usatvline Chapter 154 Farewell
Chapter 154 Farewell
"Hurry up and save them! There's quicksand!"
Hearing this, Zhou Qian's expression changed. He threw the frisbee and shouted, "Hurry up! Find some tools! There's quicksand!"
After shouting, Zhou Qian also hurried over.
But before he ran over, he heard Jiang Li yelling, "Don't come over here!"
As she spoke, Jiang Li sank another five centimeters. Seeing that Li Mubai took two steps forward without listening to her advice, Jiang Li shouted at the point of splitting her legs: "Li Mubai, don't come over here! Otherwise, we will both die here!"
When Jiang Li shouted this, half of her body was already stuck in the sand. She had watched some outdoor documentaries before and knew that if she struggled hard after falling into quicksand, she would sink faster. So she didn't dare to make any big movements. She just slowly spread her limbs and leaned back, trying to increase the contact area between herself and the sand, increase buoyancy, and reduce her descent speed.
Li Mubai stood still decisively after hearing this. He was anxious just now, but now he calmed down. Of course, he knew that rushing over would not only fail to save Jiang Li, but might also destroy the balance of the sand, causing her to sink deeper and deeper. But of course he couldn't let her face such deadly quicksand alone. He had to stay by her side, accompany her, and try every means to save her.
"Li Li, don't be afraid and don't move. Everything will be fine!"
Having said that, Li Mubai's hands and feet turned cold. He was panicked and scared. He was afraid that before he could catch Jiang Li, she would fall into the quicksand and merge into the vast desert. How would he find her then?
He couldn't imagine such an outcome; he couldn't accept such consequences at all.
Fortunately, the desert guide hired by the crew came over soon. When he heard the call for help, he had already taken a very strong rope. With a wave of his arm, he threw the rope to Jiang Li and asked Jiang Li to tie the rope to her hand. On the other side, people gradually brought over several large flat panels from the set.
Li Mubai took the large flat board personally, and carefully laid several pieces together slowly near Jiang Li.
Jiang Li couldn't do anything big, but fortunately the guide's rope was swung very accurately. She slowly reached out her hand and soon touched the rope. After tying the rope around her hand several times to make sure it couldn't break free, Jiang Li began to exert a little force on her hands and feet, trying to lean on the board. Jiang Li did all this very slowly. She was trapped in such a risk of quicksand, and now she could only win by being slow.
On the other side, Li Mubai lay half of his body on the flat board, with his hands stretched out, ready to pull Jiang Li up at any time.
"Li Li, take your time. I'll be waiting for you here. I will definitely catch you."
Li Mubai's voice was so firm, and trembling slightly. Jiang Li couldn't see Li Mubai's face clearly from her current angle, but she could imagine that at this moment, Li Mubai must be worried, even more panicked than her.
Li Mubai was always by her side to encourage her. Jiang Li was more moved than frightened at this moment. With Li Mubai's comfort, she became calmer and more at ease.
With Li Mubai around, she believed that she could turn danger into safety.
Most of the people were driven away by the director and the guide. The sand was unstable and the more people there were, the greater the risk. Only Li Mubai, the guide, Zhou Qian and a burly martial arts director were left behind to prepare for any emergency.
Jiang Li kept moving slowly. It was unknown how long it had been before she touched Li Mubai's hand. Almost at the moment when their hands touched, Li Mubai immediately held her hand tightly. Jiang Li deeply felt that Li Mubai's hand was so powerful, so hard, and so reassuring.
Seeing that the hand had been caught, the people behind hurried to help, until Jiang Li was completely pulled up, everyone hurriedly exited the quicksand area, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Li even felt that after coming up, she even breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure from the sand just now turned into a sigh of escape from death.
After a near-death experience, Jiang Li realized that it was all a false alarm and she felt lucky to have escaped death. But for Li Mubai, facing the risk of losing Jiang Li was more painful than taking his life directly.
After returning to the tent, Li Mubai refused to leave her for even a step.
Seeing how nervous Li Mubai was, Jiang Li tried to comfort him.
But Li Mubai seemed unmoved. Instead, he suddenly hugged Jiang Li and refused to move.
"Hey, Li Mubai..."
Jiang Li pushed him gently, but Li Mubai hugged him tighter.
"I'm not drowned by the sand, but suffocated by you. Let me go quickly."
Li Mubai finally let go, but couldn't help but rubbed Jiang Li's shoulder again, and then reluctantly let go. The separation was already painful enough, why did he have to endure such a shock?
"Li Li, don't leave me."
Jiang Li gently held his face and comforted him, "Don't worry, you are here to protect me. I am blessed with a long life, and nothing will happen to me. We still have many stories to tell."
After the quicksand incident, the director and the guide no longer let anyone approach that area. Seeing that the sun was about to set, they quickly told everyone to hurry up and shoot, preparing to leave overnight.
The last scene of the movie is Li Mubai riding his horse towards the sunset, but Jiang Li did not go to witness it with her own eyes and instead hid herself.
After all, if she suddenly disappeared in front of everyone, she would probably be on the Hong Kong Strange Stories Record tomorrow. The next time she showed up, she wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she had a hundred mouths.
Half an hour later, the filming was over, but Li Mubai stood outside his tent and did not step inside.
The next second he might have to face an empty tent. Although he knew that Jiang Li would appear again, he still felt very uncomfortable at this moment, as if someone was hitting his heart with a hammer, dull and painful.
After standing at the door of the tent for more than ten minutes, Li Mubai finally prepared himself mentally and opened the tent with a gloomy face. But when he saw the person sitting on the bed, Li Mubai thought for a moment that he was dazzled.
Not to mention Li Mubai, Jiang Li herself was also very surprised.
"Why are you still here?"
"Why am I still here?"
Jiang Li smiled bitterly and said, "I want to know too!"
Is there something wrong with the rules?
I don’t know, and I didn’t have time to think about it, because in the end, all the questions were melted into Li Mubai’s lingering kiss…
After returning from the desert, Jiang Li looked darker and her face looked rougher. Wang Jingke was very eager to take her to have a beauty makeover. After going to the SPA salon several times with Wang Jingke, the dry Jiang Li turned into a moist one again.
Yes, Jiang Li has not left since the film was completed.
Although he didn't know why, Li Mubai was obviously very happy.
Maybe there is something wrong with the mechanism.
It's okay if something goes wrong. It would be nice if Jiang Li could stay with him for a long time.
But it was not until the day the movie was released that Li Mubai realized that he had been too pessimistic before, and now it was too early to be optimistic.
On the day of the premiere, he and Jiang Li specially chose a midnight show to watch "The General's Order". It was not until he noticed that his shoulders suddenly felt light and his hands were suddenly empty that Li Mubai realized that it was not that he had not arrived yet, but that the time had not come yet.
Looking at the empty seats next to him and the popcorn scattered on the ground, Li Mubai finally realized that the trigger for going back was not the wrap-up, but the screening.
I picked up a piece of popcorn and tasted it. It was a bit bitter.
Lili, how long should I wait this time?
When will you come back?
When she opened her eyes, Jiang Li recognized her own living room, where a clip from "General's Order" was still playing on the TV. The world was magical. A few days ago, she was still living in a movie, and now, she had returned to 2023.
However, this time, she didn't seem as panicked as before, but instead seemed accustomed to it.
Since Li Zhendong has seen her and Li Mubai has also seen her when he was a child, it means that she will travel through time again in the future.
There's no need to rush things.
Jiang Li walked to the TV, kissed Li Mubai on the screen, and then smiled and turned off the recorder...