"Let's go that way." Feng Ling decisively led the team up the hillside.
Xu Yiming was completely baffled.
He stared at Feng Ling's back and opened his mouth. "Wh... why?"
Yet leading a team often required no reason at all. As long as one appeared sufficiently confident, others would blindly trust and rely on them.
So even though Feng Ling offered no explanation, everyone unconsciously followed in her footsteps and headed up the mountain.
Xu Yiming trailed behind the team in a daze.
Reason told him that the wind would be stronger and the temperature colder up the mountain. It was absolutely unsuitable for camping overnight.
But he lacked the courage to speak up and stop them.
Because he knew that if he stopped Feng Ling, he would have to propose another plan. But was heading into the forest below the hillside really the right choice?
What if they encountered the terrifying Snow Woman?
What if someone was injured or killed?
Could he bear that responsibility?
And if something went wrong now, Feng Ling would be the one questioned, not him.
—Human nature was often like this. People did not voice their opinions simply because they were unwilling to take responsibility.
Xu Yiming felt ashamed of this dark little thought.
He felt that he should not entrust the entire team's safety to a girl nearly ten years younger than him. It was too irresponsible, and unfair to Feng Ling.
His mind was in turmoil.
Just as Xu Yiming hesitated over whether to go up and warn Feng Ling, Wen Xiuyan in the group said excitedly, "There's light ahead! It looks like a wooden cabin!"
Wen Xiuyan happily praised Feng Ling. "Your eyesight is amazing. You could see it from so far away."
Another young man named Wu Wei also breathed