Chapter 183: First Update
"Commandery Princess, someone is coming," Fu Dong pointed at the two figures drawing closer, her voice tainted with fear. Zheng Nianru, upon hearing this, strained to turn her head and looked through the gaps in the reeds toward the lake, indeed seeing two black spots gradually approaching.
"Commandery Princess, we..." Xing Yu climbed up, exhausted yet aware of the danger now.
Zheng Nianru nodded slightly but didn’t move; she didn’t even want to twitch a finger. In the water, she had exhausted all her strength. Eventually, it had been Xing Yu who, carrying them both, swam half the distance before finding this patch of reeds.
Xing Yu gritted her teeth, prepared to carry her own Commandery Princess. She just got her onto her back when she staggered and fell, her limbs trembling from weakness.
Zheng Nianru waved her hand.
"Let’s not go, just hide here, leave it to fate," Zheng Nianru’s deepest desire was to just lie down, think of nothing, her body drenched, feeling so exhausted that she could faint; she definitely would rather die than move again.
Fu Dong struggled to rise but her arms gave in as soon as she propped herself up. She glanced at the tall reeds around them — they shouldn’t be seen hidden among the reeds, should they?
Soon, the three heard voices coming from the lakeside. Zheng Nianru sighed in her heart, thinking how unlucky she was to still be found after hiding here.
The splashing of water drew nearer to the reeds, along with the sounds of rustling reeds, broken stems, and panting.
Zheng Nianru looked suspiciously at Fu Dong, who shook her head. They couldn’t see the approaching people, just discerning two shadows vaguely, but the two figures’ movements were odd.
They weren’t here to capture them? They rather seemed, just like them, exhausted to the point of collapsing on the reeds. Time passed, and there was no slightest movement, only the breaths slowing into a steady rhythm.