Chapter 278


    Keh had just reached the top when he saw Denise at the mouth of the cave. She was holding


    on to the stick that seemed like it was about to fall out of her grip anytime soon.


    “Denise!” Keh eximed in both shock and delight. With onest push, he climbed onto the top.


    Natasha, who had been climbing behind Keh, heard him calling Denise''s name. She instantly


    knew that Denise had been found and quickly climbed onto the top as well.


    Denise, however, was sitting against a stone. Her eyes were on the verge of closing when she


    heard Keh''s voice. She slowly opened her eyes again.


    Thinking that it was just her imagination, she told herself that she couldn''t sleep. I can''t fall asleep...


    She continued to shake the stick in her hand.


    “Denise!” Keh quickly ran toward Denise. When he noticed how pitiful and helpless she looked,


    his heart ached terribly.


    Denise looked at the man standing in front of her. “Daddy... No. It''s just an illusion. I can''t fall asleep.


    I can''t fall asleep...” she muttered, thinking that Keh was just a figment of her imagination.


    Keh''s heart nearly broke into a hundred pieces when he heard her call him that.


    He quickly swept her into his arms and patted her small face lightly. “Denise, this is not an illusion.


    It''s me, Daddy! I''m here to rescue you—


    Denise, wake up!”


    Keh''s words seemed to have jolted Denise awake, for she seemed more alert than before.


    She squinted at the man in front of her. “Daddy... Daddy, is it really you?”


    Keh nodded. “Yes, It''s me. I''m so sorry foring sote.” He caressed the young girl''s head


    as his heart wrenched in pain.


    Denise''s eyes soon welled up with tears as she reached out to hug Keh. “You''re finally here,


    Daddy.


    I''ve been waiting for you for so long...”


    Right at that moment, Natasha finally reached the top.


    She instantly saw Denise crying as she hugged Keh.


    “I''m sorry, I''m sorry,” Keh


    frantically apologized as he wrapped his hands around Denise.


    “I was so afraid, Daddy. I was so cold, so hungry, and so tired. I probably won''t be able to hold on


    much longer if you hadn''te sooner,” Denise said as she sobbed. Anyone could clearly see how


    dependent she was on Keh.


    Natasha was watching them from behind as an indescribable look crept up her cold eyes.


    It was not jealousy, but rather a look of relief.


    “Daddy, I''m tired. I want to sleep...” Denise trailed off as her voice became weak.


    “Denise, Denise!” Keh called her name, but Denise had already fainted.


    Natasha quickly walked over when


    she saw that. “Denise!”


    She reached out to touch her daughter, and her eyebrows instantly knitted into a tight knot. “She''s


    burning up!”


    Keh''s eyes reddened as he looked down at the frail figure in his arms.


    He instantly carried her up and said, “We have to take her to the hospital!”


    At the foot of the mountain, Anthony and Benjamin saw Keh carrying Denise down.


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    The both of them quickly rushed up.


    “Denise, Denise!”


    “What happened to Denise?” Anthony asked worriedly as he stared at Denise.


    Benjamin''s eyes had also turned red-rimmed as he watched from the side.


    “She''s having a high fever. We need to take her to the hospital now,” Keh said as he contacted


    the helicopter using his walkie-talkie. The helicopter was the fastest way to the hospital at that


    moment.


    The helicopter descended andnded on a t ground surface. Keh quickly boarded it with


    Denise in his arms.


    He noticed that Benjamin and Anthony were still on the ground and called out to them, “Let''s go!”


    “Go on ahead and take Denise to the hospital. Benjamin and I wille afterward. Thalia is on the


    way here. Someone has to stay here to take care of this,” Anthony said.


    Keh nodded at Anthony''s words.


    He then looked at the pilot and made a gesture. Soon after, the helicopter


    ascended and flew away.


    Another helicopter then came over to take both Anthony and Benjamin back down.


    They had just reached when Thalia arrived in her car.


    “Where is she?” Thalia instantly asked.


    “We found her. She''s now on her way to the hospital.”


    “Is it serious?”


    Anthony shook his head. “I don''t know.”


    “How did Denise end up at the back of the mountain?” Thalia asked.


    Anthony narrowed his eyes at the question. “This is what we have to investigate now.


    He did not believe that Denise went to the mountain just for fun. That was impossible.


    Someone must have led her there.


    Anthony vowed to find that person.


    Just as the three of them were discussing amongst each other, the extra piped up, “Um... So, how


    are you going to reward me?”


    Both Anthony and Benjamin turned to look at him. “A reward?”


    “I was the one who told you that your sister might be at the back of the mountain, and I was also the


    one who brought your father to find her. He said that as long as I lead him, he will reward me


    whether we found her or not,” the extra exined.


    It was right then that Anthony caught onto his words. “How did you know my sister was there?” “I''ve


    already told your father about that. I was on my way to a show when I saw a man with your sister at


    that crossroad. That was how I deduced that she might be on the back of the mountain,” he said.


    Benjamin, Anthony, and Thalia nced at each other. They then looked back at the extra.


    “You''re saying that you''ve seen a man?” Anthony was the one who asked.


    The extra nodded in response.


    This time, Benjamin piped up, “You want a reward, right?”


    The extra nodded again. “This is what you have promised me. It''s because of this that I wasn''t able


    to work today at all.”


    “We''ll double the reward if you help us out with something,” Thalia offered.


    Looking at all three of them, the extra frowned slightly. “What do you mean?


    In the next moment, the extra found himself in front of aputer.


    Theputer was ying tapes taken from surveince cameras mounted all around. The extra


    was getting dizzy from the number of people appearing on the screen.


    Anthony, Benjamin, and Thalia stood next to him and watched as well.


    “Still no sign of him?” Anthony asked.


    The extra shook his head in response.


    “It''s all right. There''s no need to hurry. Let''s continue patiently,”


    Benjamin told the extra.


    The extra nodded. He rubbed his eyes and continued to look at the screen.


    Anthony raised his wrist to take a look at the time. “I wonder how Denise is doing right now.”


    “No news is the best news,” Benjamin replied.


    Anthony nodded at Benjamin, but he suddenly noticed the injuries on thetter''s body. “Are you


    okay? Do your wounds hurt?” Anthony frowned.


    “I''m fine. It''s just a small injury,” Benjamin said nonchntly. Even so, beads of sweat could be


    clearly seen as his lips looked slightly pale.


    Observing him, Anthony was about to say something when the extra suddenly called out excitedly,


    “I found him!”


    Upon hearing that, Anthony and Benjamin quickly rushed over to look at theputer screen.


    Thalia joined in as well.


    The extra was pointing at a person on the screen as he said, “It''s him. I remember that he wore this


    shirt.”


    They all focused on the man on the screen. The footage was taken an hour after Denise''s


    disappearance. A man was walking beneath the camera, and he looked a little suspicious.


    “But we can''t see his face,” Benjamin said.


    “I wasn''t able to see his face as only his back was facing me. However, I remember that he was


    wearing this shirt. I''m absolutely sure about it!” the extra emphasized.