Bai Fengqing listened, and was even more frightened.
"Quick! Quick! I can’t hold on!"
Eldest Heir Bai Xuanmo gritted his teeth, "I’m pulling you, you hold onto sister tightly!"
Third Young Master Bai Yaoyu hurriedly grabbed the upper part of his trousers, and just as he and Bai Xuanmo were about to pull up their sister and Fifth Brother.
They heard a cracking sound of "zing".
The three young masters at the well’s edge all changed their expressions simultaneously.
Bai Fengqing hadn’t reacted yet when he suddenly felt a chilly sensation on his thigh.
Immediately, he plummeted down.
"Ah—!" Bai Fengqing screamed loudly.
And in the hands of Bai Xuanmo and Bai Yaoyu, there was only his torn trousers.
Bai Zhi’er and Bai Fengqing didn’t fall directly to the bottom; they crashed into an old wooden bucket for drawing water.
Sliding along the well wall all the way down.
Finally, with a "crack", the bucket shattered into pieces.
The two little ones weren’t hurt.
During the fall, Bai Fengqing instinctively held his sister.
When they hit the ground, Bai Zhi’er’s little bottom landed directly on his stomach.
His breakfast nearly got squeezed out.
"Ugh... Sister, get up quickly." Bai Fengqing groaned hoarsely.
Bai Zhi’er quickly stood up and pulled him up with her small hands.
"Fifth Brother, are you okay?" she blinked her big, dark eyes and asked.
The light at the bottom of the well was poor, dark and confined, with a musty dampness lingering.
Bai Fengqing covered his nose and shook his head, "It smells awful here!"
At this moment, above the well, three anxious and handsome faces peered down.
Eldest Heir Bai Xuanmo shouted, "Sister, Fifth Brother, are you alright?"
Bai Fengqing looked up, "We’re okay! It’s just too dark here, and we can’t climb up!"
Third Young Master Bai Yaoyu’s face grew solemn, and he crawled onto the well’s edge.
This startled the fourth son, Bai Daoyan, and he quickly held Bai Yaoyu down, "Third Brother, what are you doing?!"
"Of course, I’m jumping down to carry sister and Fifth Brother up!" Bai Yaoyu said with furrowed brows.
Bai Daoyan pulled him down tightly.
"Don’t go down and cause more trouble. Firstly, sister and Fifth Brother are small, there’s enough room at the bottom for them, but if you go down, you might hurt them."
"Secondly, although this well is dry, it’s been here for many years, damp and full of moss at the bottom. Even with your skills, you might not be able to climb back up!"
Bai Xuanmo interrupted, "Stop bickering, the priority is to find the Imperial Guard nearby for help!"
As the eldest brother, he immediately instructed his two younger brothers, "Fourth Brother, stay here and keep talking to comfort sister and Fifth Brother. Third Brother, come with me to find help!"
Though the brothers had very different personalities normally, they were extremely coordinated in critical moments.
Bai Daoyan lay by the well, trying to stay calm and comfort with a gentle voice, "Sister, don’t be afraid, Big Brother and Third Brother have gone to find help. Hang in there!"
At the bottom, Bai Zhi’er wiped the water droplets off her face with small hands.
She blinked her big eyes, observing around, and suddenly, the little one’s gaze fixated behind Bai Fengqing.
"Huh? Is that someone?"
Bai Fengqing’s scalp tingled, his whole body trembled, "Sister... don’t purposely scare me, Fifth Brother is timid!"
Bai Zhi’er pulled him behind her, "If you’re scared, just hold my hand."
When Bai Fengqing turned around, he finally saw there really was a "person" behind him!
By adjusting his eyes to the dim light.
He nearly fainted from shock.
It wasn’t a person at all.
But a skeleton covered in moss and weeds!