There is still the boat that Wu Miao was on, although I once saw it get caught in a huge whirlpool on the lake surface, which made my emotions almost collapse. But after careful consideration later, Wu Miao died a month later, so the people on the boat should have been rescued instead.

  The most important thing now is to take Tang Jiao out of this underground place. If our guess is correct, the location that hides all the secrets may also be in this underground place. I must be doubly cautious and vigilant.

  As I looked up, the people who came down were not only Feng Yan and her mother, but also a pair of strangers, two young men and one young woman. They seemed to be unharmed and were searching around the cave for something. It seems they also want to find a way out by all means.

  "How long have we been in this cave?"

  Yan Yuan replied: "Just over ten minutes, I guess. It's amazing, we were swept into this cave and the water receded. It seems like there are many openings that let the water leak out."

  "A-Yuan, I'm scared..." Zhu Jihui said in a low voice. Yan Yuan hugged her into his arms, comforting and stroking her gently, his expression tender and loving. I exchanged a glance with Tan Jiao, but neither of us spoke.

  "What shall we do?" Tan Jiao whispered in my ear.

  I pointed ahead: "There is groundwater here, finding the source of the groundwater might lead to a way out."

  Tan Jiao's face relaxed slightly, but those black and beautiful eyebrows were still furrowed, saying in a low voice: "I don't know what's waiting for us at the end of this road."

  I remain silent.

  My hand felt warm, and it was Tan Jiao who had gently grasped it. After being soaked in water, her face looked even more delicate and pale, with black hair clinging to her cheeks and neck, revealing a more affectionate posture. My heart skipped a beat, and I lowered my head to kiss her. She didn't move, only whispering: "So many people..." I ignored it.

  However, I don't know if it's an illusion, but for a moment, I felt that many eyes were on us. But when I looked up, I found that no one was looking at us, and even Yan Yuan, who was closest to us, was hugging Zhu Jiyue, closing his eyes and leaning against the rock wall.

  A kind of indescribable strange feeling flashed through my mind.

  Tan Jiao pulled on my collar and whispered: "What's with the sudden kiss?"

  "I said: 'I forgot what I said yesterday?'"

  "What did you say?"

  "Wait until I'm healed..."

  She turned around: "Nonsense!" I looked at her slightly flushed profile, and a wave of tenderness surged up in my heart.

  Several others walked over from the riverbank. Feng Yan looked at us with great concern and asked, "A Yu, are you all right?" I let go of Tan Jiao and replied, "We're fine, Master's wife, how about you?"

  Chen Ruying suddenly said: "My mom's foot is injured, it hurts to death. You only care about yourself, I didn't think you were this kind of person."

  I was stunned for a moment, and everyone else was staring at us. I looked at Chen Ruyin's stubborn and resentful face, thinking of how she had risked her life to save me in the Chen family, and her eventual tragic end. I calmed down and turned to Feng Yan, only to find that she was stumbling. I got up and squatted beside Feng Yan, saying: "Master, let me take a look."

  Feng Yan stopped Chen Ruyin with a sentence: "Ruyin, don't be reckless." Then she threw me an apologetic smile and slowly rolled up her pant leg. There was indeed a very deep wound on her calf, the flesh was blurred with blood, but the bleeding had stopped. It should have been injured when it was washed away by the flood. I took off my already dry T-shirt, tore it into several long strips, and tied them around Feng Yan's leg. Feng Yan hastily retreated, saying it wasn't necessary, but I insisted. After finishing, I said: "Master's wife, the environment here is very bad, and we don't know when we can get out. You and Ruyin will follow us. If you need anything, just tell me at any time."

  Feng Yan hastily expressed her gratitude. Chen Ruying looked at me but didn't say anything. I didn't look back at her and returned to Tan Jiao's side.