The Dust Settles

After the three of them finished warming themselves by the fire, the rain almost stopped.

If they went down the mountain at this hour, they could get back before dark.

Su Xiaoxiao packed the medicine basket and said to the old man, "Senior, let's go back."

The old man was playing with his new fire lighter. He blew on it and almost burned the cave.

Under Su Xiaoxiao's repeated urging, he reluctantly put away the lighter and brought it down the mountain with the anesthetic and binoculars.

On the way back, Su Xiaoxiao asked him, "Senior, we're all on the same side now. I still don't know how to address you."

The old man hesitated for a moment before replying, "My surname is Qiu."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Senior Qiu."

The three of them continued forward.