Chapter 32: The cave and a peaceful night

The demon wolf had left, and Wu Laogui was still shouting, but the situation we were in had not changed at all. The wolves still wouldn’t retreat, and we were still at the bottom of this cold pit.

However, Wu Laogui’s words did attract our attention. We looked in the direction he pointed, and went to a place covered in snow. We didn’t see anything special, so we just took a look, and then looked back at Wu Laogui with confused eyes.

Wu Laogui jumped up and down in a hurry, and when he was excited, he even stood on the head of a wolf cub for a while before saying, “There really is a problem.”

We were used to his spastic behavior when he encountered problems, so we simply waited.

Wu Laogui also jumped off the wolf cub’s head and floated to the place he had just pointed to. He carefully pointed to a black gap in the middle of the snow flow and said, “The problem is here!”

Where? I couldn’t see the problem in the moonlight. After all, the snow flows down so much and intersects with the frozen soil, there are too many such gaps to see anything special.

But Wu Laogui was too lazy to explain, and he floated in, as if he had completely melted into the snow. This scene was too “supernatural”!

I frowned and thought there was something fishy about it. It seemed that the spirit body was not restricted by matter, but if there was a frozen ground behind the snow flow, Wu Laogui would not have floated in for no reason unless he wanted to practice drilling.

So, I took out my flashlight and walked over to take a closer look at the gap with the light of the flashlight. At this point, I saw what was going on, and just as I was about to speak, Wu Laogui happened to come out again, and I was startled by the sudden appearance of Wu Laogui’s pale old face.

“You came out without making a sound?” I couldn’t help but scold him.

“Zhi zhi zhi, is this how you greet me? No, you’re not making me a mouse, are you?” Wu Laogui argued.

I was so angry that my temples were throbbing. I ignored Wu Laogui and turned to say, “Chengxin, Lao Zhang, bring the snow shovel over. There’s really something going on here. Hurry!”

As soon as I shouted, Chengxin and Zhang immediately did as I said, quickly bringing the snow shovel over and throwing the flashlight aside. Without asking why, they joined me in digging.

The wolves were still guarding the top of the snow cave. We made so much noise, but they didn’t bother to come down. We didn’t hear the sound of the demon wolves anymore, so we guessed that the old man had already left.

Time passed by minute by minute, and I, Lao Zhang, and Chengxin Ge worked hard in the cold forest, sweating profusely. Snow wanted to help, but the three men told her to go back and sit down. This kind of thing is not good for women to do, and they can’t afford to lose face.

As for the old Wu, he didn’t have that kind of mind. It seemed like he had found a new way to have fun, standing on the wolf cub’s head and playing with it. He would stand on one and then the other, and then on the other and then the first one, and from time to time he would make a “threat” with his teeth and gums, or punch the wolf cub a few times.

But even so, the old Wu was having a great time.

With a loud crash, when the old devil Wu didn’t know which wolf cub’s head he was standing on, we finally succeeded in digging open the snow flow. The final support was no longer there, and the truth hidden behind the snow flow finally came out. It turned out that there was a dark hole here.

Lao Zhang threw down the snow shovel and took out his pipe, puffing and puffing while smoking. Cheng Xin Ge grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it in his mouth to quench his thirst.

As for me, I didn’t do anything. I just lay down in the snow in a big “C” shape, then lit a cigarette, and the snow waited quietly for us to rest.

Seeing this, Old Wu suddenly floated down from the head of a wolf cub and yelled, “Where’s the gah? It’s dug out, why don’t you go in and take a look? Go in, go in!”

No one paid any attention to Wu Laogui, but instead, Lao Zhang spoke up: “Wolves are the most cruel and vicious of animals. They can make these reckless wolf cubs fear such a place, and I wonder what kind of horror is inside. Second, as I said before, I’m not too familiar with this area, but I’ve been here before, and I have a map in my hand, something that has been recorded by my ancestors, so there is little chance of an error. This snow cave is really strange. However, these wolf cubs won’t leave for a while. We don’t have a fire-starting device, so we’ll freeze to death here if we stay for a few days. I don’t mind sending out a distress signal or whatever. You decide, and I’ll follow.

After that, Old Zhang fell silent, continuing to smoke his pipe.

Chengxin, who had eaten a lot of snow, also spoke up: “I don’t believe there is anything strange in this cave. Sending a signal means that this operation should not continue. According to what Lao Wu said, there is only so much time. If we wait, it will be many years. There are still people on the other side of the road. Chengyi, you decide. If the wolf cubs don’t come down, there is no way to poison them!

Yes, what kind of wind could blow the poison powder more than 10 meters high? Unless we want to poison ourselves!

If Xue didn’t say anything, just quietly looking at me, I understood that she was just following my footsteps, no matter how I decided.

After finishing the cigarette, I finally spoke up and said, “If we can’t get into that hole, we won’t go in. Let’s wait a while, wait until dawn, and if the wolf cubs don’t retreat, then we’ll talk about it.”

My words were the final decision. Everyone tacitly refrained from making any further comments. Even the old devil Wu, whose nerves were as thick as chopsticks, had figured it out and stopped talking.

The winter night without fire was so unbearable that we simply pitched a tent in the snowdrift, put on all the clothes we could find in our luggage, and huddled together in the tent to keep warm.

The night was so long, and the snow leaned against my side, waiting quietly with me. Perhaps it was the little ‘affection’ today that made me and her both unable to sleep, and our eyes were wide open all night.

As for Brother Chengxin and Old Zhang, they leaned against the tent and emitted a slight snore. Old Wu had long since crawled into his soul jar. The spirit body also needs to ‘sleep’, or should it be this word? After all, the spirit, the spirit, needs to ‘sleep’ to be able to nourish enough. It is a mistake to think that the spirit body does not rest.

If that were the case, wouldn’t the person possessed by the ghost be restless for 24 hours?

Everyone was asleep, and the only ones awake were me and Ru Xue, listening to each other’s quiet breathing. The atmosphere became a little bit more ambiguous. I couldn’t help but whisper in Ru Xue’s ear, “What did you mean when you said that to me today?”

Ruxue rested her chin on her hand and looked out of the small window of the tent into the dark night. It seemed that she didn’t want to answer, which made me feel a little embarrassed. I felt that I had asked a stupid question.

But after a while, Ru Xue whispered in my ear, “What it meant before is what it means now. Since life and death can be disregarded, it doesn’t matter what I said to you. At that time, I just wanted to express my feelings. Don’t try to guess what a woman’s mind is, because you can’t guess it either.”

“Ah?” This answer left me in a fog, and I couldn’t help but let out a sound, and then stupidly said, “You just said it wasn’t there, so… where is it?”

I accidentally revealed what I was thinking, and I regretted it as soon as I said it. Damn it, my image as a gentleman!

“Where? What do you mean? How come I don’t know what you’re talking about?” Ruoxue looked at me, and suddenly, unusually, she winked at me, looking very mischievous.

I was anxious and wanted to say something, but Ruoxue suddenly rested her head on my shoulder and said, “Chen Chengyi, silly boy, I’m sleepy and want to go to sleep.”

My anxious mood suddenly turned warm and peaceful. I gently held Ru Xue’s hand and said, “Go to sleep.”

Outside, the night was deep and the dark green color meant that the wolves had not retreated. However, what did it matter? At this moment, the happiness surrounded by wolves would be a memory that I would never forget. I would face tomorrow with this happiness and a smile.