Chapter 1133: Little Yu’er can be the big sister (2/2)

So close!

But they were still in danger!

Su Xiaoyu had only managed to grab a corner of the cliff and was straining from the effects of her own weight, to say nothing of Ning Jing dangling by her other hand. Her fingers were clearly sliding down inch by inch. If they couldn’t think of a solution fast, both of them would die.

“Big sis Ning, are you doing alright?” Su Xiaoyu asked.

Ning Jing was feeling wretched because of the poison reacting in her body. She knew that if she didn’t let go, she would pull Su Xiaoyu into the fire pit with her.

“Little Yu’er,” she said, “You should let go.”

“I won’t!” Su Xiaoyu declared.

“Silly child, big sister Ning’s already feeling the effects of poison. I won’t last, so it’s useless even if you save me. Let go already,” Ning Jing said helplessly. She always took Su Xiaoyu as a vicious and harsh child, but never thought the girl could be so loyal and sentimental as well.

“No, big sis Ning. Your poison reacted but you’re still alive now, which means it won’t take your life so soon! As long as you hold on, you’ll be fine after my master's group finds us,” Su Xiaoyu said seriously.

“Sillyhead, I can’t hold on any longer. If you don’t drop me, we’ll both die,” Ning Jing grew fierce. “Let go!”

“I have a way! Big sis Ning, grab me around the waist so I can hold onto the cliff with both hands. Trust me, I’ll definitely hold on tight. Then you can climb over my body onto the cliff. It’ll work! Hurry!” Su Xiaoyu wasn’t joking--this really was a tangible solution.

But Ning Jing only laughed. She didn’t waste words with Su Xiaoyu, but started prying apart the girl’s fingers. If she really climbed over her, Su Xiaoyu wouldn’t be able to hold out. In the end, the girl would fall into the flames instead.

Su Xiaoyu began to panic as she felt her fingers giving away. Desperate, she pled, “Big sis Ning, you still have a daughter and a husband! I don’t have anything because I’m just an orphan. It’s fine if I die! Actually, I should’ve died ages ago. If my master hadn’t saved me, I wouldn’t have lived this long! I just happened to pick up a few extra years!”

Her words suddenly made Ning Jing shed tears. She truly wanted to tell little Yu’er she wasn’t an orphan. In fact, she even had an older sister--Bai Yuqiao, the girl who’d saved them all. But that was forbidden. She and Ning Cheng had promised Bai Yuqiao to keep this secret.

“Little Yu’er, you’re not an orphan. You still have us!” Ning Jing said in a choked voice.

“Big sis Ning, I can’t hold on for long. Hurry and climb, quick!” Su Xiaoyu urged back. “You still need to look after your daughter and your husband. There’s nothing left for me to do ‘cause there’s plenty of people to take care of my master! Don’t argue with me!”

“Little Yu’er, you still have a long way ahead of you! Look at how young you are. You still need to get married and have children!” Ning Jing sobbed. ”Let go!”

Little Yu’er would never know that Ning Jing and Ning Cheng had promised Bai Yuqiao to rescue little Yu’er no matter what. They were supposed to see the girl grow up peacefully, then give her a grand and impressive dowry for her wedding day. She and Ning Cheng were never people who went back on their word. Nor could the Di Clan go back on their promises!

Steeling her heart, Ning Jing pried away all of Su Xiaoyu’s fingers and shifted her grip to the girl’s wrist. “Little Yu’er,” she said seriously, “You have to promise me one thing. When my daughter grows up, be her big sister. Take good care of her and make sure she has a peaceful life. When she gets married in the future, help me prepare her dowry. It has to be a grand and impressive one! Definitely!”

When she finished, Ning Jing suddenly let go and plummeted into the flames!

“Big sis Ning, NO!” Su Xiaoyu burst into tears as she wailed.

Unfortunately, it was no use no matter how loud she cried. Her vision grew blurry from tears as Ning Jing’s tiny figure winked out of sight.

At this moment, Han Yunxi’s group burst out of a tunnel and saw the cliff before them. They heard Su Xiaoyu’s wretched cries and looked crazily towards the pit.

But it was all too late…

They didn’t even see Ning Jing's body, only Su Xiaoyu’s small frame hanging in mid-air, her fingers slipping inch by inch off the cliff. Han Yunxi quickly pulled the girl up and little Yu’er burst into wails.

“Master, big sis Ning fell into the pit! She fell in!”

Tang Li seemed struck by lightning as he froze on the spot, dumbfounded…

1. Chang Li (长离) - is a name that also means “to be separated for long periods of time.”