The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension

Jiang Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback.

Liu Hongmei almost got on the tractor too?

She couldn't quite wrap her head around it.

No matter how mad Fang Peizhong might be, he wouldn't risk his own wife and child, would he?

It couldn't be!

Even though in a past life Fang Peizhong's wife wasn't Liu Hongmei, it shouldn't end like this for her.

Could they have guessed wrong?

Is there someone else who wants to take a deadly action?

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't figure it out.

At this time, Jia Shu and He Aiguo were nearly losing their minds.

Jiang Yue's call came in; a whole night had passed.

The snowstorm had stopped.

But the people were still missing.

The collective farm called, Li Dahu was very clear, Jiang Xiaoxiao and Song Moting were nowhere to be seen, and the tractor driver hadn't returned.

At Jiang Yue's house in the county, no one was there, and Jiang Yue even went to the old man's place particularly.

Fearing they might have gone to the old man's place.

She didn't dare to tell the truth, afraid that the old man wouldn't be able to take it.

If it turned out to be a false alarm and scared the old man into some health problem, that wouldn't be good.

But to her great disappointment, they weren't at the old man's place either.

Jiang Yue and Qin Ming even went to Mr. Wang's house and to Chief Wei's, where neither had seen Jiang Xiaoxiao and Song Moting, indicating that the two never made it to the county town.

The snow had long stopped, yet the cold wind was howling.

The road was difficult to traverse; if it had been clear, Jiang Yue and Qin Ming would have hurried to the forestry area themselves.

The urgency was such that blisters had appeared on Jiang Yue's lips.

Qin Ming comforted his wife while calling the forestry area.

After all, those who could help find them now were only the fellow intellectuals together with Jiang Xiaoxiao and Song Moting; without everyone's help, it wasn't going to happen.

No need for him to call, Jia Shu and He Aiguo had already called Li Dahu at the farm.

Everyone pieced together the information and believed it was highly likely that the three of them encountered danger on their way down the mountain, although it was also possible it was on the road from the farm to the county.

However, no one believed it was that stretch since the road from the farm to the county was flat and posed almost no risk.

Yet, people were still sent to search along the way.

In case the tractor broke down on the road and they sought shelter from a roadside farmhouse to avoid the snow?

Most people felt the tractor was in danger on the mountain road downhill; if something happened there, it would be a major problem. This downhill road twists and turns. Even in regular times, a horse cart passing through poses some difficulty, and a tractor needs to proceed cautiously. Who knew there would be this sudden heavy snow today?

Initially, everyone thought the snow had just started, and there was still time to hurry down the mountain. Who would have guessed the snow would get heavier and heavier?

If they indeed encountered danger midway, there's no telling which cliff they might have fallen down.

These unending, continuous cliffs encompass quite a few.

The area is vast.

Even combining all the personnel from the farm and forestry area, it's not enough to search such a large area.

Not to mention, after the snowfall, the road through the mountain posed more danger, sending so many people in for rescue risks playing with their lives.

The team leader and the forestry director are responsible for so many intellectuals, and they can't just send people out like this.

Unless the weather improves now, they dare not casually look for people.

Of course, the more important reason is that searching the cliff from top to bottom is no easy task.

The mountain is thick with forests.

Even if they did fall, without obvious signs, a person's naked eye typically wouldn't be able to spot anything.

If they were stuck halfway up the mountain, it would be impossible to either reach up or down.

If they fell to the bottom of the cliff, then there's something to be said for the rescuers who can go around the mountains, taking time, but still reaching the cliff's base to search.

The problem is that the uncertainty is too great now.

Who knows what happened?

Jia Shu was anxiously pacing, and when she saw Guo Dongjun, the forestry director, had not sent everyone out to search, she had already put on her coat and even found her cotton boots.

He Aiguo, noticing her demeanor, knew without a doubt she was acting impulsively.

"Jia Shu, don't be anxious, don't be impulsive. Going there alone like this isn't solving the problem. There are so many cliffs near the mountain road, do you know where they went down? Searching so recklessly only adds another person to encounter danger."

Jia Shu pushed him aside, "Don't stop me. Although I can't search that many places alone, I have to search. If no one goes to look, how can anyone know their situation now? The snow's stopped, the wind's howling so fiercely, if they really are stuck at the cliff base with no food or drink... Have you thought about how long they can hold on?

The thought of this drives me crazy."

"I understand your feelings, we all do. You think we don't want to rescue them? Including myself, Xiao Xiao, and Old Song, do you know what kind of relationship we have with them? Can we bear to just sit by and watch? But we also have to be methodical—it's not feasible to risk our lives on impulse.

If, by chance, they're rescued, only for some of us to sacrifice ourselves in the process—how do you expect them to cope with that?"

Jia Shu shook her head, "I don't care what you think. You may fear sacrifice, but I don't. Back when I was about to die, it was Xiao Xiao, Song Moting, and you who brought people to save me. At the moment I wanted to die, you saved my life. My life has long belonged to them.

If I don't go look for them today, I'd be betraying my conscience. I'd rather die in these mountains than watch with one last glimmer of hope as they die."

Jia Shu's persistent insistence, entirely unheeding personal safety, seeking a fleeting triumph.

He Aiguo saw he couldn't stop this.

"You've already spoken to this extent. As a woman, you're unafraid of dying for friends and loyalty—what do I have to fear? I'm close friends with Xiao Xiao's brother, and when I came here, I promised her brother I'd take good care of his sister.

If anything happens to his sister, I couldn't be at peace with my conscience. Besides, Old Song and I are such good friends. If something happens to them, everyone else survives, I won't be the exception—I can't avoid it.

I'll go with you. If we must die, then we'll die together."

He Aiguo went inside to change his clothes.

Even if rescue is at hand, going unprepared is impractical; if there's a chance to live, no one wishes to die.

Gu Dali and the others silently returned to their dormitory.

Half an hour later.

He Aiguo opened the door.

To see ten people lined up at the door, fully dressed.

Everyone wearing their warmest clothes, some with various tools on their backs, including ropes, shovels, food, and water.

"When we came to the forestry area, there were thirteen of us. Even when we leave, it should be intact, all thirteen. Live together, die together. We are a collective, and absolutely no one will leave anyone behind."

Everyone said.

He Aiguo's eyes welled up with warmth; at this crucial moment, no one was willing to abandon their companions.

In this instant, they all coalesced into a single force, a powerful belief.

They were determined to rescue their companions, here in the place where they'd forged timeless bonds, none able to forsake each other.

Even if it meant using their lives to prove the price of friendship.