Who would have thought that after Wang An finished speaking, Sun Nian would knit her small brows and say
"Oh goodness, how could you possibly freeze into a popsicle? You're so young, why are you so afraid of the cold, you little rascal."
After a pause, Sun Nian smiled again
"Besides, we won't be freezing outside, so how could it possibly be cold?"
Wang An didn't understand what she meant at first, but once he realized, he was instantly stunned into silence. His brows twitched violently, and his eyeballs nearly flew right out of their sockets.
The main thing was that this woman, Sun Nian, clearly looked like a very virtuous and quiet beautiful woman, yet the things she said were simply unbelievable. The contrast was just too great!
Wang An swallowed hard, staring blankly at the stunning woman before him. After pondering for a long while, he said
"Then how about we find a place to try it out?"
Although there was a risk of freezing to death, truth be told, Wang An really wanted to see what it felt like to mess around in the wild.
As soon as she heard Wang An agree, Sun Nian immediately asked with a face full of excitement
"Then where are we going?"
At this moment, Sun Nian was like a child sneaking a treat; her eyes were full of nervousness and excitement, and of course, a hint of trepidation.
Mainly, thinking about what the two of them were about to do, Sun Nian felt like she was courting death.
Hearing Sun Nian's question, Wang An pointed to the west and said
"There's a big gully over there. If you walk further in, there's a cave. It seems like some big landlord had people dig it out years ago. We used to play in there when we were little; I don't know what it's like now. Let's go check out that cave."
Sun Nian nodded and took Wang An's hand, leading the way forward, appearing even more eager than he was.
Looking at Sun Nian, for some reason, Wang An suddenly thought of Pan Jinlian from ancient times.
Fortunately, Sun Nian wasn't married yet, and he wasn't Ximen Qing; otherwise, if he and Sun Nian kept this up, they'd sooner or later be killed by a "Wu Song" who hadn't appeared yet.
The two of them walked briskly and stealthily, and soon, Wang An and Sun Nian arrived at the edge of the big gully.
Gullies in the mountains are generally carved out by water flow, so they aren't very deep at the base; it's only as you move toward the center of the mountain that the gully feels deeper.
Seeing the gully, Sun Nian wanted to rush inside urgently, but Wang An grabbed her. Puzzled, Sun Nian asked
"What's wrong, Xiao An? Isn't the cave you mentioned in here?"
Wang An pointed to the footprints on the ground and said
"The prints from your leather shoes are too conspicuous. If they see them, how do we explain? Wait a second, I'll scuff these prints with some twigs."
Sun Nian looked at the footprints and said nonchalantly
"It's fine. If you scuff them, it'll actually make people suspicious. Anyway, your soles don't leave any prints; if they see mine, they'll just think I went to the toilet. Besides, we're already outside the range of the pine forest; they usually won't come this way."
It must be said that whether it's a man or a woman, their IQ becomes very high when having an affair, and they think through things very thoroughly.
Wang An thought about it and felt that Sun Nian's words made a fair amount of sense, so he led her into the gully.
Inside the gully, weeds grew thick and there were many small trees. In the summer, normally no one would enter such a place.
The reason was simple: places like this are inevitably the favorite habitats for all sorts of insects, animals, and snakes.
The reason Wang An and his friends would crawl in here as children was partly because they were young and ignorant, not knowing what fear was, and partly because they wanted to steal bird eggs.
Indeed, on the walls of every gully, there were bound to be bird nests. Whether boiled or fried, the eggs inside were a great delicacy for Wang An and his friends in their childhood.
Delicious, exceptionally delicious, absolutely delicious!
Actually, by comparison, wild duck eggs were more popular. Mainly because wild duck eggs were larger—larger than chicken eggs—and eating one felt very substantial and satisfying; most importantly, they were filling.
But wild ducks, like wild geese, mainly lived in places with lush aquatic plants or in marshes. However, no one dared to easily enter those lush areas or marshes, so finding wild duck eggs was genuinely quite difficult.
Following his memory, Wang An led Sun Nian about thirty meters into the gully. He observed his surroundings for a while before saying to Sun Nian
"Wrap your hat tight. Try to keep your head down while walking; it's full of branches in here, don't let them scratch your eyes."
As he spoke, Wang An pushed aside a pile of brush and led Sun Nian into an inconspicuous side-fork of the gully.
After walking another ten meters or so, Wang An identified the position once more. After pushing aside the vines covering the gully wall, a cave entrance that only reached Wang An's chest appeared before them.
Wang An snapped off a twig and waved it around to clear away spiderwebs as he hunched over and walked inside.
It must be said that this cave was dug with real skill, because the person who dug it had considered not only concealment but also ventilation and drainage.
The most impressive part was that although the light inside was indeed poor, it wasn't pitch black. Wang An couldn't figure out exactly how the light was getting in.
Upon entering the cave, Sun Nian said with a face full of curiosity
"There's a place like this in the mountains? How magical."
Hearing this, Wang An said nonchalantly
"What's the big deal? There are several places like this in the mountains; I've crawled into all of them. These caves were dug by the old landlords and the heroes who fought the Japanese devils back in the day. There's a cave to the south full of white bones; I remember going in once when I was little, and after I came back, I lay on the kang with a fever for days. My mother said I kept mumbling ghost stories and thought my little life was over."
Looking at the broken tables and chairs in the cave and listening to Wang An's old stories, Sun Nian said with a beaming smile
"I didn't expect you to be someone who has walked through the gates of hell. I've heard that as long as such a person doesn't die, their fate becomes exceptionally strong. Then your fate must be incredibly strong."
Wang An chuckled and said
"I don't know if my fate is strong or not, but it's definitely tough, rock-solid tough. I've fought wars for so many years and haven't been killed."
As he spoke, Wang An pulled Sun Nian into his arms and began to caress her.
As the two of them began to make out, they discovered something quite magical: perhaps because the cave was deep in the gully, the temperature inside was much higher than outside.
Sun Nian began to take off her cotton coat, saying
"What's going on? Why do I feel like it's quite warm in here?"
Wang An naturally felt the same thing Sun Nian did. He nodded
"Yeah, it really is quite warm in here. I can't even stand wearing the coat."
Thanks to "Black A-Niu Ge" for the tip, thank you, thank you!
Thanks to "Big Account Empire Emperor" for the tip, thank you, thank you!
(End of Chapter)