, Ji Mingxia's eyes went dark and he was stunned for two or three seconds before he came to his senses.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Are you okay?" After realizing that he had bumped into someone, the culprit hurriedly got up and shook Ji Mingxia.
Ji Mingxia finally came back to her senses, but she almost fell apart after being shaken like that: "It hurts, it hurts, don't touch me."
Ji Mingxia said this and looked up at the tactless culprit.
What came into view was a face with a little baby fat. Due to the fatness, the facial features were squeezed together, but it could still be seen that he was a boy with a relatively handsome appearance.
He seems to be younger than Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, and has the youthful look of a high school student.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it." The little fat boy looked at Ji Mingxia with a bitter face.
At the same time, on the other side, Yu Ning missed the best opportunity to dodge after pushing Ji Mingxia away.
However, at the last moment, he instinctively turned his body to the side, so that in the end only his foot was slightly pressed.
The person who fell in front of Yu Ning was a thin woman wearing a loose blue windbreaker. Without Yu Ning's cushioning, she almost fell heavily to the ground.
Fortunately, the soil in the forest was soft and covered with weeds. The woman in blue was light and wore thick clothes. Although her landing posture was not very graceful, she was not actually injured.
When she found out that what she had stepped on was just Yu Ning's feet, the woman in blue couldn't help but raise her head and looked at Yu Ning with a hint of blame.
When he saw someone falling, he not only did not help, but also dodged immediately.
Although her instep was pressed down in the end, this one foot was completely useless, and it was like no one caught her, and she fell to the ground on her own.
There were dull pains from the bumped parts of her body. The woman in blue frowned and looked at Yu Ning. But after seeing Yu Ning's appearance clearly, she was stunned.
Yu Ning stood there with a cold expression, not even looking at her, but the woman in blue was almost instantly attracted by Yu Ning's appearance.
This pair of heterochromatic eyes, combined with his facial features, looks eerie. If he were in other places, people would either think that he was born with a freak appearance or that he was a fan of the second dimension. But at this moment, in the forest bathed in sunlight, with the scattered sunlight shining on his face, he looked delicate and cold, just like an elf walking out of the forest.
The woman in blue was staring at Yu Ning in a daze, but unfortunately, the next moment, Yu Ning turned his head and didn't look at her again.
Not only did he look away, Yu Ning even pulled his foot back, turned around, and tried to walk to the side.
The woman in blue asked for help: "It hurts so much, can you hold me up?"
She had a thin figure, which was exactly the slender figure that was most popular among girls at the time. Her facial features were deep and mixed with a bit of exotic charm. When she spoke, her voice was delicate and sweet. Most men, when seeing her, would not only not refuse, but would want to pick her up immediately and hold her in their hands.
Yu Ning seemed not to hear and continued walking to the side.
The woman in blue thought that Yu Ning didn't hear her, so she raised her voice and said, "My baby is injured and can't get up. Can you help me up?"
However, Yu Ning still didn't turn his head and walked quickly to Ji Mingxia.
Seeing Ji Mingxia lying on the ground, Yu Ning hurriedly bent down, supported Ji Mingxia's shoulders, helped him sit up, and then leaned Ji Mingxia's back against himself, so that although Ji Mingxia was sitting, he didn't need to exert any effort.
"Where are you hurt?" Yu Ning supported Ji Mingxia and asked in a low voice.
"I'm not seriously injured..." Ji Mingxia said reflexively.
Yu Ning slowly raised his head and looked at the little fat boy beside him.
The little fat boy was looking at Ji Mingxia apologetically at first, but when Yu Ning stared at him, he froze in his tracks: "Hey... I accidentally bumped into him..."
Yu Ning usually looks cold and aloof, and even though Ji Mingxia knew that he was the protagonist, she didn't dare to get close to Yu Ning. What's more, ordinary people would just want to stay away from him when they see him.
Although Yu Ning also had a blank expression on his face at this moment, the look he gave the little fat boy was particularly cold.
The forest under the sunlight during the day is much hotter than at night. After all the tossing and turning, the fat boy has a thin layer of sweat on his body.
But when Yu Ning stared at him, he felt like a prey being stared at by a wild beast. He felt that the temperature around him had dropped by several degrees. He squatted stiffly on the spot, not daring to move, and even daring not to look at Yu Ning.
Although Ji Mingxia couldn't see Yu Ning's face, he could guess that Yu Ning was in a low mood by looking at the fat boy's reaction.
Ji Mingxia was still leaning on Yu Ning, and in order to prevent Yu Ning from worrying, he quickly said: "Luckily you pushed me away in time, otherwise I would have been crushed... It's really nothing, I just got bumped and fell, that's all. You're a grown man, you have thick skin and flesh, you can handle it."
Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia, his eyes unconsciously fell on his fair neck, and then he said to Ji Mingxia: "Raise your left arm and try it."
Ji Mingxia followed his instructions and after raising his arm, he said to Yu Ning: "See, it's not broken, it's still fine."
"Are there any scratches on your body?" Yu Ning asked again.
"No." Ji Mingxia said quickly.
Yu Ning glanced at Ji Mingxia, then reached out and patted the dust off his waist.
Ji Mingxia shuddered, and when he realized that Yu Ning was looking at him, he twitched his lips and said, "Itchy."
Yu Ning gently patted the place where the clothes were stained by dust all the way down. When he was about to pat the hips, Ji Mingxia couldn't stand it anymore.
Ji Mingxia's wound had just been torn open, and it was at its most sensitive and painful. Although Yu Ning's action of brushing off the dust was very light, his clothes rubbed against the wound lightly, making Ji Mingxia feel itchy and painful. He couldn't help but shrink his body to avoid Yu Ning's action.
When Yu Ning was patting his waist, Ji Mingxia had been gritting his teeth and enduring it. The further down he went, the more sensitive and painful it became, and Ji Mingxia could no longer hide it.
His behavior was so obvious that Yu Ning stopped and said, "Open your clothes and take a look."
"No..." Ji Mingxia refused quietly. Seeing Yu Ning staring at him, Ji Mingxia hurriedly said, "Admit it, admit it. I have scratches... but they are not serious. It's summer, the wound will heal quickly. Just apply some medicine at night and sleep for a night and it will be fine."
Upon hearing this, Yu Ning immediately understood what Ji Mingxia meant.
With two outsiders present, Ji Mingxia didn't want to expose his wound, let alone examine it on the spot.
After experiencing Song Yuelin, Ji Mingxia became very wary of any strangers appearing in the forest.
Yu Ning didn't say anything more. He avoided the wound on Ji Mingxia's waist and carefully helped him up.
Ji Mingxia had wounds from his waist to his thighs, so he really couldn't use much strength for the moment, so he leaned slightly on Yu Ning's body.
After standing up, Ji Mingxia discovered that in addition to the fat man who bumped into him, the person who fell in front of Yu Ning was actually a woman.
And she is a beauty who fully conforms to my aesthetic standards.
The environment in the forest was harsh, and there was little chance to wash and tidy herself up. The beauty had her hair loose and no makeup on her face, but her appearance was still very delicate.
The loose blue windbreaker did not make her look fat, but made her look even slimmer and thinner.
After seeing Yu Ning carefully helping Ji Mingxia up, the blue-clothed woman's expression changed slightly. She couldn't help but stay on Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, taking a look at them both.
Yu Ning helped Ji Mingxia stand up. The fat boy squatted beside them for two seconds, and finally turned around and found that his partner was still sitting.
He hurried forward and carefully helped the woman in blue up: "Are you okay?"
The woman in blue originally had a gloomy face. After being helped up by the little fat man, she saw that everyone's eyes were on her. She pulled the corner of her mouth and shook her head at the little fat man: "It's okay."
At this moment, Yu Ning was supporting Ji Mingxia, and the fat man was supporting the woman in blue.
The four of them stood facing each other, looking at each other, and the atmosphere was somewhat subtle.
However, after seeing Yu Ning's expression, neither the fat man nor the woman in blue dared to linger on him for long.
Seeing that Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia were also looking at him with a little scrutiny, the little fat boy finally spoke up and said to Ji Mingxia: "Yes, I'm sorry, I hurt you."
Neither Yu Ning nor Ji Mingxia spoke a word.
The woman in blue leaned on the little fat boy. Seeing that Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia both looked unhappy, she said quickly: "It's my fault. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was too reckless and accidentally stepped on a branch and broke it, which led to this series of accidents. It's all my fault..."
The fat boy was anxiously waiting for Ji Mingxia's response, but he didn't expect the woman in blue to say that.
After hearing her words, the little fat boy waved his hands and said, "It's not her, it's not her. I stepped on the branch and broke it. I didn't expect that the branch was so fragile. It broke in an instant, causing us two to fall down together. We were almost crushed and injured. You can blame me. It's all because I'm too fat."
Hearing this, the woman in blue said again, "How can you say that? It was the weight of the two of us standing on top that crushed the branches, and it was my idea to hide by stepping on these trees. So I am more responsible..."
“But I was the one who hit someone, and the other person was fine…” The fat man felt more and more guilty as he spoke, and he was about to cry when he saw the expression of the woman in blue.
Although one of them is a little fat, she looks young; although the other one is an adult woman, she is frail and looks pitiful after having just fallen.
Ji Mingxia was originally very annoyed. Two people fell from the sky out of nowhere, knocked him down, and caused his wounds to open up.
Even on normal days, having an extra wound on the waist would be annoying, not to mention that it was inconvenient to do anything in the forest at this time. There were even monsters appearing in the evening, and the wound on the waist greatly affected Ji Mingxia's movements.
However, looking at each other at this moment, one is a young fat man and the other is a weak woman.
Although Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning were not considered strong, they were adult men after all. With the four of them standing like this, it was almost obvious which one was stronger.
Yu Ning was fine, only Ji Mingxia had minor scratches. Under such circumstances, Ji Mingxia naturally didn't want to argue with the other party.
Seeing Yu Ning standing aside with an unprecedentedly cold face, Ji Mingxia quickly pulled Yu Ning's hand in secret.
After Yu Ning looked at him, Ji Mingxia coughed dryly and said to the little fat man and the woman in blue: "Okay, okay, you two stop apologizing in turn. What I'm more curious about now is, who are you, why did you crawl here and fall in front of us?"
The little fat man glanced at the weak woman and said to Ji Mingxia: "We are tourists in the forest... We encountered some dangers in the forest, so we hid for safety. Just now, when we saw you coming from a distance, we hesitated whether to ask you for help...
"Because both of us are not very strong, if we are bad guys, we will be in great danger, so we finally decided to test you."
"Probing?" Ji Mingxia raised his eyebrows.
The little fat boy's face was full of embarrassment: "Just...scare you a little and observe how you react..."
Ji Mingxia immediately understood.
It turned out that these two people wanted to ask him and Yu Ning for help, but they were worried that he and Yu Ning were bad people or good-looking but useless.
So I decided to scare Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia to see how they could respond.
Unexpectedly, both the fat man and the woman in blue overestimated their abilities.
They were only halfway through scaring Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, and before they could react, one of them accidentally stepped on empty air and fell, injuring Ji Mingxia instead.
The woman in blue looked at Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, lowered her head slightly, and said softly: "I'm sorry... We really didn't mean to do that. If we knew you would fall, we would never do that. We really didn't intend to hurt you."
The little fat boy looked pitiful, and the woman in blue was even more so. She was as thin as a bamboo pole and looked like she would fall down with a gust of wind.
The way they apologized was also very sincere.
Ji Mingxia said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll be more careful next time."
The little fat boy was as if he had been granted amnesty, and said: "Then... shall we go together?"
As he said this, he wanted to leave with the woman in blue.
The woman in blue was stunned for a moment. The next second, she seemed to have accidentally sprained her ankle. Not only was she not pulled away by the fat man, but her body twisted and she almost fell to the ground again.
Since she fell towards Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, Ji Mingxia almost reached out his hand reflexively.
As a result, Ji Mingxia had just stretched out his hand, but before he could touch the woman in blue, his hand was caught back by Yu Ning in the next moment.
Ji Mingxia was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Ning in confusion.
"Don't pull the wound." Yu Ning said.
Ji Mingxia then remembered that he still had an injury on his waist. If he had really helped the woman in blue just now, he would probably have fallen down at this moment. Although he could help her, he would probably have to fall again.
At the critical moment, Yu Ning pulled Ji Mingxia's hand back, and the woman in blue fell backwards uncontrollably, but fortunately the fat girl was not injured and still held her at the critical moment.
"Are you okay?" The fat man asked nervously when he saw the woman in blue looking shaky.
The woman in blue was supported by the little fat man to avoid falling again, but she was still in shock. She looked at Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, then at the little fat man, shook her head slightly, and whispered: "It's okay... Maybe I just fell down and my head feels a little uncomfortable."
"Did you bump your head?" The fat boy was startled. He quickly pulled the blue-dressed woman's hair and checked carefully, "Are there any wounds?"
The blue-dressed woman's hair was pulled by the fat man, and her expression twisted. She frowned, gritted her teeth and said weakly: "Maybe it's because I stayed in the mountains for too long... I really want to go home."
As the woman in blue spoke, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. Just as her tears were about to fall, she sniffed hard and forced herself to hold back the tears.
It would be fine if she just burst into tears and vented her emotions thoroughly.
But she forced herself to hold back her tears. Her red eyes, haggard face, and thin body made people feel more pity and sadness.
When the little fat boy saw this, he seemed to be saddened by the scene and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he raised his head and looked at Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia: "Did you two come in from outside the forest to camp?"
Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning looked at them and did not answer their questions immediately.
The little fat boy looked carefully at Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning's clothes, and suddenly he exclaimed as if he had discovered a new world: "We came in from outside, so do you two know the way? We are lost, can you take us away from here?!"
After saying that, both the fat man and the woman in blue looked at Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia expectantly.
Yu Ning was not good at speaking. Ever since Ji Mingxia was injured, he had been very cold and looked like he was in a bad mood and not someone who was easy to mess with.
When the fat man and the woman in blue saw Yu Ning's expression, they were both a little scared, and they naturally turned their eyes to Ji Mingxia.
As the spokesperson, Ji Mingxia looked at the two people who were full of expectation and had no choice but to say, "You are Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan, right?"
The blue-dressed woman and the little fat man were shocked when they heard this. The blue-dressed woman even looked at Ji Mingxia warily at the first moment and asked, "Do you know us?"
Ji Mingxia was a little tired of standing in the same position, so he slightly adjusted his posture to a more comfortable one, leaned on Yu Ning, and said to them: "You guessed correctly, we are tourists who came to the forest to camp, but yesterday, we met a man named Song Yuelin."
"Song Yuelin?" Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan both widened their eyes and asked in surprise, "We met him? What about him? How is he now?"
"He's doing pretty well now, right..." Ji Mingxia glanced at Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan's dirty clothes and said, "At least before he met us, he had enough supplies and food and water. It wouldn't be a problem for him to hold on for another week."
"How is that possible?" Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan murmured. They looked at Ji Mingxia suspiciously, not quite believing what he said.
Ji Mingxia said: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Mingxia and his name is Yu Ning. We just entered the forest for a tour yesterday. Not long after we got off the car and walked, we met Song Yuelin. Song Yuelin also told us some things about us, but we are not sure which ones are true and which ones are false."
"What do you mean? It's as if we are bad guys." Bao Guangyuan said in surprise.
Meng Xinyi even said: "We two were also passengers who accidentally got into an accident. We haven't slept well for many days. We just want to go home now."
"I'm sorry, we're not familiar with each other. In such a special situation, it's normal to doubt each other." Having experienced someone like Song Yuelin, Ji Mingxia said this calmly, "As for leaving here... Not only you, but the two of you are also trapped. You're also trying to find a way out."
Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi did not expect that two strangers, Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia, were also trapped in the forest.
They finally found hope of leaving, but it was shattered. It would be a lie for them to say they were not disappointed.
But at the same time, they were also very curious about the affairs of Yu Ning, Ji Mingxia and Bao Guangyuan.
Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning had clearly met Song Yuelin, but why are they still the only two now? What happened and where did Song Yuelin go
The implication of Ji Mingxia's words clearly showed that he wanted to verify the truthfulness of their words. After Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan negotiated for a while, they quickly made up their minds.
Anyway, some things are just said, there is no loss, and you may even gain more useful information from the other party.
"If you tell us what you have experienced in the past few days, what will you give in exchange?" After the negotiation, Bao Guangyuan spoke and asked.
Neither he nor Meng Xinyi were obviously very good at negotiation. When Bao Guangyuan said this at this moment, it was as if he was reciting a line. After finishing a sentence, he secretly raised his head and glanced at Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning's expressions, as if he was afraid of angering them.
Ji Mingxia saw it, looked at him helplessly, and said: "You can also tell us about your experiences these days."
Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi looked at each other, and finally Bao Guangyuan spoke and explained what had happened in the past few days.