Qin Xue walked all the way towards the bonfire without stopping or looking back.
However, Ren Ren, who had been glanced at by her earlier, felt extremely uncomfortable, as if there were a bunch of knives hanging above his head. Even if he said a slightly wrong word, those knives could stab his body at any time.
Ren Yu looked at Mo Shangyun and Ding Jing hesitantly, and found that the two men still had calm expressions on their faces, showing no signs of anything strange.
"Ahem," Ren Yu coughed lightly and said to them awkwardly, "It's not an important matter, let's talk about it later."
Even Ren Yu himself couldn't figure out why he gave up telling Mo Shangjun and Ding Jing what he saw last night because of Qin Xue's look.
Perhaps, he was indeed afraid of Qin Xue.
Furthermore, if this is not a good thing, if Qin Xue is really a dangerous person, if they still need to stay together for a few more days... maybe concealing all this is the smartest choice.
Just pretend he doesn't know.
This will not involve Mo Shangyun and Ding Jing.
He thought that when they saw this situation, Mo Shangyun and Ding Jing would ask a few more questions, and he was still worried about what reasons he should give to deal with it. But unexpectedly, Mo Shangyun and Ding Jing didn't say a word.
He didn't ask any questions and just went about his business.
Ren Yu would definitely not be so stupid as to think that the two of them didn't realize anything. On the contrary, he had a feeling that... they had figured it out half the time.
So, having just made up his mind, he was wavering for a while, wondering whether he should find an opportunity to "explain honestly" to Mo Shangjun and Ding Jing.
He seems to be carrying a secret alone, which seems to be much more dangerous than three people carrying a secret.
As Ren Yu thought about this, his mood wavered.
However, before he could make up his mind, the ropes and rainproof cloth were already packed up, and Mo Shangjun and Ding Jing went to the river to wash up together.
Ren Yu couldn't follow anymore, so he pretended to be relaxed and returned to the campfire.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but as soon as Ren Yu sat down, his eyes would glance at Qin Xue from time to time. Occasionally, his eyes would meet Qin Xue's, and his heart could not help but feel cold, from the inside to the outside.
It was even colder after being soaked in the rain last night.
So Ren Yu suppressed his gaze and simply stopped looking, completely eliminating the possibility of meeting Qin Xue's eyes.
However, I have to say something sincerely: Women are really terrifying.
*
riverside.
"Say it."
Mo Shangyun came to the riverside with only a toothbrush, went to the riverside for a meal, then picked up some water with his fingers and put it into his mouth.
Ding Jing sat down next to him and asked curiously: "What did you say?"
Putting the toothbrush into his mouth, Mo Shangyun glanced at her sideways, "There's no point in pretending not to understand."
After saying that, Mo Shangyun started brushing his teeth.
GS9 must be stingy. The toothpaste allotted to them was only a little bit, so they had to use it sparingly. After Mo Shangyun brushed it a few times, he felt that the presence of toothpaste was extremely low, and he immediately frowned in displeasure.
"What did you guess?"
Ding Jing asked with great interest while imitating her example in brushing his teeth. He held the toothbrush in his mouth.
After a pause, Mo Shangyun felt relieved and simply asked: "Didn't you say that Qin Xue has a tendency to stare at you?"
"I did say so."
Ding Jing paused for a few seconds before finally remembering this.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Mo Shangyun asked: "What does she want from you?"
"Who knows." Ding Jing rolled his eyes, "There are quite a lot of things about me that are worthy of being plotted."
Mo Shangjun sneered, "Is there someone else drawing pictures of your handwriting?"
After a pause in brushing his teeth, Ding Jing raised his finger and pointed at her, accusing her: "Mo Shangyun, your behavior is called a life attack."
"Well, I apologize." Mo Shangjun accepted the words casually.
"Insincere!"
Ding Jing criticized seriously.
"If she followed you from the beginning, was it premeditated to share the same dormitory with you a few times?" Mo Shangyun said slowly, "The past few times of causing trouble are another matter, but later... my impression
Qin Xue in the movie is a bit self-sufficient and not very good at resorting to unscrupulous tactics. But one time last month, she took advantage of someone's danger and took away the red flag. If there wasn't a reason why she had to get the red flag, she should
I will use my own ability to get other flags, and I will never do such a thing."
Ding Jing asked: "That time we were in the same dormitory?"
"Um."
"Then you know her pretty well."
"I know a little better than you." But now, I know less and less.
"The flag fight at the end of that month was not an accident?"
Mo Shangyun moved his toothbrush, feeling that it affected his speech, so he simply took it out, and then said: "I have inquired, Qin Xue and Qin Lian were working together. When Qin Lian and the others arrived, there were two red flags left, but
Only Qin Lian took it by herself. And they happened to be a little behind us. In other words, Qin Xue didn't take the red flag because she knew that we had come first and didn't take the red flag. In the end, she judged which one we should take based on the number of orange flags.
She got the orange flag, so she herself..."
Speaking of this, Mo Shangyun paused and continued: "The reason she didn't take the red flag to Qin Lian was that she didn't sleep well in the red dormitory."
She asked these things from Yan Gui and Duan Zimu.
Because that time when he saw Qin Xue staring at Ding Jing strangely, Mo Shangyun had doubts, and Ding Jing's response also had the meaning of "knowing Qin Xue's purpose". Mo Shangyun felt strange and asked Yan Gui
Get closer to Qin Lian.
In fact, Yan Gui had been very close to Qin Lian before, and Qin Lian had never alienated Yan Gui because of the relationship between Yan Gui and Mo Shangyun, so it was very convenient for Yan Gui to inquire about something from Qin Lian.
Originally, it would be enough to just ask Yan Gui, but because Duan Zimu and Yan Tianxing were doing something secretly, Mo Shangjun tried a little more and asked Duan Zimu again about what he had asked about Yan Gui.
Duan Zimu and Yan Gui are talking about the same thing.
The two people described the matter in the same way, which is not doubtful. It can only be said that neither of them deceived.
However, what is questionable is that Duan Zimu knows exactly what she wants to know, so does that mean... that he specifically asked Qin Lian because he had the same doubts as himself?
Then this proves...
But this was another matter, and Mo Shangyun did not tell Ding Jing.
"So you think that the reason Qin Xue gave Qin Lian is untenable and that her purpose is to spy on me?" Ding Jing followed Mo Shangyun's meaning and summarized it, but he was not surprised at all. On the contrary, he understood
Heart.
Mo Shangjun raised his eyebrows, "You don't know?"
Ding Jing smiled but said nothing.
"Are you planning to keep it a secret?" Mo Shangyun couldn't help but ask.
Ding Jing continued brushing his teeth and said, "Actually, I really don't know what she is planning."
"Really?" Mo Shangjun asked with narrowed eyes.
"If Ren Yu can tell what he saw last night, there might be some clues." Ding Jing said.
She could vaguely guess what Qin Xue had to do with spying on her and following her.
However, she didn't know what Qin Xue wanted.
But that matter should not be told to Mo Shangyun easily.
And now is not the time to talk about this matter.
"Oh," Mo Shangjun responded, and then said, "Then find a chance to ask."
Ding Jing glanced at her sideways, surprised how she could let this go so easily.
After Mo Shangyun finished speaking, he began to concentrate on brushing his teeth.
It is completely impossible to say that I am not curious.
However, Mo Shangjun is not ignorant of the importance of things, and he knows that now is not the time to get to the bottom of things.
Anyway, I have been curious for so many days, so it doesn't matter if it takes a while longer. In other words, as long as Qin Xue does no harm to Ding Jing, it doesn't actually matter whether she knows what's going on behind the scenes.
Furthermore, she could also guess that the secrets carried by Ding Jing were not simple.
Qin Xue "approached" Ding Jing at the beginning of the assessment, so it couldn't have been because of something that happened during the assessment that made Qin Xue temporarily decide to "approach" Ding Jing.
After much deliberation, I can only mention it "before coming for the assessment".
Since it is before the assessment, the scope is very wide.
But Qin Xue and Ding Jing had never met before coming to GS9...
So, is there a middleman?
Or, some people?
The scope of imagination is very wide, but it may not necessarily bring any good things.
Starting from this aspect can only give up.
*
The two of them finished washing and then returned to the campfire together.
After three hours of baking last night, a lot of the wet wood was able to burn, so it was quite warm near the campfire.
None of them wore coats and sat directly near the bonfire to warm themselves up.
"This is your soup."
Chai Xinyan handed over two cups.
Xiao Qiang helped them take it, and then handed the cup to the two of them.
Soon, Chai Xinyan distributed "breakfast" to other students.
The cooking is very simple. Just like last night, some wild vegetables are mixed together and cooked. In addition, Chai Xinyan specially left some meat yesterday and put it in. The ingredients in each cup are evenly distributed and the taste is great.
It’s hard to describe in words, but at least it’s edible.
Mo Shangjun blew the steaming soup from the cup, holding a branch broken off on the road in his hand, and then put the wild vegetables into his mouth.
After chewing twice, Mo Shangyun simply gave up on this step of eating and swallowed it directly into his mouth.
It was better than eating wild vegetables raw. She sighed, and then put the cooked ingredients into her mouth one after another.
Because I worked so hard to eat, I was the first to finish it.
"I'll go take a look around."
Throwing the branch into the bonfire, Mo Shangjun said something to Ding Jing beside him.
Immediately, Qin Xue, who was sitting opposite, glanced at her.
But when Mo Shangyun raised her eyes to look, she withdrew her gaze in time and continued to eat her breakfast.
"Um."
Ding Jingchen responded without raising his head.
Mo Shangjun, who had been holding the water glass, tapped it impatiently with his fingers. The sound alerted Ding Jing, who was trying to persuade him to drink the soup.
"Eat it now—"
Thinking that Mo Shangjun wanted him to accompany him, Ding Jing muttered.
Mo Shangjun glanced at this teammate with whom he had no tacit understanding in silence, and then handed the cup to her, "Wash it, do you understand?"
"..."
Ding Jing's mouth twitched and he took the cup in displeasure.
Mo Shangjun stood up, picked up the coat that he had hung on a branch to dry, put it on in a graceful manner, straightened it out a little, then picked up the backpack at his feet and put it on his back, walking slowly toward yesterday's setting.
Walked past the place where the trap was set.
Noticing her direction, Ding Jing quickly understood her intention.
I thought it would be better to return empty-handed, otherwise she would definitely go to heaven crying.
But when she thought about it, if Mo Shangjun got prey, she might not have to go hungry today, so she crossed out her previous thought of "returning empty-handed" and silently recited "returning fully loaded" three times in her mind.
Only when Mo Shangyun gets more food can their life be less difficult.
However, others are not as open-minded as she is.
Chai Xinyan and Xiao Qiang were both clear-minded. Although they were confused, they didn't think much about it. However, Ren Yu and Qin Xue glanced at the direction Mo Shangyun left from time to time.
Ren Yu had doubts one after another in his mind - the direction Mo Shangjun went to happened to be the direction Qin Xue went last night. Did Mo Shangyun notice something? Or maybe Mo Shangyun and Qin Xue were actually in the same group.
?
Qin Xue also had obvious suspicion in her eyes.
It's just that her expression is not obvious. Occasionally, when her eyes glance over, it's like an accidental glance.
The expressions of the two men caught Ding Jing's eyes without any surprise.
Ding Jing continued to eat breakfast leisurely.
*
When Mo Shangjun left, the sky was just getting dark, but when she came back, her vision had gradually returned to normal.
Chai Xinyan and others had almost tidied up the camp. The campfires were extinguished one by one, and the stones were thrown into the river. The rest of the traces were covered with soil. Those that could not be placed in the pit were thrown into the jungle or hidden with branches.
Try to avoid making the signs of their camping too obvious.
The rainproof cloth covering the head was also removed.
Every item was packed away one by one.
Seeing Mo Shangyun finally walking out of the woods, Ren Yu couldn't help but sigh, "Boss, you finally--"
Before he finished speaking, Ren Yu was so surprised that he swallowed the rest of the words.
At the same time, other people around him all looked at Mo Shangyun who came back because of Ren Yu's words.
So, all of them, without any surprise, bumped into the...prey in Mo Shangyun's hand.
Two voles, a hare, and a snake.
Although they were all "smashed to death", to those pairs of eyes, they were all delicious, and there was no hint of disgust due to their tragic situation.
Ding Jing looked at it in surprise.
Damn it, she really can afford the words "return with a full load".
Could this luck be too good?
Mo Shangjun came slowly, and then shouted, "Ren Yu."
"Come on!"
Ren Yu immediately ran over in a dog-legged manner.
"Take it."
Mo Shangjun threw all the prey in his hands to Ren Yu.
Ren Yu happily took it and nodded hurriedly: "Yes!"
Mo Shangjun had to deal with these prey, so he was delayed in the forest for a while, but now when he handed it to Ren Yu, it was very convenient for Ren Yu to lift it.
She tied up all the prey with some vines that could be seen everywhere in the forest. Two voles were tied together, and the hare helped alone. Because the snake was difficult to tie, it passed directly through the middle.
You can tie it all to your backpack and let it sway without having to worry about the prey getting lost in action.
"Master Mo, you didn't go to rob somewhere, did you?"
Xiao Qiang slid down a small slope, looked left and right at the ingredients hanging on Ren Yu's backpack, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Um?"
Mo Shangjun looked at him with a smile.
Xiao Qiang immediately took a step back in fright, "Hey, I was just joking, joking..."
Chai Xinyan also came over and asked Mo Shangyun doubtfully: "Did you set a trap last night?"
"Um."
Mo Shangyun clapped his hands and responded lightly.
She wanted to go to the river to wash her hands first.
However, Chai Xinyan stood there quietly, looking at her walking back, but frowned unconsciously.
She asked Mo Shangyun and Ding Jing to build a shelter, obviously with a "revenge" mentality... Later, when she saw Ding Jing and Mo Shangyun carrying a snake back, she thought it was just an accident, but now
I saw Mo Shangjun take out so many prey...
When you were building the shelter last night, did you make some small traps?
Chai Xinyan was in a strange mood.
If it were her, she would never be able to think so perfectly like Mo Shangyun.
She would even feel aggrieved by the task that the team leader deliberately assigned to her shelter, not to mention thinking about other things...
Chai Xinyan hesitated.
She was thinking about whether she should tell Mo Shangyun what she saw last night.
Although, she thought... it might not be a big deal.
*
After some repairs, we set out again.
Before setting off, in order to avoid getting lost and making mistakes in her own judgment, Chai Xinyan asked the students to look at the map and roughly note the route before officially starting the new day's journey.
This time, Chai Xinyan's mentality may have changed a bit. Instead of blindly moving forward and consuming too much energy at the beginning, she controlled her speed, remembered the knowledge in the book, and reminded others
A student.
There are actually essentials to traveling in mountains.
For example, when walking, increase the stride length appropriately. Increase the stride length, take three steps and then walk two steps at a time. After walking for dozens of kilometers, you can take many fewer steps, which can save a lot of energy.
Another example is that when traveling, you should avoid low-lying areas, such as valleys and rivers, to prevent flash floods and landslides.
In addition, she also began to "put down her dignity" and no longer continued to show off, but "stopped" at the appropriate time.
When traveling in the mountains, it is foolish to overestimate one's physical strength, otherwise it will only cause her to be exhausted yesterday. She should rest properly when she is tired, and if she rests when she is almost exhausted from walking, it will not be easy to recover her physical strength.
, will also lead to lack of energy when walking. Therefore, based on scientific methods, she asked the team to stride for a while, then relax and walk slowly for a while, or judge whether they should rest based on the physical strength of the entire team.
Not to mention, the effect of her method was quite good. At least during today's action, it did not cause Mo Shangjun, Ding Jing and others to walk in front, while those in the middle and behind were far apart.
By one o'clock in the afternoon, they had walked two-thirds of today's journey.
Chai Xinyan was very satisfied with the result, so she announced to rest for an hour.
She still had some wild vegetables collected yesterday, but it was too troublesome to make a fire on the spot, so she suggested that they "eat them raw".
Mo Shangjun and Ding Jing, who were once again given a hand of wild vegetables, could not help but look at each other.
"I don't want to eat it." Ding Jing frowned like a child.
"I want to eat meat."
Mo Shangjun also echoed childishly.
Chai Xinyan, who was passing by, heard this, then glanced this way, hesitated, and said: "Be patient, and you can eat it tonight."
Ding Jing and Mo Shangjun: "..." They all know.
However, Chai Xinyan, who did not have the experience of their hatred of wild vegetables, might not understand.
After a minute of stalemate, Ding Jing finally compromised and said, "Let's take a bite."
"I can bear it."
Mo Shangjun said stubbornly.
"Isn't it?" Ding Jing tilted his head at her, "You've gone too far."
Looking at her coldly, Mo Shangjun put the wild vegetables in his hand directly into her hand and said, "I won't eat it."
Damn, that's not cool at all.
And...as soon as the afternoon came, she felt someone was following her.
Although there is no complete certainty, according to the time analysis, the "enemy" should arrive soon.
Now maybe someone is watching them "eating grass" with binoculars.
Even if she had this kind of experience once, she really didn't want to do it a second time.
——She is a face-saving person.
Ding Jing hesitated for a moment, thinking that she couldn't let Mo Shangjun watch her eating grass, otherwise her black spots would be even bigger, so she became stubborn.
"Team leader, we don't want to eat."
Ding Jing said to Chai Xinyan, who was not far away, and then stretched out his hand towards her, intending to return the wild vegetables to her.
Without thinking, Chai Xinyan got up first and walked over.
Walking up to them, Chai Xinyan glanced at them and then squatted down in front of them.
However, the direction in which she crouched happened to block Ren Yu and Qin Xue's sight.
"Why?"
Chai Xinyan asked without picking up the wild vegetables.
Ding Jing replied calmly: "I don't want to eat it."
However, Chao Mo Shangyun looked at each other, and then raised his eyebrows with Chai Xinyan.
"When I left the shelter last night, I saw that Ren Yu and Qin Xue were not there."
Chai Xinyan said something quickly, then took the wild vegetables from Ding Jing's hand, then quickly stood up and walked to the place where she was sitting before. (To be continued)