Being angry and resentful was not a favorable emotion in such outdoor conditions, so after I had calmed down a little, I went back into the house.

Bai Lu came over to me when she saw me coming back and said, "My sister has reflected on herself. Zhou Bo, I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble... My mother was already an elderly mother when she was pregnant with her, and then she had a difficult delivery. Dad chose to save the older one or the younger one, and Mom died of illness. So Dad doted on her very much. Psychologically speaking, it should be to make up for his debt to Mom. I started taking care of this sister when I was eight years old. According to Dad's requirements, I took care of her meticulously and would not let her suffer any grievances."

"Bai Lu, this is our living condition. This is not your home. What your father told you won't work." I sighed.

Bai Lu nodded and said, "But the little girl is listening to you now and is going to make another set of earthen bowls to apologize to you."

"She's scared. What about Yunwen? What about her?" I asked.

"Her condition seems to have worsened. She's a little depressed. I'll prepare some medicine for her later. Don't worry." Bai Lu said.

"Well, I'll discuss today's arrangements with you. Take good care of Yunwen and don't let her move around. Then you can marinate the sea fish with salt. Ask Yingchun to bake some earthen bowls again. Also, see if you can make an earthen funnel of about 30 centimeters, and an earthen basin of the same size, more than 20 centimeters high. I'll go to the beach later to get some more salt. I also need to saw some firewood to make a fence to prevent wild beasts from trampling on the wheat fields at night." I said.

"Okay, then you go early and come back early, and be careful." Bai Lu said.

I carried my backpack, took the same stuff I had in the morning plus a saw, and went to the beach, intending to get some more fine salt. This time I used a plastic food bag, which I used to hold the salt. I got about the size of a thumb, but the sun was already starting to show signs of fading, and I had other things to do, so I stopped there.

After tying up the fine salt and putting it in my backpack, I went back along the same route and went to the tall trees. I climbed up a tree and sawed off some branches. I couldn't hold too much with one hand, so I planned to do it in small amounts and multiple times, so I went back with all of them.

But when I was doing these, I felt some inexplicable palpitations in my heart, I don’t know why.

When I returned to Huoquan Old House, the sun had already set, but I saw Bailu running towards me with a panicked look in her eyes. I thought she was here to help me take my things back, so I was about to hand her some, but she immediately pushed me away and said anxiously, "Zhou Bo, you have to believe me, Yingchun and I really didn't do anything, it was Zhang Yunwen who left on her own!"

"Gone? Where did you go?" I asked hurriedly.

"I don't know. I was boiling some blood-dissolving herbs for her and didn't pay attention to her. When I went to the house to look for her, she was gone. I couldn't find her anywhere. She was wearing the whistle and we couldn't blow it. Yingchun and I didn't dare to go out, so we could only wait for you to come back." Song Bailu said.

"Oh, in my opinion, don't look for her. She wanted to leave on her own initiative. No one forced her. She felt that she owed you, Zhou Bo, and that she was taking advantage of your feelings even though she already had a husband. So she left because she couldn't figure it out. This just saves one person's food, so the three of us can eat more at each meal." Song Yingchun said.

I was angry but didn't lose my temper. I dropped the package and was about to go look for her, but Song Bailu stopped me and said, "Zhou Bo, my sister's words are rude but her reason is not. It's getting dark soon. If you go out to look for her, you will only hurt yourself. Besides, this is indeed her own choice. Why are you so persistent? Besides, to put it bluntly, she is someone else's wife. Why do you care about her business?"

"That's right. Do you want to support someone else's wife, or do you want to occupy someone else's wife? Think about it carefully and don't be so picky." What Song Yingchun said was as unpleasant as it could be.

At this time, Song Bailu slowly walked towards me and said, "Don't just think about that stewardess. Think about it. If you leave, what will happen to Yingchun and I at night? Aren't you afraid that we will be eaten by wild beasts?"

"No matter whose wife she is, she is still my teammate. It is only natural to protect my teammates. It is not as dirty as you say. As for you, either come with me to find someone, or stay at home and keep the fire. There is a fence to protect it, so no wild animals will invade." I said.

After saying that, I put down my luggage, took the torch and went out.

The sisters would definitely not go with me. They would stay wherever it was safe.

Yunwen must have heard what Song Bailu and I said, so it is unlikely that she went to the coast, otherwise she would have been seen by me. She did not notify anyone, and ran away when I was out. It must be because she did not want everyone to know, so she only went in one direction, which was the direction of the jujube forest in the opposite direction of me. The direction I took her to once, the dangerous mountain road above the fault before, there was the earth cave where we hid from the rain. I think she probably went there.

I went over there without thinking much, and sure enough, there were Yunwen's size 39 footprints. She was a flight attendant, tall, and her feet were relatively big among girls, so they were easy to identify.

I immediately moved forward in the predetermined direction. As I ran, I felt guilty. After all, I was partly responsible for her running away. She depended on me so much, but I couldn't stand her and got angry with her. I must have felt bad.

I ran forward, checking from time to time to see if there were any more footprints, but soon the clues were cut off. I didn't find her footprints on the road ahead. The soil here was almost the same. There was no reason why there would be footprints on the previous road but not here. Could she be hiding nearby?

I looked around for clues with a torch, but saw a large footprint on the right side, about the distance of one step or more than I could take. It should be the footprint of some kind of primate, similar to that of a human, and very deep. To be honest, I am relatively tall among men, and my feet are not small, but compared with this footprint, I am nothing but a dwarf compared to a giant.

However, Yunwen's footprints stop here, and this footprint happens to appear here. This simple inference tells us what happened.

At this time, I squatted down and listened carefully to the ground. Sure enough, I could hear a loud noise, and the direction should be on the right side.

I immediately drew my bayonet, sweating with nervousness, and followed. The closer I got to the woods, the clearer I could hear. With such a loud noise, the wild beasts didn't dare to approach easily. I also saw some wild dogs retreat more than two feet away from me, which showed that they were very afraid of this creature.

Not to mention them, I was so unwilling to keep up. The fear in my bones made it almost impossible for me to move.

It was getting closer and closer. It was walking and I was running. The distance between us was getting closer and closer. I heard Yunwen's panting and she seemed to be out of breath.

"Zhang Yunwen, if you are here, just answer." I shouted.

At this time, the loud footsteps stopped. It seemed that the thing heard my voice. I had an urge to run, but when I thought that Yunwen was in her hands, I stood still and tried to muster up my courage.

I continued to approach and saw a high mountain cliff not far ahead, which was also the other side of the fault. There was a cliff leading directly to the top of the mountain. The distance from top to bottom was more than ten stories high, and the slope was extremely steep. It could not be an exaggeration to say that it was the bottom of the cliff abyss.

"Zhou Bo..." Yunwen's voice came, but it sounded like it was being strangled.

At this moment, the footsteps started again. I heard that it was not moving forward, but coming towards me. Under the moonlight, the long and large figure was reflected from the corner of the woods and shone on the ground, which made me shudder.

"Run!" This is what Yunwen didn't finish saying just now, and now she said it...