My Little Poplar - Chap 69
The two of them were very good at hiding their tracks, they were undetected until nightfall, only the sound of gunshots in the distance reminded them of the danger they were in.
After dark, having had a good night’s sleep and hungry, they crept out of the cave in search of food. After hours in the small cave, their muscles were stiff, Bai Xinyu stretched his body and teased: “Meat or vegetarian today?”
“Let’s see what we can find.”
They searched around for a while, found a bird’s nest, pulled some eggs out of it, swallowed them raw, stuffed them with some weeds and such and their stomachs were almost full.
They padded back to the cave, if the place hadn’t been discovered, they could have stayed hidden.
In the middle of the night, as the two men were resting, they were suddenly awakened by the sound of footsteps, they were right above their heads, very softly, in fact but enough to break their light sleep.
The two men looked at each other in the darkness and screamed and sure enough, within ten minutes, the footsteps became more disruptive, there was a strange sound in the woods and then a stone fell, it was Yu Fengcheng’s cordon that had been set off. The first thing they knew was that a trainee had been chased here but with the cordon exposed, it was proof that someone was around and they couldn’t hide.
They quickly loaded their bags, left the cave and ran for the hills. After 20 minutes or so, they could tell they were being followed and they couldn’t shake it, the last 3 day wilderness training was like that, if they weren’t spotted, when they were, they were chased, stopping to go to the toilet was a desperate attempt to find the right time but then the reinforced company was from a normal company, they were outnumbered, this time they were being chased. This time there was only one man chasing them but he was a serving Special Forces soldier from the Snowleopard Brigade, he could have chased them up and down on hay alone and their days were over.
The pursuer keeps them at a distance of 1.5 to 2 km, making his presence known but does not attack, in the darkness of the forest, threatening them like a ghost.
The two men ran for most of the night, completely into the heart of the forest.
Bai Xinyu sighed and said: “There’s no way to get rid of this tail.”
Yu Fengcheng said: “Unless we tie him up, he’ll keep chasing us.”
Bai Xinyu gulped, “Shall we fight?” He’d never fought the active soldiers of the Snowleopard before, only the few moves Huo Qiao had shown to humiliate them were intimidating, he didn’t have the stomach for the “Tail” behind him.
Yu Fengcheng said decisively: “Sooner or later, let’s do it while we’re fit.”
By now they had been running through the forest all night, they were a little tired but they were much fitter than they had been at the time of the try-out.
Bai Xinyu gritted his teeth and said, “Yes.”
“We’ll split up now, whichever side he’ll be following, we’ll go around him, if we get lost, we’ll meet up back here no matter what.”
The two men crouched on the ground, calibrated the rough coordinates of the area with their compasses and watches, when they were ready, Yu Fengcheng looked Bai Xinyu in the eye and whispered: “It’s your first time alone, are you scared?”
Bai Xinyu snickered: “No.”
Yu Fengcheng’s eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky and he said, “I’m not used to it, having you… alone. alone.”
