Chapter 598: Five hundred and ninety-six, campsite
Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo, hand in hand, walked down the mountain.
By the time they reached mid-mountain, the civilians had already been evacuated, but a tall figure dressed in military green and a tiny one were sitting there, not having left.
"Little sister, listen to uncle, shall we go to the camp and wait for sister?" He Bing was patiently coaxing the little girl. They had just sent someone to check the mountain, and there was nobody there.
"I won’t. Sister promised when she comes down from the mountain she’ll come to see me," the little girl stubbornly said.
"Uncle has already sent someone to check the mountain, and there’s simply nobody there," He Bing said with some helplessness. He didn’t want to shatter her hopes, but apart from the bottomless cliffs, there truly was nobody on the mountain. Waiting meaninglessly like this was pointless.
"Sister promised me, I believe in sister," the little girl said, looking at He Bing with a serious expression.
With a helpless shake of his head and a sigh, He Bing said, "Uncle will wait with you for another half hour, okay? If sister still hasn’t come down by then, we should leave. Otherwise, once it gets dark, the road will be hard to navigate." He didn’t know what else to say to the little girl.
Having been there for over two hours, all the civilians who needed to be evacuated were gone, and those who had died had also been properly buried. Only this little girl remained, and though everyone had tried to persuade her, and he himself had spoken with her for a full half hour, she remained stubbornly there.