The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1118 - Chapter 1118 1118 Cliff Survival 3

Chapter 1118: 1118 Cliff Survival 3 Chapter 1118: 1118 Cliff Survival 3 Before she could steady herself, she fell into a cold embrace.

“Wife…” Xiao Yuchuan had a thousand words to say, grateful to the heavens for being able to hold her again, yet it all turned into a choked two words.

Su Qingyue still had a large bundle of firewood on her back, which she took off and piled onto the woodpile that took up nearly one square meter on the wooden raft.

Looking at the lit woodpile, it was far more practical than a sloppy “I love you.”

Tears of emotion welled up in her eyes.

Xiao Yuchuan, seeing the tears in her eyes, asked softly, “Wife, why are you crying?

Are you too happy to see me?”

“No,” she said with a moved expression, “I’m just feeling that, damn it, I’m finally not going to freeze to death!”

“…” Xiao Yuchuan’s forehead creased with three black lines, “Isn’t it true love that shows itself in adversity, seeing how deeply in love you are with your husband?”

“I am indeed deeply in love with this bit of you,” she said admiringly, giving him a glance.

“This cliff is so hard, it’s easy to knock a small stone off, but digging a hole big enough for two people, suitable for a fire, and for storing firewood, is simply impossible, especially since we have no tools.

I was really worried before.

I thought about building a wooden raft, but it would be useless because we must build a fire, or else we’d freeze to death even with solid ground under our feet, as we can’t light a fire on a wooden raft.

But you, third brother, came up with the idea of piling a thick layer of broken stones and dirt on the wooden raft.

This way, with careful attention, we won’t burn through the raft while lighting a fire.”

“Didn’t you say the two of us are better than Zhuge Liang?” He grinned, showing a mouthful of bright white teeth.

Surrounded by nearly vertical cliffs and unfathomable pond water at the bottom, a tree trunk extended out from the cliff face about a meter above the surface of the pool, cleverly using the cliff and the tree as support to build a wooden raft of about two square meters.

On the left side of the wooden raft, a layer of broken stones mixed with a small amount of mud was piled high, with a fire burning on top.

The other side of the raft was stacked with a high woodpile.

Su Qingyue pushed the firewood closer to the side against the cliff, freeing up more space for a person to use.

“Wife, your clothes are all wet, take them off quickly and dry them by the fire,” said Xiao Yuchuan, reaching out to help her remove her clothes.

“I’m not cold.” She had even broken out into a sweat; climbing up and down the cliff, she had exerted all her strength in gathering firewood, doing so much activity in such cold weather that she was sweating.

But now that she was no longer moving and the cold wind was blowing, she felt cold again.

Xiao Yuchuan had taken off all his clothes and was now wearing only underpants.

All his clothes were hung on tree sticks, drying beside the fire.

He touched the thinnest inner shirt, which, although being dried, was still damp.

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If only it were dry, he could have given it to his wife to wear first.

Su Qingyue knew that wearing wet clothes again would certainly lead to illness.

Since the man was her husband, she stripped off her clothes, leaving only her bellyband and lingerie on.

Tonight there was no moon, and the night was pitch black.

The burning wood fire pile brightly illuminated the surroundings.

Xiao Yuchuan’s gaze fell on Su Qingyue, and he saw her slender thin waist, her curves pronounced, her legs straight and long, her fair skin so delicate it seemed almost pinchable.

It seemed to prevent her long hair from getting caught in tree bark while climbing the cliff, and she had tied her half-dry hair into a bun at the back of her head with a hair band, revealing her pure white ears, with exquisite features, presenting an extraordinary charm.

With the bellyband barely covering her fullness, and the waist that seemed one hand could encompass, his gaze turned fiery in an instant.