Xie Lingqin glanced around and her heart tightened.
earthquake!
This is no longer just a case of misfortune piling upon misfortune.
What about Xu Shixun?
Has he not returned yet? Xie Lingqin looked outside. It was getting dark, and the boy was dressed so thinly...
Xie Lingqin mustered her strength, put the sweet potato into her bosom, and then got up and walked out of the cave.
All around was a vast expanse of snow, and the roots of the bushes were covered.
It stretches as far as the eye can see.
"Xu Shixun, Xu Shixun..."
Xie Lingqin shouted loudly, and fortunately, the snow was not falling too heavily at the moment, and the footprints could still be vaguely seen.
Xie Lingqin followed the footprints and soon arrived at the edge of a cliff.
Xie Lingqin covered her mouth and coughed lightly. Looking around, all she could see was snow-white desolation.
Xu Shixun wouldn't...
"Help, help..."
Just as Xie Lingqin was about to leave, a faint sound suddenly came. Xie Lingqin listened carefully, turned around, and saw Xu Shixun in a very dangerous low-lying spot. He was holding onto a tree in a crevice in the rocks with one hand and grabbing a rabbit's ear with the other.
With half his body hanging there, his entire soul was excited when he saw Xie Lingqin's body.
"Sister Lingqin, quick, I'm here..."
Xie Lingqin glanced at him, said nothing, and simply turned around, quickly grabbing a vine and throwing it down.
After Xu Shixun laboriously climbed up the tree, the first thing he did was pick up the dead wild rabbit and wave it in front of Xie Lingqin, "Sister Lingqin, look, a rabbit, a rabbit! We have something to eat, and it's meat!"
Xu Shixun, the young master of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, a playboy spoiled by luxury and indulgence, the most arrogant and domineering talent in the entire Beirong capital, has never worried or fretted about a little food.
Right now, he's as happy as a fool over a dead rabbit.
"You really shouldn't have pounced on me in the first place."
Xie Lingqin suddenly said this, her expression indifferent, her eyes distant and aloof.
She has very weak blood and energy. Even though she sometimes coughs so badly that she can't walk, she still keeps her back straight, as if she would collapse if she bent over even slightly.
Every time Xu Shixun tried to help her, she would stop him with her slender white hand, saying that she could do it, and also telling him not to give up.
And now, after he had finally managed to catch the rabbit, she looked so listless.
"Sister Lingqin, aren't you happy? I caught a rabbit! And I caught it myself! We have something to eat now."
"Not very happy."
Xie Lingqin said, then threw the vine aside.
"Why?"
“Growth is a good thing, but the price is a bit high. When I was looking for you just now, I looked around and found…” Xie Lingqin coughed lightly, covering her mouth. The wind blew, and her thin body seemed about to fall, but she did not fall. Her voice was firm and resolute, “It will be difficult for us to get out of here.”
After Xie Lingqin finished speaking, Xu Shixun fell silent. After a moment, a smile appeared on his face again. "I don't believe it. My mother had someone tell my fortune before. They said I would live to be ninety-nine."
"If I told you you could live to be a hundred, you probably wouldn't believe me."
Xu Shixun...
"Rustle, rustle..."
Xu Shixun was momentarily annoyed and was about to say something when his expression tightened. Then, almost simultaneously, he and Xie Lingqin turned their heads slightly to look at the distance behind them, unconsciously swallowing.
"No, no way, it can't be that much of a coincidence..."
"Throw the rabbit away."
Xie Lingqin said that her voice was very soft, but it was a command.
"Why...?"
Xu Shixun's hands were trembling, but he still asked cautiously.
"There is blood, and the smell of blood has attracted things that we can't deal with right now."
"But this rabbit, this rabbit, I've had a hard time..."
"Do you want your life or the rabbit?"
"But without rabbits, we'll starve to death."
"I promise I'll find you another rabbit. Let go and run!" Xie Lingqin slapped Xu Shixun's hand hard.
The chubby hand suddenly loosened its grip, and the whole rabbit fell to the ground.
"At least, at least leave one leg..."
"You think animals aren't smarter than humans?" Xie Lingqin pulled Xu Shixun away, but seeing that Xu Shixun looked extremely reluctant, she kicked the rabbit several meters away.
"My rabbit..."
"Walk."
Xu Shixun pulled Xu Shixun and ran to the other side. The two had just crawled on the snow when they saw several large, dangerous, and ferocious snow wolves not far ahead, devouring the rabbit that Xu Shixun had worked so hard to get...
"Not a single bone fragment was left."
Xu Shixun was almost in tears. He was unwilling to accept it. He glanced to the side and saw that Xie Lingqin's face was so pale that her veins were clearly visible, and her face...
"Don't say you're ugly, or I'll angrily kick you out." Xie Lingqin met Xu Shixun's gaze without backing down, her words cold.
"Not ugly."
Xu Shixun shook his head firmly, "I think Sister Lingqin is very beautiful, more beautiful than my mother, more beautiful than any woman in the capital."
"I think so too."
Xie Lingqin said that a bitter smile appeared in her eyes at this moment.
Yes, her face... I don't know if it was because of the demonic possession she suffered at the cliff's edge that day, or because she recklessly used her spiritual arts to protect Yu Qingyi's arm after the demonic possession, or some other reason... Anyway...
She was disfigured.
---Aside---
When people are in dire straits, even a biscuit can become a lifeline, let alone a rabbit.
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