Beautiful CEO's Super Expert

Su Chen briefly went over the matters to be cautious about in the coming days before he and Lin Ruoxue left.

Upon exiting, Su Chen was surprised to find that people were standing at the entrance of almost every household. As soon as they saw the two coming out, everyone swarmed up as if scrambling to invite Lin Ruoxue to their homes for a visit.

Following that, Su Chen and Lin Ruoxue visited house after house. By the end of the night, Su Chen had lost count of how much food he had eaten and how many bowls of mare's milk tea he had drunk.

Eventually, both of them clutching their bellies, entered the village chief's house. In her previous visits here, Lin Ruoxue had always spent the night at the village chief's home.

This was the general arrangement for important guests.

"Miss Lin, Mr. Su, I have already prepared your accommodations,"

a hearty middle-aged man said with a smile. He was the village chief, Mu La.

"Thank you, Uncle Mai."

"What are you saying? You've helped our village so much over the years, this is nothing," Mu La said with a smile. "It's getting late; you should rest now."

After exchanging goodnights, everyone went to their respective rooms; Su Chen naturally shared a room with Lin Ruoxue.

Because the sound insulation here was very poor, Su Chen didn't do anything inappropriate to Lin Ruoxue. After all, bedroom amusements were better not overheard by others.

Perhaps it was because it was her first day here, and although she was quite tired, Lin Ruoxue still couldn't fall asleep. An hour later, she nudged the already sleeping Su Chen:

"Honey, come take a walk with me."

For Lin Ruoxue's request, Su Chen naturally agreed willingly. After all, sleep hardly affected him. His cultivation practices were even more effective than normal sleep.

After slipping out of the felt tent, they arrived at a nearby waterside, stepping on the soft grass, which felt very comfortable.

The two casually sat down on a small mound, and Su Chen lit a cigarette.

"The air here is really good!"

Lin Ruoxue bent her legs, hugged her knees, and exclaimed.

"It's really nice," Su Chen agreed and nodded, "Honey, can you now tell me why you came here? There must be a story."

"There is a small story. Do you want to hear it?"

Su Chen nodded.

Then Lin Ruoxue began to softly recount how she came to be connected to this place. The story was not particularly convoluted.

A few years ago, when she was not yet leading the Belle Group, she had loved traveling. Once, she came to play in Tianshan with a few travel buddies.

However, as everyone had their own preferences, they soon separated to enjoy different activities. They only planned to meet up at a certain spot in the evening.

Caught up in the beautiful scenery, Lin Ruoxue just kept walking until she forgot the way back and got lost.
Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

Back then, cellphones didn't have GPS, so she had no idea where she was.

Anxious, she walked desperately trying to find her way back, but the scenery looked all too similar here, and there were no distinctive buildings.

As it got later, she became more anxious. Upon seeing a rather tall mountain, she thought to climb it to see if she could recognize any path because a higher vantage point offers a better view.

However, because she was too focused on observing the distance, she accidentally slipped down. What she didn't expect was that on the other side of the mountain was actually a cliff.

In the panic, she grabbed a protruding rock, which slowed her fall and spared her a tragic end.

However, she was still twenty to thirty meters away from the mountain top, and with the steep rocky terrain, it was impossible for her to climb up.

Therefore, she could only shout for help loudly, but her throat was hoarse, and her arms were sore and numb, yet there was still no response.

Although her life was temporarily saved, it seemed she ultimately could not escape from the tragic fate of falling off the cliff.

Moreover, the harsh weather in Tianshan, especially at night with strong winds on the mountain, posed a severe test to both her body and mind.

Several times, Lin Ruoxue almost wanted to let go, but each time the thought occurred, a stubborn determination pulled her to hold on tightly.

But everyone has their limits of strength, especially in such conditions, and she could not keep shouting for help as before, managing only to intermittently yell a few times.

Just when she had lost all hope, she thought she heard a child's young voice, but she could not understand his words.

At first, she thought she was hallucinating, but when the child's voice sounded again, she immediately called for help fervently, despite the fact that it was just a child.

"Why are you here?"

Suddenly, a child's face peered down from the top of the mountain at her.

Seeing someone, Lin Ruoxue felt as if she saw a glimpse of hope and quickly yelled,

"I accidentally fell down, please hurry and call someone to rescue me!"

She could not understand the child, and the child hardly grasped her words, looking confused, he scratched his head and then ran away.

Lin Ruoxue did not know if the child had gone to call for help or had simply run away disregarding her.

Although the fierce wind in the valley still battered her relentlessly, and her ears were filled with its howling, at least now there was some hope, so she clenched her teeth and persevered.

Finally, persistence paid off, and after a long half-hour wait, noisy footsteps sounded from the mountain top, and she faintly saw glimmers of firelight.

Soon after, a thick rope was thrown down. Lin Ruoxue carefully grabbed the rope and wrapped it around her body. People at the top pulled together and finally pulled her up.

By then, Lin Ruoxue's entire body had frozen stiff, feeling almost detached from her. Those people carried her back to the village where she drank two large bowls of steaming milk tea, ate two cakes, and had a sleep, gradually coming around.

"Are those people from this village?"

Hearing this, he finally understood the connection between Lin Ruoxue and this village – it was truly a life-saving grace!

"Yes, them. Do you know who that kid was?"

Lin Ruoxue turned her head and smiled as she asked Su Chen.

Su Chen shook his head slightly.

"It was Tai Wei, that little guy. He happened to be out herding that day, and two sheep had run off. He was searching everywhere and just happened to come across me. If it hadn't been for him, I might have died long ago."

Lin Ruoxue now spoke of the incident as if it were a light and breezy subject, but in fact, she still felt somewhat frightened by the memory.

"It's destiny, meant for you to have an inseparable bond with this village!"

Su Chen smiled and pulled her into his embrace.

"Yes, husband, you're right," Lin Ruoxue murmured, "and then I stayed in the village for a few days. But do you know what impressed me the most about this village?"