As expected, she received no response. She had tried to communicate with Xiao Li along the way, but the child hadn't said a word from beginning to end.
He just looked at you with his calm, unwavering gaze, as if he saw through everything.
Even the lightest weight becomes a burden after running at high speed for a long time.
Xia Linyin gradually felt her strength waning. Her arms, which were holding Xiao Li, grew increasingly sore and tired, and her legs felt as heavy as lead. Hearing the approaching sounds behind her, Xia Linyin gritted her teeth and quickened her pace.
"Xiaoyin! Hurry up!" Sister Liu turned her head and couldn't help but shout urgently.
Ah Xiang ran in the lead, and unlike them who were panting heavily with heavy steps, her toes lightly skimmed the ground, landing silently and gracefully, just like the legendary light-footed skill.
Seeing Ah Xiang's relaxed and carefree appearance, Sister Liu couldn't help but feel indignant on Xia Linyin's behalf.
Ah Xiang is going too far! She abandoned her younger brother to outsiders and didn't care about him at all. Didn't she see that her brother was about to be caught by the corpse beetles? She was only concerned with running forward herself.
"Ah Xiang! Ah Xiang!" Sister Liu shouted at the top of her lungs.
After calling out "Ah Xiang" twice without getting a response, Sister Liu called out again, "Your Highness!"
This time, Ah Xiang finally reacted. She frowned slightly and turned to look at Sister Liu.
Sister Liu cursed inwardly before calling out, "Your brother—"
"Oh, forget about him, that sickly guy should have died long ago." Ah Xiang waved her hand and continued running forward.
Sister Liu: "..."
Upon hearing Ah Xiang's words, Wang Ming felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind.
Good heavens! How can there be such a heartless sister in this world!
Was Ah Xiang's younger brother a free gift with a phone top-up at Ah Xiang's house?
Xiao Li looked at Xia Linyin's sweat-covered face, his dark eyes unreadable, and wondered what he was thinking.
"Quick, quick! There's a stone chamber here! Go in quickly!" the fat man shouted.
"Where's the door? Where's the door! Holy crap! This stone chamber has no door! What are we doing here?!" Wang Ming shouted, jumping up and down. The stone chamber, which was about ten square meters in size, had an open opening with nothing blocking the entrance or exit. Coming in here would mean certain death!
"Shut up!" Old Wu shouted coldly. The walls at the entrance were carved with the patterns of the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. Old Wu stretched out two fingers and pressed on a certain spot on the wall. With a rumbling sound, a stone door slowly descended from above.
"Great job, Mr. Wu!" Wang Ming gave a thumbs up, then exclaimed, "Xiao Yin is still outside!"
He looked out of the stone chamber and saw Xia Linyin carrying Xiao Li, running frantically towards it. "Xiaoyin! Hurry! Hurry up!"
The stone gate slowly descended, and it was almost at the middle!
The fat man roared, "Xiao Yin! Get rid of the NPC right now!"
What kind of time is this?! Still carrying that paralyzed NPC!
Does she want to die?!
Damn it! You're an idiot!
The fat man was absolutely furious! To him, risking his life for an NPC was utterly foolish!
Almost there! Seeing the stone gate that was almost within reach, Xia Linyin threw Xiao Li over, and Sister Liu immediately grabbed one of Xiao Li's legs and dragged her inside.
Xia Linyin rolled over on the spot and rolled into the stone chamber through the narrow gap. The moment Xia Linyin rolled into the stone chamber, the stone door hit the ground with a "bang" beside her.
"Xiaoyin, you really scared me to death! It was only a tiny bit of distance, just a tiny bit of distance! And you actually rolled in! Luckily you're thin, a fat person definitely wouldn't be able to do that!" Wang Ming patted his chest and gestured with his hands.
Xia Linyin leaned against the wall, breathing heavily, feeling like she had escaped a disaster. Yes, she was just a hair's breadth away from being crushed into a meat patty.
"Xiaoyin, do you know what you were doing just now?" The fat man walked up to Xia Linyin and asked. He wanted to say something, but after seeing Matchmaker Li and A Xiang, he moved his lips and swallowed his words.
"Never mind, I'll talk to her about it later," Sister Liu said as she came over. She looked at Xia Linyin, sighed, and shook her head helplessly.
Inside the sealed stone chamber, there was a terracotta dragon carriage, its five-clawed dragons carved so lifelike that they seemed ready to come to life at any moment.
An ever-burning lamp is lit on the wall. Legend has it that the lamp oil was made by merfolk and will never go out.
Xia Linyin opened her bag, which contained only two thin pieces of flatbread and half a bag of water.
She picked up the water bag and took a sip, which made her throat, which was burning hot, feel a little better.
Turning to look at Xiao Li beside her, Xia Linyin handed him the water bag, but Xiao Li just looked at her without making a move.
"If you're not going to drink it, I've already finished it all," Xia Linyin said. Seeing that Xiao Li still didn't react, she took another sip of water and then put away the water bag that still had a little water left.
"Where's the flatbread? Do you want some?" Xia Linyin asked again, still receiving no response. She took a bite of the dry flatbread. "Aren't you hungry or thirsty?"
"Sister, are you thirsty?"
Xia Linyin paused, tilting her head to look at Xiao Li with some disbelief.
Xiao Li raised his arm, his wide sleeves sliding down, and his childish voice made it hard to believe that he had such indifferent eyes.
"If you're thirsty, you can drink my blood."
His arm was wrapped in white strips of cloth, from which dark red liquid seeped.
"I just saw that my sister was reluctant to drink water."
Just then, Sister Liu suddenly came over and said, "Xiaoyin, come here for a moment, I have something to tell you."
Xia Linyin bit her lip, then stood up and followed behind Sister Liu.
The two walked to a corner, and Sister Liu lowered her voice and said to Xia Linyin, "Even his sister doesn't care about that kid anymore, so why are you still bothering with him?"
“Xiaoyin, don’t forget who we are and what we’re here for. I know you sympathize with him and pity him, but this will get you killed.”
"It's not that Sister Liu is heartless, but is it really unnecessary for her to know?"
“He’s just a burden to us now, a drag. If you continue to take him along, he’ll kill you!”
"Xiaoyin, are you listening to what Sister Liu is saying? Listen to me, when we leave later, leave him here."
Xia Linyin lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Sister Liu patted her on the shoulder, "Think about it carefully yourself."
After resting for a while, the fat man lay down and pressed his ear to the ground. The rustling sounds outside had already subsided.
The fat man nodded to Old Wu, who then activated the switch to open the stone door a crack. The fat man lay on the ground and looked out.
"Alright! Let's go! The corpse beetles are all gone!"
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