Chapter 70 (1/2)
”Fuyao, the bright ht If we see it, we must treasure it” From behind her back, Yuan Zhaoxu whispered, ”I ait for you till the day you understand that”
Unexpectedly, particles scattered frorance of pine nuts was released A pine nut landed on the hollow of Fuyao's palh she was holding a scorching heart
The flame illuminated the cave and projected a silhouette of that person's back He was not considered tall, study, or powerful, but he provided her the right a Fuyao looked at the shadow in a daze, as she saw her own hair reach his knees
The cave's atmosphere was quiet None of them spoke a word; the dense air of indescribable worry and apprehension increasingly a plain Wind swept past the entrance of the cave, creating low roars Amid the austere sounds, a peculiar sound reached them abruptly
That sound was the co-for-breath, the rustling of leaves, and an accidental collision of tords It was inching closer every second
Meng Fuyao sat up straight and listened with rapt attention Yuan Zhaoxu i, ”In the southwest direction, atoward us now”
Meng Fuyao turned to look at him and asked, ”Where exactly is this place?”
Yuan Zhaoxu turned silent, and after quite a while he answered, ”I've been here once before This is the Haoyang Mountain, and it's quite close to the boundary of the Rong's largeFuyao stared at him in disbelief She couldn't understand why Yuan Zhaoxu, a wise, farsighted and an aerous place He gazed at her with no qualot about it”
Meng Fuyao was speechless Some time later, she rubbed her nose, aware that she was the one who started all of this Yuan Zhaoxu wouldn't have traveled so far in the night if she hadn't angered hi Fuyao extended her head and looked out of the cave's entrance She did not knohen the torches were lit froht shone like a luht The nu The incessant clashi+ng of weapons could be heard as the men from the mountain not far aaved their torches and yelled, ”Catch the spies who have barged in!”
With a soft voice, Meng Fuyao said, ”So clever? This, they even knew that we're here? Aish, you are entirely to bla”
She, the guilty party filed the suit first Yuan Zhaoxu did not argue with her, and his eyes were focused on the darkness He said unhurriedly, ”Beneath this cave is a steep cliff that leads into the escarpo down there later”
Meng Fuyao quickly turned her head and questioned, ”What are you up to?”
”The Rong army has been alerted” Yuan Zhaoxu cal, ”It seems that the problem wasn't with us but rather, someone had infiltrated their camp There are just too many of them You're poisoned and shouldn't move carelessly I will send you to a safer place first”
”This won't do,” Meng Fuyao refused ”Don't think of fleeing without leaving without me”
Yuan Zhaoxu looked at her, a faint sht ”When will you change your habit of saying things that you don't actuallyFuyao wanted to retort but was disrupted by dozens of clattering footsteps Follohich, a tiny shadow dashed across the entrance of the cave while turning her head anxiously In that ht shone down on her small, bloodstained face
It was Xiao Dao
Meng Fuyao alue The nexta step and falling off the cliff
”Xiao Dao!” Meng Fuyao threw herself out of the cave and off the cliff
She quickly felt soo forward ”Go save her” she muttered, but before she could be heard, someone had already swept past her and ju Fuyao's eyes, she caught a gliown At the bottom of the cliff, a muscular ar, Xiao Dao was throard
Meng Fuyao stepped forward to catch her The child opened her eyes wide, but she did not cry
Meng Fuyao sighed and asked, ”Are you injured? Why are you here?”
Xiao Dao pursed her lips without answering She lowered her eyes The man who jumped off the cliff had on a set of thick, black eyebrows It was Tie Cheng, the man who had wanted to ” Fuyao in the public square
He stood up, gasping for breath, and ignored the ar up because of the co by the entrance of cliff, he shouted at Meng Fuyao, as back in the cave, ”You are not trustworthy!”