Chapter 27 Will someone come to save us in the long night?

Right outside the window was a low, dilapidated courtyard wall, which was only wide enough for one person to pass through, giving Chen Lianxiu room to take cover.

She walked over quietly and came to the corner of the house. She stuck her head out a little and saw two people guarding the patio outside the door. In front of the patio were several other rooms with lights on. Cheng Lanjiang must be there.

It was absolutely impossible to escape through the main gate. He could neither get past these two big men nor Cheng Lanjiang in front of him.

Chen Lianxiu looked around and found that the courtyard wall next to him extended a little further, about halfway across the patio. There was a large gap in the wall that had collapsed, through which the grass outside could be seen faintly. All he had to do was step out.

But this gap faced the skylight, and it would be difficult for the two of them to go out from here without being discovered.

Maybe I can wait until it gets darker and they feel sleepy and then sneak out?

But can Cheng Lanjiang really keep them until then?

Chen Lianxiu was feeling worried when she suddenly heard two big men say, "It's almost time to eat. Do you want to eat first or should I?"

"Let's eat together," said the other. "We eat fast, so we'll just eat a few bites. Why should we care about who comes first?"

"What about the people in there?"

"A blind man and a woman, tied up, what's there to worry about?"

"No, I think we still can't leave them alone. How about this, we've been on guard for quite a while, why don't we go over and ask them to take our place after they've already eaten? We can also have a few sips of wine to warm ourselves up. After all, we don't know when we'll have to start. What if we have to guard until midnight, and it's raining, it will be quite cold."

So the other one expressed his agreement after listening to it.

Chen Lianxiu quickly turned around and walked back. After a few steps, she returned to the window and firmly grasped Zhou Linjin's arm, saying to him, "Come out! They are going to change shifts and have lunch!"

Zhou Linjin had just taken advantage of Chen Lianxiu's absence to estimate the height of the window and had a rough idea in his mind. As soon as she supported him, he used the palm of his other hand to push against the windowsill and came out easily.

"There is a gap in the wall ahead, about ten steps away from us, less than half a person's height." Zhou Linjin couldn't see it, so Chen Lianxiu quickly told him the information, not wanting him to be completely in the dark and know nothing.

Walking to the corner again, Shen Lianxiu saw that the two big men had already stood up and walked into the front room. As they entered the door, Shen Lianxiu turned to Zhou Linjin and whispered, "Run!"

As she spoke, in a flash, she turned around slightly and held Zhou Linjin's arm tightly in the passage that only one person could pass through, then quickly walked towards the gap.

The grass in the gap is getting greener.

Just as Chen Lianxiu was about to raise her leg, she suddenly felt someone behind her holding her waist and lifting her up, so that Chen Lianxiu only needed a little help to successfully climb over the half-person-high wall.

She didn't have time to think about anything extra. She just turned around, grabbed his arm again, and pulled him out of here just like she had pulled him out of the window.

Zhou Linjin was much taller than her. Although he couldn't see, it was not difficult for him to climb over a half-person-high wall. However, the ground outside was not flat, and even with Shen Lianxiu's support, he still stumbled.

Shen Lianxiu took a look inside. Because the two of them coordinated well and moved quickly, the two people who were on shift change hadn't even come out yet.

That is to say, if they escape now, they will still think that they are locked up in the house, and it will take a long time before they realize that they are missing!

Chen Lianxiu didn't know where she was, and she couldn't tell the direction in the rain. She just quickly pulled Zhou Linjin and ran to the opposite side of the cage.

There is a dense forest ahead. Perhaps after passing through this forest, we will see the main road.

Chen Lianxiu wiped the rain off her face, turned around to look at Zhou Linjin, and smiled at him, not caring whether he could see it or not.

However, on the other side, the person on shift went to check on the two people in the house and found that they were gone.

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It was raining heavily and the sky was getting darker. The branches and leaves in the forest were weighed down by the rain, and their usual green color was gone. They just blocked the view.

The later it gets, the harder it is to find the way.

They didn't know the way and were running slowly, so they soon heard the sounds of Cheng Lanjiang's men catching up with them.

Fortunately, those people couldn't find where they were for a while. The heavy rain and darkness were disadvantages for everyone.

But those sounds were sometimes far away and sometimes near, like lingering ghosts, haunting Chen Lianxiu and Zhou Linjin.

His body was cold and wet, and he had been running for a long time. Shen Lianxiu felt that he was almost reaching his limit.

Suddenly, Chen Lianxiu's feet went weak and she was about to fall. Zhou Linjin reacted immediately and held her and pulled her towards him.

"No," Shen Lianxiu rubbed her eyes. The place where she almost fell had sunk a little. It turned out that her legs were not weak. "It seems like there is a hole."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Linjin said, "It's not a cave, it's a pit specially dug by hunters to catch wild animals. There are traps inside."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of pursuit behind him became clearer and clearer, as if it was already very close and would be in front of them in the next moment.

Chen Lianxiu bit her lip hard and said, "If we continue like this, they will catch up with us soon. It's better to jump into this hole. They may not notice us."

This is the only solution. It will be difficult to get out after jumping down. If you are discovered, it will be like catching a turtle in a jar. You can only bet that they won't find you in the dark.

And if you jump down, you are likely to hit a trap, which will have disastrous consequences.

Zhou Linjin pondered for a moment, weighed the pros and cons, and nodded: "Okay."

Shen Lianxiu moved the hand that was originally supporting his arm down and held his hand tightly.

And just as she finished this action, she felt something warm enveloping her shoulders that were soaked by the rain.

Zhou Linjin hugged her.

"Jump," he said.

Chen Lianxiu turned her head slightly, her eyes blurred by the rain, and she only had time to take a look at his pale face dripping with water.

Then my feet felt empty, and my heart seemed to feel empty too.

The pain was not as severe as I had imagined, and it could even be said that I felt nothing at all.

The ground is soft.

No traps were encountered either.

The world spun around for a long time before Chen Lianxiu could slowly get up. Only then did she realize that Zhou Linjin was holding her tightly in his arms. The moment he landed, he held her tightly and cushioned her under his body.

She didn't know how Zhou Linjin, who was completely blind, could make such a quick judgment.

Chen Lianxiu got up in a panic and helped Zhou Linjin up. Zhou Linjin couldn't help coughing a few times, but was afraid of being heard, so he covered his mouth and dared not make a sound.

"Fortunately, you weren't caught in the trap," he asked Shen Lianxiu again, "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Chen Lianxiu said: "No, what about you?"

"It's okay, I have thick skin. I just fell. I'm glad I didn't hurt you." Zhou Linjin said with a chuckle.

Nothing could be seen in the pitch-black pit, and Shen Lianxiu did not see his brows furrowed in pain when he said this.

But she knew that falling from such a height and having to bear her weight was no joke.

Chen Lianxiu didn't say anything. Her eyes had adapted to the darkness and she could vaguely see the outlines of things. She carefully avoided the traps, helped Zhou Linjin to the side, and then leaned against him herself.

The rain was still falling. There were branches and leaves camouflaged by the hunters on the top of the pit, but many of them had fallen off after they jumped over them, leaving only a sparse amount on top, which could not block the rain at all.

Chen Lianxiu heard that Zhou Linjin had been coughing muffledly from time to time since he fell.

I'm afraid he's seriously injured.

"Does it hurt?" Shen Lianxiu suddenly asked.

"It doesn't hurt," Zhou Linjin said, "It's much better now, really."

"Will anyone come to rescue us?"

"Yes, our families will find out that we haven't returned home, and they will come looking for us tomorrow at the latest. And those who followed us today should go home to report the news."

Shen Lianxiu felt like crying. She sniffed and asked, "How do you know?"

"They don't know Cheng Lanjiang is behind this. They just think they're being robbed by bandits. They'll most likely let them go. Besides, I just heard them chatting outside the house saying that killing someone is a different price, and they'll have to ask Cheng Lanjiang to raise the price for these two lives."

Shen Lianxiu fell silent.

Zhou Linjin said again: "Get some sleep. You must be tired after running for so long."

"What about you?"

"I'm sleeping too. I can't run away right now, so there's no need to watch over me."

Perhaps it was because of what Zhou Linjin said that Chen Lianxiu had been so nervous that he had no desire to sleep. But now he felt sore and tired all over, and his eyes, which were blurred and sore from the rain, began to twitch.

Zhou Linjin beside her was moving around rustling, and no one knew what he was doing. Chen Lianxiu was shrouded in sleepiness, and suddenly she felt something touching her head. She quickly realized that it was Zhou Linjin's hand.

Before she could ask, Zhou Linjin moved closer to her and let her lean on his left side.

The rain falling on my head seemed to be getting lighter.

At first, Chen Lianxiu thought that he was numb and hallucinating, but then he realized that there was something covering his head.

She opened her eyes, but could still only see a vague outline, but it was enough for her to see that Zhou Linjin's left arm was actually around her, and at the same time both hands were raised, holding up a piece of cloth.

It was Zhou Linjin who took off his clothes.

Chen Lianxiu touched his side and found that he was only wearing a thin shirt.

"You'll be cold!" Chen Lianxiu grabbed his raised arm and said anxiously, "It's night now, how can you bear it?"

Zhou Linjin was unmoved. Instead, he said jokingly, "I'm already soaked anyway, and it's uncomfortable to have it heavy on me. Taking it off is just the right thing to do to keep out the rain."

"You said you wanted to sleep too, how can you fall asleep like this?" Chen Lianxiu shook Zhou Linjin's arm twice, but he still didn't put his hand down.

"I can sleep. I can even sleep with my eyes open now," Zhou Linjin asked with a smile, "Do you know why?"

"Why?" The urge to cry came up again, and Shen Lianxiu asked, trying hard to hold back her tears.

"Because I can't see."

Zhou Linjin said, then lowered his head and gently kissed her wet hair, saying: "Just sleep peacefully."

A drop of liquid finally fell from Shen Lianxiu's eyes and mixed on her face which was wet from the rain but not completely dry yet. She wiped it hard and said nothing more.

When I woke up again, it was still dark.

Chen Lianxiu sighed inwardly. She had thought that it would be daybreak when she woke up, but she didn't expect that the night would not be over yet. However, on the bright side, they had not been discovered by Cheng Lanjiang for the time being.

The rain has become lighter.

It was Zhou Linjin who woke her up. He gently called her nickname, A Yuan, without any haste and very softly, as if he was afraid of waking her up in the middle of the night and scaring her.

"Ayuan, Ayuan, wake up..."

Chen Lianxiu was very sleepy and was very reluctant to open her eyes, wanting to sleep like this forever, but she heard him calling her nickname.

Gradually pulling his consciousness out of the chaos, Chen Lianxiu felt waves of chills all over his body. The pain was more intense than before he fell asleep, and he was even shivering.

She groaned in pain.

"Ayuan, you have a high fever. Wake up and don't fall asleep." Hearing her waking up, Zhou Linjin hurriedly called her.