The wails of grief in the torrential rain were especially piercing and sorrowful.
They brought tears to those watching and heartache to those listening.
Su Chengyuan and the others heard Gong Jue Chen's anguished cries and immediately believed Ye Zhi was dead. Everyone burst into tears, but their hands did not stop working—they quickly dug Shi Shi out of the soil.
Shi Shi had been buried slightly shallower than Ye Zhi. When Su Chengyuan and the others managed to extract her, she still had breath and was not dead.
Gong Jue Chen paid no heed to whether Shi Shi lived or died; his entire focus was on Ye Zhi. Only when he had finally dug Ye Zhi's entire body out of the mud did he clutch her tightly and drop to his knees, sobbing toward the heavens.
"Ah——"
His anguished cries seemed as though they would tear through the very heavens and earth. Watching him and listening to him, Su Chengyuan and the others felt an immense sorrow deep in their hearts.
