Wait a minute, he should think about whether Yan Luan will be worried, and also about the filming crew.
And then there's Wen Yunyi, his fake younger brother.
Wen Cheng sighed, braving the torrential rain, and decided to try again. She stood on tiptoe, her hands just touching the ground, and with a final push...
Whoosh—
The soil brought down this time gave Wen Cheng a facial spa treatment.
"Phew!!! Ugh—" Wen Cheng spat out the dirt that had seeped into his mouth, gave up, and leaned against the wall. He patted the dirt that had accumulated on his wounds with both hands. Oh well, he had tried his best after all!
"Is anyone there?" A voice suddenly came from outside.
Wen Cheng exclaimed in surprise, "Yes, yes!"
Unlike the ships on the isolated island, the people outside didn't miss his cries; instead, the footsteps grew closer and closer.
Wen Cheng had considered that it might be a nearby resident, a police officer, or Yan Luan or Xie Nianyu, but when he saw that face at the cave entrance, he was truly surprised.
The man outside the cave was wearing a white turtleneck sweater, his hair and clothes soaked by the heavy rain. He was holding a transparent umbrella. This was the only time he had ever looked so disheveled, yet a fleeting look of surprise crossed his face, followed by boundless anger.
"Wen Cheng! I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations!!!"
With red eyes, Wen Yunyi roared out without any attempt to hide his anger. His voice echoed throughout the area, and even the heavy rain couldn't drown it out.
He had stumbled and searched for a long time, calling out for a long time. Now his whole body was ice-cold, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably. He was scared, truly scared that something had really happened to Wen Cheng, and he might regret it for the rest of his life.
Wen Cheng was stunned by Wen Yunyi's appearance and words.
The last bit of resentment in her heart was completely driven away by Wen Yunyi's shout.
In this life, there are very few people who truly fight for you. There's Brother Qi, Yan Luan, and now, there's another former nemesis.
After Wen Yunyi finished cursing, all his bravado and courage seemed to vanish instantly. Tears welled up in his red eyes, and they mingled with the raindrops on Wen Cheng's face. Wen Cheng blinked in shock, realizing she should try to ease Wen Yunyi's overwhelming tension and breakdown.
“Aren’t my ancestors for eighteen generations yours? You’ve overstepped your bounds.”
......
"Damn it!" Wen Yunyi couldn't help but stomp his foot hard, splashing mud everywhere. With a whoosh, Wen Cheng was once again given a facial spa treatment.
Wen Yunyi, who was initially furious: ......
"I... I didn't expect the ground to be so loose," Wen Yunyi said, completely terrified.
Wen Cheng calmly wiped the dirt off her face and said with a weary expression, "I'm used to it."
"Why didn't you climb out of such a shallow hole first?"
"If I could crawl out of such a shallow hole, I would have done so long ago."
Hearing your words is like hearing a lecture.
Wen Yunyi swallowed the word "useless" after a long time. "I'll pull you, hurry up."
Wen Yunyi threw away his umbrella, leaned over the cave entrance, and stretched out his hand. The rain hit his face, but Wen Yunyi only frowned. For the first time, he didn't care whether his makeup was smudged or whether it would look bad.
"Can you pull me out? Or should we just stay like this and wait for rescue?" Wen Cheng expressed deep doubt about Wen Yunyi's small arms and legs.
However, Wen Yunyi misunderstood the meaning. "Wen Cheng, can't you be a little more ambitious? Why wait for others to do things for you when you can do them yourself? Give me your hand!" Wen Yunyi firmly extended his hand, looking very reliable.
Not wanting to continue attacking Wen Yunyi, Wen Cheng reached out her hand.
"I'll count to three,"
"one two three!"
"thump!"
In this round, Wen Cheng perfectly caught Wen Yunyi, managing to squeeze both of them into the narrow hole. Wen Cheng would have been fine on her own, but with Wen Yunyi added, the two were forced to press their bodies together.
This was an outcome the Wen brothers had never anticipated.
"Look, this is why I can't climb out," Wen Cheng said, wiping the mud off her face as if it were nothing new. When the two of them exerted force, the ground where Wen Yunyi was standing collapsed, and now their ankles were covered in mud.
Wen Yunyi wiped the mud off his face, feeling extremely aggrieved. He regretted his impulsive decision to go out looking for someone. He had found the person, but he had also lost everything!
The rain showed no sign of abating, falling steadily on the two of them.
"If only you had brought that umbrella down with you!" Wen Cheng sighed.
"Are you blaming me?" Wen Yunyi asked, his eyes red, as the aroma of tea grew stronger in the air.
Wen Cheng quickly shook her head, "I should thank you for coming to find me, really!"
This was the first time Wen Cheng had a real conversation with him since the filming began. Wen Yunyi hummed in response, feeling that falling into the hole wasn't all bad; at least they could have a proper chat before the rescuers arrived.
"Can I ask you a question?" Wen Yunyi asked, wiping the rain off his face with his sleeve.
Wen Cheng knew what Wen Yunyi wanted to talk about. Now that his grudges had been resolved, he wouldn't avoid the topic like before.
"Okay, go ahead and ask."
Wen Yunyi turned his head to one side, trying to create some distance between the two of them.
"Why were you so hostile towards me when you first came back, as if you couldn't wait to get rid of the Wen family, but later you seemed to have become indifferent to everything?"
Sure enough, this was all the original owner's fault. Wen Cheng thought for a moment and replied, "Because no one is perfect. I'm sorry for how I treated you before, but you didn't suffer any loss. When I came back, I felt very angry. I was angry that my parents would make such a mistake, and angry that I missed too many opportunities before I turned twenty-four. Can you understand that?"
Wen Yunyi was taken aback, then nodded. His older brother wanted him to put himself in his shoes, and he understood. He wouldn't be able to swallow this insult either.
"But then, I suddenly realized, what's the use of getting angry? Getting angry can't change anything. For example, if someone calls me a country bumpkin, I can't just beat them up and expect them to stop thinking I'm a country bumpkin. Good or bad opinions are always other people's business. Once I let go of that, I could treat myself better and think positively about everything. For instance, in my twenties, when young people suffer the most and struggle the most, I have more money than I could ever spend in my lifetime. My parents weren't disappointed in me or wanted to kick me out because I'm a lazy bum. And when I subconsciously thought about everything in a positive light, I discovered that Qi Ge is actually a very gentle person, my dad is someone who isn't good at expressing himself but hopes you'll take the initiative to express yourself to him, and my mom also loves me in her own way. With this kind of life, why should I waste my time on scheming and backstabbing?"
Wen Cheng spoke his true feelings. In his most painful twenties, he had a family that accepted him and allowed him to meet Wen Qi, the biggest unexpected surprise in his life. He had nothing to complain about.
Wen Yunyi was deeply shocked by these words.
Because neither the impulsive and irritable Wen Cheng of the past, nor the later Wen Cheng who became utterly lazy, had ever expressed such a heartfelt sentiment.
"So, do you still hate me now?"
Wen Yunyi cautiously asked about the knot in his heart that had been looping every night for the past few months.
Author's Note:
Goodnight, my little cuties~
Chapter 83 I'm here, Chengcheng
There had been resentment before, but when Wen Yunyi came to find her today despite everything, Wen Cheng's lingering unease completely vanished. After all, Wen Yunyi hadn't done anything particularly offensive to her when she came, and with Brother Qi protecting her afterwards, it went without saying.
“If I really hated you that much, I wouldn’t have come to participate in this filming,” Wen Cheng said honestly, his eyes clear and revealing nothing.
These words from the person involved were like long-lost sunshine that redeemed Wen Yunyi, instantly relieving the heavy burden on his shoulders. A hard-won sense of gratitude and excitement followed.
"Wen Cheng, turn your back for a moment," Wen Yunyi suddenly requested.
Feeling the cave tightly enveloping him, so tight that not even a single piece of cloth could fit in, and now that he was being asked to move, he said, "I suspect you're deliberately making things difficult for me!"
When Wen Yunyi came to his senses, he clearly noticed the problem as well. He sniffed hard, then silently reached out his sleeve to wipe his eyes.
The pattering sounds were surprisingly clear even in the torrential rain. Just as Wen Cheng was wondering how to comfort him,
"sorry."
Those three simple words encapsulated nearly two months of deep reflection and remorse from Wen Yunyi.
Wen Cheng turned her head to look at Wen Yunyi, whose eyes were red and swollen. After thinking for a long time, she said, "Mom and Dad miss you very much."
These words ignited all of Wen Yunyi's pent-up emotions; rainwater mingled with tears as they rolled down his pristine white sweater.
“When I go back this time, I’ll have a good talk with my family. I hope you and my older brother can both be there. I also feel really bad for my older brother,” Wen Yunyi said, mentioning Wen Qi. Wen Cheng’s heart skipped a beat. When Wen Yunyi realized his own situation, she hadn’t yet fully grasped it, but the mention of Wen Qi immediately made her heart ache.
There was a crazy sense of catharsis; the anger that had been building up inside was finally released.
"good,"
Wen Cheng lowered her eyes and agreed. She wondered if Brother Qi would be a little happier after hearing Wen Yunyi apologize to her, at least he could give her childhood self a proper explanation.
After the two calmed down a bit, the rain had already reached their knees, and Wen Cheng's injured foot suddenly started to ache.
Wen Yunyi couldn't help but feel afraid. At this rate, if they weren't rescued soon, the rain and mud would bury them alive. His project had finally reached this point; he didn't want to face the possibility of searching for this idiot. Although not searching would be even more painful, this was a result he absolutely didn't want to accept.
"If this rain keeps going," Wen Yunyi closed his eyes in despair.
"Will we both get rheumatism when we get old?" Wen Cheng said the most ridiculous thing in the calmest tone.
Wen Yunyi couldn't hold back any longer, "Do you think you can live to see tomorrow in this situation?"
Wen Cheng: ......
It seems so. As his last thought before he died, shouldn't he do something?
"My phone, my phone! I want to make another call!" Wen Cheng pleaded anxiously with Wen Yunyi.
"A cell phone? If I had a cell phone, would I be here yelling for help?" Wen Yunyi slapped Wen Cheng's hands, which were fiddling with his pockets, and then, in the struggle, he actually pulled out a cell phone for Wen Cheng.
At this point, both sides were somewhat embarrassed.
"Quick, quick! Don't let him get wet in the rain!" Wen Cheng quickly grabbed Wen Yunyi's hand to shield his phone from the rain.
Then, the elegant black laptop lost its ability to power on after an hour of being submerged in rain, plunging the two back into despair.
"Your phone's performance is terrible," Wen Cheng said with a hint of disdain.
Wen Yunyi was so angry that he didn't even want to stay in the same cave as Wen Cheng!
"Yes, my phone is definitely not as fancy as yours, brother. So where's your phone now?" Wen Yunyi, unable to contain his frustration, resorted to his old tricks again.
Wen Cheng's constitution seems to be a natural counter to "green tea" (a term used to describe someone who is overly cunning or manipulative), 100% rebounding damage and able to immediately recover. "Oh, it jumped out of my pocket while I was doing my free skate. You probably passed by it when you came. I bet you, if I'm lucky enough to get out of here alive, my phone will still be working!" Wen Cheng earnestly boasted about her phone's performance.
Wen Yunyi was defeated by Wen Cheng once again.
Initially, having someone else with him made Wen Cheng somewhat more relaxed, but as time went on and the rain reached their waists, he finally realized the seriousness of the situation. He had thought that in a relatively arid region like Red Leaf Valley, the water accumulation wouldn't be very deep. If anything went wrong, this would definitely be the biggest accident Red Leaf Valley had experienced in recent years. Moreover, his feet now seemed to be hurting so much that he could barely move them.
If this drags on, the two of them will really be in danger.
"Wen Yunyi, be gentle. Climb onto my shoulder, then jump to the ground around us and use my phone to call for help," Wen Cheng said with utmost seriousness.
Wen Yunyi wiped the rain off his face. This method would indeed work, but, "I'm not as agile as you. You'll have to step on my shoulders to get up."
Wen Cheng gave a wry smile. Although she didn't want to say it, she knew Wen Yunyi would never forgive her if things continued like this. "My injured foot seems to be hurting more. It must be because it was soaked in cold water for too long, so it might be a little difficult to move now."
"You!" Wen Yunyi looked at Wen Cheng in disbelief. Why didn't you mention this before?