He must first get Su Ziceng down the mountain to find the old hunter who saved his life. Her eyes required treatment; snow blindness, if not treated in time, would lead to blindness. A blinded Su Ziceng would miss out on the many wonderful things soon to unfold, wouldn't she?
Pello, stroking Su Ziceng's forehead, gazed at her as a joyous smile appeared on her cheeks. He stopped in his tracks, the snow stopping at his knees. At that moment, he yearned to tell Ziceng the truth—to tell her she shouldn't wear such a smile because, one day, he would utterly obliterate it from her face.
It wasn't until the fifteenth day after the avalanche that Olson finally notified the local rescue team. As the rescue team entered the mountains and assessed the impact of the avalanche, they reported that several groups of skiers had been buried underneath the snow.
