Crossing the Sixers

"Let's go." Murong grabbed Xu Jian's arm and whispered, "An Lie is so powerful, nothing will happen."

Xu Jian looked away, nodded, and supported each other with Murong, they swam downstream in the waist-deep water.The further we walked, the deeper the water became, and some places could make people slippery if we didn't pay attention. Xu Jian fell into the water several times and drank a lot of dirty water.

I don't know whose child was trapped in the water while playing outside and lost his family. Now he is riding on a slanted branch of a tree and crying loudly.Xu Jian and Murong followed the cries and looked for it. One held a lantern and talked to the two children to make them feel at ease, and the other went to a place a little further away to find a boat.

These two children are not very big, their height reaches Xu Jian's armpit, but in terms of age, they are seven or eight-year-old dolls on earth.One and a half males and one female, they were not as strong as males, and now they were cold and hungry, and they were still sobbing after being comforted by Xu Jian for a long time.

Xu Jian supported the tree branch to rest for a while, and dragged the legs of the two children to let them sit cross-legged on the tree branch so that their legs would not be damaged by the water.The little female wiped her tears and sobbed that she was hungry.

"I'm hungry...but my uncle left in a hurry and didn't bring anything to eat." Xu Jian wondered, "Well, someone will take you to a high place later, and someone will give you food there. Look for you Is your family there?"

The little half male sniffed, looked up at him for a while, gradually stopped crying, and shouted with a little surprise: "You are the owner of that... that grocery store! It's Uncle Xu from Hall!"

Because it was pitch black all around, what they used for lighting was just a small lantern, and the two children didn't recognize him immediately.When the little half-male shouted, the little female stopped crying, biting her fingers and muttering timidly: "It's... Teacher Xu from the school."

Xu Jian smiled and raised his voice: "That's right! When the flood subsides, my grocery store will still be open. I have a lot of toys waiting for you to exchange. The school will also start. If you want to learn to read, you can do it anytime." go."

The children nodded happily.

Xu Jian said seriously: "Good boy - you have to be obedient tonight. Uncle can't carry the two of you on his back, so you can't fall asleep now. You have to wait until someone comes to rescue you by boat, okay? How about it, Uncle Teach you how to sing!"

The two children nodded excitedly again.

Xu Jian coughed twice, shook his head and sang: "Waves run~wandering~thousands of miles torrential, the river never stops~it's gone~everything in the world~mixed with the tide~~it's joy~it's sorrow~the waves can't be distinguished Laughter and sadness...cough cough! cough cough! That...success~failure~you can't see it in the waves~" Just as he was about to raise his voice, a burst of obvious ridicule broke his serious posture up.

Murong was sitting on the wooden boat, laughing so hard that tears were about to burst into tears: "Your broken voice! Huo Ying was almost scared to death when you yelled just now! Hahahaha! You just bully children who don't understand, don't know How badly you sing!"

Huo Ying smiled embarrassedly.

Xu Jian didn't care about Murong either, he carried the two children off the tree branch with a smile and put them on the wooden boat.The two children were finally saved, very happy.Huo Ying waited for the children to sit down, and got up to get off the boat, but was stopped by Murong.

"What's wrong?" Xu Jian asked puzzled.

Murong sighed and said, "When I passed by, Huo Ying was scratched by a broken tree branch. It didn't hurt the bones, but the wound was terrible." He got off the boat by himself, pushed Huo Ying to sit up: "OK Now, Huo Daxia, don’t be brave if you are injured. I have no herbs here, you should take these two children back, find a witch doctor to look at the wound, and then stay with Hall. He is still young, and he can’t be alone at home. Fear."

Huo Ying looked at them, worried: "It's already late at night, why don't you go back together?"

Xu Jian waved his hand: "It's okay, we can last for a few more hours. When you see Xiaobai and Sura, tell them to go to bed early and don't wait for us. We are all fine, and we will go back before dawn."

Huo Ying agreed and rowed away.

Xu Jian and Murong looked at each other, smiled wryly and put their arms around each other's shoulders: "Let's go! Brother! Let's fight side by side!"

This busy, busy until midnight.

The surroundings became more and more quiet, only the sound of splashing water and the sound of insects.Looking around, the night sky without stars and moons is dark, only a few lights flickering in the distance.The lanterns in their hands can only illuminate a few meters away.Reflecting the reddish-yellow light, the ripples on the water surface are also slightly reddish. In the silent night, it is a bit like the set of a horror movie in a movie.

The two of them could almost hear each other's breathing.

Too tired, the two of them found a wall, climbed up, held hands and lay down to rest.

Xu Jian almost fell asleep, not caring that the wall was less than a foot below him.After soaking in the water for a long time, my legs were sore and numb, and the soles of my feet didn't seem to be my own.He coughed twice in discomfort, and his upper and lower eyelids stuck together unknowingly.

It was as if a stone was smashed into the water, and the sound was so close to the ears.Xu Jian woke up suddenly, and raised his head to look around. Fortunately, Murong, who was awakened by his movement, reacted quickly and grabbed him to prevent the two of them from falling into the water.

Not far away, several wooden boats passed by, and the people on board were talking eagerly. Xu Jian sat up, rubbed his eyes, and gradually woke up before realizing that they said someone had fallen into the water.

Xu Jian's face turned pale in an instant, because he recognized the lantern on one of the wooden boats, which was made by himself.In addition to the semi-male who was on the boat, there were also two unconscious males.

"An Lie just dragged him into the boat when a wave hit him and he fell by himself... A few nearby males went to the downstream to rescue him, I don't know...the water is too strong...it's pitch black... Can't see..."

"Hey! Ah Jian, what are you doing! Come back!"

As soon as Murong finished speaking, Xu Jian jumped down, swam to the side of the wooden boat, climbed in with his hands on the side of the boat, grabbed the wooden paddle with trembling hands, and told the dazed male to go down.

Those people recognized him as the man living with An Lie, a half-male, and tried to stop him.Xu Jian pushed the male out of the boat with some strength, pushed the oars, and quickly rowed out.Murong didn't have time to stop him, and shouted at him anxiously and angrily from behind, telling him not to go crazy.

Xu Jian didn't want to be so impulsive either.But when he thought of An Lie floating in the Yi River, life and death were uncertain, his head exploded with a bang, and he didn't listen to himself.

The night is as dark as ink, only the lantern at the bow illuminates a few steps ahead.Xu Jian pursed his lips and looked straight ahead.After leaving the colony, the field of vision gradually widened, and the water suddenly increased. He had already reached the surface of the Yi River.However, looking up, there are only swaying sparkling water waves.

"An Lie! An Lie..." Xu Jian shouted at the top of his voice.

After a busy night without drinking water, his voice has long been hoarse.At this moment, his voice was as if it had been covered with several layers of cotton wool, and it was difficult even for him to hear it.

"... Ah Jian! An Lie..."

A few people behind were shouting loudly.Xu Jian looked back, and vaguely saw Murong standing on the boat waving at him.

Xu Jian's eyes were moist.Sucking his nose, he raised his head and continued to shout into the distance—"Anlie...where are you...Anlie! You speak..."

There are all kinds of things floating on the river surface, broken branches, pieces of wood, small animals, washed-out turf... Every time Xu Jian finds something, he is full of expectations, and then full of disappointment.He had traveled a long distance downstream, and he tried to control his speed so that he would not drift too fast downstream.

But from the beginning to the end, there was no sign of An Lie.

Xu Jian was a little desperate.

He even thought that if some animal god in this world could bless An Lie alive, even if he could never return to Earth in his life, he would still be willing.

"Ahem!" Xu Jian felt a little dizzy, shivering in the cold wind, but his skin was still hot.

Gradually, his hands lost strength, so he had to let the wooden boat drift downstream.He squatted down, took a breath, looked around, and shouted a few more times.

In the bushes on a river bank ahead, there was a faint echo, but it seemed to be just the sound of water hitting a stone.Xu Jian was stunned for a moment, and with the idea of ​​not wanting to miss a glimmer of hope, he rowed the wooden boat towards the bushes.

"Anlie?"

"...Ajian?"

Xu Jian burst into tears.He coughed and paddled frantically towards the shore.An Lie was floating in the water, and he was kept from being washed away only by grabbing a bush with both hands.It was still a meter high from the river bank, but he didn't have the strength to climb up.Moreover, the bushes are about to be washed away by the water...

"Hurry up! An Lie, use your strength... I'm coming! Wait for me!"

Xu Jian rowed desperately.

Crash!A pile of soil fell into the water, smashing An Lie all over.Xu Jian was so frightened that he made a sound, and his tone changed.Choking, he rowed as hard as he could to the bushes.At this time, only a small half of the roots of the bushes were still in the soil, and An Lie was about to be washed away by the flood.

Xu Jian leaned out and stretched out his hand to An Lie - "Hold my hand! An Lie!"

A bloody hand stretched out from the branch of the shrub hanging upside down, followed by An Lie's tired but moved face.He pounced fiercely, grabbed Xu Jian's wrist, and was immediately hugged by Xu Jian's arm.

The wooden boat tilted due to the sudden increased weight, and a lot of water poured into the wooden boat.An Lie kicked the water with his legs, a little flustered, trying to retreat under the bushes.But Xu Jian's eyes were firm, and he dragged him firmly no matter what.

"...Don't let An Lie go! Don't...you can't let go..." Xu Jian choked up and shouted.

An Lie smiled, gritted his teeth, leaned forward, and finally grasped the side of the boat with his other hand.

Xu Jian cried and laughed, with one arm tightly around An Lie's shoulder, and the other hand grasping the wooden paddle, trying to stop temporarily with the help of the river bank.The heavy weight made the paddle just slide across the mud on the river bank, but his wrist was twisted.Xu Jian endured the pain without making a sound, simply dropped the wooden paddle, and dragged An Lie up with both hands.

The moment An Lie rolled into the wooden boat, Xu Jian knelt down and hugged his upper body, buried his head in the hollow of his shoulder, sniffed, let out a long breath, and then kissed him hard on the cheek.

"Fortunately...fortunately, you are fine."

"...Ajian is waiting for me... I have to wait too... I must go back alive..."

An Lie put his arms around him and sighed contentedly; "I didn't let go... Fortunately, I didn't."