Mu Jiu Chen pulled Jiang Nuan along, and the two of them ran towards the research laboratory.
Pushing the door open, they found only some instruments inside and no sign of Lu Jin Yue.
Jiang Nuan glanced at the location and saw Lu Jin Yue’s phone in the direction of the back door.
Jiang Nuan picked up the phone and pressed it. The phone was out of battery, but after a few seconds, she successfully unlocked it.
Jiang Nuan found the contacts and saw the last call from last night. It was made at 9:20 PM and lasted about three minutes. The phone quickly shut down afterward.
Jiang Nuan looked at Mu Jiu Chen and said, "Husband, Big Brother was likely lured here."
Mu Jiu Chen looked at the backyard. "Let's go around back. He should be somewhere around here."
The couple ran towards the backyard.
Behind the building was a river and a vegetable patch.
After walking a few steps, they suddenly saw a corpse lying in the vegetable patch.
Jiang Nuan: "..."
Mu Jiu Chen also stopped abruptly.
"Help..."
"Someone save me."
"Is anyone up there?"
Jiang Nuan: "..."
This weak voice, wasn't it her brother's?
Jiang Nuan stared intently at the corpse.
Mu Jiu Chen also saw it. He narrowed his eyes and stood still.
Jiang Nuan moved to go forward, but found him holding her hand, preventing her from moving.
Jiang Nuan turned to look at him, her clear black and white eyes filled with confusion.
Mu Jiu Chen looked at her and honestly whispered, "Wife, I'm scared."
Jiang Nuan: "..." That's so unlike you!
Jiang Nuan, having seen life and death so often, was not afraid of corpses.
She was naturally detached and unafraid even when walking alone at night. Having experienced life and death over the years, she had seen too much to be afraid.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here," Jiang Nuan's gentle voice soothed.
Mu Jiu Chen still refused. He really didn't want to go closer.
Seeing his strong resistance, Jiang Nuan smiled, "Then I'll go by myself!"
Mu Jiu Chen felt ashamed of himself for being a scared man. "I'll go with you. If you're scared, you can hide in my arms."
Jiang Nuan: "..."
Sorry, you're thinking too much.
Jiang Nuan walked ahead, while Mu Jiu Chen kept his head down, not looking at the deceased.
The moment Jiang Nuan saw the face of the corpse, her eyes widened in surprise. "Lu Qiao Yi!"
Mu Jiu Chen then glanced at the corpse. It really was Lu Qiao Yi.
Jiang Nuan sent a message to Number One, then searched for the source of her brother's voice.
"Big Brother, where are you?" Jiang Nuan shouted.
"Nuan Nuan, I'm in the well. There's a body next to the well," Lu Jin Yue's voice was very weak.
Jiang Nuan looked around. The sunlight was a bit blinding, and she hadn't noticed her feet.
As she was about to walk, Mu Jiu Chen pulled her back and pointed to the withered grass at her feet. The sun was blinding here, and it was easy to miss.
Jiang Nuan then saw a well hidden amongst the weeds at her feet.
Jiang Nuan: "!!"
She crouched down and quickly cleared away the weeds, revealing a small well opening.
Jiang Nuan became anxious. How did her brother fall into such a small well?
She carefully checked the distance and realized she couldn't pull her brother up like this.
"Brother, hold on. I'll save you right away."
Lu Jin Yue's weak voice came through, "Nuan Nuan, hurry, I can't hold on any longer."
Jiang Nuan turned around and looked for something.
She didn't see any rope or anything similar.
She looked down at Mu Jiu Chen. "Husband, stay here and chat with Big Brother. I'll go find a rope."
Mu Jiu Chen swallowed. "Okay!"
Jiang Nuan ran back towards the laboratory.
Mu Jiu Chen looked at the corpse next to him, shifted his position, and turned on his phone's flashlight.
He shone the light inside and saw that Lu Jin Yue was submerged in the well, the water reaching his waist. He was clinging tightly to the edge of the well, trembling.
Mu Jiu Chen: "..."
He was puzzled. "I'm very curious, how did you fall into such a small well opening?"
Lu Jin Yue, having been soaking in the well all night, was already very weak. Hearing Mu Jiu Chen's words, he didn't want to answer him from the bottom of his heart.
Didn't he look pathetic enough now?
However, thinking about what happened last night, he was still furious.
"I fell in because I was scared by the body next to you. I missed my step and fell straight into hell."
Fortunately, the well water wasn't deep, or it would have been over.
He was already a corpse now.
Mu Jiu Chen: "..." As expected of you.
Mu Jiu Chen saw that he still had some strength to speak, and he was relieved.
Jiang Nuan couldn't find a rope, but she found several belts used for machinery. She tied them together and tested them. They were very secure. She lowered the belts into the well and handed the other end to Mu Jiu Chen.
Mu Jiu Chen looked at her and asked, holding her hand, "What are you going to do?"
Jiang Nuan: "I'm going down."
Mu Jiu Chen: "I'll go."
Jiang Nuan looked at the well opening. "You can't go down, and I won't be able to pull you up later. I'll go down to help Big Brother."
Jiang Nuan deftly took off her jacket and, holding the belts, descended into the well.
Lu Jin Yue saw his sister arrive and knew he was truly going to be saved.
Just as he was about to relax, he heard his sister's warning voice.
"Don't lose heart. Save your strength for climbing up."
Lu Jin Yue: "..."
He had just been here for too long, and his legs felt weak.
Jiang Nuan tied the belts around his hands and then looked up at Mu Jiu Chen. "Pull."
She hugged her brother's legs with both hands and exerted all her strength to lift him up.
Mu Jiu Chen easily pulled Lu Jin Yue out of the well.
Once outside the well, Lu Jin Yue saw Lu Qiao Yi's corpse again. He shivered in fright, feeling nauseous, as if a hand was churning in his stomach.
Lu Jin Yue couldn't help but vomit.
He hadn't eaten anything last night, so he only vomited a few mouthfuls of sour bile.
His lower body was pale and wrinkled from being soaked in water. He lay on the ground, exhausted.
Meanwhile, Mu Jiu Chen slowly pulled Jiang Nuan, who was still in the well, up.
Mu Jiu Chen saw that her clothes were almost soaked through and took off his own jacket to drape over her.
Jiang Nuan walked over and looked at her brother. "Brother, do you feel unwell anywhere?"
Lu Jin Yue finally felt the reality of being alive.
He looked at his sister weakly. "If you hadn't come sooner, I would have really given up. This well water is so cold, my legs have lost all feeling."
Jiang Nuan quickly rolled up his pants to examine them. The skin was wrinkled and sodden, and two leeches were clinging to his calves.
Jiang Nuan looked at Mu Jiu Chen and said, "Quickly go to the trunk and get the first-aid kit, and bring the salt too."
Mu Jiu Chen blinked for a moment. "Is there salt in the trunk?"
"Yes, it's in the white storage box."
Mu Jiu Chen: "...Okay!"
Mu Jiu Chen thought for a moment and called Xiao Fan to bring them in.
This would be faster.
Lu Jin Yue shivered and looked at Lu Qiao Yi's corpse, feeling very distressed. "Nuan Nuan, it was Lu Qiao Yi. Someone called me last night saying they saw Lu Qiao Yi at this abandoned factory. I thought she was still alive, so I drove here alone."
"I turned on my flashlight and came in. In my panic, I don't know where I dropped my phone. I saw the corpse here, which startled me. I took a few steps back, missed my footing, and fell into the well."
Jiang Nuan: "..."
Xiao Fan ran in with the medical kit and salt.
He had been full of enthusiasm, but upon seeing the corpse on the grass, he let out a scream and lunged at Mu Jiu Chen.