Bai Lingyu's tears, which had never stopped, now flowed even fiercer.
And the rain, like strands of beads, fell even more joyously, as if competing with him to see who could cry harder.
However, Bai Lingyu was in no mood to compete with the heavens; his mind was consumed by one thing only.
His eldest sister was unconscious, and Sister Shi Yi was also in trouble… What should he do!
They... mustn't suffer any mishaps!
He blamed himself for being too weak to do anything!
Bai Lingyu felt lost and desperate, wishing time could reverse and that the servant 'Mother' beside him hadn't died.
Then, someone could take care of them.
Just then, a small hand suddenly grasped Bai Lingyu.
He opened his eyes in astonishment, only to see Bai Sasa slowly lifting her pale face, which, despite being pallid, had a sparkle in her eyes.
"Little brother… don't be scared, from now on, your sister will protect you."
As she spoke, she unexpectedly stood up and even casually lifted Bai Junjun, who was half a body size bigger than her.
At that moment, Bai Sasa felt a strange power filling her lower abdomen, a result of the chest flame that had burst and scattered to her limbs before circling back and gathering there.
Although she didn't understand what had happened, she now felt lighter on her feet, and Bai Junjun on her back felt as light as a feather.
She looked incredulously at her brother, but Bai Lingyu showed no sign of anomaly, still gazing at her blankly.
"Little brother, did you… feel anything strange just now?"
"What?" Bai Lingyu, bewildered for a while, said, "Sister Shi Yi, if you're not feeling well, let's rest for a bit, shall we?"
Bai Sasa's red face and trembling body had frightened him so much that he hardly dared to breathe, just letting his tears flow helplessly.
"..."
Bai Sasa, feeling that her little brother was only worried and nothing more, realized that perhaps… the change was only perceived by her.
With the rain pouring down heavily, it wasn't the time to talk; she didn't waste any more time, merely comforting him, "Sister Shi Yi is fine, now I can carry not just our eldest sister but you as well with no problem."
Upon hearing this, Bai Lingyu managed to suppress his tears, but they started swirling in his eyes again.
Although his sister said she would carry him, how could he allow his sister to carry him?
Bai Lingyu insisted on walking by himself.
So the siblings continued on.
With the heavy rain, the jungle looked the same everywhere; the direction Bai Sasa and her brother had taken in the lush foliage was lost to them, and she didn't know where they were.
But Bai Sasa didn't know that Bai Junjun had killed several men.
Seeing Bai Junjun faint, she panicked completely, only thinking of running away to avoid getting caught.
So, the denser the jungle, the deeper she plunged into it.
She didn't dare to stop for a moment. After walking in the jungle for more than two Shichen Chinese Time, not until Bai Lingyu's legs completely gave out and he fell did Bai Sasa realize they needed to rest.
But she was anxious about when their eldest sister would awaken, feeling that her strength was still overflowing, surely not having escaped far enough, so Bai Sasa didn't plan to stop just yet.
She glanced around and decided to make a carrying harness to carry both her eldest sister and Lingyu.
Bai Sasa set to work immediately; she put Bai Junjun down and had Bai Lingyu watch over their oldest sister, then she ran to a large tree entangled with vines which, in the lightning, looked like terrifying black snakes.
But at that moment, Bai Sasa couldn't afford to be scared. She reached out and tugged at those wrist-thick vines, making up her mind.
Bai Lingyu saw Bai Sasa pulling at the vines and just as he wanted to say that these things, which had grown for who knows how many years, were not something they could break by hand.