Those who have never experienced death will never know how happy it is to be alive. Lin Qingyao had just gone through such a thrilling experience, and from the bottom of her heart, she felt a yearning for life! She opened her eyes, but found that she was not hanging on the tree at all, but lying flat on the ground! Lin Qingyao looked up at the cliff with confusion.

  All I see above me is a clear sky, and then theres that steep cliff.

  The cliff wall is bald and bare, without a speck of green, only withered gray-brown vines and branches.

  Lin Qingyao moved her neck and exercised her limbs, finding that although there was some slight pain, it seemed that she hadnt lost any arms or legs, nor had she fractured any bones, and there were no signs of severe injury.

  Lin Qingyao got up from the ground and observed her surroundings.

  She cant stay at the bottom of this cliff forever, can she? She looked around.

  This cliff is located between two peaks, the place is not big, only about 100 square meters, surrounded by bare cliffs, forming a unique bowl-shaped terrain.

  Lin Qingyao furrowed her brow and thought about trying to climb up from a place that didnt look too steep.

  Who knew that as soon as her hand touched the cliff wall, a loud noise came, and the stone she was climbing on suddenly fell off!

  She didnt even use much strength! She just tried it out and unexpectedly this rock couldnt withstand the force.

  Lin Qingyao let out a sigh of relief, fortunately it was just her hand, if she had already climbed up and stepped on the loose stone, wouldnt she have fallen for the second time?

  The first time, I dont know what the reason was, or maybe its just that heaven saw that Im too unlucky and let me have good luck once, so coincidentally, nothing bad happened. But if I were to fall again for a second time... Im afraid Lin Qingyao would become a lonely soul wandering in these deep mountains.

  Shu has many mountains. The mountain that Lin Qingyao came to was a nameless mountain, although not high, but also can be called deep mountain and old forest.

  Lin Qingyao came to this mountain because when she was a child, she was picked up by a medicine collector from here and taken to her own place, which happened to be that small cliff.

  Lin Qingyao touched a hard object in her bosom, which was something she had with her when the medicine picker picked her up.

  A silk handkerchief embroidered with a beautiful unknown bird, a jade pendant carved with cloud patterns, in the midst of which, in a font similar to small seal script, two characters were written: "Qingyao".

  At that time, no one recognized the two characters "Qing Yu". The director of the orphanage where she lived searched for many people and finally found an fortune teller who identified the two characters. Of course, it was also unknown whether the fortune teller really knew the characters or just wanted to cheat money, but in any case, from then on, Lin Qingyu became her name.

  Lin Qingyao came to this small cliff, just wanting to reminisce a bit. Ever since she grew up a bit, every time she felt unhappy, she would come to this cliff wall. She always felt that this cliff wall had a familiar breath.

  She even secretly hoped that she could meet here the one who had abandoned her family for no reason.

  Lin Qingyao shook her head, whats the point of thinking so much! The most important thing now is to get out of this predicament as soon as possible! As for that family, from now on she would pretend that she had fallen off the cliff and died once and for all. Let those who abandoned her, along with the Zhao family, go see a ghost together!

  The warm white jade pendant in Lin Qingyaos bosom seemed to sense her fluctuating emotions, and it subtly emitted a faint glow, releasing an auspicious aura that nourished Lin Qingyao.

  She didnt notice anything unusual, she just felt that her mood had suddenly become more calm and peaceful, and she didnt have as many complaints.

  "What should I do to get out?" Lin Qingyao murmured to herself, her voice lively and pleasant to listen to. If one were to hear only this voice, they would surely think it belonged to a young and beautiful woman.

  But now paired with Lin Qingyaos water bucket waist and walking posture, her figure is quite mismatched, with a dark and chubby face that has acne.

  "Is anyone there?" Lin Qingyao shouted at the top of her lungs twice, but found that except for the empty echo, there was no effect at all.

  Its also likely that in such a deep and remote mountainous area, there wouldnt be anyone around.

  It was noon, and the sun shone directly from the sky, making Lin Qingyao, who was now plump, sweat profusely.

  Lin Qingyao looked around and thought to herself that she needed to find a place to cool off, otherwise before she could even think of a way to escape, she would probably be dried out like a human jerky.

  Lin Qingyaos face suddenly turned bad, she noticed that the trees at the bottom of the cliff were all withered and dead, and even the grass on the ground was not a single living one!

  It can be said that when she first came down, she noticed it, but didnt take it to heart. However, now Lin Qingyao only felt a chill rising from her own back!

  Lin Qingyao picked up a leaf, the shape of which was intact and had not been affected by any pests or diseases. Even if it had been, this tree would not have died so quickly!

  Just half a month ago, Lin Qingyao was still here. At that time, the trees at the bottom of the cliff were lush and green, growing well on the mountain side. What happened in this short half-month period to make these trees become like this?

  Didnt I intrude into some place where I shouldnt have come? Lin Qingyao couldnt help but think.

  Of course, Lin Qingyao didnt think she had encountered any ghosts or monsters at this time. She thought that she might have intruded into a place where chemical fertilizers were illegally dumped, or that the Japanese invaders had buried chemical weapons here during their invasion of China, which had now leaked due to wind and sun exposure... Whatever the reason, judging from the extent of withered grass and trees, Lin Qingyao knew this was not a place to linger!

  She didnt want herself to become a withered skeleton either!

  Even if she experienced the betrayal that made her heart as dead and painful to the bone, but being alive... is always right! She doesnt want to die, doesnt want to give up on herself because of those snakes and rats from the Zhao family!

  But... how can I escape?

  Just as Lin Qingyao was staring at the bare cliff, feeling that she had reached a dead end, she suddenly discovered that on the cliff where she had just thought of climbing, there was a stone that moved!

  Lin Qingyao couldnt believe her eyes, looking again, it was still a stone, no sign of movement at all?

  She stared intently at the stone, not daring to approach it rashly. Today, from her fall off the cliff, she hadnt been hurt in the slightest, and now this withered tree, everything seemed to be shrouded in an eerie aura that sent chills down her spine.