"Don’t come any closer." After passing through the woods and climbing onto a large rock, Daya suddenly stopped because there was no path ahead. She had two choices: go back or jump down, and below was the Xiaocang River. However, the river here had become turbulent due to the drop in terrain. She quickly turned around and saw Gu Yao reaching out towards her, "Otherwise, I’ll jump."
Gu Yao had no choice but to bring his footsteps to a halt.
"Yang Rujue, do you really want to die?" Yang Ruxin caught up soon after, took a deep breath, "You’re not guilty of death, you’re still so young, you’re just a child, you..."
"Yang Ruxin, stop pretending. If I die, I won’t let you off even as a ghost..." Daya cried bitterly.
"Fine, then come down, I’ll take you in." Yang Ruxin sighed helplessly, "What if I buy you, okay?"
"You’re lying..."
"Come down quickly..." At that moment, the village chief Yang Mancang, who had received the news, mobilized everyone to follow suit and caught up, shouting from a distance, "You child, do you not want to live?"
"None of you come any closer..." Seeing so many people coming, Daya started yelling again, "Take one more step and I’ll jump. It will all be your fault for forcing me to my death..."
Everyone truly stopped in their tracks.
Yang Ruxin sighed helplessly; this girl was too precocious and too clever, but her motives weren’t good. Having such a person around would be like having a ticking time bomb, never knowing when she might stab you. But at that moment, she couldn’t say that and could only appease, "Yang Rujue, come down, I said I’d take you in."
"Are you still lying to me?" Daya didn’t believe it at all.
"In front of the village chief." Yang Ruxin pointed at Yang Mancang, "How would I deceive you? Come down and go home with me..."
Daya hesitated. She had wanted to go to her cousin’s home, to be pampered like a little sister with delicious food and drinks. Now that the other party agreed, she felt there was not much left to insist on, and she nodded her head: "Okay."
After all, she was still a child without too many ulterior thoughts.
But just then, a thunderous tiger roar suddenly rang out, followed by a series of wolf howls.
"Ah..." Someone screamed, "Tigers and wolves..." and then a commotion started.
Daya was about to come down but was startled by the cries. Her legs shivered and she missed her footing. With a scream, she fell straight back and disappeared below the water’s surface.
"Daya..." Yang Ruxin was alarmed, quickly leaping to catch Daya’s hand, but she only grazed her fingertips before watching helplessly as the little girl fell down, vanishing under the water.
Those who had become still upon hearing the tiger and wolf howls also quieted down, no longer thinking of leaving. Their hearts skipped a beat. Had the little girl just died like that?
"Village Chief, we need to search..." Yang Ruxin’s eyes reddened. Although she wasn’t fond of the little girl, she couldn’t remain indifferent as she watched her die. However, she also sighed internally; Dabai, why did you cause such chaos at a time like this? But this cry had solved a problem—at least she wouldn’t have a headache anymore.
Frightened, Yang Mancang nodded urgently, "Everyone, light the torches and go down to search..."
This night was destined to be sleepless.