I was so groggy that I didn't know how long I slept. Anyway, when I woke up again, I was more energetic and my physical fatigue was obviously relieved.
I got up from my sleeping bag and took a look. It was still dark outside. I guessed it was late at night.
The stars in the sky are extremely bright, and I don't know if it's because the sky here is clean. In short, as long as you look up at the night sky, you can clearly see the vast galaxy.
The stars in the sky were so densely packed that it was like a painting of a starry sky.
The night sky was so beautiful. It was the first time in more than 20 years that I saw so many stars in the night sky.
It even made me feel like I was in another mysterious world that was far away and unknown.
I lit a cigarette, then stood up and sat down next to Yu Hunqiu.
This guy was also sitting on a big rock next to the camp smoking a cigarette, presumably it was his turn to keep watch.
"Have you ever felt that when you raise your head, you feel as if you are sitting in the starry sky, as if you can reach out and touch these stars?"
As Yu Hunqiu spoke, she raised her head, looked up at the starry sky at a forty-five degree angle, and blew out a smoke ring deeply.
"Then why don't you pick one?"
I joked.
"Damn, you really don't understand amorous feelings."
Yu Hunqiu said and handed over a can of beer.
When I saw that half of the beer was drunk by him, I refused directly.
"I don't want to drink from the same can of beer as you."
I said pushing the beer back in his hand.
This is not to say that I am hypocritical and dislike him. The main reason is that I am afraid that this guy has any special hobbies. Wouldn't I be in a big loss?
"The last can, I'll drink it down if I don't drink it."
As he spoke, Yu Hunqiu raised his head and poured the remaining half a can of beer down his throat.
Then he casually threw away the beer can in his hand, wiped his lips and said: "It's a pity that there is no girl on such a beautiful day. It's really a shame to meet a grown man like you to watch the stars together and still be so charming." It’s so disgraceful.”
"Don't you like men? What do you want a girl for?"
The corner of my mouth twitched and I said.
"When the hell did I say that I like men? I'm a serious person, okay?"
Yu Hunqiu cursed, rolled his eyes and said.
"Didn't you say that?"
I touched my forehead and thought about it carefully. It seemed that he really hadn't said that.
Probably because this guy made a joke before, I mistakenly classified him into that group of people with special hobbies.
It seems that this preconceived notion is really unreliable.
"By the way, were you seduced by the Soul-Eating Flower last night? Who did that thing turn into to seduce you?"
Yu Hunqiu suddenly lowered his voice and asked me.
"She's just a very beautiful girl, but I don't recognize her. She looks like a fairy descending to earth."
I touched my chin and said thoughtfully.
As for the part about Yi Xiaojiu, I automatically cut it out to prevent this guy from making random guesses about what I thought about Yi Xiaojiu.
"I'll go, this is so unfair. Why did you turn into a fairy when you were seducing you, but when you were seducing me, you turned into Xiaojiu? If Lao Wang knows about this, what will he think of me? Damn it What a bullshit."
Yu Hunqiu said and scratched his forehead.
"Did you also dream about Yi Xiaojiu?"
As soon as I heard this, I suddenly felt a little different.
"What? Did you dream about it too?"
Yu Hunqiu looked at me with wide eyes, "Tell me, what scene did you dream about?"
"Stop it."
I quickly stopped the topic.
"Yes, none of us have dreamed about it."
Yu Hunqiu glanced at Wang Junfeng and the others as he spoke, looking somewhat embarrassed.
For this reason, we all naturally understood each other tacitly, so we closed our mouths appropriately and became completely silent.
After a while, Yi Xiaojiu suddenly emerged from the tent, then walked over to look at Yu Hun and me and begged: "It's time for me to keep vigil. Hun, please go and rest."
"Okay."
Jade Soul begged, and then quickly ran away.
Now I felt a little embarrassed. Sitting here with Yu Hunqiu, I could still boast and look at the stars, but sitting here with Yi Xiaojiu, the scene was completely different. It looked like Hua Qianyue As if down.
I was just about to get up and leave, but Yi Xiaojiu suddenly glanced at me and said, "Give me a cigarette."
I was stunned for a moment, then realized what I was doing, and quickly took out a cigarette and handed it to her, along with the lighter.
After Yi Xiaojiu lit up the cigarette, he took a deep breath, then looked up at the starry sky and said, "You are following us to pursue the mystery of immortality to save your wife, right?"
"Um."
I nodded without explaining too much.
"I dreamed about you last night."
Yi Xiaojiu suddenly chuckled as he spoke.
I suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly turned my head to look at the tent not far away.
I don’t know why Yi Xiaojiu suddenly said this? Wang Junfeng was in a tent not far away, which made me somewhat embarrassed.
"You don't have to think too much, I don't mean anything else."
Yi Xiaojiu seemed to realize that I was thinking wrongly, and quickly explained.
"That's good."
I nodded, too embarrassed to look at her.
"Actually, we took the risk and came here to pursue the so-called method of immortality. It was because we had no choice. I didn't have much time, so he wanted to give it a try."
Yi Xiaojiu said and also glanced at the tent over there.
"You...what's wrong with you?"
When I heard this, I was immediately surprised, and for a moment I didn’t know what to say.
When she said she didn't have time, I thought it was definitely not an illness or something. It was probably because her life span was up or something? This is not easy to guess.
"My fate has come. In our lineage, too many secrets are revealed, and it is common to die young."
Yi Xiaojiu took another puff of cigarette as he spoke, looking a little solemn.
"As long as we can find a way to live forever, let alone extending our lives, living another life will not be a problem."
I said calmly.
There is no way, I really don't know how to comfort people, so I can only say this.
"I hope so, but if I can take this trip, even if I can't find the way to immortality, I have no regrets. Look at this place, it is a completely different world. Who would have thought that there are still people in this world? What about such an unknown and mysterious country?”
Yi Xiaojiu said and looked up at the night sky again, her eyes full of yearning for the unknown.
She is indeed an adventurous person, which I could tell from the first time I met her.
This is completely opposite to me. I have always been down-to-earth and only seek stability. Unfortunately, I have embarked on such a path where stability is impossible.
