Grandpa said he wasn't tempted

Chapter 146 Sister-in-law
This night, there was no food and no fire, so the two drank some rainwater from the reservoir and barely leaned against the rock wall to squint.

Cold and hungry, it was actually hard to fall asleep.

What's more, Min Xianning also contributed her coat, which made it even colder. Her body was huddled on the sand, tossing and turning.

Meng Tingtao leaned on the other side, listened to the commotion over there, endured it for a long time, finally stood up and walked to Min Xianning's side.

A reflection darker than night enveloped her.

Min Xianning finally stopped turning, turned his back to Meng Tingtao, and closed his eyes tightly, inexplicably worried.

Some things, like the dark clouds tonight, seem to be floating overhead, far away, but the people below know that there will always be raindrops.

If you can't dodge in time, you may be drenched in water.

Min Xianning was worried. Here, with no one around, facing Meng Tingtao, a strong man like Meng Tingtao, if he wanted to do something, Min Xianning had no ability to resist at all.

So, besides waiting, she could only wait.

Just preparing to wait for embarrassment, or embarrassment——

A large coat was covered, carrying the body temperature and smell of a man.

Min Xianning wanted to shrink back even more, but he heard Meng Tingtao's voice: "Don't be afraid, Ningning."

In silence, he knelt down and helped her tuck her clothes into the corners to resist the cold wind that came in.

After a long time, he patted Min Xianning on the back, as if comforting the child: "After today, you will still be my sister-in-law."

……

A night of heavy rain seemed to wash the sky clean.

When I got up early, the sky was blue and cloudless, and the storm was over yesterday.

After Min Xianning and Meng Tingtao drank the clear water in the reservoir, they continued on their way.

The weather was still very hot, so Min Xianning tied his wet clothes around his waist to dry them out. Meng Tingtao also took off his already dry coat and put it on his head to protect him from the sun.

The two of them trekked for a long time, and they met another lucky thing——Meng Tingtao caught a snake.

This process was very accidental. He kicked a big rock, but he didn't know that there was a snake enjoying the cool under it. Maybe the snake also suffered from heat stroke. If he reacted slowly, he asked Meng Tingtao to copy the rock and slap it to death.

He was holding the gray-green part, which was half a meter long, and showed it to Min Xianning.

"We have meat tonight!"

Min Xianning swallowed his saliva.

It's not greedy, but the thought of chewing that one in her mouth makes her feel sick.

Min Xianning frowned: "I still prefer to eat mammals."

Under the sun, Meng Tingtao smiled brightly and exaggeratedly: "I am the only mammal in front of you. You don't mean to eat me, do you?!"

Min Xianning was amused.

Meng Tingtao put the dead snake in the pocket of his jacket, and zipped it up like a treasure.

"Okay, in this kind of ghost place, some food is good, don't be picky about food, sister-in-law."

……

sister in law.

These two words are just a title, a title that Meng Tingtao has called countless times, but in Min Xianning's ears, he thinks it is quite deliberate.

He seemed to be deliberately keeping his promise last night and still treated her like his sister-in-law.

As for Min Xianning, it seemed that he was deliberately forgetting the fact that Meng Tingtao had embraced him fiercely.

The two of them knew each other, pretended to be ignorant, and continued on their way.

At night, find a sheltered sand dune to settle down.

There were still some plants and stagnant water there. The two made a fire, roasted the snake meat, ate and drank a little, and recovered a lot of physical strength.

Facing the sky full of stars, Min Xianning lay on the ground with his pillow on a stone, and once again Zhuge Liang's upper body.

"Look at the location, we should be able to arrive at the location tomorrow."

Meng Tingtao and Min Xianning were lying side by side. Hearing her words, he turned his body sideways and carefully outlined the outline of the person in front of him with his eyes.

Her eyebrows and the stars complement each other.

He looked a little obsessed.

If tomorrow is the end of this journey, this may be his last chance - with the sky as his blanket and the ground as his mat, he lay beside Min Xianning, watching her sleeping face from such a close distance.

This may be the closest and last time he is away from her.

Min Xianning: "You said... will someone pick us up at the agreed place tomorrow?"

Meng Tingtao, who had longing gazes, paused suddenly, and then met Min Xianning's eyes, only to understand what she meant.

"Are you afraid that brother Jin's helicopter will not land safely?"

Min Xianning nodded.

If He Jin and Fang Shuo didn't land safely, it means that no one in this world knows that they are still in the desert.

At that time, let alone being saved, the two of them will probably dry up and die in the desert in the end.

In a sense, they and He Jin Fang Shuo are grasshoppers strung together on a string. If there is any accident with He Jin and the others, they will be buried with He Jin.

But it's useless to worry about this kind of thing in advance.

Meng Tingtao closed his eyes: "Go to sleep, I will know tomorrow."

I don't know why, he suddenly faced death, and he wasn't so afraid anymore, no matter what he did, he could have this person by his side...

No, it's pretty good too.

……

I don't know if it's because they are about to reach the finish line, but the speed at which the two of them are advancing has created the best result ever.

For the [-]-kilometer journey, they only walked for half a day and arrived early at noon.

It's just that within a kilometer range, there is nothing.

The yellow sand is endless, and the sky continues for days, but the agreed rescue has not appeared.

Min Xianning and Meng Tingtao simply looked at each other and saw despair in each other's eyes.

What about the people who pick them up?

What went wrong? !

Meng Tingtao comforted her: "Don't worry, maybe the rescue hasn't arrived yet, or we've lost our way."

"It's impossible for rescue to arrive." She looked into the distance, "We've walked for six days. If someone rescued us, how could we not arrive after six days?"

Min Xianning shook his hands and checked the position of the sun with his watch repeatedly.

Latitude 39.40 North, Longitude 98.39 East.

This is definitely a very accurate address on the map, but in actual operation, deviations may indeed occur.

After all, only relying on the sun and a sports watch, this simple method, Min Xianning is just trying to use it, she doesn't know if it is really accurate.

Meng Tingtao was afraid that she would be in a hurry: "There is no shelter here, so we can't stand and wait. Why don't we look around to see if there are trees and water sources? Let's hide for a while and come here in the evening to wait."

Min Xianning looked around for a week, the sun was so poisonous, there was really no other way.

There was a sand dune in front, and the terrain should be relatively low. If there was a water source, that was the only possibility. The two of them had already walked thirty kilometers.

The quicksand was soft, and there was a hole every step. The two of them tried their best to climb to the top of the sand dune. Standing on a high place, looking down, they were immediately refreshed!
(End of this chapter)