CHAPTER 734: CHAPTER 320: RESCUE ARRIVES (FIVE SHIFTS)

Ye Qichi hurriedly got up from the ground.

Xiao Jinxing naturally shielded her behind him.

The atmosphere was tense.

Ye Qichi forced herself to calm down.

Once she calmed down, she indeed heard footsteps.

Clearly moving closer and closer to them.

Who could it be?!

What if it’s an assassin...

In such a narrow space, they wouldn’t be able to escape.

If they go out now and get discovered, they wouldn’t avoid being chased down, and it’s not certain they could escape lucky another time.

Moreover, what if they haven’t discovered this hole?

Ye Qichi’s mind was tangled with various thoughts.

She felt the footsteps coming closer and closer.

At that moment, she even felt Xiao Jinxing holding her tighter and tighter behind him.

At the critical moment.

"Brother Xiao?"

Xiao Jinxing was startled.

The next moment, he saw Bai Mowan appear inside the cave.

Ye Qichi let out a big sigh of relief.

It was good that Xiao Jinxing’s people had come.

It was Bai Mowan who had come.

Bai Mowan coming meant that many people must have followed her.

Even if the assassin could catch up to them, they wouldn’t be able to win.

Ye Qichi was relieved.

She then saw Bai Mowan recognize the person and immediately threw herself into Xiao Jinxing’s arms.

Her hands tightly hugged him.

The joy of reunion after a major ordeal.

Ye Qichi suddenly thought of the last time she and Bai Mowan fell down a steep slope and then waited for Xiao Jinxing’s rescue in a cave entrance; that time, when they met, they also hugged each other tightly.

She was wondering if she should step away at this moment.

No sooner had this thought crossed her mind.

She felt a tightening in her palm.

Xiao Jinxing was still holding her hand.

Even as Bai Mowan hugged him, he still did not let go of her.

Ye Qichi frowned.

Thinking whether or not to push Xiao Jinxing to free his hands to embrace Bai Mowan back.

She then noticed Bai Mowan’s expression.

As Bai Mowan lay in Xiao Jinxing’s embrace with her right cheek pressing against his chest, turning her head in such a way, she could see their intertwined hands.

The color of her face was clearly very bad.

The surprise of seeing Xiao Jinxing just now seemed to vanish in smoke.

Now, there was only anger at their intimacy.

Actually.

It wasn’t just now that the sight of Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi together made Bai Mowan uncomfortable.

Ever since she knew that everything was a deliberate arrangement by Xiao Jinxing, she had been holding her breath.

Why?!

Why would Xiao Jinxing deceive her?!

Does he not trust her as well?!

Song Yanqing was forgivable.

Song Yanqing was Xiao Jinxing’s staff Think Tank; naturally, there were no secrets between them.

Ye Qichi, she didn’t mind anymore.

Ye Qichi had medical skills, Xiao Jinxing needed her cooperation, and relied on her for his life.

But what about Xie Ruotong?!

Was she even less important than Xie Ruotong?

Why did Xie Ruotong know all of Xiao Jinxing’s plans and she knew nothing.

When Xie Ruotong produced the Imperial Decree, she even argued with her, thinking she was impersonating Xiao Jinxing.

She even suspected that she was Xiao Jinsen’s person.

After all, initially, Xiao Jinsen had controlled the Ten Extremes Sect.

And Xie Ruotong was an Assassin of the Ten Extremes Sect.

Thus, a great displeasure occurred.

When she saw Xiao Jinxing’s handwriting, under the strong clarification of Song Yanqing, her father believed Xie Ruotong.

That moment.

Before so many generals and soldiers, she was slapped hard in the face.

Where was her dignity then?!

The army regrouped and returned.

A unit of elite soldiers went to search for Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi’s whereabouts.

Special forces were naturally among them.

She and Xie Ruotong each led a team in the search.

When she saw the sachet she had given to Xiao Jinxing abandoned by the cliffside, she knew for certain that Xiao Jinxing had fallen off the cliff.

However, the cliff was so high...

Whether he was still alive was uncertain.

Compared to her own resentment towards Xiao Jinxing, she naturally cared more about his life and death.

They used long ropes to descend to the bottom of the cliff, saw the unfathomable waters below, and finding no corpses, realized that Xiao Jinxing must still be alive, and then tirelessly searched the valley.

It wasn’t easy, but they finally found this cave entrance.

It was just a feeling that they must be inside.

So, she dashed in without regard for anything else.

She hadn’t even considered whether it might be assassins inside.

Indeed, she saw Xiao Jinxing.

The moment she saw Xiao Jinxing, she also saw him protectively hiding Ye Qichi behind him.

Using his own body to protect Ye Qichi.

If it had been the assassins entering at that moment, Xiao Jinxing would have been the first to die.

Thinking of this, she felt extremely upset deep down.

All she could do was throw herself into his arms, searching for comfort.

Yet even as she did this, Xiao Jinxing still tightly held onto Ye Qichi’s hand.

Had his instinct to protect her already taken over?!

Was it instinctual, that he would no longer let go of Ye Qichi?!

She even thought that with Xiao Jinxing’s skills, no matter how many assassins there were, he definitely could have escaped easily.

As long as Ye Qichi wasn’t dragging him down.

At this moment, she was even certain that it was Ye Qichi who had caused Xiao Jinxing to be held back.

Bai Mowan gritted her teeth.

She deliberately wrapped her arms around Xiao Jinxing’s arm, holding him tightly.

Ye Qichi, taking advantage of the moment, pulled his hand away from Xiao Jinxing’s grip.

Xiao Jinxing’s fingers twitched slightly.

Then he clenched his fist.

"Jinxing, how are you? Are you hurt?" Bai Mowan stepped back from Xiao Jinxing’s embrace, examined him up and down, and asked with concern.

Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple seemed to roll slightly.

As if suppressing something.

He said, "It’s a minor injury, nothing serious."

"Where were you injured?" Bai Mowan, anxious, bent down and saw the bloodstain on Xiao Jinxing’s thigh, "How bad is the injury?"

"Although the wound is quite deep, it hasn’t reached the bone, so it’s not severe. It should heal in about ten days or two weeks," Ye Qichi explained.

Bai Mowan glanced at Ye Qichi.

Then turning her gaze back to Xiao Jinxing, she said, "Let’s get out of here."

"Okay," Xiao Jinxing nodded.

The two moved out one after the other.

Ye Qichi followed them out as well.

Outside, a squad of elite soldiers were already waiting.

Upon seeing them, they promptly saluted.

Then, the group set off.

Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi, while chasing, had moved quite a distance from the cliff where they fell.

Horses naturally couldn’t come down.

Everyone proceeded on foot back.

"Jinxing, how’s your leg injury? Can you walk?" Bai Mowan asked worriedly.

"It’s fine," Xiao Jinxing shook his head.

His tone seemed somewhat cold.

As a person sensitive as Bai Mowan, she could naturally sense Xiao Jinxing’s attitude towards her.

It seemed like every time, after Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi were alone together, he became a bit distant towards her.

She gritted her teeth secretly.

She definitely couldn’t let Ye Qichi charm Xiao Jinxing away.

In the hollow valley, everyone was seriously hurrying along, walking in utter silence.

Suddenly.

A sharp voice shouted, "Prince, be careful!"

As the voice fell.

Countless rocks suddenly slid down from the mountain top.

It hadn’t rained, so a sudden landslide on the mountain was unlikely.

Could it be... those assassins hadn’t given up yet?!