Chapter Nineteen

  "Ouyang..." I don't know how long I was unconscious for, but when I woke up, all that came out of my mouth were these two words...

  Look outside the tree hole, the rain has stopped. I don't know how long I've been unconscious, a day? A while? Or several days? I really don't know.

  "...". He came out of the tree hole, stood up his body, and suddenly felt a dizziness, in front of him was another blackout, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold onto the big tree, and didn't fall down.

  When I was holding onto the tree trunk, I suddenly discovered that what my hand touched wasn't the rough tree bark, but something smooth and slippery with a very cold feeling. In an instant, I withdrew my hand and turned my head around, only to see a snake that had died on the tree trunk at some unknown time. As I walked closer to observe carefully, this snake seemed to have died in great agony, its fangs already sunk into the tree bark. Although it had been raining for a long time, you could still see that there was a small amount of light yellow liquid oozing out from where the snake's fangs were.

  "Is it snake venom?" The question was asked in a low voice. Immediately, he realized that when he entered the tree hole, he didn't notice the outside scene at all. He even stretched out his hand to take a sip of water, although he spat it out, but still, there should be a small amount of water that he swallowed. Although the amount swallowed was very small and not enough to be fatal, it could also bring hallucinations to himself, and the current dizziness should be the product of the guy crawling on the tree.

  "It's not like that." Had already guessed roughly about himself, but still didn't believe his own conclusion, and would rather believe that Ouyang had really come and really seen him.

  "It's really not like that.......". The muttering sound continued to emanate from the corner of his mouth, rationalizing, yet starting to look for possible explanations that could be accepted by reason. He hadn't had a good rest in several days, and on top of that, he was accompanied by intense exercise, and even food, which he hadn't eaten in a long time. Although there were patches on his hands, this thing could only keep him from feeling hungry, but couldn't provide everything his body needed, it could be said to be the product of suppressed potential. So, adding the snake venom, and strong thoughts, he had an illusion, fantasizing that Ouyang had really come.

  "Please, don't think about it anymore. Ouyang really did come, it wasn't like that." I didn't know what to do, could only kneel down on the ground, hugging my own head, helplessly begging my rationality not to analyze anymore, not to refute my feelings, Ouyang, really did come.

  She reached out to touch her own face, and she could still feel the kiss that Ouyang had given her before he left. This feeling was a real existence, and she could still sense the residual tactile sensation, the lingering taste of Ouyang, and his love for her...

  I don't know how long I knelt there, but I knew that I had gradually started to understand. "Ouyang, I don't know if it was because of the snake venom or something else, but I saw you." As I looked up at the sky, I said, my hand touching the place where Ouyang had once kissed me. I continued speaking, not finishing what I had to say: "But I believe that you really came, no matter what damn reason it was, and no matter how unrealistic it may seem. You came to see this guy who never lets you rest easy. I will complete what I need to do, and then... remember to smile when you come to meet me..."

  Bang! Before I could finish my own words, the sound of gunfire from a distance interrupted me. Instinctively, I crouched down to the ground, only to realize that not a single bullet was flying in my direction. "Did those people encounter our troops?" As soon as I asked this question, I had already gotten up from the ground and walked to the front of that big tree.

  "No matter what, I want to thank you, thank you." He said his thanks to the snake's corpse on the tree, then drew out the shotgun that was stuck in his back and put the damaged sniper rifle on his back. Finally, he looked back at the tree hole where he had hidden and the snake. "Thanks..." He said his thanks again in his heart. He turned around and carefully moved towards the place where the gunshot sounded...

  The enemy seemed to be resisting something, constantly shooting in all directions, and occasionally one or two people fell to the ground. They were already very exhausted. In the past few days, they had consumed almost all their energy, and now they were suddenly attacked, which made them even more chaotic and didn't even notice that I was sneaking up behind them.

  He leaned his body lightly against the back of the tree, carefully exposing his head to look in the direction they were shooting. However, because the grass there was very tall, he couldn't see anything. "Forget it, it must be our people, let's take out a few of them first." Having made up his mind, he slowly loaded his shotgun, and since his movements were very slow and covered by the sound of gunfire, the clicking sound of loading wasn't heard by them.

  "Spare my life." Sticking out his head, only noticing himself in front, he suddenly felt something hard on the back of his head. Next to his ear came a familiar voice. Excited, he wanted to turn around and hug the person immediately, but his rash action led to even greater consequences.

  The muzzle of the gun behind him pressed hard against his back, "Don't play any tricks, and don't think about calling for backup. I know you all understand Chinese, slowly put down your guns and turn your bodies around." The guy with the gun to his head continued, saying these words.

  "Does this idiot not know how to distinguish between friend and foe?" Although he was very puzzled, his body still had to follow the words of the person behind him. He gently threw the shotgun on the ground, slowly turned his body around, and saw a young face, although it was covered with camouflage paint, but he could still see the surprise in his eyes, which then turned into disdain.

  "Damn it, the one I hate most is Japanese." As he spoke, the people around him had already rushed to the back of the enemy, and then a burst of gunfire sounded, along with shouts of "Surrender or be killed!"

  No time to care about what's happening behind, the guy in front has already taken aim. "Halt, I'm Chinese..." "Damn, still a traitor, you're done." The guy hadn't even let him finish his sentence when he was hit with the butt of the gun on his shoulder, knocking himself down, and at the same time the gun was pressed against his head again. Then from above came these words: "Well, this is great, completely misunderstood, didn't think... didn't think I'd die at the hands of my own people." At the same time as he heard the sound of the safety being released, a similar voice echoed in his heart.

  "You damn idiot, can't even tell your own people from the enemy!!! The muzzle of the gun on the back of my head clearly flinched, then pressed down even harder, it hurts so much."

  "Ouch! My waist was kicked by him, the pain went straight to my bones. Then, his voice came from above again 'Don't try to fool me, you want to run? Now I'll kill you.' If you kill me, Mountain Bear will twist your head off and put it on my grave as a decoration." I thought to myself, but my mouth didn't stop moving.

  "Are you blind? Look at the military insignia on my uniform." This idiot, I must scold him.

  "Go take a look, be careful he's playing tricks, if there's a problem, I'll take him down immediately." The voice above sounded again, seemingly instructing someone beside him. Then, in his line of sight, a pair of military boots appeared, and suddenly enlarged right before his eyes. Bang! All he heard was this one sound, followed by stars flying all over his vision.

  Although there were stars in his eyes and blood flowing down from his forehead, he could still hear the sound of clothes rubbing against each other beside him. Then, a pair of hands pulled open his collar. "He doesn't have an ID card." Another voice sounded in his ear.

  "Take a look at his arm to see if there is an embroidered military emblem." The guy with the gun was still talking, and then a pair of hands twisted my left arm behind my back. "Ow!" My arm was twisted at an unnatural angle, and I could only let out a muffled groan in my heart.

  "Eight... one... he's our man... Zhao Zhi, you've gone too far this time." The guy checking his body finally spoke up, "Zhao Zhi, I'll remember that name."

  "What if he's defected?" Zhao Zhi still hadn't given up his persistence, still wanting to prove that he wasn't wrong.

  "I see you're good at shooting, just enough to cover up your mistakes." The stars in his eyes slowly dimmed as he spoke, his tone a mix of anger and teasing.

  Another guy gently lifted himself up, then walked to the side of the guy who was pointing a gun at me and whispered something in his ear. "You idiot, do you remember that our superior had another task for us besides cleaning up the remaining enemies here?" Although the voice was very small, I heard it clearly.

  "Which mission are you talking about? The one where we sent our brother, Hayabusa, the combat hero and ace sniper, to scout out this place? You don't mean that long-haired guy up ahead, do you?!?!?!?" The guy had tried to keep his voice down as much as possible, but his tone still rose involuntarily with surprise.

  "Didn't you see what was on his back?" Lowering her head to brush off the dirt on herself, she then listened to their conversation.

  "Anti-materiel rifle? Is there a problem with this?"

  "What about your leg?"

  "Two handguns...... Ah~ He's really a peregrine falcon!!!!!" The guy who realized his mistake shouted out loud. Hearing himself talk, he couldn't help but smile wryly, it turned out that his own habit had become his trademark already.........