red tomb

Summer days are long.Guessing that there is still some time, the three of them surveyed the city made of long loess bricks on the spot.

The arc-shaped city wall that Su You saw at the foot of the mountain was exactly where they arrived first.It may or may not have had a door opening slantly, for the truth has been lost in the great weathered gap.

Entering through the side opening, you can see a semi-elliptical open space, about one hundred and eighty square meters.The loess had accumulated half a meter, and broken bricks were undulating in it.The sand became thicker as it went further in, and it directly flooded half of the gate.

The door was also covered with accumulated dust, completely submerged in the background of the same color, so that the three of them didn't notice it at first glance.But even if they saw it, they couldn't go in, because the place where the lock should be was buried under the loess layer and had to be cleaned first.

None of the three people who had just survived a desperate situation had the strength to do this.So after making sure the door couldn't be easily pushed open, they turned to thinking, maybe they could climb the wall—

But in fact, the connection between the loess bricks is so close that the gaps are so small that the climbing claws they carry with them can't hold it firmly; climbing up it with bare hands is even more unrealistic.

"It's impossible to get in like this," Jin Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the semi-elliptical sky that was also missing a corner on the top, "and it's even more hopeless from other places."

This is true, because there is at least one door on this side, and there are no doors on the other three sides.

"Speaking of which, there was indeed a gate on the arc-shaped city wall." Jiang Siqi said, "Otherwise the entire city would have nowhere to go out, so what's the use of building it?"

"Unless you turn into Spider-Man." Su You immediately contributed a cold joke.

If Du Ying was here, he could tell them with certainty that this arc-shaped city wall was part of a city called Wengcheng, and its main function was defense.But they have no way of knowing, because their mobile phones have no signal after crossing the national border, let alone search for information online.

So now Jin Sheng can only roll his eyes at Su You. "It's going to be dark," he said, spreading his hands, "Are we just going to spend the night here?"

There is loess all around, and there is no chance to find a dead branch.As for taking a bath, don't even think about it, it's good to keep enough water to drink.As for ghosts and the like... who knows if they can follow thousands of kilometers?

In the end, the three still set up a tent in a sheltered place in the gap in the city wall.Because when they were discussing whether to camp inside or outside, the last ray of sunlight in the sky disappeared.Almost instantly, the wind howled, the sky was covered with yellow sand, and the tent was set up outside, threatening to bury them all alive.Although there was sand falling inside, there was still a broken wall blocking it.

There was no way to be out in the open, so the trio sat in the tent, knee to knee, eating biscuits.The sand heats up quickly and cools down quickly; within half an hour, the three of them could only take out thin blankets, sleeping bags and other things honestly, and each wrapped themselves into rice dumplings.

They can only eat dry food, have no water to bathe, have no fire to cook, have no internet or signal, and there are still sandstorms outside... This is the worst treatment they have received since they entered the mountain.

"If you don't climb the mountain, you're really doomed." Jin Sheng listened to the crackling sound of sand hitting the city wall outside, and couldn't help feeling a little scared.Putting ghosts aside, quicksand is nothing compared to sandstorms, okay?

"So we ran into much bigger trouble than we imagined." Su You had to raise his voice, because if it was too small, he would be drowned in the background sound. "I don't know if I can open that door tomorrow!"

Jin Sheng roughly considered the relationship between their supplies and the progress of the incident. "If we spend too long here, there won't be enough stuff. And if we can open the door, it may not be smooth - we don't know what's inside, so we don't know how long it will take, and we don't know if we can Just come out."

"There is still the worst possibility." Jiang Siqi said sullenly, "I suspect that even if we go back the same way, the edge may not necessarily be the forest we came up from."

This is not pleasant to say, but considering that they have crossed such a large latitude and longitude gap in one step before, it is not impossible to say that the ruined ancient city will move.

"...Going up the mountain is easy and going down the mountain is difficult." Jin Sheng concluded dryly.

For a while, the three of them were silent, thinking about things silently in their hearts.Regretting that I shouldn't have come up the mountain so rashly, and regretting what news I should leave for my relatives before I came up... These thoughts probably flashed through the minds of the three of them, but no one said it.

They all understand that everyone is an adult, and if they agree in advance, they should shoulder their respective responsibilities and obligations; if they fail and complain to each other and shirk responsibility, the problem will never be solved.

"Anyway, let's try that door tomorrow, maybe there's something wrong with it." Su You broke the silence first, "Besides, if I have a full breakfast in the morning, I think I can try to destroy it directly!"

Jiang Siqi burst out laughing. "Even smashing the wall is better, brother!"

This may sound ironic to others, but when it comes out of Jiang Siqi's mouth, it must be a compliment.So Su You scratched her short hair embarrassingly, "Of course, if you can save effort, it's better to save effort."

Jin Sheng just wanted to roll his eyes while listening.

None of them is the type who would give up halfway, so no matter what the consequences are, there is only one conclusion, to move on.

This needn't be discussed at all.No matter how many and serious the consequences are, they don’t need them, because what they want is not the consequences; or in other words, hard work may not necessarily lead to success, but no hard work will definitely lead to success.

They are now trying to make it possible that they will succeed.What Su You said was correct, but it was completely nonsense!So is Jiang Siqi, sour, so sour!

……Wait?

Jin Sheng suddenly realized that his mentality was not balanced.It's not like he hasn't seen Su You and Jiang Siqi's sweet and loving way of getting along like an old man, why did he react so much recently?Could it be...

He didn't want to think about it anymore, just turned over and told himself to listen to the wind as a lullaby.

There was silence in the tent, only the high and low wind outside.The sandstorm is obviously not so easy to stop; but the tent is in a sheltered place, except for the cold spot and the obvious dusty smell in the air, other problems are not too big, and the three of them gradually got used to it.

Just like that for half an hour.

Because his body was sticky and uncomfortable, Jin Sheng turned over like a iron pan for a long time, and finally fell asleep from exhaustion.Su You has never been too picky, she is the fastest and deadliest sleeper.

As for Jiang Siqi, who was both uncomfortable and worried, it was impossible to fall asleep.In fact, he has been waiting for an opportunity, and now he has finally waited. "Brother," he whispered, and at the same time pulled Rasuyu's arm on his side, "Brother!"

Su Yu heard it, turned over in a daze, and pressed Jiang Siqi under his arms. "...Can't sleep, Xiaoqi?"

Although both of them were covered in stinky sweat—even if it was completely dry, the smell would not be small—Jiang Siqi, who couldn't even stand the smell of sweat from his own body, could bear Su You's smell. "Well," he continued to respond in a low voice, "I have something to tell you."

"...Huh?" Su Yu didn't even open his eyes, and his nasal voice was thick.

"Do you know what day it is today?"

"...What?" Because of sleepiness, Su You's reaction was a little slow. "There's no day, it's not your birthday."

Although he didn't guess the answer he wanted, but the conditioned reflex was also his birthday... Jiang Siqi couldn't help but feel more confident about what he was going to do next. "It's indeed not my birthday," he said, propped up his upper body slightly, and whispered in Su You's ear: "The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it's Qixi Festival!"

"...What about Qixi Festival?" Su You replied slowly.It's no wonder that his brain is not online, it's really because he is a person who doesn't even care about New Year's Day and Christmas, and of course Qixi Festival doesn't care.

"Not much, let's just count it as Valentine's Day." Jiang Siqi still maintained that whispering posture, "just enough to confess." He paused briefly, and solemnly said: "Brother, I like you."

If Su You was still unresponsive to Valentine's Day, it was definitely not true to the second half of the sentence.In fact, he was so shocked that as soon as he digested the meaning of "I like you", he wanted to jump up-

Of course it failed, because Jiang Siqi was almost completely on top of him.

"Don't say stupid things, Xiao Qi!" Su You was completely awake at this moment, sober that he couldn't wake up anymore. "Do you have a fever?"

"You know I don't." Jiang Siqi grabbed Su You's hand that wanted to test the temperature of his forehead. "I know you already know, but you just pretend not to know."

Su You stared at Jiang Siqi's eyes from a very close distance.The expression inside is serious, and there is no half-joke.

After a long time, he sighed. "But you still said it." He withdrew his hand, not knowing how to look at Jiang Siqi directly for a moment.

"Why don't you know?" Jiang Siqi didn't force it, but only asked: "For my parents, or for me? It can't be for yourself, right?"

The translation of this sentence is like this: Su You pretended not to know, maybe he was afraid of irritating his parents, or maybe he was worried about affecting Jiang Siqi's future, but it was definitely not because of himself - being a straight man - for such a reason.

"My answer is still the same as before." Su You half stood up and sat up. "Now can you tell me how we can go back in time?"

"Why do we go back to the past?" Jiang Siqi asked back.Su got up, and he got up too, their knees were facing each other, and the tips of their big toes were still rubbing against each other. "The past is the past, and we will always move forward; isn't this what you taught me?"

"Then let's see if there is a road ahead!" Su Yu was a little annoyed, "Anyway, I can't... um!" He widened his eyes, and the last half of the sentence was blocked back——

Because Jiang Siqi was really impatient to talk, so he just did it!