Gu Xin pulled at the weeds on the cliff face, carefully stepping on the ground. She slid quite a distance before she could step on a stone.
Lu Zheng's heart was in his throat. He was afraid of disturbing Gu Xin by speaking, but he couldn't get too excited. He was even afraid that if he breathed heavily, he would add weight and cause the tree above his head to fall down completely.
At this moment, Gu Xin silently recited the words Gu Shouxin usually said to her, keeping her eyes and ears open, cautiously probing little by little.
Suddenly, Lu Zheng could no longer see Gu Xin. He panicked and tugged at the rope. It hadn't reached the bottom yet, which meant that Xin Xin hadn't fallen.
This was probably one of the few times in Lu Zheng's two lifetimes that he was particularly panicked.
Suddenly, Gu Xin's joyful voice came from below: "Brother Yuanyuan, I'm here! There really is a cave! Brother Yuanyuan, can you hear me?"
Lu Zheng felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders, and he almost cried. No one could understand that feeling.
He quickly replied, "Xinxin, I heard you."
In his excitement, the tree above him leaned down a bit more, and some small stones fell down.
Gu Xin's reply came again: "Yuanyuan, come down! I've already secured the rope, come down quickly."
Lu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. It was secured. Even if the tree broke right now, he wasn't afraid of dying like that.
Just as he wished, the big tree above his head really did break.
He released the tree and grabbed the rope with both hands.
It's all secured now. I won't fall down anyway. I can just pull myself up to the hole by the rope.
He had no doubt at all whether Xin Xin's area was truly secured.
Gu Xin was happily waiting for Lu Zheng to climb down little by little when she saw someone fall down in front of her.
Gu Xin: "!"
Did Sister Huihui and Brother Meng kill another one?
She just saw a man in black fall down.
No, no, there's a rope, and the clothes aren't black.
Gu Xin's mind went blank for a moment, and it wasn't until the big tree with the rope tied to it shook that she came back to her senses.
Yes, I just fixed it myself.
Gu Xin stood under the big tree and shouted down, "Brother Yuanyuan, hurry up and climb up!"
Lu Zheng climbed up in no time.
When his head appeared, Gu Xin lay on the ground, tears still around her eyes. She gave Lu Zheng a big smile: "Brother Yuanyuan, we survived!"
Lu Zheng was exhausted. Looking at Gu Xin's smiling face, he mustered his last breath, climbed up, and then lay on his back on the ground, panting heavily.
Gu Xin pressed out a jade bead: "Brother Yuanyuan, here's something for you to eat! Open your mouth!"
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Hasn't all the candy in your pocket fallen out yet? I thought it was all gone! You can keep it for yourself!"
Gu Xin shook her head: "It's not the candy in my purse. It's the fruit from this cave. It melts in your mouth and quenches your thirst. Even the birds eat it! I just ate one."
After saying that, he threw a jade bead directly into Lu Zheng's mouth.
After eating it, Lu Zheng felt very thirst-quenched and sat up: "Where did you pick these? I'll pick some more for you. Just sit here and rest."
Gu Xin shook her head: "No, there are only two. The birds ate the rest. I checked while I was waiting for you, and there weren't any on the other trees either."
Lu Zheng naturally didn't doubt Gu Xin, and simply tapped her nose: "Silly girl, why didn't you say so earlier? If you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have eaten it all, and I would have given it all to you!"
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