Clinging to Devoted Fiancé, Heiress Slays the World!-Chapter 470: Will That Big Brother Survive Safely?
"I’ll distract the wolves in a bit. You take the chance to run. Head southeast, and once you see the slope, keep going downhill. That’s how you’ll get out of this mountain." The boy looked at her, his clean and delicate face carrying a calmness far beyond his years.
The girl couldn’t help but wonder, what kind of experiences must he have gone through to develop such a mature demeanor at his age?
"What about... you?"
Uneasy, she lifted her eyes, clutching the hem of the boy’s shirt tightly, refusing to let go.
There were so many wolves. If she ran away alone, what would happen to him?
Even if he was quite a bit older than her, he was only a teenager, just a big brother.
"I’ll be fine." The boy lowered his gaze, meeting her dark, glistening eyes, and reached out, gently ruffling the top of her hair.
The motion was incomparably tender.
She suddenly felt herself on the verge of tears.
"Big brother, you really won’t be in danger, right?" she asked, her uncertainty audible.
Her bright, shiny eyes were moist, making his heart soften even further.
He ruffled her hair again. "Go now. If there’s a chance, we’ll meet again."
The boy pushed her towards the edge of the haystack. She kept looking back and couldn’t help but ask, "My name is Little Wei. Big brother, what’s your name?"
With a smile, the boy said something to her, but the sudden howling of the wolves around them drowned out his voice.
Ji Wei wanted to say more, but she saw the boy’s expression turn serious. He stood guard, fully alert, his entire focus on the approaching wolves before suddenly launching himself like lightning toward the beasts.
Ji Wei watched as he moved decisively, gripping that knife tightly as he thrust it into the first wolf lunging at him.
The wolf’s leaping body slammed suddenly to the ground, blood spraying from its neck.
The scent of blood enraged the other wolves, whose attention all shifted to the boy as he bolted deeper into the forest.
No wolves noticed the little girl by the haystack.
Terrified and helpless, she acted on instinct, tearing off in the opposite direction at full speed.
As she ran, the little girl realized her face was covered with tears. She tripped several times, falling and getting covered in mud, only to scramble back up and keep running.
Run and run, run and run.
All she could see ahead was forest, nothing but forest. In the silent mountains, the only sound was her own feet crunching on fallen leaves.
Her heartbeat grew louder and louder, as though it would leap straight out of her throat.
She had no idea how long she’d been running. Her legs were entirely numb, moving mechanically forward. She panted heavily, her small figure darting through the trees, while behind her came the low growls of wild beasts...
One question hammered inside her mind: Would that big brother survive?
Perhaps her strength had reached its limit. When she reached the slope, she couldn’t keep her footing and tumbled headfirst, rolling all the way down...
... 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Ji Wei opened her eyes, her head pounding, fragments of those scenes in the mountain still flashing in her mind.
She stared dazedly at the wooden beams above her head for a long time before her awareness returned.
This was actually Grandma Li’s house!
Wasn’t she in the back mountain? She vividly remembered it had started raining in the mountains, and they had found a wooden cabin to take shelter. Jia Ming had even stepped on a nail.
What on earth had happened in such a short span of time to bring her back here?
"Mrs. Gu, you fainted in the cabin, so I brought you back," Mary said as she walked in, noticing the confusion on Ji Wei’s face and offering an explanation.
Fainted?
It all came back to her.
The moment she entered that wooden cabin, an uncontrollable fear had gripped her heart. Then, when she saw the corner of the cabin where she had once been abused, the horrifying memories came flooding back in a wave of terror.
