The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#215 - Girl's Heart

Chapter 214: A Young Girl's Thoughts

According to Jing Xiang's original statement, Lu Jing and Xia Huai would have to wait until sunrise the next day at the earliest to return to the other side of the cave.

However, there was still a considerable amount of time before sunrise.

Lu Jing was purely treating a dead horse as if it were still alive because, with the death of the white-haired and white-bearded old man, he could feel that this place wouldn't last long at all. Forget dawn, it probably wouldn't even last half a cup of tea.

Therefore, not only did he not hide far away, but he also pulled Xia Huai into the crumbling cave.

As for drinking the 'Falling into the Mortal World' elixir, it was just in case.

Because Jing Xiang had said that the time ratio between this place and the outside world was roughly one to one hundred, meaning that if he stayed here for one day, one hundred days would pass outside.

However, Lu Jing didn't know exactly how the mechanism worked.

When he returned to the outside of the cave, would it change his lifespan, or would it also frantically refresh the internal force within his dantian?

If it was the former, Lu Jing naturally wouldn't need to worry too much, but if it was the latter, he would be in big trouble.

Because although he had stayed on the other side of the cave for less than five hours in total, it translated to nearly forty days in the real world.

And this also meant that the total amount of internal force in his body would reach forty times the capacity of his dantian the moment he left the cave.

This was far beyond the lethal dose!

Theoretically, even if he drank all of the 'Falling into the Mortal World' elixir in the gourd, it would only be doing his best.

However, Lu Jing had no choice at the moment and could only gamble on this.

With a rumbling sound of falling rocks, the cave entrance was completely sealed off by rubble!

Lu Jing and Xia Huai's eyes were plunged into darkness in that instant.

Lu Jing could hear the young girl's breathing gradually becoming rapid beside him.

After all, no one knew whether the two of them would be trapped forever in this dark and sunless mountain belly with this cave collapse.

However, perhaps because she felt the warmth coming from the other side of her hand, Xia Huai's heartbeat gradually calmed down afterward.

In the end, the two people's palms were pressed against each other, their fingers interlocked, and they gripped tightly together.

A strange feeling arose in the young girl's heart. Feeling the ups and downs of the breathing beside her, she even forgot that she was still in a dangerous situation.

Xia Huai suddenly felt that even if the two of them were to die here today, it didn't seem as bad as she had imagined.

If someone in later generations accidentally found their corpses, they would probably mistake the two of them for a pair of ill-fated lovers who had committed suicide for love.

And for some reason, Xia Huai faintly developed a trace of anticipation for this outcome.

Thinking of this, even though the surroundings were still collapsing, the tension in the young girl's heart had dissipated a lot.

Lu Jing was a little strange and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Xia Huai shook her head and didn't immediately answer Lu Jing's question, but instead started talking about something else.

"Do you know, actually, about my younger brother, I didn't completely tell you the truth before. His death also has a lot to do with me…"

"The nanny who took care of him asked me to watch him while she went to relieve herself. Although I agreed, I was obsessed with a knight-errant picture book at the time and didn't listen to the nanny's words."

"After the nanny left, I happened to finish reading the picture book in my hand, so I told him to play by himself for a while, and I would go to my father's study to get a new picture book and come back. I also told him not to tell the nanny."

"He nodded obediently at the time, but I didn't expect that he would fall into the well shortly after I left. After his death, for several months in a row, I would have nightmares every night."

"After that, no matter what I do, I can't really change what has already happened. My staying here is not because I love him, but just to make up for my guilt towards him. It's… another kind of selfishness."

"And if I abandon you again because of him, it would be like repeating what happened many years ago. Then my ten years would be in vain. I won't let that happen."

Lu Jing didn't expect that the young girl would tell him the secrets hidden in her heart all at once. In fact, he could understand why those who entered Another World before were unwilling to tell others about their experiences inside.

Because, apart from people like him who were exploiting bugs, it must be the weakest and softest place in everyone's heart, a place that cannot be easily shown to others, just like the hedgehog's belly.

The only place without the protection of thorns.

And it was only at this time that Lu Jing knew that the young girl had also experienced such a fierce battle before finding him, which was no less than when he faced Gu Zhongling, although it sounded like just a few words in Xia Huai's mouth now.

However, Lu Jing knew that the actual situation was not as understated as Xia Huai said, especially when the young girl had to choose between her younger brother and coming to save him. This process must have been full of pain for her.

And Xia Huai said so much in one breath, and her courage gradually grew. She didn't know whether it was the surrounding darkness or the imminent threat of death that gave her courage.

After a pause, she continued, "You asked me why I'm not afraid, that's because…"

She had only said half of her words when the light suddenly returned to her eyes, and then Xia Huai found that she and Lu Jing had reappeared in Huang Jianyuan's schoolhouse.

And the latter was staring at them with an unprecedentedly serious expression.

Usually, this supervisor's face was enough to make the students of the academy feel uneasy, but this time, the words 'You've caused a big trouble' were almost written directly on his square face.

Seeing this, Xia Huai couldn't help but feel a jump in her heart, and then she heard Huang Jianyuan speak.

"You two… can anyone tell me why Another World is gone?!"