âNope, I think Yaoyao sis is the best!â Yushu clenched her fist. âRest assured, Yaoyao sis. Iâll get Shield Broâs heart back to you in no time!â
âWeâre about to die, what are you getting back?â Mengyao laughed. âShu, are you regretful? Just because you and Lin Yi hadnât started anything? Weâre dying, isnât it too late?â
âNah, thereâs still chance⦠uh⦠Yushu realized her slip of the tongue and clammed up.
âShu, what did you say?â Mengyao was smart enough to sense something was wrong with Yushu. âAre you hiding something from me?â
âHehe, actually, before we came here, I sent a text to Shield Bro. I told him that weâre at Mt. Shuangyan. If he finds out that weâre gone, heâll definitely come looking for us!â Yushu couldnât hide it anymore after she was exposed by Mengyao, she spilt the beans out just so Mengyao wouldnât torture her later.
âAhhhh! You bastard, why donât you tell me earlier? I was worried! You scared the hell out of me!â Mengyao was furious and tried to strangle Yushu. âIâll choke you to death! You knew that we would be saved all this time and still acted like we were about to die! What do you want?â
âIf I had revealed it at the beginning, Iâm sure, Yaoyao sis, that youâd never have told me you love Shield Bro as well!â Yushu smiled wickedly.
âMore like demons love him!â Mengyao was enraged. âI was just lying to you, OK, just so you would admit that you love him! I knew he was coming to save us anyway!â
âOh, Yaoyao sis is angry now!â Yushu started running around, using the darkness to hide from Mengyao. âCome on, catch me. You canât catch me, you canât catch me!â
âIâll tear your lips off!â Although Mengyao couldnât see, she followed the sounds and tracked Yushu. The two of them were playing tag in the dark.
After a while, both of them got tired and Yushu surrendered. âYaoyao sis, stop playing. I give up, I love Shield Bro, let me goâ¦.â
âHmph, admitting it now?â Mengyao said cockily. âIâll tell Lin Yi everything you said after we get out.â
âSo what, since Iâve already confessed. Lalalala,â Yushu said, not caring in the least.
Mengyao was really out of ideas. She couldnât do anything since Yushu had actually confessed to Lin Yi.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The two of them hadnât eaten anything since last night. Almost five hours had passed, and Yushuâs stomach started to growl. âYaoyao sis, Iâm hungry and thirsty. I want to eat.â
âHold on a little longer. Didnât you text Lin Yi? Heâll be here to rescue us soon,â Mengyao said.
âUh-huh.â Yushu nodded, feeling hurt. âBut Iâm hungry and thirsty!â
âWho asked you to act so crazily!â Mengyao was also hungry and thirsty, but she had to bear with it and couldnât demotivate Yushu. Otherwise, the two of them would starve to death!
âBy the way, Yaoyao sis, what do you think is inside the backpack we found? Do you think itâs food?â Yushu asked.
âMaybe, but it might be poison left behind by Pinliang. If we consume it, itâs the same as committing suicide!â Mengyao was aware of the backpack, but she couldnât understand why would Pinliang leave them food if he was planning to trap both of them here!
If Pinliang wanted Mengyao and Yushu to survive, he should have prepared both water and food, not just food! Water is more essential than food! So Mengyao thought that the food might be poisonous. Pinliang purposely left poison behind so they would consume it and die.
This was actually due to Pinliangâs carelessness. His thought process was way too simple. He never thought of water as a problem. He thought the girls could survive as long as they had food.
âOh, I donât want to eat it anymoreâ¦.â Yushu got scared and struck the thought from her mind. âBut Iâm still hungry and thirsty.â
âOK, Shu, letâs sleep for a while. We should feel less hungry and thirsty while asleep.â Mengyao was also desperate, but she had to act like a big sister and console Yushu. âLike you said, Lin Yi will definitely come and rescue us.â
âOh⦠OK then.â Yushu closed her eyes.
Mengyao sighed softly. It must be nighttime because no light was shining through the keyhole. Mengyao remembered that the security door was facing the outside, so if it were morning, she should have seen the view outside.
As time passed, while the girls were clinging to each other, Mengyao heard Yushuâs breathing steady. She knew that Yushu had finally fallen asleep. Mengyao was exhausted at this point and dozed off as well.
When the two of them woke up, they saw a ray of light piercing through the keyhole. They were certain it was morning. However, the two of them werenât roused by the dim light but by thirst!
They hadnât had a drop of water for over ten hours. Both of them were parched. Yushu didnât feel hungry anymore. All she wanted was water.
âYaoyao sis, Iâm thirsty. I want a drink so badly,â Yushu said hoarsely. She could barely finish her sentence.
âShu, be a good girl. Bear it a little longer.â Mengyao patted Yushu on the back and said firmly, âLin Yi will definitely come and save us.â
âOh⦠you sure?â Yushu wasnât so confident this time. She had thought that Lin Yi would come immediately, but it was obvious that he might not even come since they had been trapped in this cave for a night. She wasnât sure about the actual time, but she was certain that this was their second day in the cave.
âYeah, Iâll fire him if he doesnât come!â Mengyao comforted.
Yushu wanted to say that if he wasnât coming, how are you supposed to fire him? But she stopped herself from doing so since Lin Yi was their last hope. She didnât want to extinguish her only hope.
âYaoyao sis, are we going to die? I feel like I have no energy; I feel very sleepy even though I just woke up.â Yushu struggled to even grasp Mengyaoâs hand.
âNo, weâre not. Youâre just too hungry to have any energy.â Mengyao shook her head.
âOh, Iâll sleep for a while thenâ¦.â Yushu closed her eyes. She couldnât fall asleep despite her tiredness and sleepiness levels being at their peaks. Her stomach was growling and her throat was burning.
Mengyao was in pain, but she knew that Shu had lost all her confidence, while she herself shouldnât lose all her hope. She should be optimistic. If both of them completely lost all hope, they would truly be done for.