When Ping'an came to realization, she was hanging in midair. She landed on a small tree on the side of the mountain. She felt badly pain in her left rib, as if someone had stabbed her. She felt her right arm being pulled down strongly. She lowered her head and Lee Dachin was hanging down.
Ping'an groaned in pain, and blood gushing out her mouth, "Hold on. Don't move Dachin. If you are afraid of height, please don't look down." She still grasped the whip and slowly moved her right leg onto the small tree. She was able to pulled herself into a sitting position. Then she pulled Lee Dachin up on to the tree. The two friends are sitting on the small tree on the side of the mountain. She looked around, and there were hundreds of small trees growing on the mountainside.
Lee Dachin, "How are you doing?"
Ping'an wiped the blood off her lips, "I'm fine. How about you?"
Lee Dachin, "I think I either broke my arm or my arm was dislocated. I couldn't move. We were lucky that there were many trees planted on the mountainside. These trees prevented us from falling to ours death."
Ping'an, "As soon as we get up, Baiyu will take a look at it." She heard Guo Baiyu calling her name.
She shouted, "Baiyu. Down here. We are okay."
Fang Yaoting shouted, "Dachin!"
Ping'an shouted back, "He is okay." She began to cough violently. "Dachin, he is very worried about you. Are you still made at him?"
Lee Dachin, "Are you alright?"
Ping'an, "I'm fine."
Lee Dachin, "It will take a while for them to take us out of here."
Ping'an, "Let us chat. You did not answer my question."
Lee Dachin nodded, "He admitted that he hired two women to make me jealous. Actually, it was my fault. I was the one who ended our relationship after us...you know. I realized that I was actually hurting myself. I have always admired talented men in the past, so everyone thinks I like men."
Ping'an suddenly laughed.
Lee Dachin laughed and said, "That's how I got the title "The Beauty Lee Dachin". Many rich people offered me money to sleep with them, which makes the situation worse. I was label a cutsleeve without anyone asking me if I truly am."
Ping'an, "Because of these." She showed Lee Dachin her two scars. "I was called the devil's child."
Lee Dachin, "I don't feel the same to another man as I feel to Yaoting. This strange feeling is only towards him. Baiyu said everyone has courage in them, it's just the matter of when we decide to put our courage to use." He smiled at Ping'an. "I'm very happy to have a friend like you. A true friend, someone who is willing to jump off the cliff with me. All you have to do is let go of the rope, but you didn't." He has tears in his eyes.
Ping'an teased, "This whip is a special magic whip invented by the late Master Zhao. I will not let it fall off the cliff with you."
The two friends continued to laughed and chat.
An hour later, a woven vine fell next to them. Ping'an grabbed the vine and tied it to Lee Dachin's waist.
Ping'an, "You go first." She shook the woven vine, and Lee Dachin was slowly pulled up. After a while, the rope slide past Ping'an. She tied it around her waist, then shook the woven vine and she was slowly pulled up. When she came out from the edge of the cliff, Xiao Dan pulled her up. The two men rushed over and hugged her.
Ping grunted, "Ouch....don't hold me tightly. My whole body hurts."
Guo Baiyu, "Let us find a place to rest and heal the wound before we continue."
Zhao Renshu grabbed Ping'an hand, "I have something special to show you." The two ran to the carriage, and Zhao Renshu took the baby and showed Ping'an. "The spirit of our pursuit leads us to him. Can we keep him?"
Ping'an asked, "Do you want to keep him?"
Guo Baiyu said, "Even if this child is not our own child, we can teach him to be a worthy person."
Zhao Renshu, "Like me. I was picked up by my master when I was young."
Ping'an, "When we go out hunting. Who will take care of him?"
Lee Dachin quickly replied, "I will. He will be my first student."
Fang Yaoting smiled and said, "I will teach him all my swordsmanship skills."
Lee Dachin looked at Ping'an and said, "Give him a name."
Ping'an, "Me?"
Guo Baiyu smiled and said, "Yes. Unless you going to have Renshu name him."
Fang Yaoting, "No offense, but I think you are a better choice than Renshu."
Zhao Renshu, "Hey, I will name the next child."
Ping'an, "Shanquan."
Guo Baiyu smiled, "Shanquan, mountain spring. I like that."
Zhao Renshu, "You hear that, xiao Shanquan. You are our disciple."
When the group of friends reached a small temple, the sun was setting on the horizon. There is a monk sweeping the leaves on the front stairs. Baiyu got out of the carriage and talked with the monk, and then returned to the carriage.
Guo Baiyu, "The monk will talk with the lead monk."
After a while, two monks came out of the temple.
The elder monk walked towards the group of friend and he said, "We have a small wooden house on the side of the road from here. Everyone can spend the night there. Later, I will ask the disciples to send you your meals."
Guo Baiyu, "No need. We have food." Guo Baiyu looked at Ping'an. "By the way, what do you feed a baby of two or three months old?"
The elder monk said, "We had soy powder. You could mix with water." The elder monk turn to the younger monk. "I will have one of our disciple send the powder once everyone are settle down."
Guo Baiyu smiled and said, "Thank you."