Reborn as a Happy Wife in a Rural Family
Chapter 175: Jumping Down

Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Jumping Down

This was a place the clan members least liked to visit, and that was one of the reasons Xi Chenqing had brought Gu Qingli there.

By the time Xi Chenqing reached them, Mr. Xiao and the others were waking up one by one.

When they awoke, they didn’t see Gu Qingli; instead, they saw Xi Chenqing.

Xi Chenqing said, "Hurry up and leave. I’ll lead you out."

Mr. Xiao and the others were still somewhat groggy. He asked, "Where did my daughter-in-law go?"

Xi Chenqing glanced at him and said, "Don’t worry, she’s not dead. But if you don’t want to die, hurry up and leave."

After that, she went to help Xiao Yunjing, who hadn’t woken up yet.

Mr. Xiao didn’t dare let her help, so he called a few awakened Secret Sect members to assist Xiao Yunjing.

The others went to help those still unconscious.

They prepared to leave.

"Where’s our Miss?" Wuqing asked as she woke up and shook her head.

Wuyou, Wushuang, Wuxin, and Da Bai also awoke.

But no one told them where Gu Qingli was.

Yun No. 18 and Yun No. 20 also woke up and immediately started searching in all directions, but found no one.

"Speak! Where is our Miss?" Wuqing grabbed Xi Chenqing’s clothes, demanding an answer. Only she would know what happened. We obviously didn’t faint here.

Xi Chenqing shook Wuqing off and said coldly, "How would I know? I’m just responsible for saving people."

Wuqing, sensing a hidden meaning in her words, lunged at her with a palm strike and shouted, "Did you kill our Miss?"

Xi Chenqing dodged and chuckled. "I didn’t kill her."

Indeed, I had foresight, she thought.

HUMPH!

"Enough, stop arguing! Let’s leave first and talk later," Mr. Xiao interrupted their quarrel.

"Mr. Xiao, you all go ahead. We’ll return once we find our Miss," Wuqing said coldly.

Mr. Xiao glanced at the unconscious Xiao Yunjing, hesitated, then said, "Alright. Come back as soon as you find her."

"Yes." Wuqing and the others nodded.

They watched as Mr. Xiao’s group entered the mysterious forest.

"Yun No. 18, Yun No. 20, why haven’t you two left?" Wuqing asked.

Yun No. 20 replied, "We are staying with our Lady."

"Alright, let’s find our Miss quickly. Da Bai, you know our Miss’s scent. You find her," Wuqing said, going to pick up the listless Da Bai.

Da Bai whimpered twice, stood up, sniffed around, and then ran towards the sinkhole.

"WHIMPER... WHIMPER..." Da Bai kept whimpering at the edge of the pit.

Wuqing and the others followed and saw it was a massive sinkhole.

"Could our Miss have been killed by Xi Chenqing and thrown into this pit? WHIMPER... Miss..." Wuyou felt a sting in her nose and burst into tears.

"Da Bai, are you sure she’s down there?" Wuqing stroked Da Bai’s head and asked.

Da Bai whimpered and nodded.

Sorrow overwhelmed Wuqing, and she couldn’t stop herself from crying with Wuyou.

Wushuang and Wuxin’s tears also flowed endlessly.

Yun No. 20 couldn’t bear it any longer. Blinking back tears that threatened to fall, he said, "Don’t cry. Let’s go down and see. Maybe..."

Maybe our Lady isn’t dead. She has such amazing medical skills and that mysterious place to hide.

The four women immediately stopped crying and nodded.

Wuqing jumped down first.

Their satchels were all in their Miss’s Space, so they had nothing on them and could only rely on their lightness skills to descend.

After Wuqing jumped, Wuyou and the others followed one by one. Finally, even the endearingly simple Da Bai leaped down.

「At the bottom of the pit」

Gu Qingli looked at the stone cave that resembled a room, furrowing her brows and tapping the walls.

It looks like I’m truly going to die down here, she thought.

When she had jumped, she entered the Space as soon as she sensed Xi Chenqing could no longer detect her. Then she would exit the Space, fall a certain distance, re-enter the Space, and repeat the process. Eventually, she reached the bottom of the pit.

After taking out a flashlight and getting a clear view of her surroundings, she truly despaired.

The area below resembled a stone room. The chisel marks on the walls clearly indicated it was man-made. The stone walls were somewhat weathered, suggesting a long history.

But there was no way out. The only option was to climb up.

Never mind that I don’t have any martial arts skills; this pit is incredibly high. Judging from the sensation of falling dozens of times, it must be at least five hundred meters deep. Even if I were given hundreds of climbing aids, I might not be able to get up. And even if I could gather everything in the Space that might be useful, it still might not be enough to reach the opening. Even if I could climb out, it would probably take me ten or twenty years on my own. By the time I got out, everything would have changed.

Gu Qingli sighed and entered the Space to eat first.

Meanwhile, as Wuqing and the others jumped, they began to realize just how deep the pit was. Our Miss might be... I can’t bear to imagine her hitting the bottom of this pit. She surely wouldn’t be in one piece, let alone alive. Miss, if anything happens to you, this servant will follow you in death.

As these thoughts consumed her, Wuqing’s face became streaked with tears. She no longer cared about anything, simply letting herself fall, not even considering if she would die from the impact.

An unknown amount of time passed.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Seven distinct impact sounds echoed from below.

"Wuqing! Wuqing, what’s wrong with you?"

Wuyou had noticed something was wrong with Wuqing’s descent and had tried to reach her, but she was ultimately too late.

Wuyou had just landed when Wushuang and the others landed near her. Finally, even that silly Da Bai came tumbling down.

Yun No. 20 and Yun No. 18 helped break its fall somewhat, but Da Bai, knowing no lightness skills, crashed directly into the soft earth.

"Da Bai! Da Bai!"

Wuyou quickly checked Wuqing’s and Da Bai’s pulses. Thankfully, both still had a faint breath; there was hope.

"Where is our Miss?"

They looked around but didn’t see Gu Qingli.

"Is our Miss in..." Wuxin started to say, thinking of that mysterious place, but then a light suddenly appeared.

It was Gu Qingli. Having just finished eating, she had come out to find an exit.

While eating, I realized this stone room probably wasn’t chiseled from top to bottom, she mused. It’s more like that tunnel at Azure Dragon Mountain, dug from below ground. As for why it’s under a sinkhole, that must be a coincidence.

So, she came out after her meal.

The moment she emerged, she saw a group of people at the bottom of the pit.

She blinked. "Wuyou, Wuxin, Wushuang, Yun No. 18, Yun No. 20... am I hallucinating?"

"Miss! You’re not dead! This is wonderful!" Wuyou exclaimed, throwing her arms around Gu Qingli in a tight hug.

"How could your Miss die so easily? Where’s Wuqing?"

"Miss, Wuqing, she—" Wushuang choked out, her voice thick with emotion.

"What happened to Wuqing?" Gu Qingli asked anxiously, her heart tightening.

Wuyou finally let go and led her to the unconscious Wuqing.

Gu Qingli checked Wuqing’s pulse. It was weak, and her breathing was erratic. Severe internal injuries, she diagnosed.

She immediately took Wuqing into the Space.

"Miss, Da Bai too!" Wuxin reminded her.

Oh, right, that silly Da Bai. Everyone was so focused on Wuqing they forgot about him, Gu Qingli thought.

"Da Bai?"

Gu Qingli paused for a moment, then shone her flashlight towards where Wuxin was pointing. Sure enough, there was Da Bai, lying in the crater its landing had created.