Violet turned to look at him, “Hey, are you okay?”
Ivan weakly opened his eyes, the cold sweat on his forehead dripped directly down his brow into his eyes, which hurt his eyes. He closed eyes again, showing a weak smile, “I am fine, I will not die.”
“Good.” Violet nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
It was good enough that he would not die, after all, she could not offer other help.
Suddenly, Violet's stomach growled, unusually loud in the not-so-large cave.
Violet blushed and touched her stomach, not daring to look at the man next to her.
The man, in turn, looked at her with amusement, “Hungry?”
“Nonsense, I haven't eaten since I was kidnapped by you.” Violet said angrily.
When she was collecting firewood, she drank some rainwater from the leaves and had no food at all.
Ivan smiled again, “There's no food here.”
“I know.” Violet gave a bitter smile.
Ivan looked outside the cave, “Unless you go outside to find some food, or you can only starve.”
“Find something to eat?” Violet looked outside and then shook her head, “There is no food outside, do you want me to hunt?”
Ivan was amused, “If you have that ability, I will let you free from being legally responsible.”
“No, I'd better go out and see if there are any fruits or something like that, and then we'll try to find our way out.” Violet said, standing up.
Ivan did not say anything but watched her go out of the cave.
Violet stayed outside for about two hours before coming back, luckily, she found some fruits like kiwi, which was sour, but it was better than being hungry all the time.
Violet ate three of them, and then served Ivan who could not move his arms and legs to eat.
After eating, the fire was almost extinguished.
Violet clapped her hands and stood up, “Let's go.”
Ivan did not object and stood up with her help.
The two of them walked towards the outside of the cave at a hobbled pace.
At the bottom of the mountain, Stanley sat on his sleeping bag exhaustedly, his clothes were wrinkled and stained with a lot of mud, looking wretched, even his handsome face had several scrapes.
The doctor was applying medicine to his face, while Fraser was standing in front of him. He asked nervously, “Mr. Murphy, except for your face, where else did you get hurt?”
Half an hour ago, Mr. Murphy wanted to go to the other side of the mountain to look for his wife.
But accidentally he slipped and rolled down the hill, and that was why he got the injury on his face.
If he hadn't been strong enough to bring the Mr. Murphy back for medicine, the Mr. Murphy would definitely continue to go on looking for her.
“I'm fine.” Stanley held his forehead and answered in a low and dumb voice.
Fraser was worried, “Are you really okay? Should we go back to the hospital in town ......”
“No need!” Stanley frowned and interrupted him.
Fraser stopped.
At this time, a search and rescue team member lifted the tent curtain and came in, with a clear look of excitement on his face, “Mr. Murphy, good news.”
“Did you find her?” Stanley's pupils shook and he immediately stood up.
The doctor who applied the medicine to him was directly knocked back several steps by him.
“No, but we just had someone see smoke on the other side of the mountain.” The search and rescue team member said, “That is not the fog naturally produced by the mountain, but the smoke produced by someone burning something. Our people have checked that there is no one living near this mountain, then that smoke ......”
“It's possible that Mrs. Murphy lit it!” Fraser chimed in and said excitedly, “Great, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murphy is not dead, she is still alive.”
Stanley's body was trembling slightly, even his tightly clenched fist, which was also trembling slightly, that was a sign of his happiness.
“Quick, immediately send someone to find her!” Fraser immediately commanded, since Stanley did not speak.
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