Qiao Qiao saw that Yu He's gaze was cold, and she felt her dangerous situation. She was at the tip of a branch and would fall if she fell.
Below was an unfathomable abyss. There were no growing branches along the way. If she fell further, she wouldn't be so lucky!
"Yu He, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, it was all my fault for being blinded by the Qi family's interests back then and making so many impulsive decisions. I know I was wrong, and I'll change! Please give me a chance to correct my mistakes!
"I'll tell you where Grandma Yu is. Please let me go. I don't want to die!" Her eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she begged for mercy.
If conditions allowed, she probably could have kowtowed.
Yu He endured the pain of the wound on her leg, shifted to a more comfortable sitting position, tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of her clothes, and tied it around the wound on her thigh. Then, she took out silver needles and gave herself a few acupunctures to stop the bleeding and pain.
Seeing that she was being ignored, Qiao Qiao was furious. She had apologized, yet Yu He was acting so haughty at such a critical moment.
At this moment, Qiao Qiao's body slid down a bit more. Terrified, she immediately said, "I truly know I was wrong. As long as you let me live, I swear I'll be your ox and horse from now on and atone for my sins with the rest of my life."
"Who provided you with support?" Yu He asked after finishing her work, looking up.
Qiao Qiao was stunned. She hadn't expected that question. Her survival instinct made her blurt out, "The Qin family."
Yu He frowned. Did someone from the Qin family still want her dead?
"Who from the Qin family?"
Seeing that she was so eager to know, Qiao Qiao's eyes suddenly darted. "Pull me up first, and then I'll tell you!"
Yu He looked at her with her cold eyes for a moment, then extended her right hand. "Give me your hand."
Qiao Qiao was overjoyed. She knew her tears could soften anyone's heart.
Excitedly, she quickly raised her left hand to reach for Yu He's right hand, forgetting that the wound on her right hand had not fully healed and that this injured hand alone could not support the weight of her entire body.
The next second, Qiao Qiao's body slid down a large section. She was so terrified that she flailed and grabbed the tip of a branch. The tip broke, and she fell down with it.
Qiao Qiao: !!!
Ahhh!
She looked at the smug smile on Yu He's lips, growing further and further away, and only then did she realize:
Yu He had done it on purpose!
She had deliberately tricked her into letting go!
How could the cold-blooded Yu He forgive her so easily?!
Qiao Qiao regretted it, but it was too late.
With one less person's weight, the tree root stopped tilting downward, and Yu He was temporarily safe. As long as Lu Yiming's helicopter arrived quickly, there would be no problem.
She looked up. The distance was a bit far, and she couldn't see the person on the cliff edge.
She tapped her earpiece, wanting to ask Lu Yiming why the helicopter hadn't arrived yet. Only then did she realize that the Bluetooth headset had gone out of range, and she couldn't contact Lu Yiming.
She had given her phone to Qiao Wei before coming down. Now, with no way to contact those above, she could only wait.
The weather today was already gloomy, and it was getting dark earlier than usual.
The rescue helicopter was delayed. The people on the cliff soon set up lights, but they couldn't reach Yu He's location from afar.
She sat on the branch, leaning against the rock face, watching the sky gradually darken. Her fingers unconsciously trembled.
She pressed the Hegu acupoint on her left hand to calm herself. But as it got later, she broke out in a cold sweat, and her body trembled more violently, to the point where she couldn't press the acupoint. Her hands finally drooped.
"Buzz buzz—"
Finally, the rescue helicopter arrived, slowly descending from the cliff, its strong searchlight approaching Yu He.
The helicopter's rotors needed space and couldn't get too close to the branch. They had to maintain a certain distance, stabilize, and then extend a ladder to the cliff wall near the branch.
The branch trembled violently from the airflow of the helicopter's rotors. Yu He, sitting on the branch, swayed with the shaking.
"Baby, baby? Can you hear me?"
At this moment, Qin Beiting's voice came from Yu He's earpiece. He had rushed over and was in the cabin.
Seeing Yu He, who was looking down and sitting on the branch, swaying with its movement, his heart sank to his throat, fearing she would fall.
At the same time, he noticed that Yu He was acting very strangely. She had been completely still since they arrived.
"Baby? Yu He! Can you hear me?" Qin Beiting couldn't help but grip his walkie-talkie.
There was still no response from the other side.
Lu Yiming and his team had secured the ladder. "Brother Ting, it's stable. Shall I go over and take a look?"
"I'll go!" Qin Beiting snatched the safety equipment that Lu Yiming was about to put on and put it on himself.
Then, he stepped onto the ladder and quickly made his way to Yu He.
The branch carrying Yu He suddenly bore more weight, and the entire tree tilted downward by more than ten degrees.
"Baby, are you okay?" As soon as Qin Beiting touched Yu He, she suddenly raised her head.
Her eyes were bloodshot, her gaze fierce, but unfocused. A bizarre smile played on her exquisite face.
"!" Qin Beiting was very familiar with this look.
How could this be?
Hadn't Freudian already erased her bad memories?
Why was she still having a panic attack due to her fear of heights?!
"Brother Ting, hurry up! That branch can't support both your weights!" Lu Yiming shouted.
Qin Beiting grabbed Yu He and, ignoring her struggles, forcibly hugged her and quickly moved back.
On the unstable ladder, Qin Beiting moved agilely while carrying someone.
As they reached the cabin door, before Lu Yiming could retract the ladder, he saw the tree break with a "crack" and fall into the abyss, making Lu Yiming's heart pound.
"Fortunately, we made it in time," he sighed in relief and had his men retract the ladder.
As soon as the cabin door closed, with a "bang," Qin Beiting was thrown against the door, and the entire plane shook.
"Head back, retract..." Before Lu Yiming could finish, he saw a dagger stab Qin Beiting in the abdomen. "!!"
He turned back abruptly, and Yu He's spinning kick came at him. Caught off guard, he was kicked to Qin Beiting's side, and the plane shook again.
The two subordinates who had just retracted the ladder saw Yu He injure their boss and put down the ladder, preparing to subdue her together.
"Don't touch her!"
Qin Beiting and Lu Yiming said in unison.
Lu Yiming could see now that Yu He was not right!
He had seen her combat effectiveness when she was completely in a panic. The two of them were no match for her, so they shouldn't provoke her further and suffer.
The two subordinates were confused, but since their boss had told them not to act, they stopped.
However, Yu He had no intention of stopping. She charged forward, catching the two subordinates off guard. After a few exchanges, without their boss's orders, they dared not fight seriously. Soon, both of them were kicked and slammed into the opposite seats and windows, causing the plane to shake twice more.
The pilot, who was flying the plane, felt the shaking and couldn't help but look back to see what was happening in the cabin.
The result was a shock.