Chapter 26: Going Through Danger Together

Zhou Linjin didn't say anything extreme, but to Cheng Lanjiang's ears, it was as if a sharp sword hanging over his head suddenly fell halfway down, and the tip of the sword just stopped on the top of his head. An inch more would have been his life.

Cheng Lanjiang shuddered.

No, we must not put them back.

but……

Do we have to go all out and kill these two people directly?

Zhou Linjin was indeed hateful. If he hadn't been the one who orchestrated Zhou Yishao's divorce, Zhou Yishao might not have left him at all!

Cheng Lanjiang didn't quite dare to do that.

His slightly cloudy eyes looked at the two tied people again.

Chen Lianxiu naturally noticed it and hid behind Zhou Linjin in fear. Zhou Linjin could not see Cheng Lanjiang's gaze and expression, but he immediately noticed Chen Lianxiu's movements and guessed that Cheng Lanjiang must be looking at them.

Zhou Linjin's heart sank.

If you really want to let them go, you would have already released them now. Why bother looking at them again?

Zhou Linjin calmly moved in Chen Lianxiu's direction and said to Cheng Lanjiang in a deep voice, "You were my brother-in-law and Zhu'er's father. Just let us go, and I'll treat it as a misunderstanding and never mention it again when I return."

Cheng Lanjiang was silent for a long moment, then said, "Mr. Zhou, you've used so many underhanded tactics to force me to divorce your sister, causing me so much suffering. Do you really think I'll believe you?"

"Lock them up first," Cheng Lanjiang said to his men, "and we'll talk about it later."

In this way, Zhou Linjin and Shen Lianxiu were dragged into a small room at the back and locked up.

I don’t know where Cheng Lanjiang was looking for. The room he had just been in was simple enough, and this one was even more shabby and small, cold and damp, and gave off a stale musty smell.

The two people who forced them in were still the ones who had just caught them on the road. Perhaps because one of them was a woman and the other was blind, they were very lax and did not keep an eye on them all the time. Instead, they went out to guard them. From time to time, the sound of their chatting could be heard from inside, sometimes vague, sometimes clear.

The room was cold and gloomy, with rain pouring in through the broken windows. Because of the rain, the surroundings became increasingly dark, not much better than the night. Chen Lianxiu felt the cold air penetrate into his bones, and could not help but move closer to Zhou Linjin.

She had already sensed something was wrong and whispered to him, "My dear, you're not really going to kill us, are you?"

Zhou Linjin didn't say anything at first. After a long while, he said, "Cheng Lanjiang wanted to silence us, but he didn't have the courage to do so. That's why he locked us up here first."

Chen Lianxiu felt a glimmer of hope: "So there's still a chance he'll let us go back, right?"

Zhou Linjin sighed.

It was true that Cheng Lanjiang had the will but not the courage to do anything. He was not just trying to comfort Shen Lianxiu, but Zhou Linjin was not sure whether Cheng Lanjiang would let them go. He was even more inclined to wait until Cheng Lanjiang made up his mind and then send someone to kill them.

But he really had no way of saying this to Shen Lianxiu.

He simply asked Shen Lianxiu: "Look at the sky outside, what time is it?"

Chen Lianxiu said, "It's dark because of the rain, so I can't see clearly, but if I calculate the time, it should be past the hour of Yin now."

Originally, they would have reached the capital in half an hour.

Zhou Linjin asked again: "Do you have any sharp objects on you?"

Shen Lianxiu thought about it, then lowered her head and used her bound hands to pull out a hairpin on her head. She didn't ask any questions and directly stuffed the hairpin into Zhou Linjin's hand.

Zhou Linjin felt around a bit and shook his head: "No, I can't cut the rope."

"Then I have nothing else to use." Chen Lianxiu didn't wear many jewels on a daily basis, and even if she did, she couldn't find anything that could cut the rope. "It's better to just stab them with the hairpin."

Zhou Linjin smiled bitterly: "Even if I stab one, I can't stab that many."

When Shen Lianxiu heard this, he became even more discouraged.

Am I really going to wait here to die?

I really didn't expect such a sudden disaster to happen.

Originally, she had many things to worry about in her life, such as being afraid that people would find out that she was not Shen Wuyu, but this accident made those worries disappear completely. She had to survive first and then worry about those things.

Shen Lianxiu sighed heavily.

After a person dies, they go to the underworld, and it is not known whether Zhou Linjin can see it. Even if he is unwilling at that time, it will probably be troublesome because she has been buried in the ancestral tomb with him in a daze.

Moreover, even if he wanted to find Shen Wuyu, he couldn't find her, because Shen Wuyu couldn't possibly be dead.

It’s not bad, at least Shen Wuyu doesn’t have to die.

She had married for Shen Wuyu, and now she was even dying for Shen Wuyu.

As he thought about this, Shen Lianxiu's fear was relieved a little, and he even chuckled when he thought of the strange things.

Zhou Linjin was naturally puzzled: "Sighing and laughing at the same time, what's going on?"

"Nothing." Shen Lianxiu naturally couldn't say those things, but she couldn't help it and just said, "I was wondering if you would be willing if we died together."

Zhou Linjin frowned: "Don't say that."

She must have been terrified, that's why she said such nonsense.

Zhou Linjin's hands, which were also tied, slowly reached towards her body. Shen Lianxiu blinked. Although she didn't know what he was going to do, she didn't stop him or ask.

Soon, he felt her hands and held them in his own.

The two of them were very close at this moment, almost sticking together. His warm breath with a hint of cool pine scent sprayed on her face, making her face gradually turn red.

It has been a while since they got married. Although the two did not deliberately get close to each other, they have gradually become familiar with each other. However, Chen Lianxiu is still not used to such contact between them. It is better to say that she is resisting rather than being used to it.

As for why she resisted, Zhou Linjin was a very good person and treated her very well, but she was not Shen Wuyu after all.

This is what Shen Wuyu deserves.

She knew it very well.

She wants to leave some room for herself.

With Zhou Linjin holding her, Shen Lianxiu's hands became warm.

"Okay, my dear, I'm fine." Chen Lianxiu struggled and tried to pull her hand away from him.

Zhou Linjin didn't let her move, but while moving, he touched something cold on her wrist.

Zhou Linjin reached over and touched a jade bracelet she was wearing.

As soon as the thought came to Zhou Linjin, he immediately came up with an idea.

He said to Shen Lianxiu, "Smash the bracelet and use the pieces of the jade bracelet to cut the rope."

Hearing this, Chen Lianxiu's eyes lit up. She usually wore her own wooden bracelet and rarely wore gold or jade. This jade bracelet was one of the few pieces of jewelry in her dressing table that she could use freely. Since she had to go out today and couldn't lose face, she took off the wooden bracelet and put on this jade bracelet.

Although it's sad that it's broken, it's better than waiting here until you die.

After Zhou Linjin finished speaking, he inserted his fingers into the gap of her bracelet until it was so tight that he could not insert any more.

"My dear, you..." Chen Lianxiu was about to smash the bracelet on the ground, but was suddenly stopped by him, and was puzzled for a moment.

Zhou Linjin didn't say anything. He slammed his hand to the ground and the jade bracelet broke into pieces.

Blood also flowed out from between Zhou Linjin's fingers.

Shen Lianxiu was stunned.

It turned out that he did this to prevent the broken bracelet from cutting her hand.

"I can't see. Cutting the rope will hurt you." Zhou Linjin touched a larger and sharper piece and carefully handed it to Shen Lianxiu. "Don't hurt your hand."

Chen Lianxiu bit the tender flesh in his mouth, grabbed a smooth part of the fragment, and began to cut the rope that bound Zhou Linjin.

Soon after, a section of the rope was cut. Zhou Linjin heard her breathe a sigh of relief and knew it was done, so he struggled hard and freed his hand.

As soon as he was freed from his restraints, he immediately went to untie the ropes on Shen Lianxiu's hands. As he did so, he said to Shen Lianxiu, "Their guard is lax. Once the ropes are untied, you can go out through the back window. While they are not paying attention, run away quickly."

The rope was not actually tied very tightly, but Zhou Linjin couldn't see, and coupled with his panic, his hands were shaking, and it seemed like he couldn't untie it no matter what he did.

"Don't be impatient," Shen Lianxiu paused and asked, "What about you?"

Zhou Linjin spoke in a light and quick voice, completely different from the movements of his hands: "It's raining outside, and it's getting dark. It's hard for you to escape with me, so..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Zhou Linjin's brows relaxed. It turned out that he had untied the rope.

He stopped talking and turned to untie the rope around her ankles. Perhaps because of his previous experience, this time it went very smoothly and the rope came loose immediately.

"Hurry up!" Zhou Linjin supported her and helped her up.

Chen Lianxiu already knew what Zhou Linjin meant. He was afraid that he would go blind and become a burden to her on the road, so he insisted on not going with her.

If he stayed here alone, he would be in great danger.

The situation was urgent at the moment, and Shen Lianxiu knew that she didn't have much time to hesitate, and she just wanted to follow her own thoughts.

She immediately squatted down and with her ten fingers flying, she untied the rope on Zhou Linjin's ankle that had not been untied yet.

"Let's go together."

She looked up at him.

"You don't have to worry about me..."

"Erlang, when did you become so hesitant?" Chen Lianxiu gritted her teeth. "If I say we should go together, then we should go together. If we delay any further, they will only find us!"

She rarely spoke in such a deep and stern voice. Not only had Zhou Linjin never seen it before, even Shen Lianxiu herself was shocked by what she said.

However, she did not give Zhou Linjin any more time and took his hand and walked to the window. Because of the sound of heavy rain outside, the people outside could not hear anything inside.

"You wait here for me first, I'll go out and take a look quietly." Chen Lianxiu is actually different from the weak and delicate girl in the boudoir. She grew up in the countryside and often followed her mother to collect herbs in the mountains. Later, she returned to the Shen family. Chen didn't want to take care of her, so there were no restrictions on her. Climbing through the window was easy for her.

Zhou Linjin only heard a slight sound beside his ear before he realized that Chen Lianxiu had jumped out of the window.

He had never hated his blindness as much as he did at that moment.

If not, he should be the one to find out the news. Why would he let her face the unknown danger alone?

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