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!

as a wild chicken, something that could be sold for money, and immediately wanted to

wild chicken noticed her

a chase between person and chicken, one

know how long she had been running, and when she couldn’t catch the chicken, she realized she could no longer see Aunt Tian and the

continued wandering alone in the mountain, crying while looking for her grandma, until she was

Ning’s mind: [That little dummy, if she had stayed put after chasing the chicken, she probably would have been found. Instead, she went

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

her to use as a cane, but upon realizing Xiao Hua couldn’t

Jiang Ning’s neck, feeling embarrassed despite Jiang Ning’s

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

how long she’d been

heard someone calling her name, and the voice

a moment, then loudly responded in the direction of

later, a team of rescuers appeared before Jiang Ning, led by Qi

stared steadily as

in sweat and dew, shoes caked with sticky mud, and his pants dirtied, looking nothing

Xingzhou never mentioned it, Jiang Ning could sense that he was normally meticulous about personal hygiene, perhaps even a bit of a

Qi Xingzhou ignored

shoes toward Jiang Ning, focusing entirely

took Xiao Hua off

seeing Qi Xingzhou and the others arrive, Xiao Hua, who

to rescue them,

brother approached, Xiao Hua inexplicably grew

the big brother looked handsome,

Xiao Hua vaguely sensed that this big brother’s attitude toward her was somewhat unkind

to hold her, Xiao Hua gripped Jiang Ning tightly,

and spoke flatly: “Let

just his usual attitude toward

coldness made Xiao Hua more frightened than when he

held Jiang

man with a strong sense of friendliness stepped forward urgently from behind Qi Xingzhou, smiling as he spoke to

Ning also said, “Xiao Hua, it’s okay. They’re good people, here

passed to

years old, after carrying her, the man found it easier