That was the third day that Nan Chen and the others had been trapped in the forest.

Only a little food was left so no one else was eating because it had to be saved for the kids.

Despite that, the kids still had to ration their meals because they were running out of food.

For the first time in her life, Ning Ran felt hopeless.

She thought that she had it rough when she had to take care of the kids all on her own, but the true hardship had just begun.

Nothing else mattered when they were struggling to survive.

Dabao could tell that his Mommy was worried so he held her hand and said, “Don't worry, Mommy. Even if we run out of food, we can still eat the fruits in the forest.”

Ning Ran forced a grin and said, “Okay, Mommy won't worry.”

“We won't die, Mommy,” said Erbao who was also trying to comfort her Mommy.

Ning Ran was terrified of hearing the word 'die' so she picked up some bitter fruits and took a couple of bites to distract herself.

“We'll be okay,” Ning Ran encouraged the kids, “We'll get out of here soon.”

It didn't matter how scared she was, Ning Ran needed to give the kids hope.

“Sir Chen is back!” someone called out.

“Dabao! Dabao!” shouted Nan Chen.

“Third Uncle!” replied Dabao loudly.

“I found it! I found the river!” exclaimed Nan Chen even though he was naturally calm, “And there's food there!”

“Really? That's amazing!” said Dabao as he jumped up, “Yay!”

“Get ready, we're leaving now,” ordered Nan Chen, “We'll move over before nightfall.”

One hour later, everyone took off.

Even though the correct path was marked, they still got lost twice.

had too many trees and the leaves had blocked out every bit

that there were a couple of leeches

and darkness of this forest made it feel like

make any human feel like they would not live another

having no actual path to walk

give up,” said Nan Chen whose voice was masculine and deep, “It's just a little

days and was still the first one to forge ahead on their journey. How physically and mentally strong did he have

taken care of soon enough,

too exhausted to move forward, and her feet feel as heavy

ordered Nan Chen coldly, “We don't have time to

need a minute,” panted Ning Ran,

said Dabao who was on Nan

am too tired,” explained Ning

held out a hand and pulled Ning Ran up, “You can rest standing up, but you are not

not?” asked Ning

make you fatigued and cause your muscles to cramp,”

believe that. She wanted to sit down because she was too

can

okay; you're already exhausted from carrying Dabao. I can handle

anyone a chance to argue and made

Nan Chen's help, it was slightly easier

someone with a strong will, but her body couldn't handle it anymore because she had not eaten in two days. Still, she

far or how long they walked, but they reached their destination just before the sun went

they were previously trapped in; their destination was

a large, open field where one could see the sky if they looked

was even a wooden cabin built by the

and started to pant on the

can't believe someone actually lived here,” said

Qiao Zhan, “This is a temporary base for drug dealers who had it prepared in case they were ever chased

show up and realize that we had taken over their spot?” asked Ning Ran, “That

very low,” said Qiao Zhan, “But don't worry, Young Mistress. Even if someone were to show up, we will be able to protect

they realized that there was, indeed, simple cutleries and pots for

few of the plastic bags were filled with rice, but the weather had been too humid so those on the surface had already had mold growing on them. Despite that, it didn't feel right to throw them away so Qiao

rice that was not affected by the mold had been given

for a bit, Qiao Zhan and the others grabbed some of the tools laying in the

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