Chapter 448 Extra Chapter
"Liu Wenshu!"
Ye Cao kept shouting, her feet sinking into the deep water, but the raging flood drowned out her voice.
Her heart was as anxious as if it had been fried in a pan of oil.
Has something happened to him?
No, nothing will happen!
He was so young, and he was always thinking of the people. If God had opened his eyes, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble.
Ye Cao screamed his name like a madwoman, until she felt a metallic taste coming from her throat.
Liu Wenshu was perched on a tree when he vaguely heard someone calling him.
I thought it was his guard, but then I saw a splash of red in the distance!
"Lampleaf!"
Leaf Grass thought she was hallucinating, looking left and right but seeing no one.
She heard another sound and looked up to see Liu Wenshu.
He clung to a tree in the middle of the raging flood.
"Go away! Go back!" Liu Wenshu shouted until his voice was hoarse.
"I'm not leaving. You wait here, I'll figure something out!"
Ye Cao wanted to go back and find someone to rescue Liu Wenshu, but the tree was swaying precariously from the flood and seemed unlikely to hold on for much longer.
She was afraid that if she left, she would never see him again when she came back.
She gritted her teeth, untied the belt around her waist, tied a stone to it, and threw it towards Liu Wenshu.
This is a habit she developed since childhood. She likes long belts. The layers of belts give her a sense of security and can also be used as ropes to tie firewood. She still has this habit to this day, and now it has come in handy.
"Get out of the way, or you'll get hit!"
As Ye Cao shouted, he threw it over.
She planned to have Liu Wenshu pull her over by the belt.
It worked the first time, the second time, and then it worked the third time.
Ye Cao's eyes lit up. "You'd better hurry!"
She looked around and realized that the rope wasn't long enough to tie to a tree, so she had to hold onto it herself.
Liu Wenshu gritted his teeth, grabbed his belt, and jumped into the water.
"Hurry up!"
The grass used all its strength to pull.
The next second, the two of them fell into the floodwaters, and the crooked tree was swept away with them.
"Girl, girl!"
Ye Cao's maid came running from afar and plopped down in the rain. "It's over, it's all over!"
"Our family members were also swept away, what are we going to do!"
"What else can we do? We need to find someone quickly!"
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"Cough cough."
I don't know how much time passed.
Liu Wenshu slowly opened his eyes, then suddenly choked on a mouthful of water.
Suddenly remembering something, I looked around and saw a disheveled person walking towards me not far away.
"You're awake?"
Ye Cao woke up earlier than Liu Wenshu.
They were lucky; both of them held tightly to their belts and neither of them let go. The belts got caught on a tree, and she pulled Liu Wenshu out of the flood.
The rain is still falling.
Liu Wenshu's eyes widened when he saw Ye Cao. This was the first time the usually good-tempered person had lost his temper. "Why are you here? Who told you to come? Didn't I tell you to stay with Grandma? What are you doing here?"
His memory was still stuck on the time when she came to find him. He thought it was just Ye Cao's maid who came, but he didn't expect her to come in person.
Ye Cao wiped the rain off her face. "I've already settled things with the old lady. As for the money that was supposed to be paid out, I can ask the old lady to cash it out. I wouldn't feel at ease if I didn't come looking for you."
She was glad she came; otherwise, she would have regretted it.
The four words, "I'm not at ease," fell softly into Liu Wenshu's ears, yet weighed as heavily as a thousand pounds.
Why would you do this?
Liu Wenshu wanted to say something, but he coughed violently before he could finish speaking.
He couldn't swim, and the fact that he didn't drown after falling into the water was purely thanks to the grass.
Both times he risked his life, which would move even the coldest heart. Liu Wenshu looked at Ye Cao with red eyes.
Why bother?
He doesn't deserve it.
"Get up, we need to find a drier place, otherwise we'll catch a cold tonight!"
Ye Cao was afraid that he would feel burdened, so she pulled him along while saying with great difficulty, "You don't need to think too much about it. I do what I want to do, and it has nothing to do with you!"
Liu Wenshu gasped in shock before realizing that his leg was injured.
"Little Grass, help me up. How long are you going to keep dragging me like this?"
"Little grass".
Ye Cao was stunned for a moment, "What did you just call me? I didn't hear you clearly!"
Liu Wenshu repeated, "Xiaocao, just support me, don't drag me."
His leg shouldn't have broken any bones; if it's just an external injury, he should be able to walk.
Ye Cao chuckled upon hearing the name "Little Grass," and, supporting Liu Wenshu, said, "Once we find a dry place, we need to quickly find a way to bandage your wound."
The two walked with all their might, from when it was still light out until there was no light at all.
The rainy night was so dark it was despair-inducing; the two of them, supporting each other, stumbled and fell countless times.
As Ye Cao pulled him up again, Liu Wenshu gasped for breath, "Little Grass, if we can both make it back alive this time, let's get married, okay?"
It was too dark, and the rain was still falling.
They wandered aimlessly, afraid of encountering wild animals and not being able to protect her.
A scholar is utterly useless.
Ye Cao's legs were trembling, and her voice was hoarse like an old woman's. "No, I don't need you to marry me out of gratitude. I'll look down on you if you do."
She liked Liu Wenshu and followed him all the way here, but she didn't want to marry him in this way.
She has to be willing.
Liu Wenshu smiled, feeling a wave of dizziness before his eyes, but his mind was unusually clear. "It's not to repay a debt of gratitude. When you poisoned the Cui family, I had already fallen for you. It's just that I had someone else in my heart, and that person was your own sister. I was afraid you would despise me."
How could he not be moved by such a woman? He just felt he was not good enough for her.
Ye Cao patted his face, "You're making it sound so nice, so don't go to sleep. Since you said I saved your life, you'll listen to me from now on."
"good."
Liu Wenshu smiled and then completely lost consciousness.
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"Hey, it's dawn, wake up."
Feeling someone slapping his face frantically, Liu Wenshu struggled to open his eyes.
Seeing the leaves and grass covered in mud, my heart was like a rollercoaster. "Thank goodness, we're still alive."
He strained his eyes to look to the side; there was no rain, and he was lying in a dry place.
"You're getting excited too soon; we don't even know where this place is."
Ye Cao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was awake.
Last night, Liu Wenshu fainted. It took her a lot of effort to drag him to this dry cave. Fortunately, there were no wild animals inside.
She woke up countless times throughout the night, finally making it to dawn.
"This place is full of reeds, and they're so tall that we can't even find our way back. What are we going to do?"
Ye Cao looked at Liu Wenshu's leg with some worry. She had no medicine and not even a clean cloth, so she had no way to bandage his wound.
If the wound rots, it can be fatal in the long run. Even if it doesn't kill him, his leg will become necrotic.
"It's okay, I can still walk. We will definitely find our way back." Liu Wenshu struggled to sit up.
Ye Cao handed Liu Wenshu a long wooden stick, saying, "Sit here for a while. I'll go look around for something to eat and some clean water. We'll leave after we've eaten our fill."
Holding this stick, we can at least block any wild animals that come near, but there's no other way now.
"I won't go too far. If anything happens, just call me, shout loudly."
Ye Cao kept turning back to give her instructions, her voice so hoarse that it hurt every time she spoke.
Liu Wenshu looked at her.
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