Gu Lingling and Yang Yunhai were unaware of all this, even more so of the mysteries hidden in this deep valley.
It was not until they climbed up that they realized they were on the back of the mountain, not at all the place where they had fallen.
"Are you alright?" Yang Yunhai asked with concern.
"I’m fine. How about you, Brother Yang? Does your back still hurt?" He had just carried her up, after all. What if the wound worsened?
Black Bird glanced at Gu Lingling with disdain; those medicines weren’t just for show, plus there was the effect of the red fruit.
Could he really be injured? As if.
He merely carried a little girl up the mountain, and that’s it?
With the master’s current physique, carrying a person a hundred pounds heavier than her would still feel like nothing, wouldn’t it?
Such an underestimation of the Black Bird King is simply intolerable.
"It doesn’t hurt." Yang Yunhai smiled indulgently, "Let’s hurry and leave while it’s still light out."
"By the way, how did you provoke that wild boar?" Yang Yunhai asked.
Earlier below, he hadn’t had the chance to ask. The wild boar seemed unusual, but at that moment, he didn’t have the time to think it through. He could only hold onto Gu Lingling when she fell, doing his best to protect her from getting hurt.
Yang Yunhai might not have been clear about his feelings before, why he felt so differently about such a little girl.
After all, he had been single for a long time and rarely had female friends around. His friends who were with him were also single.
When it came to matters between men and women, Yang Yunhai hadn’t really thought about it before.
Firstly, he felt that if he married a woman he didn’t love, it would be the same as the resentful couple in his family, wouldn’t it?
Secondly, he doubted whether he could fall in love with someone after experiencing his parents’ unhappy marriage.
Thirdly, Gu Lingling was too young, nine years younger than him; he’d always regarded her as a little sister.
However, when he held Gu Lingling as they slid to the valley bottom, Yang Yunhai suddenly understood why he cared so much about her. In that instant when she fell, he felt as if his heart was about to stop beating.
It was only then that he realized he had unconsciously fallen for this little girl.
Though many times, she seemed to hold some reverence towards him.
But Yang Yunhai felt that this was not a problem.
In the past, he was unaware of his feelings, but now that he knew what his heart truly wanted, he couldn’t just stand by and watch her be bullied.
That’s right, he was protective of his subordinates, so how could he not be protective of the one he liked?
He was now certain that he liked Gu Lingling, with the kind of romantic feelings between a man and a woman.
"I have no idea why that wild boar came charging at me. Maybe if we find my jacket, we can find out why," Gu Lingling said, drooping her head.
But even if the jacket was found, what difference would it make?
It’s been so long, Jiang Hong would have already erased any traces that needed to be dealt with. Even if they found something on her clothes that could drive the wild boar crazy, it wouldn’t help anymore. Googlᴇ search 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
So, Gu Lingling didn’t plan to take the conventional route for revenge.
Furthermore, Jiang Hong was a child from the army compound, while Gu Lingling was just a rural girl. Who would stand up for her?
But this grievance couldn’t just be swallowed.
Gu Lingling didn’t think there was deep-seated hatred between her and Jiang Hong. She hadn’t taken previous minor acts between Jiang Hong and Liu Xiaoqin to heart, but this time was different.
She nearly lost her life.
And not just hers, but Yang Yunhai’s life too.
Though Yang Yunhai was implicated by her, if it hadn’t been for Jiang Hong’s scheme, Yang Yunhai wouldn’t have followed her down to save her.
Two lives, she couldn’t just let it go .