Female Novel
Chapter 1039
For a moment, I was overwhelmed with emotion. Meanwhile, Hendrix started breaking the branchesthat Rainie threw down into several sections.
Then he shoved the broken branches into the wall of the cave.
"Climb using the braches!"
I suddenly understood his meaning and followed his lead in breaking the branches. He found somestones in the mud and used them to knock each of the short branches firmly onto the walls of thehole.
It was backbreaking work yet Hendrix did it without complaint. He continued to climb and hammerthe branches.
As the distance between us widened, I couldn't pass the branches to him anymore, so I passed himthe unbroken branches and let him break them while hammering them against the wall.
The others had also understood Hendrix's method, so they didn't throw down the branchesanymore. Instead, they broke the tree branches and put them into a bag. Then, they tied it with arope and lowered the bag down for Hendrix to continue his tasks.
Everyone was united. It didn't take long for Hendrix to make a makeshift staircase out of thebranches. Hendrix glanced down at me and said, "Try climbing up!"
I nodded. There was something where I could place my footing, so naturally, I felt safer. Although Ihad never experienced wall climbing, I still managed to climb up. My survival instincts had kickedinto gear.
It was raining heavily, everyone was soaking wet. Naomi looked at me and said worriedly, "Let's getout of here quickly!"
"It's easy for the land to collapse here, especially on rainy days. Let's leave!" Tina urged.
As we trudged back, deafening thunder rumbled around us. We didn't have time to think about itand went straight into our tents.
"The pit seems to have collapsed more!" Tina's boyfriend suddenly spoke.novelbin
True enough, when we looked back, we saw an even bigger area of erosion.
"This place used to be full of mines, and some pits were more than 10 meters deep. No onemanaged them all these years. As long as it rains, this kind of accident will happen easily." Tina'sboyfriend said.
Tina said in surprise, "I saw many tea trees on the mountain. Those tea farmers must be in greatdanger. It's easy for them to lose their lives in this kind of environment."
Rainie opened her mouth and said to Hendrix, "Mr. Roberts, where have you been? If it wasn't forus looking for you and Rowane, Arianna wouldn't have suffered so much, and we wouldn't havebeen caught in this dreadful rain."
For a moment, everyone's attention was focused on Hendrix. Hendrix looked at everyone, but hewas still quite calm and polite. He said, "I didn't expect my actions tonight would lead to so muchtrouble. I'll treat everyone to a good meal tomorrow as an apology."
Rainie grimaced. "We don't blame you. We know it's not your fault."
As we walked away from the dreadful pit, the reality of what could have happened rushed throughme. I felt huge wave relief and exhaustion go through my bones.
My legs went limp, and I faltered.
Hendrix was quick to catch me in his arms, and he hugged me tightly.
"Arianna, what's wrong? Are you hurt? Let's have a look." Naomi was anxious and knelt downbeside me to examine me.
Hendrix blocked Naomi. His voice was soft like he was restraining himself. "She's just tired and toostressed out. Now that she's safe, her body's relaxed. She's not injured. She'll be fine after a rest."