'…Did the rain wash away the soil and make my phone slide into the pit?'
Jin Xueli thought that was unlikely. The phone had been behind her feet. No matter how hard it rained, how could it have possibly circled around her before falling into the pit?
She groped around in the gloom. The spot where her phone had been, and the area around it, were completely empty. She couldn't feel a thing.
"Hey, Han Liuyue."
Unable to find it, Jin Xueli grew anxious and annoyed. Wiping the rain from her face, she said, "You should help me look, too. It has to be around here somewhere."
"That… I'm afraid I can't."
"Huh?" Jin Xueli turned back, about to question her, but she froze when she got a clear look.
Han Liuyue was moaning softly, sliding down the side of the excavator to sit on the ground, curling into a ball.
"When I was lying down, I didn't feel anything… but as soon as I stood up, I suddenly felt really nauseous."
