Chapter 297 - Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Rebirth after the disaster, husband and wife closely embrace each other. (1/2)

Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Rebirth after the disaster, husband and wife closely embrace each other.

She had tried several times, with great difficulty, to climb onto the horse’s back, sat awry, and held onto the reins.

The jujube-red horse seemed rather restive, and before Liu Sisi had a chance to kick its belly, it started trotting.

A moment later, the horse increased its speed, almost bucking her off its back.

She shrieked—a primal instinct to hug tightly around the horse’s belly.

The tighter she held to the belly, the faster the horse ran! Liu Sisi didn’t dare to lift her head anymore. She held tightly onto the horse’s neck, allowing it to run wherever it wished.

She did not know for how long the horse had run. The panicked Liu Sisi finally calmed down, slowly lifted her head from the horse’s back, and noticed that she was on the back hill. All around, everything was blanketed in white. Apart from sparse patches of lush greenery poking out from under the snow, there was barely any other scenery in sight.

Looking back, there were only the chain of hoofprints left in the snow, extending to the back of the hill.

Her mouth gaped open at the endless expanse of snow. The rumbling noise she had heard earlier had stopped. Aimless and without a set destination, she plowed straight forward.

As she rounded the hill, her face lit up with joy!

Not far ahead of her was a mountain peak. Most of the snow on the peak had visibly melted away, revealing patches of verdant hillside, distinctly different from its neighboring peaks.

“Oh, horsey, do you see that mountain peak? Let’s go! Giddy up!”

Mimicking Di Yelei’s actions, Liu Sisi tried to lightly kick the horse’s belly. The horse indeed broke into a trot, heading towards that mountain peak.

At the foot of the mountain,

Zhang Peng and his four men were still relentlessly digging through the accumulated snow.

Suddenly, there came a rustling sound from up ahead, making all five of them stop in their tracks. Moments later, the rustling noise became denser. Zhang Peng’s eyes widened at it.

“It must be Ye Lei! Ye Lei’s still alive! He must be digging too, we have to dig faster!”

Zhang Peng’s shout brought newfound hope among the group. Everyone sped up their digging, and the rumblings within the snow became louder.

“Everyone push harder! We are close to reaching them!”

Zhang Peng’s shout energized everyone and their work hastened.

“Over here! Over here!” A fellow villager could hardly contain himself.

Accompanied by cheers, a dog’s muzzle appeared from the hole, huffing and puffing. Ah-Huang waggled his tail and crawled out of the hole.

Then, there came a bout of coughing from the hole, revealing Di Yelei’s smiling face.

“Ye Lei! Quick, everyone lend a hand and pull!”

A few of the villagers came over to help. Working together, they managed to extract Di Yelei from the hole.

Friends united after surviving a catastrophe, everyone sank to the ground, laughing in relief.

“We’re truly sorry for what happened earlier, we….” The two villagers felt guilty about abandoning them earlier during their flight.

“No, no! That’s nothing!”

With a dismissive laugh, Di Yelei totally understood the actions of the two villagers: “It’s all well that you ran fast, otherwise, we would have all ended up buried under the snow. There would have been no one left to dig me out.” He joked, but his words rang true.

The villagers couldn’t help but laugh.

“Ye Lei! Are you okay?” Zhang Peng finally caught his breath and immediately started asking.

“Brother Zhang, I’m fine, just a little worn out!”

Di Yelei managed a weak smile, feeling as if his lungs were about to burst. A trickle of blood ran down the corner of his mouth.

“You… You must have internal injuries! And you’re still saying you’re fine!” Zhang Peng was anxious.

“Brother Zhang, honestly, I’m fine. This minor injury is nothing compared to life itself.” A narrow escape ensures good fortune!

“Good words! When we get back, I’ll get you a remedy specially made for internal injuries. You’ll be fully healed after a while.” Zhang Peng laughed heartily, his mind at ease.

“Woof, woof…” By his side, Ah-Huang wagged his tail and burrowed into Di Yelei’s arms.

“Didn’t Ah-Huang pass away just now? How did he come back to life?”

A stunned villager next to them recounted the events that had just taken place.

“I, too, thought Ah-Huang had passed away. I planned to bring his corpse back, but when we were being buried in snow, it suddenly woke up. Initially, I was the one clawing at the snow, but then after it saw me, it started doing the same, digging faster than me.”

Di Yelei couldn’t help but chuckle at the recollection, though he was hit by a fit of coughing after just a few laughs.