308: Biyao's worry: If you can't find a way out, just kill me and eat me.

“That’s not it!”

Bi Yao stomped her foot, her cheeks puffed out like an angry little hamster, and she turned her head away with a soft snort.

“I just have something very, very important… to ask you!”

Su Han’s lips curled in a teasing smile, his eyes sparkling. He deliberately leaned closer to Bi Yao and teased, “Oh?”

“Didn’t you say you’d be a puppy if I didn’t argue?”

“How come you can’t resist talking to me now?”

With that, he looked at her with a playful smile.

Hearing this, Bi Yao’s face instantly turned bright red, like a ripe apple, from embarrassment.

Her heart fluttered with panic, but she also felt she couldn’t let Su Han get the better of her like this…

So she pretended to be calm, glared fiercely at Su Han, yet with a hint of coquettishness, and softly huffed, “I’m talking about something serious, and you’re still messing around? Can’t you be a little more proper!”

She acted fierce on the surface, but her heart was a little nervous, and she secretly prayed that Su Han wouldn’t see through her little thoughts.

Su Han looked at Bi Yao’s attempt to be serious; it was adorable.

However, he stopped teasing, put away his smile, and nodded slightly with a straight face, saying, “Serious business? Then speak.”

Bi Yao took a deep breath, her expression instantly becoming solemn, and her beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

Her eyes were filled with worry as she slowly said, “Su Han, didn’t you notice that Dripping Blood Cave has no exit?”

As she spoke, Bi Yao took out a small cloth bag.

“I didn’t bring much dry food, just a small packet, which probably won’t last many days.”

“How much do you have?”

However, after asking, Bi Yao shook her head again, “Never mind…”

“Asking this is useless. Even if you brought a lot of dry food, if we keep not finding an exit, there will always be a day when it runs out.”

“By then, we’ll still be trapped and die here.”

As she spoke, she unconsciously clutched the corner of her clothes, her heart filled with worry and helplessness.

Hearing this, Su Han secretly found it amusing. In fact, he already knew where the exit was.

It was just that, for him now, this was a rare good Opportunity.

As for what kind of Opportunity?

Su Han looked at Bi Yao playfully, as if admiring a precious treasure.

Seeing that Su Han was just looking at her and not speaking, Bi Yao stomped her foot again and said coyly, “Su Han, didn’t you hear what I said?”

“What time is it, and you’re still not worried?”

“Aren’t you worried at all that we’ll be trapped here?”

Su Han shrugged, crossing his arms, and said, “Will worrying help?”

“However…”

“Since Dripping Blood Cave was built by the Black Heart Demon, it’s impossible for it to have no exit. There should be a mechanism.”

“Maybe the mechanism is hidden in some inconspicuous corner.”

Upon hearing this, Bi Yao’s eyes instantly lit up, like two twinkling stars. “You have a point!”

Immediately, she quickly added, “Then let’s start looking.”

She then impatiently got up and began to carefully search for the mechanism around the area.

She first squatted down, gently brushed away a thin layer of dust from the ground, and used her fingers to feel along the cracks in the stones, sensing every subtle bump and indentation.

Her gaze was focused and determined, and she mumbled to herself, “Maybe the mechanism is under these stones…”

“In the picture books I read, you just have to find the loose one to open the exit.”

After feeling each stone, she would tap it lightly and listen carefully, trying to determine if there was a hollow mechanism based on the difference in sound.

However, she found nothing.

Next, she walked towards the wall, her eyes fixed on the intricate patterns.

Her fingers slid along the direction of the patterns, sometimes frowning slightly, and sometimes her eyes would light up, as if she was about to discover some key clue.

She stood on her tiptoes, trying to reach the patterns higher up, not missing any possible detail.

Suddenly, she found a pattern that seemed clearer and more continuous than the others, as if it had been deliberately carved.

She excitedly leaned closer, almost pressing her face against the wall, observing carefully.

However, after studying it for a long time, she still couldn’t find a way to trigger the mechanism. She couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated and sighed softly.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Although Su Han was also rummaging around, seemingly helping, his eyes would occasionally drift towards Bi Yao, and he couldn’t help but smile.

Bi Yao noticed Su Han’s inattentiveness and suddenly turned around.

Seeing Su Han’s unserious look, she couldn’t help but shout, “Su Han, can you be serious!”

“This is not a joke. We are trapped here now, and if we can’t find an exit, the consequences will be unimaginable!”

She put her hands on her hips, her face full of anxiety.

Seeing that Bi Yao was truly angry, Su Han quickly put away his smile, pretended to search seriously, and said, “Alright, alright, I’ll search seriously.”

Bi Yao continued her search. She squatted down and examined a pile of rubble in the corner.

She turned over the stones one by one, not missing any abnormal ones.

Sweat trickled down her forehead, dampening her temples, but she was oblivious, focused only on finding the mechanism for the exit.

However, time passed bit by bit, and she still couldn’t find any clue about the mechanism.

Finally, Bi Yao sat back on the steps, somewhat defeated, her hands hanging limply by her sides.

She raised her head and looked at Su Han, her eyes filled with worry and despair, her voice trembling slightly, and said, “Su Han, we won’t be trapped and die here, will we? I… I’m so scared.”

At this moment, her heart was a mix of emotions. She regretted not bringing more dry food and regretted not discovering the problem with the exit sooner.

Seeing this, Su Han walked over and sat down beside Bi Yao, gently comforting her, “Don’t worry, we will definitely find an exit.”

“We can’t find it now…”

“Maybe, by chance, we’ll discover the mechanism sometime.”

Hearing Su Han’s comfort, Bi Yao nodded gently, but her tightly furrowed brows did not relax, and her mood remained low.

She lowered her head, her voice choked with emotion, and slowly said, “Su Han, if we keep not finding an exit, just kill me and eat me…”

Su Han shook his head, “What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly…”

Bi Yao interrupted him. She grabbed Su Han’s shoulders excitedly, “I’m not joking with you!”

“If we really can’t find an exit, just kill me and eat me!”

Unbeknownst to him, tears were already streaming down Bi Yao’s cheeks, and her eyes were somewhat vacant, as if she was lost in memories. “When I was six years old, Mother took me back to Fox Qi Mountain’s Six Fox Cave to see Grandma…”

“Unexpectedly, those righteous sects, who knows where they got the news, attacked.”

“Among them, Monk Pufang of Tianyin Temple used his Magic Treasure, the Futu Golden Bowl, to actually shake the entire Six Fox Cave until it collapsed, burying me, Mother, and Grandma alive underground.”

“At that time, a few large stones supported us, allowing me, Mother, and Grandma to survive.” (End of this chapter)