Don't be afraid

  After that, I couldn't sleep even if I wanted to, because at irregular intervals, there were unknown creatures wandering around outside our tree hole. Sometimes for as long as half an hour, sometimes just a few minutes, they would stop for a moment, just like Lusong said, and then slowly leave.

  Another batch of animals that were not small in size went away, and Lu Xun and I let out a long sigh at the same time. Because we were afraid that there might be gaps in the tree bark, if we turned on our flashlights, the light would shine through, so neither of us turned it on, and we just stayed in the darkness like this. In order to prevent the hole we came in from being knocked open by some wild beast, the two of us had to stick close together at the entrance of the cave.

  I heard Lu Xun say beside my ear, "There are really a lot of animals that come out at midnight in this wild forest. If we didn't have this tree hole to hide in, I'm afraid we would have become fresh food several times already." I twitched the corner of my mouth and remained silent, he also stopped talking, quietly waiting for the next moment of torture.

  After holding a posture for a long time, my lower body was numb and sore. When I felt unbearable, I slightly moved down, and my left hand, which was hanging on one side, touched Lu Xun. Feeling that his hand was as cool as mine, I glanced at him sideways, even if I couldn't see, I could feel that he was also looking at me. Just about to say something, there was another movement outside, immediately silenced and held breath.

  When I heard the loud noise outside, I involuntarily shrunk back, and it was almost certain that this time it was a big one, and it was right at the entrance of the cave behind us. At this moment, it's best to keep my mind blank, don't think about what animal is just a few inches away from us, otherwise, I would be driven crazy by my own imagination. It seemed to be wandering back and forth outside, sometimes touching the tree trunk with its body, and sometimes I could even feel that the package tightly pressed against my back was being pushed forward.

  He suddenly grasped my hand tightly, and only then did I realize that not only was my palm sweating, but his was too. Without struggling free from him, at this moment our clasped hands were encouraging each other - we were just ordinary people, facing the ferocious unknown creatures of nature, and we both had fear.

  When the outside animals finally quieted down, he secretly let out a breath and felt that his hands had relaxed slightly. His palm was lightly stroked by his fingers. It wasn't until the third stroke that he realized he was writing on my palm. My heart moved slightly, and I concentrated to see what he was writing.

  Don't be afraid!

  He wrote the two characters on my palm one after another. I couldn't help but curve up the corners of my mouth, this was the first time we had a hearty laugh since we met. Lu Xun's personality can be said to be very... lovely, I turned over in my mind for a while and found such an adjective. It sounds awkward, but it really suits him, he himself is clearly scared, yet still tries to comfort me like a man, did he notice that I was trembling just now?

  This person, if not so mouthy at times, is actually not bad. Occasionally things don't go as planned, just like when we fell into the thorny net, but at least his intention was to save me. And every time we quarrel, he seems to never really take it to heart, and after a while, he recovers. This person's self-repair ability is indeed not weak.

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh, was I praising him or mocking him?

  "Xiao Jiu, are you scared silly? That thing is gone, but you don't have to stand there giggling by yourself."

  Fine, I take back my praise for him. This person is still somewhat cute when he doesn't speak, but once he opens his mouth, it makes people hate him to the point of grinding their teeth. On the other hand, that earlier nonsense about daydreaming and being distracted actually dispersed my attention, and I didn't even notice that thing outside the tree hole leaving.