Mu Jin, the legitimate daughter of a military family, is a woman who is disdained by her husband and driven out of the house. When she returns, she learns that her husband has taken a new lover. On...
Mu Jin called out Su Yi's name in the empty valley, but apart from her own echo, there was no other sound in the valley.
Her legs instinctively moved forward, trying to find Su Yi's whereabouts. But after taking just one step, the numbness and pain in her legs caused her to fall heavily to the ground.
She gritted her teeth and struggled to her feet, but this time, perhaps because the mud was slippery, she fell to the ground again. But she dared not stop, continuing to grope her way forward, stumbling and crawling.
As she groped around, she whispered a name: Su Yi.
Mu Jin groped her way through the mud, digging at the ground with her hands. She firmly believed that Su Yi was still alive; he couldn't have just left her like that. She was still alive; how could he have died so easily?
Mu Jin struggled to dig, circling the spot where she had fainted. After all, she had been tightly holding Su Yi before losing consciousness; even if the rocks separated them, they wouldn't be too far apart. Therefore, she refused to give up; as long as she had a breath left, she would never stop.
Mu Jin gritted her teeth, forcing herself to call Su Yi's name in a low voice, her hands never stopping. Tears dripped continuously onto the soil, mingling with the dirt she was digging out.
She sniffled, sobbing as she dug in the dirt. Even though she clenched her teeth, she couldn't stop the sobs that escaped from between her teeth—sobs of despair.
She murmured to herself, "Su Yi, where are you? Can you answer me? How could you leave me here all alone? I'm so scared, please come out!"
Thinking back to when the rocks surged towards him, Su Yi could have escaped. If he hadn't used all his inner energy to send her away, he wouldn't have had the strength to escape. At this moment, Su Yi would definitely be the one alive.
Thinking of this, Mu Jin frantically dug at the ground, calling out Su Yi's name again and again with all her might: "Come out! If you come out, I will agree to marry you. I will agree to be your wife and your empress right now. Please answer me!"
"Su Yi!" Mu Jin's heart felt as if it were being torn apart. She shouted the name with all her might, but only the echoing sound in the valley answered her.
Her hands were raw and blood mixed with the mud, but this was nothing compared to the pain she was enduring at the loss of Su Yi.
Her voice became hoarse, and her cries echoed through the valley. "Someone help me... help me find Su Yi... I can't lose him!" Mu Jin's eyes were filled with despair and helplessness; she didn't know how to face this situation.
"Didn't you say you loved me? If you love me so much, don't hide away, come out and hug me, okay?" Mu Jin murmured to herself, her eyes searching around, hoping to catch a glimpse of Su Yi.
However, all around was silent, and the person who used to greet her with a smile and call her "A-Jin" did not respond.
Mu Jin's body trembled. She was afraid that Su Yi would die in the landslide, and she couldn't accept the fact that Su Yi had left her.
But she couldn't believe Su Yi was really dead. As long as she found Su Yi and saw him breathe his last, she wouldn't believe he was dead. She was determined to find him.
Mu Jin struggled to dig her way through the soil. Along the way, she unearthed some soldiers from Southern Shu and Eastern Yue, all of whom were already dead.
So many people died overnight due to the landslide triggered by this war.
Mu Jin was breathing heavily. When she swallowed, it felt like she was being slashed by a sharp sword, causing unbearable pain. Even swallowing was extremely uncomfortable.
In the end, she couldn't call out Su Yi's name. She could only tremble as she slowly felt around at every inch of soil and stone, hoping that Su Yi would smile and respond, "A Jin, I'm here!"
Mu Jin had been digging for a long time and was exhausted. She leaned against a few large rocks to rest. As she stood up, holding onto the rocks, she turned around and took a step, but one foot slipped and she fell into a gap between several large rocks stacked together.
She braced herself against the rocks and easily pulled her leg back. But as she turned around, a strong premonition suddenly arose in her heart: with such a large gap between the rocks, could Su Yi be inside?
Once the thought took root in Mu Jin's heart, it spread wildly. At this moment, Su Yi's premonition in the gap beneath the rock was incredibly strong; she firmly believed that Su Yi was still alive!
She immediately lay down between the rocks and peered through the stone opening, but it was too dark to see if Su Yi was inside.
She circled the pile of stones and observed that the several stones, each over ten feet tall, were leaning against each other, with the smallest being about the size of a water vat. Under normal circumstances, Mu Jin could easily move this boulder with just a bit of luck.
However, at this moment, she had just gone through a battle and a landslide, and had exhausted her strength digging and turning over rocks, so moving this boulder was no easy task.
But if they just move that rock, the size of a water vat, Su Yi might be inside. After all, this pile of rocks was closest to where she had lost consciousness, but she hadn't noticed it because she was so worried about Su Yi being buried in the mud.
If Su Yi could hide among the rocks, his chances of survival would be much greater. Thinking of this, Mu Jin wept with joy, her heart filled with the same happiness she felt when she learned that Su Yi had rescued her father and brothers.
After a short rest, Mu Jin stepped forward and hugged the boulder, trying to move it to the side. Although she only moved it a few inches, she did not give up. After a short pause, she gritted her teeth and hugged the boulder, moving it a few more inches to the side.
At this moment, a hole the size of a bucket had been opened. She looked inside and could vaguely see a figure in the gap. When she saw the figure, tears welled up in her eyes again, because she was certain that the person must be Su Yi.
Without the slightest hesitation, she moved the rock to the side again, this time creating enough space for her to crawl under the rock.
She crawled to the person's side, turned them over, and upon seeing them, all her strength, forbearance, and grievances crumbled the moment she found Su Yi, causing her to burst into tears. She had never experienced such extreme joy and sorrow before; to lose something and then regain it—that was perhaps the feeling she had at that moment.
She sniffed happily and called out to Su Yi softly a few times, but Su Yi did not respond. She quickly laid Su Yi flat on the ground, put her ear close to Su Yi's chest, and put her finger under Su Yi's nose, feeling that there was still a faint breath.
Learning that Su Yi was still alive was like seeing a ray of light in the darkness for Mu Jin. She hurriedly took out healing pills from her body, pried open Su Yi's mouth, and carefully used her internal energy to make Su Yi swallow them.
Then she stumbled outside, washed her hands with rainwater, scooped up some rainwater, returned to the stone cave, and fed it to Su Yi little by little.
After running back and forth several times, she finally sat back down next to Su Yi, leaned down and hugged him tightly, and lowered her head to kiss Su Yi's lips, saying, "It will be alright, just hang in there a little longer. Once my brother takes us back, everything will be alright."