In the darkness, only her anxious shouts and the sound of snow falling could be heard.

Every second felt like an eternity.

Su Tang tried desperately to push Qin Ye away to check on him, but his arms held her tightly like iron clamps, and she didn't budge.

"Qin Ye! Say something! Qin Ye!"

She was almost in despair.

"...cough cough..."

After a while, a man's somewhat hoarse but relatively steady voice finally came from above.

"I'm fine."

Qin Ye's voice carried a hint of relief at surviving a disaster.

Su Tang's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, her whole body went limp, her nose tingled, and tears involuntarily streamed down her face.

After a while, the violent tremors and terrifying sounds finally subsided.

The cave was deathly silent, save for the heavy breathing of the two people.

"Qin Ye... is he really alright?" Su Tang asked, her voice trembling slightly as she choked back tears.

"Mm," Qin Ye responded, loosening his grip slightly.

The two groped their way to sit up in the darkness.

With trembling hands, Su Tang exchanged a lamp from her spatial storage.

In the dim light, she could see that Qin Ye had some scratches on his forehead and several cuts on the back of his coat. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured.

The already small opening was now completely sealed off by thick snow and huge rocks!

Only a few faint rays of light pierced through the cracks in the rocks, indicating that the outside world had been completely buried.

They were trapped.

Su Tang could no longer hold back and threw herself into Qin Ye's arms, bursting into tears.

"Qin Ye, you bastard! Why didn't you say something sooner! I thought... I thought you..."

She pounded on his chest, but with little force.

Qin Ye let her vent, gently patting her back.

When her crying subsided, he said softly, "I want to hear you call my name a little longer."

"What kind of time is this to make jokes like this?"

The relief of surviving the ordeal was intertwined with the despair of being completely trapped, leaving her with a complex mix of emotions.

After crying, Su Tang's emotions gradually calmed down.

She held Qin Ye tightly, as if he were the only piece of driftwood in the world.

"Qin Ye, you mustn't do this again... You mustn't risk your life to save me again..."

"Do you know how scared I was just now..."

She buried her face in his chest, which still smelled of gunpowder and blood, and her voice was muffled.

She didn't know when it happened, but it seemed she had become completely dependent on this man.

It seems... I can't live without him anymore.

Qin Ye held her in his arms, his chin resting on the top of her head, feeling the trembling of the person in his arms.

"Don't cry, your eyes will get swollen and you won't look good," he awkwardly comforted her.

Su Tang sniffed, her emotions finally calming down a bit.

The cave was quiet, with only the occasional crackling of the campfire.

Su Tang leaned against Qin Ye's chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.

She suddenly felt...

There are some things I should tell him.

This man.

He protected her with his life time and time again...

What else could she not trust...?

After a long period of preparation...

"Qin Ye,"

She spoke softly, her voice still a little hoarse.

"I have something to tell you."

Qin Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he hummed in response.

He didn't urge her, waiting for her to continue.

Su Tang took a deep breath, organized her thoughts, and then slowly began to speak.

"actually……"

“I am not the Su Tang you know, or rather, not entirely.”

Qin Ye's body stiffened slightly, but he did not interrupt her.

"I come from a..."

"A place very, very far away..."

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Don't worry, everyone... really don't worry... the next chapter will reveal Su Tang's true identity.