Even After My Death
Chapter 186 - 138: Jiang Ning Wants to Escape from the Desolate Island (Two in One)_3

Chapter 186: Chapter 138: Jiang Ning Wants to Escape from the Desolate Island (Two in One)_3

Huo Miao lowered her head into Mu Mingxuan’s embrace and started crying grievously, "The echo from Second Brother’s fall yesterday was so loud; he must have suffered terribly... He can’t be alive, I dare not look..."

She wrapped her arms around Mu Mingxuan, sobbing uncontrollably, her tears quickly soaking through the fabric of Mu Mingxuan’s shirt despite his attempts to comfort her.

Before long, she cried herself unconscious in Mu Mingxuan’s arms.

Seeing Huo Miao’s tear-streaked face, Mu Mingxuan felt an intense ache in his heart. He immediately picked her up and walked upstairs, naturally setting aside the plan to search for Huo Ziheng in the woods...

[... 6, that’s her Second Brother!]

[She’s the one who pushed Huo Ziheng down, and now she doesn’t even dare to look? Shouldn’t she at least go to collect the body?]

[Pfft, my guess is it’s precisely because she pushed him that she doesn’t dare to look.]

[Exactly, Huo Miao is scared. What if she goes there and Huo Ziheng isn’t dead? Then her act of pushing him would be exposed, wouldn’t it?]

[Given the current situation, Huo Miao hopes more than anyone else that Huo Ziheng is gone without trace, that way she can avoid confrontation.]

[My god, just because of this reason...this isn’t just a simple ungrateful act; it’s vile and malicious!]

[Yesterday, a netizen posted that they saw Huo Ziheng at Capital City Airport. He probably knows he’s too ashamed to show his face, so he took off running. Hee hee, I wonder if he managed to clear his mind?]

[Hahaha, I just want to know, are the Huo family members in front of the computer? Is Huo Ziheng watching? Is this the impostor you all have been obsessing over, preferring to ostracize your own daughter|sister to protect?]

The Huo family members... Of course, they were watching.

Huo Ziheng’s lips were tightly pursed, his expression grim, feeling more and more that his prior efforts to think of Huo Miao’s interests at the show were clownish.

Huo Kaiping and Huo Kaian, seeing more and more mocking comments about the Huo family on the screen, turned their heads to look at Huo Ziheng.

Noticing Huo Ziheng’s frown and unhappiness, Huo Kaiping immediately raised his hand to block the comments, while Huo Kaian said to Huo Ziheng, "Brother, don’t mind their nonsense. These netizens don’t know shit. Sister Miaomiao just passed out from crying. It’s clear she’s heartbroken over what happened to you... They know nothing, just defaming Sister Miaomiao’s reputation!"

"Right, right, many people say that Jiang Ning joined the show because she had secretly signed with a talent agency to prepare for a debut.

Now it looks like this rumor might be true, or else how could there be so many paid trolls speaking up for her?" Huo Kaiping said with disdain, "Could Jiang Ning’s sugar daddy be one of the show’s investors? Otherwise, why would she, of all the guests, reap all the benefits?"

...

Jiang Ning carried the electric saw and left the attic.

Qi Xingzhou followed behind her, took the electric saw from her hands voluntarily, and asked, "Ning Ning, where are we going?"

"To the mountain to chop wood," Jiang Ning replied, "Are you coming with me?"

"Mhm," Qi Xingzhou nodded vigorously, "I’ll go wherever Ning Ning goes."

Jiang Ning smiled and responded, "Good."

[Chop wood?]

[Why is Jiang Ning chopping wood?]

[Isn’t there gas in the kitchen? They shouldn’t need firewood, right?]

[I don’t know why, but suddenly I have a bold guess. Could it be that Jiang Ning wants to make a raft or a boat?]

[Ah?]

[!!!!]

The comments guessed correctly, Jiang Ning indeed intended to make her own tools to escape from the Desolate Island.

She had signed a contract with the show’s production team for a thirty-day secluded filming, and Jiang Ning had accumulated thirty-three days’ worth of life value.

If nothing went wrong, her life value would have been sufficient.

But now, things had gone awry.

Jiang Ning couldn’t place all her hopes on waiting for rescue; she decided to save herself.

When Jiang Ning was a child and wandered the streets, she was taken in by a kind-hearted woodworking master. Jiang Ning never lived for free, so she would help the master with work during her free time.

Her natural strength was significant, and by the age of eight or nine, she could lift objects weighing fifty or sixty pounds. Helping the woodworking master with heavy tasks was a breeze for her. By watching and learning over time, Jiang Ning also picked up quite a few woodworking skills.

However, she was still undecided whether to build a raft or a boat.

Building a boat was more complicated, requiring more materials and more time, but it was safer.

A raft, on the other hand, was much simpler. After felling the trees, all she needed to do was bind them tightly and firmly, though it was slightly less safe.