Chapter 736: golden rescue time
Chapter 736 Golden Rescue Time
The two of them walked in the snow for a while.
I don’t know how far I walked, but Li Lei suddenly stepped on something hard under his feet, which was not the feeling that ice and snow should have. He suddenly stopped.
Xia Ling asked him: "What's wrong?"
Li Lei didn't say anything. He squatted down and dug into the snow layer with some trembling. Having been on the battlefield for many years, he felt vaguely aware of what he was stepping on - it was the feeling of a frozen corpse. He prayed that the body would not be his son, and it took a lot of effort to dig out the snow.
Fortunately, no.
Under the snow layer, there is an unfamiliar face, pale and twisted, with an expression that still contains the disbelief and panic at the moment of death. Li Lei carefully identified the body and saw that the corpse was wearing cheap amateur mountain climbing clothes and a fluorescent bracelet on its wrist. It was the group of people who had followed them along the way and caused the avalanche.
He told Xia Ling this discovery.
Xia Ling's mood was a bit complicated. Seeing the corpse died in such a tragic way, she sympathized with it, but she also felt gloating and resentment in her heart - if they hadn't been yelling, how could there have been an avalanche? If there was no avalanche, how could her Shaohui disappear?
In a blink of an eye, Li Lei had already dug up a lot of the nearby snow.
I saw many corpses lying strewn about under the snow, all from the previous tour group.
Xia Ling also went to help and dug out the remaining snow. With unspeakable fear in her heart, she wished she could dig out all the nearby snow in an instant so that she could confirm that Shao Hui did not die here.
She would rather find nothing here than see his body.
Perhaps God heard her prayer. When all the nearby corpses were dug out, it turned out that Shao Hui was not there. Xia Ling breathed a long sigh of relief, lost all strength and fell to the ground.
The mountain wind blew through her hair, tying it into knots one by one. She didn’t know whether it was cold sweat or snow water.
Li Lei checked all the luggage on the corpses and collected all the food and medicine. Due to the avalanche, they would be delayed in the mountains longer than expected, so it would be a good idea to collect more supplies.
After doing all this, he said to Xia Ling: "Let's go, let's continue to find Shao Hui."
She took one last look at the corpses, trying her best not to imagine what Shao Hui had become now, and kept walking forward. The two walked a long way without finding any trace of Shao Hui, so they changed directions and continued searching - this time, they found a glove left by the child in a small snow pit.
"These are Shao Hui's gloves!" Xia Ling took three steps at a time and then two steps to pick up the gloves. She couldn't remember it wrong. This was the style and color she chose for him herself, and she put it on his little hand when she set out.
She put down her gloves and searched around, even digging through the snow with Li Lei...
However, except for the glove, they found nothing.
Having the immediate hope ruthlessly extinguished is more devastating than not having any hope at all. Xia Ling felt that all her strength had been drained from her body, and she fell into the snow pit, tears oozing from the corners of her eyes.
Her child, still so young, must be so vulnerable and vulnerable to the unreasonable power of nature. How should he survive without the protection of adults...
A hand gently put her shoulder.
“Shaohui will be fine.” Li Lei’s voice said.
This time, it didn’t bring her the slightest bit of comfort. She suddenly turned her head and glared at him fiercely through her tears: "Why didn't you save him?! Why didn't you save him during the avalanche?! He is so young, he is just a child! You are his father! You Do you know it’s his father? Why don’t you save him?”
With a cry, my heart was broken with tears. Li Lei's hand on her shoulder tightened and he remained silent.
The situation was so critical that he couldn't think at all, and his body's first instinctive reaction was to protect her in his arms. If he could only choose one between mother and son, he would choose her. Even though it was cruel to Shaohui and failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a father, he would do this even if he was given another chance. choose.
If he loses her, what's the point of his world?
However, she didn't understand, so she cried and threw his hand away: "You are not worthy of being his father!"
Li Lei silently endured her resentment, unable to argue with it.
He raised his head and saw that the sky was getting darker. He said in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Ling, we need to find a place to stay, otherwise we will freeze to death in the snowy mountains."
She choked and said: "I want to find Shaohui!" She struggled to get up and stumbled forward.
He pulled her close to his arms: "Obey!"
She struggled to grab his hand, still crying: "I want to find him! What if he is still alive?... He must still be alive! But, it's so cold at night, what will he do? What if he can't make it to tomorrow? What to do in the morning?”
"How can you find someone in the dark in the mountains?!" Li Lei finally got angry, "Xia Ling, please be honest and find a place to rest! Are you looking for a child? Okay! I'll go! If you fall into a snow pit, come out!" What happened, what should I tell Shaohui when he comes back?"
She stopped crying and looked up at him.
“Are you going?” she asked hesitantly.
Li Lei took her hand and walked towards the mountain wall: "I know how to survive in the wild and I am safer than you. Now I will find you a cave and you can have a good rest. I will take the child back home tomorrow morning. around you."
His voice was steady and unmistakable.
Xia Ling stopped talking, lowered her head, and followed him step by step.
After walking for a long time, we arrived at a cave.
He went in, lit a fire for her, and hurried out again.
Xia Ling watched his figure walking step by step into the wind and snow. Such a handsome and strong man seemed shaky and small in front of the roar of nature. She suddenly regretted that she shouldn't have lost her temper with him. It was not his fault that the child was lost. It was not easy for him to protect someone in an avalanche.
“Li Lei!” She rushed to the entrance of the cave and called him.
He turned back from the wind and snow in the cold night, and the light of the flashlight flickered.
"You..." She hesitated, and finally said with some difficulty, "Don't go looking for Shao Hui. It's too dangerous at night. Let's go together tomorrow morning." If it was just to appease her unreasonable troubles, who knew that this man would risk his life Involved in danger. Although she was worried about Shaohui, she was also worried about him.
Hearing this, Li Lei smiled, and his hurt eyes melted away like ice and snow, full of spring breeze. "I'm fine," he said. "The 72 hours after the disappearance are the golden time for rescue. Shao Hui must be found as soon as possible. Xiao Ling, I am not angry with you, I am serious. Although it is dangerous at night, it is not enough for me to go out." It’s not beyond my reach. I’m very capable of surviving in the wild, don’t worry.”
After saying that, he turned around and disappeared into the snow.
Hmm, no more tonight. I originally planned to catch up tonight, but...I went to watch "The End of the World"...it was so good...t—t
(End of this chapter)