Chapter 93: Running Toward Each Other!

On the morning of their hike into Xunling Mountain, the group had entered the range at ten o'clock. By one in the afternoon, they still had not reached the village marked on the map.

Just a moment ago, the sky had suddenly broken open with heavy rain. The already chill mountain forest had turned even colder. Without sunlight, the place felt as though it had been swallowed by darkness.

Fortunately, the map showed a cave where they could take temporary shelter from danger. The group struggled through the rain for another half hour before finally reaching the cave that blocked the wind and rain.

The cave was pitch-black, and the flashlights came in handy at once.

Hu Biting was so cold her face had gone pale, and even the hand holding the flashlight was trembling.

Xu Muning was worse. Her dress clung to her body, and her damp hair only made her curves more pronounced. She was shivering so hard her teeth nearly chattered apart, but she did not even have a single coat to ward off the cold.

Xu Yunzhuo, who had prepared thoroughly long ago, calmly rummaged through her backpack and pulled out a thin padded jacket.

Seeing this, Xu Muning hurried forward to snatch it. Xu Yunzhuo sidestepped her touch, and Xu Muning lost her footing and fell straight to the ground. Tears welled in her eyes as she said, "Sister, even if you hate me, you do not have to avoid touching me."

The live chat exploded.

Damn, did Xu Muning just admit it outright? Xu Yunzhuo is the Xu family’s daughter!

Ha ha ha, the Xu family’s public relations team must be spinning in circles, and yet they are no match for Xu Muning’s light little word: sister.

Does she think we are blind? Before they went up the mountain, Biting even reminded her to bring warm clothes, and yet she was the only one who brought a backpack full of dresses. She is so stupid it hurts.

I cannot stand stupidity. Compared with her, Xu Yunzhuo looks so much better.

No wonder she is the fake daughter. I wonder whose genes gave her that brain.

In the real world, the others all frowned at the scene.

Xu Yunzhuo did not even crease her brow. She turned and walked off at once. "If I hate you, should I not avoid you? Should I be holding you up instead? Stay away from me. Do not try to get your hands on my things."

Xu Yunzhuo did not spare her a pleasant expression at all, which made Xu Muning furious. Her face twisted. She had wanted to create the image of Xu Yunzhuo as a vicious, wicked older sister, but Xu Yunzhuo simply accepted it outright, and everything she had wanted to say got stuck in her throat.

She was freezing to death.

With wet eyes, she looked around at the others, lingering hopefully on Pei Jin.

Pei Jin clutched his only coat tightly against himself and pretended not to see her.

In the end, it was the ever-kind Hou Yue who could not bear it any longer. Fortunately, he had brought two jackets, so he lent one to Xu Muning.

Xu Muning’s expression did not improve just because she now had something to keep warm. She looked at the jacket with visible distaste, perhaps upset that it was not Pei Jin’s.

The gesture nearly drove Hou Yue mad.

My God, I really want to jump into the screen and slap this woman twice. How does she even have the nerve to look disgusted?

She should just freeze to death. I am furious. No wonder Gu Qi did not want to deal with her. I finally get it now.

Hou Yue is such a sweetheart. If it were me, I would have thrown the coat outside before I ever gave it to this woman.

Since everyone was still drenched, they decided the girls would change first, then the men.

After changing in turns, everyone finally began to recover a little, though the cold wind still made them shiver.

That was when the blanket Hou Yue had chosen came in useful.

The thin blanket, about four feet wide, was enough to keep the girls warm.

Xu Muning, whose frame was rather frail, had already curled up beneath it for warmth.

Her face pale, she kept sneezing while staring out at the curtain of rain beyond the cave.

The five men stood at the entrance, discussing what to do next.

Yan Feixing glanced back worriedly at Xu Yunzhuo, who had already put on the padded jacket and was holding a piece of bread in both hands, gazing at it with eager eyes.

Her hair was still wet. The dark strands hung around her face, making her features seem all the more vivid and striking. In the dim cave, she looked like a brilliant pearl.

He could not help saying, "We should prepare for the worst. If the rain does not stop, we cannot keep moving toward the village. We may even have to spend the night here, and now that the temperature is already this low, it could get even colder tonight. Do not let Yunzhuo catch a chill."

Everyone: "..."

Pei Jin’s face darkened. He seemed about to say something, but then he saw the genuine concern in Yan Feixing’s eyes.

How strange. Everyone else seemed to like Xu Yunzhuo, so why did he, even after her five years of tireless pursuit, still hope she would stay far away from him?

And now she really had moved far away. Not only was she secretly married to Pei Qiaonian, but she even had admirers at her side. It was almost... surreal.

Ha ha ha, Yan Feixing really does love her to death. He even comes up with a solution just to solve Xu Yunzhuo’s problem. I am dying.

Wow, from this angle Xu Yunzhuo looks so beautiful. She is really adorable, staring at the bread and practically drooling. I can see the saliva.

This is also the first time I have realized how cute her personality is. She is so straightforward, and somehow it does not feel annoying at all. I was really blind before, actually hating her. Sob, sob, from now on I am her number one fan!

Yunzhuo baby, your mom will go bankrupt if I have to, but I am getting you famous!

The girls did not react much to Yan Feixing’s words.

After all, his fondness for Xu Yunzhuo was not concealed in the slightest, though in their eyes there was more or less a trace of ambiguity.

When Ning Qinghuan saw Xu Yunzhuo staring longingly at the bread, she let her eyes turn and smiled. "Yunzhuo, Feixing is really good to you. Among the five of us, he cares about you the most."

Xu Yunzhuo smacked her lips and looked back. "What?"

Yan Feixing heard it too, and afraid Xu Yunzhuo might be attacked online, he hurried to explain, "Do not misunderstand. I just think of Yunzhuo as my little sister. I do not know why, but the first time I saw her, I felt close to her."

He looked utterly sincere, his eyes clear of even the faintest trace of ulterior motive. The others did not believe him, but Xu Yunzhuo did.

Getting a famous singer for a brother for free? She was making a fortune.

So with tears in her eyes, she looked at Yan Feixing and called out from the heart, "Brother! From now on, you are my brother by another mother and another father. We have to support each other and never give up!"

Yan Feixing was moved as well. "All right! Little sister Yunzhuo, your brother will protect you from now on! What I have, you will have too!"

What had been a survival romance show was now turning into a family-reunion scene.

The live chat was in stitches.

Laughing my head off. Xu Yunzhuo, you really have a way with things. You have actually latched onto a huge backer now.

Forget it. In my eyes, whatever anyone says, this is mutual devotion!

I am going to go crazy. When is this rain going to stop? It really came at the worst possible time.

Lin Yuan interrupted, "Why do we not go into the woods first and look for some branches that have not been soaked yet? If we really cannot leave tonight, at least we will have something to keep warm with."

He glanced at the map. The only place where they could get clean water was rather far from here. Looking up at the rain, he said to Pei Jin, "The one liter of water Yunzhuo chose may not be enough for all of us. You should use the aluminum pot to catch some rainwater first. If we go to fetch water now, we are very likely to get lost in the mountains, and the consequences would be unimaginable."

The others also realized this.

But most of them had been spoiled and pampered; when had they ever drunk rainwater? Even Pei Jin looked troubled as he stared at the rain.