C216

The night passed relatively peacefully, and during it, no animals came to disturb the two of them. However, they were woken up by a scream in the morning, causing Cheng Yichen to stand up and listen for any response.

"What's going on?"

"Someone is screaming. From the sound of it, it's a man." If it really was a man, then he could basically be sure that the person screaming just now was Jing Moxuan.

When he looked back at Li Ruo's expression, he couldn't figure out what her big eyes were thinking about.

"This person should be Jing Moxuan. Let's go take a look?"

Li Ruo quickly shook her head, "Don't go, don't!"

"Why?" He comforted her by patting her shoulder. "If we go, we might be able to help him."

Li Ruo's eyelashes were covered with tears as she spoke with misty eyes, "This is the third time he's been here. He'll be fine, I don't know how to face him."

The two of them went silent for a while, and then another miserable scream came out, causing her to tremble from fright, but this time, she could clearly hear that the scream did sound like Jing Moxuan's voice.

What happened to him? Li Ruo tugged on Cheng Yichen's arm, "Let's go take a look."

"Alright." Cheng Yichen agreed without a second word and pulled her up, "Let's go over carefully."

The forest was very dense, and the grass and trees were stained with water. followed closely behind, his eyes filled with nervousness, as though he was afraid of encountering something terrifying.

Just then, Cheng Yichen stopped in his tracks, she could not help but take in a deep breath as he looked up. His mouth was opened so wide that even his screams were covered up.

In front of them was a large swamp. In the middle of the swamp were five crocodiles, and above them hung a man. His right hand had been bitten by the crocodiles, and he was struggling for his life.

This person was none other than Jing Moxuan, but right beside him was a rope, on it there was only a white bone, and on top of the bone was a foot, it looked extremely frightening.

The remaining crocodiles all surrounded Jing Moxuan, obviously attacking him together. He struggled hard for a bit, but was still unable to shake off the crocodile that was biting his arm.

"Li Ruo, bring the rope over!" Cheng Yichen said in a deep voice, her eyes especially profound. She looked carefully at the distance between the two of them, and thought that it should be enough to save him.

Li Ruo immediately flipped through her backpack, handed the rope that was as thick as a thumb to him, and asked with a trembling voice, "Can you save him?"

Jing Moxuan, who was fighting with the crocodile, turned his head to look at the two of them in disbelief. He had a complicated expression in his eyes, and it was only after a long while that he roared, "Li Ruo? "You're not dead?"

Li Ruo didn't want to speak, she didn't even raise her head. Right now, she still couldn't let go of the scene where Jing Moxuan left while sneering.

"I don't need you to save me, bring Li Ruo with you!" Jing Moxuan shouted loudly, "You will be able to get out after circling around the swamp here. Be careful of the rope traps on the ground."

Cheng Yichen quickly tied the rope to a big tree and laughed, "Are you really not afraid of death?"

He was silent for a moment, his eyes cold. "I've never been afraid."

"Is that so?" Cheng Yichen laughed, and then used a rope to tie it to a rock that wasn't too big. After confirming that it was tied properly, he waved it again and said softly, "Don't move."

Jing Moxuan said with a smile that was not a smile, "Do I have a chance to move around randomly in my current situation?"

Cheng Yichen did not speak further, his eyes looking sharp as he threw the stone out. Unexpectedly, the alligator on the side suddenly pounced, but luckily it did not jump to the rope, and instead steadily wrapped itself around the rope holding Jing Moxuan.

When the rope was hanging on the stone, it trembled, and the alligator ruthlessly ripped another handful. Jing Moxuan growled softly, but was helpless against the alligator.

The crocodile, on the other hand, was waiting for an opportunity to divide Jing Moxuan up when he was exhausted.

"Ah, what is that!" Li Ruo yelled as she subconsciously hid behind Cheng Yichen.

Cheng Yichen looked over, what was floating on top of the mud was a white skeleton, it looked somewhat scary, but they had already seen quite a few corpses after coming here.

Therefore, in a sense, this skeleton was nothing.

"It's just a skeleton, don't be afraid." He comforted her softly and used his strength to pull on the rope. Jing Moxuan also trembled due to the impact, but the crocodile had clenched its teeth even tighter, blood flowing out from it.

Jing Moxuan did not have any strength left in his body, he had lost too much blood, and being hung here for a long time, he did not have any strength left.

Cheng Yichen fiercely clenched his teeth and pulled on the rope, Li Ruo, seeing this, also anxiously pulled on the rope, they watched as Jing Moxuan was pulled over, little by little, until he finally landed on the shore.

Cheng Yichen released the rope and quickly picked up a thick branch from the tree. He whipped the crocodile that was biting Jing Moxuan's arm ruthlessly, causing the crocodile to let go of its mouth in pain. However, Jing Moxuan's arm still ended up with a large chunk of flesh.

He laid on the ground, panting, and asked with a pale face, "Why did you save me? You could have just stood there and not saved us. "

"I'm not like you." Cheng Yichen sarcastically said, "Li Ruo, let's go."

Li Ruo looked deeply at Jing Moxuan, and without any hesitation, she walked to Cheng Yichen's side, and said softly, "Are we going to walk over here?"

"After we walk out of this forest, there will be no more traps." Jing Moxuan struggled to stand up behind them with a smile on his face, "Can I go with you?"

Cheng Yichen subconsciously looked at Li Ruo. She lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and his expression was indescribably awkward. He directly held her in his embrace and coldly said, "I'm not willing."

"Let's go!" Cheng Yichen held her and carefully walked to the side.

Jing Moxuan had a faint smile on his face, but his eyes continued to stare at Li Ruo, who would have thought that she did not die? Was he saved by Cheng Yichen?

A trace of regret flashed through his heart. If she had died, then so be it. But now, if she hadn't died, then the bet would have continued. How could he lose? He wanted to prove that Cheng Yichen was inferior to him!

"Cheng Yichen, I won't thank you for saving me."

"I'm not trying to get you to thank me." Cheng Yichen replied without turning his head.

The two of them carefully made their way across the swamp. Outside the forest was a large patch of grass, with two helicopters parked on the grass. The butler stood beside the helicopters.

Li Ruo anxiously grabbed his hand, "Cheng Yichen, you will bring me away, right?"

Cheng Yichen's heart fiercely stung, but he didn't know how to reply. He wanted to take her away, but he couldn't, he couldn't ignore the condition of her body.

With an apologetic expression, he placed his hand on her shoulder and spoke with a hoarse voice, "Li Ruo, forget about the past two days, just treat it as a dream."

She stared at him. "A dream?"

"Right, just treat it as a dream and forget about what happened in the forest, do you understand?" Cheng Yichen felt pain in his heart. Only by lying to her and the two of them could he live his life.

Li Ruo shook off his hand, revealing a look of disbelief, "You made me forget? "You don't want to take me with you?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."

Her large eyes were filled with tears. She couldn't understand why he said she couldn't. Could it be that she couldn't replace Jiang Ruoqing? Her and Jiang Ruoqing's faces were exactly the same.

"I don't understand."

"I have a lot of things to think about, so I'm sorry." Cheng Yichen laughed dryly as he lowered his eyes, "Li Ruo, I love you so much, but my love has already reached a point that you can't comprehend. I also have my reasons for not being able to bring you away, I hope you can understand."

"Don't lecture me." With a faint smile, she took a deep breath to suppress the unease in her heart, "Alright, I understand."

After she finished speaking and walked in the direction of the house like a butler, Cheng Yichen immediately caught up to her and grabbed her hands, pulling her into his embrace. His lips were close to her ears as he whispered, "Do you remember the wish you gave me?"

Li Ruo's heart fiercely dropped down, she gritted her teeth with all her might, not willing to speak. Only after a good while did she speak again, "Are you sure you want to speak now?"

"I'm sure I need to say it now."

"Alright." After she had been abandoned by Jing Moxuan, she had relied heavily on Cheng Yichen and trusted him, but she really couldn't understand why he would do such a thing.

Why not take her away? In her eyes, there was only one reason. That was, she was not Jiang Ruoqing, she had never been so jealous of a woman.

They even suspected that how good was this woman called Jiang Ruoqing? How lucky was he to actually be able to meet a man like Cheng Yichen?

He lowered his head and whispered into her ear, then placed his hand on her shoulder. Looking at her lifeless eyes, he felt very hurt. "This is my wish. Can you fulfill it?"

Li Ruo's face revealed faint sorrow, as she nodded strongly, "I can."

After saying that, he took a big step towards the butler's direction, maybe because he ran too fast, and fell hard onto the ground after running less than 30 metres. Cheng Yichen subconsciously took two steps back, but restrained himself, and did not touch her anymore.

She fell on the ground for a very long time before finally sitting up slowly. She looked in his direction sadly, then stood up and walked towards the butler with a limp.

Cheng Yichen endured, but in the end, he couldn't help but have his eyes turn red, hoping that she would understand him in the future.

Very quickly, a group of people carried a badly mutilated person out. When Cheng Yichen looked at it, he could not help but frown, and the one being carried was actually Zhen Bing.

She was covered in blood and did not know what happened to her, but it could be seen that she had also experienced a fierce battle.

Slowly walking to the front of the plane, she nodded towards the butler, then placed her gaze on Li Ruo. She struggled to pull up her pants, revealing a large wound on her knee.

His hand clenched into a fist. Those wounds must have been caused when she fell down, right?

"Miss Li Ruo, we have a professional doctor here." The butler spoke in an amiable tone.

Li Ruo scrunched her face, coldly refusing, "I'm fine."

Soon enough, another group of people ran out from the forest. On the stretcher was the injured Jing Moxuan, his face was extremely pale, he had lost too much blood, causing him to be temporarily shocked.

"All of you did very well. The old man said that he appreciates all of you, so please board the plane." The butler smiled.

Li Ruo almost didn't think twice before boarding the plane that carried Jing Moxuan. She also didn't know why, but even though she advised her to return to Jing Moxuan's side, his heart still felt especially uncomfortable.

The moment she walked into the cabin, he really felt like he was holding her in his arms. He watched helplessly as the cabin door closed and a wry smile appeared on his face.