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.

“Mr. Nan 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.

was marked, they still got lost

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

realized that there were

and darkness of this forest

human

having no actual path to walk

give up,” said Nan Chen whose voice was masculine and deep,

one to forge ahead on their journey. How

Chen’s help, the leeches were taken care of soon enough, and Ning Ran sat on the

forward, and her

Nan Chen coldly,

need a minute,” panted Ning

you can’t sit on the floor,” said Dabao who

tired,” explained Ning

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

not?” asked

make you fatigue and cause your muscles to cramp,” explained

Ran didn’t really believe that. She wanted to sit down because she

Nan Chen, “You can

from carrying Dabao. I

Nan Chen who didn’t give anyone a chance to argue and made Ning Ran held

was slightly easier for Ning

couldn’t handle it anymore

how far or how long they walked, but they reached their destination just

to the forest they were previously trapped in;

open field where one could see the sky

wooden cabin built by the

and started to pant

lived here,” said

here,” explained Qiao Zhan, “This is a temporary base for drug dealers who had it prepared in case they

over

worry, Young Mistress. Even if

that there was, indeed, simple

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 Zhan had someone washed the

by the mold had been given to Ning Ran and the

resting for a bit, Qiao Zhan and the others grabbed some of

caught about 7 relatively big

woke up to the smell of cooked food, and her stomach

pot was cooking fish and some

security guards because Ning Ran and the two

felt bad about that and tried to join the security team, but she was

and Dabao sat

solved for the time being, and everyone

because she was curious and wanted to hear what the Poker Face

only chat with the two kids, and Ning Ran realized that he was actually quite interesting despite his usual

realized that she could not understand a word they were talking about because Dabao and Nan Chen were discussing astronomy while looking at the

little hurt as she realized that she

just gossip? Why do

so she voiced up, “Third Uncle, what are you two talking about?

mind and thought Yeah! Besides, isn’t it

it that your brother understands but you

some reason, Ning Ran felt uncomfortable when that Poker Face talked

girl,” answered Erbao

Chen who was waiting for Erbao to

a pretty face,” said Erbao with a straight face, “We don’t need to understand those complicated

Ran wanted to

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