look back and see him

Chapter 19

Day [-].

On this day, Lu Xiaoman had been without water for two days.

The "treasure box" in the cave is indeed filled with food and water, but there is only a small amount of clean water in it, and bleach is provided in addition.The program team may have planned to let them drink the lake water they purified directly, but for Lu Xiaoman who was trapped in the cave, his only source of water was the two small buckets of clean water.

In fact, survival issues also include food.Most of the food provided by the program group is raw.Lu Xiaoman finished the only ready-to-eat ham in the first two days.Unable to make a fire in the cave, he considered eating raw chicken, but his stomach is not very good, if the digestive system is stimulated and causes diarrhea, it will accelerate the loss of body water, and Lu Xiaoman can only endure hunger.The human body can live for a long time without food, and he was used to being hungry for the past two years.

So, the biggest problem is water.

Lu Xiaoman even felt that if he could be saved, he would be willing to drink his own urine for a living—but in fact, since he had an empty bottle, he had no water excretion.

In the first few days of these six days, Lu Xiaoman explored the cave where he was trapped, whether it was the water source or the exit, he wanted to look for it whenever possible.However, for the past two days, he could only sit there motionless, this was no longer out of energy saving considerations, in fact, he just didn't have the strength left to even move.

...his emergency light still had power.For so many days in the past, Lu Xiaoman used electricity very sparingly.In the past 24 hours, he had even looked at the lights once and checked the time with his watch.

Then, he began to feel ridiculous.

How blindly optimistic must he be to think that he will be rescued?He's been enduring the darkness, as if he thinks there's still hope left in the emergency light.

Perhaps, he was about to die in the darkness that he hated most.

Lu Xiaoman, who was half lying on a rock, used his last strength to reach the emergency light beside him. He turned on the light, and then looked at the last dim light.This is probably the most hopeless light in the world. Every minute and every second it passes while it is on is the passing of hope.

Lu Xiaoman fell into a coma again.In a cold cave.More doubtful than every time before that I might never wake up again...

However, Lu Xiaoman opened his eyes again.

He vaguely saw a figure.He guessed it was a dream, so he guessed it was Yan Yan.

"Yan Yan?" His voice was so low and hoarse that it was hard to distinguish, and the pain was severe when it passed the vocal cords.He didn't know why he was still so weak in the dream.

Yan Yan walked towards him—but it wasn't Yan Yan.

The other party turned off the emergency light on his head, which allowed Lu Xiaoman to finally see the other party's face.That face belonged to Jin Cen.

If there is still strength, Lu Xiaoman will laugh.He really found it funny. "How did I dream of you?"

"This is not a dream, it is real. Xiaoman, you must persevere."

Lu Xiaoman also felt that this might be true, because he couldn't dream of Jin Cen... But then again, it is absolutely impossible for Jin Cen to appear here in reality.

"So, will I be saved?" No matter what the illusion was, Lu Xiaoman decided to pretend that he saw hope.

Jin Cen approached slowly, he sat down beside Lu Xiaoman half kneeling, stretched out his hand and firmly held Lu Xiaoman's right hand, as if hoping that Lu Xiaoman would realize that he was real. "We'll be saved," he said.

Lu Xiaoman was a little surprised, what happened to "we will be saved"?Didn't Jin Cen come to rescue them?But--

"Coach Wu is dead."

This sentence has been backlogged in his heart for six days, and he has no way to tell anyone. "Coach Wu is dead." He repeated.Obviously, he had already told himself that Coach Wu's death was not his fault, but actually he couldn't figure it out.He instinctively held Jin Cen's hand instead, and then buried his face in the other's arms.

He didn't have the strength to cry anymore, but he thought he was crying.

Not only because of Coach Wu, but also the regret of dying soon.Or something else, for finally meeting people in the darkness of so many days—whether that's real or not.

"Don't be like this, Xiaoman. You can persist until now, which means you have been calm. Be quiet, and you will be fine. Shh, be quiet, save some energy."

Lu Xiaoman could only be quiet.He didn't even have the strength to think.He vaguely felt that he seemed to be lying in someone's arms, that person had been moving restlessly, not knowing what he was doing, he subconsciously grabbed the corner of the other person's clothes.

"Yan Yan..." He wanted to call out the name, but maybe he couldn't make a sound.

The voice answered him. "Yes, I'm Yan Yan. We can go out together soon. Don't fall asleep, Xiao Man, stay with me."

After a while, he was lifted up, and a bottle was brought to his mouth.Lu Xiaoman almost forgot what the water smelled like, only felt that it had a strange smell of blood.Then, the sensation of liquid running down his throat woke him up a little.

Is he saved?

"Coach Wu is dead." He had to tell the rescue team.

...Wait, that's not the rescue team.

Lu Xiaoman suddenly remembered.The emergency lights were turned off at some point, and Lu Xiaoman, who had long been accustomed to the darkness, hadn't noticed anything unusual before, but now he remembered.Although incredible. "Jin Cen?" He asked tentatively.

The other party paused, and then replied: "Yes, it's me. Don't worry, the rescue team will come in soon."

Lu Xiaoman couldn't understand: "But you have been in for a while, haven't you? Where are the people behind?"

"The hole that was opened has collapsed for a short period of time due to aftershocks, but don't worry, the rescue team was worried that there was something wrong with this hole before. They also found the entrance in another place according to the drawings of the management authority. They assured several times that it must be opened there. It's a matter of hours."

"If the first hole collapsed, how did you get in?" Because his mind turned too slowly, Lu Xiaoman realized the answer after asking the question—of course the hole collapsed after Jin Cen came in.The crux of the problem is, why did Jin Cen come in?

Moreover, the rescue team was already worried that the hole was not safe, so they drilled a second hole, which meant that they had no plan to enter through this hole, so why continue to drill through this hole?

Lu Xiaoman didn't continue to ask, he didn't continue to ask himself, and he didn't ask Jin Cen either.He hasn't quite figured it out yet, but at least he feels like he shouldn't be asking.

Jin Cen, who was almost half-embracing him, sighed softly: "The hole collapsed after I came in. Unfortunately, I accidentally lost the first-aid kit when I came in. Otherwise, we don't need to be so anxious."

"What I drank just now..." Lu Xiaoman blurted out in surprise.If Jin Cen didn't bring water in.

"Although it can't be centrifuged, the blood that has been left still can somewhat help. You need to add some water."

"Are you stupid? Urine is more convenient than blood, right?" These six days made Lu Xiaoman's requirements for the quality of life drop rapidly to the point that even he could not believe it.

It took Jin Cen a while to react. "I'm afraid that if I do that, you will hate me to death if you wake up."

"Am I the kind of person who repays kindness with revenge?"

"You don't know, do you? In fact, you are really a stingy person. Even if you will treat me as a benefactor because I saved you, you will never forget the hatred of what I made you drink. You will be grateful to me , If possible, you will try to repay me, but every time you see me, you will secretly think, this bastard actually let me drink his urine."

Lu Xiaoman almost laughed out loud.He was quite angry at being slandered, but after thinking about it, Jin Cen was right.If Jin Cen really did that, he would definitely be very upset when he saw Jin Cen in the future.

...just like before...

He kept telling himself that he and Jin Cen were completely over and had nothing to do with each other, but in reality, Jin Cen was not so much an insignificant passerby in his mind as a "bastard who dumped me".

He was suddenly sentimental.

"I'd rather you be an asshole...why are you apologizing on a TV show?"

"Otherwise you won't be able to sleep, right? You can't even watch a movie and you can't stand bad guys getting away with it, let alone the reality. If people who do wrong things don't bear the corresponding consequences, you will always be restless."

Lu Xiaoman thought for a while, then asked in a low voice: "Do you know that my anorexia is cured?"

"I know, Yang En told me." Jin Cen said and quickly added, "He only told me that your condition has improved. I didn't inquire about other things. He is also a professional doctor and will not tell me anything about you. privacy."

"You've already said you're sorry, now it's my turn to forgive you."

"You'd better not say that first." Jin Cen said seriously.

Lu Xiaoman didn't understand: "Why?"

"When encountering this kind of plot in the movie, doesn't it mean that we can't get out according to the routine?"

Lu Xiaoman smiled with the little effort he had saved: "Okay, I will forgive you after I go out."

Speaking of leaving, Lu Xiaoman fell silent.Because he was facing Jin Cen, he kept holding back from asking, but he really wanted to know where Yan Yan was now.

As if he could sense Lu Xiaoman's thoughts, Jin Cen suddenly said: "Before the rescue team had time to start work, Yan Yan wanted to move the rock into the hole by himself, and he accidentally broke his leg again - don't worry, it's not much worse than last time, It’s just that he’s emotionally unstable, so I sent him to the hospital to keep him under guard.”

"If Yan Yan does that, will everyone in the program know about it?" Lu Xiaoman himself doesn't care about retiring behind the scenes or even leaving the entertainment industry, but Yan Yan has just developed, and he doesn't want the relationship between the two to affect Yan Yan.

"Don't worry," Jin Cen replied, "Although they are from other TV stations, I can guarantee that the program crew will not talk nonsense."

"Boss Jin is really majestic." Lu Xiaoman teased lightly.

Jin Cen's sigh was almost inaudible, including his murmur to himself. "I'm not majestic at all."