Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1406: Chapter 1407: Can’t Get It, Can’t Fight For It

The wails of grief in the torrential rain were especially piercing and sorrowful.

They brought tears to those watching and heartache to those listening.

Su Chengyuan and the others heard Gong Jue Chen’s anguished cries and immediately believed Ye Zhi was dead. Everyone burst into tears, but their hands did not stop working—they quickly dug Shi Shi out of the soil.

Shi Shi had been buried slightly shallower than Ye Zhi. When Su Chengyuan and the others managed to extract her, she still had breath and was not dead.

Gong Jue Chen paid no heed to whether Shi Shi lived or died; his entire focus was on Ye Zhi. Only when he had finally dug Ye Zhi’s entire body out of the mud did he clutch her tightly and drop to his knees, sobbing toward the heavens.

”Ah——”

His anguished cries seemed as though they would tear through the very heavens and earth. Watching him and listening to him, Su Chengyuan and the others felt an immense sorrow deep in their hearts.

Even though Shi Shi had only fainted and had not actually died, not a single trace of happiness flickered across their faces.

The only thought in everyone’s minds was: Ye Zhi was dead.

Kneeling in the rain, Gong Jue Chen held Ye Zhi tightly. He threw his head back, wailing toward the sky, as the unrelenting rain poured over his face—washing away the tears flowing from his peach blossom-shaped eyes while simultaneously freezing his heart completely, leaving it utterly dead inside.

The word ”heartache” was insufficient to describe the agony of losing Ye Zhi.

She had been his one and only, the one he fought for—the one he tried to have. Yet in the end, he still failed to capture her, failed to win her over...

”Zhizhi... Zhizhi...” Gong Jue Chen wept and wailed, even after his tears dried up and his eyes could shed no more.

He continued to cry and howl.

His grip on Ye Zhi tightened, as if trying to merge her entire being into his own body.

Perhaps Gong Jue Chen’s sorrowful cries were so harrowing that they roused Shi Shi, who had fainted after being buried alive.

Shi Shi, upon seeing Gong Jue Chen clutching Ye Zhi in a state of manic grief, instantly understood what had happened to Ye Zhi.

”Miss Ye...” Shi Shi’s bright eyes quickly reddened. In the military camp, Ye Zhi had always taken good care of her. Even though Shi Shi had entered the camp to protect Ye Zhi, after spending so much time together, she had developed deep feelings for her—feelings akin to those of close friends.

Now that Ye Zhi was dead, she too was overcome with sadness.

At this moment, Su Chengyuan and the others were equally enveloped in grief, their hearts too heavy to notice anything else. Thus, when Shi Shi referred to Ye Zhi as ”Miss Ye” rather than her title of Deputy General, no one noticed anything amiss.

Everyone sat or stood there as the torrential rain drenched them, staring at Gong Jue Chen clutching Ye Zhi and crying as if his soul had been torn apart, as if he had lost everything in the world.

Elsewhere, inside a tent, An Jing, who had been studying the terrain map she had just drawn, suddenly raised her head and asked, ”Does anyone hear someone crying?” Amidst the deafening sound of rain, she thought she heard the sound of someone crying.

Du Aya immediately broke out in goosebumps and hurriedly said, ”General, don’t scare me! I only hear the rain. There’s no one crying.”

The others also chimed in, saying they didn’t hear anything.

An Jing listened carefully, and upon realizing that only the crashing sounds of the rain could be heard, she chuckled and said, ”Then I must’ve been mistaken.”

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As Gong Jue Chen wailed and wailed, he suddenly noticed the body he was clutching so tightly was growing warmer. He froze momentarily.

Shouldn’t a dead person’s body grow colder and colder? Why was his Zhizhi’s body growing hotter and hotter?

Only pausing for a brief moment, Gong Jue Chen immediately lowered his head to look at Ye Zhi’s face, so small it couldn’t even cover a palm.

Feeling the warmth emanating from her body wasn’t his illusion, he hurriedly freed one hand and leaned in to check Ye Zhi’s breath.