Violet turned to look at him, “Hey, are you okay?”
Ivan weakly opened his eyes, the cold sweat on his forehead dripped directly down his brow into his
eyes, which hurt his eyes. He closed eyes again, showing a weak smile, “I am fine, I will not die.”
“Good.” Violet nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
It was good enough that he would not die, after all, she could not offer other help.
Suddenly, Violet's stomach growled, unusually loud in the not-so-large cave.
Violet blushed and touched her stomach, not daring to look at the man next to her.
The man, in turn, looked at her with amusement, “Hungry?”
“Nonsense, I haven't eaten since I was kidnapped by you.” Violet said angrily.
When she was collecting firewood, she drank some rainwater from the leaves and had no food at all.
Ivan smiled again, “There's no food here.”
“I know.” Violet gave a bitter smile.
Ivan looked outside the cave, “Unless you go outside to find some food, or you can only starve.”
“Find something to eat?” Violet looked outside and then shook her head, “There is no food outside, do
you want me to hunt?”
Ivan was amused, “If you have that ability, I will let you free from being legally responsible.”
“No, I'd better go out and see if there are any fruits or something like that, and then we'll try to find our
way out.” Violet said, standing up.
Ivan did not say anything but watched her go out of the cave.
Violet stayed outside for about two hours before coming back, luckily, she found some fruits like kiwi,
which was sour, but it was better than being hungry all the time.
Violet ate three of them, and then served Ivan who could not move his arms and legs to eat.
After eating, the fire was almost extinguished.
Violet clapped her hands and stood up, “Let's go.”
Ivan did not object and stood up with her help.
The two of them walked towards the outside of the cave at a hobbled pace.
At the bottom of the mountain, Stanley sat on his sleeping bag exhaustedly, his clothes were wrinkled
and stained with a lot of mud, looking wretched, even his handsome face had several scrapes.
The doctor was applying medicine to his face, while Fraser was standing in front of him. He asked
nervously, “Mr. Murphy, except for your face, where else did you get hurt?”
Half an hour ago, Mr. Murphy wanted to go to the other side of the mountain to look for his wife.
But accidentally he slipped and rolled down the hill, and that was why he got the injury on his face.
If he hadn't been strong enough to bring the Mr. Murphy back for medicine, the Mr. Murphy would
definitely continue to go on looking for her.
“I'm fine.” Stanley held his forehead and answered in a low and dumb voice.
Fraser was worried, “Are you really okay? Should we go back to the hospital in town ......”
“No need!” Stanley frowned and interrupted him.
Fraser stopped.
At this time, a search and rescue team member lifted the tent curtain and came in, with a clear look of
excitement on his face, “Mr. Murphy, good news.”
“Did you find her?” Stanley's pupils shook and he immediately stood up.
The doctor who applied the medicine to him was directly knocked back several steps by him.
“No, but we just had someone see smoke on the other side of the mountain.” The search and rescue
team member said, “That is not the fog naturally produced by the mountain, but the smoke produced by
someone burning something. Our people have checked that there is no one living near this mountain,
then that smoke ......”
“It's possible that Mrs. Murphy lit it!” Fraser chimed in and said excitedly, “Great, Mr. Murphy, Mrs.
Murphy is not dead, she is still alive.”
Stanley's body was trembling slightly, even his tightly clenched fist, which was also trembling slightly,
that was a sign of his happiness.
“Quick, immediately send someone to find her!” Fraser immediately commanded, since Stanley did not
speak.
“Wait a minute.” Stanley picked up his jacket, “I'll go too.”
“No, Mr. Murphy, you cannot go, you have not rested from yesterday until now, in case ......”
“I said, I'll go too!” Stanley narrowed his eyes and looked at him with cold eyes.
Fraser opened his mouth, knowing that he could not persuade but sighed, “Fine.”
A group of people immediately picked up the equipment and set off.
This mountain was very large, and when Stanley and his group found the cave, no one was there.
But judging from the fire in the cave, which was still somewhat warm, she had not been gone long, at
least not more than two hours.
“Mr. Murphy, great, Mrs. Murphy can still walk, that means Mrs. Murphy did not get hurt.” Fraser looked
at the fire and finally felt relieved.
Even Stanley breathed a faint sigh of relief, and his tightened eyebrows stretched a little.
But soon, his thin lips pursed up.
Because they came late and she had gone.
“Continue to look for her, it rained here, the road is not yet dry, so they must have left footprints, follow
their footprints!” Stanley said, turned around and went out of the cave.
Fraser followed him.
The crowd again launched a search, and soon found the existence of footprints.
Stanley looked at the footprints and had been determined they belonged to Ivan and Violet.
They were heading the south, so they were walking down the mountain.
“Go!” Stanley took the lead to follow the footprints.
The rest of the search and rescue team hurried to follow.
On the other hand, Violet did not know that Stanley already knew they were still alive and had come
looking for them.
She struggled to hold Ivan step by step forward, and saw a house in the end.
Violet's tired and pale face revealed a smile.
Even Ivan, it was as if he had unloaded something, felt relaxed.
“Go!” Ivan spat out a word in a hoarse voice.
Violet took a look at him, gritted her teeth and helped him continue to walk forward.
She knew that the road ahead was the way to life, as long as she walked to the house, she could
contact the outside world and Stanley.
So Violet took out the last of her strength, speeding up her pace, taking ten minute to bring Ivan to the
house.
A middle-aged woman was in the house and she was astonished when she saw the two, “Who are you
......”
Violet smiled weakly at the middle-aged woman, as she wanted to say something, she could not hold
on any longer and fainted.
“Hey, hey, hey ......” The middle-aged woman was startled to that and hurriedly went forward to help her
up.
As a result, Ivan also fell to the ground.
The middle-aged woman helped Ivan and Violet into the house together, and then asked, “What
happened to you ......”
Ivan showed a charming smile, “We were out for a trip, and unexpectedly fell down the mountainside
and lost our equipment, so that's case.”
“That's pretty tragic.” The middle-aged woman looked at his tied arms and legs and said
sympathetically.
Ivan smiled, “Madam, can you give me a ride to the town? As long as you have someone send me
there, I will give you three hundred thousand.”
“Three hundred thousand?” The middle-aged woman's eyes lit up when she heard this figure.
Ivan nodded, “That's right.”
“OK, OK, I'll have my man send you there later.” The middle-aged woman excitedly agreed.
Ivan's smile deepened, “Many thanks.”
“What about this young lady?” The middle-aged woman pointed at Violet who was on the chair and
unconscious because she was off her feet. She asked, “Is she your wife?”
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