Chapter Thirty-Three: You Are My Eagle (Three)

  When Xiaoli heard Kasha's words, Xiao Lie was obviously startled. Although the saying "men and women do not give or receive things personally" seems a bit far-fetched in society, it is a matter of style for the troops, and it is specifically mentioned in the three major disciplines and eight points to note. However, Xiao Lie was clearly not a rigid person either. In such a cold place, if two people huddled together to warm each other up, their chances of survival would be much greater.

  Xiao Lie carefully hugged Kasha from behind, it was his first time being so close to a girl. In the cave, he seemed to hear the sound of his own heartbeat, and he felt his breathing become slightly urgent. He took a light breath and tried to calm down his breathing.

  "This is uncomfortable," Kasha said.

  "I won't hug you then, sorry." Xiao Lie said hastily.

  "I didn't mean it that way, I meant can you relax a bit?"

  "Oh."

  Xiao Lie adjusted his body, trying to make Kasha feel more comfortable. In fact, the two of them hugging each other wouldn't be so cold after all. A unique feminine scent wafted up Xiao Lie's nose, giving him an indescribable feeling.

  "Is your leg still hurting? Be careful not to catch a chill on that wound. Remember to tell me."

  When descending the mountain, Kasha's right leg was injured. Although it didn't break her leg bone from such a high place, her right leg was scraped. She wasn't aware of it in the snow pile. When he pulled her out of the snow pile, he saw that there was actually bright red blood in the snow. It was only then that he discovered Kasha's right leg was injured. He took off his scarf and tied it around the wound. The most urgent thing next was to find a place to spend the night; otherwise, in such weather, Kasha would surely die from her injury. Fortunately, they finally found a cave. In the cave, he bandaged her up. Seeing that the five-centimeter-long wound had stopped bleeding, but if left unattended, the wound would be very difficult to heal later on.

  At that time, Xiao Lie felt the practicality of the needle and thread package issued by the troops for the first time. Before, he saw a curved needle in the needle and thread package, but he didn't know what it was used for. Later, the squad leader told him that it was used to suture wounds. At that time, he thought it was funny because during training, if they were injured, there would be military doctors, so why would they need to suture themselves? Many soldiers have had this experience: some small things that are not usually used, the squad leader will insist on putting them in their backpacks. In peacetime, it may seem unnecessary, but once a war breaks out, they will realize how wise the squad leader was. Now Xiao Lie has such a strong feeling, if he didn't think Kasha's wound needed suturing, he would have probably forgotten that he had this tool.

  Although he had never stitched wounds before, he had stitched clothes. The wound and the torn place on the clothes were about the same, not only to be stitched but also not to be stitched badly. Just like that, he had never thought that one day he would do battlefield first aid. In the cave, Xiao Lie completed the suturing of Kasha's wound. Although Kasha felt very painful during the process, she didn't make a sound.

  "I remember when I was seven years old, a pack of wolves came to the grassland. That night, I was alone at home, and all the adults had gone out to hunt the wolves. It was very quiet around me, and I felt extremely scared. Suddenly, I heard a wolf howl, and I burst into tears, but I didn't dare cry out loud, so I just held it in. Finally, I fell asleep."

  "Did you fall asleep?" Xiao Lie thought she would tell a thrilling story, he even imagined the scene of wolves lurking outside the tent, and the little girl was so scared that she didn't dare to cry, holding a knife left behind by adults in her hand but still feeling unsafe. He also thought that the little girl's mood at that time must have been very tense, a wolf pressing forward into the tent, just as the adults returned, the little girl was rescued. Unexpectedly, if this matter made her feel deeply, then wouldn't Xiao Lie, who deals with all kinds of shells every day, be even more thrilling in her eyes? Of course, Xiao Lie couldn't tell Kasha about what he did every day.

  "After listening to Kasha Li tell her past stories, she said: 'You also talk about your stuff.'"

  Many people have had such an experience, that is, many things we cannot tell our parents, nor can we tell the people closest to us, but we can tell strangers. From a psychological perspective, it's because we think strangers won't enter our social circle, so what we say won't be known by the people in our social circle. For Xiao Lie, Wei Qidong was the first person he told the truth to during his military career, and then Kasha Li was the second, because he thought that they would never intersect in life, and he also needed someone to confide in, even though when he talked to Wei Qidong, he still had some reservations.

  Xiao Lie started talking about things from his childhood, he even forgot his father's name, which seemed unbelievable to others, but it really happened to him. For Xiao Father, it was something he didn't want to think about or remember, as if it were just a bad dream that had passed. When he woke up, there was the reality of life with Xiao Lanfang and Xiao Yang, three people living together. When he talked about his mother and Xiao Yang, his voice was exceptionally gentle, those were the happiest and most precious moments in his life.

  The most important thing for a person is to know what he is doing and what he should be doing, that's enough.

  Xiao Lie didn't know how long he had been talking, but at this point, he discovered that Kasha was crying, which left him at a loss.

  "What's wrong? Are you scared? Or are you cold?"

  "No, I thought I was unlucky, but it turns out I'm much happier than you. I miss mom."

  Xiao Lie didn't know how to comfort someone because he himself had never been comforted by anyone since childhood, no matter what happened, all the pain was healed on his own, and later when he grew up, he joined the army. In the army, the first thing he learned besides obedience is that being a soldier is a duty, which means that no matter what happens, there are no excuses, no reasons.

  Life's experiences had not taught him how to comfort others, but subconsciously he grasped Kasha's hand and said, "Don't worry, after tonight, we can go home."

  "The wind outside is so strong, the snow is so heavy, will it bury us here?" Kasha asked like a little girl.

  "It won't happen." Xiao Lie comforted him, though he himself was also quite worried about such a thing.

  Two people chatted with each other, one word at a time, and in such a special environment, two complete strangers became a pair of very talkative friends within five minutes.

  The next day, when Xiao Lie woke up, he found himself in a very ambiguous position with Kasha. Her forehead was just below his chin, and his hands were on her soft chest, grasping them perfectly. Xiao Lie even had the urge to squeeze them gently, but he stopped himself from thinking that way. If someone saw him in this position, he would probably be criticized for having a problematic work ethic again.

  Perhaps Kassari was a good sleeper, she hadn't woken up for half a day. Xiao Lie saw that the cave was buried under a thick layer of snow, and now the wind had stopped, and it seemed like the snow wasn't falling anymore. Although they still hadn't been rescued, he thought to himself that he wouldn't die after all, and his mood was extremely excited. Xiao Ran patted Kassari gently.

  "Huh?"

  Kasari made a humming sound, then slowly opened her eyes. When she saw herself lying in a man's arms like this, her cheeks involuntarily flushed red. The girl's shy expression left Xiao Lie momentarily stunned.

  After washing his face with snow, he felt much more spirited. Only last night's posture of sitting and lying down was indeed very tiring. After exercising a bit, he took out half a biscuit from his bag and handed it to Kasha:

  "Come and have breakfast."

  Then he took out a little water that was left in the kettle from yesterday, drank two mouthfuls and handed it to Katerina.

  "Drink while it's hot."

  Although it is said so, the water in the kettle is just about body temperature.

  "And you?" she asked.

  "I'm fine, I never eat breakfast anyway," Xiao Lie said.

  "No way, we'll each have half." Kasha took a bite of the remaining cookie and handed it to Xiao Lie, her eyes firm.

  Xiao Lie smiled and then took over the cookie.

  This was the first time the two people had faced each other, sizing each other up. Compared to yesterday's haste, Xiao Lie saw that Kasha, with her hat off, was even more beautiful than he had imagined, with clear and delicate features, a tall and slender figure, if she were to become a model, Xiao Lie believed she would definitely become famous. As Xiao Lie sized up Kasha, Kasha was also sizing up the man who had held her for an entire night yesterday, his height was neither high nor short, his build sturdy and proportionate, handsome and gentle, with a determined glint in his eyes, wasn't this exactly the image of her ideal man? Thinking this, Kasha's face involuntarily flushed red.

  Zhang Zhiqiang found Xiao Lie and Kasha Li at noon, yesterday when the two were washed down the mountain, his mood also sank to a low ebb, if it wasn't for more people and bad weather, he would have taken them down without hesitation. After going down the mountain that night, he didn't sleep well either, and Wei Qidong was in the same mood as him. Today, before dawn, when the wind and snow stopped, he immediately organized personnel to cook and then search into the mountains, and after hearing about it, the herdsmen also followed into the mountains together, Kasha Li's mother even cried like a tearful person.

  Fortunately, not far from the scene of the accident, they found Xiao Lie and Kasha Li together. Since last night and this morning, the two had hardly eaten anything, and there was no clean water either. The ice blocks that quenched their thirst also harmed their bodies. Now, with Kasha Li's injured leg, Xiao Lie supported her, and the two looked like a couple in distress. It seemed they were heading in the wrong direction.

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