Xiao Wen quickly embraced Gu Qiaoqiao, her voice choked with emotion, "Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao, where did you go? I was worried sick! If I couldnāt find you, I would have had to atone for my guilt with my life."
Gu Qiaoqiao held her tightly, patting her back softly, "Sister Xiaowen, you should know Iām fine. Please donāt think like that, okay?"
Xiao Wen wiped away her tears and said quietly, "Yes, I was with Ling Nan the whole time, feeling you were alright, but we just couldnāt find you. You have no idea how anxious we were..."
Then, Xiao Wen hurriedly asked, "Where exactly did you go?"
Perhaps Xiao Wen was overly anxious, so she didnāt avoid the presence of Qin Yize.
Qin Yize was the first to find Gu Qiaoqiao.
This raised Qin Yizeās status even higher in Xiao Wenās heart, so she naturally admired Qin Yize and didnāt think of avoiding him.
Gu Qiaoqiao naturally wouldnāt tell Xiao Wen about her past lifeās hardships.
As for the secret of the Mysterious Dragon Box opening the Time-Space Gate, it actually doesnāt have much use.
For people like them, unless thereās an unyielding desire even Heaven couldnāt resist, thereās really no need to see what they experienced in the past life.
A past life is just a past life, itās already gone; the present life is whatās most important.
And for Xiao Wen, perhaps she already knows about her own past lives.
So, Gu Qiaoqiao saw no need to tell her and Ling Nan what she saw in the Reincarnation Gate.
However, in the future, sheāll find an opportunity to tell Xiao Wen and Ling Nan that this Mysterious Dragon Box opened the Time-Space Gate.
So Gu Qiaoqiao repeated what she had just said to Qin Yize.
Xiao Wen and Ling Nan nodded in unison; it seemed exactly like what they imagined.
This Mysterious Dragon Box, at the most perilous moment, when Gu Qiaoqiao and Dongfang Yu nearly formed a bond, took Gu Qiaoqiao away from this time-space to another place to evade the disaster.
After the disaster was averted, the Mysterious Dragon Box brought Gu Qiaoqiao back, providing a very reasonable and perfect explanation for everything.
The four of them did not delay and continued walking toward the outside of Cloud Mist Mountain.
They walked until noon.
They ate a simple meal of dried food and then continued onward.
Unexpectedly, the place where she appeared was so far from the foot of the mountain.
At three in the afternoon, they encountered Chu Chengfeng.
Seeing Gu Qiaoqiao finally found by Qin Yize, Chu Chengfeng felt a heavy burden lift off his heart, releasing a long sigh; only then did he realize how tense he had been.
No matter the prior causes, he was the leader of this expedition, and with Qiaoqiao missing, he naturally felt guilty.
So when he saw Gu Qiaoqiao, he nearly fell, but Qin Yize supported him, then they encountered Du Tian, and halfway up the mountain, they found Gu Qiaoqiaoās father, Gu Tianfeng.
It was at this point that Gu Qiaoqiao realized she had been missing for a week. Seeing her fatherās disheveled and haggard appearance, her nose tingled, and she hugged him and cried again.
Finally, they reached the foot of the mountain.
Gu Qiaoqiao gazed at everything before her, mouth agape in astonishment.
There were now seven or eight more tents.
By now it was evening, and under the sunsetās glow, her Great Grandfather Gu Qingfeng stood by the stream with a walking stick, gazing into the distance, his face solemn, lost in thought.
Gu Qiaoqiao couldnāt help but recall the scene she saw in the Time-Space Gate, feeling an indescribable sensation in her heart.