Chapter 38 Lost My Way

Taking a deep breath, Ji Xiaonuan continued to ask, "How do we get to the village on the mountain exactly?"

Li Qiuling became more cautious. Instead of answering directly, she said, "Pull me up first, and then I'll tell you."

Ji Xiaonuan was even more speechless. Li Qiuling was probably afraid that she would be left behind directly after answering?

She stretched the stick in front of Li Qiuling, and Li Qiuling quickly grabbed it. Ji Xiaonuan pulled her up along with the force.

As soon as Li Qiuling climbed up, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground directly, bursting into tears with a loud cry.

"Stop crying. How do we get to the village?" Ji Xiaonuan asked impatiently.

"Go, go along the main road. Just keep walking along the main road and you'll get there," Li Qiuling said, sniffling.

"Stop crying," Ji Xiaonuan said helplessly. "Get up. Let's go back and take the main road now."

Ji Xiaonuan had been doted on by her parents and brother since she was a child and didn't cry easily. Facing such a crying girl, she really had no idea what to do.

"I'm not going!" Li Qiuling cried even louder. "I sprained my ankle, and it hurts so much! My arms and body are all scratched! I'm going to call Brother Yifeng and ask him to come and pick me up!"

Ji Xiaonuan frowned. She didn't want to stay here with this temperamental young lady.

"…Then you can wait." Ji Xiaonuan threw the stick beside her. "I'll go and deliver the camera to them first. If you change your mind, you can use that stick to support yourself and walk."

After saying that, Ji Xiaonuan was about to leave.

"Are you really going to leave me here alone?" Li Qiuling became anxious immediately. "Can't you show some consideration for a girl?"

"Come on, miss. You're not serious, are you!" Ji Xiaonuan gritted her teeth in anger. She really couldn't stand it anymore. "Even being a spoiled princess has its limits, okay? Am I not a girl? Do you really think everyone in the world is your mother and should always give in to you?"

Li Qiuling was left speechless by her retort. Ji Xiaonuan didn't say anything more and turned around to leave.

However, Ji Xiaonuan was really furious. So Li Qiuling hadn't regarded her as a woman from the very beginning?

Walking angrily for a long time, suddenly, Ji Xiaonuan stopped in her tracks and looked at the surrounding scenery in surprise.

Where was this...?

No way. Was she lost?

Ji Xiaonuan felt like crying but had no tears.

She should have just stayed with Li Qiuling and waited for others to find them. Now, she had no idea where she was at all.

Helplessly, Ji Xiaonuan took out her phone and pressed the power-on button. Now she could only follow Li Qiuling's example and call Ling Yifeng to ask them to come and pick her up.

When the phone was turned on, Ji Xiaonuan dialed Ling Yifeng's number, but the call couldn't get through.

Ji Xiaonuan's heart sank. She dialed the number again, but still couldn't get through.

Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind.

Could it be that her number had been added to Ling Yifeng's phone blacklist?

Thinking carefully, Li Qiuling was exactly the kind of person who would do such a thing.

Ji Xiaonuan felt a inexplicable sense of despair. She was lost now, couldn't get through to Ling Yifeng, and didn't have the numbers of the others either. What should she do?

Perhaps God thought she wasn't miserable enough. The originally sunny weather suddenly turned extremely gloomy. Soon, a dull thunderclap sounded, and large raindrops began to fall.

Ji Xiaonuan quickly took shelter under a thick tree, and she felt even more depressed.

She finally experienced the weather in the mountains. It really did change as quickly as rumored. But her current situation had become even more wretched.

What should she do now?

Ji Xiaonuan felt a inexplicable sense of despair. If someone could save her at this moment, that person would definitely be her hero!

Suddenly, Ji Xiaonuan's phone rang.

She looked at the phone in confusion. It was a strange number. After hesitating for a moment, Ji Xiaonuan pressed the answer button.

"Xiaoxi, where are you?" Chi Jun'an asked in a low voice.

Hearing his voice, Ji Xiaonuan didn't know how she felt.

This call was actually from him?

Her phone had just been turned on, and Chi Jun'an called. Did that mean he had been dialing her number all the time?

Her nose felt slightly sour, and Ji Xiaonuan felt a inexplicable sense of grievance. "I, I don't know where I am either..."

"Be good. Don't be afraid. Stay where you are. I'll come to find you right away," Chi Jun'an said in a deep voice.

"…Huh?" Ji Xiaonuan was taken aback.

What did Chi Jun'an just say?

He was coming to find her?

She was in the mountains of a foreign province now. How could Chi Jun'an come to find her?

"What's around you?" he asked.

There's grass and a lot of trees..." Ji Xiaonuan stretched out her hand to block the falling raindrops and said dejectedly, "Are you going to call the police for me? But I really don't know where I am."

"Xiaoxi, don't worry. I'll find you," he said seriously.

His deep voice came through the phone receiver and drilled into her ears. Ji Xiaonuan couldn't help but feel her heart tremble slightly. At that moment, she inexplicably believed Chi Jun'an's words and suddenly felt at ease.

He told her not to be afraid, not to worry, and that he would find her. An indescribable feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.

"Xiaoxi," Chi Jun'an suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Ji Xiaonuan came back to her senses.

He was silent for a moment and finally said, "It's nothing. We'll talk when we meet."

"…Oh." Ji Xiaonuan replied blankly.

Meet? What meeting? Did he mean after she went back to school?

After hanging up the phone, Ji Xiaonuan suddenly felt a bit nervous.

What should she say when she met Chi Jun'an?

Suddenly, Ji Xiaonuan looked at the front in surprise.

In the rain not far away, a figure was holding an umbrella and moving quickly in her direction.

"Hey!" Ji Xiaonuan was overjoyed and couldn't help waving at that person.

That person seemed to have seen her already and quickened his pace.

The surprise on Ji Xiaonuan's face gradually turned into shock as the person got closer!

Seeing that familiar person appear in front of her and hold the umbrella over her head, Ji Xiaonuan looked at him in disbelief and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time!

Why was it... Chi Jun'an who came to find her? So what he said about finding her was true?

But how did he manage to find her?

Chi Jun'an naturally reached out and put his arm around her shoulder. "It's dangerous to be in the mountains when it's raining. Come with me."

Ji Xiaonuan instinctively wanted to dodge, but when she heard his words, she obediently let him hold her.

Soon, Chi Jun'an led her back to the main road. His car was parked by the roadside waiting.

"Get in the car," Chi Jun'an opened the car door.

Ji Xiaonuan hesitated for a moment but finally didn't get in the car.

"How did you find this place?" she asked, raising her small face.

"I checked the surveillance at the gate of your school and saw you get into that car. Then I found out that the car came here and followed to find you," he explained indifferently.