Give a bellflower to the drowning ghost

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the next day.

The rain was still falling continuously, making the lake water muddy, and the whole mountain forest was noisy due to the rain. The rangers had to give up their daily morning bath and carefully inspected the mountain.

Then Wang Ze made a comeback like he threatened yesterday.

When the forest ranger struggled back to the forest ranger's hut, a set of wet new raincoats hung in front of the door, and the wooden door was wide open. Wang Ze sat directly on the floor of the house, facing the stove and lighting the fire.

The ranger leaned against the door: "Where did you get the stove?"

Wang Ze wiped his hair with a dry towel and said, "I bought it."

After a long while, the forest ranger controlled his tone and said, "Young master, why are you so free, spending all day in this backcountry experiencing life, remembering bitterness and thinking sweet?"

Wang Ze replied in a naive tone: "I'm on summer vacation, and I still have two months left."

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Wang Ze persuaded the forest rangers with the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism.

Rent calculated on a daily basis, desserts every other day, all kinds of electrical appliances that come with the tenant, as well as the latest games and various film and television literature works, the price is to endure one more human being around for less than two months.

The forest ranger dug out the sleeping bag at the bottom of the press box, laid it on the ground and sneaked in nimbly, then said to Wang Ze on the bed: "Good night, Boss Wang, I wish you a sweet dream."

Wang Ze thought about it seriously before going to bed. With such a cheerful attitude, can I really get him to tell the truth through pressure?

16

The rainy season continues.

For safety reasons, the forest rangers prevented the visitors from sending fresh food and daily necessities up the mountain to Wang Ze, but problems also followed. The idle young master asked to go with the rangers to patrol the mountain.

The forest ranger said: "During the heavy rain, the road is difficult to walk, and accidents are easy to happen."

His new boss insisted: "Don't worry, I bought insurance before I came."

The forest ranger said: "Then can you sign a disclaimer by the way, saying that in case you slipped down the mountain and disappeared due to degenerated motor nerves and reflexes, it is also because you are keen to die and has nothing to do with me?"

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Wang Ze felt that the rainy forest was another world.

The rain roared.

The rainwater that can be easily blocked by an umbrella in the city falls on the trees that block the sky, gathers water droplets along the veins of the leaves, rolls down to the next leaf, and gathers with other water droplets to form larger water droplets, repeating again and again. Finally, it landed on the only human in the forest, striking their bodies with astonishing weight.

The forest ranger opened the way in front of Wang Ze with a portable waterproof searchlight. He seemed to be the only light source in the dark forest. Unlike Wang Ze who stumbled, the forest ranger in a raincoat was extremely agile, walking on flat ground.

The forest ranger stopped to illuminate a mysterious tree root under Wang Ze's feet.

He shouted through the sound of the rain: "Boss Wang, there are no sightseeing spots here on rainy days, so you don't have to insist on following me to smash your mouth in the mud."

Wang Ze struggled to keep up with him: "This will better reflect my sincerity and move you, won't it?"

The ranger said: "I expect you to impress me with RMB."

Wang Ze said, "I'll give you more money, will you tell me why he committed suicide?"

The forest ranger said innocently: "You can try sending money to my card first."

Wang Ze said, "Look, you just can't tell."

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The rangers stopped Wang Ze's advance.

The forest ranger said: "There is a landslide ahead, and it is very dangerous in rainy days. You stay where you are and wait for 5 minutes. If I don't come back, you can follow the footprints when you came back to the forest hut. You should still be able to barely see it, but it won't work." Just make an emergency call."

Wang Ze grabbed a branch beside him: "Why didn't you let me save you?"

The ranger was stunned for a moment, then said, "What gave you the illusion that you are physically stronger than me? RMB?"

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The ranger and the lights disappear behind layers of trees.

Wang Ze leaned on the wet tree trunk and looked up at the sky: "It's so noisy."

In a place where there are basically no traces of humans, the sound of rainwater knocking is like thunder.Wang Ze covered his ears with wet palms, trying to hear his breathing.

He couldn't help laughing: "What am I doing here..."

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3 minutes passed.

Wang Ze put his hand down and quietly watched the direction the ranger left.

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5 minutes passed.

The ranger didn't return.

Judging from the time limit mentioned by the ranger himself, it should only be a short journey, no more than two and a half minutes one way.

Probably only about 200 meters away.

Wang Ze smiled, took out a bundle of climbing ropes from his backpack, and walked in the direction he had just determined.

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Wang Ze found the searchlight that the forest ranger had dropped on the ground. The light emitted a fan-shaped light in the grass and penetrated the rain.

Wang Ze fixed one end of the climbing rope on a nearby tree, and tied the other end around his waist a few times. Then, he picked up the searchlight and looked towards the edge of the landslide.

The forest guard made a weak voice from under Wang Ze's feet: "Move away, don't shine on my face, it will affect my sight."

The ranger is about five or six meters below.

He seemed to be covered in muddy water, and now he was barely grasping the edge of the protruding rock on the mountain wall, clinging to the almost vertical mountain body, and his whole body was suspended in the rain, as if he would fall off the cliff due to loss of strength at any time.

And under his feet, about 18 meters away, there is a slippery slope mixed with countless sharp rocks, which is covered by vegetation menacingly, and it is difficult to see the whole picture with the searchlight.

Wang Ze said: "What about your physical fitness that RMB can't buy?"

The forest ranger said: "Shut up, let me hang down a piece of the climbing rope you hid in RMB."

However, Wang Ze did not move.

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Wang Ze groped and leaned down on the edge of the landslide, and said, "This place is so high, do you dare to jump down? Probably not."

The ranger didn't speak.

Wang Ze said, "How long can your arms last in the rain?"

"Should be enough for a brief negotiation with you," said the ranger.

Wang Ze said, "Do you think I followed you out to blackmail you? If I stay in the ranger's cabin, no one will be able to save you."

The forest ranger chuckled: "No, no, I just think you probably read the weather forecast and checked the contour map of this mountain by the way, otherwise why would you have hidden a bundle of climbing ropes with you in advance? Woolen cloth?"

Wang Ze poked his head out of the edge of the landslide: "Then if I threaten you now and don't pull you up without telling me the truth, what will you do?"

The rain was still pouring down, but from where the forest ranger was now, he could see the cloudy sky and Wang Ze's backlit face.

The light was so poor that he couldn't see Wang Ze's expression clearly at this moment.

The ranger's tone was still smiling: "Then if I refuse to answer, will you find some rocks on it to hit me?"

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Wang Ze let out a breath.

Now he could hear his own breathing.

25

The ranger saw a section of climbing rope hanging down.

Wang Ze shouted at the edge of the landslide: "Grab this, I will pull you up."

The ranger said, "Huh? No more negotiations?"

Wang Ze said: "No need, I brought this bundle of rope out just to prove that I am not the kind of unscrupulous person."

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The ranger didn't hold onto the rope.

He stretched out from the appearance of struggling to cling to the rock, with his feet propped on the mountain, and then his arms were slightly bent, and with the strength of his limbs, he lightly landed on the higher rock hole.In just [-] seconds or so, the forest ranger easily climbed to a height of nearly five meters without external help, returned to the landslide, and sat beside Wang Ze with a dull expression.

The ranger wiped the muddy water on his face with the back of his hand: "So my physical fitness is indeed better than yours. I don't think you will feel hurt because of this, right?"

Wang Ze poked his head out, took a look at his pathetic climbing rope, and then turned his head to look at the ranger: "You... did it on purpose? Just to test whether I can save you?"

The ranger said innocently: "I just gave you a chance to prove that you are a moral person, don't take it too seriously."