The ranger snatched the canned fish back from Li Mo's hand, sealed the rest in a bag and stuffed it back into his backpack.
He sat back on the tree stump and placed his frozen hands in front of the campfire.
The night wind blew, and the flames began to swing back and forth irregularly. He gritted his teeth and tensed every muscle in his body, trying to stop his uncontrollably trembling hands.
But the hands filled with time betrayed the master's consciousness and continued to tremble.
As if he didn't want Li Mo to notice, the ranger deceived himself and took out a bottle of terribly strong wine from his backpack, unscrewed the cap with difficulty and took a swig.
The strong alcohol burned his throat and flowed into the forest guard's belly like a knife. He wiped away the alcohol that leaked from the corner of his mouth and gasped desperately. His hands were still shaking when he looked at them again.
"It's better not to force it."
Li Mo put the blanket he took off on the forest guard's body.
The forest guard remained silent and did not refuse. His frozen body could no longer support his self-esteem. He could only sigh softly, and then silently watched the white mist exhaled from his mouth dissipate in front of the bonfire.
"Get back."
Although the words that came out of his mouth were a little unkind, his tone was unusually calm, and could even be said to be careless, as if what Li Mo said and Li Mo himself had nothing to do with him.
Perhaps recognizing the reality, he poured the remaining sips of useless wine in the bottle into the bonfire.
The drunken flames swelled higher, and the generous charity gave the two people more warmth.
"This is quite surprising. I originally thought that when you saw me, you would become so angry that you would point a knife at me and make me disappear immediately. But I didn't expect that you would have such a tepid attitude. There was nothing like that. He looks like a ghost general."
Li Mo opened his eyes wide, looking as if he was shocked.
"Hmph, are your eyes on the soles of your feet? I'm not a general, I'm just a forest guard who can be seen everywhere."
The forester replied coldly.
There was still no opportunity for teasing in Lailai's cloudy eyes.
"And you have to be careful when dealing with animals that are trying to show their affection by holding meat in their mouths."
No matter how hard Li Mo heard it, the other party was scolding him in a roundabout way. He really hated himself.
"That's too much."
Although he was scolded by bad words, he was more missed than angry. Back then, he had been scolded like this by this stubborn and irritable old guy many times.
He smiled and didn't say anything back.
The ranger didn't expect that Li Mo would not talk back, which made him lose interest in scolding the brat.
Really boring.
"You can still laugh after being said like this. It's such a shameless thing."
The wine was gone, the campfire was back to its original state, and an unpleasant lullaby was sung.
The words seemed to end in a trance, and then an inexplicable feeling of exhaustion came up from nowhere, making the forest guard's eyes become heavy, and he began to lose strength from his brain to his fingertips, except for Only countless thoughts were surging and stirring in his mind, refusing to calm down at all.
The forest guard gave Li Mo a cold look and finally couldn't bear it anymore and slowly closed his eyes.
The sound of the campfire became very clear, and there was also some kind of sharp and long animal-like chirping sound that was tearing through the clouds and deafeningly coming from the starry sky. He had often encountered this situation recently, especially in the afternoon and night. , he always felt as if he was awake, but also seemed to be asleep, and he couldn't explain this feeling clearly.
When he opened his eyes again, it seemed like a long time had passed, but he couldn't remember what happened in the meantime.
This is a clear and terrible signal from the body.
However, the forest guard was not worried at all, because he understood that anyone could suffer from this disease, and it could not be said to be a disease. The increasingly severe lethargy, inexplicable fatigue, and blurred memory would only affect him as long as he grew up with him. It's just as powerful as anyone's, everyone is like that.
The only thing he really worried about was how long he would be in a daze each time, and whether it would delay his forest patrol.
It's just that he never got the answer without anyone by his side.
However, this time he finally knew.
It was probably only for a moment.
Because the young man in front of him was still sitting there. He raised his head and peered through the leaves at the bright moon reflected in the starry sky. At this moment, he never left anywhere and was always there.
He seemed to have seen this scene before, when he first talked to this young man.
At that time, just like now, he sat alone and quietly in front of the campfire, looking at the Milky Way across the sky with his beautiful red eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
"Why do you come here?"
asked the forester.
But he immediately regretted it. Was he possessed by an evil spirit? Why did he go to talk to this kid again like he did then?
"Um?"
Li Mo subconsciously looked away from the starry sky and was stunned for a moment.
After thinking for a while, I realized that the other party was indeed asking me a question. I always felt that I had experienced something like this before, but it was probably an illusion.
"Ah, didn't I say that your daughter is looking for you, and I am responsible for taking you back."
"What's in it for you?"
"Oh, if people could always do things that are good for themselves in this life, then life wouldn't be so hard. Don't look at me like this. Now I am an excellent adult who is suffering from the pressure of life."
Li Mo replied with a sigh.
"Don't fool people with these fallacies. Besides, this is my family matter, and it's not your turn as an outsider to take care of it. Or is it that you stopped being a high-ranking cadre and started to be a women's chairperson to help women solve their problems?"
The forest guard crushed the clods of soil under his feet and stared hard at Li Mo.
"I know that someone once called their mother a bitch, but I have never heard of anyone calling their daughter a bitch. Others dote on their daughters, but you are not even willing to go back to see them, sister. She is so pitiful."
"My mother-in-law, I can only say that your knowledge is as short-sighted as a woman's."
"I'm suing you for discriminating against women."
"enough!"
Every seemingly well-intentioned word from Li Mo was like a sharp scalpel in the eyes of the ranger. They wanted to cut him into thin slices that could be seen through, and then put him under a microscope so that he could see clearly and laugh at him. Same with all his stupidity.
He never thought that he would talk about himself with such a scumbag on a night so quiet that even the owls fell asleep.
"If you were so conscientious, you could have saved my three thousand brothers back then. Since you could do it then, why bother pretending to be a good person now?"
The old man's majesty caused the bonfire to be suddenly extinguished, only to be humbly rekindled a moment later.
"You really do hold a grudge against me."
Li Mo showed a dry and bitter smile.
"How should I put it? I can't find any reason to forgive me. It's karma. After that, the team I led was all wiped out, and only me, the captain, was left. I can understand how much you hate me."
"I'm not interested in your business."
The old man turned his head and said disdainfully.
Don't think that you can impress me with words like this. You are responsible for all this. That's what he probably wanted to say.
"Then let me say something that can impress you. I didn't save the three thousand people at that time. This time I will try to see if I can save one person."
"who?"
"Your daughter."
Li Mo held his hands and said calmly, as if he was perfunctory.
"you!!!"
The forest guard's roar was so low and terrible that it was covered up by the wind after only a few steps. He could not understand Li Mo's words, nor did he believe Li Mo's words. He felt that Li Mo was more like making a bad joke on him, a A bad joke that goes the extra mile and travels thousands of miles.
The old man put his hand on the short knife at his waist. This short knife could easily cut through even the thick skin of a wild boar. He believed that it would be very simple to cut through this shameless and skinless thing.
His hostility was clear, but the young man in front of him still sat calmly on the tree bench, as if he was sure that his sword would not be unsheathed.
The old man felt like he was missing something. He decided to wait and see what this cunning guy wanted to say next. If this guy was still talking about something boring, the knife would immediately cut him into two parts.
"I'm waiting for your words."
The forest guard waited for a long time with his dagger pressed down, but Li Mo just stared at him without saying a word.
His voice became colder, as if filled with fury.
"Having said that, do you still need to ask me? Do you really regard her as your daughter?"
Li Mo took out several letters from his clothes and threw them in front of the old man. The envelopes were soaked in water, and then dried together with the clothes and became wrinkled.
Under the scattered ink on it, the old man could vaguely recognize his daughter's handwriting. It was sent to him by his daughter before. After reading it, he threw it next to the supply box.
"I got this from the ranger's supply box at the entrance of the forest. It was neatly stacked on top of the box. Ha, I've always wanted to say this, old man..."
He obviously only took the regularly sent supplies from the box, and then threw the letters randomly beside him. The forest guard understood that someone had been here, and sorted out the letters for him.
"Years ago, your soldiers were killed because of your ignorance, but fortunately you have enough reasons to blame me. Now you will kill your daughter because of your ignorance. This time, you can take the responsibility again." Who is to blame?”
The young man smiled, looking at himself and smiling coldly, full of disdain and ridicule.
