Even After My Death

Chapter 718: Chapter 616: Qi Xingzhou Arrives

Jiang Ning walked on the mountain with Xiao Hua.

It was only then she realized that there had been multiple landslides on the mountain the previous night.

However, these landslides were small and didn’t threaten the cave where Jiang Ning and Xiao Hua rested, hence the system reminder.

The mountain had completely changed overnight.

Countless trees lay across the ground, blocking their way, along with the soil and rocks sliding down from above.

Even as Jiang Ning led Xiao Hua out, she had to cautiously avoid the occasional rocks falling from above.

Having never experienced such things, Xiao Hua felt subconsciously afraid when she saw the scene before her.

The path Jiang Ning had taken into the mountain yesterday was blocked by obstacles, and places that had collapsed could possibly collapse again.

Jiang Ning asked the system to calculate the most suitable descent route, and found that the shortest one still exceeded yesterday’s path by a wide margin.

Jiang Ning, while guiding Xiao Hua around the obstacles, talked to her to divert her fear: “Xiao Hua, why weren’t you with your grandma yesterday? Did you go mushroom picking alone?”

“No. I came with grandma…,” Xiao Hua answered honestly.

From her words, Jiang Ning understood the process of how she got lost.

It had been raining recently, and many mushrooms sprouted on the mountain.

But mushrooms don’t grow in clusters; they’re scattered, with one here and another there, rarely forming a dense group.

Over ten villagers came to the mountain to pick mushrooms, not just from Sanwan Village, but from nearby villages as well, so to ensure efficiency and individual harvests, everyone typically searched alone.

Xiao Hua was originally not far from her grandma.

But being young, her legs worked faster than her grandma’s. Upon discovering a large bunch of mushrooms, she got excited, forgot to inform her grandma, and rushed to pick them.

Moreover, she seemed extraordinarily lucky, not only finding a large bunch of mushrooms but also spotting a wild chicken!

wild chicken, something that could be sold

chicken noticed her

chase between person and chicken, one flying, the other

had been running, and when she couldn’t catch the chicken, she realized she

while looking for her grandma, until she was too exhausted to walk

little dummy, if she had stayed put after chasing the chicken, she probably would

soil was dense, and the fallen leaves were slippery. Xiao Hua panted heavily as she

to use as a cane, but upon realizing Xiao Hua couldn’t walk anymore, she

embarrassed despite Jiang

the mountain, Xiao Hua would develop a psychological shadow toward going mushroom

didn’t know how long she’d been

she heard someone calling her name,

in the direction of the voice: “Over here! I’m

appeared before Jiang Ning, led by

stared steadily as

Mr. Qi now had messy hair, clothes drenched in sweat and dew, shoes caked with

was normally meticulous about personal hygiene, perhaps even a bit of a neat

Qi Xingzhou

dirt in those filthy shoes toward Jiang Ning, focusing entirely on her and the unfamiliar little girl

took Xiao

Xiao Hua, who had

rescue them, Xiao Hua was

the unfamiliar big brother approached, Xiao Hua inexplicably

though the big brother looked handsome,

and Xiao Hua vaguely sensed that this big

her, Xiao Hua gripped Jiang Ning

frowned and spoke flatly: “Let

his usual attitude toward anyone other

made Xiao Hua more frightened than when he didn’t

held Jiang

of friendliness stepped forward urgently from behind Qi Xingzhou, smiling as he spoke to Xiao Hua, “This sister has carried you all the way; she must be very

said, “Xiao Hua, it’s okay.

Hua was passed to

carrying her, the man found