Chapter 337

“Grandfather, are you digging for treasure?” Xu Qingshi’s eyes sparkled as he watched Li Tianyou’s actions, also feeling very excited to join in the treasure hunt.

After all, how could he not participate in something like a treasure hunt?

“Let’s just say I am,” Li Tianyou thought. Digging a way out could be considered a treasure hunt, right?

While Xu Qingshi and Li Tianyou were digging excitedly, Xu Heming was slowly walking up the mountain path.

Originally, Qingsong felt that it was impossible for Li Tianyou and Xu Qingshi to head this way.

However, not long after they started walking, the two heard strange sounds.

“Eee—!”

“Eee-yo—!”

“Ding—! Ding—!”

“Your Highness, these sounds…” Qingsong frowned; these noises sounded rather bizarre to him.

Who knew what kind of things were lurking in this forest.

Qingsong wanted to ask the Prince to go back down the mountain, but he also knew that Xu Heming was not the type to listen to advice.

At this moment, he could only closely guard Xu Heming.

“Grandfather! I’m hungry!”

Having dug for a long time, Xu Qingshi’s stomach was rumbling with hunger!

He had only eaten a fish to stave off his hunger, and now, after working for half a day, he was truly starving.

He had been holding it in just now, but how could he endure it any longer?

“Hold on a little longer. Once we get out, we’ll find a place with people.” Li Tianyou looked up, feeling that it was getting dark, yet they were still trapped in this large pit.

If they didn’t get out soon, he feared whether the animals in the forest would pose a threat to them at night.

“Wuu wuu wuu—I want to go home!” Xu Qingshi was just a child after all, and Li Tianyou’s comfort was no longer effective.

At this moment, Xu Qingshi’s crying echoed through the forest.

If it were anyone else, hearing this would surely make them afraid.

But Xu Heming quickly recognized that it was Xu Qingshi’s voice.

Thinking of this, Xu Heming didn’t speak but walked toward the direction of the sound.

“Your Highness, wait for your subordinate.” Qingsong obviously also recognized the voice sounding like Xu Qingshi’s.

At this time, he was also very worried. Could the heir have encountered some danger?

Xu Heming quickly arrived by the edge of the hole where Xu Qingshi and Li Tianyou had fallen.

It was already evening. In the forest, the dense leaves blocked the sunlight, and it was starting to get dark inside the woods.

Xu Heming frowned, searching for Xu Qingshi’s figure.

“Your Highness, how about we just call out?” Qingsong asked softly.

Xu Heming shook his head.

Li ​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍Tianyou looked at Xu Qingshi, who had been crying his heart out just a moment ago but had now fallen asleep, feeling a pang of heartache.

This child was still young after all, and had never experienced such a thing before.

Li Tianyou chipped at the pit even faster.

He was also worried that if it got any later, they might really not be able to get off the mountain.

In the forest, the sound of “Da—! Da—!” rang out again.

Xu Heming and Qingsong exchanged a glance, and both carefully looked toward the source of the sound.

The two slowly approached the entrance of the hole.

Li Tianyou, who was chipping away earnestly, didn’t notice anyone approaching at all.

He only thought about getting out as soon as possible.

“Wuu wuu… I want to go home!” Even though he was asleep, Xu Qingshi suddenly spoke in his sleep. Obviously, what he longed for was to go back.

The originally tense Xu Heming froze when he suddenly heard his son’s whimpering.

Xu Qingshi was nearby?

This realization made Xu Heming rejoice.

“Sigh!” Hearing this, Li Tianyou let out a long sigh, feeling deeply regretful that he had been soft-hearted enough to follow this child to get something.

Now look, they didn’t get the thing, and instead, they were trapped in a predicament.

“Qingshi? Father-in-law?” Hearing this, Xu Heming called out carefully.

“Sigh, I must be hearing things. How could I hear King An’s voice?” Li Tianyou heard it and thought he must be hallucinating.

Otherwise, how could he possibly hear Xu Heming’s voice?

“Lord Li? Heir?” Qingsong naturally also heard Li Tianyou’s muttering and quickly called out again.

This time, Li Tianyou heard it clearly.

He didn’t expect that Xu Heming had actually come.

“We are here!” Li Tianyou responded excitedly upon hearing them.

After saying that, he quickly nudged Xu Qingshi beside him and urged, “Qingshi, wake up, your father is here.”

“Grandfather, my father didn’t come. He was called away by someone else!” Xu Qingshi was having a dream where his father was just about to save him but was called away by someone else.

And he could only wait helplessly in this pit.

Finally, starving to death.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi cried out in sorrow.

“Why are you crying? Your father really is here. We will be rescued very soon.” Li Tianyou didn’t understand what he had said wrong and hurriedly comforted him.

“Qingshi? Father-in-law?” At this time, Xu Heming had already found the opening and called out to the people below again.

“King An, Qingshi and I are down here.” Li Tianyou waved at Xu Heming above.

“Are you guys alright?” Xu Heming, worried if the two were injured, quickly asked.

“We’re fine, we just can’t get up by ourselves,” Li Tianyou quickly replied.

Neither Xu Heming nor Qingsong had brought ropes with them.

“Your Highness, your subordinate will jump down. Can you pull Lord Li up in a moment?” Qingsong looked at the hole, felt it wasn’t particularly deep, and quickly asked.

“Yes, be careful.” Xu Heming had no objections. They hadn’t brought a rope, and Li Tianyou and Xu Qingshi couldn’t get out on their own, so someone had to go down.

At this time, Xu Heming also set off another signal flare for everyone else, saving them from looking around for people.

Having received Xu Heming’s approval, Qingsong jumped into the pit without a second thought.

“Brother Qingsong, you’re finally here.” Xu Qingshi was on the verge of tears when he saw Qingsong.

Heaven knew how much he had suffered these past two days.

He almost thought he was going to starve to death in this pit.

“Heir, are you alright?” Qingsong looked Xu Qingshi up and down to confirm he was unhurt, then turned to Li Tianyou and said, “Lord Li, your subordinate will push you up first. His Highness will pull you from above in a moment.”

“Thank you for your trouble, Qingsong.” Li Tianyou didn’t decline; after all, he couldn’t get up by himself.

He either had to let Qingsong boost him up, or he could only starve to death in this pit.

“Lord Li, please!”

Supported by Qingsong, Li Tianyou finally emerged from the opening, and Xu Heming quickly reached out to pull Li Tianyou out.

“Heir, your subordinate will carry you out.”

Seeing that Li Tianyou was already out, Qingsong said to Xu Qingshi beside him.

“Wait a moment.” Xu Qingshi had wanted to go out, but thinking of those beautiful stones on the ground, he quickly picked up a few and held them in his arms.

“Heir, we don’t need these stones, do we?” Qingsong asked somewhat uncertainly. Although he could carry these stones, Qingsong felt they were just ordinary rocks.

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