Chapter 401: Reunion (2) (2/2)

At a loss for what to do, his gaze drifted over the surroundings and he noticed that his soldiers had made a campfire not too far away. About twenty metres away from the fire, there was one area that protuded out strangely…

He Changdi had simply been scanning the horizon when he had noticed the lump. He abruptly stopped moving and stared at that spot.

In the next second, he was madly sprinting out towards that lump in the ground.

When he reached that spot, he reached out into the snow with his fingers. He seemed to have touched something as his entire body trembled and he immediately knelt to the ground and started shovelling snow with his hands.

While digging, he called out for the rest as loudly as he could.

Xiao Hongyu quickly noticed his actions and led a team over, equipped with shovels.

“Dig, dig right here! But be careful!” Xiao Hongyu ordered after seeing how frenzied He Sanlang’s movements were.

The top layer of snow was quickly removed and they finally saw what was underneath: two horses! Two dead horses, to be precise.

Xiao Hongyu stopped digging in disappointment, but He Changdi noticed that the horses’ bellies had been sliced open.

His eyes lit up and he threw himself at the horses.

Xiao Hongyu thought that he had gone crazy because they had only found some dead horses. He hurriedly pulled him back and tried to persuade him in a mournful tone, “Brother He, don’t lose hope! These are just some horses, Sister-in-Law… Sister-in-Law isn’t here, stay strong!”

He Changdi pushed the brat away and let out an angry roar, “What nonsense are you saying? Your sister-in-law is right here inside the horse’s belly! Hurry up and help me pull her out!”

After Xiao Hongyu was abruptly pushed by He Changdi, he stumbled and fell into the knee-deep snow. It took him a moment to process the words before his expression turned into stunned astonishment, “What? Sister-in-Law is in the horse’s belly!? The hell are you guys waiting for?! Quick, we have to save her!”

He Changdi pulled apart the horse’s belly with his bare hands, only to discover the brothers Myeryen and Narisong curled up together within.

Even while hidden inside a horse’s belly, they hadn’t been completely shielded from the low temperatures outside. The two brothers had been sickly to start with, so they had already passed out by now.

He Changdi stared blankly at them for a second. When he finally recognised that they weren’t Chu Lian, he turned to the other horse immediately.

Xiao Hongyu was already there with his men.

Once the horse’s belly was opened, they found Chu Lian lying inside, hugging a barbarian woman.

Xiao Hongyu cried out in surprise before shouting, “Brother He, Sister-in-Law… Sister-in-Law is here!”

The moment He Sanlang had turned around, he had already seen Chu Lian lying in the middle of the horse’s belly with her eyes shut. He pushed away the people surrounding the horse like a madman before throwing himself down on the ground next to Chu Lian. His hands shook as they reached out to embrace Chu Lian, his heart in his throat. It was only when he felt the warmth of her body on his fingertips that his heart finally settled back down into his chest.