Ouyang Zhenyu ate three biscuits and drank one-third of a water, and felt very full.

It seems that compressed biscuits truly live up to their name.

But it's not good to leave the water and biscuits in the cave. If the people outside find out, it will be a big problem.

The problem is that this mall is even more inconsiderate; it didn't provide any storage space for itself.

You could at least provide him with a few backpacks or something with compartments so he can put his things in. Once he takes something out, he can't put it back in.

Ouyang Zhenyu gritted his teeth. Just by looking at the foremen, he knew that they would search the cave where they lived every day. The cave offered absolutely no privacy.

If he were Brother Shan, he would definitely have all the dangers eliminated before they could even be detected. It's not a good thing that these people have weapons, so he would definitely search them every day.

What should we do? It would be unreasonable to receive this message tomorrow.

Ouyang Zhenyu was worried.

First, they fed Lao Liu a dozen or so sips of water. Although he was unconscious, he could at least drink it.

There's no problem with the water; we definitely need to save it. He and Lao Liu can use it all up tonight.

But even if Lao Liu tries to feed him the compressed biscuits himself, he can't swallow them.

He didn't expect the package of compressed biscuits to be so large; he only ate three pieces in total.

Ouyang Zhenyu thought for a moment, then took out three cookies and placed them aside.

I'll save these three pieces to eat tomorrow morning.

There are six cookies left in this bag.

This pack contains twelve cookies.

That's a huge amount of cookies.

Ouyang Zhenyu tore open the outer packaging bag, took the biscuits in his hand, and knew it wasn't safe to leave them there; he had to get rid of them no matter what.

Ouyang Zhenyu quietly approached the nearby cave.

It's clear that after Brother Shan made an example of them, the reason they didn't close the door was because they knew the two of them couldn't escape.

Although they could see his movements, it meant someone was watching them. But it was so dark there wasn't a ray of light, so it was impossible for the other person to see what he was holding.

This can be inferred from the fact that the woman handed him a fruit knife earlier. If they had noticed, why didn't anyone stop them? It was a knife, after all.

Ouyang Zhenyu went to the door and gently knocked.

He had reason to suspect that the woman was near the door; otherwise, how could she have so conveniently handed him the knife?

Sure enough, a voice came from inside—it was the woman's voice from before. What happened?

"Don't knock on the door randomly. Although the overseers usually don't care about us at night..."

But if you lure them in by making a sound, they'll immediately lock you inside.

"Thank you for the knife."

"I said I don't need to thank you, just give me back the knife. Since you've already saved your people, it's only right that you return the knife to me."

The woman's voice was cold.

"My surname is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Cheng. What about you?"

"My name is Xiuzhi."

"Give!"

Xiuzhi stretched out her withered hand, and something suddenly fell into her palm.

It didn't feel like a knife.

Xiuzhi quickly withdrew her hand, somewhat surprised as she held the thick stack of things in her hand.

What's going on here?

"I can't give you the knife right now, consider this payment for borrowing it."

These cookies are very filling; two can last a day.

Ouyang Zhenyu lowered his voice as he spoke the rest of the sentence, hoping the woman could hear him clearly.

He was afraid the other person would overeat. If they accidentally wolfed down six biscuits and got sick, it wouldn't be repaying his kindness.

Regardless of whether the other party heard him clearly, Ouyang Zhenyu returned to their cave.

He touched Lao Liu's forehead; Lao Liu was no longer as close to death as before.

At least her temperature has returned to normal.

She stopped lying there groaning unconsciously, and even her breathing gradually became steady.

Ouyang Zhenyu gave him some more water.

He needed to find a way to throw away the compressed biscuit bag, but it was not easy to throw it away. He thought of a way to cut the bag open with a knife, turning it into a piece of paper.

Then she wrapped it around her waist close to her skin and tightened her belt.

When you pull down your clothes like this, no one will notice. Once you get to the mine, you can just throw them away there, and nobody will notice.

Ouyang Zhenyu lay down on his side next to Lao Liu, pondering what to do.

Clearly, the defenses here are very tight, as can be seen from Lao Liu's escape this time; an ordinary person would definitely not be able to escape.

If they fail to deliver the message, they will soon fall into the other side's trap on the fifth day.

Without knowing the situation, it's easy for someone to be captured when the enemy is in the dark and you are in the light.

However, it would be a good thing if he were caught here. With people around him, he should be able to find a way to get some weapons.

He's now just hoping those who've been tricked will be brought over quickly, and he also hopes that Lao Liu is alright, because he doesn't know if Lao Liu will survive.

If Lao Liu could see that there were twenty or thirty of his own people around him.

In addition, the 2,000 points I have should be enough to last me a while if I exchange them for weapons and food.

The problem with these people is that they don't have weapons. If they did, it would be much harder for these people to keep an eye on them.

Moreover, if a dozen or twenty of his men suddenly disappeared on the fifth day of the lunar new year, I don't believe he would have left with his men; he would definitely have stayed here and searched the whole mountainside.

If they coordinate from the inside and outside, they might actually be able to break this deadlock.

Once Ouyang Zhenyu understood this, he went to sleep, waking up twice during the night to give Lao Liu water intermittently.

The sixth brother woke up at dawn.

Ouyang Zhenyu forced him to drink another pill, while also forcing him to drink half a glass of water, and then handed Lao Liu a compressed biscuit.

The sixth brother hasn't spoken since he woke up; the young man used to be a simpleton.

Honest but talkative.

But since waking up from this injury, he seems to have become a different person.

He didn't say a word and obediently did whatever he was told.

The two had a simple breakfast, finishing the biscuits and all the water. Ouyang Zhenyu even cut open the mineral water bottle with a knife.

After simply fixing the bottle opening and bottom, it's completely undetectable when you put it on your calves and pull down your pants.

You can just stuff the bottle opening and bottom into your pocket and no one will be able to tell.

However, this hard thing is a bit uncomfortable to wear on your legs when walking.

These days, there's really nothing you can do to avoid getting into trouble.

Sure enough, after a short while, someone appeared and a large door was opened.

Someone passing by their door peeked in and was surprised to see that the sixth brother had opened his eyes.

He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hey kid, you're pretty lucky. Not many people can survive such serious injuries as yours. You're one of the few."

Alright, stop watching him. Since he survived, he can't work today.

You can stay home and relax, but I'm telling you, you have to work tomorrow.

We don't tolerate idlers here. You'd better come with us right now.