Chen Wei didn't know how long he had been unconscious. When he woke up, he found himself lying on a soft bed.
What I saw when I looked up was not a ceiling, but a house made of wood. The wooden beams were covered with grass. The house was very simple.
Chen Wei sat up from the bed. There were footsteps at the door. A middle-aged man walked in and said with a gentle smile: "You're awake."
"Where am I?" Chen Wei tried to stand up, but found that his legs hurt badly.
"Zhongnan Mountain!"
"What? Zhongnan Mountain? How is this possible?" Chen Wei couldn't believe his ears.
You know, it is about 150 kilometers from Taibai Mountain to Zhongnan Mountain. Although Taibai Mountain and Zhongnan Mountain belong to the Qinling Mountains, even if he and Jiang Xiaohan walked for so long, it would not be possible to walk from Taibai Mountain to Zhongnan Mountain.
ah!
"Where is the girl with me?" Chen Wei asked quickly.
"What girl? When my master saw you, you were the only one." The middle-aged man looked at Chen Wei strangely.
"Brother, are you sure this is Zhongnan Mountain?"
"I have lived in seclusion here for more than ten years, how could I make a mistake?"
"That's not right! We obviously got lost in Taibai Mountain, how could we appear in Taibai Mountain?"
"What? Did you get lost in Taibai Mountain?"
"Yes! I still have the ticket for Taibai Mountain with me." Chen Wei took the ticket out of his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took it and looked at it. Sure enough, it was a ticket for Taibai Mountain. He walked to the calendar and looked at the time: "This is a ticket from a week ago."
"How is that possible? Have I been in a coma for a week?" Chen Wei took the phone from the bag beside him. The phone was out of battery. "Do you have a place to charge it here?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. They lived a secluded life. He bought that calendar when he went down the mountain last time. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know the current date.
There are many hermits in Zhongnan Mountain, and many people are unwilling to leave once they get here. His master has not left Zhongnan Mountain for decades. The air in this place is good, and the food is pure natural. He came here just to
Escape from the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Who knew that after coming here, I would fall in love with this place.
There is no pressure in life here. I live a self-sufficient life every day. Everything I eat and use is made by myself. The rest of the time is spent practicing with the master.
"But, I have this, I wonder if it still has power?" the middle-aged man said, bringing a power bank over.
After arriving deep in the mountains, his mobile phone had no signal and was simply turned off. The power bank he bought when he went down the mountain last time.
Chen Wei took the power bank, charged his phone, and turned it on. When he saw the time displayed on his phone, he realized that he had really been in a coma for a week.
Chen Wei tried to make a call, and the middle-aged man smiled and said: "People who come here don't want to be disturbed by the outside world. How can there be a signal? I asked the master, at least you can heal your injury.
In two or three months, you can live here happily!"
What else could Chen Wei do? His legs were injured, he couldn't get out of bed, and the phone couldn't be reached. Even if people outside knew he was here, they probably wouldn't be able to get him out.
While the two were talking, an old man with gray hair and a childish face walked in from outside. The middle-aged man respectfully called him master.
Chen Wei hurriedly said: "Thank you, old man, for saving me."
"How are you feeling?" The old man sat down next to Chen Wei and checked Chen Wei's injuries.
"It hurt a little bit just now, but it's much better now." Chen Wei didn't expect that he would be hurt so badly. He applied herbal medicine on his legs and felt a stream of hot and cold air flowing into his legs. It felt very comfortable and made the pain go away.
Reduced a lot.
"Master, look at this!" The middle-aged man handed Chen Wei's ticket to the old man, "He said he got lost in Taibai Mountain."
The old man glanced at the ticket, said nothing, stood up, took out a small bottle from the bamboo basket at the door, poured out the contents, rinsed it with water, and handed it to Chen Wei: "This is mine.
Try the freshly picked local honey!"
Chen Wei took it and took a sip: "It's so sweet!"
The old man didn't mention anything about what happened just now. Although Chen Wei was confused, he couldn't say anything.
"Old man, when you rescued me, did you see a girl?" Chen Wei described Jiang Xiaohan's figure and appearance to the old man. "When I went to fetch water from the river, I saw you. You were unconscious at the time.
I didn’t wake up, and I didn’t see anyone else.”
Chen Wei was eager to know Jiang Xiaohan's situation, and the old man seemed to notice it, and said to the middle-aged man next to him: "I think you should go down the mountain! Tell his friends about his situation, so as not to worry them.
"
Chen Wei handed the phone to the middle-aged man: "Brother, please."
"Okay, I'll go down the mountain right now." The middle-aged man walked out and set off now. He should be able to get to the bottom of the mountain and get in the car before dark.
Chen Wei lay on the bed, quietly waiting for news from outside.
He tried hard to recall the last time he spent with Jiang Xiaohan, hoping that this girl would be fine.
The old man cooked a meal for Chen Wei. Although it was a simple meal with very few condiments, it tasted delicious.
After dinner, Chen Wei asked the old man about Zhongnan Mountain.
The old man said that Zhongnan Mountain, also known as Taiyi Mountain, is located 15 kilometers south of Chang'an District, Xi'an. It starts from Yangjiabao at the eastern end of Lantian County, which is rich in jade, and ends at Nanliangliang Ridge of Taibai Mountain, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains in the west of Zhouzhi County.
The number of hermits in Zhongnan Mountain has increased in recent years, and there are probably several thousand of them.
The old man talked a lot about Zhongnan Mountain and saw that Chen Wei seemed to have something to ask.
"Do you want to ask me why you got lost in Taibai Mountain and then appeared in Zhongnan Mountain?"
"Yes!" Chen Wei had always wanted to ask, but couldn't find it easy to ask. Now that the old man took the initiative to talk, he hurriedly said: "I have learned before that the two places are about 150 kilometers apart. Even if I am in Taipei,
I'm lost in Baishan, and after walking for several hours, I still can't reach Zhongnanshan!"
The old man did not answer Chen Wei's question directly. Instead, he asked Chen Wei: "Have you heard about a few college students hiking Taibai Mountain together?"
"I seem to have seen news like this before, saying that a college student hiked Taibai Mountain and then disappeared." If Chen Wei hadn't experienced such a thing personally, it would be impossible to believe that hiking Taibai Mountain would be so dangerous. Now that I think about it,
I was still a little scared about getting lost in Taibai Mountain before.
Chen Wei couldn't help but think of Jiang Xiaohan, and wondered if she had been rescued?
In front of Chen Wei's eyes, the scene before he fell into coma slowly emerged.