Chapter 439
“Good job, you guys are really good!” a*sistant Zhang shrugged off the bodyguard captain and spun around in his seat in anger.
After a while, he saw the bodyguards with their heads bowed, as if they were dumb, and yelled again, “What are you still doing? Don’t do anything to get down the mountain and find someone.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Hearing a*sistant Zhang’s reminder, the bodyguards hurriedly nodded in response, then all scattered and began to survey the terrain, looking for a way to get to the bottom of the cliff.
a*sistant Zhang didn’t stay idle either, his eyes were red as he took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the search and rescue team.
No matter what, he had to find Mr. Fu, he had to see him alive, and he had to see his corpse when he died ……!
And Fu Jingting, who was hanging by a*sistant Zhang, was currently hanging by one hand from the cliff face.
He was holding Rong Shu in his arms with one hand, while the other hand was holding on to a tree trunk that was no more than a wrist thick.
On his way down the cliff with Rongshu in his arms, he spotted a modest tree growing on the cliff face and then subconsciously reached out and grabbed the trunk, so that he and Rongshu were able to stop in the air.
The trunk was not thick enough to carry his weight alone, let alone two.
The trunk had already bent almost thirty degrees and was continuing to bend downwards, and it would break in a few minutes.
By then, he and Rongshu, would continue to fall down again.
Fu Jingting looked down at the bottomless cliff beneath his feet, and then at the trembling tree trunk above his head, before finally settling his gaze on the snow-white and frightened face of the woman in his arms, and said in a gentle voice, “I’m sorry Rongshu, I originally came to save you, but I didn’t expect to be able to save you in the end.”
Rongshu shook her head repeatedly.
No, he had already saved her.
First of all, it was none of his business that she had been kidnapped, and the fact that he had come to save her was already a surprise and a shock to her heart.
Secondly, Ye Kites’ plan was perfect, kidnapping her, using her to lure in Xiao Chuan, and then killing Xiao Chuan, the whole plan was without the presence of another party force, so Fu Jingting’s appearance was an accident.
It was also because of Fu Jingting’s appearance that Ye Kites’ plan went awry and failed, so that Xiaochuan and she survived.
So not only did Fu Jingting save her, he also saved Xiao Chuan.
So he didn’t need to apologise at all, it was her and Xiaochuan who should apologise and say thank you.
Of course, what made her heart tremble the most was the scene where Fu Jingting jumped off the cliff for her.
At that moment, her whole body was dumbfounded, and the fear of rolling down the steep slope dissipated, and her mind was filled with the image of him jumping down after her.
She couldn’t understand why he did it, wasn’t he afraid of death?
Didn’t he know how dangerous this act of his was?
No, he knew.
Because from the beginning to the end, she saw no fear or regret on his face or in his eyes, only recklessness, and determination!
Including now.
Many people, who may have the courage to do something at first, have great reasons, that is his mind’s fever and body’s subconscious reaction, and wait until later to start regretting it.
And Fu Jingting didn’t, he really didn’t regret jumping off the cliff after her.
For a moment, the tip of Rong Shu’s nose flooded with a hint of acidity, her heart was indescribably complicated, her eyes were red, “Ooooooooo ……”
You shouldn’t have done this.
She wanted to tell him this sentence.
But Fu Jingting couldn’t understand, so he could only look at her and say helplessly, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’d like to help you tear the tape off your mouth, but I can’t do it with either hand right now.”
Rongshu nodded her head to show that she knew.
He held her with one arm and gripped the tree trunk with the other.
Although nothing could be seen on his face, she knew that he must be in a lot of pain at the moment, especially the arm that was gripping the tree trunk.
That arm, after all, carried the weight of two people.
Moreover, she could see that the wrist of that arm was red, while the hand gripping the trunk was pale. It was red like that because the wrist was being vigorously suspended, resulting in excessive blood filling, while the hand, however, was white because the grip on the trunk was so strong that the blood flow could not flow smoothly.
And his hands and arms were trembling slightly, showing that he was nearing the end of his rope and was about to lose his grip on the trunk.
Perhaps in the end, without waiting for the trunk to break itself, his hands would be unable to grasp it and let go first.
By then, both of them would continue to fall off the cliff and be reduced to pulp.
Thinking of this, Rongshu lifted her head and looked at the man with an extremely serious expression, hoping that he would let go of her.
Only by letting go of her would he not have to bear the weight of two people and could hold onto the trunk of the tree with both arms together.
Most importantly, with less of her, the bearing capacity of this trunk would be increased and it would not break as quickly.
Maybe the person who could support him would come to him by helicopter, in which case he would survive.
She wanted him to live too.
After all, she was the one who was kidnapped by Ye Kites, and it was her and Xiaochuan who Ye Kites wanted to kill, and he was involved because he saved her.
So he didn’t deserve to die!
Perhaps the look in Rong Shu’s eyes was too obvious, Fu Jingting read it and the tenderness in his eyes dispersed, replaced by displeasure and determination, “I won’t let go of you.”
Rongshu’s eyes widened, “Woooooooooo ……”
You’re crazy, if you don’t let go of me, you’ll die too!
Fu Jingting smiled anew, “I know, it’s a good thing to die with you.”
Insane, really insane!
Rongshu’s face turned red with anger.
Just then, there was a clicking and snapping sound from above her head.
Her body stiffened and she jerked her head up to look.
She saw that the tree trunk that Fu Jingting was holding onto had already broken most of the way from above, leaving only almost a few centimetres of thickness still unbroken.
And those few centimeters would only hold up for a dozen seconds at most.
“Hum ……” Suddenly, Fu Jingting let out a painful whimper.
Rong Shu hurriedly looked at him, looking at his pale face, as well as the large cold sweat on his face, the whole person instantly panicked, “Woooooooooo ……”
What’s wrong with you?
Fu Jingting lifted his eyelids hard to look at her and squeezed out a weak smile at her, “I ……”
Before he could finish his words, there was once again a clicking sound of snapping overhead.
This time, the tree trunk was completely broken.
And Fu Jingting’s hand, too, loosened the moment the trunk broke, and then the entire arm, at an abnormal angle, hung behind him.
Rongshu could not see, so at this moment, she and Fu Jingting were already falling down the cliff again.
At the moment of the fall, Fu Jingting suddenly pushed her head down hard on his chest and said in a hoarse voice, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t look.”
Rongshu did not say anything, nor could she.
She just closed her eyes and leaned against his chest, listening to his rapid heartbeat, and somehow her heart, which had been quite scared, suddenly and inexplicably calmed down.
Yes, peace.
No one was afraid of death, and she certainly was.
So the moment the tree trunk snapped, she was laughing bitterly in her heart that she was really going to die this time, or die in this way, in an extremely ugly way, and maybe her body would not even be intact.
Especially when she heard the wind whistling in her ears during the fall, she was so scared that her heart was about to fly out.
But now, she was surprisingly not afraid anymore.
Maybe it was because of Fu Jingting’s words, maybe it was because there was someone with her before she died.
All in all, it was good.
It was just that I was sorry for Fu Jingting.
Although it was his own choice, she still felt sorry for him and felt that she had dragged him down.
Chapter 440
It’s just that in this life, it’s no longer possible to pay him back ……
“Wooooooooo!”
I’m sorry!
In her heart, Rong Shu silently said to Fu Jingting.
The descent was quick, in just a few seconds, she came to the bottom of the cliff, but in Rongshu’s case, it was as long as a century had pa*sed.
Just as Rong Shu took a deep breath, she was ready for the moment when she would be pulverised.
Instead, she and Fu Jingting unexpectedly fell not on hard ground, but inside a deep, bottomless lake.
There was a loud poof.
The two of them slammed heavily into the lake, the water splashing up a metre or two high.
Rongshu immediately opened her eyes, and the cold lake water kept burrowing into her eyes and ears, as well as her nose, making it very uncomfortable.
More than anything else, though, she was thrilled and overjoyed.
She tore the tape off her mouth and smiled with her breath closed.
Because she was not dead, she had survived!
She had thought that falling off the cliff would only lead to death, yet who would have thought that at the bottom of the cliff, there would actually be a lake?
What is this if not a Noah’s Ark in a desperate situation?
I never imagined that she would encounter a miracle and hope in a million years.
Just as she was about to bite the rope off her hand with her mouth, she suddenly thought of something and the excitement and ecstasy in her heart lurched.
Where was Fu Jingting?
Rongshu’s face changed.
When she and Fu Jingting had just fallen into the lake, Fu Jingting had let go of the hand that had been holding him.
He was probably nearby at this moment.
Thinking, Rongshu looked around, yet she did not see Fu Jingting.
This made her brow furrow in disbelief.
Strange, why was there no one there?
Could it be that they had already swum ashore?
That was not impossible.
As she thought about it, Rongshu was relieved that he had gone ashore first.
She would have to find a way to save herself as well.
With that in mind, Rongshu lowered her head, gripped the rope with her teeth, and began to untie herself.
This process, for Rongshu, was extraordinarily difficult because there is a limit to how long a person can shut their breath in the water, almost two minutes for a normal person who has been trained to swim professionally.
So she had to untie the rope and swim to the surface to breathe within two minutes, and suddenly, she would have drowned.
Luckily, when Ye Kites’ men tied her up, they didn’t tie too complicated knots, and Rongshu had to be careful not to let anyone do their throat while pulling hard on the knotted end.
Luckily, in the end, she was able to untie the ropes around her wrists without any problems.
Without delay, Rongshu hurried to untie the ropes on her feet again.
With her hands, the ropes on her feet were untied in ten seconds or so.
She should also thank Ye Kites’ men for not tying her with twine, otherwise the twine would have swollen with water and become tighter and tighter, and it would have been impossible to untie it in two minutes.
With her arms and legs free at last, Rong Shu was overjoyed, then immediately paddled her arms and swung her feet upstream.
A few seconds later, she emerged from the water and then exhaled loudly, “Hoo ……”
She had finally, come to life!
Rongshu shed tears of joy, and then shouted towards the shore, “Fu Jingting, are you there?”
There was no response from the shore.
She turned her body in the water and swept around the shore, but did not see Fu Jingting’s person.
At once, a bad feeling rose in her heart.
Fu Jingting was not on the shore, could it be that he had not gone ashore?
If he hadn’t gone ashore, then Fu Jingting was now ……
The first thing you need to do is to take a deep breath and then immediately dive into the water and swim down.
When she was in the water before, she only looked around and did not look down, but this time she looked down and finally saw Fu Jingting.
At this moment, Fu Jingting’s eyes were closed and his body was floating above the bottom of the lake, as if he was already dead.
Seeing this, Rong Shu’s pupils shrank, her heart tightened, and she subconsciously opened her mouth, “Fu Well ……”
Grunts.
After a choking sound, Rong Shu hurriedly closed her mouth and adjusted her closed rhythm, then swam quickly to Fu Jingting, holding his arm, and carried him upstream.
Fu Jingting was afraid that when he let go of her, he had already pa*sed out and sunk to the bottom of the lake.
Now that a few minutes had pa*sed, she didn’t dare to think about how he was doing.
When she thought that Fu Jingting might have drowned, Rongshu’s heart became very nervous and she took him with her and swam quickly to the surface.
Faster, faster.
You can do it, you can do it!
Rongshu was motivating herself.
Swimming with a person, especially an unconscious one, was hellishly difficult.
She felt like she was going to lose her strength and was going to die, but she still refused to give up on Fu Jingting, even though she felt like her legs were going to cramp up, she was still gritting her teeth and swimming towards the shore.
No matter what, she had to bring Fu Jingting to shore.
Because on the cliff, Fu Jingting had not given up on her in the same way.
“Fu Jingting, hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer we are almost there, I believe you are still alive, you are not dead, as long as you are not dead, I will be able to save you, hold on!” Rongshu looked at the shore not far ahead and gasped for breath as she continued to swim forward.
Finally, the shore was reached.
Holding Fu Jingting by the armpits, Rongshu dragged him to the shore, then hurriedly sat down on her knees and checked Fu Jingting’s condition.
The moment she felt that Fu Jingting was not breathing and had no heartbeat, Rongshu’s heart stopped along with her.
Fu Jingting …… had no vital signs?
Is he …… really dead?
No, it can’t be, it can’t be!
Rongshu did not want to believe this fact, and hurriedly folded her hands together, crossed her fingers to Fu Jingting’s chest, and began to give him first aid chest compressions.
After a few compressions, she leaned down again and put her ear to his heart to listen for a heartbeat.
When she didn’t hear it, she continued with the compressions. After a few compressions, she pinched his nose, lifted his jaw and gave him artificial respiration.
She alternated between artificial respiration and chest compressions.
Two minutes pa*sed, but Fu Jingting still did not respond.
Rong Shu couldn’t hold back anymore, biting her lower lip to death, crying, her voice choked up as she couldn’t stop, “Fu Jingting, hurry up and bring me back to life, do you hear me, hurry up and come back to life, I’m not even dead, how can you, someone who is somehow involved in this matter, die!”
Tears fell from her eyes, and one drop fell directly onto Fu Jingting’s eyelid.
Fu Jingting’s eyelashes trembled, and the eyes under his eyelids, too, turned slightly.
Although it was somewhat inconspicuous, Rongshu still caught it, and her eyes instantly widened, a dazzling light bursting from them, and her whole body trembled with excitement.
He had come to life.
He’s come back to life!
“Fu Jingting!” Rongshu stopped the movement in her hand and gently removed her hand from his chest, then her eyes locked on him, her breath tightening up.
Was he about to wake up?
“Pfft!” Fu Jingting didn’t wake up, but suddenly spat out a few mouthfuls of lake water before coughing violently.
As he coughed, his body trembled a few times along with him.
Rongshu hurriedly lifted his upper body up so that he was leaning against her arms, then raised her hand to pat his back not too gently but not too heavily, so that he could spit out as much water as possible.
“Cough cough cough ……” After coughing for a while, Fu Jingting finally opened his eyes after spitting up some more lake water.
But the whole person, but very weak, a face pale bloodless, eyelids also only half raised, looking at Rong Shu voice out of breath spoke, “Rong Shu ……”
“Great, you’ve finally come to life.” Rongshu didn’t think much about it, she directly hugged Fu Jingting and said with tears of joy, “Do you know that you just lost your heartbeat and breathing, it scared me to death, I thought you were really dead and wouldn’t come back to life ……”