Then Julien noticed other things. 'Why is there a cave here? And where did all these quilts, cooking utensils, and other stuff come from?’
"Where did all this stuff come from?"
Julien asked, grabbing the quilt covering his body.
Sydney explained, "They were already in the cave when we came here."
"The cave was equipped with these things? " Julien raised his eyebrows. He was rather surprised.
Sydney nodded her head, "Yes. I intended to carry you out of the forest to see if there's anyone out there. If we meet anyone, we'll be rescued. But before we got out of the forest, the sky turned dark, and it was going to rain. Then I found this cave. And I brought you here to hide from the rain. When we came in, I found these things."
"So that's it." Julien nodded, and then he frowned, "Could this cave be inhabited by some fugitive?"
Some fugitives used to hide in the mountains.
So when a cave was equipped with these things, it was common for one to think that the place might belong to a fugitive.
"No." Sydney shook her head, "I also had that suspicion at first, but then I found this.
She pointed to the left breast pocket of her uniform.
Julien looked over at it and saw the title ' forest ranger”. At once, he relaxed, "It's so good the place belongs to the forest ranger.'
He had heard that some rangers would build huts or cabins in the mountains so that when they came back late from their patrols, they would have a place to spend the night.
It made sense that such a cave would be used by the rangers.
"Yeah, that's why I dared to take you here for the night." Sydney smiled, "We should thank the two rangers for that. They left their clothes and quilts here. And most importantly, they got a medical kit, food, and water here. Otherwise, even if I had lit the fire, we would have had a hard time making it through the night."
Suddenly, Sydney remembered something.
She stared at Julien's pale, handsome face and asked, "How does your head feel now, and your arms and your back? Do they still hurt?"
Julien had a smile and replied, "My head is still a little dizzy. My arm is fine, and my back feels better. You applied some medicine to my wounds, didn't you?”
He remembered that Sydney had just mentioned there was a medical kit, so she probably had applied some medicine to his wounds.
Sydney nodded, "Yes. The wounds on your back were split. If no medicine was applied to them, they'll get inflamed, and you'll get a fever, so I put some medicine on them."
"Thanks." Julien looked at her.
Sydney waved her hand, "It's okay. It's me who should say thank you. You got hurt because of me." "It's my honor. Don't worry about me." Julien reassured her.
Sydney took a breath, "Okay. Let's not talk about it. Are you hungry?"
Julien nodded lightly, "A little."
"Just a minute."
Sydney then got up and went to get a bag of biscuits and a bottle of water.
"That’s all we have. Have some." Sydney then ripped open the package and unscrewed the cap of the bottle for him.
Watching Sydney do this for him, Julien was so happy. His eyes were full of tenderness. "It's okay. We're lucky to have something to fill our stomach under such circumstances." "Yeah.” Sydney nodded in agreement, "So we should thank the rangers for leaving these things here. My phone and wallet are gone. I don't know how I should..."
"My wallet should be in my pocket." Julien pointed to his pants hanging beside the fire.
Sydney looked towards the pants and said," No wonder I felt something hard when I took your pants off earlier. So it's your purse.”
Julien raised an eyebrow, "You took off my pants?"
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