“They…”
In the deep night, Yi Xin sat not far away. The image of Lu Chen was a little blurry, and her voice sounded low and trembling, as if his question had suddenly struck something deep within her heart. For a moment, she did not know what to say.
“Did you run into a pack of black jackals near the mountain waterfall?” Lu Chen asked quietly.
Yi Xin slowly lowered her head. After a long while, she said, “Yes. Not long after you left, a huge pack of black jackals suddenly rushed over. There were so many of them that I couldn’t even count…” Her breathing quickened abruptly, as if the painful memory had resurfaced.
She whispered, “My uncle, my senior brother, and I were caught off guard and had to fight. We had the mountain wall behind us, so we were safe for a short time, but there were
