Crown Jewels

Chapter 23 Damn Bad Luck

Looking at the familiar saddles on the horses, Song Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He casually hung the package on his back on the branch, and then chased after him without any hesitation.

As the distance gradually narrowed, Song Yan pulled on the vine and landed on the horse's back.

He gripped the reins tightly, stepped on the stirrups, and with a strong wrist, pulled the reins back sharply.

The maroon horse tilted its head, its movements were quickly restricted, and it calmed down after a while.

Song Yan got off the horse and tied the rein to the tree trunk.

He looked at some familiar kettles on the saddle, and frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, Song Yan resolutely followed the traces left on the road when the maroon horse galloped back.

He has always had a good memory, that familiar kettle...

Song Yan pursed his lips, a bit of thought appeared in his eyes.

He only saw Gu Baozhu when he was practicing riding.

Then, the owner of the frightened maroon horse should be Gu Baozhu!
……

The flying dust choked Gu Baozhu into coughing, she wrinkled her nose, and the painful moans were forced back into her mouth.

After waiting for a while, the dust finally settled.

Gu Baozhu propped himself up slowly, and when he looked down, he saw the bloodstain on his ankle, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

She escaped from the horse and rolled back and forth on the grass, thinking that she would only suffer some flesh and blood.

Whoever imagined it, fell into a pit again unluckily!
From the looks of it, this pit should be a trap set by the hunters at the foot of the mountain.

The earth pit was a little deep, and there were layers of wooden stakes arranged at the bottom of the pit. The end facing the sky was sharpened, which should be used to round up prey.

Huangu Academy was originally built on the mountain, and the large unused school fields and even the mountain garden in the back mountain were rented out to collect rent, which is normal for the college to maintain the college's expenses.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there are hunters setting traps in the mountains.

but……

Gu Baozhu breathed out lightly, if it wasn't for the moment she fell, she would have grabbed the grass and vines on the ground with agility.

Under the buffer of strength, her body leaned to the side under the reaction, and at this moment, she might have been pierced into sieves by the wooden stake.

Just by simply moving his legs and feet, Gu Baozhu gasped in pain.

Gu Baozhu raised his head, fixed his gaze, and looked at the world limited by the three-person-high earth pit.

She knew that she had to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if you wait until dark, it may be even more dangerous and unpredictable.

And now, she had to calm down.

Because, now she can only rely on herself!
Gu Baozhu didn't bring any medicine to stop the bleeding, so he could only loosen the white girdle of his body suit for the time being.

She tore off the blood-soaked cloth, and bandaged the wound on her ankle in circles.

Fortunately, although the wound was long, it was not very deep.

but.

Even so, her white girdle was instantly stained with blood.

After carefully looking around, Gu Baozhu found that if he wanted to climb out, he had to find a foothold on the wall of the pit.

In this way, with the help of one's own strength, one can work hard in one go.

She dug out the soil on the wall of the pit with bare hands, and the slightly damp touch felt cool.

Gu Baozhu's eyes lit up, and he pulled out the golden hairpin from the bun on top of his head, and then picked up a branch on the ground to replace and fix his hair.

Her eyes quickly fell on a point on the wall of the pit.

Afterwards, Gu Baozhu used the larger surface of the golden hairpin to scoop up the soil.

When a hole is dug enough to accommodate half of her foot, move the target up and repeat the previous operation.

After digging the fifth small hole, Gu Baozhu wiped the sweat from his forehead.

She moved her numb wrist lightly, then straightened up, came to the sixth place marked, and continued to shovel the soil with the golden hairpin.

However, when Gu Baozhu dug halfway, her wrist suddenly froze.

Then, as if frightened, he took half a step back.

I see.

Half of the golden hairpin on the cave wall is shining, still luxurious and dazzling.

But the light of the golden hairpin unexpectedly clearly illuminated the ugly, thick and strong earthworm in the soil.

Gu Baozhu's pupils shrank, and she clearly saw the fat and sticky body of the earthworm wriggling around the golden hairpin flaunting its might.

It seemed to see the golden hairpin, and approached it curiously, shaking off some dirt.

Then, that swarthy body seemed to have found its own territory, slowly squirmed and entangled, and just like that, it occupied the mountain as king.

Gu Baozhu leaned against the dirt wall behind her, the corners of her lips tensed and her back tensed.

Her eyes were empty, thinking about the unlucky things she encountered today, she suddenly squatted down and buried her head in the crook of her arms.

She felt nothing when she fell off the horse, she just felt unlucky when she accidentally fell into the dirt pit, and she felt okay with the bleeding on her calf.

During the process, when she alone suffered panic and helplessness, she could barely comfort herself.

but.

When Gu Baozhu saw that the black earthworm was wrapped around the golden hairpin.

That feeling was like breaking down her last weak line of defense, and like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

She who has been pampered for more than ten years, and who has dealt with such respectable things as gold, silver and jade since she was a child, this is the first time she has seen such an eyesore and ugly thing.

Gu Baozhu felt as if something was choking in his throat, and he couldn't help shaking his body.

She buried her head in her arms, wrapping her arms tightly around herself.

Gu Baozhu thought, let her be pretentious and self-willed for a while, and when she vents her emotions, she can think more clearly:

In the end, she still had to rely on herself if she wanted to get out of the current predicament.

In this way, she can also adjust her state, stop being hypocritical, and pull out the golden hairpin without changing her face, and then continue to dig the sixth foothold.

The cool wind brought low and shallow weeping.

This is what Song Yan saw when he followed the traces to the pit.

The girl slumped her shoulders, depressed.

Her hair was a little messy, and when she heard the movement, her eyes raised subconsciously with watery eyes.

On weekdays, the arcs of her usual upturned eyes turned out to be unexpectedly helpless at this moment, revealing a trace of pitifulness.

When she saw herself, there seemed to be surprise in her eyes, followed by uncontrollable joy.

At this time, Gu Baozhu was naturally in a panic.

But when she saw herself, the sudden light in her eyes made Song Yan inexplicably feel that it was indeed...

It's still pretty.

"Song... Song Yan."

Gu Baozhu's words stumbled a little, and she was a little nervous.

But even so, she still couldn't restrain herself. When she saw Song Yan, hope burst out from the bottom of her heart.

Song Yan lowered his eyes and simply hummed without saying anything.

Such concise words, at this moment, made Gu Baozhu feel that they seemed to be more reassuring than any words.

Song Yan took out a wooden stick, which he had prepared on the way here for Gu Baozhu to find the way.

The long wooden stick stuck into the pit, Song Yan wanted to pull her up.

But when he glanced casually, he saw bloodstains at the tip of the wooden stake in the pit.

Song Yan frowned.

His eyes swept across Gu Baozhu's body, examining with a bit of probing.

(End of this chapter)