They walked like this for a while, and the people behind them started to get impatient with their pace.
"What's wrong with these roads? If you're so timid, you won't make it even by dark."
Neither of them paid him any attention and continued walking forward at their own pace.
When Lü Jiafu, who was speaking from behind, saw that they were ignoring him, he felt that he had lost face, so he strode forward and rushed ahead of them.
After walking so far, he turned back to mock them, "Look at you cowards! What could possibly happen? I'm leaving now, you can dawdle there slowly."
After saying that, he walked past everyone and strode forward. Sun Zhilei and Aunt Lü, who were behind him, were also very pleased to see him leave unharmed. Everyone wanted to reach their destination as soon as possible so they could return sooner. According to the usual route, it would only take an hour to get there. At Si Cheng and the others' pace, it would be a miracle if they arrived before dark.
Gradually, some people quickened their pace to catch up with those in front. Only a few members of the clan remained calmly behind, saying nothing.
Si Cheng didn't stop them; some people won't learn their lesson until they've been taught a lesson. After walking for about two more hours, they faintly heard cries for help.
At first, everyone thought they had misheard, but as they walked further, the sound became clearer and clearer.
"It sounds like a cry for help, and the voice sounds somewhat familiar." Yun Haitian had been obediently following behind, and when he heard the cry for help, it sounded somewhat familiar.
"It sounds like Aunt Lü?" At this point, no one cared about checking the surrounding safety anymore, and everyone quickly walked towards the direction of the sound.
"Hurry up, Sun Zhilei and Lü Jiafu have fallen down." Before they even got close, they heard Aunt Lü calling out to them.
"What do we do? They've fallen in. But I can't see them. I can only hear them talking." Seeing Sicheng and the others coming was like seeing saviors.
The gap wasn't wide, but it was quite noticeable. If you looked closely at the path, it would be easy to spot. I don't know how careless these people were to fall in together.
The fact that no one is visible indicates that the pit is not straight. This makes the rescue more difficult.
"Please help them quickly, or how am I supposed to explain this to their families?" Aunt Lü was getting anxious when she saw that the people who came from behind didn't immediately come to their aid.
"How can we save this? We need to think of a solution first."
"Exactly, why didn't you go down and save them yourself?"
"Which of you is carrying ropes?" Although Yunqi has many ropes in his space, it would be difficult to explain if he suddenly took them out.
"I have some rope here." This was Yun Yang's second time going out with Si Cheng, and he was quite experienced, so he brought some rope with him.
Yun Qi also took out a bundle of rope from his backpack and handed it to Si Cheng.
Si Cheng tied the two ropes into a knot, grabbed one end of the rope, and threw the other end into the deep pit.
But things didn't seem to go so smoothly; when they turned the corner, the rope just wouldn't go down.
Si Cheng lifted the rope, then had Yun Qi take a bottle of mineral water from his backpack and tie it to one end of the rope. He then pulled on the rope and slowly lowered it down.
The people in the pit always looked up at the light above, hoping that someone above would find a way to save them.
"Look, there's a rope coming down." Both of them felt they had seen a glimmer of hope.
Before long, the rope had reached the bottom.
"I'll go up first. My foot is injured, and I need to get up there quickly to apply medicine." Sun Zhilei grabbed the rope.
"Uncle Lei, let me go up first. I can test the rope first. It's not very secure. What if I fall because it's not secure?"
Seeing how sincere Li Jiafu was, Sun Zhilei thought about it and felt that this was safer for him, so he agreed.
Lu Jiafu circled the rope around his body a few times, then tugged at it to make sure it wasn't secure.
After checking, he pulled on one end of the rope and said, "Okay, pull it up!"
Everything was going smoothly until the rope was gradually shortening upwards. But when they reached the corner, the rope got stuck and they couldn't pull it anymore.
Si Cheng didn't dare to pull too hard, so he could only shout into the pit, "Adjust your angle and try to climb out."
"Fuck you, if I could get it transferred out, would I need your help? Can't you think of a way to get someone to help me get it transferred up?"
Upon hearing this, Si Cheng gently loosened the rope.
As he plummeted downwards, Lü Jiafu screamed in terror.
"How can you be like this? If you don't like it, just say so. Who's responsible if you fall?" Aunt Lü started with a tirade right from the start.
"Why don't you do it?" Yun Qi wasn't going to put up with him. "Didn't you guys think what we were doing was unnecessary?"
Si Cheng wasn't going to tolerate her. He also handed the rope to Aunt Lü's companion behind her. The companion didn't react in time and took the rope, but was pulled forward a few steps by the weight of the rope in front of him. Si Cheng helped him steady himself.
"Brother Cheng, you should do it. I really can't handle it. It's too heavy." She said, and handed the rope to Si Cheng again.
"Why don't some of you go down and rescue them?" Yun Qi suggested from the side.
Then a dramatic scene unfolded: everyone quickly took a big step back. It seems that the saying "drama imitates life" is absolutely true.
Yunqi then turned his attention to Aunt Lü.
"Don't look at me, my size isn't suitable for going down to save them." Aunt Lü shook her head so hard it almost broke, completely losing her previous self-righteousness.
“You have a loud voice, you go and talk to them. We’ll do our best to pull them up and let them find a way to save themselves.” If they weren’t from the same village, Yunqi really wouldn’t want to waste his time on these people.
After several attempts, they finally managed to pull the person up.
With everyone's help, Lü Jiafu untied the rope, revealing numerous abrasions on his body. Seeing these wounds, Lü Jiafu suddenly felt pain all over his body.
"Do you even know how to save people? It took you so long to pull me up."
"Why don't you go down again? This time we'll get the hang of it and pull you up quickly." Yun Yang didn't want to indulge this kind of person at all.
Si Cheng and Yun Qi didn't even want to look at each other. They simply couldn't muster the energy to argue with this kind of person; it would only make them angry in the end.
Having learned from the first experience, and with Sun Zhilei also seeing how to get around the bend, they rescued the person in no time.
"Thank you, thank you! Thank you so much everyone." Whether it was genuine or not, at least everyone felt much better after hearing that.
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