Chapter 31: A strange standoff

This happened so suddenly that neither I nor Chengxin could react in time. Zhang was running too fast, probably passing the snow pit in an instant, but the snow pit was already on the verge of collapsing, and Ru Xue, who was running in second place, was caught in the middle.

This was the only thought that came to my mind. Looking at Ru Xue’s figure plunging into the snow pit, I felt my brain filling with blood, and everything around me was in a blur. I could not even sense Wu Laogui’s exclamation, Cheng Xin’s attempt to pull Ru Xue back, or Zhang’s exclamation, “How could there be a snow pit here?”

I only had one instinctive reaction, and that was to rush into the snowdrift without hesitation, taking advantage of the impact to hold Ru Xue in my arms. That was all I could do. The next moment, I felt my body rapidly falling to the lower limit, so I held Ru Xue even tighter, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

“The most terrifying thing about falling into a snowdrift is that the snow will sink in all at once, burying you.

“Or maybe it didn’t bury you, but the impact of the snow suddenly stuck you, and you couldn’t move or climb out. You would freeze to death in a few days, and if the snow cave you fell into was very deep, it could kill you.”

I admit that my actions were impulsive, but at that time, I was almost a subconscious reaction, or a feeling of living and dying together? But during the fall, I thought of these words about the snow cave from Lao Zhang. Well, if I use my arms to create a space for Ruoxue, Ruoxue will be able to hold on for a little longer, right?

It was wonderful. In the Miao village of Heiyan, I could finally repay the two times that Ruoxue had used her life to save mine. In my arms, Ruoxue had a shocked, resentful, yet warm expression. I had never seen her show so many emotions, and I just smiled. It was wonderful. It was really good.

The process of falling seemed to be very slow in such a gaze. In fact, it was just a matter of a few seconds. We finally fell to the bottom of the pit with the snow flow. Fortunately, it was after all the place where Lao Zhang had stepped on first. The snow flow fell quickly, which was equivalent to a cushion under me and Ru Xue. We fell down without being hurt very much.

I suddenly rolled over onto Ruoxue, using my arms to try to prop myself up, hoping to block the snow flow from Ruoxue in the first instance, but was surprised to find that the snow flow was not as overwhelming as I had expected, and I could still see the blue sky when I looked up.

“Cough… cough…” I heard my brother’s coughing sound in my ear, and I suddenly realized that the position of Ru Xue and I was a bit…

Ru Xue tilted her head slightly, her face a little red. I didn’t move my body, but instead paid attention to the surroundings. I discovered that this snow cave was really deep, almost ten meters high, and the opening was very large. No wonder the surrounding snow couldn’t cover it, but was still slowly sliding down from the side.

At this moment, Brother Chengxin and Old Zhang were sliding down the surrounding snow, and all the places were still filled with the howling of wolves.

“If you want to, but it’s not here.” Ru Xue’s voice was very, very soft, like a mosquito humming next to me, and she pushed me slightly with her hand.

What did she mean? If I want to? Not here? I suddenly realized what she meant, and I must admit that even in this freezing cold weather, my lower abdomen suddenly became hot.

“Ruoxue…” I whispered, and we didn’t need to say anything to understand each other. Ruoxue probably didn’t understand what I meant by suddenly pressing her, but in order to avoid my embarrassment, she said it deliberately to easily resolve my embarrassment, but at the same time it was also an expression of her mood, a feeling of living and dying together, isn’t it? What is there that you don’t want to give? Once, on the last night, didn’t she also speak up?

The Miao girl is hot and direct. Even if Ru Xue is a light-hearted person, she still has Miao blood flowing in her veins.

Although Ru Xue wanted to deliberately be calm, she couldn’t help but reveal all the meaning in her eyes. Although Ru Xue wanted to easily forget the past, she couldn’t help but understand how strong the temptation of this sentence was to me. I really didn’t want to leave Ru Xue’s soft body. I wanted to lean down and kiss her deeply.

“Cough… cough…” Old Zhang also started coughing. Brother Chengxin, on the other hand, stood aside, calmly lit a cigarette, and said, “Hurry up and make love. When the wolves come, you won’t regret it. After all, I and Chengyi are brothers in the same school. I don’t care about dying with him. The main thing is to die happily.”

Old Wu shouted, “Chengyi, from now on you are my master. You are so manly and touching. It is such a heroic thing to hook up with a young lady while being chased by wolves. Don’t be afraid. If you die, you will float away to the tomb of immortals with me.”

Fuck, I was originally deep in a state of lingering and poignant thoughts, but when I heard Wu Laogui’s words, I suddenly felt my temples pounding. What does it mean to hook up with a young lady while being chased by wolves? What does it mean to float to the tomb of the immortals? Thinking of that tranquility, I felt that the world was too absurd.

The lingering thoughts were gone. I rolled off Ruoxue’s body and glared at Wu Laogui. I was helpless and couldn’t think of any words to respond to him.

“Forget it. This time I’m here in the old forest, and I’ll take responsibility for it. But looking at Old Wu, I’m not afraid to die, hahaha…” Old Zhang suddenly burst into laughter, a rare display of humor.

This is also a way to find joy in suffering. Now that we are all in the snow, what can we do in the face of this overwhelming pack of wolves?

Chengxin came over, patted my shoulder, sat down next to me, took out a bag of powder and said, “It’s not completely hopeless. Let’s try a desperate plan. Everyone swallow the antidote first. I’ll take responsibility for any consequences.”

After that, Brother Chengxin took out a small bottle and poured out a few pills. This was really the last resort.

Unexpectedly, this time it was Lao Zhang who came over, took the pills first, and said loudly, “These wolf cubs have driven people to this point, and they deserve to die.”

When Zhang was talking, the first wolf that had run to the edge of the snowdrift was surprised to find that it did not come down, but rather backed away in fear.

Next, more and more wolves gathered here. The snow on the edge of the snowdrift was falling down ‘soughing’. Several wolf cubs were carried down a few steps by the snow flow, and they quickly climbed back up with their tails tucked between their legs.

What’s going on? We were dumbfounded. Even Old Zhang, who was holding the pills, had his mouth wide open, holding the pills and forgetting to swallow them. Could it be that we had misunderstood and the wolves were just playing hide-and-seek with us?

“Ahh!” “Ahh!” A few long wolf howls came from behind the wolves. We knew it was the voice of the demon wolf because we had heard it several times last night. Its voice was so unique that there seemed to be an inexplicable majesty in the long howl. Other wolves could not learn it, so we could tell it at a glance.

The demon wolf kept howling, and the wolves surrounding the snow den began to stir. Several of them tried to rush down, and Cheng Xin Ge also nervously raised the powder in his hand, but the wolves seemed to be unable to overcome their fear, and they went back again with their tails tucked between their legs.

Everything seemed so strange. The demon wolves howled, the wolves were agitated, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot stove, but they never dared to come down.

We looked at each other, increasingly confused, only Wu Laogui floated back and forth in the snow cave, not knowing what he was doing?

The wolves were too scared to come down, and we were too scared to go up. After a stalemate of almost five minutes, the wolves became restless again. This time, it wasn’t a kind of anxious commotion, but some wolves were moving aside, making a path.

The demon wolf is coming!

It walked step by step, but did not howl again. Instead, it had a human-like expression on its face, which I can’t describe. It seemed to be unbelieving, fearful, and a little bit regretful and gloating.

This son of a bitch, he’s gloating about nothing. I don’t even remember having a grudge against it. Why is it so targeted at me?

Standing on the edge of the snowdrift, the demon wolf looked like a king, only staring at the snowdrift for a moment, then suddenly turned and walked away. I didn’t understand, but the old ghost Wu, who had been wandering around, shouted, “Here, there’s a problem here!”