Chapter 63: Border

The car was speeding at high speed. On the back seat, Chengxin used some method to wake up Lushan, and the first thing Lushan said was, “Chen Chengyi, you’re a fucking lunatic!”

I laughed, but I didn’t think it was a big deal. I just said to Lushan, “Do you know these wolves? How often do they howl? If they react and howl all the time, we’ll be killed.”

“Only the three leaders have this ability, the other wolves don’t. And the leaders don’t howl at will, they have to wait a while, unless the real leader is here.” Lu Shan frowned at me in dissatisfaction, but his explanation was quite detailed.

I was relieved, looking at the cracked lines on the windshield, and thought to myself, if it happened again, I didn’t know if I could hold on. However, the idea of a wolf pack was really novel.

“Where is the alpha wolf?” Cheng Xin asked casually.

“We’re lucky we didn’t see it. If it’s there, then the Manba is definitely there, and it can’t be more than 200 meters away.” Lushan’s face turned ugly again.

“Is this called a wolf’s deep affection?” Cheng Xin Ge casually teased him, then frowned and looked at his jagged fingernails. His face was uncertain, and he didn’t know what he was thinking.

This was a casual quip, but unexpectedly, Lu Shan’s face suddenly changed, and he looked like he wanted to vomit. He let the wind blow through the window for a while before gradually calming down, and then said, “Chengxin, you’d better not make such jokes. If I tell you that the leader of this pack of wolves is very special, a female wolf, what would your reaction be?”

At this moment, Brother Chengxin was concentrating on cutting his nails, muttering to himself, not knowing what he was saying in a low voice. In the face of Lu Shan’s sudden question, Brother Chengxin looked up, frowned, and said casually, “It shows that these wolves respect the status of women!”

“Puff,” the excitement just now made me dry out. I was drinking water, but was this guy Su Chengxin doing it on purpose? The water in my mouth suddenly spurted out, and the car twisted again, sending me into a cold sweat.

Facing this sentence, Tao Bai laughed, lowered his head, and his shoulders trembled, still in the Tao style.

But Lushan’s face was completely devoid of a smile, and it was even more serious. Looking through the rearview mirror, I saw Lushan raise his head and look at the roof of the car. He let out a long sigh and said, “Chengxin, this is really not funny. What I mean is that the female wolf, many people in the temple say that she is Manrenba’s lover… Manrenba is a person who cannot have feelings for humans. His feelings are all for… wolves! Therefore, he is particularly cruel, so cruel that it is outrageous.”

Human and wolf? My stomach started to churn, and Chengxin couldn’t make a joke anymore. Even Tao Bai was stunned. After a while, Chengxin said, “Fuck, do you want to be so exciting? Human-wolf love?”

“There is nothing strange in the world! Maybe this is not the strangest thing.” Lushan rubbed his forehead and wondered what kind of memories this land had given him.

My feelings towards this group of prairie wolves were even more strange. Looking through the rearview mirror, I subconsciously wanted to take a look at the wolves, but found that they had gradually fallen behind the car, or rather, they had given up and were running towards the mountains.

“I think we’ve shaken them off,” I said, watching the scene unfold.

Hearing my words, Lushan lowered the window and looked out the back, but his face did not show any relief. He said, “Even ordinary prairie wolves can’t give up their goals easily, let alone these guys. I don’t think we’ve gotten rid of them.”

I was silent. After all, this was the road to escape, and it was good to be temporarily safe. I gradually slowed down and took a deep breath.

At this moment, Lu Shan’s hand patted my shoulder heavily: “Chengyi, thank you.”

A sudden thank you? I obviously didn’t react.

Lushan lowered his head, and I couldn’t see his eyes in the rearview mirror. He said in a low voice, “People say that returning to one’s hometown is a daunting task. This is my hometown, and it holds too many memories for me. I feel the same way when I return here. I’m afraid! But in addition to this, when I return to this land, I also have hatred and fear. Too many dark memories have taken away my courage, leaving me with nothing but futile hatred, and even the courage to face it is gone…”

Lushan couldn’t continue, and I was silent, also thinking of the place in my heart that I dared not return to but always missed—the Bamboo Grove. I couldn’t help but say, “Everyone has a time they can’t return to, and some people have to face even more, that is, a place they dare not go to. I can understand you.”

“But I still want to thank you, because your disappearance has allowed me to set foot on this land again. Because of you, I discovered that there is a kind of friendship in this world that can overcome shyness, allowing me to face places I was afraid to face! And because of you, I had the opportunity to vent my hatred for the first time, and even just now I rebelled against someone who didn’t have the courage to rebel. Although I was forced to do it, I didn’t do anything, but I finally faced it, didn’t I?” Lushan said this, suddenly looked up, and his smile was a bit bitter.

I was driving the car and said, “I’m actually just an ordinary person, so I would do something so stupid as to let you vent your hatred and expose the whereabouts of our group. But the so-called wise people in the upper echelons would make a choice, for example, sacrificing one person to save a group of people. I often can’t make such a choice, because in my heart, I want to be worthy of everyone, which is actually very difficult to do. So, when I’m desperate, I’d rather suffer myself, or even die alone. Fortunately, the people I was traveling with were all ordinary people, no, ordinary fools. I knew them, and they knew me. We were all the same. Sometimes we would give up the so-called “wisdom” and choose inner peace. Don’t thank me for letting you vent your hatred. Although I didn’t ask you, this is everyone’s opinion. Thank you all.

Lushan looked at me, and I saw his eyes were a little red in the corner of my eye. After a long time, he squeezed my shoulder and said, “Chengyi, from now on, I am also an ordinary fool. You are my friends who I will never be separated from for the rest of my life.”

“Stop being so mushy.” Chengxin looked up and said.

“Ditto.” I smiled and said something, and by the way, I took a cigarette in my mouth. Lushan finally laughed, and there was something sparkling in his eyes. He gave me and Chengxin a punch each.

At this time, Tao Bai timidly whispered, “I want to be an ordinary fool too.”

“Oh, you’re not an ordinary fool, you’re an extremely shy fool!” Cheng Xin took Tao Bai in his arms, and Tao Bai’s head lowered even lower, and the whole person looked uncomfortable and about to have a seizure.

Seeing Tao Bai’s performance, we suddenly burst into laughter in the car. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious, and we almost forgot that we were actually on the road of escape.

The car continued to move forward, and the road had become quiet. There were no vehicles to be seen. The wolves appeared and disappeared in a strange way, making everything that had just happened seem like a dream.

“We’ll be at Naitra soon. Once we enter the Naitra Pass, we’ll be in Sikkim. Then we’ll be safe for a while. They won’t dare to chase us into Sikkim.” As we got closer to the border, the whole group finally felt a little more relaxed.

“Why? I think these lamas are lawless. Don’t they dare to chase them to Sikkim?” I asked casually.

“Although Sikkim is also a country, it is a special country. It can also be said to be a gang in India, the Sikkim gang! It is a dependent country of India. Do you think that a religious country like India will not have its own influence extending to Sikkim? Even if this gang is lawless, they cannot go to such a huge country with influence to kill others. The premise is that if Jenny’s special entry and exit permit to Sikkim is valid.” He explained to me on the road.

I let out a “Oh” and my heart also relaxed a little with Tao Bai!

It was already getting dark, and the closer we got to the so-called Nai Duila Mountain, the colder it got. Even with the car’s heater on, I could feel the cold outside.

Will this allow us to cross the border smoothly? I don’t know why, but suddenly my heart was filled with anxiety.

The headlights of the car seemed so bright on the dark and muddy road, and at the end of the light, I saw a very large sound standing there, and next to him, it seemed like a calf was standing!