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"Ugh …" Jiaoniang opened her eyes. Her nose smelled of earth and plants and her vision turned dark.

"What is this place?" She struggled to sit up, and a sharp pain in her calf made Jiaoniang break out in a cold sweat. When the pain was gone, she put her elbows on the ground and looked around. She found herself in a forest and remembered before she fainted.

Seeing that it wasn't too late anymore, the wild beasts would come out at night to look for food. Jiaoniang's heart was filled with despair. Under such circumstances, her legs might be broken and she couldn't move. Did even the heavens want her dead?

Waiting for death was not due to her personality. Since she was reborn, she definitely wouldn't die so easily.

She tore the clothes on her body into pieces and struggled to find a piece of dead wood nearby. Break the dead wood, clip it to your calves, and tie it tightly with a piece of cloth to prevent the bone from malposition.

The condition was simple, so Jiaoniang could only barely protect her calf. Then she held the tree and tried to stand up slowly. The pain in her calf was like a needle that made her hair stand on end. Helpless, Jiaoniang could only crawl on the ground, grabbing onto everything she could get her hands on as she climbed upwards.

She didn't know how deep she had fallen, but the man had said that this was a man-eating cliff, and predators would come out at night to look for food. If she didn't crawl out of here, she would definitely be a good ingredient.

The sky darkened, birds were chirping in the forest, and insects were chirping in Jiaoniang's ears. She could even hear the sounds made by the crawling leaves of animals. Jiaoniang could not help but be scared when she thought of the possibility of snakes.

She hadn't eaten for a day, so she leaned against a tree. Jiaoniang felt cold all over, and there wasn't a single part of her body that didn't hurt. She was tired, sleepy, and hungry. If he died like that, it would be even worse than his previous life.

A bunch of people suddenly appeared in his head. The person she loved in her previous life, the person she hated the most; the person who caused her death in this life, the person she needed to protect … The last one to stop in front of her eyes was Ye Xuan from that night.

His upper body was bare, and his back was to her. His long hair was wild and unruly, and his wounds were like swimming dragons. When he looked at her, his eyes were burning with passion.

It was unknown when it started, but Jiaoniang was used to looking for Ye Xuan in the crowd. Seeing him silently carrying the hoe out the door, seeing him carrying it home with his back to the moon, always not saying a word, looking at you as if he could speak. What do you want? He'll give it to you.

Jiaoniang's eyelids felt heavy, and she felt like she was going to die soon. Other people had nothing to ask for after reviving their lives, but why was it that her career had just begun and she was about to enter the cycle of reincarnation before she even had the chance to speak out her feelings?

"Jiaoniang!" "Jiaoniang!"

It seemed to be Ye Xuan's voice? Before sinking into darkness, Jiaoniang had laughed at herself, thinking that men were hallucinating.

As for Ye Xuan, he had indeed come to the Yangming Mountain.

It was because someone had gone to the Lin Family Village to change tofu and met Jiaoniang, who told Madam Lin and the others, "I saw that young lady walking on the road and he looked exactly like the Nine Heaven Fairy. He thought to himself, isn't this the Jiaoniang from Lin Family Village? Why was she here? When I asked her later, she told me to go and see her mother and even exchanged a few pleasantries with me. After walking far away, I remembered that she went to his mother's place to beat up Ming Yang Mountain. There are many wild beasts that eat humans, why is it that no one followed her? But I was in a trance again, looking as if someone was following her … I don't know if it's because I'm seeing things. "

Everyone agreed with her. Jiaoniang's looks were one of the best in the entire town, and only Ye Xuan, that old woman, stood up immediately after hearing what Jiaoniang said. Everyone in the courtyard looked at her and ran off.

When Ye Xuan heard that old woman talk about Yang Mingshan, he started to feel uneasy, as if something was going to happen. He sprinted all the way, and met an undressed man with a panicked expression. Ye Xuan asked him if he had seen a beautiful woman, and the man waved his hand as if he had seen a ghost.

His many years of military service had told Ye Xuan that this man definitely knew something, so he stopped the man's neck. Ye Xuan had a hideous look on his face: "Quickly say it! Have you ever seen it! "

Wang Changgui was grabbed by him, his feet were three inches off the ground and his eyes started to go white. He slapped Ye Xuan's hand with all his might: "I said …" I said... Hurry... "Release!"

Ye Xuan loosened his grip and coughed as he fell to the ground. His eyes rolled around. It seemed that this person must have had a relationship with Jiaoniang. If he knew that he intended to sully Jiaoniang, he would have died for sure. It would be better to …

"Brave one, you don't know it, I was walking right behind that woman. A tiger with white head and slanted eyes came out from the woods and caught that beautiful lady in its beak, fast as the wind! She was bitten to death before I could save her! " Wang Changgui cried until his nose was covered in tears.

"What?" In that instant, Ye Xuan felt as if the whole world was spinning. His legs went soft and he retreated two steps back before he fell down.

How could Jiaoniang be taken away by a tiger? That mischievous, cunning little woman … Gone just like that?

When Ye Xuan came to his senses, Wang Changgui had no idea how far he had run. Yet, he continued walking as if he had lost his soul. How could it be so easy for Jiaoniang?

If he had known earlier, he would have followed along. Why didn't he think that this place was dangerous? Was it because Jiaoniang usually gave people a sense that she was very assertive?

Ye Xuan's mind was in a mess. Ever since Jiaoniang fell into the water, she had become different. In the past, she was like a bright pearl covered in dust, but the current her, after wiping away that layer of dust, was so dazzling that people couldn't see her face clearly.

After walking for an unknown distance, Ye Xuan's sharp eyes noticed a touch of pale white in the middle of the forest. There was a faint pink lotus flower embroidered on it, and with a shake, it turned out to be Jiaoniang's shoes!

Jiaoniang might still be alive! Ye Xuan's heart was instantly filled with hope. He carefully looked at the traces on the ground and found the handkerchief left behind by Jiaoniang. There was still a piece of clothing on the hillside and faint traces of blood on the vines.

"Damn it!" Ye Xuan punched the tree, his heart was raging with hatred! He was too stupid to notice that man's abnormality! How was this eating a human? It was clearly someone plotting against Jiaoniang!

Looking at the traces of struggling on the ground, Ye Xuan recalled her fear and pain at that time.

"Jiaoniang!" Jiaoniang! "Where are you?!" The forest was full of birds, but there was no response he wanted.