Chapter 9

Chapter 9: He Suddenly Remembered, It Seemed Like Many, Many Years Ago, He Had Also Waited For Someone Like This

In the dark cave, they circled around and ended up back where they started, Sang Nian had lost all patience, she said to Liu Liu:

“I’m using navigation and leaving.”

Liu Liu had no choice but to compromise, “Alright.”

The system dinged, indicating that navigation had started.

Sang Nian pulled on Xie Chenzhou’s sleeve, “I found a way out, follow me.”

Xie Chenzhou’s eyes flashed with a strange color, he didn’t say anything, he silently followed.

Not long after, a light appeared in front of them.

Sang Nian quickened her pace, as the distance shortened, the light grew brighter, gradually revealing a narrow opening in the ceiling.

She tried to climb up, but the rock wall was bare, there was no place to step.

She had no choice but to turn to Xie Chenzhou and negotiate:

“Why don’t you step on my shoulder first, and then find a rope to save me?”

Xie Chenzhou glanced at her thin back, he twitched his lips and squatted down in front of her.

“Get up.”

Sang Nian didn’t say anything, she carefully stepped on his shoulder, leaning against the rock wall.

He stood up steadily.

She was just tall enough to reach the opening, she used her arms to support the edge of the hole, she gathered her strength and climbed up.

After successfully climbing up, she emphasized again:

“I’ll be back soon, you have to wait for me.”

After she finished speaking, she hurried off.

Xie Chenzhou looked up at the narrow sky above for a while, he walked to the corner and sat down against the wall, he pinched his brow with his fingers.

He should have killed her.

He thought.

Or rather, he should have killed her a long time ago.

This was a good opportunity.

Xie Chenzhou looked at his pale right hand, his eyes were gloomy, his knuckles clenched one by one, his fingertips dug deep into his palm.

Unfortunately, she wouldn’t be back.

This kind of dangerous place wasn’t meant for a noble young lady.

From beginning to end, she was only forced into this danger because of him.

And he was just a thing to her, something she could discard at any time.

“Xie Chenzhou!”

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from above.

He instantly raised his head, the mocking curve on his lips hadn’t had time to disappear, his eyes were filled with astonishment.

A furry head poked out from that small patch of sky.

The girl who had returned, grinned at him:

“I’m back.”

She’s back.

Xie Chenzhou was momentarily dazed.

He suddenly remembered, it seemed like many, many years ago, he had also waited for someone like this.

Except back then, he hadn’t waited.

A crookedly woven vine was thrown down, hanging in front of him.

Sang Nian didn’t notice his daze, she said excitedly:

“I didn’t find any rope, so I went into the forest and cut some vines and tied them together, I tried it, it’s very strong.”

“Grab it, I’ll pull you up.” She urged.

Xie Chenzhou came back to his senses, he slowly grabbed the vine, he used his toes to push off the rock wall, and slowly climbed out of the narrow opening.

The moment he climbed up, his vision suddenly brightened.

The night was over, a golden sun rose in the east, the morning glow spread like a ribbon across half of the blue sky.

The girl beside him had black pupils that reflected a bright light, her eyes reflected the beautiful glow of the dawn.

Xie Chenzhou realized for the first time that Sang Yunling, who he found annoying, had a pair of pretty eyes.

“I said I’d come back to save you, and I will, I’ll never break my promise.”

Sang Nian said to him while wiping the mud off her face with the back of her hand.

It seemed like she had just tripped recently, her cheeks and hair were covered with fresh mud, even her skirt wasn’t spared.

But she looked especially proud, she didn’t think her current appearance was embarrassing at all.

From this angle, Xie Chenzhou could see her palm.

It was originally a pampered hand, her skin was delicate and fragile, it had never been hurt.

But now, the rough gravel had scraped her delicate skin, the wound was swollen and messy, with specks of blood mixed in the mud.

【Ding~ Xie Chenzhou’s favorability +100】

Hearing the notification sound, Sang Nian’s eyes lit up.

Xie Chenzhou suddenly spoke:

“Sang Yunling.”

Sang Nian was startled, she realized he was calling her, she asked happily:

“What’s wrong?”

Xie Chenzhou said, “I’m going to kill you.”

The smile on Sang Nian’s lips froze.

Before she could speak, the bushes not far away trembled twice, a wolf-shaped demon beast with blood-red eyes, smelling the blood, charged out.

It was extremely fast, it was almost instantly in front of them, it roared and opened its mouth, its sharp fangs gleamed in the light.

Sang Nian: “!!!”

“Lil— ”

She had only just shouted out a word, the next second, Xie Chenzhou beside her raised his hand, he easily grabbed it.

His expression was calm, his five fingers tightened.

“Bang——”

Blood splattered everywhere.

The wolf demon’s head was like a shattered watermelon, it fell to the ground in pieces, red and white, like dandelions, splattering everywhere.

The world was quiet.

After a while, Sang Nian touched her face, her fingertips felt slippery and sticky, her body froze.

Xie Chenzhou, who was beside her, looked at his bloody hands, but he suddenly smiled softly.

“Are you scared?” He raised his eyebrows and looked at her, “Are you afraid I’ll kill you like this?”

His voice was light and airy, his tone slightly rising, it sounded strangely eerie.

Under his gaze, Sang Nian’s eyes went blank, she slowly spoke:

“I’m not clean anymore.”

Xie Chenzhou: “…”

Sang Nian: “Ugh.”

Xie Chenzhou: “?”

She hurriedly waved her hand at him, covered her mouth and turned her back, she vomited profusely.

Finally, she recovered, she caught sight of Xie Chenzhou’s hand, which was still dripping with blood, her stomach churned again, she almost vomited up her bile.

“Can you…” Sang Nian asked with difficulty, “Wash your hands first?”

Her tone was very polite, “You really look disgusting right now.”

Xie Chenzhou: “.”

He looked at her with a face full of iron, the latter clasped her hands together, her eyes filled with hope.

The two of them stood there for a while, he turned and left, his shoe soles forcefully stepped on the dry branches on the ground, making a crisp sound.

There was a shallow stream not far away.

Xie Chenzhou stopped by the stream, squatted down and dipped his hand into the clear water.

The water quickly turned a bright red, it was soon carried away by the stream, this continued over and over again.

Xie Chenzhou stared at his reflection in the water, lost in thought.

Suddenly, a person appeared beside his reflection.

He turned to look.

Sang Nian was squatting on a not-so-flat rock, she was bent over, cupping a handful of water and frantically scrubbing her face.

It looked like she wanted to peel off the piece of skin that was stained with blood and brains.

After a while, she stopped, she turned her face to him, she asked repeatedly:

“How is it? How is it? Did you wash it clean?”

The girl’s fair cheeks were rubbed red, a few strands of wet hair stuck to her cheeks, her collar and sleeves were also wet.

It was clean, it was really clean.

Xie Chenzhou retracted his gaze, he hummed, and took his hand out of the water.

Sang Nian took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve, she wiped her face haphazardly, she shivered and grabbed Xie Chenzhou’s hand.

He instinctively wanted to pull away, she frowned:

“Don’t move.”

He stopped moving, he watched her carefully wipe away the water stains.

The girl lowered her head, from this angle, he could see her black hair, her long eyelashes, and her small nose.

At this moment, her eyelashes trembled, her nose was red.

Clear water droplets dripped onto his palm, warm.

Xie Chenzhou felt as if he had been scalded, his fingertips unconsciously curled up.

He was inexplicably irritable:

“What are you crying for?”

Are you so afraid that I’ll kill you?

Hearing this, Sang Nian raised her red eyes, she looked dejected and choked:

“I don’t want to cry either, but the smell of blood on you is too strong, it hurts my eyes.”

Xie Chenzhou: “…”