The beehive the bear cub had rolled over for her yesterday was still there. She dug out some wild honey and smeared it on the fish before continuing to grill.
Soon, the sweet aroma of grilled fish wafted through the forest.
Gu Nianzhi had just picked up a grilled fish and was about to put it into her mouth when she suddenly heard a rustling sound from the forest behind her. Then there was a slight tremor in the grass, and the next moment, a round black bear cub practically rolled to her feet.
So it was an old friend!
Gu Nianzhi's mood instantly brightened and she smiled brightly. She picked up the other grilled fish that hadn't been smeared with honey and was only half-cooked. She passed it to the bear cub, "Here, I'll treat you to some fish."
The bear cub looked up at her and stuck out its tongue to lick the half-cooked fish. Then it opened its mouth wide and swallowed half of it in one gulp.
Gu Nianzhi quickly let go to avoid being bitten by the bear cub.
"Don't be in such a hurry." Gu Nianzhi rolled her eyes, "There's still a lot left. Eat slowly."
She caught a total of five fish and smeared two with honey for herself. The other three were half-cooked for the bear cub.
Gu Nianzhi sat on the grass and slowly ate two of the honey-smeared fish. The other three half-cooked fish were all in the bear cub's stomach.
The girl and bear ate to their heart's content and laid on the grass to bask in the sun.
Gu Nianzhi was drowsy, but her mind was still thinking about what had happened that day.
How had those people found her?
She lay in the grass with a sweet and sour weed in her mouth. She carefully recalled what had happened from beginning to end.
She couldn't think of anything special.
She hadn't met anyone when the bear cub had brought her to the convent, so the bear cub couldn't have betrayed her.
She hadn't even had the chance to borrow the Reverend Mother's phone, so how did they know she was at the convent?
Then she remembered the Reverend Mother who hadn't been very nice to her. Could it be her doing something?
Like calling the police because she didn't like her?
She thought about it for a while and still felt it wasn't right.
Most people wouldn't call the police just because they didn't like someone. That didn't make sense.
There must be something she didn't know about, but she didn't want to think about it now. She had to think of a way to move forward. She couldn't stay in one place forever.
After resting on the grass for a while, Gu Nianzhi stood up and shook off the grass on her. She waved goodbye to the bear cub, "Little Black, I'm leaving. If I can make it out alive this time, I … will definitely help you guys. "
Gu Nianzhi didn't know what to wish for, and the bear cub might not even care.
Gu Gu Nianzhi didn't know what to wish for.
Gu Nianzhi made a bundle out of the long nun's habit and wrapped the brand-new underwear. She slung it on her back and strode forward.
After walking for a while, she saw that the sun was already setting in the west and the sky was about to turn dark. When she turned around, she realized that the little black bear was still looking in the direction she had left in. Its lonely shadow was stretched out by the setting sun …
Gu Nianzhi was a bit reluctant to part with the cub, but she knew that her journey would be fraught with difficulties. She didn't want the cute black bear cub to be killed by those people, so she hardened her heart and left.
…
Gu Nianzhi walked alone in the high mountains of the Alps, and her mood became gloomy.
She used to light a night light when she slept. She didn't dare sleep alone. But now?
She could sleep anywhere. Not to mention that there was no light, even if she was alone in the wilderness, she would still be able to sleep.
Gu Nianzhi laughed bitterly to herself. Massaging her legs, she looked around.
If she couldn't find a place to stay, she'd have to sleep outside again.
Gu Nianzhi sat down on the grass and took off her shoes. She noticed there were some blisters on her fair, tender soles. She used the sharp tip of the Swiss Army knife to pop the blisters, then dipped her feet in the stream. She then sat down on the grass and crossed her feet to dry them in the setting sun.
After her feet were dry, Gu Nianzhi slowly put on her shoes. She planned to find some berries to eat.
She was tired and didn't want to catch fish.
She'd had two grilled fish in the afternoon and one in the morning. She'd had too much fish today, so she didn't want to eat anymore.
The sky gradually darkened, and the sound of birds fluttering could be heard in the evening sky.
Gu Nianzhi squinted to see the traces of birds flying in the sky. She noticed they were all flying towards the small forest diagonally ahead of her.
Was that where the birds returned to the forest?
Gu Nianzhi followed it.
Walking into the forest, she saw many nests high up in the trees.
She swallowed her saliva and quietly climbed up a tree with a bird's nest. Sure enough, there were eggs in it.
Gu Nianzhi took advantage of the fact that most of the birds hadn't returned yet to dig out the nests one by one.
She didn't take all the eggs in a nest. Instead, she took one or two eggs from each nest. That way, it wouldn't be too conspicuous and the birds wouldn't notice.
Coming down from the tree, Gu Nianzhi had already dug out her pocket full of eggs.
She carried the bag of eggs back to the river and made a small fire. She buried the eggs in the embers and quickly roasted them. Gu Nianzhi sat cross-legged on the grass and ate three eggs. She planned to eat the remaining seven or eight eggs tomorrow morning.
After eating the roasted eggs, she went to find a mountain spring to drink and rinse her mouth before returning to the grass. She took the nun's habit and covered herself with it. She fell asleep on the grass.
There was a small fire next to her, so wild animals didn't dare to come near her at night.
White smoke rose from the fire and mixed with the night fog of the Alps. Even the forest rangers didn't notice it.
Gu Nianzhi had a good sleep. When she woke up the next day, she didn't feel sore at all.
It was obvious she was used to sleeping on the grass.
She sat up and spaced out for a while before smiling.
The adaptability of humans was limitless.
She got up to find spring water to rinse her mouth and ate the three eggs she had roasted yesterday. Gu Nianzhi packed the nun's habit again and carried it on her back to continue walking.
This time, she walked along the river until evening. She was a little tired and sat on a big rock by the river to rest her feet. She planned to find a forest nearby to see if there was anything edible.
Berries, eggs, or mushrooms would do.
She could tell the difference between edible mushrooms and poisonous ones.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she walked into the forest.
The trees in the forest were relatively dense. They weren't too thick or tall, so they probably hadn't been growing for too long.
Gu Nianzhi looked around and immediately saw a few bushes with berries growing not far from her. She quickly walked over.
Just as she bent down to pick the berries, a crisp sound suddenly came from the silent forest. It sounded like someone stepping on a dead branch.
Gu Nianzhi's heart sank. Why was there such a sound here?
At that moment, her body was moving faster than her mind. Before she could figure out what was going on, she had already fallen to the ground and quickly rolled to hide behind the bush.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A series of silenced bullets came from a certain angle in the forest and hit exactly where Gu Nianzhi had bent down!
If she had been a second slower when she fell to the ground, the bullets would have passed through her waist and left her paralyzed.
Gu Nianzhi was nervous. Were those people chasing her again?
But she didn't see any police or police cars this time.
She hid behind the bushes and slowly moved backwards. The forest wasn't big, but because it was dense and the grass was thick, it wasn't easy to find someone there.
Gu Nianzhi slowly moved deeper into the forest.
A few more gunshots sounded outside, but this time they weren't aimed in Gu Nianzhi's direction. Instead, they were far to the left.
Thud!
A large bird fell from a tree. There was a whistle from outside, followed by cheers.
Gu Nianzhi could tell it was German for "well done!"
Her heart skipped a beat, and she pricked up her ears to listen to what the people were saying.
The sound of conversation came nearer and nearer and nearer, until it finally left the grove.
"Hans, how was the hunting season this time?"
"Not too bad. I hunted a snow wolf, a few foxes, and was planning on hunting a bear."
"That many? I only hunted a few rabbits and a bird. "
The people outside laughed heartily.
They were all men's voices.
So they were here to hunt.
Gu Nianzhi suddenly remembered when she had dinner with He Zhichu at the hotel and heard the people talk about hunting season in the Alps.
So the hunting season had officially begun …
Gu Nianzhi quietly hid in the small forest and waited until the sounds outside had completely faded before coming out.
It was already dark. Gu Nianzhi walked out of the forest and was instantly stunned.
She saw four or five men wearing cowboy hats and large sunglasses calmly holding their guns and aiming in the direction she came out from. Or rather, at her!
Gu Nianzhi quickly fell backwards.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A few bullets barely grazed her forehead as they flew into the bushes, sending up large amounts of dust and grass.
Gu Nianzhi rolled back into the forest and hid behind a large tree trunk. She shouted at the people outside, "What are you doing?! Aren't you here to hunt?! "
"Yes, we're here to hunt." The men outside roared with laughter. "You're our prey. It's not illegal to kill you."
Gu Nianzhi was so angry she almost vomited blood. She really didn't expect such barbaric practices to exist in modern, civilized society!
Indeed, people who were killed during hunting season did not have to bear criminal responsibility.
In the end, she could only blame herself for accidentally entering the hunters' hunting grounds and losing her life for nothing.
But Gu Nianzhi was never one to sit and wait for death.
Those people had truly miscalculated if they wanted to use this method to silently eliminate her.
"It's not up to you to decide whether it's illegal or not!" Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but argue. "Kill me if you have the guts. Let's see if you'll go to jail for breaking the law!"
There was silence for a while, but soon, a series of orderly, well-trained footsteps came from outside the forest.
They walked to the front of the small forest and calmly said to Gu Nianzhi, "Come out. If you don't come out, we'll set the forest on fire."
Gu Nianzhi raised her voice. "Set it on fire! If you set it on fire, the rangers will naturally deal with you! "
As soon as she finished speaking, a bullet whizzed through the air from the silenced shotgun and hit the tree Gu Nianzhi was using as a shield!
So they had deliberately said that to provoke her so that she would argue with them, and they could also find her position!
Their marksmanship was simply unparalleled!
Gu Nianzhi immediately shut up and quickly changed her position to hide, but her eyes were still fixed on the tree from before.
Whizz whizz whizz whizz!
Another series of bullets came from outside the forest and hit the tree, almost piercing through the entire trunk!
She listened attentively to the footsteps outside and felt that they seemed to be running in a leisurely and orderly manner.
Were these f * cking hunters?!
They were clearly soldiers!
Gu Nianzhi's heart rose to her throat.
If she guessed correctly, these people were not ordinary hunters, nor were they policemen. They were soldiers, proper soldiers!
Of course, they couldn't be regular German soldiers.
That was because Germany's regular army was also under surveillance by the US-led NATO, so it was even more impossible for them to be assassins.
Therefore, they could only be mercenaries.
The enemy had actually sent out mercenaries to deal with her!
For the first time, Gu Nianzhi felt that she might really be doomed this time.
But she had always been a person who wouldn't turn back until she hit the wall.
She wouldn't admit defeat until the very last moment.
Gu Nianzhi gritted her teeth and quietly crept through the entire forest to climb the mountainside behind the forest.
Behind the forest was a low mountain range in the Alps. It was a relic from the Ice Age, and the rocks were so hard that even a knife couldn't leave a mark.
Fortunately, she was slender and small-boned, so she could pass through the narrow cracks in the mountain.
Not long after leaving the forest, the moon rose, and moonlight shone on the earth. The mountain range actually lit up.
Gu Nianzhi poked her head out from the mountainside, and the people in front of the forest saw her with binoculars.
"Over there! She ran away! "
"After her!"
Four or five men put away their shotguns and chased after her halfway up the mountain.
Gu Nianzhi looked back as she ran and saw that those people had actually caught up so quickly. She focused and realized that they probably had binoculars, so they could easily find her traces.
Gu Nianzhi calmed herself down and ran between the cliffs with her waist bent. She never stayed in one place for more than a second.
The gunshots with silencers kept ringing behind her, but she ignored them and focused on finding the way forward.
She grabbed the long tree vines and jumped over the mountain stream. When she landed on the grass on the other side, she almost sprained her ankle, but she immediately steadied herself and ran in a zigzag pattern on the mountain.
She didn't know how far she ran in one breath, but she only felt like there was a knife in her throat. Her lungs burned with pain, and she couldn't breathe.
She stopped to hold her waist to rest, but a bullet followed her like a shadow and grazed her arm.
Gu Nianzhi's arm was grazed, and blood instantly gushed out and dyed her entire sleeve red.
The pursuers were getting closer and closer. Gu Nianzhi's arm was in unbearable pain, but she still tried to run forward and didn't dare to stop any longer.
The smell of fresh blood attracted the beasts.
Not far away, Gu Nianzhi saw two green lights on the opposite mountain top. Upon closer inspection, they weren't lights, but the eyes of wolves.
There were more and more green eyes, indicating that the number of wolves was also increasing.
Gu Nianzhi groaned inwardly.
There were pursuers behind her and wild wolves in front of her. What should she do?
She looked up and saw a mountain rock suddenly blocking her way.
Gu Nianzhi had been running in a panic and didn't know which way to go. Seeing the mountain rock blocking her way, she froze. She couldn't go forward, and she couldn't go back. Was this a dilemma?
Gu Nianzhi covered the wound on her arm with one hand and stood under the big rock for a while to see that the bleeding had finally stopped.
She looked around reluctantly and saw a mountain spring flowing out from behind the rock.
Since water could flow out from behind the rock, there should be a way out.
Gu Nianzhi walked around the rock and saw a small, narrow hole hidden in the vines behind the rock.
She pushed the vines aside and found that the cave was so small that only one person could pass through, and it had to be a very thin person or a child.
Adults who were slightly stronger couldn't go in.
Gu Nianzhi hadn't eaten her fill for the past few days and had been running around, so she had lost a lot of weight.
If she had been "slightly chubby," she wouldn't have been able to go in.
Now seemed to be the right time.
Gu Nianzhi probed with her hand and was delighted. She lowered her head and burrowed into the cave.
This time, she sniffed at the entrance of the cave first and didn't smell anything out of the ordinary.
Last time, the cave where the female wolf gave birth to her cubs had almost killed her.
This time, her luck shouldn't be so bad.
After Gu Nianzhi burrowed in, she walked forward sideways. The path in the cave was very narrow. With how thin she was now, there were several times when she had to desperately suck in air and hold her chest tight to barely squeeze through.
She didn't know how long the path was, but as long as she could avoid those people and the wolves, she didn't care if she kept walking.
The cave was indeed too narrow.
The people who were chasing her came here and realized that they had lost track of her.
They looked around and finally found the cave.
However, the cave didn't allow adult men to pass through.
They tried again and again, but even if they held their breath until their chests were about to explode, and one of them squeezed so hard that he broke a rib, they still couldn't squeeze in.
"Motherf * cker! How can you run like this?! "A man cursed as he took a shotgun and fired into the cave.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A series of bullets hit the entire cave and sent stone chips flying. Smoke rose and blocked the view.
Gu Nianzhi groaned and covered her arm again. This time, her left arm was grazed by a bullet again.
The wound had just stopped bleeding, but now it was cut open again.
Gu Nianzhi didn't dare to look at her bloody arm. She closed her eyes and pressed her hand tightly against it. The pain made her whole body tremble. Her whole body curled up like a shrimp against the stone wall.
Fortunately, those people couldn't get in, so she didn't have to rush out. She was sandwiched between the stone walls. Breathing in, breathing out, breathing in, breathing out. She waited for the pain to pass before continuing forward.
She didn't know how long she walked. She only remembered that her legs and chest were numb. She finally passed through the narrow path that almost strangled her and saw a slightly wider area.
There was finally a place in the cave where she could sit down and rest for a while.
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