Just two steps away from the little girl, on the slope below the bushes, Lin Leyao lay there, clinging tightly to the bushes beside her to maintain her balance.
Her figure was completely obscured by bushes several tens of centimeters high, making her invisible from the mountain path, so no one knew that someone was lying there. The little girl, seeing that she could no longer see the person speaking, had already run far away, seemingly having listened to Lin Leyao and run home.
Hearing the sound of a child running, which was once within reach of her, growing fainter and fainter until it almost disappeared, Lin Leyao smiled helplessly.
Lin Leyao closed her eyes and felt the raindrops getting bigger and bigger.
The bushes became increasingly slippery after being soaked by the rain, and Lin Leyao remained tense as time ticked by.
In this short period of time, past memories flashed through my mind like a fleeting glimpse.
If you think about it, she and Xin Ying had known each other for too short a time. They hadn't even had a proper romance yet, so it was such a pity that she died like this.
He's caused Xiao Yan a lot of trouble over the years because of his personality, so at least he should win a big award so Xiao Yan can brag about it before he dies.
Oh dear, I should have known better than to let Iris come up the mountain with me. If I really died, it would be such a bad thing for Sino-foreign exchanges.
My grandfather's health wasn't good to begin with. What would he do if he knew I was dead? My mother is only fifty. Maybe I should appear in her dream after I die and ask her to have a second child?
As she thought about it, Lin Leyao couldn't help but laugh.
She lay amidst the mud and thorns, a slight smile playing on her lips, two teardrops sliding down her cheeks—it was hard to tell if they were her tears or raindrops from the sky.
As time passed and the temperature began to drop, Lin Leyao's body gradually regained some sensation. Her whole body was covered in wounds from the thorns, and she felt waves of pain in the place where she had been hit by a stone on her lower back.
Lin Leyao closed her eyes, seemingly oblivious to the passage of time. In her half-dreaming, half-awake state, she thought she heard Xiao Yan's voice.
It seemed like Xiao Yan was calling her.
Lin Leyao opened her eyes and looked at the dark sky. Xiao Yan's voice carried exceptionally far in the darkness.
Lin Leyao wanted to respond, but her body had leaned out a little further than before, and she was finding it increasingly difficult to maintain her balance.
Maybe we should just let it go this once.
Thinking this, Lin Leyao waited for a long time, but Xiao Yan's calls did not ring out again. Xiao Yan must have gone to look for her elsewhere.
The two missed their chance, and Lin Leyao easily accepted this fact.
She closed her eyes again, her frail body growing colder and colder in the desolate rainy night.
Xin Ying suddenly rushed out of the farmer's house, frantically searching around the house while screaming at the top of her lungs.
They're all fine, so why is Lin Leyao the only one missing? She doesn't believe something could have happened to Lin Leyao.
Xin Ying ran out like a madwoman. One group of rescuers stayed behind to help the stranded people get down the mountain, while another group ran out to search for Lin Leyao.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Xin Ying ran along the dark mountain road, soaked to the bone.
Xiao Yan and the others did not go down the mountain with the rescuers; instead, they all ran out with Xin Ying.
Xiao Yan chased after her, shouting, "Lin Leyao disappeared on the other side..."
Before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, Xin Ying immediately turned and ran in the opposite direction.
No, no, still no...
The rain is getting heavier and the temperature is getting lower. Under these circumstances, the chances of an injured person going missing until now are slim.
Xin Ying grew increasingly anxious. She searched through another patch of grass, but after failing to find Lin Leyao, she finally broke down and shouted, "Lin Leyao—!"
Lin Leyao, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.
She thought she heard Xin Ying's voice.
Lin Leyao could no longer hold on; her limbs began to give way, and her hands, which had been gripping the bushes, slowly began to loosen. Suddenly, she heard a voice again: "Lin Leyao!"
Lin Leyao's eyes immediately cleared. It was real, it was Xin Ying's voice!
Xin Ying kept calling Lin Leyao's name. Rain kept hitting the surrounding bushes, but even in such a chaotic environment, Lin Leyao could still clearly recognize Xin Ying's voice.
Lin Leyao opened her lips, silently calling out, "I'm here—"
Tears mingled with the raindrops, and Lin Leyao's eyes were red. She seemed to have no strength left to make a sound, and her body seemed to be giving out.
With a thunderous roar, a massive bolt of lightning ripped open in the sky, illuminating the entire expanse.
Lin Leyao's body slowly slid down, and she gently closed her eyes.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her!
Lin Leyao opened her eyes, and a pair of bright eyes stared intently at her in the darkness.
Xin Ying held Lin Leyao's hand tightly, feeling Lin Leyao's body slide down, and quickly grabbed the bushes next to her with her other hand.
Finally, Lin Leyao's body, which was about to fall, stabilized.
The two stared at each other for an unknown amount of time before Xin Ying called out in a trembling voice, "Le Yao—"
Tears streamed down Xin Ying's face.
Xin Ying has a pair of beautiful eyes, and her gaze is always clear and resolute. This is the first time Lin Leyao has seen fear and dread in her eyes.
Xin Ying composed herself and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll pull you up."
Lin Leyao remained silent, staring straight at her without ever taking her eyes off her face.
Rescue workers from nearby also arrived. They discovered that Xin Ying had found Lin Leyao, and they all came over with rescue equipment to help.
Xin Ying gripped Lin Leyao's wrist tightly in her palm and pulled it back inch by inch.
Lin Leyao's body had already fallen completely off the cliff, and Xin Ying had only pulled back a few centimeters before being pulled back by gravity.
The rain seemed to add a layer of lubricant to her palm, and Lin Leyao's wrist gradually slipped away from her hand.
Xin Ying's heart tightened immediately, and she quickly grabbed Lin Leyao's wrists with both hands and pulled her back.
Another loud bang echoed through the sky, followed by a deafening crash. Amidst the screams of the arriving rescuers, Xin Ying and Lin Leyao fell together.
"Hey hey!"
"Auntie!"
"Le Yao!"
Thunder rumbled overhead, and the instant Xin Ying plummeted off the cliff with her, Lin Leyao's pupils constricted.
The fall was extremely brief; with two loud thuds, Lin Leyao and Xin Ying crashed to the ground.
Her body, which had already lost all sensation, was suddenly overwhelmed by excruciating pain. Lin Leyao's face turned pale instantly, and she curled up in agony.
Xin Ying beside her remained motionless. Lin Leyao took a few breaths, swallowed the metallic taste in her mouth, and turned to look at Xin Ying beside her.
Xin Ying kept her eyes closed and didn't react at all. Lin Leyao tried to crawl over, but there was no reaction from the waist down. Lin Leyao was instantly covered in cold sweat.
Lin Leyao's lips trembled as she crawled to Xin Ying's side, her arms, bloodied and mangled from being whipped by bushes on the cliff face during the fall, carefully cradling Xin Ying's face in her hands and calling out, "Sister, sister—"
Lin Leyao's tears streamed down her face, one drop after another landing on Xin Ying's face.
Xin Ying's head was covered in blood, and half of her body was mangled from the fall.
Lin Leyao trembled as she stroked her shoulder, her gaze slowly sweeping over her wounds. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears, hugging Xin Ying tightly.
They fell off the mountain and landed in a farmer's orchard.
The surrounding area was filled with peach trees laden with fruit, and a faint fragrance lingered in the air.
Despite the excellent location, Xin Ying lay on the ground covered in blood.
Lin Leyao held Xin Ying and cried for a long time. Finally, Xin Ying's eyelids, which had been tightly closed, trembled slightly, and a very small voice sounded in Lin Leyao's arms: "Why are you crying?"
Lin Leyao suddenly froze on the spot, staring unblinkingly at Xin Ying in her arms.
Xin Ying couldn't help but laugh at Lin Leyao's shocked expression. As she laughed, Xin Ying started coughing violently and spat out a mouthful of blood with a "poof".
Lin Leyao was so frightened that she quickly patted Xin Ying's chest and cried, "Don't talk, don't talk."
Xin Ying curled her lips and said softly, "I'm sorry, I scared you."
Lin Leyao bit her lip tightly, tears streaming down her face.
Both of them were covered in blood, mud, and rainwater, filthy and disheveled. But Xin Ying, lying in Lin Le Yao's arms, looked at her face, which was smeared with mud and blood, and her heart, which had been hanging in suspense for so long, slowly calmed down.
Xin Ying lay in Lin Leyao's arms, forcing her eyelids open to look at Lin Leyao's face. The right side of her body had lost sensation, and it felt as if a huge rock was pressing on her chest, obstructing her breathing.
With each breath she took, it felt as if a sharp stone was tearing and rubbing against her chest.
Xin Ying's chest heaved violently, while Lin Leyao's body trembled incessantly.
Xin Ying reached out her left hand and touched Lin Leyao's face, then struggled to sit up and took a box out of her pocket.
The rain poured down as if pouring down, and Xin Ying's body temperature dropped lower and lower. Her hands, holding the box, trembled violently.
"I had made meticulous preparations to give you a grand surprise today, but I didn't expect this to happen." Xin Ying took a deep breath, swallowing all the pain in her body.
Xin Ying used her teeth to bite open the gift box lid, revealing a meticulously designed ring to Lin Leyao.
Xin Ying smiled, her face devoid of color: "The long-planned proposal ceremony is off. Will you still accept my proposal?"
Lin Leyao's wide-open eyes instantly filled with tears.
Xin Ying laughed for a while, then coughed again: "No diamonds, no flowers, but a torrential downpour plays music for us, peach trees all over the mountain celebrate for us, and the bloodstains and wounds on our bodies are our witnesses. Miss Lin Leyao, will you accept this proposal?"
Lin Leyao stared at Xin Ying for a long time before finally throwing herself into her arms, trembling and wailing, "Sister, I'm so sorry, my back is injured, and I can't feel the lower half of my body."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Xin Ying gently stroked Lin Leyao's head again and again, softly comforting her: "Don't be afraid, sister is here. Sister has lost feeling in half of her body, sister is with you."
This was the first time Lin Leyao had ever been so terrified that she broke down in tears.
She was afraid that something was wrong with her body, afraid that she would become paralyzed.
Xin Ying kissed her forehead gently again and again, and with trembling hands, she put the ring on Lin Leyao's finger.
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Author's Note:
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