Return of the Swallow

"But in this desert, you can't see the edge at a glance. When will it end?" Halbala was helpless.

Chagan Bala squinted his eyes and looked at the dust swirling in the sky in the strong wind, feeling a bit desperate in his heart.

No matter who is trekking in such an environment, not knowing where his future is or when he will be able to get out of this desolation, he will feel despair.

They even thought more than once, could they really not get out of this desert? Will all their clan members be buried here?

Lu Heng walked to the carriage and straightened the scarf covering Qin Yining's mouth and nose to block the dust. He looked at her long eyelashes that trembled like butterfly wings with her breathing when she was sleeping, and looked at her thin and pale face. He couldn't help but feel sad. Come.

How should he save her?

Even if he doesn't get her love, he never wants to see her die in front of him!

Lu Heng's eyes were so worried and sad that the other people around him felt sympathetic.

After getting along day and night, everyone has become like a family, partners who have experienced life and death together. Qin Yining could have escaped, but she stayed here to share the adversity with them because of her loyalty to her friends. If she really lost her life before their eyes, everyone would feel sorry.

Especially those tribesmen who often come into contact with Qin Yining and Lu Heng, such as Uncle Arhan and Brother Chaganbala, they are the best able to discover Lu Heng's feelings towards Qin Yining.

Now Qin Yining fell ill in such a harsh environment. But they were helpless, and even they looked anxious, not to mention Lu Heng, who had always been interested in Qin Yining.

Everyone looked at each other with pity in their hearts.

The group of people continued to move forward despite the wind and sand. Fortunately, they did not encounter a sandstorm like yesterday until the sun went down.

Qin Yining fell into a drowsy sleep. When he woke up, he found himself in a tent. There was a bright bonfire in the tent, the ground was soft sand, and outside the triangular tent, a strong wind blew. The sky was filled with dust and sand, and the tent was rustling with the wind.

Qin Yining was shivering from the cold, and even her teeth were chattering. However, she didn't have the strength to get up, or even raise her hands to wrap the blanket tightly around herself.

Lu Heng came in carrying a pottery bowl from outside the account.

Then he saw Qin Yining's eyes half open, his face pale, and his whole body trembling. When even though she was feeling distressed, she walked up to her, knelt down beside her, and said, "You're awake, how do you feel?"

Qin Yining reluctantly raised the corners of her lips and smiled, her pale and chapped lips moving, but her sore and dry throat could not make a sound.

Qin Yining tried to speak several times to no avail, and her long eyelashes drooped in despair.

Lu Heng said softly: "I'm offended."

He half-hugged the trembling Qin Yining, letting her rest on his arm, and fed rice soup to her mouth with his other hand.

"You drink more, eat more, and have nutrients, your body will get better. This is hot, the temperature is just right, and you can warm yourself up after drinking it."

Qin Yining was a little uncomfortable. But now her whole body was as soft as a noodle, and her eyesight went black when she moved a little bit. She couldn't care about it at all, so she could only move her lips, silently said "Thank you", and then sipped it in a small mouth. The bowl sips.

Her face was as white as a piece of paper, and the hair on her forehead was wet with cold sweat, and strands stuck to her forehead and ears, making her face look even smaller as she lost weight.

Lu Heng lowered his head and looked at Qin Yining, who was nestled in his arm and sipping rice soup, and his heart felt like a layer of honey.

If Qin Yining hadn't been trembling all over, everyone watching could feel how uncomfortable she was. Lu Heng would have wished that time had stopped. Such a quiet time, with only the two of them accompanying each other, would have been a success. Lu Heng was willing to give up all his wealth and wealth.

The warm rice water slid across her stinging throat and flowed down her esophagus into her stomach. This warmth formed a sharp contrast with the almost bone-deep cold on her body, which made her tremble all over and tremble violently. one time.

Lu Heng quickly put down the empty bowl, took out a clean cotton handkerchief from his arms and carefully wiped the cold sweat from her face and neck.

Qin Yining dodged a little, but was unable to do so. In the end, he could only close his eyes and make do with it for the time being.

"How do you feel? Are you okay?" Lu Heng asked worriedly.

Qin Yining smiled bitterly, and his throat, which had been moistened by the rice soup, made a hoarse sound, like being rubbed by sandpaper. The sound was almost inaudible, as if he had breathed in Lu Heng's ear.

"I don't think it's good."

Hot breath blew against my ears, and I had to take a breath to finish a simple sentence, and my voice was as soft as a mosquito, almost inaudible.

Lu Heng's heart trembled when he heard this, his eyes were hot, and he almost shed tears.

"Don't worry, we have plenty of food and water, and I also--\u003e\u003e

You have brought the medicinal materials, and as long as you take good care of them, eat well, and take medicine, you will definitely get better. "

Qin Yining smiled tiredly, nodded with difficulty, then shook his head, and said intermittently: "You don't have to be too persistent. People are inherently mortal, and life and death are determined by fate. There is no need to force it."

Lu Heng felt great pain in his heart, as if there was a gaping hole in his heart, and something warm was flowing out. The pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe.

After a long while to calm down, Lu Heng forced out a smile and wiped her cold sweat with the handkerchief again.

"You are right, everyone is destined to live and die, and your life will never end here. You are a blessed person, your family, and the prince are all waiting for you to go back. Go to In the future, you will live a life filled with children and grandchildren, and you will no longer have to run around and work so hard. That day is not far away, so you have to have some confidence in yourself."

Qin Yining listened to Lu Heng's long words of comfort, but he didn't understand. His head and ears were buzzing, and Lu Heng's words turned into several messy sounds that overlapped together.

But she understood that Lu Heng must be comforting her.

So Qin Yining closed her eyes tiredly and said softly: "Thank you." Qin Yining felt that the thank you had been said loudly, but when it fell on Lu Heng's ears, it was almost nothing.

For a moment, Lu Heng even hoped that he could take her out of the desert to find the doctor.

But as they walked farther and farther, the way they came became more and more confusing. Until now, Lu Heng could hardly tell which direction they were coming from.

This is a dead end situation of being trapped in the desert!

Lu Heng took off his cotton robe, hugged Qin Yining tightly, and covered them both with blankets and cotton robes.

Qin Yining's cheeks and hands were as cold as ice. Even after falling asleep, his whole body was still shaking uncontrollably.

Lu Heng first held her hands with one hand, trying to transfer his heat to her. But after a long time, his hands were cold from her body temperature, and she was still very cold.

Lu Heng was extremely worried, and he was no longer sleepy at this time.

He got up and stoked the bonfire a little more, adjusted the tent lower, hugged Qin Yining and lay down again closest to the bonfire. This time he directly put Qin Yining's hands in his arms, using both hands to He hugged her tightly with his arms, hoping that his chest could warm her up.

In fact, Qin Yining was not completely asleep. At this time, she no longer knew where she was, and she couldn't tell whether this was the mountain where she lived when she was young, or the Prime Minister's Mansion where she returned later.

She had a dream. She dreamed that she made a mistake and couldn't learn the rules taught by her grandma. The old lady and Mrs. Sun wanted to punish her by kneeling down. Not only did they make her kneel down, but they also threw all her books into the pond.

She couldn't bear it, so she jumped into the freezing water in the dead of winter.

That water is really cold! It was so cold that her bones seemed to freeze, and her fingers were frozen stiff. However, no matter how deep into the pond she walked, she could not catch up with her books.

The further inside, the colder it gets.

Qin Yining felt that she couldn't hold on any longer, so she thought about giving up those books.

But when she turned around, she discovered that the buildings of the Qin Mansion were gone, and the people around her were also gone. She was in a cold and frozen pond. She wanted to climb out, but she couldn't find the shore!

She was so frightened that she almost cried. She kept saying, "It would be better if I didn't come. It would be better if I didn't come. It would be better to be alone in the mountain. I shouldn't come back."

Lu Heng, who was not paying attention at first, was already a little confused. While half asleep and half awake, he heard someone whispering in his ear, and he could only hear clearly: "You shouldn't come back."

Lu Heng cared about Qin Yining, so he naturally carefully inquired about the news about Qin Yining, so how she was abandoned as a child, how she was adopted outside, how she went to the mountains to survive alone, and how she returned home after finding her, and how she lived in the mountains. Lu Heng knew all the people who lived in Qin Mansion.

Therefore, Qin Yining's gibberish suddenly touched the soft spot in Lu Heng's heart. Such a weak and helpless person, but so strong inside.

Qin Yining's whole body was a shining point in Lu Heng's eyes, an existence that could be discovered and sealed away like a distant star in his mind.

It's just that no matter how beautiful and shining the star is, I don't know when the starlight will suddenly disappear.

Lu Heng sometimes wished he could go back in time.

If that was the case, he could find Qin Yining when she was a child first, participate in her life without any worries, help her, let her grow up, and save her from picking wild fruits and hunting to survive at a young age, and she would not have to live so hard. .

It's a pity that there are no what-ifs in the world, and he is destined not to meet her at the earliest time. It was as if he had stepped on the gear of fate. Qin Yining would meet Pang Xiao, and the two of them would fall in love and cherish each other. This seemed to have become a fixed pattern, and he could only meet each other late. If he didn't want to lose him completely, He could only wait silently.