Ye Zhinan scurried up the mountain in a hurry, with Ye Yingfeng closely following behind, afraid that something might happen to her.
Chen Zhenhai trailed behind, complaining non - stop. Seeing Qin Yihuai in front, he quickened his pace.
"Miss Ye, be careful!" he shouted loudly, which caught Qin Yihuai's attention.
"Why are you here?" Qin Yihuai asked.
"I came to take a look," Chen Zhenhai replied.
As soon as Ye Zhinan arrived, she looked around curiously. She leaned in and whispered, "It's my first time experiencing this. I'm just curious."
Qin Yihuai noticed the sly look in her eyes and paid more attention to her.
"We don't know if there will be another aftershock. Stay close to me and be careful," he said.
His words made Ye Yingfeng unhappy.
"I'll protect my sister," he said as he squeezed between the two of them, using his body to block Qin Yihuai.
But Qin Yihuai deftly dodged and got close to Ye Zhinan again.
The person involved didn't seem to care about the confrontation between the two at all. She kept looking around with her big eyes.
Ye Zhinan had rushed up the mountain, thinking about picking some wild mushrooms and other mountain treasures to improve the family's meals. She didn't care about others at all.
Qin Yihuai glanced at Chen Zhenhai, thinking that this was how he took care of the Ye family as he was told.
Ye Zhinan was like a prisoner surrounded by two "guardians", which restricted her movements. She was either blocked by Qin Yihuai or dragged back by Ye Yingfeng.
Suddenly, she saw a forest that had been collapsed by the earthquake in the distance. An idea popped into her mind, and she rushed over.
"I need to relieve myself. Don't follow me!" she shouted, leaving the two of them looking at each other in surprise. They both glared at Chen Zhenhai.
Chen Zhenhai shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not convenient for me to go either." Then he slipped away quickly.
"Men are so troublesome. I don't even have any private space," Ye Zhinan murmured while scanning around with her eyes.
Sure enough, her hard work paid off. She found many good things that had been shaken out by the earthquake. She put them all into her space, planning to take them out later.
"If it weren't for the earthquake, these wild ginsengs and mushrooms might never have been found. I'll make a mushroom soup for mother to nourish her body when I get back," she thought.
Just as she was making these plans, she slipped and rolled down. Everything happened so suddenly that Ye Zhinan had no time to react. As she fell, her head hit a hard object, and she fainted instantly.
She didn't know how long it had passed when she finally woke up. Looking at the darkness around her, a sense of fear welled up inside her.
"Ye Zhinan, Ye Zhinan, is this the end of your bumpy life?" she thought.
People tend to be pessimistic in the dark. Just when she was about to give up and wait for fate to decide, she suddenly thought of her space, and hope for survival was reignited.
She first checked her body and found that besides some scratches, the most serious injury was a sprained right foot. Then she took out some medicine for external wounds from her space to stop the bleeding and disinfect the wounds. She also gave a simple treatment to her right foot.
After all these operations, her stomach began to growl. Thinking about nourishing her injured leg, she made a bone soup for herself and added some of the mushrooms she had just picked.
After a good meal, she began to think about how to save herself. Ye Zhinan took out a walking stick and a flashlight from her space and started to look around.
When the flashlight shone on the stone wall, the glistening spots on it caught her attention.
What were these blue, cyan, and purple spots on the wall...
Ye Zhinan exclaimed, "I've searched for it everywhere, and finally found it right here!"
Just as she was about to get closer to take a better look, something suddenly hit her on the head. With a scream, she fell to the ground again.
"Miss Ye, is that you? It really is you! Great! Oh, are you okay?" Chen Zhenhai said in a flurry.
Ye Zhinan gritted her teeth and rubbed her head, glaring at the flustered Chen Zhenhai in front of her.
Then two more dark figures came down from above. When she looked closely, she found that they were Ye Yingfeng and Qin Yihuai.
"How are you?" they asked at the same time as they stepped forward and pushed Chen Zhenhai aside, showing great concern.
At that moment, Ye Zhinan was not overjoyed about being rescued. Instead, she was thinking about quickly putting the walking stick and flashlight back into her space.
They came just in time! It seemed impossible to secretly keep those treasures for herself.
Indeed, it was impossible. When Qin Yihuai came down, he had already noticed the light on the stone wall. He just wanted to make sure the woman in front of him was safe first.
"Your foot is injured! Did you treat it?" he asked.
Oh no! She hadn't removed the gauze!
Ye Zhinan stammered, trying to cover it up. "I sprained my foot. I just bandaged it casually. It hurts so much!" she said and then let out a few weak groans.
Ye Yingfeng felt heart - broken. He quickly picked up his sister and walked up the mountain.
"Let's go back first. If there's another earthquake, none of us will be able to get out," he said.
Ye Zhinan nodded repeatedly. Before leaving, she remembered the location. She would definitely come back when her foot got better.
She went out fine but came back limping. Ye Shenyan and Han Xiangmei were extremely heart - broken and worried.
"Our daughter hasn't gotten married yet. What if there's something wrong with her foot?" Han Xiangmei cried.
"Stop crying. If necessary, we'll support her for the rest of her life," Ye Shenyan, who always doted on his daughter, said seriously.
Although Ye Zhinan was touched, she knew her foot injury was not that serious. It was just that their family couldn't afford to invite a doctor, so they were extremely worried.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry. I'll bring a doctor here even if I have to tie one up," Ye Yingfeng patted his chest and promised. Just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by Qin Yihuai.
"You shouldn't let others know that you went up the mountain secretly. I just checked. Miss Ye's foot injury is not that serious. Here's some bruise - relieving ointment. Use it first," Qin Yihuai said.
After hearing this, Han Xiangmei looked at Ye Shenyan, hesitated for a moment, and finally thanked him sincerely.
After Qin Yihuai left, she warned Ye Zhinan, "Although it was an emergency, there should be a proper distance between men and women. You should be more careful in the future."
Ye Zhinan was puzzled, but Ye Yingfeng quickly understood.
"I don't even know how serious your foot injury is. How did Qin Yihuai know?" he asked.
"He... has good eyesight!" Ye Zhinan thought that it was completely dark in the cave and nothing could be seen. Maybe he saw it through the little light from the cave entrance?
But she didn't have the mind to think about other things. Her mind was full of the glistening spots on the stone wall.
There was another person who had the same thought. The next day, that person sent Chen Zhenhai to deliver something.
"Miss Ye, this wheelchair is for you. The boss said you need it," Chen Zhenhai said.
Ye Zhinan had planned to make a wheelchair herself, but now she saved a lot of trouble.
Ye Yingfeng silently hid the walking stick he had made overnight. Although he was unhappy, he had to admit that Qin Yihuai was thoughtful.
Ye Zhinan planned to thank Qin Yihuai in person later. Just then, Qin Yihuai appeared at her window with a basin in his hand.
"This is for you. It'll help nourish your injured foot," he said.
Ye Zhinan took a look and found that it was a big pig's trotter. She took a big bite. It melted in her mouth, and the cooking was just right.
"Tell me. How should I repay your great kindness?" she asked.
Qin Yihuai watched her eat without any restraint and felt satisfied.
"You've noticed it too, haven't you?" he asked.
Ye Zhinan nodded while eating. "I knew there's no free lunch!"