Upon seeing this, Yi Shuihan immediately dropped the bat bag, leaped forward, grabbed her waist, and tried to pull her up.
Unexpectedly, the space was too narrow, and he crashed into the rock wall, lost his balance, and could only fall with her.
The space where the two fell was initially very narrow, and Yi Shuihan couldn't even bend his legs, so he couldn't use it to bounce.
After falling about forty or fifty meters, the space suddenly opened up, as if they had fallen into a narrow-necked, wide-bellied bottle.
The torches in their hands were quickly extinguished with a whooshing sound.
Unable to see or use his hands to light a tinderbox, Yi Shuihan could only hold the person in his arms tightly, cushioning his fall as they landed.
With a loud bang, a sharp pain struck.
Yi Shuihan felt that the bone on the inside of his left leg had broken in two.
Where is the tinderbox?
Xiao Qingyin asked.
"In my arms."
Yi Shuihan replied, enduring the pain.
Xiao Qingyin took out a tinderbox from his pocket, lit the torch, and checked his injuries.
"His tibia is broken."
As she spoke, she took out the painkillers and blood-activating medicine she carried with her and fed them to Yi Shuihan.
"It might be a little hard to swallow without water, so don't choke."
Yi Shuihan frowned and swallowed the pill.
Xiao Qingyin held up a torch and looked around at her surroundings.
She was frozen in place after just one glance.
They had somehow ended up in a cave that looked like a crystal palace!
This cave is filled with pristine white stalagmites, stalactites, and columns of various shapes and sizes.
The stalactites are covered with edelweiss-like stone hairs.
The top of the rock is covered with large areas of exquisite and translucent stone crystal flowers and countless white, jade-like goose quills.
They landed right in the center of the cave, and Xiao Qingyin felt as if she were in a mythical world.
"The ancients were right," Xiao Qingyin murmured to herself. "The most wondrous and magnificent things in the world are often found in places rarely visited by people."
Who would have thought that such a fantastical landscape is hidden in the outskirts of Beijing?
Oh no, that's not right either. This might not be the outskirts of Beijing; it could be somewhere else entirely.
"This place is so beautiful!"
Xiao Qingyin said to Yi Shuihan.
Have you been to a place like this before?
Yi Shuihan shook his head.
"No. But I think it would be better if you helped me to a flatter place first."
When they landed, they happened to hit a pile of stalagmites. These stalagmites were uneven, which is why he broke his leg.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
The beautiful scenery before her was so breathtaking that Xiao Qingyin almost forgot about his fall and injury.
Yi Shuihan looked injured.
"You keep saying you like me, but you don't care about me at all."
"How could that be?"
Xiao Qingyin quickly tried to comfort her.
"Do you know what my first reaction was when I saw such a beautiful cave?"
What is it?
"How wonderful it would be to be in this bridal chamber with you."
"..."
Yi Shuihan really wanted to crack open this woman's head to see if it was full of useless information.
Xiao Qingyin helped him to a relatively flat and dry spot to sit down, and let him lean against a rock.
He stuck the torch to one side and sat down.
"I estimate we'll have to wait until the eagle owl brings reinforcements before we can get out."
Do you think it knows how to call for help?
Yi Shuihan countered with a question.
“Of course I know,” Xiao Qingyin said confidently. “It’s so smart.”
“But I didn’t mention the owl to Yi San and the others. They probably thought it wanted to attack them.”
Xiao Qingyin: "..."
No way.
She looked up at the ceiling, but it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.
She's a pretty good climber and should be able to make it up, but she can't bring Yi Shuihan up with her.
If the eagle owl can't bring reinforcements, she'll have to go get them herself.
She admired the beautiful scenery of the cave with great interest for a while, but soon lost interest.
It's beautiful here, but the temperature is too low.
It feels about ten degrees colder than outside.
With these stalactites and stalagmites being so white, it's almost like a snowy wonderland.
She flinched and moved closer to Yi Shuihan.
"To warm up."
Are you cold?
"Um."
Yi Shuihan then took off his robe and gave it to her.
Xiao Qingyin reached out to stop her.
"I'm not so cold that I need to take clothes from the injured. You hurt your leg, so you need to keep warm."
Yi Shuihan thought for a moment and replied, "Then come a little closer."
"OK."
Xiao Qingyin squeezed closer to him, and Yi Shuihan reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Sitting next to the stove, Xiao Qingyin felt much warmer.
She turned to look at Yi Shuihan's profile and smiled, "The first time I saw you, you were like a proud peacock, your face contorted with murderous intent at the slightest touch. Now you're actually willing to take the initiative to approach others. You've really changed a lot as you've grown up."
A slight smile appeared on Yi Shuihan's lips.
“I used to really hate it when people touched me, even during military combat. Whenever I had physical contact with someone, I would feel disgusted and want to vomit.”
"Why?"
Xiao Qingyin asked.
"Do you have OCD?"
"Maybe it could be considered a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness."
Yi Shuihan looked up and said, "I wasn't like this when I was little. I only became like this after I turned six."
Xiao Qingyin immediately realized that something unpleasant must have happened when he was six years old.
“When I was six years old, I went to the palace with the prince. I was playing alone in the imperial garden when suddenly an old eunuch who knew kung fu came and took me to a grotto in the artificial mountain. He said he wanted to play a game with me.”
Yi Shuihan continued.
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