The Lady's Sickly Husband

C14. Prey; Die to Survive

In the forest, heavy breathing and messy footsteps startled the birds to fly in all directions. The withered leaves lying on the ground were also driven up by airflow caused by the speedy run and swirled in midair.

The air was smothering. Yellow leaves flew up and down.

It seemed between the sky nad the earth, there were only two figures left, one chasing and the other being chased, one predator and the other prey! However, who was the prey was unknown.

Close at hand!

In the nick of time!

Li Kaishi bounced over!

Mo Qianxue suddenly sped up and tried her best to jump forward!

Li Kaishi's fingers were only 0.1mm away from Mo Qianxue. With complacence, he was ready to take a leap again to grab the beauty into his arms when he suddenly stepped on emptiness, followed by a miserable scream echoing in the forest.

Hearing the scream, Mo Qianxue knew without looking back that it must be the rogue falling into the trap. Meanwhile, her heart settled down from her throat.

This move was called to die to survive.

She had no other choice. If she went down the mountain, with lower speed than his, she would definitely be caught up by him. The only way for her was to run up the hill. Leading the rat into the trap was her best defense and counterattack.

The moment she sprang up, she had calculated the position of the trap and the distance from it. She only needed to expect the pleasant miserable sound.

After the rogue got stuck in the trap, Mo Qianxue didn't check him nor stop. She dashed right away down the mountain.

In one breath, she reached the village. With clothes were soaked up, she collapsed onto the ground and sat there still for quite a while before she groomed her clothes and hair to head for her home.

The incomparably elegant figure really stood at the door. Her eyes reddened at the sight and tears were ready to fall off.

Seeing the thin figure, Ning Shaoqing stepped forward in a hurry. Her messy clothes made him scold her with both anger and love, "Where have you been? Why do you come back so late?"

When he had woken up and didn't see her around, he thought she went to visit others and didn't care too much. Yet, he waited and waited before he, with burning worry, began to search for her all around the village. There was no shadow of her. His heart plunged.

Mo Qianxue never found the sound of his scolding so warm. At this moment, she really wished to dive into his graceful arms and cry as she wanted.

Just almost, she would feel shameful to face him!

Mo Qianxue wanted to tell him everything, but once she spoke, the words came out like this, "I went to collect mushrooms and got lost, so I came back late."

Ning Shaoqing took a look at her back-basket, and the worry and anger turned into sadness. He helped her unshoulder the back-basket with one hand and held her into the door with the other.

Only after a long while was he able to breath a long sigh of relief and asked calmly, "Didn't they pay tuition fee? If you think the amount is too little, I'll ask the Village Head (Bao Zhang) to set a higher one."

How much his self-esteem had suffered to make a person proud like him to droop down for a higher tuition fee?

Mo Qianxue was stiffened on hearing the words. She looked up at him whose face was covered with a mist of sorrow. The look made her heart plummeting and her eyes red. With these words, she would sacrifice anything to make him happy.