Chapter 40: Gu Jia Lan's Heart Hurts

  The stone room suddenly fell silent, and the intense noise from just now stopped, quieting people down in fear.

  Gu Jialan stood in the corridor for a long time, but didn't see Lin San come out. At this moment, Gu Jialan felt that something was wrong, and plucked up the courage to walk to the stone gate, carefully poking his head into the stone room to take a look.

  Inside the stone chamber was a mess, many stone coffins were overturned on the ground, and some skeletons were scattered on the floor.

  Gujalan looked around the stone room but didn't find any trace of Lin San. The big snake from earlier was also nowhere to be seen.

  "Lin San!" Gu Jialan stepped into the stone room, shouting loudly.

  Inside the stone room was quiet and still, with no response at all.

  "Lin San! Where are you? Lin San, speak up!" Gu Jialan was frantic, constantly searching for Lin San's trail in the stone room.

  Suddenly, Gula found that one side of the stone chamber wall collapsed, and a huge hole appeared on the wall.

  Gujalan walked suspiciously to the front of the stone cave, looked down and found a piece of cloth and a bloodstain at the entrance. Gujalan picked up the cloth and took a look, his face changed instantly. Gujalan had already recognized that this piece of cloth belonged to Lin San. At this time, even an idiot could guess that Lin San must have been dragged into the cave by the big snake, and it was possible that he had already been eaten by the big snake.

  "Lin San!" Gu Jialan yelled loudly at the entrance of the cave.

  The cave suddenly echoed with crisp echoes.

  Gu Jialan's throat was hoarse from shouting at the entrance of the cave, but still there was no response from Lin San.

  Gu Jialan's eyes turned red, and tears flowed out uncontrollably: "Lin San...... Lin San......" At this moment, Gu Jialan suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, so painful that she could hardly breathe. It was only then that Gu Jialan realized how important Lin San was to her.

  A gust of cold wind came in and out of the cave, blowing Gu Jiaran's hair lightly flying up.

  "Lin San, don't die, don't die......" Gu Jialan lay at the entrance of the cave, bursting into loud sobs. At this moment, all the images of her and Lin San together flashed through her mind. Every time she saw Lin San speak, his face would turn red; every time she encountered danger, Lin San would risk his life to save her, several times he almost lost his own life...... That time when she fell off the cruise ship into the sea, Lin San rushed to rescue her without hesitation, and it was in the water that Lin San told Gu Jialan that he liked her. At that time, Gu Jialan had not yet completely fainted, and she heard every word Lin San said clearly......

  To be honest, Gu Jialan didn't know what kind of feeling she had towards Lin San. She couldn't say she liked him, because there wasn't that heart-pounding feeling. But at the same time, she really enjoyed chatting with Lin San, especially after spending these few days together on the deserted island. Gu Jialan had even more good feelings towards Lin San, until today when Lin San was dragged away by a giant snake. Only then did Gu Jialan clearly realize that she already liked Lin San, no, loved Lin San. Unfortunately, it was all too late...

  "Lin San, didn't you say you liked me? You also said you'd take care of me for the rest of my life, you have to keep your promise...... Lin San, come back, come back......" Gu Jialan's heart was about to shatter. In her over 20 years of life, Gu Jialan had never felt such a painful feeling.

  Gu Jialan lost her mother at a young age, and her father was busy with his career, so he didn't discipline her much. As time went on, Gu Jialan's personality became very strange, she had almost no friends around her, and her attitude towards men was even more indifferent, to the point of being unapproachable. People who didn't know her thought she was arrogant and had a spoiled rich girl temperament, but after getting to know her for a long time, they would discover that Gu Jialan was actually very kind-hearted, a strong exterior with a fragile interior.

  "Lin San..." Gu Jialan sat dazed at the entrance of the cave, tears continuously falling from her face, her lips dry and pale, a thread of blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.

  "Tap tap tap..." A faint rustling sound came from inside the cave.

  Gujalan was taken aback, staring straight at the entrance of the cave, her eyes filled with expectation.

  "Damn it! Dog day's snake, got me all bloody!" A man's curses echoed from the cave.

  "Lin San!" Gu Jialan's eyes lit up, she had already recognized that the one who spoke just now was Lin San.

  "Huh? Miss Gu, what are you doing here?" Lin San appeared at the entrance of the cave, limping and staggering. At this moment, Lin San's appearance was quite miserable, his hair was messy, his face and arms had several wounds, and his clothes were dirty and torn.

  "Lin San! It's really you!" Gu Jialan suddenly got up from the ground, hugged Lin San tightly, and buried her head in his chest, bursting into loud sobs.

  Lin San was confused by Gu Jialan's actions and stood still in his tracks, directly stunned.

  "Lin San, I thought you were dead... My heart ached so much at that time..." Gu Jialan cried.

  "I... Miss Gu, this is..." Lin San felt the softness of Gu Jialan's body, smelling the faint scent of her skin, and his little heart beating violently.

  "Lin San, promise me, don't leave me alone again!" Gu Jialan's hands around Lin San's waist tightened slightly.

  "Miss Gu, I...I was just dragged into the cave by a huge snake earlier, it wasn't intentional to abandon you, see, after I dealt with the snake, I rushed to find you." Lin San explained.

  "By the way, how did you escape?" Gu Jialan raised her head, looking at Lin San with a puzzled expression, her hands still tightly wrapped around him, as if she was afraid that if she let go, he would disappear.

  "Uh... Miss Gu, can you let me go first?" Lin San's expression was somewhat awkward.

  Gu Jialan's face turned red, and she gently released her hand, lowering her head, not daring to look at Lin San.

  Lin San let out a long sigh, the pressure from being hugged by Gu Jialan was not ordinary, and certain parts of his body had reacted. Lin San licked his lips and began to recount his battle with the giant snake...

  Just now in the stone room, a big snake wrapped around Lin San, and then dragged Lin San into the cave.

  Lin San was not willing to be eaten by the big snake like this, and he struggled violently. However, the big snake's strength was too great, and no matter how hard Lin San struggled, he could not break free from the snake's entanglement. In the end, Lin San himself was exhausted and drenched in sweat, almost fainting.

  The giant snake dragged Lin San into the cave for a while, suddenly stopped, turned its head, opened its big mouth and bit down towards Lin San's head.

  A foul odor wafted over, and Lin San almost fainted from the smell. He struggled to stretch out his hands to push against the snake's lower jaw, not letting it bite him.

  The giant snake's strength was really great, no matter how hard Lin San tried, the snake head still slowly approached him, and gradually, the sharp teeth of the giant snake were about to touch Lin San's face...

  "Ah! What happened afterwards?" Gu Jialan exclaimed, grabbing Lin San's arm, her expression extremely tense.

  Lin San let out a wry smile and said, "I was really scared at the time. In the end, I gritted my teeth, wrapped both hands around the snake's head, and bit down on its neck. Then, I frantically sucked out its blood... The big snake thrashed about violently, its tail whipping my back fiercely. I knew that if I loosened my grip, I would be finished, so I endured the intense pain in my back and sucked the snake's blood with all my might. I don't know how long it took, but eventually, my consciousness began to blur. The big snake arched its body, let out a strange cry, and then fell still on one side. Next thing I knew, I had also passed out... When I came to, I found that the big snake was already dead, its body shriveled up, and the fleshy tumor on its head had burst, releasing some white, foul-smelling stuff. At the time, I almost threw up."

  "Lin San, your life is really big!" Gu Jialan exclaimed. In that situation, Lin San was still able to come out alive, it's a miracle.

  Lin San muttered to himself, took a deep breath: "Now that I think about it, I'm still a bit scared."

  "Lin San, no matter what, you're safe and sound, I'm really happy, so happy." Gu Jialan grasped Lin San's hand, her eyes reddening again as tears began to fall.

  "Miss Gu, why are you crying again?" Lin San hastily asked.

  Gu Jialan shook her head: "No, I'm just happy, I'm really happy... Lin San, I... I have something to tell you."

  "What's wrong?" Lin San was taken aback.

  Gu Jialan glanced at Lin San, her face suddenly turned bright red, and she began to speak in a stutter.

  Lin San was somewhat surprised, Gu Jialan was a very straightforward person, always speaking directly and clearly, never hesitating or beating around the bush, so what's wrong with her today?

  Gǔ Jiālán is now somewhat resentful of himself for not being able to express his feelings, isn't it just confessing to Lín Sān? Is it that hard to say it out loud? Gǔ Jiālán struggled in his heart for a long time, took a deep breath, lifted his head, and quietly gazed at Lín Sān: "Lín Sān, I like..."

  A crisp crackling sound came from the center of the stone chamber.

  Lin San's face changed, and he hastily pulled Gu Jialan behind him, vigilantly looking towards the center of the stone room. It was really the big snake that had scared Lin San earlier, fearing that another big snake would come out at this time.

  Gu Jialan hid behind Lin San's body, also with a look of astonishment on her face.

  In the stone chamber, a huge stone coffin was placed in the center, with its head larger than other stone coffins by one circle. At this time, cracks appeared on the surface of the stone coffin, which were constantly spreading. The sound just now was made by this stone coffin.

  "Boom!" With a loud noise, the entire stone coffin suddenly shattered and collapsed to the ground.

  At the moment when the stone coffin collapsed, Lin San and Gu Jialan involuntarily retreated several steps, fearing that something terrible would jump out of the stone coffin again.

  After the stone coffin was broken, apart from exposing a pile of corpses, nothing frightening came out of it.

  Lin San and Gu Jialan simultaneously let out a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been stuck in their throats slowly fell back into place.

  Lin San turned his head to look at Gu Jialan: "Miss Gu, what were you going to tell me just now?"

  "Huh? I... nothing." It's not always easy to muster the courage to confess to someone, and Gu Jialan had just barely worked up the nerve to confess to Lin San, only to be interrupted by the sudden appearance of a broken stone coffin. Now, asking Gu Jialan to confess again would require even more courage than before.

  "Oh." Since Gu Jialan didn't want to say anything, Lin San also stopped asking.

  "Something is glowing over there?" Gu Jialan suddenly pointed at the center of the stone room and said.

  Lin San turned his head and saw that at the location of the stone coffin which had been shattered earlier, there were indeed some things shining, but they were too far away to be seen clearly.