Chapter 2: The Alluring Moonlight (Revised Draft)

  My queen's imperial decree, I took out a small nylon rope from my backpack and carefully tied it around her waist first, then tied it to mine. The two of us were tied together, one in front of the other, and climbed up the mountain. Looking at this little red nylon rope, I couldn't help but laugh: A red thread, tied to me on this end, tied to you on that end! You can't run away from me, nor can I escape from you! Whether it's a past life's fate or this life's deep love, we'll both be making mandarin duck dreams and heading to the Cloudy Rain Pavilion together! Ha! My wife is finally within reach. Once we get back to the office, we'll be entering the wedding hall...

  My dream wasn't even halfway done, and I felt a sudden tightness in my waist. A strong pulling force almost pulled me down to the bottom of the mountain. I knew something was wrong, my beautiful sister was in trouble! I quickly grabbed onto a rock and didn't dare move, slowly finding my footing on the stone, adjusting my body to regain balance. I knew that at this moment, I was holding onto two people's lives! After what felt like an eternity, everything stabilized, and I finally turned around to look back. The pretty girl was still suspended in mid-air, her hands tightly grasping the rope, her feet kicking wildly in the air, her small face pale with fear!

  "Hold on, don't panic! Let go of the rope and grab onto that rock over there. Yes, that's it! Wedge your foot against that stone. What's wrong? Did you sprain your ankle? Don't worry, hold onto the rope and I'll pull you up!" As he spoke, he took off his backpack and tied it around his waist, then with both hands behind him, he pulled the girl to his side. In a soft voice, he said: "Don't be afraid, put your arm around my neck, I'll carry you up!"

  The girl looked embarrassed: "I accidentally kicked that stone away, can you carry me?"

  "No problem, we all carried 130 kilograms when training to climb mountains, you're not that heavy!" I thought to myself: "Look who's talking, carrying a beauty to climb mountains makes my body light and energetic, but carrying a dinosaur forward makes my legs tremble and fall! Now we're carrying a stunning beauty, would I get tired? Only an idiot would get tired!"

  The girl stretched out her hand and wrapped it around my neck, and then her body leaned in close.

  She took a deep breath, I almost had my nose sprayed with blood.

  What, no backbone? You say that the chest is suddenly attached to your back and becomes affectionate and gentle, you're not dizzy, it's strange! Moreover, her two jade arms are tightly wrapped around my neck, her small face is attached to my face, and the fragrant hot air is drilling straight into my nose. Can't you react? If you don't react, you must be sick!

  I used up all my strength and was exhausted with sweat all over my body before I finally climbed to the top of Touching-the-Sky Ridge.

  I was stunned and couldn't even catch my breath: this ridge is too vast, with endless forests of trees and vines stretching out as far as the eye can see, no edges or boundaries in sight. It's harder to find someone here than it is to find a needle in the ocean!

  But no matter how difficult it is, we have to find a way. We can't just give up and say that, or the beautiful woman will look down on us!

  I flipped the beauty over, one hand holding my backpack and the other behind her back, supporting her little butt.

  My goodness, it's so tender, almost made my nose bleed!

  I carried my sister on my back, searching all over the mountain until it got dark. The moon was smiling at me with its mouth open, mosquitoes were swarming around my face, and my two legs were aching as if they were going to break off. It wasn't until my sister ordered me to stop that I finally came to a halt.

  "Xiang Yu (ah, I forgot to tell you all, my name is Long Xiang Yu), let's find a place to rest for the night first, and we can look for him again when it gets light. It'll be easier to find people then!" The young lady said softly.

  Sleep outdoors? Hey, that's called camping in the wilderness, wolves howling and bears roaring, aren't you afraid? If you're scared, then you'll have to snuggle into my arms, at that time...

  I found a flat place, put down my backpack first, let the pretty sister sit on the backpack, then picked up the Swiss Army knife, cut a big bunch of grass, spread it out, took out a sheepskin from my backpack, spread it on the grass, and then took out a new sheet, spread it on the sheepskin, rolled up my unworn clothes into a pillow, put it in place, and then took out a new wool blanket, placed it on the ground mat, only then did I carry Little Policewoman to the ground mat.

  "My goodness, there are so many mosquitoes in the mountains! They're all yellow and buzzing around. No matter how hard you swat at them, they just won't go away." The little girl frowned and said, "How can there be so many of these things? Can we even rest here?"

  I smiled, this is not a mosquito, it's my matchmaker, and in the future, I'll have to rely on them to coax you into my arms! With a magical gesture, I took out a piece of white gauze, put it on Little Policewoman's head, shook it, and wrapped her in the gauze. Then, with a flick of my wrist, a mosquito net appeared before her face.

  Among the giggles of the little girl, I pulled up the rope and fixed the mosquito net on four small trees.

  Everything was arranged, and I also crawled into the mosquito net, sat beside Huang Fei, grabbed her foot and put it on my thigh. She struggled lightly, her face slightly red, but ultimately let me hold onto it. I took off her shoes and socks, saw that the ankle bone was already swollen, and skillfully massaged her injured foot with my hands. Her legs were slender and long, her small feet white and delicate, very pretty, and had a faint fragrance! I lowered my head to smell it, very much like the body scent described in books, smelled great. I massaged her for half a day, unintentionally using my little finger to lightly stroke her foot sole, her toes curled up, I raised my head to look, saw that she closed her eyes, but her face was even redder, and my heart skipped a beat, she must have been peeking just now! Thinking of this, I lowered my head again, gently massaging the injured area. Seeing that the swelling had dissipated, I pinched her ankle with one hand, grasped her foot palm with the other, and suddenly twisted it with force, hearing a "click" sound, the dislocated ankle bone was reset.

  The girl cried out in pain, her two arms tightly wrapped around my neck, her face pressed against mine, silently crying, tears streaming down my face, and her legs stiffened. After a long time, she gradually calmed down, her legs slowly relaxed, and she leaned her body against me, closing her eyes, humming softly. I gently asked: "Feifei, is it much better now?"

  She nodded and asked softly: "How did you learn bone-setting?"

  "Our police academy included all these subjects as compulsory courses, just like you all have to study ship design! The teacher said it's to enhance our self-rescue abilities! In our usual training, we're not allowed to bring so many daily necessities, and are required to make do with what's available on the spot, creating our own survival conditions!" I'm not stupid enough to forget to show off in front of a beauty!

  "So why did you bring so much this time?" The girl tilted her head and looked at me mischievously, under the moonlight, I only saw her pair of sparkling eyes.

  I laughed: "That's probably the beauty effect! You haven't received survival training after all, and you're so tender, if you really get sick or have an accident, those bodyguards of yours in the bureau will eat me alive!"

  The girl heard me say this and burst out laughing: "So you're also a soldier of the brigade?"

  Her smile lit up the whole place, and for a moment I thought it was dawn already! No wonder they say that one smile can conquer the city - beautiful women's smiles really do have such great charm!

  I shook my head: "In our department, I'm an exception, I don't belong to that battalion!"

  The girl was taken aback and looked at me with a deep sense of surprise: "Why?"

  I smiled: "You came to our place the day before yesterday and we kissed, of course I couldn't be considered an outsider!"

  The girl smiled shyly and muttered to herself, "You're quite good at arranging things for yourself!" After saying that, she seemed to think of something and let out a deep sigh: "If one person relies on others for protection, it's okay for a day or two, but who can protect you for a lifetime? One still has to rely on self-strengthening!"

  "I immediately said: 'As long as you believe in me, I am willing to take on this responsibility and stand the test of time!'"

  The girl listened to my straightforward confession, smiled brightly, waved her hand and said: "You go find someone else, don't take too long, come back early and rest! This mosquito net is quite big, when you get back we can squeeze in together and sleep!"

  Listening to the girl's words, I was stunned. Was she accepting my confession or changing the subject? Sleeping together, aren't you afraid I'll take advantage of you? I thought about it, but I still consciously retreated from the mosquito net.

  I tucked the gun into my waist and held a stick in my hand, walking forward under the faint moonlight. Unintentionally, I turned back to take a glance, seeing Huang Fei taking off his outer garment inside the tent.

  The moonlight is enchanting, the moonlight is bewildering. The enchanting one is the beautiful maiden under the moon, and the bewildering one is the goddess-like demeanor of the maiden undressing: slender waist, delicate jade arms, plump buttocks, slender legs... Ah, a beauty like this, how can I bear it?

  My heart skipped a beat: "She's letting me sleep with her again, and taking off her outer clothes, is she going to give herself to me?"

  My heart is burning and I almost can't control it, I really want to rush back, hug her tightly and go crazy!

  But I still walked on, stumbling forward, I didn't have the courage to pick this delicate little flower!

  I walked blindly in the woods, my heart was struggling: go back? Go? Go? Go back?

  No, I can't just pick this flower like that. What if she gets angry? I'll lose her forever!

  The mosquitoes are so thick, they've bitten me all over, my whole body is swollen and itchy everywhere, I really should get under that mosquito net and enjoy the warmth and fragrance!

  Damn it, how did I end up back here? I had already vaguely seen that white mosquito net ahead of me!