"Little thing? Are you crying? Where are you? Cry louder... It's me. I'm here to save you. Where are you..."
Suddenly, Xia Baoer, who was crying, vaguely heard someone's voice. She hurriedly listened and listened carefully to see if it was true.
"Little thing...Miss Xia..."
Ah, really, is someone really shouting?
While listening, she was overjoyed and struggled to get up. It was not an illusion, someone was really calling her!
She pricked her ears and walked towards the direction of the sound, while crying and shouting: "I'm here, I'm here, here with many, many grasses and many, many trees -"
This call... echoed, but it was silent.
As the night deepened, the fog in the forest began to cover a large area. Even with Nan Muli and strong lighting, their vision became increasingly blurry.
They have been here for several hours, but no clues have been found, and more than a dozen people are becoming more and more uneasy. If they still can't find anyone, it will be even more difficult to search until midnight.
Once that happens, even if the girl is still alive, she may not be able to escape the danger of her life...
"Ah, ah ah, don't come over... wu wu wu..."
While everyone was speculating, Nan Muli, who was calmly listening to the noise around him, suddenly heard intermittent calls for help. The sounds were getting closer and closer, becoming clearer...
Regardless of everything, he ran forward fiercely.
Yes, this voice is a little thing!
"Is there anyone, help me -"
"Little thing! Shout louder, and I'll come to save you right away!" Hearing her frightened cry for help, Nan Muli yelled anxiously. The people following behind him also shouted in unison, and for a moment, the sound was so loud that they were startled.
There were sounds of animals running away in panic.
Xia Baoer, who was running away from being chased by some dark winter animal, also heard someone calling her name. As if she saw a glimmer of hope in the darkness of despair, she shouted excitedly and laughed, her complex and ecstatic mood unable to be explained.
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She quickened her pace in the direction of the sound, and a shaking, blurry figure came into her sight.
"Mr. Li, I'm here, here..." she shouted uncertainly, waving her little hands hard.
There was a bright light all around. Nan Muli narrowed his sharp eyes and accurately captured the petite figure in the light, who was crying and screaming with excitement.
"little things!"
Seeing that embarrassed and worried face, Xia Baoer blinked her tearful eyes blankly, it was really him, he came to find her——
Suddenly, she felt more at ease than she had ever felt before. Looking at the tall figure not far away, she shed tears.
Never before have I been so eager to see someone, and so eager to have him by my side.
"Mr. Li..." She breathed, like a fledgling bird that had found support, struggling to flap its immature wings and fly towards him.
But when you are too happy, the result is often happiness and sadness.
No, one of the flying ones didn't have time to look at the bottom of her feet, so she couldn't see that there was a large swamp pit in front of her, opening its dark mouth toward her.
Her entire attention was focused on the man in front of her, and she could not see the danger waiting for her.
"Don't move, don't come over!" Nan Muli, who noticed with sharp eyes, roared loudly in desperation, but it was already too late...
"Ah, my feet——"
Before she could hear his words clearly, Xia Baoer felt her feet sinking. When she woke up, she could no longer recover her sinking feet.
The whole person fell into the swamp mud, as if there was an irresistible dark force that was ruthlessly and cruelly devouring her body, pulling her down bit by bit.
Xia Baoer, who had never encountered such a terrible thing, was shocked and wanted to climb up. She struggled subconsciously, but she didn't expect that this would make her sink deeper and deeper!
There was a worried scream in her ears, and the more she heard it, the more frightened she became and she wanted to move.
"Xia Bao'er, just stay still! Move a little and see how I deal with you!" Nan Muli's heart shuddered, and he yelled at her sternly.
There was a trace of panic in his cold expression, and then he calmed down. When he saw the little woman with her upper body exposed and her small mouth aggrieved, his heart felt like being pricked by a needle, and his heart ached every time.
Unable to bear scolding her, he looked solemn, softened his tone, and gently reminded her: "Be obedient, don't move around, you will sink if you move. Wait for me to rescue you, and don't struggle."
"Help, save me, I'm afraid..." Although she was obedient and didn't dare to struggle, it felt like she was trapped in a dark whirlpool, and she was being swallowed by an endless bottomless pit. She was so afraid that she opened her eyes wide in fear, and tears were pitiful in her eyes.
Spin.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, trust me!" He calmed her uneasiness and looked around after seeing that she stayed still and stopped moving.
After looking around, he noticed a short tree with spreading branches on the left. He strode forward without delay. He locked his eyes on a branch as thick as his arm, raised his hand, and broke it off with all his strength.
Holding one end of the tree tightly, he stretched the other end in front of her and said softly: "Come on, hold on tight and I'll rescue you."
Blinking her wet eyes, Xia Baoer looked at the tree trunk he stretched out, still not daring to move his body.
"Stretch out your hand and grab it slowly, and then hold on tighter. Don't be anxious, don't be afraid."
The gentle voice made her feel at ease. She timidly raised her hand and climbed cautiously towards the life-saving tree trunk.
When she touched it, she held it hard, yeah! She caught it! A trace of joy flashed across her eyes, and an expression of peace appeared on her face for no reason.
The people behind him were all around, taking ropes and other tools as a last resort rescue.
Pulling the tree trunk unhurriedly, under Nan Muli's calm appearance, no one could know how panicked he was inside. If he hadn't had the perseverance to rescue her, his emotions would have been tense to the highest point.
Rampage——
The tree trunk supporting the two people leaned against the edge of the swamp pit, and their fingers touched each other. Nan Muli decisively and quickly discarded the branch, and his hands quickly pulled the muddy person up in the next second.
Seeing that they landed safely, the people behind them also breathed a sigh of relief.
And Xia Baoer's high-hanging heart relaxed after a terrible experience. Helplessness, fear and despair came overwhelmingly, defeating her in an instant. Her fragility could not be suppressed. She threw herself into his arms and hugged his waist tightly.
, the fear that I had endured for a long time turned into tears.
"Wow! It's so scary..." Handing herself to him, she whimpered and cried loudly in his arms.
His hands were struggling in the air, and Nan Muli was stunned on the spot.
She seemed to be confused by her sudden action. The slender shoulders in her arms were trembling up and down, her soft body clinging tightly to him, and her hands hugging him like a helpless child.
He thought she must hate him terribly, but she didn't.
At this moment, his heart was also entangled with thousands of silk ropes at the same time, suffocating him to the point where he could not breathe, and his heartbeat was beating at an abnormal speed due to lack of oxygen.
This feeling is completely different from when I occupied her...
Subconsciously, he dropped his hands very firmly, hugged her trembling body tightly, and whispered softly: "Good boy, don't cry, I'm here, everything will be fine..."
No one said anything, but there were many incredible changes in their eyes. No matter what they thought, they always felt something subtle in their hearts... they felt at ease, warm, and a little emotional that shouldn't be there.