A bad feeling suddenly welled up in my heart. Could it be that Bai Wei and his gang wanted to come and steal my food, and sent this person to scout the place?

Thinking about it that way, I still don't dare to leave the woods.

I know Bai Wei and his gang all too well. If they find out about our location, they have a large and powerful force, and if they really resort to force, our chances of winning aren't very high.

After hesitating for a while, I hid behind a tree and took a closer look.

But to our surprise, the woman didn't come towards our hilltop; instead, she stumbled and ran towards the sea.

The person suddenly plunged into the seawater, struggled a few times, and then disappeared headfirst.

If this were for taking a bath, it wouldn't go this deep, would it?

What's more, there's a freshwater stream nearby.

But if it's about catching fish, I know this female colleague before. She's usually quiet and reserved at the company. How could she just dive in like that? That's too reckless.

Although we haven't found any dangerous animals in the sea so far, we're unfamiliar with this place. What if a small shark were to swim into this beach? Wouldn't my female colleague be doomed?

Without thinking twice, I ran forward and plunged into the sea, then pulled her up.

When I pulled my female colleague up, she was already unconscious. Judging from her appearance, it was as if she had come to jump into the sea to commit suicide.

What exactly happened?

I'm a pretty good swimmer, and although it was a bit strenuous to drag someone, I managed to pull her ashore with all my might.

When I pulled her up, my female colleague was completely unconscious, her face was deathly pale, and her stomach was swollen. It was clear that she had swallowed a lot of seawater in the two minutes or so that I had run over.

After all, we used to work at the same company, and I couldn't just stand by and watch her die.

After struggling to drag the little girl ashore, they quickly pressed on her stomach to relieve the water inside. After a long while, she finally coughed and vomited up a lot of water.

I laid her out on the beach, panting heavily, still thinking about the brown bear and the wolf skin in the woods.

My female colleague gradually woke up more than three minutes later. When she saw me, she suddenly burst into tears and was sobbing uncontrollably.

It startled me too.

"Hey, stop crying. I didn't bully you. I didn't take advantage of you when I pulled you up. Stop crying!"

I tried to comfort her, but my female colleague just kept sobbing.

I'm really having a headache.

"Oh dear, don't cry! What's wrong? Say something! What good will crying do?"

After crying for a while, my female colleague suddenly turned to look at me, then bent her knees and knelt down in front of me, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Brother Zhao, I beg you, please take me in! I'll do anything for you, I'll work for you. Please don't send me back. I don't want to be with them. They're... they're a bunch of beasts!"

I completely agree with that. Bai Wei and his gang are nothing but beasts.

I quickly helped the female colleague up and made sure she was seated, then kept a certain distance from her.

"Don't cry. What happened? Why did you want to jump into the sea? We've settled down here now. If we wait a little longer, as long as the rescue team comes, we still have a chance to get out alive."

The female colleague cried for a long time before wiping away her tears. Her face was deathly pale, like a dead person.

She hugged her chest tightly, trembling, and remained silent.

The sea breeze was indeed a bit chilly, and her demeanor didn't seem like that of a spy sent by Bai Wei and his men.

I gritted my teeth, got up, and helped her up.

"Don't cry yet. You've come so far and gone through so much trouble. You must be hungry. Come back to our camp with me and have something to eat before we talk."

My female colleague didn't say anything, but she glanced at me and obediently stood up with me.

I led her up the mountain, and when we returned to the cave, we saw Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang squatting at the cave entrance drying mushrooms.

He smiled when he saw me return, but then frowned when he saw the female colleague behind me.

How did she get here?

Xiao Qiang straightened up, looked at me, then at the female colleague, her face full of doubt, her tone unfriendly.

My female colleague's eyes reddened again, and she nearly fell to the ground, but I caught her in time.

He then recounted to the two people how he had seen her at the beach.

Xu Wei's eyes reddened upon hearing this: "Did Jiao Jiao and the others bully you?"

This female colleague's surname is Liu, and her name is Liu Jiaojiao. She is petite and cute, and is the same type of pretty girl as Xu Wei.

However, I didn't have much contact with them when I was at the company, since I was just a security guard that everyone looked down on back then.

After handing her over to the two of them, I felt much more at ease. I then turned to ask Xiao Qiang where Wang Xiaoxiao was.

I need to go back into the woods and find a way to drag that brown bear back.

Even if we can't drag them back, we should still chop off the bear skin and bear paws first.

Xiao Qiang looked up at the top of the cave, and I knew that Wang Xiaoxiao should be on the mountain.

I got up to go find her, but Xiao Qiang grabbed me.

Where are you going next?

"Oh, there are still some things in the woods that need to be retrieved. I'll take Wang Xiaoxiao with me, and the two of us can think of a solution."

Xiao Qiang frowned, then turned to look at Liu Jiaojiao: "Since there are still things to retrieve, why don't I go with you? Many hands make light work. Xu Wei can stay here with her."

After thinking about it, I nodded in agreement. After all, we didn't know if there were any wolves in the woods. If there were, we could make all the necessary preparations so that we wouldn't end up dead or injured when we got there.

Then I quickly tied two large torches together and called Wang Xiaoxiao to take Xiao Qiang back to the woods.

There was a strong smell of blood in the woods, but fortunately nothing came from the surrounding area.

It seems those wolves have given up completely.

They probably never imagined that the brown bear would kill itself.

Even though Wang Xiaoxiao has a boyish personality, he was still startled when he saw such a big brown bear lying on the ground, and Xiao Qiang's face turned pale.

I wanted to show off in front of the two of them.

He pointed at the brown bear and the wolf, and laughed heartily at them.

"How about it? You made the right choice following me, didn't you? Once we bring this back, we'll have jerky and bedding. Happy now?"

"But it's so big, how are we going to take it back? And even if we did, how are we going to drag it up the mountain?"

Wang Xiaoxiao circled the brown bear twice, holding a torch, her brows furrowed, clearly considering whether the three of us could drag such a large bear up the mountainside.

Xiao Qiang glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao and curled her lip, looking unconvinced: "If you can't take it up there, why bother? Why not just drag it to the beach and do what we did with that venison before, remove the meat and skin, and just throw the rest onto the beach as bait?"

The three of us hit it off immediately and quickly made a makeshift sled from tree branches.

We placed the brown bear and the wolf on the tree trunk. I pulled them from the front, while Xiao Qiang and Wang Xiaoxiao took turns observing the situation from behind.

Fortunately, we made it out of the woods without any major incidents. However, I was still worried about Liu Jiaojiao. I wondered what kind of grievances she had suffered at Bai Wei's place. Could she have really been bullied by Bai Wei and his gang?