I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 411 My Family

"One, two, one, two, one, two..." Chu Liuzheng shouted the rhythm, his face turning purple from the effort. Seeing the stone coffin lid slowly move open a crack, he exclaimed with delight, "It's moving! Keep pushing!"

Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou gritted their teeth, their eyes bulging, and used all their remaining strength, causing veins to bulge on their arms.

"boom!"

The stone coffin lid slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Cough cough!" The three of them collapsed to the ground, choked by the dust and coughing. Their arms and fingers trembled involuntarily, and they didn't even have the strength to lift their hands.

"Miss Chu, how are you?" It was Jiang Zhou's voice.

It took Chu Liuzheng a while to realize that he had slipped and fallen to the ground. His vision blurred, and the hot breath he exhaled almost cooked him.

[Wearing wet clothes in the mountain wind is definitely not a good idea. I only asked my second junior brother for a cloak; what a rip-off!]

She tried to sit up, but her arms were too weak to support her, so she had to continue lying down. She swallowed hard, and her dry, chapped lips opened and closed several times before she could make a sound: "I can't stand up now. Please check on His Highness Prince Rui."

"what?"

"Look at His Highness Prince Rui."

"What? Miss Chu, speak louder."

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

Are you deaf?

She really misunderstood Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou.

She thought her voice was loud, but to the two of them it was softer than a mosquito's hum, completely inaudible.

Chu Liuzheng opened his mouth, wanting to repeat himself, but although his lips moved, his throat hurt so much that he couldn't make a sound.

Forget it, let's just destroy it.

She closed her eyes, then opened them again reluctantly after a moment.

We've worked so hard all this time, and the credit for saving Prince Rui is within reach. We have to get it no matter what!
She bit her tongue hard, instantly tasting a hint of blood. The pain jolted her dazed mind somewhat clearer.

"You..." She had only uttered one word when she suddenly heard Zhang Qian shush, his voice weak and feeble, "There are footsteps."

Chu Liuzheng immediately swallowed his words. The person who came at this moment was probably an enemy, not a friend.

All three were on edge. Jiang Zhou swallowed hard and said to the other two, "You two take Prince Rui and go first. I'll cover the rear."

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

Zhang Qian: "..."

They're already struggling to run on their own, let alone bring others along?

Heh, let's die together, then we can keep each other company on the road to the underworld.

That's what I think, but I can't really do nothing.

Chu Liuzheng propped himself up against the stone coffin, stretched out his leg to pull the broken stick in two, took one piece for himself, and handed the other to Zhang Qian next to him. As for Jiang Zhou, there weren't enough sticks to go around, so he could only pray for good luck.

The footsteps grew closer, but there seemed to be only a few people around.

She silently held her breath and opened the system.

In case it's a two-headed or three-headed monster, she'll be mentally prepared so she won't faint from fright at first sight.

【Huh? Wait a minute!】

[It's Chen Xing and Doctor Feng!!!]

Reinforcements have arrived!!

Chu Liuzheng was so excited that she choked on her saliva and coughed repeatedly. Her dizzy head felt so heavy that it pulled her straight to the ground.

Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou wished they could cover her mouth.

Stop coughing! You've attracted everyone here! The footsteps quickened, and the person started running, suddenly stopping at the entrance of the stone chamber.

Chu Liuzheng was still coughing, as if he was about to cough up his lungs.

"Sister Liu Zheng." A clear, melodious female voice suddenly rang out. "Is that you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou turned to look at Chu Liuzheng and whispered, "Do you know him?"

Chu Liuzheng finally stopped coughing and nodded to the two of them.

At the same time, a pink figure flashed in and attacked Jiang Zhou with lightning speed.

"Wait!" Chu Liuzheng shouted in surprise, "It's one of us!"

Chen Xing abruptly stopped his attack, stepped on the stone coffin, rolled twice in the air, and landed lightly in front of Chu Liuzheng.

"Sister! It really is you! I'm so glad you're alright!" Her eyes sparkled as she bent down to help Chu Liuzheng up, but she was startled by the heat emanating from through the cloak. She quickly reached out to touch Chu Liuzheng's forehead, only to be burned by the scalding temperature. She immediately turned and called out, "Dr. Feng, come in quickly!"

Hearing the call, Feng Jing immediately ran in, shouting, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Sister Liu Zheng has a fever." Chen Xing waved to him.

Feng Jing ran over in a flash and squatted down in front of Chu Liuzheng.

The stone chamber was dimly lit, but the shimmering light illuminated Chu Liuzheng's crimson eyelids, flushed cheeks, and several small wounds on his face that had stopped bleeding.

[Waaaaah~ My dear family!]

Finally, I don't have to struggle alone anymore!

Chu Liuzheng could now quite understand those who, upon meeting an old friend in a foreign land, were speechless and wept uncontrollably. She desperately wanted to cry too, but still forced a smile at the two of them, her voice hoarse: "Why are you here?"

"It's a long story, I'll tell you later." Feng Jing took a pill for typhoid fever from his cloth bag and fed it to her, then gave her a few more acupuncture needles. "Don't think about anything, just close your eyes and take a nap."

"But……"

“No buts.” Feng Jing said seriously, “If you don’t sleep, I’ll prick your most painful acupoints.”

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

Dr. Feng is as ruthless as ever.

She was actually at her limit, but there were still things left to do.

"Here." Chu Liuzheng, panting, grabbed Chen Xing's hand and pressed it to his chest. "The undergarment contains medicine—"

Before he could finish speaking, he had already fainted.

Chen Xing hurriedly hugged the person and turned to look at Feng Jing: "What medicine is your sister talking about?"

Feng Jing thought for a moment and concluded that it must be the life-saving medicine that Chu Liuzheng had exchanged with him on the condition of testing the poison. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard an anxious cry from the side: "Your Highness, Prince Rui! Your Highness!"

It turned out that Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou were relieved after discovering that the visitors were friends rather than enemies. Seeing that Feng Jing was treating Chu Liuzheng and seemed to want to catch up, they did not disturb him rashly, but instead went together to check on the condition of Prince Rui.

The three of them were imprisoned together, and Prince Rui was still conscious at the time. Logically, since they had already pushed open the stone coffin, Prince Rui should have made some noise. But now, after calling out several times, there was no response from inside the stone coffin.

Jiang Zhou lay on the stone coffin, calling out, "Your Highness Prince Rui! Your Highness!"

There was still no response from inside the stone coffin.
Both of them felt a jolt in their hearts. Jiang Zhou was about to climb over and take a look when he suddenly heard a woman's voice: "Move aside."

Jiang Zhou quickly stepped aside.

Chen Xing, supporting herself on the stone coffin, leaped into it like a nimble cat, carried the person inside out, placed them on the ground, briefly checked their pulse, and her delicate eyebrows immediately furrowed.

If it weren't for the faint pulse still remaining, this man, who was so thin he was just skin and bones, would have looked no different from a corpse.

Feng Jing settled Chu Liuzheng in properly before coming over, and Chen Xing immediately made room for him to check on him. Zhang Qian and Jiang Zhou squatted opposite him, their eyes fixed on him nervously.

Although they didn't know Feng Jing, they heard Chen Xing call out "Doctor Feng." Regardless of the doctor's skill level, he was still better than them, complete novices.

(End of this chapter)