She instinctively wanted to resist.

But a hand quickly covered her mouth.

Dong Youying focused her gaze and saw that the man who had pulled her over was none other than Chen Fang.

Chen Fang made a shushing motion to her and then released the hand covering her mouth.

At that moment.

The footsteps of the three men also stopped behind the large rock.

"Where are they?"

One of them asked.

"They were just here, how could they suddenly disappear?"

Another grumbled.

At this time, a breathless voice came through; it was Cai Ge who had been kicked by Dong Youying, "Damn it, the cooked duck has flown away. As if this tiny Yan Mountain can stop her from escaping. Adai, make a call, have the brothers at the foot of the mountain come up. Even if we have to level Yan Mountain today, we must find that woman."

"Yes!"

At the command.

Another one made the phone call.

The four men went back to the mountain top to regroup.

This was bad, the situation had escalated. Originally, Chen Fang might have been able to cope with four men, but now he didn't know how many more would come.

After the others had left.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Dong Youying complained angrily, "It's all your fault, if you hadn't come up the mountain, none of this would have happened."

Chen Fang was speechless, retorted, "Beauty, you were the one who intercepted me halfway. Why don't you say that if you hadn't looked for me, none of this would have happened either?"

"You..."

For a moment, she was at a loss for words.

Dong Youying felt a surge of injustice, her eyes becoming moist.

"What's the use of crying? Hurry up and make a phone call for help."

Chen Fang said irritably.

Only then did Dong Youying remember to reach for her phone.

But as they took the phone out of the jeans pocket, both of them were stunned.

Due to the fall, the phone screen had shattered, and it wouldn't even turn on, meaning their hope for rescue had vanished.

"Do you know any other way down?"

Chen Fang asked.

Dong Youying shook her head, saying, "Yan Mountain has only one path down. The rest is just endless jungle with no path at all."

Turning back was clearly not an option.

It would be walking right into a trap.

Chen Fang let out a long sigh.

He said, "Alright, follow me."

"You know a way down the mountain?"

Dong Youying asked.

Chen Fang shook his head, saying, "Either turn back or plow ahead, your choice."

After speaking.

He started down the mountain trail, stumbling as he went.

Dong Youying looked back, then with a stomp of her foot, followed him.

The jungle of Yan Mountain was Yuanjing's protected forest, not normally open to the public, which meant there were no paths through it. Dense trees and disordered undergrowth, along with a wet everywhere, made every step difficult.

Chen Fang walked ahead, found a stick to help clear a path with his body, so the two of them could move forward with great difficulty.

At this moment.

The sky was gradually darkening.

Due to the shade of the trees, it got dark even faster in the jungle.

It was April now.

In Yong'an Province, the weather might already be in the teens in degrees Celsius, but Yuanjing, being in the north, saw temperatures drop to around one or two degrees once the sun went down.

Weary and soaked through, Dong Youying couldn't hold up any longer.

She had never suffered like this in her whole life.

She wept as she walked.

Slipping, her body slid down a slope, and Chen Fang, just in front of her, was swept away, rolling down the hillside as well.

They fell for about ten or so meters.

Before they stopped.

Chen Fang ignored the pain in his body.

And immediately checked on Dong Youying.

Lying on the ground, she felt pain everywhere, unable to bear the grievance, and burst into loud sobs.

"Get up, keep moving, we can't stay here, or you'll get hypothermia."

Chen Fang went to pull Dong Youying up from the ground.

With tears in her voice, Dong Youying cried, "I can't walk anymore, I'd rather die here today than go any further."

Chen Fang was irritated.

But he felt helpless.

He wrapped his arms around Dong Youying's body and said, "Come on, I'll carry you!"

After he spoke, he helped her stand up, lean on his shoulder, and continued to stagger forward.

He didn't know how long they had walked, but it was getting darker.

Suddenly, Dong Youying, who was lying on Chen Fang's back, pointed ahead and shouted, "Look, what's that? A house, there's a house, we're saved."

Chen Fang looked intently.

Not far away was a narrow creek.

By the creek, indeed, there was a wooden cabin.

Seeing hope, he quickened his pace, reached the doorstep of the cabin, put Dong Youying down, but after one glance, the hope that had sparked in him instantly died down.

The cabin was in shambles.

Very much so.

Inside was only a filthy bed board; beyond that, there was nothing else.

The wooden walls were riddled with holes, and a large part of the roof was rotten, showing that the cabin had been abandoned for a very long time.

It must have been left there by hunters a long time ago.

Regardless, they couldn't go any further, they had to rest.

Chen Fang took off his coat, laid it on the bed board, let Dong Youying sit down and said, "Rest for a while, I'll go find some firewood to start a fire, or we'll freeze to death tonight."

Dong Youying wanted to say something.

But she held back in the end.

After all, at this moment, Chen Fang was her only support.

About ten minutes later, Chen Fang entered the cabin with an armful of firewood.

He arranged the firewood on the ground in the middle of the cabin.

Luckily, he had a lighter in his pocket, and after lighting the firewood, the glowing flames added a bit of warmth to the dilapidated cabin.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, Dong Youying saw Chen Fang start to undo the buttons of his shirt.

She asked anxiously.

Chen Fang said, "My clothes are all wet, I need to dry them by the fire, otherwise you can't expect me to stay in these wet clothes all night, I can't stand it."

He finished speaking.

After taking off his shirt, he also removed his trousers and shoes.

He found a stick and hung them up.

"Why don't you take off your clothes to dry them too? Otherwise, you'll definitely get sick overnight, and besides, even with the fire, it won't be warm if you're wearing soaked clothes," Chen Fang said, squatting by the fire.

Clutching her knees to her chest and shielding her body, Dong Youying said, "I won't take them off, I'd rather freeze to death than let you take advantage of me."

Chen Fang smiled faintly.

He said, "Alright then, it's just gotten dark, and the temperature will surely drop later. The mountain temperature is several degrees lower than the city's. If you can endure it, I have no objections."

Under the flickering firelight.

Neither of them spoke again.

Chen Fang, although exhausted, also dared not sleep; he needed to stay alert for any sounds from outside.

Dong Youying felt the same.

However, her reason for not sleeping was because the place was too dirty, she didn't want to stay here for a minute unless absolutely necessary.

Time passed by unknowingly.

The temperature outside really began to plummet.

Though there was a fire, the icy wind continued to pour in from the broken walls and roof. Dong Youying, curled up on the bed board, kept up her stubborn front, but her teeth were chattering.

"Don't force yourself anymore, take off your clothes and come by the fire. I'll just turn away and not look at you," Chen Fang disdainfully said.

Finally, Dong Youying couldn't endure it anymore.

She said, "Then turn around now."

Chen Fang let out a long sigh.

He turned around, his back facing the fire.

Then, he heard the sound of Dong Youying's clothing hitting the floor and the zipper opening.

Time passed.

Then, Dong Youying let out a yelp, and Chen Fang, in a flurry of panic, turned around abruptly, only to see the branch they had hung their clothes on had fallen.

Their clothes were now lying on top of the fire...

Clumsy, they couldn't even dry their clothes without mishap.

Chen Fang wanted to rescue them, but it was too late, under the high temperature, their clothes quickly caught fire and merged into the raging flames...

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