Chapter 73

After dark, they built a fire.

People didn’t stay in the house to keep warm, they all ran to the door steps and sat.

The snow is a little lighter, and from this place, you can see the fireworks of the New Year in the town under the mountain in the distance.

In the darkness and heavy snow, the fireworks were so far apart that they were as small as the bubbles spit out by a goldfish.

The bubble just rose, and before I could see it clearly, it grunted and burst.

It was too cold, Mu Xueyi covered her mouth and sneezed.

“Hehe!”

Zhou Zhenyue sat on the steps one step higher, stretched out her hand and took Mu Xueyi into her arms, pulling the blanket on her body up.

She asked softly, “Would you like to sit inside?”

Mu Xueyi shook his head: “It’s okay, I’m so weak, it’s just that my nose is itchy.”

Zhou Zhenyue curled her index and middle fingers, pinched Mu Xueyi’s nose, and teased her.

Mu Xueyi held Zhou Zhenyue’s wrist and giggled: “Ayue, your ring is so icy.”

Zhou Zhenyue took her index finger, switched to her **** and ring finger, and continued to pinch the tip of Mu Xueyi’s nose.

“Ouch.” Mu Xueyi hid back, begging for mercy, “Don’t pinch me, don’t pinch me.”

Zhou Zhenyue smiled and put her hand away.

Fingertips dangled on his knees, rubbing each other lightly, reminiscing about the touch just now.

Xueyi is a very soft person, with a soft face, a soft nose, and a thin and weak body that seems to have no bones. When lying in his arms, it is as soft as dough.

How could she hold back from hugging her and pinching her.

In the night sky in the distance, a few fish bubble-like fireworks bloomed again.

Originally, they only dared to eat half full, but because it was New Year’s Eve tonight, a few people just had a full meal in it, and now they are all warm and can sit here comfortably and watch the fireworks. .

After this “New Year’s Eve dinner”, their food reserves seemed to be in a hurry.

But no one bothered about it.

Maybe they should worry about the food tomorrow, maybe they will worry about it after they really finish eating.

In any case, at this moment of red dust and smoke, they should put aside all their troubles and only immerse their hearts in this quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

As if tomorrow would never come.

The foot of the mountain in the distance began to flicker again.

The snow was so heavy that even the outlines of the fireworks could not be seen clearly, and only a faint light and shadow like the light of a match could be seen.

Their mobile phones have long been out of power, and Zhou Zhenyue didn’t wear a watch when she came out this time, and the others didn’t even have the habit of wearing a watch. No one knows when the real New Year’s Eve will come.

The blurring of time is actually a kind of romance.

Because we don’t know when that moment will come, we can treat every moment as that moment.

Mu Xueyi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, smelled the snowflakes and breath in the wind, and said sincerely:

“Everyone, happy new year.”

Zhou Zhenyue rubbed the top of Mu Xueyi’s hair and replied, “Happy New Year.”

Lin Keni smiled and replied, “Miss Zhou, Miss Fungus, Anon’er, Happy New Year.”

Ge Weinong looked at Mu Xueyi and said softly, “Happy New Year.”

After a pause, her eyes turned to Zhou Zhenyue, who was behind Mu Xueyi.

After a long time, she said it again in a lighter tone:

“…Happy New Year.”

Zhou Zhenyue looked at Ge Weinong’s eyes, and in the bottom of each other’s eyes, the spikes that stood up at the beginning were finally no longer visible.

She smiled lightly: “A Nong, have fun together.”

Ge Weilong no longer refuted the title, she looked down the mountain with a half-smile.

Before working under Mu Guocheng’s hands, everyone was cold, and no one had ever called her that.

Second Miss was the first to start calling like that. Later, due to some messy reasons, Zhou Zhenyue and Lin Keni also followed suit.

In fact, I could hear three people in the world affectionately calling her “A Nong”…

Really good.

“A Nong,” Mu Xueyi called to her, “Hurry up and take out the fireworks stick you bought.”

Ge Weinong replied “Okay”, got up and went to the back room. After rummaging, he took out a small rectangular box. The boxes are colorful and wrapped in crisp transparent wrapping paper.

After removing the wrapping paper, she evenly divided the twenty fireworks sticks inside into four parts and distributed them to others.

Zhou Zhenyue took out the lighter she brought with her and put it in front of Mu Xueyi in her arms, “Come on, I’ll give you some first.”

“Yeah!” Mu Xueyi stretched out a fireworks stick and lit her first firework stick on the small flame of the lighter.

In the heavy snow in the dark night, a cluster of silver flowers bloomed on the top of the thin stick, making a subtle burning sound, flickering and flashing, as beautiful as picking off the best fireworks in the night sky in the distance.

“A firework stick makes a wish.”

In fact, there is no such thing as a wish with a fireworks stick, but Mu Xueyi doesn’t care, she feels that it is suitable to make a wish now, so she can.

“The first wish,” she turned the thin fireworks stick in her hand and looked at Ge Wei Nong with a smile, “I hope Anong will be healthy and make a fortune in the new year.”

The first one burned out quickly. When it was about to burn out, Mu Xueyi ignited the second one with the afterglow of the first one.

She said: “The second wish is to wish Keni good health and fortune in the new year.”

For the next two, she promised separately:

“The third wish, I hope Ah Yuexin will be healthy and make a fortune in the new year.”

“The fourth wish is that I will be healthy and make a fortune in the new year.”

Zhou Zhenyue sighed: “Your vocabulary level is so poor that every wish is exactly the same as ‘good health and wealth’?”

Mu Xueyi: “Who said that, the fifth wish is different.”

Zhou Zhenyue smiled and asked, “What is that?”

Mu Xueyi: “The last wish, of course…”

She sighed: “I hope the four fairies will be saved soon.”

Lin Keni couldn’t help laughing, and Ge Weilong also pursed the corners of her lips and smiled.

Zhou Zhenyue pinched Mu Xueyi’s face, her voice shaking with laughter: “You…”

While laughing, Lin Keni suddenly exclaimed, pointing to a hovering object above their heads, and said:

“What are you looking at?!”

Zhou Zhenyue thought it was dangerous, so she got up immediately and looked up.

“…It’s a drone.” She quickly judged the black drone with a camera, “They must be using drones for aerial search and rescue, it’s too dark, we used fireworks again, cameras noticed this.”

Ge Weinong stared at the drone, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Lin Keni was very excited: “That is to say, they have found us, and we will be saved immediately!”

Zhou Zhenyue nodded.

“Yes, it’s hovering now, definitely confirming our location and number of people.”

Mu Xueyi stared blankly at the fifth fireworks stick in his hand that had just been burned.

As if a minute ago, she joked:

I hope the four fairies can be rescued soon.

“Oh my God…”

She was startled.

This thing… so smart? ? ?

They hurriedly returned to the shabby house to pack up their things, put the large and small bags on top of each other and put them at the door, waiting for the arrival of the rescue team.

Waited for about an hour.

Finally, they waited at the end of the path, the flashlights dangling in groups.

It was the rescue team that came down from the mountain.

The leading ones were also wearing heavy fire brigade uniforms.

The firemen came with several stretchers and large blankets. As a result, when they arrived, all four of them were sitting on the steps healthy and sound, and they were not at all embarrassed by the other victims.

At first glance, the roof is fully repaired, and strange couplets are written on both sides of the door frame with coke.

When I entered the house, I could see the brick stove they had built, and the tin foil bowls that were stacked into a hill.

“You guys have a good time here!”

The fire chief couldn’t help but sigh.

The snow has not stopped yet, and there are still hidden dangers of landslides. It must be inconvenient to go back to the mountain.

The rescue team took them down the mountain, found a guest house, and arranged for them to live in first.

These three days and two nights are finally over.

Because of the blizzard, the guest house was very full, and only two standard rooms with large beds were found.

Zhou Zhenyue and Mu Xueyi must be living in one room, and Lin Keni and Ge Weinong were forced to live together. Ge Weinong took the initiative to talk about laying the floor, but Lin Keni said frankly that everyone was a woman, so there was no need to be so taboo in this situation.

It’s true that after going through these few days of predicament, there is no need for them to be estranged.

But Ge Weilong was a bit thirsty, so when he left, there was still a little red on his ears.

Zhou Zhenyue also brought Mu Xueyi to their room.

Zhou Zhenyue carried Mu Xueyi to the side of the bed near the heater, helped her take off her coat, covered the quilt, and stroked her hair, “I’ll take a bath first. I’ll wash it for you later.”

“Um…”

Hearing that Zhou Zhenyue said she wanted to help herself take a bath, Mu Xueyi felt a little embarrassed.

Zhou Zhenyue smiled, took off his coat covered with dust and broken snow, and walked to the bathroom.

Mu Xueyi suddenly stopped her: “Ayue.”

Zhou Zhenyue stopped and turned around, “What’s wrong?”

Mu Xueyi’s expression changed slightly.

The air seemed to suddenly become a little dignified.

She was silent for a moment, lowered her eyes, and said, “I promised you that I would never lie to you again. So… there is one thing I have to tell you.”

Zhou Zhenyue stood leaning against the wall, without any surprised expression, just nodded slightly: “You say.”

Mu Xueyi pulled the jacket aside, and took out a mobile phone from the hidden pocket on the inside of his chest.

“This is the phone you gave me, because it’s inconvenient for Ge Weilong to see, so I’ve been hiding it.”

She pressed the power button and the screen turned on.

“You all think that all your cell phones and walkie-talkies are out of power. But this cell phone, because it has been in low power mode, still has 29% power.”

Zhou Zhenyue looked at her quietly.

Mu Xueyi’s voice became even lower.

“Actually, I was able to search for the signal with this phone yesterday morning.”

Zhou Zhenyue still didn’t speak.

Mu Xueyi took a deep breath and continued to explain.

“I’m… deliberately withholding the signal from you.”

“I know that this opportunity in distress is the most suitable opportunity to win over Graves. I want to drag on for a long time, let me, and you, increase contact with Graves, and really shorten the distance with her. Let She is completely and completely convinced of me, and even to you.”

“I originally planned to postpone it until tomorrow, and find another opportunity to take out this mobile phone to make a distress call. Tonight on New Year’s Eve, such a good opportunity… Unfortunately, before it was over, I encountered a drone and was rescued first. ”

“Actually, if I didn’t say it, no one would know about it.”

“But Ah Yue, I promised you, I will never hide it from you.”

Zhou Zhenyue slightly curved the corners of her lips, and her eyes were somewhat intriguing.

Mu Xueyi: “Ayue, are you angry?”

Zhou Zhenyue seemed to be smiling: “I’m not angry, I just find it interesting.”

Mu Xueyi was puzzled: “Interesting?”

Zhou Zhenyue: “Well.”

Mu Xueyi: “How do you say?”

Zhou Zhenyue walked back to the bed and sat down gently.

She first glanced at the door lock, made sure it was locked, turned her head, and lowered her voice deliberately:

“You didn’t realize that when Lin Keni discovered the drone tonight, Ge Weilong’s expression… there was no accident at all?”

Mu Xueyi was stunned. When the drone was discovered, everyone seemed to be very excited, and she really didn’t pay attention to Ge Weilong.

Zhou Zhenyue chuckled, “I’ve seen people for so many years, and I can’t see it wrong. Judging from Ge Wei Nong’s reaction at that moment, she definitely discovered the drone earlier than any of us.”

“Maybe this morning, when she went out to pick up firewood by herself, she already found the trace of the drone.”

Mu Xueyi was slightly startled.

“The drones used in police search and rescue are infrared thermal imaging. People wear too thick in the snow, and thermal imaging cannot easily penetrate thick clothes, so it is difficult to detect. Fire is inside the building, separated by walls, and it is even more difficult to be detected. Retrieved. But when a firework stick burns, the temperature of the nozzle can reach 700 to 800 degrees. If you ignite it outside the house, can it not be captured by infrared thermal imaging?”

“She knows better than anyone that setting off fireworks sticks can attract the attention of drones.” Zhou Zhenyue asked word by word, “But how did she answer when you asked her to pick up fireworks sticks during the day?”

Mu Xueyi fell into memory.

At that time, she said—

“A Nong, isn’t there a fireworks stick on the list? Take it out.”

What Gravenon said was—

“That would be more interesting to play after dark.”

Mu Xueyi’s eyes widened: “Did she deliberately delay it until the night?”

Zhou Zhenyue did not answer directly.

But the result is obvious.

Zhou Zhenyue smiled lightly and asked, “Do you know why she did this?”

Mu Xueyi seemed to have thought of the answer, but he wasn’t sure.

Zhou Zhenyue helped her to tell the answer.

“Like you, she is deliberately delaying time.”

“She is reluctant to leave. She wants to accompany you and all of us to spend this New Year’s Eve, which means a lot to her, together.”

Mu Xueyi looked at Zhou Zhenyue without blinking.

After reacting, there was a faint smile in her soft eyes.

Zhou Zhenyue raised her hand and pinched Mu Xueyi’s earlobe affectionately.

“Understood? People have already been willing to be taken by you. You are a fool who thought you didn’t succeed.”

Mu Xueyi bent her eyes and smiled: “Ah—that’s why I’m stupid this time.”

Zhou Zhenyue sighed, “Are you just stupid this time?”

Mu Xueyi wondered: “Which time?”

Zhou Zhenyue hugged her, put her side face to her ear, her voice was low, and every word she uttered seemed to be suddenly soaked in the old color of memory.

“Do you think… how long did it take you to catch me back then?”

Mu Xueyi recalled carefully, it took almost a year from the first day she approached Zhou Zhenyue to when Zhou Zhenyue agreed to date her.

So she replied, “A year.”

Zhou Zhenyue chuckled and rubbed Mu Xueyi’s hair.

“wrong.”

“Actually, it’s only three months.”

“So you’re an idiot. You never found out, you got me earlier than you thought…”

The author has something to say: Do you want to see the specific process of Xueyi chasing the Bingshan Coffin Face Zhou?

If you want to see it, I can write it in the sideshow.

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: 2 Northern Punishment disciples; just a little grass and 1 Yunmeng;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 47 bottles of South Bank; 30 bottles of Xiaobai Mao; Hunter Alice, lost. There were 20 bottles; it’s a cub! 10 bottles; 5 bottles of overdue heartbeat; bald head, seven times rich overnight, 1 bottle of old street lights;!