Su Ruyi quickly gritted her teeth.
Because she relied entirely on brute force, pulling herself up with her own two arms.
At this point, she could barely feel her arms anymore; her muscles were still faithfully carrying out the instructions from her brain.
Push harder, and harder still!
Finally, she reached the top of the cliff!
She rolled over and fell backward, panting heavily.
After a while, he finally recovered.
She laughed through her tears, "Fifth Brother, I rescued you! I rescued you!"
Next, we need to return the way we came before dark.
She pulled out her dagger again to clear a path.
The red mole on her palm had long since stopped burning. She followed the "S"-shaped mark she had left on the tree trunk and didn't miss a single fork in the road.
I strode down the mountain as fast as I could, and by the time I reached the foot of the mountain, it was already dark, and smoke rose from the chimneys above Dingjiatun.
She went to the place where she had knocked out Su Tong and Shen Ji and put them into her spatial storage. She took out their weapons and set them up.
No one would come here at this time.
She moved Su Tong and Shen Ji out of the space and threw them on the ground.
Then, he placed the "confession" written by Su Tie himself into Su Tong's breast pocket.
Then, he collapsed behind the group.
Finally, she used her divine sense to control the golden needles behind the three people's heads and put them into her spatial storage.
Su Tong was the first to wake up.
He sat up blankly and rushed to Su Ruyi: "Ruyi, what happened?! Are you hurt?!"
Su Ruyi pretended to be unconscious and remained motionless.
At this moment, Shen Ji and the other person slowly woke up.
The two immediately surrounded her. That damned Ji Xuchang actually pinched Su Ruyi's philtrum hard with his thumb! He almost broke the skin!
Su Ruyi had no choice but to wake up immediately: "Fourth Brother...you..."
Su Tong looked around warily: "We must have been...ambushed!"
Shen and Ji were also on edge: "How come it's already dark?! We...we both passed out? And we've been unconscious for a whole day!"
At this moment, Su Ruyi hesitated before asking, "You...you didn't dream about that old man?"
The three men were horrified and asked, "What old man?"
Su Ruyi pretended to have a headache and frowned, saying, "Is that the old man who said he saved Fifth Brother and told us not to go up the mountain to our deaths? He said he was the Mountain God!"
The three of them: "???"
Su Tong asked anxiously, "Ruyi, did you hurt your head?"
Su Ruyi said anxiously, "Grandpa Mountain God said that Fifth Brother was injured and is recuperating at his place. He will come back after he recovers in a while. He told us not to waste our energy looking for him. Didn't any of you dream about this?"
All three shook their heads.
Seeing their somewhat dazed expressions, Su Ruyi almost burst out laughing.
She quickly lowered her head: "It really is so! Grandpa Mountain God is indeed a prophet. Fourth Brother, Grandpa Mountain God said he knew you didn't believe him, so he put something on you. Look for it quickly!"
Su Tong immediately searched his body and quickly pulled the "confession" out of his shirt pocket.
Su Tong opened it and glanced at it; it was Su Tie's notebook.
By this time, he had already believed most of it.
Upon further consideration, he murmured, "That makes sense—the inexplicable theft of the brigade headquarters must also be the work of this old sage."
Su Tong immediately bowed three times towards the direction of the mountain, saying, "Thank you, old immortal!"
Shen and Ji passed the "confession" around for a moment, and then bowed solemnly to the mountain.
Su Ruyi is the same.
The atmosphere became very solemn for a moment.
Su Tong then asked, "Ruyi, did the old immortal say when Xiao Tie will be able to recover from his injuries and return?"
"Let me think!" Su Ruyi said slowly, "He said it, but... I can't remember it?!"
Su Tong hurriedly and cautiously said, "Take your time to think, don't rush..."
"Grandpa Mountain God said—it will take at least ten days to half a month, and at most more than a month!" Su Ruyi blurted out, having already rehearsed these words in her mind several times.
Listening to this speech, which was a mix of classical and vernacular Chinese, Su Tong was now completely convinced that Su Tie must have had a miraculous encounter.
He felt completely relaxed and his legs went weak.
The same was true for Shen and Ji; their legs were so weak that they would fall after taking only a few steps.
Apart from Su Ruyi, the rest of the people almost helped each other and stumbled back to the educated youth settlement.
By this time, the educated youth had already eaten, and lights were on in every room, casting a soft glow.
When Su Ruyi returned to the front yard, she saw four girls sitting around a stone table in the dark, as if they were cooling off or waiting for someone.
It was completely dark by then, and she couldn't see clearly, but she could still sense that the people's gazes were fairly friendly.
A young woman in her mid-twenties approached, speaking with a Beijing accent, and asked with a smile, "Are you Su Ruyi, the educated youth?"
Su Ruyi nodded: "It's me."
She knew that the girl was the female head of the educated youth settlement, named Wang Chuntao, and was also the eldest among the educated youth, having been in the countryside for eight years.
She didn't have much interaction with this person, but she felt that he was a warm-hearted person.
However, her financial situation must not be very good, because her clothes were full of patches and she was extremely thin.
In her previous life, Su Ruyi heard that she lived frugally and often sent money and food home.
Wang Chuntao stepped forward, looked her over, and smiled:
"It's good that you're back safe and sound!"
My name is Wang Chuntao. You can call me Sister Wang or Comrade Wang, either is fine!
I am the person in charge of the female comrades at the educated youth settlement.
We heard that several new educated youths have gone up to the back mountain, and there is even a female educated youth among them. We are all very worried!
We've been sitting here waiting for you for an hour!
Just now, Jiang and Li, the educated youth, went to find the brigade leader.
"Did you all get down the mountain safely?"
"They're all back safe and sound. We're so sorry to have worried everyone!" Su Ruyi said sincerely.
"Then I'll go tell them right away!" With that, Wang Chuntao got up and hurriedly went out.
At this moment, the other three girls also got up and surrounded them.
The two girls walking in front were her roommates from her previous life, Ai Shengnan and Guo Tianya.
In her previous life, she and the two girls lived in the middle dormitory, which they called the "Middle Room".
In this life, if she hadn't insisted on living in the west wing, she probably would still be roommates with these two girls.
Ai Shengnan, true to his name, was a tomboy with a short, work-cut haircut and a pair of bright, lively eyes on his tanned face: "Su, I'm Ai Shengnan! It's nice to meet you! You look very young, how old are you?"
Su Ruyi: "I am fifteen years old."
She knew that this tomboy was from Jiangcheng and came from a well-off family. She came to the countryside mainly because she resented the control she received at home.
"So small! And so beautiful! How could your family bear to part with it!"
The female educated youth behind Ai Shengnan couldn't help but smack her lips.
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