Even After My Death
Chapter 137 - 113 Huo Miao Falls Down

Chapter 137: Chapter 113 Huo Miao Falls Down

Hearing Huo Miao’s conjectures, Huo Ziheng deeply furrowed his brow, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Huo Miao’s suspicion could be true.

Otherwise, how could Jiang Ning, who had grown up in the countryside and had just graduated not long ago without a job, come up with so much money? Not to mention, she not only produced two hundred thousand but also returned the bank card Mother Huo had given her back to the Huo Family.

Later, when Mother Huo checked, she found, just as Jiang Ning had said, that not a cent from the card had been spent.

Huo Ziheng let out a cold laugh. He had thought Jiang Ning had some great ability, but it turned out she was just putting on airs because of a man.

"Don’t bother with her; it was her own decision to leave this family that day. It was also her who said she would have no more ties with this family in the future. She’s acting tough now, but she’ll have her time to cry!"

Hearing Huo Ziheng’s words, Huo Miao brushed her teeth slowly with her head bowed, her eyes sparkling.

[What does Huo Ziheng mean by that?]

[How come it sounds like Jiang Ning was once a part of the Huo family? Isn’t Jiang Ning just a poor relative who stayed at the Huo Family’s home?]

[I have a feeling that if this gets out, it will definitely be a big scoop.]

[Hmm, let the bullet fly for a while.]

...

Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou were brushing their teeth together. By the time they finished, Nong Chun crawled out of his tent, sleepy-eyed, and greeted them happily, not realizing anything was amiss at first.

It wasn’t until he saw Qi Xingzhou follow Jiang Ning into her tent after brushing his teeth that Nong Chun suddenly had a belated realization.

So that’s why he didn’t see Qi Xingzhou when he woke up just now?

Turns out Qi Xingzhou didn’t sleep in his tent at all last night, did he?

Otherwise, how could he explain that Qi Xingzhou’s backpack wasn’t in his tent?

Nong Chun tilted his head, puzzled, and then decided not to think about it.

The past two days of hunger had also taught Ling Bo and the others the importance of self-reliance.

They moved faster than Jiang Ning, and as soon as they had finished brushing their teeth, they ran toward the beach, planning to beat Jiang Ning and Nong Chun there and pick up any seafood washed up by the waves the previous night.

In fact, seeing the three fishing bottles that Jiang Ning had placed in the sea, Huo Ziheng was even more eager to pull them out before Jiang Ning noticed. He knew that the seafood in those bottles would be much easier to gather and more abundant than what they could scavenger for on the beach.

However, after being beaten a few times by Jiang Ning and ruthlessly warned a few times, Huo Ziheng indeed had a shadow in his heart and didn’t steal Jiang Ning’s seafood.

As expected, while Huo Ziheng and others were stooping low in the shallow water searching hard for fish and crabs, Jiang Ning came over with Qi Xingzhou to the spot where she had dropped her bottles, bending over to pull out the hemp rope.

The three bottles were full to the brim with lively fish and shrimp.

Jiang Ning was quite satisfied with the haul, and without wasting time on scavenging at sea anymore, she walked back carrying the still wriggling fish and shrimp. Qi Xingzhou stuck closely by her side like her little shadow, his gaze occasionally falling on the titanium pot with the fish and shrimp, full of curiosity.

Huo Miao, witnessing this scene from a distance, felt an immense sense of imbalance within.

Her eyes darkened with scorn, and in a moment of distraction, her foot suddenly slipped on a rock. Huo Miao let out a sharp, panicked scream, and then her whole body splashed into a puddle. Not only did her foot and knee ache with sudden stings, but her hands, used to brace her fall, were scraped by the densely packed oysters on the rocks, with bright red blood streaming from the wounds, making Huo Miao cry out in pain.

——Hiss!

Huo Miao’s fall looks so painful even to me.

Ah! Horrible! The reefs by the sea are covered with oysters, and though they may appear small, they are actually incredibly hard and sharp!

Oh my heavens, Miaomiao was too careless. How much must that fall have hurt!

I feel for Miaomiao, hoo-hoo~

"Miaomiao! Are you alright?" Huo Ziheng, who was close by searching for seafood, immediately rushed over upon seeing what happened.

The sea’s undulating waves soaked Huo Miao’s wounds, causing her to cry out in agony amidst the chaos.

Jiang Ning heard the commotion from Huo Miao, but she didn’t turn her head. Instead, upon clearly recognizing the sound as Huo Miao’s screams of misery, a pleased expression spread across Jiang Ning’s face.

Nong Chun, who had just finished washing up, stepped forward to take the fish and shrimp from Jiang Ning’s hands, ready to prepare breakfast.

Over these past days, it was always Nong Chun who took the initiative to take care of cooking. With someone willing to help, and with quite decent culinary skills at that, Jiang Ning was of course happy to embrace the opportunity to be lazy.

After a night, the distress signal fire had died out, and Jiang Ning collected some flammable materials from the nearby woods. Using her lighter, she quickly reignited the fire.

Even after burning the distress signal for a whole day yesterday without rescue, she had no idea how remote the filming location chosen by the production team actually was, not even a passing boat in sight. Nonetheless, something was better than nothing, and since the signal had already been lit, there was no harm in keeping it lit for another day.

There at the sea, after Huo Miao collapsed into the water, Huo Ziheng immediately ran over to lift her and carried her all the way from the seaside back to the tent she shared with Jian Tiantian.

Huo Miao cried nonstop. The stabbing pain in her knee and hands made her afraid to look down at her injuries, and she kept crying out to Huo Ziheng, "Brother, it hurts so much. I’m bleeding a lot from my hand, am I going to scar?"

"No, you won’t scar. I won’t let that happen," Huo Ziheng immediately reassured her.

Jian Tiantian was also searching for seafood by the sea. Concerned about Huo Miao’s injuries after the fall, she followed back as well.

"Miaomiao has fallen! Do you have any medicine?" she yelled towards Yuan Wei and Lin Qi, who were picking wild cactus fruits not too far away.

Yuan Wei and Lin Qi both ran over, "Is it a severe injury? We only have fever reducers and cold medicine."

"Jian Tiantian, you clean Miaomiao’s wounds with a towel first, I’ll go get the medicine," Huo Ziheng said, then quickly ran towards his tent shared with Mu Mingxuan.

Mu Mingxuan and Ling Bo had gone into the forest in search of food and hadn’t come back yet.

However, when Huo Ziheng searched their backpack and found the external injury medicine, he realized they only had a small amount left, which had been mostly used up after Jiang Ning beat him and Mu Mingxuan two days before.

Huo Ziheng took the little remaining external injury medicine to Jian Tiantian’s tent.

Jian Tiantian was carefully dabbing the fresh blood from Huo Miao’s hand with a wet towel. As soon as Mu Mingxuan came in, Huo Miao, who had been crying, immediately fixed her gaze on Huo Ziheng. When she saw that Huo Ziheng only had so little ointment in his hand, she burst into tears:

"Second brother, why is there only so little ointment left? It’s not enough; my hand will scar!"

Seemingly remembering something, she broke down and screamed, "Jiang Ning has medicine! Second brother, go ask Jiang Ning for some!"