Drowning

Feng Ye says clutched her waist firmly to save the girl. Using him as support, she stood straight. With no other choice, Feng Ye Isey held her hands as they explored the room.

To be honest, the room was empty. There was nothing noteworthy present there. All they found was filthy non-slip boots and gloves. But it did not pick her curiosity.

"Let's go. There is nothing here. "

Feng Ye Isey asked her to lock the room once again in case anyone discovers that they ventured there.

Qin Ru agreed with Ye Isey. One can surely frame them for creating fake evidence. She used the same hairclip and locked the door.

No matter how many times Feng Ye Isey watched her skills, he was amazed every time.

"Quite skilled you are" He comments.

Qin Ru did not know if it was praise or comment. But she did not bother about it. Moving to the next room, they met with the same emptiness. Just like the previous one, it was an empty and dull room with moss everywhere.

"Are we overthinking? It is same as the previous one. All I can see is same dusty non-slip boots" Feng Ye Isey said in an annoyed tone.

Qin Ru was not influenced by his impatience.

"We still have one more room to explore" Water flowed inside the room when she finished. She immediately picked her skirt up, so it did not get wet, but the water was coming inside with great pressure.

Fc*K

She cursed.

"We only have three minutes to explore or else we will be drowned here with this cave" She picked up her pace and locked the room swiftly. No matter how hard she tried, she still was slow compared to Ye Isey. Her skirt was in her way but there was nothing she could do about it.

Feng Ye Isey noticed her trouble. Without saying a single word, he bent down and picked her up in a princess style. Qin Ru, who was carried out of nowhere shrieked. "What the heck are you doing? Put me down. We still have one more room to explore. "

"I know," He said calmly and exited the room.

Thud!

The third room's door was not easy to open. It was jammed as its lock was coated with a heavy layer of corrosion.

"What happened? " Qin Ru who was now clinging on his back asked.

"Nothing, the door is jammed. "

"So, push it. Don't you have any strength? Are you a real man or n….? "

Click!

The door opened before she could complete her sentence.

Qin Ru gobbled her sentence halfway when she noticed Feng Ye Isey's dark expression.

It was a slip of tongue. She was used to insult people left and right but now, she even insulted Feng Ye Isey. She cowered behind his back again as an awkward silence prevailed, however it did not stay for long. Water was now at Feng Ye Isey's knee's length and was still inbound.

Compared to the other two rooms, this room was rather well taken care of. There were no mosses on the walls and unlike before, it was not been empty. Huge trunks of wood were stacked inside the space. Both Qin Ru and Feng Ye Isey noticed the difference in situations the moment they entered the room.

"What could be inside the chest? " Feng Ye Isey said aloud.

"Who knows. Perhaps, the evil spirit is hiding the bodies of his targets inside those chests. "

"…"

This surely was not a moment to joke. Was it?

Feng Ye Isey ignored Qin Ru's nonsense and embarked inside to check on. In order to his surprise, the chest had not been secured so he pulled the handle of the chest upward, and a glow shined from the inside.

Feng Ye Isey would have never even imagined in his wildest dream that in an odd-looking cave like this, would be having a room filled with precious metal. In the chest was gold. Real precious gold. Even though it was not in its pure form, he was sure it was original gold.

"Gold. …" Qin Ru said as a matter of fact. She was not influenced at all. Given the girl's status, she got enough riches that now, all those materialistic things do not entice her anymore.

Even Feng Ye Isey was not tempted with it, but he was curious. Inquisitive to really know what a chest filled with gold was doing here? In this cave?. Nevertheless, he failed to have enough time to ponder as the water level was now raised to its waistline. Qin Ru was halfway soaked significantly in water.

"Do you know swimming? " Feng Ye Isey asked but she shook her head.

Feng Ye Isey broke in a cold perspire.

"If you do not know how to swim then why did you volunteer to explore the cave? Don't you understand you could drown here? What the hell were you thinking when you came here? " Feng Ye Isey was barely in a position to keep his cool.

He was worried.

Concerned about her safety.

Qin Ru blinked her eyes innocently as she responded, "All I wanted was to help you. Nothing else"

Feng Ye Isey failed to have any retort to it.

Since it was too late to say anything. He exited the room, waiting around for Qin Ru to lock the gate. As she was locking it, she saw a jade pendant, dangling on the doorway. Earlier they were in a rush so that they failed to see it but now when she was so near to the doorway, she saw it.

"Are you done? Or perhaps, you preparing our water graves? " He snickered.

Grabbing the pendent she retorted back, "I do not mind it, but Do you want to spend your afterlife with me? Here in this watery cave?", She teased him, but Feng Ye Issy paid the girl no heed.

He ran as fast as he could to avoid drowning but more than half of the cave was submerged under the water already. With no choice, Feng Ye Isey could only swim.