Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 281 Lin Qingping! Is that you?

He Xin is right.

Lin Qingping remembered hearing about such examples in her past life. The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains is large. If the weather is bad, it is very likely that it is warm spring and midsummer outside, but cold winter inside the mountains. She remembered that a friend of hers was a hiker who had encountered this situation when hiking in the mountains. Moreover, it is currently the time of late spring cold snap.

Gong Jing was so scared she was about to cry. "What should we do? What can we do? We can't leave."

“I can,” He Xin said. “I can do it on one leg.”

"He Xin!" Zhong Xiaoxiao ran towards the direction of He Xin's voice. "Are you really sure you can do it?"

After hearing this, Lin Qingping decided to try again. However, there seemed to be something wrong with her hand; it hurt terribly whenever she exerted force. But no matter what, she had to try. Pain or injury was better than dying here!

She endured the pain, supporting herself with one hand on the ground and barely managing to lift the other to grab a tree nearby. As soon as she exerted force, her hand and foot began to ache terribly.

My whole body was trembling with pain.

But you have to endure it!

We have to endure it no matter what!

Even if it means climbing, I'll climb out of this mountain today!

With this unwavering determination, she swayed, gritted her teeth, and endured the pain to slowly stand up...

Finally, she leaned against the tree, panting, weak yet determined, "I can do it too, I can stand up!" She could only put weight on one foot, but the other foot hurt whenever it touched the ground.

"Lin Qingping!" Zhong Xiaoxiao called out to her excitedly in the darkness.

The rain was heavy and the sky was dark. Zhong Xiaoxiao had just helped He Xin up when she heard Lin Qingping's voice and ran over happily, "I'll help you! Lin Qingping!"

"No need." Lin Qingping leaned against the tree and finally saw Zhong Xiaoxiao's blurry figure in the downpour. She was not only soaked from head to toe, but also covered in mud, with mud on her face and hair. However, none of that mattered now. What mattered was getting out of there and saving her life. "Xiaoxiao, go check on Gong Jing. If you can't, can you carry her on your back?"

"I can! I definitely can!" Zhong Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously. She couldn't manage three people, but if it was just one person, she would carry them out even if it meant her death!

"Alright!" Lin Qingping stared at the mountain path in the pouring rain, its end nowhere in sight, gritted her teeth, and said resolutely, "Then, let's get out of here!"

The road to getting out is incredibly difficult.

Zhong Xiaoxiao carried Gong Jing on her back as they walked along the muddy road, their steps uneven, making onlookers tremble with fear, lest the two of them slip and fall.

Lin Qingping and He Xin each only have one leg to walk on, and the road was so slippery that they couldn't keep their balance at all. They could only support each other and help each other up. Fortunately, the rain gradually subsided, and their vision became a little clearer.

The four of them stumbled and fell along the valley, Zhong Xiaoxiao and Gong Jing losing count of how many times they fell.

When she fell for the first time, Zhong Xiaoxiao felt very guilty and repeatedly apologized to Gong Jing. Gong Jing was already injured, and the fall aggravated her pain. But how could she blame Zhong Xiaoxiao when she was the one who was a burden to everyone...

She quickly apologized to Zhong Xiaoxiao, enduring the pain, saying it was all because of her that Zhong Xiaoxiao had fallen.

But this was just the beginning. After that, Zhong Xiaoxiao, carrying Gong Jing, fell again and again. At first, the two apologized politely, but later they became used to it. Although it still hurt a lot, they were both determined to get out of the valley, so they didn't bother with the formalities anymore. They would fall down, get up, fall again, and get up again...

Lin Qingping and He Xin were in no better shape. They stumbled and fell along the way, and both of them were injured. Getting up again was much more difficult for them than for Zhong Xiaoxiao and Gong Jing.

But no one dared to give up; instead, they encouraged and cheered each other on.

Gong Jing said, "Once I get out of here, I'm going to have a really big meal, eat my fill of beef and mutton! I'm going to roast a whole leg of lamb!"

Upon hearing this, the four people, who were starving and freezing, began to dream about the delicious food they wanted to eat.

Lin Qingping, panting, said, "Okay! I'll treat everyone after we get out! We'll all eat until we're stuffed!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Zhong Xiaoxiao let out a soft cry and fell down again…

This time, it seemed quite serious; Zhong Xiaoxiao was unable to stand up.

"My feet feel..." Zhong Xiaoxiao tried, but fell back into the mud again.

Gong Jing, who had been holding on, finally broke down and cried, "Xiaoxiao, can you walk by yourself? Even if you can walk on one leg like Lin Qingping and the others? If you can, don't worry about me! You go first, I'll wait for you here. Come back and find me when you find someone outside!"

"impossible!"

This time, the other three people spoke in unison.

Absolutely impossible! It's impossible to leave anyone alone; what's the difference between that and waiting to die?

"The four of us must advance and retreat together! Not one of us can be missing!" Lin Qingping said.

Gong Jing shook her head, crying, "It's no use. I'll only drag you down. If you don't care about me, the three of you will still have a chance. But with me holding you back, all four of us will die here!"

"Don't talk about death! No one will die!" Lin Qingping immediately corrected her. "Let's rest for a while. Maybe we're not far from leaving the mountain?"

Gong Jing held back her tears, shaking her head desperately. How could this be? How could they not be far from leaving the mountain? They've been walking so slowly; so much time has passed, and they haven't gone very far...

"It sounds like someone is shouting! Listen!" He Xin suddenly said.

Everyone held their breath, and sure enough, they heard a sound, urgent and long.

"It sounded like someone was calling your name, Lin Qingping." Zhong Xiaoxiao heard it too. "Was it... was it your lover?"

Lin Qingping certainly heard it, and she heard it more clearly and distinctly than anyone else, after all, it was a voice she knew all too well.

Before she could even respond, Zhong Xiaoxiao was more enthusiastic, shouting loudly, "We're here! We're here!"

Gu Juncheng's shout paused for a moment, then rang out even louder, "Lin Qingping! Is that you?"

"Yes! It's us! We're here!" Gong Jing shouted after her. Already devastated, she didn't care whether they recognized each other or not; she only knew they were saved! Someone had come to rescue them!

He Xin made a whistle with his fingers and blew it loudly.

The clear whistle echoed through the valley, and Lin Qingping finally saw the light of a flashlight shining above their heads.

They slid down the valley with the landslide, and after being injured, they were too weak to climb back up to the road. They kept walking down the valley. At this moment, the flashlight beam shone down, and there were many figures on the ground. Several people had come, but Lin Qingping recognized the one she was most familiar with at a glance.

At that moment, Lin Qingping suddenly understood the meaning of the proverb, "I would recognize you even if you turned to ashes."

Some people, once they enter your life, even if they only pass by like the wind, you can still smell a different scent. Along with the past, in the bleak and cold night, a warm feeling of hope emerges.