Zuo Chenye hugged Qiao Ran tightly and rolled down the slope together. The gravel and branches continued to fall and slide with them. In their ears, the wind whistled and whirled continuously.
He used all his strength to hold on to her, fearing that he would be separated from her.
He was afraid that letting go would be forever.
Qiao Ran hugged him hard and buried her head deeply in his chest. The rough gravel kept rubbing her exposed tender skin. She knew that he was blocking it for her.
They rolled all the way down, but luckily they hit a bush midway and slowed down a lot.
I don't know how long they kept rolling and sliding, but they finally stopped when they hit another bush.
The surrounding area suddenly became quiet, except for the sound of their heavy breathing.
"Are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?" Zuo Chenye moved his whole body. Fortunately, he could move his limbs, so there was nothing serious.
After scrolling continuously, Qiao Ran felt a little dizzy. She closed her eyes and was speechless for a while.
Zuo Chenye sat up nervously, straightened Qiao Ran upright, held her in his arms, and checked her arms and legs up and down. Fortunately, they were not seriously injured.
After a moment, Qiao Ran regained consciousness and said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little dizzy. What about you, are you injured? Is there any bleeding?" In the dark, she groped for his arm and stroked his hand.
With her legs, he was protecting her just now.
"It doesn't matter to me. Fortunately, before I went into the mountain, I wore special mountaineering clothing, which is rainproof, cold-proof and frostproof. It is made of special materials in the wild and cannot be scratched easily." Zuo Chenye teased, with a sense of relief in his voice.
It was extremely thrilling just now, but fortunately he made the right bet and jumped down the steep slope with Qiao Ran, facing death and finding a way out.
He hugged Qiao Ran tightly, as if hugging a lost treasure, "It's great, it's finally okay. I watched you disappear in front of the bar at night, you didn't know, it scared me."
She leaned quietly in his arms, motionless.
For the rest of my life after the disaster, my mind still cannot calm down. There are so many things I want to say, but I don’t know what to say at this time.
"Can you stand up?" Zuo Chenye turned on the flashlight and illuminated the road below, "There is already a gentle slope below, we can walk down it."
"I'll give it a try." Qiao Ran stretched her legs, but she was still able to move. She stood up. She was a little shaken at first, but she soon got used to it.
Zuo Chenye held her steady and wrapped her hand in his big palm, "Let's keep going down. If I remember correctly, there is a small lake at the bottom."
"Do you know the terrain? By the way, I still don't know where this is?" Qiao Ran asked.
"This is the Tianlong Mountain Mountains in City B. I memorized the topographic map carefully when I came here. So when I jumped down the steep slope just now, I roughly knew that there was a lake at the bottom. It shouldn't be too steep. Fortunately, I remembered correctly. Otherwise, I'm afraid we would all be dead.
I'm dead." Zuo Chenye took Qiao Ran's hand, shone it with a flashlight, and walked ahead to explore the way.
The slope is getting gentler and gentler, but it is starting to become overgrown with thorns, so you still have to deal with it carefully.
"Fortunately, when we fell just now, we didn't encounter such a thorn bush. Otherwise, your face of anger between humans and gods would probably be ruined." Qiao Ran was rescued, and he relaxed completely and couldn't help but joke.
Zuo Chenye suddenly stopped.
Qiao Ran had no time to react, and her inertia made her rush straight into his arms.
"What, you think I'm handsome now?" Zuo Chenye hugged her and teased her funny.
Qiao Ran bit her lip in embarrassment. She really didn't have anything to joke about.
She lowered her head, her cheeks feeling slightly warm.
The moment she lowered her head, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Her clothes had been torn apart by thorns at some point, all the way to her abdomen. There seemed to be a red light flashing around her exposed waist.
Zuo Chenye put his palm on her cheek, trying to get her to look up at him. He continued to tease her, "What, are you sorry?"
"Wait, something doesn't seem right. Use a flashlight to look at my waist. What is this?" Qiao Ran whispered, not wanting to joke anymore.
She lifted the hem of her dress, revealing a black strap.
"I had been evading pursuit just now. I almost forgot that when I was caught by the masked man, he seemed to have tied something around my waist. It was too dark at the time and I couldn't see anything."
Zuo Chenye was shocked, his handsome face turned pale instantly, and he quickly shined a flashlight on Qiao Ran's waist.
It was a long and narrow black strap, about five fingers wide, and partially thick. It seemed to contain something. On the bulge on the side, there was a small LCD screen three centimeters long. The red flashing light came from the LCD screen.
It's so inconspicuous, no wonder I never noticed it before.
Zuo Chenye's heart suddenly sank. He looked up at Qiao Ran. Qiao Ran also saw clearly what was around his waist and was looking up at him.
Their four eyes met, each with indescribable emotions flowing through them.
There is shock, disbelief, pain, sadness, and despair that is not easily revealed.
At this moment, Zuo Chenye's mind went blank, his thin lips couldn't stop trembling, and he was so nervous that he couldn't speak.
It is not that he has never encountered life and death in this life. When he experienced it himself, he could be calm and calm. However, looking at the living Qiao Ran in front of him, he felt more scared than ever before.
In the end, it was Qiao Ran who spoke first, "The screen shows that there are still 23 minutes and 43 seconds left, so this should be a time bomb."
Hearing this, as if he was suddenly sentenced to death, Zuo Chenye felt like five thunders were hitting his head, his mind was buzzing, his thinking was completely stagnant, and he could no longer think.
"No wonder these desperadoes didn't continue to chase us after we jumped off the steep slope. It turns out that the masked man had already installed a time bomb for me. Haha, what a thoughtful thought!" In comparison, Qiao Ran was much calmer.
She sneered and bit her lower lip coldly.
"I, I, will find a way right away... I will go find a bomb disposal expert."
For the first time, Zuo Chenye couldn't even speak a complete sentence. He groped around on his body.
On the display screen, time passes by second by second.
His hands kept shaking violently, and it took him a while to find his pocket.
However, after he touched it several times, he discovered that his satellite phone and locator had been lost during the previous desperate struggle.
"Damn it." He cursed in pain.
He knew clearly in his heart that even if he was no longer willing to face this cruel reality, there were still more than 20 minutes left, how could it be possible to find bomb disposal experts to come to the rescue. What's more, he had completely cut off contact with the outside world.
Unexpectedly, it was difficult to escape from the pursuit.
There are even greater disasters waiting for them.