bedroom.
Xie Chennan was not sleeping, but fiddling with his cell phone.
"Mother!"
When Qin Shu came in, Xie Chennan subconsciously hid his phone under the pillow.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Qin Shu sat on the edge of the bed and touched Xie Chennan's hair.
Xie Chennan stared at Qin Shu quietly with his clear black eyes.
"Mom, you lied to me."
The little guy's eyes were full of accusations, and his words were full of grievances.
"You asked me to hide the truth at the beginning, saying that it concerned my mother's life and death, as well as the safety of the entire Xie family."
"You said you would survive. You are China's number one doctor. No doctor in the world is as good as you. As long as you don't want to die, there will definitely be a way."
Xie Chennan couldn't stop the tears from flowing: "But you lied to me, and you also lied to my uncle, grandpa and grandma!"
Qin Shu wiped her son's tears distressedly and coaxed him softly, "Chenchen, I'm sorry."
She wanted to hold Xie Chennan in her arms to comfort him, but was pushed away by her son's little hand.
Xie Chennan asked with tears in his eyes: "Mom, will you tell Dad?"
Qin Shu remained silent, with a hint of confusion in her slightly lowered eyes.
Xie Chennan's clear, tearful eyes stared straight at Qin Shu.
"Mom, I won't help you hide it from Dad this time. Dad will definitely find a way!"
Qin Shu said softly: "Chenchen, can you give mom some more time? I will tell him in two days."
Xie Chennan asked suspiciously: "Really? Mom won't lie to me again, right?"
Qin Shu said sincerely, "No, Mom will go to the back mountain first to check. After confirming the situation, I will notify Dad, okay?"
Xie Chennan sniffed and cried, "Let's make a pinky promise!"
Qin Shu looked at her son's outstretched little hand and intertwined it with his bent little finger.
"Let's make a promise. No one is allowed to change!"
"Uh-huh!"
Xie Chennan was coaxed.
Qin Shu glanced at her sleeping daughter and said, "Chenchen stays at home to take care of her sister. Mommy has to go out for a while and will be back at dawn."
"Mom, stay safe. My sister and I are waiting for you at home."
"good--"
*
Back mountain.
Qin Shu and Qin Hairui came to the bottom of the waterfall and heard the sound of rushing water.
The waterfall in the middle of the night is like the Milky Way falling from the sky, with silver light spreading across the valley and stirring up layers of mist.
Qin Shu stretched out her hand to feel the humidity in the air and said calmly, "It's so humid here."
Qin Hairui waved to the tribesmen not far away and whispered, "It's been like this for nearly a month. Let's go over and take a look."
"good--"
Those keeping watch were young and strong men, who did not yet know the truth about finding the entrance to the dark river.
Seeing Qin Hairui and Qin Shu coming, everyone's faces were filled with bright smiles.
Qin Hairui said in a gentle voice: "Thank you for your hard work, cousins. Ah Shu wants to see the entrance to the underground river, so we need to go into the water."
The leading young man looked at the frail Qin Shu and said with some concern,
"The water temperature is quite cool at this time. Can Shu bear it?"
Qin Shu smiled and said, "It's okay, I can handle it."
The young man nodded and said, "Okay, wait a minute. I'll go get my swimsuit. The entrance is quite deep, and it will be difficult for you to swim in your own clothes."
More than ten minutes later.
Qin Shu and Qin Hairui changed into their swimsuits and stood on the bank of the stream.
Qin Shu glanced at the huge rocks near the shore and found that the water level had dropped significantly.
If it were another ten centimeters, it would probably reach the halfway point of the boulder.
This slow receding water level trend is not a good thing, because as soon as a heavy rain comes, the water level will rise sharply.
Once the water level submerges the boulder, Qin Shu must be prepared to face death.
"Ah Shu, I'll go in the water first, you follow me!"
"knew--"
Qin Hairui dived into the stream, and Qin Shu followed closely behind him.
The brother and sister swam in the water like fish, following the rapids into the deep water.
After a few minutes, Qin Hairui stopped at the bottom of the waterfall, at a rocky location.
He shone the flashlight in his hand towards a certain spot on the riverbed, revealing a whirlpool nearly half the size of a fist. Below the whirlpool was a pitch-black cave entrance.
Qin Shu swam over and looked at the strange whirlpool from close range.
She gestured to Qin Hairui a few times - "Is this the entrance to the dark river?"
Qin Hairui nodded and started to gesture as well - "Yes! It seems to be a little bigger than a few days ago."
Qin Shu pointed at the whirlpool, then at herself, and finally at the rope around Qin Hairui's waist.
She was saying—"I'm going to go over and see, you tie the rope around me."
Qin Hairui did not refuse. He swam behind Qin Shu, put the rope around her slender waist, tied two knots, and then let her go.
Qin Shu mobilized all the spiritual energy in her body, injected it into her feet, stepped on the mud at the bottom of the water, and approached the whirlpool step by step.
She placed her hand on the vortex, and felt a sharp pain in her palm, so she quickly withdrew her hand.
Qin Hairui pulled the rope and waved to Qin Shu - "Don't get close! It's dangerous!"
Qin Shu turned around and made an OK gesture.
She took out the small ginseng and stone tied to a rope from the small cloth bag at her waist and threw them towards the black hole below the whirlpool.
It worked in one go!
Qin Shu pulled one end of the rope and felt a pulling force.
Until the nearly 100-meter-long rope shortened to more than one meter along the vortex, Qin Shu exerted force to pull it back.
After a long time, the ginseng disappeared at the other end of the rope that Qin Shu pulled back, leaving only a stone and an extra dark cloth bag.
That small cloth bag looked like it was tied there by someone!
Qin Shu's eyes lit up, and she untied the small cloth bag without thinking, revealing a stone containing rich spiritual energy.
Qin Shu blinked her beautiful eyes and tilted her head in confusion.
Qin Hairui suddenly pulled Qin Shu's arm and pointed upwards anxiously - "Go! There's danger!"
Qin Shu instantly felt a strong suction force.
The sudden danger left her no time to think, so she swam upwards with her things in hand.
Halfway through the swim, Qin Shu looked back.
The whirlpool behind him grew larger, and the surrounding fish, shrimps and aquatic plants followed the whirlpool and flowed towards the black hole that was half the size of a fist.
The entrance to the underground river is too small.
The bodies of fish and shrimp were minced and the clear water was dyed red with blood.
Qin Shu was startled and swam towards the surface faster.
“Huff, huff, huff—”
Qin Hairui took off his oxygen mask and lay on the shore, breathing deeply.
He looked at Qin Shu, who was breathing steadily beside him: "You are really brave. Who knows if there are any large species under the dark river? If we really provoke them, we will be in danger!"
Qin Shu played with the stone that contained rich spiritual energy and asked casually, "What large species?"
Qin Hairui said with an uneven breath: "My ancestors have books that record that there is a giant beast hidden in the dark river, which can swallow a person in a breath."
Qin Shu placed the almost transparent white stone in her hand in front of Qin Hairui.
"I don't know if there are any ferocious beasts in the dark river, but there are definitely people!"
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