Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

Zhang Qiling, who was used to being stared at, finished his meal without blushing or feeling nervous, then calmly took out his kettle and drank some water.

"Do you still want to eat?"

Qin Yuchen took out another piece of bread and stuffed it into Zhang Qiling's arms.

Zhang Qiling finished drinking the water, put the kettle and the bread in his arms into his backpack, and shook his head as a response.

"That's fine." Qin Yuchen stood up and said, "Let's guard it in the first and second half of the night.

I'm going to rest first, remember to call me later."

After saying that, he planned to go into the tent.

"I'll guard the second half of the night." Zhang Qiling quickly grabbed Qin Yuchen's wrist and said.

"All the same, all the same." Qin Yuchen grabbed Zhang Qiling's wrist with his backhand and tried to pull him up from the stool.

Zhang Qiling followed the force and stood up. He was about to struggle when he found that Qin Yuchen seemed to have thought of something. He tilted his head and looked at him. Then a laughing voice came:

"Or sleep together and let 007 guard it."

"..." Zhang Qiling was silent for just a moment, nodded silently, and followed Tan Yuchen into the tent:

"also."

While 007 was eating snacks and watching TV series, a big question mark appeared in his little head:

【What did you say? ! ! ! 】

But no matter how angry 007 got, Qin Yuchen acted as if he didn't hear it. He and Zhang Qiling had already reached a consensus and were now spreading out their sleeping bags.

The two said goodnight to each other and fell asleep with steady breathing.

007: [……]

There was no choice but to accept the responsibility and explore from all directions while eating snacks.

In this way, the two of them spent the night peacefully.

When it was just dawn, Zhang Qiling was the first to open his eyes. He glanced at Qin Yuchen, and seeing that he didn't look like he was about to wake up, he quietly opened his sleeping bag and left the tent.

The snow that had fallen overnight was still falling. Zhang Qiling cleared some of the snow against the tent door to prevent it from being trampled too tightly and making it difficult to fold up the tent.

Then he went to where the horses were tied and took out food to feed them.

With 007 around, there was no need to worry about whether the horse would be cold at night, so he didn't check too much, but just took a look at the remaining supplies as usual.

After doing all this, I thought of calling Qin Yuchen.

But when he returned to the tent, Qin Yuchen was already packing his sleeping bag.

"Good morning." Hearing the footsteps behind him, Qin Yuchen didn't even turn his head. He put the folded sleeping bag beside him and greeted naturally.

Qin Yuchen's voice was still a little tired and lazy. Zhang Qiling curled the corners of his lips silently, stuffed the folded sleeping bag into his backpack, and took out the toiletries and put them aside:

"Good morning."

Qin Yuchen chuckled and stuffed the last bit of food into his bag: "Should we eat before we leave or eat while we walk?"

"No hurry." Zhang Qiling handed him the toiletries after seeing that he had finished his work.

"Okay." Qin Yuchen responded, stretched, took the toiletries, and followed him out of the tent.

The two of them quickly washed up, had a simple breakfast, and waited until it was brighter before continuing their journey.

They walked slowly for nearly two hours, and Zhang Qiling suddenly pulled the reins to stop the horse.

Qin Yuchen also stopped and silently watched the person in front of him dismount, then stared at a snowy mountain.

Qin Yuchen was a little confused, but he didn't ask the reason. Instead, he looked in the same direction as Zhang Qiling.

After looking for about ten seconds and not making any sense, he looked away and waited for Zhang Qiling to continue leading the way.

Qin Yuchen had no idea about the place they were going this time, nor had he asked about it.

Except for the section from Beijing to the Lama Temple that Qin Yuchen was familiar with, the rest of the journey depended entirely on Zhang Qiling's memory.

In addition, after entering the snow-capped mountains, everything looks the same in all directions. The only differences are the differences in which mountain tops have more peaks and which cliffs are deeper.

So Qin Yuchen just followed Zhang Qiling without even thinking about remembering the way.

But we can more or less guess a little.

Qin Yuchen was playing with the reins in his hand and noticed that the person in front of him turned around and looked at him.

He then raised his eyes, met Zhang Qiling's gaze and raised his eyebrows to ask.

Zhang Qiling seemed to be silent for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "Let's go."

…………

As they passed through the narrower rift valley, they re-entered the open area.

After walking for a while, the two stopped in sync.

Qin Yuchen had very good eyesight and saw a flower about a hundred meters ahead, growing in the extremely cold land but still with tenacious vitality.

It was the first plant they had seen since entering the snow-capped mountains that was not affected by the environment. Not only that, it also formed a sea of ​​​​fiery red flowers.

When he saw the sea of ​​flowers, Qin Yuchen finally realized what Zhang Qiling had been looking at.

His gaze fell on him again. Tan Yuchen did not turn his head to meet his gaze, but said directly: "I'll wait for you here."

“…Okay.” Zhang Qiling lowered his eyes, dismounted, handed the reins to Qin Yuchen, and walked slowly towards the sea of ​​flowers.

Qin Yuchen held the reins and found a stone to sit on, staring at the man who had already stood among the flowers, silently waiting for him to come back.

The man who was wrapped tightly took off his hood and stood there, quietly feeling everything around him.

The snowflakes gradually fell on my shoulders, but the cold wind blowing on my body became much gentler.

The two people's eyes met again from a short distance apart. Qin Yuchen looked at the person in the flowers and stretched out his hand to him, waiting for his action.

He sat there in a daze for a while, then stood up after seeing Zhang Qiling's lip movements, loosened the reins, patted the fallen snow on his body, and walked over step by step.

As he got closer to the sea of ​​flowers, his steps became slower.

Qin Yuchen suddenly realized that there was another level of tension, different from when he was in danger and at the end of his rope. He had never experienced this kind of tension before, so he couldn't describe what it felt like.

He just felt like he had to take a deep breath to relieve it.

So, when standing beside Zhang Qiling, Qin Yuchen exhaled imperceptibly and ignored Zhang Qiling's hand.