Chapter Forty-Nine p1
Bo Chi held a handful of soft, smooth, black hair, her heart almost breaking.
Yu Zhao, who had been accused by her, frowned and was silent for a while, then turned her head slightly uncomfortably, and looked around expressionlessly.
They were now at the bottom of the cliff, and they could still see the green vine net with a hole in it above them. Not far away was a clear pool, the water clear and calm, like a mirror.
Yu Zhao glanced at Bo Chi, and found that the other party had come out of her sadness and started to concentrate on digging a hole to bury her hair. She stood up unsteadily, and walked lightly to the edge of the pool.
With a glance, she keenly noticed the presence of fish in the pool. Since that was the case, then this pool must have a source and was flowing living water!
Yu Zhao immediately bent down and plunged into the water without hesitation.
However, as soon as she entered, she shivered from the icy cold water.
Damn it, how could this be a pool of cold water!
A bad premonition arose in Yu Zhao’s heart. She gritted her teeth and swam down for a while, but her strength was consumed faster than she expected, so much so that she couldn’t even surface again.
Her heavy body, along with the cold chill, brought a sense of suffocation that symbolized death.
Yu Zhao reached out weakly, her unwilling consciousness gradually becoming hazy.
Was she going to die again?
“Splash.“
A clear sound of breaking water suddenly rang out.
A girl with delicate features, like a celestial maiden descending from the heavens to undergo tribulation, her wide-sleeved white dress fluttering in the water. She resolutely grabbed Yu Zhao’s gradually drooping hand, like an immortal who had been worshipped suddenly opening her eyes, responding to her most devout believer.
The bone-chilling coldness dissipated, and Yu Zhao’s last memory was the girl’s warm body.
——And the long hair scattered in the water, uneven.
When Yu Zhao woke up again, it was already dark.
A fire was burning beside her, giving her some warmth.
With this faint light, she found that the girl who saved her was standing by the cliff, holding a black dress in her arms, jumping up and down trying to hang it on a horizontal branch to dry.
Yu Zhao watched silently for a long time, and seeing that she didn’t have lightness skills or martial arts, and couldn’t hang it up after a long time, she finally moved her body, wanting to go up and help.
However, as soon as she moved, she realized that she had been tightly tied up.
Vigilance instinctively arose in Yu Zhao’s heart, but it quickly turned into simple confusion.
If the girl wanted to kill her, she should have just let her drown before. It didn’t make sense to save her and then change her mind, right?
Yu Zhao couldn’t figure it out, frowned and pondered for a while, and said calmly: “Let me go, I’ll help you hang the clothes.”
Bo Chi, who was on the other side, heard the movement, and said angrily: “No way! Don’t think I don’t know you’re thinking of dying. With me here, don’t even think about it!“
Yu Zhao: “…Dying?“
Bo Chi was tired from jumping, so she simply came back with the clothes, sat down beside her, stretched out her paws to warm herself by the fire, and said fiercely: “Your wet clothes are still in my arms, don’t think you can deny it.“
Yu Zhao’s heart skipped a beat, she subconsciously looked down and found that she was still wearing an inner garment, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. But thinking that the other party had touched her body and taken off her outer garment, she still felt very stiff and puzzled: “You… why did you save me?“
Bo Chi blinked, blinked again, her eyes wandering, clearly racking her brains for an excuse: “Because, because you owe me! You used me as a hostage before, dragged me along, and jumped off the cliff with me, and even cruelly cut off a strand of my hair. With such a deep grudge, how can I let you die so easily?“
The more she spoke, the smoother she became. In the end, she successfully made herself angry, gritted her teeth and said fiercely: “I not only want you to live, but I also want you to live a long life, and atone for my hair for the rest of your life!“
Yu Zhao: “…Oh.“
The air was silent for two seconds.
Bo Chi glared at her angrily: “You just say ‘oh’? I said so much, and you just say ‘oh’?!“
Yu Zhao was stunned, and a slight confusion appeared in her eyes.
Was there something wrong with saying ‘oh’?
Although she thought the girl was a little silly, but she had agreed, hadn’t she?
Obviously, Bo Chi didn’t get her thoughts.
Finding that Yu Zhao answered with a disdainful (?) and contemptuous (?) monosyllabic word full of sarcasm, Bo Chi was very angry, and with a stern little face, she stopped talking to her, turned her head and went to dry the clothes again.
Yu Zhao sat there at a loss, her gaze involuntarily following her figure, and doubts arose in her heart.
Was the other party angry?
If she was angry, why did she still help her hang her clothes?
Yu Zhao frowned and thought for a long time, and found that she really couldn’t understand Bo Chi’s thoughts at all.
She was silent for a while, and finally, following her survival instinct, mustered her strength to break free from the vines that bound her, came to Bo Chi’s side, and silently took the black clothes from her hand, easily hanging them on the branch.
This way, the girl should be happy, right?
With this thought in mind, Yu Zhao looked down with some expectation.
But she saw Bo Chi’s face full of envy and jealousy: “Being tall is great, huh? Hmph!“
The girl turned and left. Because her movements were too big, her raised black hair even brushed against Yu Zhao’s face.
Yu Zhao was silent for a long time, wiped her face, and decided not to try to guess the other party’s thoughts anymore.
After all, this girl’s brain circuit was clearly abnormal…
Bo Chi was hungry after being angered by Yu Zhao. She had just arrived today and was dragged to jump off a cliff. After finally saving her wife’s life, the other party jumped into the water while she was mourning her hair. After desperately pulling the other party up, and just as she was about to dry the clothes, Yu Zhao woke up and angered her again.
After all this commotion, she was already starving, and the worst thing was that there was nothing to eat at the bottom of the cliff. The barren land was not suitable for growing vegetables, and even if it was, she probably wouldn’t live to see that day.
Helplessly, Bo Chi could only imitate Yu Zhao’s life in the plot, rolled up her sleeves, came to the cold pool, and clumsily tried to catch fish.
She didn’t know martial arts, and failed every time. In addition, her figure was slender, and every time she pounced, it made people’s hearts jump, thinking that she would fall into the water.
Although the girl always stabilized her body, Yu Zhao, who was watching from the side, really couldn’t stand this stimulation, and couldn’t help but step forward and pull her to the fire, picked up the long sword herself, and silently went to the side of the pool to spear fish.
Her technique was obviously much better than Bo Chi’s, who had never done any manual labor. She easily speared seven or eight fish. Bo Chi cheered from the side, having long forgotten her previous anger, and seeing her scraping the fish scales, she diligently made the fire bigger.
Yu Zhao had been an orphan since childhood. After being trained as a killer by the Tiansha Tower, she often went out to assassinate targets, and it was common for her to lie in wait for several months before taking action. She was also used to grilling something in the wild to satisfy her hunger.
Bo Chi rarely did it herself. Seeing her skillfully flipping the fish, her eyes were full of admiring little stars, which made Yu Zhao purse her lips uncomfortably, but her movements became even faster and more active.
Soon, a few small fish were grilled, and the tempting aroma of fish made Bo Chi’s index finger move. She buried her head and started eating like a cat, while praising profusely: “Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it’s grilled so well!“
Yu Zhao didn’t speak, and tasted a bite herself.
It was clearly a familiar taste that she was used to, but after being praised by the girl, she actually felt that this time’s grilled fish was indeed more fragrant than every time in the past.
The evening breeze was gentle, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.
After eating, the two people at the bottom of the cliff began to worry about sleeping.
To be precise, it was Bo Chi who was worried about this. Yu Zhao could sleep anywhere, and with her internal force protecting her body, she was not afraid of the cold air at night. But Bo Chi was obviously not, if she really slept on the ground for a night, she might catch a cold and have a fever the next day.
In order to avoid this situation, Bo Chi propped up her chin and thought for a while, then pretended to be surprised and pointed to the depths of the cliff, and said: “Look over there, isn’t there a cave?“
That cave was the place where Yu Zhao found the secret manual in the plot.
Because Yu Zhao had been circling around her during the day, she didn’t discover it immediately. Bo Chi didn’t want to sleep on the ground at night, so she could only point it out herself.
However, her acting was too bad, and Yu Zhao could tell at a glance that she was deliberately guiding her there.
Various thoughts arose and were extinguished. Yu Zhao’s face was calm, and she just nodded along with her words: “There is a cave.”
Bo Chi jumped up excitedly and said happily: “Then let’s spend the night in the cave!“
Yu Zhao slowly extinguished the fire, and fell half a step behind Bo Chi.
The bottom of the cliff was plunged into darkness without the firelight, just like Yu Zhao’s obscure eyes.
Bo Chi walked ahead without realizing it. Just as she was about to reach the cave, she suddenly tripped over a vine on the ground and fell forward involuntarily.
At the critical moment, Yu Zhao stepped forward and held her waist, stabilizing the flustered girl.
“That scared me!” Bo Chi pulled her foot out of the vine, and hugged Yu Zhao’s arm with lingering fear: “Something thin and long tripped me, I thought it was a snake.“
Yu Zhao paused: “You have a unique medicinal fragrance on you, which naturally repels insects and snakes. Not to mention that there are none at the bottom of this cliff, even if there were, they wouldn’t approach you.”
Reminded by her, Bo Chi suddenly realized.
Oh right, she was a medical immortal from the Medicine Valley!
Bo Chi, who reacted belatedly, coughed lightly, and began to explain her persona as if nothing had happened: “I know, I made this herbal medicine, of course I know it repels insects and snakes.“
Yu Zhao raised her eyebrows, moved the arm that was being hugged, and found that not only did the girl not let go, but she subconsciously hugged her even tighter, so she couldn’t help but say: “Then why are you holding me?“
Bo Chi was stunned, thought for a while, and then hummed: “Can’t I do it on purpose?“
As she spoke, she took a deep breath, withdrew her hand, and strode into the cave with her head held high.
Yu Zhao, who was left outside, hadn’t yet recovered, her mind full of her words.
On purpose? Why did she hug her on purpose?
They were both women, what was the point of hugging each other?
A throbbing arose in Yu Zhao’s heart, and she vaguely felt like she had found the door to a new world.
Before she could think more, Bo Chi’s surprised voice suddenly rang out: “Wow! There’s actually a super awesome secret manual here!“
Yu Zhao: “…”
What was even more suffocating than bad acting was probably that this girl was completely unaware.
Yu Zhao thought silently, and followed her into the cave.
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