Chapter 43: Living Towards Death
At the foot of the cliff, yellow leaves swayed and fell from the trees, landing on Cen Wan's face.
She slowly opened her eyes and it took her a while to adjust before she could barely see the scene in front of her.
She moved, trying to stand up, but fell back with a groan.
My whole body aches.
After being knocked down by Wu Anhao, her back hit the tree roots. The pain made her dizzy and she was unable to react for a while.
There was a natural disparity in strength between men and women, and she had no chance to resist because he was suppressing her.
Fortunately, she was wearing a windbreaker. When Wu Anhao was stripping her clothes off, her fingers touched the gravel beside her and she grabbed it and smashed it.
A strong desire to survive and a sense of shame rushed into her mind. She didn't have time to think too much. She hit him again and again until Wu Anhao fell in a pool of blood.
The moment she saw the blood flowing out, she was shaking with fear and shock, and she didn't even dare to check his breath.
She frantically took out her cell phone to call the police, but she didn't release the button in time, her fingers were shaking, and she lost her grip on the phone and dropped it down the slope.
She went to pick up her cell phone, but the soil under her feet was soft and she rolled down the hillside without noticing.
When she woke up, it was already dark.
The weather gradually becomes cooler after the fall. The temperature in the forest is low at night, and it feels chilly when the wind blows.
I don’t know if it’s the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, or the sound of insects crawling, but there’s a rustling sound in the woods.
Cen Wan's hair stood on end and her nerves were tense.
She was glad it wasn't winter. If she had gotten hypothermia in the mountains and frozen all night, she would probably be just a stiff corpse the next day.
Yuanyuan must be very worried since she didn't go home so late, and might even come to look for her.
Shen Yixiao...
Somehow, she suddenly thought of him. After being slapped by her, a man as arrogant as him might never want to see her again.
She maintained her original lying position. At this moment, many thoughts and many faces suddenly flashed through her mind.
They flashed before her one by one like a kaleidoscope.
Mom, grandma, Jiang Yuan, and Shen Yixiao...
In the past few years, she was very tired every day, and she had to stay sober and rational at all times, not daring to break down easily even late at night.
I was afraid that she would be overwhelmed by her emotions, that she would become fragile and unable to bear everything on her shoulders.
What's more, she is afraid that she will miss him uncontrollably.
Sometimes she would have decadent and world-weary thoughts, and wondered if she would feel a lot more relaxed if she just left.
But she couldn't, and the thought only flashed through her mind.
A day of fatigue, fear and panic left her physically and mentally exhausted. She endured the pain, supported herself with her elbows, turned over, and lay on her back.
The inky night obscures everything, and in the lonely sky, only tiny dots of light can be seen.
The clouds gradually dissipated, and the sky was filled with dazzling stars.
Cen Wan was lying on the ground, looking up at the Milky Way in the sky. A strange light suddenly burst out from her gray eyes, as if they were dotted with tiny stars.
"North Star, Ursa Minor, North Black Tortoise, South Vermillion Bird..."
She recited softly, and the map of 28 constellations emerged clearly in her mind, perfectly overlapping with the star chart.
She didn't have a cell phone or a flashlight, and couldn't see the direction clearly in the dark night, but she remembered the direction she came from, and the stars were guiding her!
She can't just sit there and wait for death!
Live towards death.
Walk towards the sun.
She has never been a self-pitying person, and every step she takes is based on reality.
She gritted her teeth and sat up.
I don’t know how many bruises and bumps he had on his body, but his arms could still move normally.
She moved her lower body and her right leg seemed to be broken, causing her to feel piercing pain every time she moved.
She groped along the ground with her hands in the dim light and found some branches. She pulled the string off her hat and tied the branches around her calves.
Afraid that it wasn't tight enough, she took off the rubber band and put it on.
After doing all this, fine beads of sweat had already seeped out of her forehead, her little face was pale, and there was no trace of blood on her lips.
She tried to sit up on her knees, but her body was shaking. Her calves felt like they were being pricked by sharp needles. Her body was trembling violently, and she involuntarily wanted to curl up.
Cen Wan bit her lip, crawled forward, and dragged her right leg slowly.
She looked at the stars in the sky while moving south with difficulty.
The pain was like thousands of needles piercing her bone marrow, her stomach was cramping and she felt like she could hardly breathe.
His body was stuck to the mud, and he couldn't tell whether it was leaves or something else stuck to his clothes.
The white and slender fingers were gripping the ground, and there was mud under the nails.
Her strong desire to survive made her dare not stop for a moment, but her speed was still too slow.
She found a small tree a little thicker than her thumb, broke it off at the root, and used it as a walking stick.
From time to time, the sound of wind rustling through the treetops could be heard in the woods. She was not sure if it was a wild beast. Her mind remained clear at all times, but her body seemed to be almost numb from the pain.
She had only one thought in her mind, to get out and survive.
His clothes were completely soaked with sweat and stuck to his body. He tripped and fell and had to get up again. He didn't know how many more bruises and scrapes he had on his body.
Cen Wan didn’t know how much time had passed, nor how long she had been walking.
Until faint shouts were heard from the front and a little light flashed in the dark woods.
She stopped, stood still, and shouted:
"I'm here! Is anyone there?"
Her voice was already hoarse, but she still responded again and again.
A few dog barks were heard, becoming clearer and clearer. She looked at the familiar figure running towards her, pulled the corners of her lips, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he lost his strength and fell down--
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