Song Ning had been rescued, and the bandit leader was dead.
Everyone felt much more at ease now.
It was pitch-black outside. They gathered around the fire to warm themselves and catch some sleep.
Not bad at all!
By daybreak, the rain had stopped completely.
Rescue teams from outside the mountains began arriving one after another.
But a natural disaster like this wrought such immense destruction that rebuilding their homes would be an uphill battle for the survivors.
The following afternoon, the group finally made it out of the mountains and met up with Lei Ming, who had been waiting for them.
Lei Ming's eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep.
When he saw Song Ning, he strode over, pulled her aside, and looked her up and down several times.
Only then did he let out a heavy sigh. "Girl! You've been through so much this time!"
"Grandpa! I'm fine!" Song Ning said softly. "Apart from scraping some skin off my hands, I wasn't hurt at all!"
Lei Ming looked surprised. "They didn't mistreat you? You were their hostage!"
Song Ning shook her head.
"They were fairly polite to me. Apart from putting a hood over my head, they didn't tie me up or hit or kick me! I thought about it, and they probably worried that an injury would make it harder for me to keep moving. They didn't have anyone to spare, after all!"
"They didn't mistreat you even after Suzanna died?"
Song Ning understood what Lei Ming meant. After Suzanna died, the people who were supposed to meet them never came. Lin Xiaoming must have realized that Ghost had abandoned them!
Besides, Lin Xiaojun was his brother!
He had planned to escape with Lin Xiaojun.
He knew perfectly well what it meant when Lin Xiaojun failed to