Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-Nine

"The story is about a man A and his good brother B who grew up together. They have an outdoor activity every year. And three years ago, their destination was a snow peak in Tibet. They followed a mountaineering team, It went well at first, but in the middle of the journey, the two men were surprised to find that A's wife and B's sister were also in the team. They were surprised because the outdoor activities they had to do every year were dangerous, so they never These two women will be allowed to participate, let alone such an extremely dangerous operation as climbing a snow peak. After discussing it, they decided to send the two women home, but the entire team had already entered the hinterland of the snow-capped mountains at that time, and it was impossible for the large force to turn back. Only the two of them could escort the two women down the mountain. Therefore, there were only four of them in the descending team, with two tents.

"I walked down the mountain for a whole day, and the four of us still didn't get out of the snow-capped mountains. Maybe the woman's physique can't stand the fatigue and cold soon. The younger sister seems to be sick, and she starts to fluctuate from cold to hot. Brother B She stomped her feet anxiously, but it was of no avail. She could only stay in the tent dryly, hugging her tightly. Because the tents are too small, each can only squeeze two people, so I originally planned to squeeze two men into one tent. Now I have to let my elder brother and younger sister share a tent, which actually fulfills man A and his wife.

"I thought that my sister's condition would improve after one night, but I didn't expect that in the middle of the night, A who was asleep was suddenly awakened by a sound outside the tent. He recognized that it was the crying of the sister. He was listening clearly After understanding the general content of the voice, A immediately understood why his sister was crying, because he knew that she liked his brother B. This kind of liking was not only about family affection, but also had an element of love in it. "Perhaps, it is difficult for outsiders to understand this kind of feeling, but this is what my sister once told A, who is a psychiatrist. After listening to it, A also tried to use psychotherapy to help her sister get rid of this impossible relationship. , but I don’t know why, it didn’t work out, the younger sister still loves brother B hopelessly. She is in pain, and she doesn’t even know why she is like this. A is also very helpless, but still promises to help her sister keep this secret, so B has been have no idea.

"Listening to the crying outside, A guessed that his sister was pretending to be sick and took the opportunity to squeeze into a tent with B, and then she might have made some irrational actions, so B ran out of the tent with a very complicated mood, and my sister realized that I did something wrong, and started crying and begging B to return to the tent, because it was minus 30 degrees outside, and it was impossible for a person to last long in such a cold wind in the middle of the night. "But A felt that it was not appropriate for him to go out of the tent to persuade him at this time, so he had to listen quietly for a while.

"But not long after, my sister's cry suddenly turned into a scream. A got out of the tent in a jerk, and when he saw the flashlight, he found that B had disappeared, only his sister was standing outside the tent looking lost. A hurriedly asked his wife He got out of the tent to appease his sister, and then started looking for B with a flashlight. "The place where they camped was a valley, but A searched all over the valley but couldn't find B. Looking at the heavy snow outside the valley and the strong wind of force six or seven, A didn't dare to go out of the valley easily, so he decided to go back to his tent for the time being. look around.

"However, when he returned to the tent, a picture that he never thought of appeared in front of him: "Two tents were overturned, all kinds of supplies were scattered all over the place, but my wife and sister were nowhere to be found. "Just as A was panicking, several shrill screams came from the other side of the valley. A hurried over and saw his wife sitting on the snow with her mountain hat gone and her hair fluttering messily in the night wind. In a trance. "B was lying on the snow beside him. There was a blood stain on his forehead, which had been frozen. B's eyes were tightly closed, and he seemed to be in a coma.

"A ran over to help his wife and asked her what was going on, but the wife just hugged him tightly and cried, unable to say anything. "A put up the tent again, settled his wife and B, and suddenly realized that something was wrong—the sister was missing. "He was so anxious and annoyed at himself that he had to take a flashlight and go out to look for it again, but his wife's voice came from behind him. "The wife finally spoke, and all she could say was: 'She's dead.' "After that, he learned the truth from his wife little by little: not long after A left, his wife saw B coming back, and his sister rushed up to hug B and cried, begging him to forgive, but B pushed him away. Abandoning his sister, he walked straight to his wife. The wife was shocked by B's behavior and reprimanded him sharply, but soon, she found that B's expression was not quite right.

"This kind of thing made my wife feel extremely frightened, and she felt that the person in front of her seemed to be no longer B, but someone or something else. "Because B's eyes were closed when he rushed towards his wife. "B lifted the tent, pushed his wife to the ground at once, and frantically tried to unzip his wife's mountaineering suit... At this time, the wife finally understood what B wanted to do, and she loudly begged the sister next to her Help. And the younger sister just came back, she rushed over and hugged B's arm, the wife took the opportunity to turn over, stood up and ran. But B quickly left the younger sister and continued to chase his wife, all the way to the other side of the valley.

"But they don't know that on the other side of the valley, there is a crack in the mountain, and the traces are covered by heavy snow. "The younger sister was pushed into the crack by B's inadvertent action during the pull, and B was still tearing his wife's clothes with his eyes closed. In a panic, the wife took off her helmet and smashed it hard on B. On the forehead, everything finally quieted down. "After listening to his wife's story, A couldn't say a word, and hugged and cried with his wife. "The next morning, B finally woke up, but he couldn't remember anything, not even what happened between his sister and him in the tent. A judged that he might have been unable to accept his sister last night. His confession, coupled with excessive cold factors, led to his sudden insanity. Therefore, after discussing with his wife, in order to ensure that the rest of the people can walk out of the snow mountain alive, they decided to conceal the truth of the matter, and lied to B that The younger sister ignored the advice and walked out of the mountain alone.

"Later until he came out of the snowy mountain, A did not tell the truth to B. Because he was afraid that B would not be able to accept the fact that he killed his sister in a state of madness, so he wove another version with lies: the sister fell in love with A, In the evening, A was called out to talk and confess, which was heard by A's wife, so the three had a verbal conflict, and the younger sister was angry and left the camp. They woke up B and went out to search together, and found it near a crack in the valley. After seeing the traces, it was judged that the younger sister might have fallen into the crack, and basically could not survive. B could not accept the truth, and insisted on entering the crack to find it, but was knocked unconscious by A on the spot, resulting in selective amnesia, so that B could not recall everything that happened that night .

"B accepted the lies they spun, but he was still brooding over his sister's death in his heart, and believed that A's handling method at that time was a failure, which led to his sister's departure. "A can't tell the truth, but can only endure B's concern. He thinks it's better to let himself bear this little pain than to tell the truth and make B painful." Wang Fei's story is very long, far more than two minutes, but I don't care how much time he spent telling this story. I only felt something blurring my eyes, and there was a throbbing pain in my heart.That overwhelming pain brought me back to that nightmarish night, that snowy valley full of crying and screaming, reminding me of everything that had happened there. I tried to forget all that, just like Ling Zhijie had selective amnesia.But, I can't do it, my head is always so damn clear, even alcohol can't make me feel down for a moment, so how can I completely forget the heart-wrenching past? I looked at the man with a strange smile in front of me through my dim eyes, and subconsciously raised the pistol again, but my hand that held the gun began to tremble, and my voice trembled along with it: "How did you know that? You How the hell did you know that?!" The man still smiled strangely, and his voice sounded a little trance in the sea breeze: "Hehe, actually, there is another version of that story, do you want to hear it? Of course, you know, what I mean The other version is not the version of the lie that A wove to B, but a version that is even stranger to A." I didn't understand what he meant at once, so I heard him continue: "This version is relatively simpler. The first half of the story is exactly the same, but when A comes out of the tent to find B, it's different. .Why is it different? Listen to me slowly." "A heard his sister's screams, rushed out of the tent, and found that B was missing, he asked his wife to take care of his sister, and followed the trail left on the snow to find B by himself. Soon, it was on the other side of the valley , the footprints came to the end, and under the light of the flashlight, there was a crack in the mountain body that had been exposed. It can be seen that the surface of this crack was originally covered by heavy snow, but at this moment due to human activities, the crack was completely exposed. In the flashlight Under the shining of the light, the bottom is still terribly dark. "And A has already realized something, he shouted towards the bottom of the crack, but got no response. But he quickly saw something not far below the crack, it was an ice ax, inserted in the crack of the rock. "B must have fallen. Thinking of this, A began to think of a way to enter the crack. He tied the climbing rope to a relatively solid rock at the opening of the crack, and then went down along the climbing rope. "The depth of the fissure was much deeper than he had imagined. After descending about ten meters, he finally touched the bottom, but he soon discovered that the situation underneath was worse than he had imagined, because there was water underneath. The fissure seemed to be It is a pool. "A was suspended in mid-air, shining his flashlight on the surface of the water, but he couldn't find anyone. "B fell and was injured, and sank into the water? Thinking of this, A struggled to untie the equipment on his body, took off together with the mountaineering suit, and left them on the hanging climbing rope, while he went into the water. Fortunately, the water has not yet frozen, so the temperature is above 0°C. Compared with the cold of minus 30 degrees outside, the water is a little bit better. "A shivered and searched under the water. The water was not deep, only two or three meters, so he quickly found B. B was still wearing a mountaineering suit. Because he was too heavy after absorbing water, he sank to the bottom of the water. Life and death. But A believed that B would not die so easily, and still took a lot of effort to remove all the heavy loads on B, and then pulled him out of the water, then tied B's whole body to the climbing rope, and started to walk towards the mountain. Shout outside, hoping your wife or sister can hear you. "But after a long time, there was still no movement on it. At this time, A also calmed down. He began to test B's breath, and found that there was still no breath at all. B seemed to be really dead this time. But A quickly He also denied his thoughts and told himself that B would not die, and he would definitely be able to save him, just like if he was the one who fell, B would definitely not give up, and would definitely find a way to save himself. A gritted his teeth, and tied the rope tied to B's body again. After confirming that it was strong enough, he began to climb up the rope with his bare hands. He planned to find two women to come over and tie it up after climbing up by himself. B pull up.However, what A did not expect was that the rock tied to the opening of the crack began to loosen. It could not bear the weight of two people. It all came down and he was hit on the head and lost consciousness. "A lost consciousness, and A's wife and B's sister found the crack where the accident happened not long after. They had no way to go down into the crack, so they could only stand by and hug each other and cry. Fortunately, the next day During the day, another mountaineering team passed by. After explaining the situation, they went down to the crack to rescue people. "Both were pulled up the chasm and taken to hospital, but B died that night. "A miraculously survived, but now he can only rely on various medical equipment and various catheters inserted into his body to maintain his life. "He became a semi-vegetative state and has been lying in bed until now."