She froze again, not moving an inch.
It was his voice! No doubt about it! It was his voice! Even though it was hoarse and dry, she knew, it was his voice!
Could there really be voices in a mirage? She really hadn't looked into that!
But why could she still feel his fingers gently caressing her face?
"Liu Zheng? Are you hungry?"
Was this really him talking to her? Not a hallucination? She still couldn't believe it, and she dared not open her eyes. Instead, she extended her trembling hand, slowly reaching backward, and what she found was the solid form of a person! She touched his clothes! Although they were covered in grains of sand, they were real! Not a mirage!
Gathering her courage, she turned her head back, and what met her eyes, as she had seen before, was his exhausted and weathered face! His skin had lost its original gloss! His lips were cracked and bleeding! His eyes, his most beautiful eyes, were also filled with red veins, no longer shining...