Wu Xie's hand was numb with pain. Because of the bleeding, the flashlight was stuck to his hand, and his finger joints were stiff from the cold. Even he himself couldn't tell whether he didn't want to put down the flashlight or whether the flashlight was stuck to his hand.

The fat man tried to light the tinderbox several times but couldn't get it going. He said anxiously, "We didn't bring anything to keep warm. If this continues, we'll all freeze to death here."

The fat man kept breathing on Wu Xie to warm him up, rendering the hand warmers used by the others useless.

"Little boy, Lingxiao, Lingxiao." Xie Yuhua called Lingxiao's name, but received no response.

"Young Master?" Hei Xiazi took off his coat and draped it over Ling Xiao's shoulders.

Ling Xiao struggled to open his eyes. He lay on Xie Yuhua's back and whispered in his ear, "Give up on me."

"Don't talk nonsense. We'll find the exit soon. I'll buy you hawthorns when we go back to Kyoto, okay?" Xie Yuhua coaxed him.

Ling Xiao saw that his forehead was already covered in ice. Even though carrying him would only make him colder, he still put his coat on him first and carried him on his back without ever uttering a word about being cold.

Seeing that there was no response for a long time, Xieyuhua called out twice more, and Lingxiao finally responded: "Give up on me, and you will have more time and energy to move on. Please, don't make me a burden."

"Don't you want to eat stir-fried hawthorn berries anymore? As long as you hold on until we get out, I'll let you eat two bowls every day, okay? You still owe me a pair of rings, are you trying to renege on your debt? Don't think I don't know that you deliberately melted them last time, what? Trying to renege on my debt?" Xie Yuhua tried to say something to get the child's attention. Whether it was hawthorn berries or rings, he was willing to try anything the child cared about.

"I'm sorry," Ling Xiao said slowly.

Jieyuhua panicked. He didn't understand what this apology meant. Was it an apology for deliberately melting the ring back then, or an apology for no longer wanting to keep his promise? But looking back, he could no longer find anything that could hold the child's heart...

"If the young master gives up so quickly, then all of the young master's rooms will belong to the blind man?" Seeing that what Xie Yuhua said was not working, Hei Xiazi started to chime in.

"Okay," Ling Xiao replied.

"A blind man doesn't change his bed sheets for three days straight!"

"it is good."

"The blind man is going to pee on the young master's carpet!"

"it is good."

"Is that all you can do? Does that mean the blind man can bully the fat man all he wants? And Zhuangzhuang, the blind man has long suspected that this kid can eat a lot. If the young master is gone, the blind man will only give him one bowl of rice a day. If he dares to steal any food, the blind man will hang him up and spank him until he's dried into a cured meat!"

"it is good."

"And then there's Master Hua. If the young master is gone, Master Hua will belong to the blind man. The blind man doesn't have the young master's good temper. After Master Hua goes with the blind man, he'll have to sing for the blind man every day, and all the money will be transferred to the blind man's name!" As Hei Xiazi spoke, he kept hinting to Xie Yuhua to cooperate.

“Yes, if you’re not here, I’ll stay with the blind man and sing for him every day.” Xie Yuhua glared at the blind man, but ultimately pretended to cooperate.

After a moment of silence, Ling Xiao slowly said, "Okay."

No matter what Hei Xiazi said, Ling Xiao seemed to only respond with one word, leaving Hei Xiazi in despair... He suspected that the young master hadn't even heard what he was saying.

Just as he was about to put on another crying scene for Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao suddenly reached out and grabbed Xie Yuhua by the neck, using all his strength and showing no mercy.

Xie Yuhua was caught off guard and tried to lower her hand that was behind her back to pull the hand that was grabbing her neck, but she gave up at the last moment and let the other person choke her.

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