C5

Sheng Jiuzhou remained as cold as ice, and did not speak, but it was clear that when Shen Jiaming said these words, she did not react with a hint of fear, and her entire body was surprisingly calm, as if Shen Jiaming had only said something about the weather was good or something.

Seeing her so calm, Shen Jiaming suddenly felt his chest being blocked by a mouthful of old blood. He could not help but guess, that she had already stayed in this Tomb Hole for a few days already, and had not gone out at all?

He did not wait for Sheng Jiuzhou to react and grinded his teeth, then said: "At the entrance of the cave, there is someone that could be my comrade. He is dead, and his corpse is already starting to rot."

As he was speaking, Sheng Jiuzhou suddenly turned her head to look at him. Her eyes seemed to be looking at an idiot, full of disdain.

Shen Jiaming originally wanted to say it out loud in advance so that the little girl would be mentally prepared. If she was afraid, he would first comfort her. However, he never expected that Sheng Jiuzhou would actually be so calm, calmer than he, a man.

Inexplicably, Shen Jiaming felt defeated.

He was afraid that she couldn't hear him clearly, so he impatiently repeated himself, "Ah Jiu, you probably didn't hear what I said just now. I said …"

"Are you afraid of him?"

"Huh?" Shen Jiaming was suddenly interrupted, and for a moment, he did not understand what Sheng Jiuzhou meant by 'afraid'.

"You don't have to be afraid. It's just a piece of skin. If it's broken, then make a new one." Sheng Jiuzhou was comforting him with sincere and earnest words, like a little old granny.

Shen Jiaming, "..."

He felt that the child was probably an adolescent who was suffering from a very serious disease.

What skin? It was a corpse! A corpse! A corpse!

What's broken, then we can make a new one? He was dead! A human life!

When the two of them were about to reach the cave entrance, Shen Jiaming smelt the rotten stench. He was afraid that Sheng Jiuzhou would not get used to smelling it, so he gestured for her to cover her nose and wait there.

The second time he saw this corpse, Shen Jiaming was no longer as terrified as he was before. Of course, it could also be because there was a little girl by his side. As a man, if he didn't show some composure, how could he show off to a little girl?

He walked to the side of the corpse, raised his head, and observed the hole above. His mind quickly spun, imagining how likely it was that Sheng Jiuzhou and him would climb up there.

Looking at the potholed walls around him, plus his years of experience climbing mountains and physical training, he estimated that the chances of him climbing up were still high.

However, when he turned his head and saw Sheng Jiuzhou, he became troubled once again. That little girl was so young, he didn't know if she would be able to climb up the walls of the cave.

Shen Jiaming thought that the sky had already darkened. He still decided to collect the things that he could use, if not sleeping in the cave at night would be a problem.

He looked at the rotten corpse beside him and gritted his teeth. He braced himself and stretched out his hand, searching the body, hoping to find something useful.

To be honest, he had found something on the corpse. It was something useful, a wallet that was exactly the same as the one he used.

Shen Jiaming tried his best to recall, but he couldn't recall who among the team members that used the same money as him. He opened the wallet and there was the receipt again. There was his ID, his bank card, his driver's license, and a wad of cash that looked exactly like what he had in his wallet.