At that moment, Lucas’s voice called out: “Emily! Ethan! Are you two okay?”
Eric and Mary followed not far behind. Eric frowned, but finally stepped closer to look down, his voice tinged with irritation: “What happened? Why are you yelling?”
Mary leaned over the edge, scowling. She said irritably: “If it were me, I’d have just gone a bit closer, now you’ve caused a scene.”
Lucas inspected the slide mark, then looked down at Ethan’s shadow in the trench, his voice anxious: “Ethan, let me pull you two up! I’ll hold the rope from up here, you try to get her up.”
Ethan brought the torch closer and carefully checked Emily’s ankle. After examining it, he stated each word clearly: “It’s just a sprain, not broken.”
Hearing this, Emily looked a little relieved, though the pain still drained th
