Chapter 1056

Two seconds later, Mu Xiaojiu’s expression also darkened as he watched Baili Xia’s face turn slightly red from choking.

“I forgot… to bring water.” He really wasn’t careful enough in his actions.

If only he could be as meticulous as Dongfang Jin or Nangong Xu, then they wouldn’t have been in such a mess just by taking a trip out.

Was he…

truly inferior to them?

Even taking care of a woman, such a simple task, he couldn’t do it right!

“It’s okay, it went down,” Baili Xia immediately reassured him.

But her voice was a bit hoarse, clearly thirsty.

After all, having eaten almost an entire bag of potato chips and most of a roasted sweet potato, how could she not be thirsty without even a sip of water?

However, the distance back to the rest area was quite far.

Round trip, it would take at least half an hour, and if they walked slowly, it could take more than an hour.

Suddenly, he stood up and turned towards the other side of the cliff.

Baili Xia also stood up behind him and this time, she shouted at his back, “Where are you going?”

Mu Xiaojiu didn’t respond, he walked to the edge of the cliff and before she knew it, he had already descended.

Baili Xia really wanted to pick up a small stone from the ground and throw it hard towards the other side of the cliff.

Could he stop being so stubborn!

What was he really trying to do?

Such goodness that also causes suffering, the silence, always the silence!

If you’re angry, speak out loud, and if you reconcile, say it out loud, why keep things hidden?

Her heart soured, and his figure had already disappeared into the wind.

Baili Xia could only sit back down in the tent, still covering her legs with a blanket.

She knew Uncle must have gone to find water for her, noticing how thirsty she really was.

But knowing was one thing, guessing was another.

She didn’t like days where everything needed to be guessed, she wanted everything to be clear and straightforward.

Neither warm nor fully affectionate care, who could stand that?

Sitting or lying in the tent, she waited.

But this time, after a good while, she still couldn’t wait for his return.

Thinking of the time, it had probably been about half an hour, fifteen or twenty minutes surely had passed.

Why hadn’t Uncle come back yet?

Just now, digging up those sweet potatoes and washing them in the creek took only about ten minutes.

This time it was just to fetch some water, why was it taking so long?

After waiting nearly ten more minutes, calculating, it had been about half an hour, and Uncle had still not returned.

The more Baili Xia thought, the more anxious she felt, the more anxious she became, the slower time seemed to pass.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, several more minutes had gone.

She wanted to call him, then suddenly remembered her phone was left in the room.

She didn’t even know the actual time that had passed!

He had left without a word, her only guess was that he went to fetch water for her, but that was just a guess.

What was even more terrifying was that he had gone down a cliff!

Finally, Baili Xia could no longer stay in the tent, she abruptly stood up, threw off the blanket, and ran towards the cliff.

Not by taking a look, she wouldn’t have known that this part of the cliff was so steep.

When Brother mentioned that there were wild sweet potatoes on the other side of the cliff, she thought it was a flat area.

Now, looking from above, she was nearly scared to death.

The cliff was very deep, so deep that in the darkness of the night, she couldn’t see the bottom, where was he going to get water?

On such a dark night, if he accidentally misstepped…

She was almost scared to tears by her own imagination.

If he really misstepped and fell, the consequences would be unimaginable.