This night is destined to be calm.

Under the dark night sky, he hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body and into his flesh and blood. In this way, they would never be separated from each other again.

thump!

thump!

It's the sound of his heartbeat!

Not...dead?

Are you really not dead?

Still alive?

Not a dream?

"Promise me, never leave me again." The man's voice came from above the girl's head, sounding particularly pitiful.

"Why?" Even though I heard the extremely clear and powerful heartbeat, the girl was still confused at this time.

"You promise me first."

"...Hmm." Because my brain was completely blank now, the girl agreed in a confused manner.

"You must never regret what you said." The man said, and slowly let go of the girl reluctantly. "Find a safe place and stay obediently. After the rescue is over, I will go find you."

But when the girl heard what the man said, the next second she grabbed the corner of the man's clothes with her hands. It was tightly, as if... she was unwilling to leave again, and she was unwilling to separate again.

"I'm afraid that all this is unreal?" The man gently stroked the girl's haggard and thin face, feeling very distressed.

For some reason, men at this time seem to be able to guess what the girl is thinking.

The girl didn't speak, she just looked at the man so close to her in a daze.

At this time, the man gently held the girl's face, and then the cold lips slowly printed the girl's crying red eyes.

squeak--squeak--

The walkie-talkie on his body sounded again.

"Three trapped people are now, need assistance! Need assistance!"

"Received." Holding the walkie-talkie in his hand, the man looked at the girl with gentle eyes. "I'll leave first, you must protect yourself."

But the girl's hands were still tightly holding the corner of the man's clothes. Although the hands were shaking all the time, they just didn't mean to let go.

The girl's crying little face was full of stubbornness at this time.

Looking at such a girl, after a moment of silence, the man put his safety helmet on the girl's head, and then his big hands gently held the girl's shaking hands.

"Come with me."

Because of the man's words, a slight smile finally appeared on the girl's stubborn face, and then nodded happily at the man.

...

The rescue work lasted for a whole day and night.

People always see such a scene where a slender girl always follows the tall man. The man was wearing a combat uniform and was a rescue team specially sent by other countries. They were all soldiers and very outstanding soldiers.

In people's impression, soldiers are serious and serious. However, the tall man always looks at the girl who has been following him so gently.

And every time a man looks at the girl so gently, the girl always has a faint smile on her slightly embarrassed face.

The two of them kept following each other.

"Does that soldier uncle know his sister?" The children couldn't help asking the adults around them.

My sister is their patron saint. Although my sister often smiles at them, that smile seems to be a little different from what my sister smiles at that uncle now.

What exactly is the difference?

It seems that my sister now... is very happy? That kind of real happiness?

Maybe it's because they're still young and just kids that they can't figure it out.

"It must be known because they speak the same language." The adults replied.

Because the two people looked at each other, as if the lovers who had been separated for a long time had met again, that's the case... They can't describe it because only the person involved would understand that kind of relationship.

"Is that true?" The children looked at the people not far away seriously. "But my sister looks really happy, so that military uncle should be a very important person to my sister, right?"

"It should be."

"But I don't understand. Since it's important, why have my sister been alone? Why are they not together? Why is that uncle only showing up now?"

"This... OK, that's a matter between them, so we don't need to think too much about it."

"I really want to ask my sister, but... I feel like my sister will not pay attention to me anymore."

"Why do you think so?"

"Because now my sister only has that soldier uncle in her eyes." The little guy who said this was a little angry, and his little mouth was pouting very high.

"Hahaha!"

The adults were amused by the innocent reaction of the children.

Yes, I'm afraid that the two people can no longer tolerate other people.

However, after all the rescue work was over, no one laughed again.

Although all the people in the village have been rescued, there are still people who have not waited for that moment.

Looking at the motionless people lying on the ground, everyone's expression was so serious.

After the identity of the victim was confirmed, the crying of relatives and family members broke the deathly silence. In the air, the entire devastated village was wrapped in the suffocating cry.

What about the girl? She just watched this scene quietly, without crying heartbreakingly and heartbrokenly like others. There was only peace in the girl's beautiful eyes.

The cold little hand was still tightly held by the big hand. The man and other soldiers observed silently for the victims, and tears no longer flowed out.

"Sister, have these people all gone to that beautiful place?" The children cried and their eyes turned red, and then came to the girl's side.

"Yeah." The girl said with a smile.

"Then why are there so many people crying?" The little guy hugged the girl tightly.

"Because I can't bear to give up, because if I want to see each other again, I have to wait for a long time." A strange light flashed in the girl's eyes as she said these words.

But such a slight change cannot escape the eyes of men.

"……Um."

After a while.

"Let's go over there." The man said to the girl.

The girl turned her face and looked at him beside her, then nodded.

A place that has long been ruined.

The two of them remained silent and said they wanted to have a good chat, but at this time they didn't know how to speak.

At this time, a child came over quietly and placed the first aid box in his hand in front of the man. The little guy pointed at the girl with his finger, and then ran away happily.

The man glanced at the first aid kit in front of him, and then looked at the girl beside him. He understood the child's intentions in an instant.

Silently picked up the first aid kit, the man came to the girl and half-kneeled on the ground.

The girl's face, arms, legs, and even feet are scratched to varying degrees. Where there are no scratches, they are either bruised or red and swollen.

The man carefully cleaned the girl's wounds, and the pain was so painful that he could not speak.

And the girl just stared at the man intently, looking at his every move, and looking at every look on his face.

When his hands kept touching her, she could feel the heat he was transmitted to her very clearly.

Is it real?

Because of the heat... she really felt it warm.

But what if this is just a dream?

Is it true that as long as she doesn't pay attention, does it mean that once her eyes are just moved away halfway, the person in front of her will disappear instantly? Just like that phantom?

He was right in front of him, he had said so many things to her, and he had clearly held her hand since just now, but... why can't I convince myself to believe all this?

"Do you still think all this is a dream?" The man spoke first.

"Isn't it?" she asked softly. The voice was so soft that it was blown away by the breeze in an instant.

"What do you want me to do to believe that I am right in front of you?"

"I, I don't know."

"Have you been here for the past eighteen months?"

"No, I have been to many places." The girl replied mechanically.

"Is that right?" The man's voice was very bitter, "Then... why should I escape? Can I answer me now?"

The girl looked at the man's face and looked at the man's lips that kept wriggling.
To be continued...