Su Xiaoqi flipped him over and saw his face clearly.
With starry brows and a straight nose, his handsome features could only belong to Shen Yun.
Su Xiaoqi's mind went blank. How did he fall into the river?
Was he also thrown into the river like her?
Impossible!
Thinking of his gaze when he looked at her earlier.
Su Xiaoqi couldn't help but shudder. She thought, "If I push him back into the river now, will he die?"
Then, the male protagonist dies, the story ends, and she returns to modern times!
Of course, there was another possibility.
She would perish along with the book and never be able to go back!
Su Xiaoqi shook her head. The risk was too great; it wasn't advisable.
After a bout of wild thoughts, she ultimately didn't act.
She settled the man by the campfire and began eating her dough drops. Then, a "ding-dong" sounded, and a voice echoed in her mind.
"Su's Farm upgraded!"
Su Xiaoqi entered the space with her consciousness.
She found that the previously vast white expanse had begun to take shape.
The sun shone brightly, a gentle breeze blew, and there was a plot of water paddy, about one fen in size. The water in the field rippled with the wind.
Su Xiaoqi stood within it, her heart filled with peace and joy.
With a thought, she found she could choose the type of crop to plant.
There were two options: wheat and rice.
Without hesitation, she chose rice. She was a true Xiang girl, raised on white rice.
One season in the space, from sowing to harvest, equated to only an hour outside.
However, she could only plant once a day.
The space had just been upgraded, allowing for an additional planting.
But based on the current planting capacity, one fen of land yielded only one dou of grain, which, after hulling, became seven sheng, totaling about ten jin.
Su Xiaoqi carefully stored the ten jin of rice and the leftover wheat in the space.
She began planning her next steps.
Shen Yun's head ached. He knew he had been saved.
He desperately wanted to open his eyes to see who had saved him.
But his eyelids were heavy. He tried hard to open a sliver.
He could only see a small figure in front of him.
She was far away. He wanted to see more.
But she covered her face and turned behind a rock.
Su Xiaoqi didn't want Shen Yun to see her; otherwise, he would start shouting and threatening her again.
Seeing that he was in good condition, she guessed he would recover soon.
She turned to leave, not wanting him to capture her and drown her again.
Not long after she left, she heard a loud clattering sound.
It sounded like something rolling from the mountaintop to the foot.
Startled, she looked towards the sound and saw someone hanging from a tree branch on a nearby cliff.
He clung to the trunk with one hand, his feet dangling precariously, his face contorted in pain.
It seemed he couldn't hold on much longer and was about to fall.
Su Xiaoqi moved closer and peered over the cliff to see him clearly—Shen Erdan.
She coincidentally remembered the plot from the book.
Shen Erdan had inexplicably gone to the cliff edge and fallen to his death.
After Madam Zhao's death, Shen Yun would lose another relative.
Su Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, thinking that doing good deeds and saving people could trigger the space's upgrade. Cupping her hands, she called out to him:
"Hey, Shen Erdan, hold on a little longer. I'm coming to save you."
She took some vines growing on the cliff, skillfully tied a knot, and threw them down:
"If you grab it, I'll pull you up."
Shen Erdan saw her through the vine in front of him, his face filled with fear.
In his eyes, she was the wicked woman who had harmed his mother and made him mute.
How could he dare to take the vine she threw?
Su Xiaoqi feared his young hands wouldn't hold on for much longer and urged him to grab it quickly.
"Heh heh..." Facing her urging, Shen Erdan's face turned pale, and he kept shaking his head.
Su Xiaoqi understood that Shen Erdan didn't trust her and was afraid she would kill him.
Thinking of how the original owner had unhesitatingly killed Madam Zhao and made Shen Erdan mute, she realized his worries were not unfounded.
She pulled at the corner of her mouth and said gently:
"Don't be afraid. Your elder brother asked me to save you. He's behind that rock over there. Come up and see if you don't believe me."
Shen Erdan seemed to believe her. She continued:
"Tie the vine around yourself, and I'll pull you up. Your elder brother is waiting for you there."
While comforting Shen Erdan, Su Xiaoqi tied the vine to a large tree on the side.
This way, if her hands slipped and she couldn't hold on, Shen Erdan wouldn't fall to his death.
Shen Erdan saw her actions.
Coupled with the fact that his hands were truly failing him, he tied the vine around himself.
Seeing this, Su Xiaoqi pulled him up with all her might.
Shen Erdan untied the vine and collapsed onto the ground, searching for his elder brother with his eyes.
Su Xiaoqi saw that he wouldn't be able to get up anytime soon and reached out to help him.
But Shen Erdan was too afraid of her and kept backing away.
To an outsider, it looked as though she was pushing him away.
"Stop..." a stern shout came from behind.
Su Xiaoqi couldn't help but shiver. She turned around and saw Shen Yun, whom she had just saved.