Li Rui stopped him curiously. "You don't have to bring a torch, do you? We have our cell phones with us. Can't we just turn on the flashlight? " Hu Liquan said, "Director Li, you don't know. It's so dark in the cave. You can't even use a flashlight, let alone a cell phone. Wait for me. I'll be right back. "With that, he ran down the mountain.
After he left, Ling Shuyao couldn't take it anymore. She sat down on a flat rock and pulled up her pants and long johns, ignoring Li Rui's presence.
Li Rui casually glanced over and saw that her skin was already broken about an inch below her knees. Blood had gathered on the surface of the capillaries under the epidermis, making it look red. Although it wasn't bleeding, it was very scary. Seeing this scene, he felt compassion. He took out his wallet and took out a spare band-aid from his pocket. He walked over and handed it to her without saying anything.
Ling Shuyao looked at the band-aid in front of her eyes and raised her head to look at him. Li Rui looked at her without saying a word.
Ling Shuyao silently took the band-aid from him. She opened it and stuck it on her wound. Then, she pulled down her pants and took off her shoes, revealing her slender feet in nude stockings.
She put her feet on the rock and flipped her shoes over with her hands. The shoe was facing down. She shook it on the ground and a small stone fell out.
Li Rui wasn't interested in this at all. He just couldn't stop looking at her beautiful stockings. He thought to himself that if he and she were in love, he would be hugging her and sitting on the mountainside, looking at the beautiful scenery of the mountain from afar while stroking and playing with her feet. How wonderful would that be?
After Ling Shuyao put her shoes back on, she asked, "Why do you wear a band-aid on your body?" Li Rui said, "It's for emergencies, like now." Ling Shuyao pursed her lips and said, "You prepared this for Song Shuji, right?" Li Rui shook his head and said, "No, I prepared this for myself." Ling Shuyao said, "This isn't a good habit." Li Ruiqi said, "Why is it not good?" Ling Shuyao said, "You're preparing for injury, which means you're subconsciously hoping that you'll get injured." Li Rui chuckled and said, "If it's really that effective, I'd have bought a lottery ticket a long time ago."
The two of them chatted casually for a while. Ling Shuyao wasn't a talkative person, so she didn't have much to say. Thus, the two of them closed their mouths and looked around.
After four or five minutes, Hu Liquan came back with two simple, black torches that were about a meter long. The torches were made of tree branches and the handles were made of old tire rubber. He handed one to Li Rui and said, "Let's go, the cave entrance is not far ahead."
Ling Shuyao said lazily, "I'm not feeling well, you guys go ahead. I won't go, I'll sit here and wait for you guys." Li Rui said, "Let's go together. It'll be a fresh experience." Ling Shuyao said, "What's there to see in the cave?" Li Rui saw that the soft approach didn't work, so he decided to use the hard approach and said, "There are a lot of snakes and scorpions on the mountain. You have to be careful if you're alone here." Ling Shuyao was so scared that her expression changed. She immediately jumped up from the rock and said, "I'll go with you guys." Li Rui smiled proudly. Ling Shuyao saw his smile and knew that she had fallen into his trap. Although she didn't say anything, she glared at him fiercely.
The three of them walked for a few dozen meters, then took a detour to the north and came to a stone pit.
The stone pit wasn't big, only about two meters by two meters. It was bowl-shaped, and the deepest part was less than a meter deep. If an adult crawled in and laid down on the ground, it wouldn't be obvious from the outside. The inside was full of weeds, and since it was late autumn, the weeds had already withered and turned yellow. On the side of the stone pit near the top of the mountain, there was a hole in the shape of a human mouth. It was short at the top and long at the left and right. It looked like it was big enough for a person to crawl in. It was pitch black inside, like the mouth of a monster. Anyone who dared to crawl in would be swallowed whole.
Ling Shuyao said in surprise, "Don't tell me that this is the entrance to the cave?" Hu Liquan nodded and said, "Yes, it's here. There's another hole on the cliff of Xishan. It's the exit. It's very big, but we can't go through it. It's on the cliff." Ling Shuyao asked, "Since it's an air-raid shelter, why would there be such a small entrance? If there were really enemy aircraft, I'm afraid we'd be blown up before we could even crawl in. "Hu Liquan said," Maybe there's another entrance, but we don't know. I'll go in first, you two follow me. " After saying that, he jumped into the hole, turned around and laid down on the ground. He used his feet to face the hole and slowly crawled in.
Ling Shuyao and Li Rui were surprised and looked at each other. Ling Shuyao shook her head and said, "I'm not going in. It's not boring enough. If I crawl in once, I'll have to wash my clothes later. "Li Rui said," That's because you like to be clean. Look at me, I don't even wash my clothes once a week. "Ling Shuyao rolled her eyes and said," You're Song Shuji's secretary? Doesn't he think you're unkempt? "Li Rui laughed and said," How clean do you want to be? Let's go in. Since we're here, it's good to broaden our horizons. "Ling Shuyao scoffed and said," You're going to wash my clothes? " Li Rui said, "Sure, I'll wash them. You're a superior after all. Shouldn't I serve you?" Ling Shuyao said, "You said it yourself. You'll wash my clothes when we get home tonight."
Hu Liquan quickly disappeared into the hole and called for the two of them to go in.
Li Rui asked, "Do you want to go first, or should I?" Ling Shuyao was a little scared, so she said, "You … you go first, I'll keep watch for you." Li Rui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he said, "We're not breaking out of prison, why would I need to keep watch for you? After he finished speaking, he went into the hole and imitated Hu Liquan. He turned around and crawled on the ground. His two feet went into the hole and then he slowly crawled backwards.
There were seven or eight stone steps inside the hole. Li Rui's two feet crawled downwards. He didn't know what the inside of the hole looked like. Fortunately, Hu Liquan was watching over them so he didn't have to worry about anything. He crawled backwards and told Ling Shuyao about the situation inside before he let her crawl in too. After he finished speaking, he disappeared into the hole.
Ling Shuyao hesitated for a moment. She turned around and looked around. There was no one around. She felt a little guilty. She glanced and saw a yellow stick-like object crawling in the grass not far away. She thought it was a snake and was frightened. She hurriedly ran into the hole and crawled on the ground. She shouted, "Wait for me, wait for me …"
At this time, Hu Liquan and Li Rui were already squatting at the hole, waiting for her to come in. Hu Liquan was holding a torch in his hand. Li Rui was waiting at the side of the stairs. When he saw Ling Shuyao crawling in, he went up and held her legs and pulled her in.
Ling Shuyao shouted in panic, "Who is it? Don't pull me, I'll crawl by myself. "Li Rui had to put down her legs.
After all, she was a woman and her movements were clumsy. Ling Shuyao crawled for a while before she completely entered the hole. Li Rui went up and held her arm to help her up. Ling Shuyao stood on the flat ground inside the hole. She looked around and sighed, "It's so big and so dark!"
Li Rui lit the torch in his hand. Hu Liquan said, "Let's go inside. It's interesting to crawl into a hole. We used to play here when we were young." He walked in front and led the way.
Li Rui kept a distance of about two meters from him so that their torches could illuminate a wider area.
Walking in the hole, the biggest feeling was the fear of the darkness. The hole was so dark that even the two torches couldn't make much of a difference. It was like two fireflies flying in the hole. With the light from the torches, they could only see a radius of one or two meters. The more they couldn't see the things in the darkness, the more they felt afraid and nervous. The air in the hole also had a musty smell, as if it hadn't been ventilated for hundreds of years. The only good thing was that the ground was relatively flat and the hole was very spacious. There was no need to worry about falling or bumping into walls.
With the help of the dim light, Li Rui observed that the hole was dome-shaped. The highest point was about three meters above the ground. The walls on the left and right were as vertical as knives. The distance in the middle was about two meters. From time to time, they could see holes on the left and right. It was dark inside and they didn't know what they were for.
Hu Liquan explained, "These holes are for sleeping, storing food, going to the toilet, and drinking water." He then stopped and led the two of them into one of the holes.
The hole was about ten square meters in size. It was wide and even. There were some broken stones scattered on the ground. Other than that, there was nothing else.
Ling Shuyao was already feeling afraid. She muttered, "If we hide here, we might as well be blown up by a bomb."
Hu Liquan led the two of them deeper into the hole. The hole was dark and long. They didn't know where it led to and they couldn't see the end of it.
Later, Ling Shuyao was so scared that she said, "Why are you walking so fast? Wait for me." Li Rui stopped and waited for her. He only continued walking when she was beside him.
Even so, Ling Shuyao still felt uneasy. She didn't know when she had reached out and gently grabbed Li Rui's jacket. Only then did she feel that she had a backbone. When Li Rui sensed it, he asked, "Are you scared?" Ling Shuyao scoffed, "You're the one who's scared." Li Rui smiled. He remembered the dream last night and his heart warmed. He said in a low voice, "Don't grab my jacket. I'll pull you along." He reached out to grab her hand. Ling Shuyao raised her hand and slapped his hand away. She said coldly, "Go! There's no need for that! "When had Li Rui ever been rejected by a woman? What's more, it was just a small action like grabbing her hand. He was very depressed. He ignored her and strode to catch up with Hu Liquan.
The three of them stayed in the hole for more than half an hour. Later, Li Rui didn't find anything interesting and suggested that they go back. Ling Shuyao naturally agreed. Hu Liquan led the two of them back the way they came and went out one after the other.
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