Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Chi Yan went up Pengluo Mountain alone. When he was at the foot of the mountain, he saw the small village where the program crew was temporarily living. He parked the car far away, almost out of everyone’s sight, and then walked up the mountain alone.
The forest in winter was not as dangerous as in summer, but it was still full of surprises. In Chi Yan’s opinion, coming here to shoot a program was quite risking one’s life. When he went up the mountain, a quarrel broke out in the village below the mountain. Apparently, the director no longer agreed to go up the mountain to look for people due to the series of disappearances. Previously, everyone thought that Jiang Xue’s disappearance was an accident. However, this evening, in addition to Jiang Sui and the others who did not return, there was also a makeup artist who did not return.
The director then realized that something serious had happened and that they could no longer enter the forest.
Jiang Shuisheng’s eyes were red and he almost fought with them with a carrying pole.
Chi Yan didn’t care about the situation at the foot of the mountain. In fact, he had been marking the road conditions since he got up the mountain.
He came in a hurry and brought almost nothing with him. He only had a dagger that he usually carried with him. He used it to carefully identify the footprints. It was easy to get lost in the snow. Fortunately, there were many people when Jiang Sui went out during the day, so the footprints had left shallow traces.
Chi Yan eliminated the paths with the most and most complex footprints, as well as the paths with footprints going back and forth, and he groped his way along the remaining paths.
Even so, he took the wrong turn several times, and it was not until dark that he finally found the last road.
Chi Yan used his cell phone to illuminate the road, which reflected the light from the snow, making the road seem less dim. He walked to a place on the ground and felt that something was wrong with his feet.
Chi Yan carefully walked around the area and knocked lightly with the handle of his dagger, and sure enough, he heard a hollow sound.
There was a cave underground.
He walked carefully from the outside and saw a big hole in the ground. A little further forward, he saw Jiang Sui and Song Di who had fallen into the cave.
Jiang Sui hugged her knees and shivered from the cold. Song Di was better off than her. He was huddled in a corner wrapped in a down jacket while trying to call for help on his cell phone.
Jiang Sui heard footsteps and raised her eyes.
Under the dim sky, snowflakes fell on her eyelashes, but she saw Chi Yan at a glance. She suddenly felt that she was dreaming, or she was frozen stupid, how could she see Chi Yan in such a place?
Song Di raised his head with a delighted expression and gestured – save us. Then he seemed to remember something and pointed to the inside of the cave in fear.
Chi Yan frowned, followed the direction of Song Di’s finger, and saw the body of the python. Chi Yan did not move for a long time, and the joy on Song Di’s face slowly cooled down.
Song Di thought: I was just being happy about someone coming, but I forgot that this person couldn’t pull them up. This young man with a scar on his face doesn’t even have a rope. How could he pull us up to a height of three meters? The noise would be too loud and startle the python. What if it woke up?
Jiang Sui’s fingers were cold. After she came to her senses, she gestured to him – it’s too dangerous down there, go back and find someone.
However, all three of them knew that this place was so far away from the foot of the mountain and it was dark now. It would take almost the entire night to get there and back.
In such weather, they were restrained by the python and could only stay at the entrance of the cave, enduring the cold wind and snow. They didn’t dare to go inside. It was too cold and no one knew if they could survive in the cave.
Jiang Sui hugged her knees tightly. The heavy snow touched the remaining warmth of her skin and melted at her eyelashes.
However, the next moment, Chi Yan jumped down from the cave entrance. He jumped with preparation, and the landing relieved most of the force, so it was not heavy.
Song Di opened his eyes wide, was this guy trying to kill himself? Seeing the python and still jumping in, it was even worse if the three of them couldn’t get out!
Chi Yan didn’t say anything and walked in front of Jiang Sui. He had just observed the situation around him for a while and now had an idea in his mind.
He approached her, and Jiang Sui looked at him with trembling eyelashes.
It had been a long time since they last had egg fried rice. In the face of life and death, the embarrassment she felt back then has disappeared into thin air.
Chi Yan approached her and found that she was very cold and her lips were trembling slightly.
He raised his hand to brush away the snowflakes on her hair and whispered in her ear: “I’ll take you out.”
Jiang Sui was so cold that her whole body was stiff. She looked at him weakly. The man’s face was not clear, but he said this sentence with great determination.
Chi Yan pulled her up, then squatted in front of her and motioned her to step on his shoulders.
Jiang Sui knew there was no other way, so she didn’t dare to dawdle. She stepped on his shoulders, and Chi Yan asked her to hold onto the wall of the cave, and then he slowly stood up.
He was 1.91 meters tall this year, and Jiang Sui was 1.68 meters tall. She stepped on him, and her arm could just reach the entrance of the hole.
Chi Yan remained silent, holding her calves and pushing her up silently.
Jiang Sui climbed up using half of her body. She then gritted her teeth and moved up, finally getting out of the cave.
Song Di in the cave looked at Chi Yan with a terrifying look. It took a lot of courage for him to jump down and send other people out.
When this silent and tall man came, although his expression was not rich, Song Di inexplicably saw hope at this moment. He actually sent Jiang Sui out!
Song Di stood up. He was so cold that he almost died. He didn’t care about his dignity as a man. He just begged in a low voice: “Help me too.”
A petite figure was squatting at the entrance of the cave.
There was no moonlight on that winter night, and he could only see a small ball looking at him in the snow.
The cave wall was too slippery for Chi Yan to climb up. He was silent for a moment, then said to Song Di, “Okay, but you have to stay with her.” Don’t let her get scared.
Song Di was stunned for a moment, then quickly agreed.
Chi Yan did the same thing and sent Song Di up.
Song Di reached the entrance of the cave, gasping for breath, feeling as if he had died once again.
Chi Yan was the only one left in the cave. He couldn’t see Jiang Sui’s expression, and she probably couldn’t see her own expression at the moment. He gestured to her – you go first.
Song Di also whispered: “Jiang Sui, let’s go first, we have to at least find someone to rescue him.”
Jiang Sui’s whole body was cold but she shook her head.
Why ask someone to rescue him? If he stayed here for one night, she didn’t know if he could survive.
Seeing that she was determined to save him, Song Di became very anxious. After trying to persuade her twice, he could not stand the cold any longer and said to Chi Yan in the cave, “You saw it, I told her to leave, but she refused. I am freezing to death. I am leaving now!” It was not that he did not want to save him, but the cave was so deep that even if he and Jiang Sui tied their clothes together to act as a rope, they could not pull Chi Yan out after being frozen for most of the day.
Whether it was finding a place to hide from the snow or the wind or finding someone to help, anything was better than staring at each other here.
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