Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 939: Chapter 940: Are You Insane?

After showing the way, he said in a deep voice, ”You have to know, if this road were easy, we wouldn’t even need to find a path, so you must be aware of how dangerous it is. The road is very slippery, narrow, and it clings to the cliffside.”

”Understood. Brother Xinian, I won’t have an accident, don’t worry.” Chiang Xiao had already taken her backpack off, pulled out a raincoat, then a flashlight, and then slung her backpack on again. She quickly donned the raincoat and dashed out of the Duke Guan Temple without looking back.

Du Jinruo was so startled that she only managed to reach out and call out to her, ”Hey...”

”Xiao Chiang!” Director Ye roared into the phone, ”Meng Xinian, have you lost your mind?”

There were so many team members here, and they let a young girl take such a risk?

Meng Xinian knew that Chiang Xiao had already set out and immediately said in a firm voice, ”Director Ye, it’s not just the pregnant woman; there are also two villagers and five team members seriously injured! Chiang Xiao coming is most suitable, as for why, I will write you a report when I get out! We can’t wait for dawn, in another hour the rain will lighten up a bit, and we must clear the path immediately; otherwise, we’ll be too late!”

After speaking, he abruptly hung up the phone.

He still had to go meet Little.

He had heard about that path from an old man in a village; usually, the villagers treated it like a divine trail. It was originally used by some daring villagers to save time when leaving the village, but only a few of them dared to traverse it, and they would only do so on clear days during daylight.

After those villagers grew a bit older, they no longer dared to take the risk, and their families had already forbidden them from partaking in such dangerous acts, so that path had basically been abandoned.

There was a section of the path that could barely fit one person moving cautiously, so that’s why Meng Xinian had said he could only meet her halfway—it was to save time, of course.

When Chiang Xiao ran out, Ji Chunlai had just come out from using the restroom, and was so shocked by her sudden exit that he nearly tripped and fell down the steps.

”Hey, girl, what are you doing?”

Chiang Xiao didn’t hear his shout at all.

She had dashed out, running in the direction Meng Xinian had indicated.

Whether out of consideration for her, the rain had lessened at that moment.

Even so, the night, soaked by the rain, remained densely dark.

After running wildly for a while, she indeed spotted a narrow path, overgrown with weeds, looking very muddy – it could hardly be called a path, not even a sheep trail.

Looking forward up the winding slope of the mountain, it was too dark to see anything.

Fortunately, Chiang Xiao’s physical functions had reached an astonishing level due to the abundant medicinal herbs in her Space. Hence she also had the confidence that she was more suited for this task than anyone else. Besides, a doctor going in was not as good as her going in – she had all kinds of life-saving herbs, while a doctor might not!

Beyond that, she wanted to get to Meng Xinian’s side!

In such times, she wanted to be with him. Even if both of them were in danger, it was better than her fretting alone out here!

Indeed, her feet kept slipping, and Chiang Xiao carefully edged along the mountainside, taking each step cautiously.

The flashlight beam didn’t reach far. She had to use her hands to push aside the long weeds and navigate around the protruding tree roots. Not being careful could lead to collision with roots exposed by the rainwater and risk tumbling down the slope.

The hillside here was incredibly steep—if she truly fell, it might be impossible to get up again.