Zhao Rui said, "It's good that they're dead! At least I won't have to see your troublesome affairs every day! It's just a pity I didn't live to see the Zhao family's downfall. But then again~"
Zhao Sheng came out and said, "Grandpa and Mom and Dad must be very disappointed, right? Hahahaha! Serves them right!"
Zhao Chen also said with a smile, "It's good that they're disappointed! Now the entire Zhao family will perish! Just you watch, the old man's face won't be good."
This was the first time Zhao Rui had agreed with someone: "Indeed, you did an exceptionally good job with this. I thought you only wanted to be their good son and grandson! Zhao Sheng, any regrets? You could have died with her, but now it's hard to say! Still, you might meet on the road to the underworld. Haven't I treated you well? And Zhao Chen, when Gu Jingyi arrived, he could only see your corpse. You couldn't possibly compete with him."
Zhao Sheng didn't speak, but Zhao Chen came out instead: "Hahahaha, I have already won. He will never see his little fiancée again. Hahaha, a wolf is only truly fierce when it's a lone wolf. I'm helping him! Hahaha..."
He slowly calmed his emotions from his wild laughter, then looked up at the sunlight filtering through the leaves: "If only I could go back to that day, I definitely wouldn't be so cowardly. I would try to get closer to you... Sorry~ Pfft! So sentimental! You don't deserve it! ...She did have a way of astonishing people..." Only the wind blowing through the leaves remained in the forest, carrying away his last words, and then everything became quiet again, as if nothing had happened.
After Feng Changze rolled down the slope with Ji Xingmi in his arms, he didn't stop until he hit a large tree. Feng Changze himself fainted. Ji Xingmi also experienced brief dizziness but quickly recovered. Ji Xingmi got out of Feng Changze's embrace, checked his breathing, and thankfully, he was still alive. Ji Xingmi took out a needle from her space and pressed it against his acupoint to ensure he wouldn't wake up prematurely, then brought him into her space.
Ji Xingmi needed to treat his wounds first. She removed the bullet from his body, applied medicine, and bandaged him. Then, Ji Xingmi checked his physical condition, confirmed his vital signs were stable and he wouldn't wake up for the time being, and after a quick self-treatment, she left the space. The only wound she needed to deal with immediately was on her leg; the others were just scratches and abrasions, which she would attend to when it was safe.
She observed her surroundings but found no trace of Zhao Rui. However, she didn't dare to go back, as she couldn't guarantee she could defeat him if they met again. Moreover, she didn't know where she was, so it was best to find a hidden place to rest and wait for rescue. Ji Xingmi walked forward. As she was already in the inner region of the mountains, there were practically no paths. She was walking purely by instinct, and passing through the bushes easily scratched her.
Perhaps the bushes were particularly dense, and she wasn't paying attention, scratching herself further down. She then saw a small cave on the opposite hillside. Ji Xingmi tried to climb up, praying that the cave wasn't the home of some large animal. When Ji Xingmi reached it, she was startled. There were indeed no large animals, but there were human bones inside. A skull greeted her upon entering, which was quite frightening.
However, she quickly composed herself, found a branch to roughly clear the cave entrance, then released Feng Changze from her space and removed the needle from him. Ji Xingmi made some camouflage at the cave entrance and then walked inside. She didn't know why the human bones were at the entrance; they looked quite old. As she went further in, Ji Xingmi saw some boxes, but she didn't rush forward. The moment she entered, she noticed a snake slithering into the gaps of those boxes.
Ji Xingmi took out some of her homemade snake repellent powder from her space and sprinkled it around. She didn't linger there and returned to the cave entrance, sprinkling some around Feng Changze as well. She had forgotten about that. After waiting for a while, she went inside again. Now she could safely inspect what these things were. Ji Xingmi found a suitable tool in her space and directly pried open the boxes. Well, this was another windfall for her.
Ji Xingmi inspected all the boxes. They were all filled with gold. So, were these people who died here because of this? Ji Xingmi couldn't find the answer. After collecting everything into her space, she left.
She lit a bonfire nearby and threw two potatoes into it. Then, she took some dried meat from her space and put it on herself. She ate a little to fill her stomach and waited for Feng Changze to wake up. The sky slowly began to darken again. When Feng Changze woke up, he saw Ji Xingmi resting against the mountain wall beside him, and his wounds had already been bandaged.
He slowly sat up and noticed Ji Xingmi's slightly messy hair and the numerous small scratches on her face. He then took in his surroundings and frowned upon seeing the skull not far away. Feng Changze's movement quickly startled Ji Xingmi, who was resting against the wall. As she woke up, she happened to see Feng Changze looking at the distant skull. She glanced at it again, found it unbearable, and shifted her gaze before asking, "You're awake. How do you feel?"