Chapter 21
Dark clouds rumbled in the sky with thunder and lightning roared.
Ona rainy night several people walked along the rugged mountain road and came to a cave house finally,
“A few days ago, our village had been informed of the relocation because of the torrential rain. There is no one living down the mountain. The river has already surged up. The mountain road you are going back to is very dangerous with the torrential flood at any time. You can stay here for the night.”
With the help of this warmhearted
villager, Leo, they followed him here and arrived at the simple but spacious
Cave house.
“Is it safe here?” Charles looked at the howling storm outside and felt a little
uneasy.
“This mountain is built of the hard granite, so the cave here is very strong.”
After hearing what he said, they were
slightly relieved. It was a bad day. and
they encountered a terrible condition,
They would be drowned by a torrential
flood and mudflow if they were not
alert.
“Light more fire, take off your clothes and dry them” Leo went into the kitchen and brought out a large pile of firewood
Without any hesitation, Charles and the others quickly piled up the firewood and took off their sticky clothes. When Christina saw these men taking off their clothes together, she immediately turned around awkwardly.
“Don’t take off your pants, understand?” Patrick, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
When Charles heard him, he remembered that Christina was here: It was really awkward.
He took off his coat and shirt his chest naked, but he was still in his trousers, He moved close to the fire and sat
Cross-legged, letting the heat of the fire dry his pants. His whole body was sticky and uncomfortable.
“No signal. We can’t get through with
anyone else.”
While they were lighting the fire, they discussed. “Cory and others should find a place to shelter from the rain.”
Christina was a little surprised when she heard the name Cory.
Patrick’s eyes had been fixed on her, so
the surprise on her was clearly seen, which made him have a special feeling
He pursed his lips tightly, and his expression was complicated.
“You can call me Anna. I have some
clean clothes. Come in to change with
me.” In a short while, a plainly dressed woman came out of the inner room and smiled kindly at Christina.
Christina nodded at her. “Thank you.”
Christina was 1.68 meters tall. Anna’s dark blue cotton-padded jacket and
her long-sleeved trousers were much shorter in her, but now she didn’t care
about it, so she thanked Anna and walked out.
Anna came out with her and saw the
bruises on her fair wrists and ankles. She was shocked, “How did you get all these bruises? Oh, they had inflammation.”
As soon as Anna said so, Patrick stepped forward subconsciously.
Christina looked up at him, as if she was afraid of him, and instinctively took a step back
When Patrick saw her like this, his expression became complicated and he turned his gaze as if he had not been looking at her before
“We have some iodophor disinfectant at home. Let me help you to apply…. Anna ran back to her room to get the disinfectant and apply it to Christina.
became blue. The disinfectant made her a little
slightly and tried not to
too much expression.
round clock hung in the cave. It was only
endure this rainy
furniture in the cave, only a few wooden chairs and a round dining table in the
treated a pot
potato porridge to them.
hungry, thank
knew that the family had not prepared dinner for them before. Now that they were sheltering from the rain in their house, they thought they couldn’t
about it, he looked at Christina. “Christina, you should eat some.
soon as Charles said this, everyone else looked at her. Anna was
bowl, and Christina
with a worried expression. Now that so many people
didn’t like sweet
“Pregnant?”
at Christina with a bright look. “God. How can you
Anna ran
“I have two more eggs. I made them
how enthusiastic Anna was. She didn’t
eaten a single bite.
food. She had this bad habit in the Dickens Family when she was a child, so it was hard for
wanted to
I can have porridge or steamed buns. You
a few people to ask Leo for a flashlight and some tools, and then opened the door and
morning will be fine. There’s no need to go out
came out again, they found a few
said he would go out to get something to
Why don’t you
helpless. “I can’t stop
was a little afraid of the
Hopkins.
as she looked at the door, her expression becoming
stop him from
something with an ambiguous meaning and
worried. Looking at Christina’s complicated face, she asked curiously, “Girl, you should all be from the city. I heard
find me?”
in a low voice, “No.” How could
was no electricity in
shabby room was equipped with an oil and gas lamp.
with an ambiguous meaning
be from the city. I heard they came to look for you. Why did you come to this remote
find me?”
retorted in a low voice, “No.” How
was no electricity in
the shabby room
lamp. Under the dim yellow light,
with an
face, she asked curiously, “Girl, you should all be from the city.
to find
froze and retorted in
“No.” How could
looking for her?
was no electricity in the
of the shabby room was equipped with an oil and gas lamp Under
porridge in silence and looked at the door with worried eyes from
suddenly run out
with the mountain roads. I’d better go out and take a look” Leo couldn’t stop worrying
looked anxious, grabbed him and
lightning are
a flashlight,
accidentally,
supposed to do…”
at the
more in her
trouble, they actually made them worried. He thought
very familiar with this area. Nothing dangerous will happen.” Leo patted his wife on the shoulder and pushed the door to get
opened,
a large net in their hands, there were more than
you actually went to the river to fish?” Seeing that they had returned safely. Anna
we’ll do it ourselves”
at Anna and said in a
voice.